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Category Archives: Linux
Printing onto CDs/DVDs with Epson printers, from Linux
I bought a factory-refurbished Epson Stylus R300 printer a while back primarily because it is able to print directly onto CDs and DVDs, which is much nicer than using paper labels or a Sharpie. Up until now I’ve been using … Continue reading
Too many file access APIs; standard C library could use some improvement
Suppose you’re writing a C program and want to open a file and read some data. The obvious way to do this is to use the C stdio library, which isn’t terribly well designed, but is at least standard. And … Continue reading
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New server performance problems fixed by rebooting
The ssh problem I reported a little while ago was actually a general network performance problem affecting all TCP connections to non-local hosts. Rebooting the server fixed that problem and the WordPress problem. I don’t understand what was wrong, nor … Continue reading
Posted in Fedora
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Bizarre ssh server slowness on Fedore Core 5
If I ssh from home or work to my new colo server running Fedora Core 5 (64-bit), the input side of the ssh session is painfully slow. If I type command lines fast, they echo back very slowly, one character … Continue reading
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WordPress on new system
I moved this blog to a new system, which has a more up-to-date versions of all the software. It still basically works, but is really slow, despite running on a faster computer. All of the other services running on the … Continue reading
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Configuring named (ISC Bind 9)
I’m slowly migrating the various services running on my old server (running Fedora Core 3, 32-bit) to a new dual Opteron server (FC5, 64-bit). In general, moving email services is causing the most hassle, because in the process I’m converting … Continue reading
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Configuring MTAs – Postfix vs. Sendmail, Qmail
A friend who shall remain nameless wrote: I’m a bit nervous about it because everytime I tried Postfix at home, I couldn’t get it to work for one reason or another. Sendmail is ugly but it has always worked for … Continue reading
Posted in Mailman, Postfix, SELinux
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SELinux, Postfix, and Mailman
Some time back I set up a new server machine running Fedora Core 4 x86_64, with Postfix as the MTA, and with the Mailman mailing list manager. I have a very slightly nonstandard Postfix setup, with recipient_delimiter set to a … Continue reading
Posted in Fedora, Mailman, Postfix, SELinux
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radioSHARK in Linux
Some time back I tried to get a Griffin Technology radioSHARK working in Linux, but ran into USB problems. Now Michael Rolig has gotten it to work. Read on for my experience and suggestions.
Posted in Hardware, Linux
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S3 should open-source the Linux drivers for their video cards
S3 has just released their Chrome S27 graphics chip, and cards are starting to become available. This brings them back into a competitive position with ATI and NVidia. ATI and NVidia will not open-source their drivers for X.org, the open-source … Continue reading →