Category: T&T
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Fix iTunes + Windows 7 + iPhone
Update: Using the latest iTunes 64bit with Windows 7 64bit, I had no more problems. Can’t vouch for 32 bit versions, though. Problem: After a first successful sync of my iPhone with iTunes on Windows 7, I rebooted my PC. Consequently, any attempt to start iTunes with my iPhone plugged in results in an error…
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Enable additional ENV variables on linux for non-interactive ssh logins
Use-case: run Hadoop with localhost as your only master/slave and with a custom JVM: echo JAVA_HOME=/home/user/jdk > ~/.bashrc echo JAVA_HOME=/home/user/jdk > ~/.ssh/environment sudo -i echo PermitUserEnvironment yes >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config service ssh restart exit ssh localhost ‘echo $JAVA_HOME’
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OpenSuse 11 and WiFi
A week or so ago I shuffled computers around the house. As a result one of my desktops couldn’t be reached by wired Ethernet any more, so I thought of going wireless. Bought a cheap Asus PCI-Wireless card (WL-138G) which worked like a charm on Vista and XP. That’s the sunny side of the story.…
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Is your monitor set up right?
Test it using the page here. I had to adjust both my contrast and brightness (my LCD was really bright). Btw, the tip they give, for setting the contrast high, at 100 and brightness at 25 is not very accurate, so make sure you pick your own.
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Setting up subversion on Windows
Today I had something to test that required a svn repository. Since my home repository wasn’t answering my calls (well, pings actually) I decided to do a quick install of the svn server on my Windows XP box. From what I remembered it should have been simple enough. After restarting all the process at one…
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The file(s) with no death
Aas I was working with some ANT scripts today (well, yesterday by the time I finish the post) I stumbled upon a strange situation (or so I thought at first): my ANT task failed when trying to delete some JAR files. I checked the path to the file – it was correct. I checked if…
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Command history
Today I found out from Ha neat trick in Windows XP’s command line console (cmd for friends): it has a built-in history of commands. If you open up the console and issue some commands, and then later on you hit F7 you will be prompted with a MS-DOS style window. From this window you can…