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Tag Archives: linux
Is it safe to rm files from /var/spool/mqueue?
Is it safe to just remove messages that are failing to be delivered, or is there some other special sendmail “cancel delivery” command that I can execute to remove these from the queue? Is it necessary to stop sendmail if … Continue reading
Best remote backup solution for Linux?
I’m running my own hand-crafted remote backup (rsync++) script to back up data from one machine to another. But, it has some serious drawbacks, and I’m still looking for something better. Here are my requirements: Runs on Ubuntu Is either: … Continue reading
git error “unable to write sha1 filename … Permission denied”
I was having the following issue while doing a “git push”: $ git push Counting objects: 50, done. Compressing objects: 100% (33/33), done. Writing objects: 100% (36/36), 4.42 KiB, done. Total 36 (delta 13), reused 0 (delta 0) error: unable … Continue reading
Throttling pipes in ubuntu linux using cstream
When I stream music from my home to my work, I want to make sure that I throttle my music such that it doesn’t saturate my outgoing network connection and make the rest of my internet slow. All I wanted … Continue reading
transcoding mp3-to-mp3 in mt-daapd
Introduction mt-daapd is an iTunes daap-protocol server for Unix systems. I’m using mt-daapd on by Ubuntu 9.04 system to stream music over the internet to my workplace. The issue is that many of my mp3 files are 256kbps mp3 files, … Continue reading
I’ve given up on web-based music services.
It was a long and tumultuous affair, but now I’ve officially given up on web-based streaming of my personal music collection. I started out with netjuke, which died and got absorbed into the horrible jinzora project. So then I switched … Continue reading
RRDTool bindings for php5 in Ubuntu
As far as I can tell, there are no RRDTool bindings for php5 for Ubuntu 9.04. It appears as though it existed in prior distributions that included php4, but Ubuntu 9.04 no longer includes php4. Several others are talking about … Continue reading
Notes on transitioning from Fedora Core to Ubuntu
Just some quick notes before I forget them. I’ve recently switched my primary desktop machine from Fedora Core 8 (very old, I know) x86_64 to Ubuntu 9.04 (latest and greatest) x86_64. In general, things went well, but there were a … Continue reading
audacious + madplug + lame –vbr-new == FAIL
I listen to all of my music via streaming it from my home machine, and transcoding it on the fly. I recently made 2 changes to my setup: I’m using audacious for playback instead of xmms I switched to a … Continue reading
Mac OSX Leopard under KVM/Linux
Some collected links. I have yet to get this working properly. The osx86 install images hang at “dsmos: Starting” http://d4wiki.goddamm.it/index.php/Howto:_Mac_OSX_on_KVM It seems as though KVM/qemu itself needs to be patched to emulate the AppleSMC hardware device. I can’t yet find … Continue reading