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Cube Fodder: Tangle Desktop Toy
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5a38.shtml
Gadgets: Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a3c.shtml
Gadgets: Key Katcher
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a05.shtml
Tshirts: Kids: newbie
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/59cc.shtml
Caffeine: Energy Gum
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/5a35.shtml
Gadgets: Super Bright GREEN Laser Pointer!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1d.shtml
Gadgets: SoundBug - Turns Glossy Surfaces Into Speakers!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/5a15.shtml
Tshirts: It Must Be User Error
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/59fe.shtml
Gadgets: Key Katcher Privacy Device
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a05.shtml
Gadgets: Mini Wireless Color Video Cam (for RC rovers)
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59eb.shtml
Cube Goodies: Levitron Desktop Levitation Toy
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59a9.shtml
Tshirts: Bug Off, I'm On My Break
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/5a00.shtml
Watches: onHand PC Watch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1a.shtml
Caffeine: Hyperglow Caffeinated Beer
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/beer.shtml
Gadgets: Desktop Zero Point Infinite Power Generator
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/zero.shtml
Cube Fodder: New Desktop Mini Fridge/Warmer
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5991.shtml
Mods: New Lian-LIi Cases
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/cases-mods.shtml
Cube Fodder: LED Binary Clock
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59e0.shtml
Cube Fodder: Rogers Connection Magnetic Set
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59b4.shtml
Caffeine: Warp Mints In Cinnamon Flavor
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/59de.shtml
Sourceforge
Automated Security Tools
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=51027
Release Candidate 1
phpLotto
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=53340
phpLotto 1st Release
Legend of the Wonderer TCG
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=44698
battle system in the project Docs
Advanced Simlulation Toolkit
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=48818
Recruiting
PHPortal
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=28568
PHPortal version 0.1.9 released!
PCGen -- A d20 Character Generator
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25576
PCGen 2.6.3 is available
MySQL Objective C API for Cocoa
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42424
SMySQL version 0.7.0
i810 Framebuffer Device Driver
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39579
Video Overlay Support for the Intel 810 and 815 Framebuffer
'Just For Fun' Network Management System
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46041
JFF Network Management System 0.6.4
VietPad
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46758
VietPad 1.0.2 Release
Slashdot
Article about The Lord of the Rings MASSIVE Crowd
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/04/2227251
[0]TheOneRing.net has posted an article going indepth about [1]LotR
CGI, and specifically the rendering of extremely large crowds being
done by[2]WETA Digital. With the special edition due out soon, and TTT
coming out in december, well let's just leave it at "Yay".
Links
0. http://www.theonering.net/
1. http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1036373442
2. http://www.wetafx.co.nz/digital/
Building A Community Wireless Network From Scratch
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/05/0227236
[0]adelayde writes "This summer I've been involved in a project to
build a community-orientated wireless network in the city of Bristol,
England. Recently I published an [1]article ( [2]mirrored here [3]and
here) describing what we have achieved so far, including some
interesting thoughts on [4]passive repeaters. There is a [5]supporting
site ([6]mirrored here) with detailed instructions on how to build
antennae, and the [7]main project web site is also available here. A
bit of own trumpet blowing perhaps, but I think it'll be of interest to
those readers involved in similar projects and be of some help to those
thinking of starting their own."
Links
0. mailto:mike@;psand.net
1. http://www.psand.net/clan/
2. http://mirror1.psand.net/clan/
3. http://ds.dial.pipex.com/psand/clan/
4. http://mirror1.psand.net/clan/index.xhtml#passive
5. http://flakey.info/
6. http://mirror1.flakey.info/
7. http://ecc.bristolwireless.net/
New Phased-Array AP Boosts 802.11b Range
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/04/2053258
[0]ttul writes "[1]Vivato, a well-funded wireless startup, today came
out of stealth mode to announce its "WiFi" switch product, a super high
performance 802.11b access point that uses an array of hundreds of
antennas to provide wide-area coverage to standard 802.11b clients. See
stories at [2]Wired, and [3]The New York Times. Vivato's new AP
completely changes the economics of WiFi especially for providers such
as [4]FatPort and [5]WayPort, who now have the technology to deliver
11Mbps to your laptop even if you're miles from a location -- it's the
Jetson's, folks!"
