我的 Compaq V6133eu 集成的是 Broadcom bcm4322 无线网卡。Compaq V6133eu 安装了 Fedora 11 以后，就是这个无线网卡不能工作。HP 和 Broadcom 对 linux 用户支持都不到位，HP 那儿找不到 Broadcom wlan driver for linux，Broadcom 把 Broadcom wlan driver for linux 隐藏得很深，我搜了 N 次以后才找到。我嫌安装步骤过于繁琐，踌躇着还没动手，这时 Fodera 提示我 Firmware update。难道是 Fedora 刚刚增加了 Broadcom wlan driver for linux？Firmware update 后重启，无线网卡已经开始工作了，省却我手动安装的繁琐。
Month: July 2009
I love Webmin & Virtualmin
用过 Webmin 和 Virtualmin 以后，我觉得这个组合最适合我管理主机了，有了 Webmin 和 Virtualmin，根本就用不着 cPanel 或 Plesk。 Virtualmin GPL 的官方说不支持 Fedora，可它已经跑在我的 Fedora 11 上了。我的经验是在 Fedora 上 用 install.sh 来安装 Virtualmin GPL 确实会出现错误无法进行下去。错误提示是： error: open of error: open of HTML failed: No such file or directory error: open of PUBLIC failed: No such file or directory 但换个方式安装 Virtualmin GPL 就成功了—— 登录 Webmin，在… Continue reading I love Webmin & Virtualmin
Mount FTP file system on CentOS
有了 SFTP 以后，FTP 几乎没有用武之地了，研究 FTP 大多是因为某些软件或服务器只支持 FTP。 1&1 独立主机附赠一个跟硬盘容量相等的 FTP 备份空间，此 FTP 只能由 root server 访问，但 1&1 并没有提供现成的备份软件（1＆1 营销上的失误）。FTP 备份空间对我来说用处不大，但 250 G 的空间空着也是浪费，于是我自创了我的备份方案，此中关键点是如何在 CentOS 上加载 FTP 文件系统。 经一番搜索，找到 curlftpfs，用它可以加载 FTP 文件系统，但 Fedora 可以直接 yum install curlftpfs，CentOS 里没有，得用 DAG repository，所以第一步：安装 DAG repository。 rpm -Uhv http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/x86_64/rpmforge/RPMS//rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm 第二步：安装 curlftpfs yum install curlftpfs 第三步：没有第三步，已经可以使用 curlftps 了。如果要加载 FTP 文件系统 curlftpfs… Continue reading Mount FTP file system on CentOS
Magento extensions worth my trying
I went through Magento Community Extensions, and short listed the following extensions worth my trying. MagentoLiveChat This module will provide a LiveChat support in Magento. It don’t depends third party platform It don’t require to fill a form before start a conversation It identify automatically registered user It provide information about the current page of… Continue reading Magento extensions worth my trying
Preinstalled package groups of a hosting server
Godaddy CentOS: Installed Groups: MySQL Database Editors System Tools Text-based Internet Legacy Network Server DNS Name Server FTP Server Network Servers Web Server Windows File Server Mail Server PostgreSQL Database Yum Utilities 1&1 CentOS: Installed Groups: DNS Name Server Editors Legacy Network Server Legacy Software Development Legacy Software Support Mail Server MySQL Database PostgreSQL Database… Continue reading Preinstalled package groups of a hosting server
How to open an mdb exclusively opened by others
Do not be over excited – my solution is not about how to open an mdb which is truly exclusively opened by others, but to cope with the situation when you can not open the mdb over the network. For example, from time to time, Actinic crashes. And sometimes after crash, you see this message:… Continue reading How to open an mdb exclusively opened by others
Email images not showing up in IE8
I was asked by someone why on his PC images in html emails were not displayed. He was using google mail web interface (SSL enabled – Automatically enforce Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connections when your users access Gmail, Calendar, Docs, and Sites) and IE8. I was using the same google mail but Firefox. On my… Continue reading Email images not showing up in IE8
Fed up with Actinic
Actinic gave me some trouble this morning. I was reported that Actinic crashed when uploading. My close investigation found that Actinic crashed at the point of checking catalog. No error message was shown on screen. A Catalog_version_number_date_time.dmp was generated but that meant nothing to me. Fortunately, there were not many catalogue changes since last successful… Continue reading Fed up with Actinic
I switched Godaddy dedicated server to VPS
原来在 Godaddy 的独立服务器到期没有续费，昨天我重新订了一台 VPS。其实，这台 VPS 也是并没有大用，只不过预算只能花给 Godaddy，权当是测试 Godaddy VPS 的性能吧。 使用 Godaddy 的服务两年多，总体感觉满意，尤其满意 Godaddy support 响应比较及时。然而，如今我的资源不一样了，看问题的角度也不一样了，如果重新选择 server 或 VPS service provider 的话，Godaddy 这类名气大的不会是我的首选。一些规模相对较小，或者只是 reseller 级别的 ISP 成了我的首选。只是 reseller 良莠不齐，需要仔细甄别（以前不会甄别，所以只好找 Godaddy 求个省心）。 Godaddy VPS 可以定制，但挑选余地不大，而且没有 64 位 OS（如果我可以把钱花在别的地方的话，这可以是淘汰 Godaddy 的一个因素）。 VPS 到手以后，我先装了 vnc server（纯属研究，恐怕没人会拿 VPS 当 remote desktop用吧）。从 VPS 到 vnc server，除了正常的 vnc server 安装步骤，还需要 yum… Continue reading I switched Godaddy dedicated server to VPS
php always takes apache as its session owner
今天用 yum update php 到 5.2.10 版，发现升级了以后 /var/lib/php/session 的 ownship 又成了 root:apache。这有点恼人，难道每次升级我都要手工改一次 chown nginx:nginx /var/lib/php/session? 或是以后用 apache 的身份来跑 nginx? 我觉得都不太好，太多的场合只认 apache as an only http server，搞得 nginx 很孤立 :(