Sunday, April 11, 2010

Bash if statements

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I'm constantly forgetting the bash if statement syntax, and it takes a while to find the right example on the web or to read the man pag...
Thursday, April 8, 2010

Microsoft's attempt to fix windows packaging: The Common Opensource Application Publishing Platform (CoApp)

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I read about Garrett Serack's project to fix the mess that is windows packaging (or lack of packaging) with The Common Opensource Appli...

Django formset.as_table() displays vertically only

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Like other people , I want to be able to display a formset as an ordinary 'horizontal' table, i.e. where all headings are in their o...
Wednesday, April 7, 2010

OpenLDAP completely broken on install under Karmic

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I hate OpenLDAP. Thanks to a stupid decision by OpenLDAP packagers, the server is completely unusable after install on Ubuntu. We went fro...
Tuesday, April 6, 2010

A quick LVM HOWTO for Ubuntu linux and SAN disk LUNs

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First get your luns in order using multipath-tools . If you have a whole bunch of LUNs presented to the same box, it can be hard to figure...
Monday, April 5, 2010

MythTV scanning for new videos now less intuitive

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In MythTV 0.22, adding new videos to the playback list is far less intuitive . You need to hit the menu key ('m') in the watch vide...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Mounting a HP HSV300 SAN lun on Ubuntu linux

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To get your HP HSV300 SAN luns mounted on linux over fiber channel, first use the HP GUI to set up your luns and present them to your host. ...