Posts Tagged ‘debian’

• Using Debian multimedia repository

  Date: 2010.04.06 | Responses: 0

  I needed to install the lame mp3 library, but Debian’s own repositories do not included; however, I was able to find it at http://www.debiam-multimedia.org.

  Simply add that URI to your repositories and choose your distribution (i included both squeeze and sid) and chose sections main and non-free.

  When upgrading packages, try upgrading a few at a time, as when i did it, I got a broken package libavcodec52 or something like that. I resolved by removing ffmpeg, upgrading another package and then reinstalling fmpeg.

• Installing wireless card Rosewill RNX-G300EX

  Date: 2010.04.02 | Responses: 0

  Though card is from Rosewill, lspci showed

  08:01.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI

  To get it up and running I found and installed the debian package firmware-ralink and then restarted the network-manager (for gnome).

• Installing WordPress MU

  Date: 2010.03.19 | Responses: 0

  Always make sure to do the following (and read the README.txt file)

  • “127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain” to /etc/hosts
  • Activate rewrite apache module.
  • Make sure you have packages php5-mysql, libapache2-mod-php5, libapache2-modxslt
    
  • Make mysql user and database, for example:

  CREATE USER 'wordpress'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mypassword';
  GRANT FILE ON *.* TO 'wordpress'@'localhost';
  CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS wordpressmu;
  GRANT ALL ON wordpressmu.* TO 'wordpress'@'localhost';

• Broken authentication/loggin due to samba/winbind

  Date: 2010.03.16 | Responses: 0

  Start your system in single user mode and once you enter the root password, run pam-auth-update.

• Configuring hardware in Debian

  Date: 2010.02.23 | Responses: 0

  When installing a new linux system, some of your hardware may not be working.

  Make sure to install the package (at least in Debain Squeeze) firmware-linux-nonfree.

I live in Denver, Colorado and work as a contractor for HAIKU Learning Systems, Inc., an online learning company. I did my Master's in Music Informatics at Indiana University and got a B.A. in Computer Science and Mathematics, with a minor in Music from Carroll College in Helena, Montana.

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