Links
0. http://ttul.org/~ksimpson
1. http://www.vivato.net/
2. http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,56166,00.html
3.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/04/technology/04WIRE.html?ex=1037077200&en=73fe9673f9ef8196&ei=5062
4. http://www.fatport.com/
5. http://www.wayport.com/
Slashback: ClonesMAX, Animation, Dislaimers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/04/0036257
Slashback with a reader review of the IMAX version of Star Wars Episode
Two,the continuing courtship of AIM and ICQ, episode 408 of Futurama,
and more, including How to go around the world without going anywhere
at all. Read on below!
Red Hat Nullifies Differences Between Bash, Csh
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/04/156217
[0]Andreas(R) writes "Red Hat Software has [1]revealed that future
versions of the distribution will hide the differences between
command-line user interfaces, creating a 'more unified shell prompt
experience'. 'I don't mind if they rebrand and unify the GNOME and KDE
interfaces,' said one Linux longhair. 'Frankly, I rarely use GUIs. But
when they start messing with my CLI, then it's personal. I'm not going
to sit here and let Red Hat infect my beloved tcsh with those annoying
quirks from bash." Ah, nothing like satire that only a small group will
truly grok. *grin*
Links
0. http://{moc.liamtoh} {ta} {ladsorsaerdna}
1. http://i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/articles/sep02/nullify.shtml
The Worst Coders In Washington
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/04/1811231
[0]spooky writes "[1]The American Open Technology Consortium, 'a
nonprofit organization of technologists who have joined together to
educate lawmakers and regulators about technology  especially in
regards to The Internet' has compiled a list of the lawmakers
responsible for [2]eight bad internet laws. They say, 'These bad coders
and their backers have done more damage to computing, the Internet and
freedom than all the virus authors, spammers and crackers combined', Do
you agree? Did they miss anyone?"
Links
0. http://www.suicidegirls.com
1. http://www.aotc.info/
2. http://www.aotc.info/archives/000152.html#000152
RIP: Charles Sheffield
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/04/1618207
uberdood writes "[0]Dr. Charles Sheffield, noted for such SF works as
the Heritage Universe series, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Higher Education,
The Ganymede Club, Brothers to Dragons, Cold As Ice, and The Mind Pool,
has died of brain cancer at the age of 67. Sheffield will be remembered
for colorful characters such as McAndrew - and the wealth of short
stories that helped make SF pulp rags so enjoyable. More information
can be found via the [1]Washington Post article. One of my favorite
authors, dammit."
Links
0. http://www.sff.net/people/sheffield/
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59309-2002Nov2.html
The Ethics of Desktop Chips Stuffed Into Laptop PCs
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/04/1945239
[0]squareBIT writes "I recently found [1]this article on THG about my
SmartStep 250N having a desktop CPU stuffed into it. That's all fine
and dandy. but when I paid for this thing, nobody told me it would run
at HALF SPEED in battery mode. I don't recall there being any mention
of this before I handed them thousands of dollars. Shouldn't there be
some sort ethical ramifications put into action here? I feel so dirty
..." The least-satisfactory computer I've ever owned (won't even boot
now) is a Toshiba with just such a chip -- wish I'd asked about that in
the store.
Links
0. http://lingate.dyndns.org
1. http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/02q4/021101/index.html
Microsoft's New Hurdles
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/04/1927240
gnuadam writes "The New York Times (free reg. required) is now running
a [0] piece about how the recently accepted [1] settlement between
Microsoft and the DOJ will affect the ever-so-loving relationship
between them and the "worldwide community of volunteer programmers" who
work on Linux and associated programs. Of interest, one interviewee
quipped, "My prediction is that within three years time, Microsoft will
`give away' its operating system to preserve its revenue in the
applications business." Would Microsoft give away Windows to sell
Office? Stay tuned." Update: 11/04 19:33 GMT by [2]T: In related news,
an anonymous reader writes "In an [3]interview with Linux and Main Free
Software Foundation General Counsel Eben Moglen reacts to Friday's U.S.
v. Microsoft ruling and describes how it and 'trusted computing' will
figure in formulating the next version of the GPL, expected in the next
few months."
Links
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/04/technology/04SOFT.html
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2399857.stm
2. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
3. http://www.linuxandmain.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=279
Taiwanese Capacitors Leaking, Exploding
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/04/1751210
ackthpt writes "A few astute slashdot readers were on to something back
when this [0]article was published. After a [1]tip (at
[2]e-insight.net) on [3]failing caps over at [4]amdmb I did a little
looking around and found this [5]article by Dennis Zogbi on [6]TTI
Inc.'s site, which goes into more detail. In a nutshell, many
motherboards are now failing due to electolytic capacitors made with an
inferior water-based electolyte. Within days or a few months these
capacitors build up hydrogen gas and blow the rubber bung out the end
of the capacitor, leaking electolyte and causing havoc. The problem may
be widespread, as many consumer electronics made with these capacitors
may also fail prematurely. [7]Gary Headlee specializes in Abit
motherboards, but as his FAQ states, he will work on other makes and
the FAQ has more info on capacitor problems."
