I came across a strange little networking problem earlier today. The client in question had needed to be rebooted earlier in the day. The server had had no changes made to it. The problem only started occurring after the reboot of the client. We had an NFS directory on the server that the client’s subnet had access to. However when we tried to mount the directory (via the automounter) it failed with a permission denied Read more
Decided to make lasagna today. And of course my recipe requires about a third of a bottle of red wine. After quick glance at the wine in the house, I came to the same conclusion I always do when cooking – all of that is too good to cook with. Since I was going to lidl anyway for the veg I thought I’d just pick up a cheap bottle while there. At the moment there Read more
Basic instructions are here: http://kuffner-sternwarte.at/hms/wiki/index.php5?title=Lightmeter-Driver#Linux # apt-get install make gcc wget libhid-dev # wget http://kuffner-sternwarte.at/hms/wiki/uploads/LightmeterLinuxMark2.3.zip # unzip LightmeterLinuxMark2.3.zip # make Read more
Just got this email from the EFF: Help stop the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) from steamrolling our rights and freedoms. Please contact your Member of Parliament (MEP) today and ask them to sign a Declaration that takes a stand against efforts to curb Internet freedom in ACTA. Parliamentarians must sign in person before July 8, during the Strasbourg plenary session. Written Declaration 12 asks EU negotiators to ensure that ACTA respects European citizens’ fundamental rights to Read more
Another ‘damn! I keep forgetting how to do that!’ post… When you want to display something from one unix box to another there are two ways of doing it. 1. Use ssh. You need to use ‘ssh -X’ specifically which will allow X11 forwarding. ssh takes care of setting the DISPLAY variable for you. You also need to ensure that the server is configured for X forwarding: [sourcecode language=’php’]# X11 tunneling options X11Forwarding yes X11DisplayOffset Read more
Every now and again an install on a new machine fails for me and I have to google to remember how to change the label. So this time I’m writing it down! Docs.sun.com has some information on the differences between the two formats http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5093/disksconcepts-47761?l=en&a=view But suffice to say that you cant install Solaris on an EFI disk, you need to change it to an SMI label. Thats done using ‘format -e’. Select the label option, Read more
Dear Councilors & TD’s, It was with incredulity that I read reports in the Irish Times of the destruction of parts of Dalkey Quarry. The first recorded climbs by the Irish Mountaineering Council were undertaken in the 1940’s. Today the quarry is used almost daily by climbers and the routes range from the very beginner level up to some of the hardest climbs in the country. It is the only quarry that I know of Read more
The start of 2010 has been an interesting time in the EU. Where, in stark contrast to most places, we seem to be coming up with good legislation and ideas. February 22nd: The EU Commission proposes a ban on all commercial fishing of Atlantic bluefin tuna by 2011. Predictably the Japanese are the ones who are protesting most. But you would expect that from a nation that seems to have a policy of making marine Read more
Recently out broadband usage seems to have gone up quite significantly. This, naturally, has been blamed on me. And the Mac. As Min put it “this only became an issue since the mac came into the house!”. Now you can log into the web interface of the Voyager and get the bytes since it connected. You can also reset some network traffic counters in Status -> Traffic Stats, but none of these really give you Read more
Right. Enough people have messaged me about this on facebook so rather than do the day by day thing, which I’ll get bored of by tomorrow, I’ll just list them all now. This is a bit of an oldskool list; i should do it again with more tunes from this century sometime 🙂 day 01 – your favorite song Disarm – Smashing Pumpkins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQtLoJlQD6E day 02 – your least favorite song Sinead – nothing compares Read more