Tag Archives: linux

Is it safe to rm files from /var/spool/mqueue?

Posted on April 8, 2010 by slacy

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 →

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Best remote backup solution for Linux?

Posted on December 18, 2009 by slacy

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 →

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git error “unable to write sha1 filename … Permission denied”

Posted on September 23, 2009 by slacy

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 →

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Throttling pipes in ubuntu linux using cstream

Posted on August 24, 2009 by slacy

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 →

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transcoding mp3-to-mp3 in mt-daapd

Posted on August 24, 2009 by slacy

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 →

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I’ve given up on web-based music services.

Posted on August 13, 2009 by slacy

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 →

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RRDTool bindings for php5 in Ubuntu

Posted on August 11, 2009 by slacy

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 →

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Notes on transitioning from Fedora Core to Ubuntu

Posted on August 11, 2009 by slacy

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 →

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audacious + madplug + lame –vbr-new == FAIL

Posted on March 17, 2009 by slacy

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 →

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Mac OSX Leopard under KVM/Linux

Posted on February 4, 2009 by slacy

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 →

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