Links
0. http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/29/1613214&tid=137
1.
http://www.e-insite.net/index.asp?layout=article&articleId=CA255062&title=Search+Results&publication=e-insite&webzine=e-insite
2. http://www.e-insite.net/
3. http://www.amdmb.com/#News-5171
4. http://www.amdmb.com/
5. http://www.ttiinc.com/MarketEye/zogbi_on_passives_20021014.asp
6. http://www.ttiinc.com/
7. http://home.att.net/~garyheadlee/index.html
Freshmeat
Archangel 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102409/
Archangel is a client for the RGTP bulletin board transfer protocol
which uses Mozilla as a back end. Eventually, it will be possible to
run it both as a standalone application and as an extension to
Mozilla's functionality.
bobot++ 2.1.1 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102415/
bobot++ is an IRC bot written in C++. Being the evolution of bobot, it
provides time dependent commands, multichannel, flood control and many
other features.
DRT 0.1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102417/
DRT is a design recovery tool for interactive graphical applications
running under X Windows. The tool automatically captures actions
performed while using such an application. Functions particularly
relevant to each action are highlighted. Moreover, the action itself is
described visually from fragments of the application display. One can
search and browse these actions to learn about the design of an
application.
find_badblocks 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102393/
find_badblocks is a script that finds bad blocks on all locally
attached disks on a Linux system. It determines the block size used for
each partition and passes this to badblocks so that identified blocks
can be correctly be mapped to filesystem blocks and inodes.
Frotz 2.43
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102413/
Frotz is an interpreter for playing all of Infocom's text adventures
and other Z-Machine games. Frotz complies with Graham Nelson's
Z-Machine standard v1.0, and runs well on most flavors of Unix. Use
ncurses for best results.
GNOME Quran 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102414/
GNOME Quran is an application that displays sura and aya of the Holy
Quran in multiple languages. It relies heavily upon the libquran
library.
Gringotts 1.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102432/
Gringotts is a small utility that allows you to jot down sensitive data
(passwords, credit card numbers, PINs, etc.) in an easy-to-read,
easy-to-access, and most of all very secure form. Gringotts makes use
of GTK+ 2 for the user interface, and lets the user choose from among
eight strong encryption algorithms (RIJNDAEL-128, RIJNDAEL-256,
SERPENT, TWOFISH, CAST-256, SAFER+, LOKI97, 3DES), two hashing
algorithms (SHA1, RIPEMD 160) and two compression techniques (ZLib and
BZip2) with four compression ratios. Moreover, it allows the user to
use any file as a password, as an alternative to the usual text string,
giving additional choices.
JOpenChart 0.94
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102437/
The JOpenChart library and toolkit provides the means to create
different kinds of charts, including pie charts, line charts, and plot
charts. Furthermore, it contains components for embedding charts into
Swing or Web applications. The library's Renderer Interface API makes
it very easy to add new renderers for different chart types. Classes to
interpolate measured data and to plot mathematical functions are also
included.
Linux-Mobile-Guide 3.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102426/
The Linux-Mobile-Guide (formerly called the Laptop-HOWTO) is a guide
covering laptop and PDA related Linux features, such as installation
methods (via PCMCIA, without CD drive, etc.), hardware features
(PCMCIA, IrDA, APM, etc.), and configurations for different (network)
environments.
LJKit 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102367/
LJKit is a framework of Objective-C classes that provide a wrapper to
the LiveJournal client protocol. It is based on Apple's Cocoa framework
and could possibly be ported to GNUstep.
Meteor-II 1.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102438/
Meteor-II supports the Meteor-II framegrabber family based on the Video
Interface ASIC (VIA) by Matrox. It supports the Video 4 Linux 2 API,
and requires a 2.4 Linux kernel.
mmixer 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102395/
mmixer is Perl-based audio mixer that features an easy-to-use
interface.
