http://lynema.com Tom Lynema's Weblog Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:53:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You're trying to connect to an OS X box and your vnc viewer just doesn't seem to work. Then, after many a google serch, you discover that OS X's remote access protocol is incompatible with most VNC servers.  Tuning to Apple for help yeilds a solution, for a small(large) fee. Thankfully, ... http://lynema.com/2008/08/10/remote-control-of-an-os-x-box The storms that went through yesterday had an interesting effect on the available wifi networks in the area.   It wasn't so much the storms that caused this, it was more the lack of power in the area when the lightning started striking.   Here is what the wireless situation looks like ... http://lynema.com/2008/08/05/when-the-power-goes-out Some content is taken from http://forums.ebay.co.uk/thread.jspa?threadID=1200182458. I tried to link my ebay account to my paypal account and it would just simply not work. After going through the prompts many times, it would still say that there was no association. There is a fix in an odd ... http://lynema.com/2008/08/01/fixing-this-error-you-either-dont-have-a-paypal-account-or-your-paypal-account-is-not-linked-to-your-ebay-account Sometime, you just don't know which dll files to register.  Enlighten yourself with dependancy walker . http://lynema.com/2008/07/24/discovering-dependant-dlls-in-windows Ben Martin's articles have always been a great resource. In his latest article, Linux.com :: Benchmarking hardware RAID vs. Linux kernel software RAID, he makes a very informative comparison between hardware and software RAID.  It is a must read for the server admins out there.  While you're at it, also ... http://lynema.com/2008/07/16/linuxcom-benchmarking-hardware-raid-vs-linux-kernel-software-raid They've been out for over a year, but I just stumbled upon them this week.  Redhat release some very high quality and non-encumbered fonts.   Most distibutions will have them in a package named liberated-fonts.  They are substitues for some very popular fonts such asTimes New Roman, Thorndale, Nimbus Roman, and ... http://lynema.com/2008/07/14/liberate-your-fonts Check out http://www.favicon.cc/ for your various favicon needs. http://lynema.com/2008/07/13/slick-favicon-website OpenSuse 11.0 was released on June 19, 2008. Shortly thereafter, it was installed and running on my laptop.  OpenSuse has many draws, I'll try and touch on the reasons why I chose it for my laptop and why it will stay on my laptop for the foreseeable future. It has corporate ... http://lynema.com/2008/07/13/distro-filpping-opensuse-on-the-laptop When double clicking on apps don't seem to open the correct program anymore on almost every file, there is most likely an issue with the MIME database.  The MIME database tells the desktop environment which program should open a file.  Try this to re-associate things. update-mime-database ~/.local/share/mime This tip was found after ... http://lynema.com/2008/07/13/what-to-do-when-all-of-gnomes-mime-enteries-break Check em out here.  Unfortunitely, it looks like Linux users have to wait until the 5.1 release of MySQL Workbench to get a good free ERD tool. http://lynema.com/2008/07/09/nice-list-of-erd-tools