Download the isos via bittorrent.
Help everyone out that way.
Go to the Ubuntu site to get the links to the torrent files.
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Thursday, 29 April 2010
Ubuntu 10.04 will be out today!
I'm waiting, I'm waiting, I'm eager to try it out.
I'm not going to upgrade though, I'm going to do a clean install. In part because I want to document this for my other blog - Linux on your Mac.
I'll try go show all the steps I go through from the beginning. (I'm not going to bore people with the backup of my home directory or the application list.)
Lets see what happens.
-P
I'm not going to upgrade though, I'm going to do a clean install. In part because I want to document this for my other blog - Linux on your Mac.
I'll try go show all the steps I go through from the beginning. (I'm not going to bore people with the backup of my home directory or the application list.)
Lets see what happens.
-P
Thursday, 18 February 2010
OS X Server - Connection Failed?
So I've been working with some colleagues on a problem whereby users trying to connect to a OS X server from their OS X client were getting a connection denied.
If the user were to go to the Finder and via the hostname in Finder try to connect to the server (which uses Bonjour) they would get a Connection Failed even if they entered their username and password correctly. However, they could connect whenever they pressed Ctrl-K (i.e. Connect To Server) and used "afp://servername/" or "ftp://servername/" with the same username/password.
Trying different things like updating the replication of OpenDirectory, changing the users passwords.
In the end, we discovered that there was a directory that users had as their home directory (a default one /99) and the permission on that directory were set to 700 and only for one user. Changing it to 777 (we didn't try 770) solved the issue.
If the user were to go to the Finder and via the hostname in Finder try to connect to the server (which uses Bonjour) they would get a Connection Failed even if they entered their username and password correctly. However, they could connect whenever they pressed Ctrl-K (i.e. Connect To Server) and used "afp://servername/" or "ftp://servername/" with the same username/password.
Trying different things like updating the replication of OpenDirectory, changing the users passwords.
In the end, we discovered that there was a directory that users had as their home directory (a default one /99) and the permission on that directory were set to 700 and only for one user. Changing it to 777 (we didn't try 770) solved the issue.
Useful MegaCli commands
As I mentioned in an earlier post, finding the manual for the MegaCli command was rather hard. I've decided to put some of the more useful commands I've discovered/started using.
MegaCli -AdpAllinfo -a0 -- shows you firmware versions, serial number, and LOTS of useful information.
MegaCli -CfgDsply -aALL -- Also very cool and useful.
MegaCli -PdList -a0 -- give you the disk information which shows media errors which will help if you're having problems with your disks.
MegaCli -AdpAllinfo -a0 -- shows you firmware versions, serial number, and LOTS of useful information.
MegaCli -CfgDsply -aALL -- Also very cool and useful.
MegaCli -PdList -a0 -- give you the disk information which shows media errors which will help if you're having problems with your disks.
Monday, 1 February 2010
iPad with no flash? No problem!
Everyone is complaining that the Apple iPad doesn't have flash, but you know what? This is easily solvable.
Gordon (demos) is a Flash runtime written in Javascript by Tobias Schneider. With this you should be able to view Flash on your iPad. All that's needed is for the site to call the JS with the swf file as an attribute. Something easily done when you detect that the user doesn't have flash.
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Gordon (demos) is a Flash runtime written in Javascript by Tobias Schneider. With this you should be able to view Flash on your iPad. All that's needed is for the site to call the JS with the swf file as an attribute. Something easily done when you detect that the user doesn't have flash.
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Friday, 29 January 2010
IRC, oh how I miss thee.
Eons ago, I used to be an OP in the IRC Channel #cuseemesexy. It was a channel dedicated to the video conference software by White Pine - I think it still exists, but I'm haven't tried it in ages.
Well, I've started going to the #ubuntu-uk channel on FreeNode. I guess I get a good feeling when I get to help people and what better way than to do that. Especially if it's a topic I enjoy and believe I can help out.
If you'd like to chat, get on your irc client and use irc.ubuntu.com. :)
-P
Well, I've started going to the #ubuntu-uk channel on FreeNode. I guess I get a good feeling when I get to help people and what better way than to do that. Especially if it's a topic I enjoy and believe I can help out.
If you'd like to chat, get on your irc client and use irc.ubuntu.com. :)
-P
Friday, 8 January 2010
New Year, New Gadgets, New Tech
Happy New Year!
Yes I am 8 days late, but it's better late than never. Plus you take a holiday and boom, you forget about things.
CES is on in Las Vegas. This is one trade show I would love to go to. I love reading about all the new things are coming this year, however there's one thing that I am not really interested in. 3D TV.
Sony is going to start selling TVs that support this and the great thing is that they're making their PS3 compatible (I assume it's only a firmware upgrade.) All these other manufacturers are coming up with other things like Skype on the TV. This might not be too bad but it involves buying a hi-def camera for that TV too.
Tablets. What can I say. Apple is said to release their tablet pretty soon and I'm sure that they want their stocks to go up, so releasing during CES wouldn't be in their best interest. Nor is it their usual MO. Still, the tablets at CES aren't generating as much excitement as expected. What will consumers actually think when they're at the shop? Dell's tablet looks really nice though. Lets see what Apple comes up with.
Exciting things? So far I like the Light Touch interactive projector and Plastic Logic's lightweight e-reader. Since CES isn't done yet I'm hoping there's more to get excited about.
-P
Yes I am 8 days late, but it's better late than never. Plus you take a holiday and boom, you forget about things.
CES is on in Las Vegas. This is one trade show I would love to go to. I love reading about all the new things are coming this year, however there's one thing that I am not really interested in. 3D TV.
Sony is going to start selling TVs that support this and the great thing is that they're making their PS3 compatible (I assume it's only a firmware upgrade.) All these other manufacturers are coming up with other things like Skype on the TV. This might not be too bad but it involves buying a hi-def camera for that TV too.
Tablets. What can I say. Apple is said to release their tablet pretty soon and I'm sure that they want their stocks to go up, so releasing during CES wouldn't be in their best interest. Nor is it their usual MO. Still, the tablets at CES aren't generating as much excitement as expected. What will consumers actually think when they're at the shop? Dell's tablet looks really nice though. Lets see what Apple comes up with.
Exciting things? So far I like the Light Touch interactive projector and Plastic Logic's lightweight e-reader. Since CES isn't done yet I'm hoping there's more to get excited about.
-P
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