After doing some updates to my DNS set up I ran some standard checks. And it took me a while to realize that for some reason my zone didn’t load correctly and the secondary server was used. So I dove into the logs and low and behold I saw this: zone dusares.com/IN: journal rollforward failed:… Continue reading BIND Journal Foo
Category: Linux
Re-Assign Host Access Permission For User In MySQL Foo
Changing the configuration of a VPN can have interesting side effects. In my case I had to open up the host permissions for my MySQL users and databases from a /24 to a /16 network. Should be easy… and it actually is. Here are the SQL commands you have to execute to perform such an… Continue reading Re-Assign Host Access Permission For User In MySQL Foo
Wicd On Ubuntu Fails To Start Foo
Running Ubuntu, like most mainstream Linux distribution, means nowadays automatically that your computer gets exposed to the NetworkManager and its sideeffects. Maybe this tool might work for some desktop users, but it definitely never worked for me. It is cumbersome to configure, doesn’t like if an interface is managed manually or you want to change… Continue reading Wicd On Ubuntu Fails To Start Foo
Netgear PS121v2 Print Server Linux Foo
It is always fun to re-activate some old hardware. We had this HP laser printer sitting there with a Netgear PS121 (v2!) and it was just begging me to use it. So I thought, that is a quick and easy set up. Well it would’ve been if it didn’t have some nice surprises for me.… Continue reading Netgear PS121v2 Print Server Linux Foo
Ubuntu Sleep Foo Resolved… Finally…
The deed is done! Finally! If you don’t know what I am talking about, please read here, here and here. I finally had the time to get down and dirty (literally!) and change the power supply. Well, the old one died on me and I had to replace it. Now the old 650W rests in… Continue reading Ubuntu Sleep Foo Resolved… Finally…
Harddisk Foo
I had my fair share of harddisk failures in the past and last night I got hit again. If anybody had problems accessing my site, then please accept my apologies. One of the hard drives in my server failed, which in itself is covered by the software RAID. But for an unknown reason the MySQL… Continue reading Harddisk Foo
R.I.P. Medibuntu
While trying to update my desktop box, which is still running Quantal, I saw these nice error messages: W: Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/free/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/free/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/non-free/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found E: Some index files failed… Continue reading R.I.P. Medibuntu
Missing modules for paramiko and gio in duplicity foo
Since I upgraded some of my servers to the latest LTS of Ubuntu, I saw nice warning messages in my duplicity backup reports. I know, these are just warnings and no errors, but I don’t like to see any warning in a backup report of mine. Here is a sample: Import of duplicity.backends.giobackend Failed: No… Continue reading Missing modules for paramiko and gio in duplicity foo
Eclipse Huge Tab Bar Foo
On my odyssey to find the right desktop environment for me I am back in Gnome land. In its latest incarnation Gnome 3 it looks nice and seems to be actually usable. I still don’t like that they removed more or less all useful configuration options. But finally there are some tools that make up… Continue reading Eclipse Huge Tab Bar Foo
CloudPress Foo
In the wake of all the NSA scandals I finally took the time and created a full blown cloud solution for my family. I used a lot of components that are readily available (Owncloud, Roundcube, WordPress, etc.) and could create a very well rounded solution for us. In order to integrate everything I used the… Continue reading CloudPress Foo