Ubuntu & wireless on a Vaio V505BX
I recently installed Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy) on my Sony Vaio V505BX. The install went smooth and was done in less than an hour -- almost everything worked 'out-of-the-box' including the function keys for...
View ArticleModifying the GLSlideshow Screensaver settings in Ubuntu
UPDATE: This has been verified to work for 7.10 (Gutsy) as well as 7.04 (Feisty).For whatever reason in Ubuntu the GLSlideshow screensaver settings are not accessible through the screensaver control...
View ArticleInstalling Parallels 2.2 on Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy)
Installing Parallels Workstation on Ubuntu can be a bit of a challenge. There are a few minor (yet fatal) issues encountered whether using the Debian package or the install script which prevent...
View ArticleVideo Resolutions under Ubuntu Remote Desktop
This post explains how to increase/expand the desktop size to match the working resolution of the remote client even if this resolution is higher than that of the server's video hardware. The setup is...
View ArticleEncode MP3s in Ubuntu
The default Ubuntu install includes an application called Sound Juicer for use in encoding cd audio. However by default Sound Juicer cannot encode in MP3 format; this post explains how (at least for...
View ArticlePanasonic Fn Keys in Ubuntu
I lost the functionality of the Fn keys to control brightness and volume after upgrading my Panasonic Toughbook Cf-74 from Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty to 7.10 Gutsy. Turns out that for whatever reason the...
View ArticleQuicktime video in Firefox on Ubuntu
Quicktime doesn't seem to work by default in Firefox on Ubuntu.To get it working, you'll need to check/install plugins which Firefox uses to play video.First, remove any other firefox plugins related...
View ArticleUsing a Ubuntu VNC client to connect to a Leopard Remote Desktop
This post explains how to connect to a Leopard Remote Desktop session from a Ubuntu client machine using VNC. It is assumed that Remote Desktop is enabled on their Mac (you should also read this...
View ArticleCompiling MySQL 5 in Ubuntu
If when compiling MySQL5 you get an error similar to the following:sed: can't read y.tab.c: No such file or directorymake[2]: *** [sql_yacc.cc] Error 2Then you're probably missing the bison package. To...
View ArticleVMWare Fusion -- No Hard Links in Shared Folders
VMWare Fusion allows one to use folders on the OSX filesystem from within the guest OS via Shared Folders.This is useful if you need to access files from both the host OS (OSX) or the guest OS running...
View ArticleMacros and Variable Arguments in VisualStudio 2003
The preprocessor in Microsoft VisualStudio 2003 (VC++ 7.1) does not support variable argument lists in macros; instead it spews syntax errors when compiling. However, there is a way to get around this...
View ArticleConfiguring MySQL for Network access
The typical default install of MySQL server only permits connections from localhost (127.0.0.1); this is presumably for reasons of security. While this is certainly secure, in some cases it is...
View ArticleLaunching OSX apps from the command-line
Use the following to open apps from the command line in osX:open /path/to/your.app
View ArticleReal-time Navigation on OSX using Motorola i335 Cell Phone
This post explains real-time navigation using the GPS from a Motorola i335 cell phone with Google Earth a Mac OSX laptop. (Note: for the best experience, be sure to read up on using Google Earth in...
View ArticleOSX Terminal colors
The OSX Terminal application can support font/highlighting colors when connecting to a remote system that supports this. However depending on your choice of Terminal's background color some of the...
View Articlefence_vmware and the root user
When using the fence_vmware agent to manage a VMware guest via VMWare ESX, be aware that the root user cannot be used for the ssh session to the ESX node (the '-l' argument for fence_vmware). A...
View ArticleUse Cache_Lite without Pear
This post explains how to use Cache_Lite without using Pear.Sometimes it may be impractical to install Pear packages on the server -- perhaps Pear isn't installed, perhaps you lack administrative...
View ArticleConvert long to byte array in C++ or C
This post explains how to convert an unsigned long int into a byte array in C/C++. This post assumes that the datatype unsigned long int uses 4 bytes of internal storage; however the examples can...
View ArticleVirtualBox WinXP iTunes High CPU Utilization
I recently deployed an instance of VirtualBox 3.2 on my home server (Ubuntu 8.04) with WinXP as a guest. My intent was to run an instance of iTunes within that VirtualBox instance to serve the mp3's...
View ArticleUsing Google's CoreDumper library
The Google team has published a library called CoreDumper for generating process core dumps programatically. This can be useful for post-analysis in environments where core files are not or cannot be...
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