October 30th, 2008 |
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Help
Just wanted to throw this out and see if anyone else is experiencing this, has experienced this, or knows how to fix this. I only know of one way to reproduce this and it is using Ant to create RPMs. I have my directory structure like the following:
/home/username/folder/sub-folder/foo
When I run Ant in sub-folder, it will break complaining that there is no such file or directory. It is there! For real it is. But after further review, I noticed it wasn’t lying, but it was looking for a different directory. It was looking for the following:
/home/username/folder/sub_folder/foo
That’s right, it is trying to do work in the sub_folder instead of the correct sub-folder. I am going nuts trying to figure this out.
My work around right now is to rename the sub-folder to sub_folder and then everything works out. Any ideas?
Note: This just started happening in Intrepid, worked fine earlier in Intrepid and worked in Hardy.
October 30th, 2008 |
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WTF
[root@centos-yum-repo ~]# yum whatprovides indexhtml
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirrors.liquidweb.com
* updates: mirror.sanctuaryhost.com
* addons: chi-10g-1-mirror.fastsoft.net
* extras: pubmirrors.reflected.net
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
centos-release-notes.i386 : CentOS release notes files
centos-release-notes.i386 : CentOS release notes files
OK, groovy, now I want to remove centos-release-notes for my slimmed down version being utilized as an appliance, I am rebranding my OS, don’t need the CentOS stuff. So I do:
[root@centos-yum-repo ~]# yum erase centos-release-notes
And this leads to:
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package centos-release-notes.i386 0:5.2-2 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: centos-release-notes for package: centos-release
--> Running transaction check
---> Package centos-release.i386 10:5-2.el5.centos set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: /etc/redhat-release for package: initscripts
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Running transaction check
---> Package initscripts.i386 0:8.45.19.1.EL-1.el5.centos set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: initscripts for package: xorg-x11-xfs
--> Processing Dependency: initscripts >= 5.86-1 for package: kbd
--> Processing Dependency: initscripts >= 6.38 for package: quota
--> Processing Dependency: initscripts >= 5.92 for package: isdn4k-utils
Oh, it goes on, and you see some of this:
=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================
Removing:
centos-release-notes i386 5.2-2 installed 49 k
Removing for dependencies:
Deployment_Guide-en-US noarch 5.2-11.el5.centos installed 6.8 M
GConf2 i386 2.14.0-9.el5 installed 4.6 M
MAKEDEV i386 3.23-1.2 installed 642 k
NetworkManager i386 1:0.6.4-8.el5 installed 1.2 M
NetworkManager-glib i386 1:0.6.4-8.el5 installed 18 k
PyXML i386 0.8.4-4 installed 5.2 M
And at the end you see this:
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 0 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 367 Package(s)
Is this ok [y/N]:
What? If I want to remove the release notes, I have to remove the entire freakin’ system? You pretty much do, so what do we do to get around this? Create a fake package, or use one of our other custom packages, and have it provide indexhtml. Time to go find the strongest drink I can possibly locate. Gasoline should do!
October 22nd, 2008 |
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KDE, Kubuntu, Tutorial
OK, so how many of you are trying out Kubuntu Intrepid with a second monitor which works somewhat, but constantly sits there and blinks on and off? If you answered “ya, mine does that” then this is what you need to do:
- Open up System Settings
- Go to the Advanced tab
- Select Service Manager
- Select Detecting RANDR (monitor) changes and stop the service
- Uncheck the box next to the previous step in order to prevent this service from starting up at login
- Apply everything and close out
- Enjoy the non-blinking external or 2nd display
Thanks to those of you who responded to bug #278471 for helping us out!
October 21st, 2008 |
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Personal
The new album kicks ass dude! This is why Open Source not only works, but also rocks, litterally.
October 15th, 2008 |
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Gnome, Kubuntu
Let me explain this briefly and why I am giving Kubuntu 1 and Ubuntu a 0 in this one aspect, which to me is very important, I mean very important!
I have a xorg.conf configuration that is very simple, all I do is add a virtual config to it that states I want my desktop to be 3360×1050, as I have 2 monitors that are 1680×1050.
Now with this same exact xorg.conf, Kubuntu Intrepid works like a champ with utilizing the dual monitors in a non-mirroring mode. Ubuntu Intrepid on the other hand, well it is utter garbage with or without Compiz. With Compiz you get nastiness on the 2nd display, and without Compiz you get short changed 3/4 of the 2nd display.
My video card is:
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
Other than this, I do enjoy the way Ubuntu Intrepid has shaped up, and the new wallpaper, oooh I like it! Unless someone can give me the groovyness I need with my dual monitor setup, it is back to my home in Kubuntu land (I told you Harald I wouldn’t be gone long).
EDIT: I have changed the title from Kubuntu 1 – Ubuntu 0 to what it is now. Why? They are both failing right now. In Kubuntu my external screen sits here and blinks, but it is usable. I fixed this issue last week and cannot remember how I did it. I get the following error in Xorg.log:
(EE) intel(0): Unable to write to SDVOCTRL_E for SDVOB Slave 0x70.
October 13th, 2008 |
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Community, Event
What the hell happened?
First off, it was super cool meeting The following people at OLF:
Friday we got in and met Jorge Castro and Jono Bacon over at Jono’s hotel lobby for a few drinks before heading out to the Happy Greek for dinner. A huge thanks to the Zenoss guys for dinner, and I will work on getting everything packaged up for you guys here shortly. After dinner we headed over to Barley for the pre-party, and wow that was crazy. That night I think most of us said “NO MORE JAGER BOMBS!” however when we left to go out clubbing, we had even more.
Columbus totally rocked! The Frog Bear and Wild Boar totally rocked on Friday and Saturday night. Friday night we did more club like dancing outside and witnessed stuff no human being ever should! We went inside and listened to a decent band. Saturday night we went back for more and totally formed a mosh pit to a pretty good metal band. My head and neck still hurt from all of that head banging.
OLF, what can I say. I talked to a bunch of great people, hung out at some great booths (Fedora, Ubuntu, and Foresight), poked fun at Ken VanDine by writing “Konary” on his Conary and rBuilder BoF whiteboard 
The talks were great. Daniel T. Chen, known as crimsun the audio god to many, blew many of our minds with his audio talk. Never again will I abuse Daniel with audio problems, because if his talk gave me a head ache with all of that info, I can only imagine what his head feels like. Then there was Jono’s talk. What can I say, it was insanely good as always, and even a tad bit humerous.
It was a blast and I will definitely be back next year! Oh, and by the way, for those of you who witnessed the so-called “Dance Off”, I was totally cheated by a naked fat man!!! Kubuntu won that dance off, I don’t care what anyone says!!! Kevin, I will get even with you soon!
