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HylaFax and Unicode text
ByetzionTo be able to fax a text file containing Unicode (especially non-English characters), a suggestion can be found in this mailing-list post. I could not use it, though, because my Unicode text had ASCII-art-tables, and the printing process forced using variable font. I was unable to convert the text to an encoding (using iconv or…
Security on the net
ByetzionI am not a security expert. I know my way, and I can use common sense, which is the best practice for a good security, but I get to hear terrible things. Not only the hunt for file sharing people is on full throttle, but media companies try (and succeed) in providing yet better, meaner,…
ACPID and Xorg problem solved
ByetzionWell, all it required was a little search using Google, and Voila! It appears that I needed to add inside my xorg.conf file the line Option "NoPM" in the ServerFlags section. Restart to X, and it was solved. Just like that. Related posts: Nvidia now works with AIGLX! Stateless Systems (diskless, boot from net) on…
NFS problems in failover – MC Service Guard. Applicable to other Linux HA clusters
ByetzionProblem: Two Linux servers (RHEL4) running NFS Server in High-Availability (failover) mode. When failovering the resources, an NFS client can continue to work. When failing back, the NFS client times-out for 5+ minutes. Further problem information: While using RHEL3, that same (exact) configuration worked flawlessly. Solution: set NFS options to UDP instead of TCP. Explanation:…
Hard Freeze when Using FireFox, Unison-GTK, and some other GTK apps
ByetzionHard freezes are unpleasant at best. They also prevent you from tracking the source of the problem. You speculate, based on the "familly" of applications you encounter problems with, and try to obtain some resolution. At first it was FireFox. I’ve removed it to install Galeon instead. Didn’t help. I left it at that, and…
Proccess monitoring, Keepalive, etc
ByetzionMy new Linux server-to-be will require some remote monitoring and process keepalive going there. It’s that I’ve noticed nscd (which is required, when dealing with hundreds of LDAP based accounts) tends todie once a while. I’ve also made a mistake once, and managed to kill all SSH daemons, including the running ones. I am happy…

