2008 January - Part 3

Archive for January, 2008

Bug in openSUSE xorg security update

posted on January 22, 2008 in HowTo, Linux with 1 Comment

I’ve been hit by bug #345131 since updating to the latest xorg-server [7.2-143.9] security update on my openSUSE 10.3 installation. xorg-server version 7.2-143.6 to 7.2-143.9. VLC, Filezilla and a few other applications stopped working. The bug has something to do with the X Window shared memory (MIT-SHM) overflowing. My error, The program ‘Filezilla’ received an [...]

How to untar over SSH

posted on January 21, 2008 in HowTo, Linux with 9 Comments

I develop quite a few bash scripts to automated backups and dropbox operation in my office. One of the usual requirements is to tar (tar.gz) the files locally and later untar them on the destination server when needed. I have a few simple scripts with interactive menus which help the data center operations team with [...]

Deluge BitTorrent Client 0.5.8.1 released

posted on January 21, 2008 in BitTorrent, Linux, Software with 5 Comments

A new version of Deluge is out. Changes added to this release, Catch various exceptions from possibly corrupted persistent.state Use pieces wanted instead of total pieces to draw adv progress bar Properly catch ‘address already in use’ error when trying to use a port that is in use Attempt to fix issue where all the [...]

I’m going to watch Rambo 4

posted on January 21, 2008 in Cool Stuff, General, Internet, Malaysia with 7 Comments

Won myself a pair of Rambo 4 tickets from AMBP. The tickets were up for grabs during the recent gathering which was the first bloggers gathering for me. I’ve never had luck with lucky draws my whole life and that did not change this time. One week later, now, I’m chosen as a lucky winner. [...]

Where is Sharlinie?

posted on January 19, 2008 in General, Malaysia with 11 Comments

Yet another innocent soul is falls victim to sick perverts. If there were a god, please please spare this innocent soul from being added to the statistics. Please…….. We leave among sick people, really sick bastards. What do they see in an innocent child like this? sigh…. My fix, Legalize porn and prostitution, ya ya….. [...]

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