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Fixing Firefox stalling in Gentoo
Filesystem mught be blocking sync, try to adjust values nano -w /etc/sysctl.d/98-caching.conf 128MB and 10% ratio vm.dirty_background_bytes = 134217728 vm.dirty_ratio = 10
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Setting up subversion over ssl and nginx on debian
Subversion supports DAV protocol access only with Apache server. To get it running with nginx, apache has to be installed on the same system. To start, install apache and svn support apt-get install apache2 libapache2-svn For apache and nginx web servers to coexist on the same computer and running at the same time, they would […]
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Quick winXP/Vista/7/8 recovery
To a friend in trouble. In short winXP doesn’t behave nice. Most likely virus. Backup and full reinstall needed. Here is my advice how to back it up using linux live distro. 1. install linux live cd to CD or better usb key 2. boot old computer using linux from step 1 — DONT install […]
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Kubuntu on ASUS Zenbook Prime UX31A-DH5
After a few problems I can confirm ASUS Zenbook Prime UX31A-DH5 working with Kubuntu 13.10. Here are the steps I did: Get kubuntu from http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/download At the time of writing, version 13.10 was the most recent. It should work with BIOS Secure Boot option. Copy iso image to usb device dmesg [67675.270470] sdf: sdf1 sdf2 […]
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Apache configuration for pylons
Recently some of our pylons servers experienced mysql overflow. Pylons app is served via apache 2.2 using worker mpm on gentoo with kernel 3.2. It uses sqlalchemy to access mysql server. The pylons error is: >> self.pool.connect(), Module sqlalchemy.pool:210 in connect >> return _ConnectionFairy(self).checkout() Module sqlalchemy.pool:371 in __init__ >> rec = self._connection_record = pool._do_get() Module […]
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Brother MFC-7460DN on 64bit gentoo
Network printer Brother MFC-7460DN is not supported by standard cups drivers, but it does work on ubuntu by following instructions from manufacturer web site. Here is how this network printer can be properly configured on 64 bit gentoo (I am using kernel gentoo-sources-3.0.6) Printer Cups and other needed packages Emerge cups and few other needed […]