Chris Carey

Geekin’ Out: for the love of computers.

  • Gutsy Issue with SATA drives

    Here is how I permanently fixed it: 1) make a file named “99-hdd-spin-fix.sh”. The important thing is starting with “99”. 2) make sure the file contains the following 2 lines (fix it if you have PATA HDD): #!/bin/sh hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda 3) copy this file to 3 locations: /etc/acpi/suspend.d/ /etc/acpi/resume.d/ /etc/acpi/start.d/ Voila! After that…

  • Disable Search Assistant on XP

    Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe). Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState subkey. From the Edit menu, select New, String Value. Enter a name of Use Search Asst Double-click the new value, type no in the “Value data” field to use the old search tool, and click OK. Close the registry editor.

  • Fix a Actiontec GT701

    Here is the fix for the Actiontec GT701 DSL router   echo 8192 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_max echo 3600 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_tcp_timeout_established echo 60 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_tcp_timeout_close_wait Link to article at DSL Reports

  • Disable Autorun on XP

    Another solution is go to the following key in the registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER-> Software -> Microsoft -> Windows ->CurrentVersion -> Policies -> Explorer Create a REG_DWORD – NoDriveTypeAutoRun , give it the following value – 0x10 Then restart explorer.

  • Setting default editor on Linux

    # update-alternatives –set editor /usr/bin/vi

  • Using Apache WebDAV on XP

    Using WebDAV from XP is a problem due to bugs in XP implementation of WebDAV support (it calls web folders). Here are some solutions I’ve found: http://ulihansen.kicks-ass.net/aero/webdav/ http://www.chasen.name/apachewebdavforwebfolders(webfolders)

  • Mounting an old LVM disk

    DHCP server died at work today. We mounted the old hard disk on KNOPPIX and thought it would be easy to get the files off the bad hard disk. Well wouldn’t you know, the old dying hard disk is running LVM. Here are the commands needed to mount an old LVM disk. vgscan vgchange -a…

  • Blackberry Pearl 8100 and IOGear GBU321 Bluetooth Adapter

    I finally got the Blackberry Pearl to use my IOGear GBU321 Bluetooth Adapter. I had to remove the IOGear drivers, and trick Windows into thinking this device is certified so it would use Microsoft drivers. After that, a few setup steps and it was working! Link 1 Link2

  • Updating to Debian Etch broke Amavis-Stats

    Updating to Debian Etch broke Amavis-Stats: Amavis Detection Statistics Daily Graphs amavis-stats::error: rrd_graph(): 1 amavis-stats::error: rrd_graph(): 1 Weekly Graphs amavis-stats::error: rrd_graph(): 1 amavis-stats::error: rrd_graph(): 1 Monthly Graphs amavis-stats::error: rrd_graph(): 1 amavis-stats::error: rrd_graph(): 1 Yearly Graphs amavis-stats::error: rrd_graph(): 1 amavis-stats::error: rrd_graph(): 1 I searched Google for a solution but every other post on the subject suggested…