Mozilla Starter Script 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102416/
mss is a wrapper for Mozilla. Its main purpose is to open a new Mozilla
window in an existing process rather than starting a new Mozilla
process each time "mozilla" is called. It can also convert to
and from command line switches and -remote commands as necessary (if
supported by Mozilla).
nWorks 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102434/
nWorks is a Web-based network management system (NMS). It allows you to
view device status, creates graphs, and produces various kinds of
reports from data gathered through SNMP polling. It is written in PHP4,
uses MySQL as a backend database, and uses rrdtool to generate graphs.
OpenMCL 0.13.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102430/
OpenMCL is an Open Source version of Digitool's excellent Macintosh
Common Lisp (MCL) implementation, which runs on LinuxPPC and MacOS X.
It features a native code compiler, multithreading support, and good
ANSI CL compliance.
Panelizer 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102361/
Panelizer is a memory efficient desktop panel that works by holding all
applets within the panel process itself. Typical memory usage is
currently around 1MB with 10 applets loaded. Applets are provided by
dynamically-loaded shared libraries, and new ones can be easily written
using an easy C API. Configuration is stored as XML and each applet has
its own configuration data.
perlbox 0.1.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102422/
perlbox is a desktop manager for UNIX-type systems written in Perl Tk.
Features include a retractable taskbar with a configurable start menu,
run box, embedded mail client, and support for voice recognition. The
desktop features configurable, clickable, graphical icons.
PHPortal 0.2.5 (Pre-beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102411/
PHPortal is a PHP application development environment similar to Zope.
It is a pipeline or tunnel application that can help you quickly create
dynamic Web applications such as portal and intranet sites. It comes
with membership, search, news, and more. Its easy-to-use tools allow
teams to productively and safely work together. It provides access to
databases and other legacy data. Its support for Web standards such as
SMTP, POP, FTP, and XML-RPC allows you flexibility and
interoperability. It consists of a number of components which work
together to provide a complete, yet flexible, application server
package. It includes an XML-RPC server, an object-oriented database
schema, a search engine, a database virtual file mapping system, a Web
page templating system, a Web-based development and management tool,
and comprehensive extension support.
ProxyAuth 20021103
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102381/
ProxyAuth is a transparent Web authentication daemon for FreeBSD and
NetBSD. It uses the ipnat API and a small internal Web server to prompt
for a login and password. If the login and password are correct, it
creates an ipnat rule that redirects all Web packets to the proxy port.
Python DNS Cache 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102425/
PyDNSCache is a thread-safe DNS cache module for Python, for use with
network daemons and any other applications that use resolver functions
heavily for redundant hostnames.
R 1.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102431/
R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.
It is similar to S, which was developed at Bell Laboratories by John
Chambers et al. It provides a wide variety of statistical and graphical
techniques (linear and nonlinear modelling, statistical tests, time
series analysis, classification, clustering, etc.). R is designed as a
true computer language with control-flow constructions for iteration
and alternation, and it allows users to add additional functionality by
defining new functions. For computationally intensive tasks, Fortran
and C code can be linked and called at run time.
SILC 0.9.8 (Server)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102427/
SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) is a protocol which provides
secure conferencing services in the Internet over insecure channels.
SILC superficially resembles IRC, although they are very different
internally. The purpose of SILC is to provide secure conferencing
services. Strong cryptographic methods are used to secure all traffic,
and all messages are encrypted and authenticated. The SILC also
supports secure file transferring. The SILC is delivered as SILC Client
for end users, SILC Server for system administrators, and SILC Toolkit
for application developers.
Tonto 1.40 (Main)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102412/
Tonto is a developer-oriented companion to the popular Pronto line of
programmable remotes made by Philips. Tonto provides both an IDE GUI
and a Java API for editing CCF files.
tvtime 0.9.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102404/
tvtime is a high quality TV viewing application that takes input from a
capture card, processes it, and displays it on the screen. It supports
multiple deinterlacing algorithms and video filters.
ulogd-php 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102368/
ulogd-php is a php interface for the MySQL plugin for the ulogd
netfilter log daemon. It displays hosts that recently broke packets on
your firewall and the last ports that were probed. A simple search
function allows packets to be searched by host or by a given port.
WebGUI 4.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102419/
WebGUI is a platform built to allow average business users to build and
maintain complex Web sites. It is modular, pluggable, and platform
independent. It was designed to allow the people who create the content
to manage it online, rather than content management taking up the time
of busy IT Staff. Whether you are building a consumer site, an
intranet, or an extranet, WebGUI has something to offer.
X File Explorer 0.27 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102429/
X File Explorer (Xfe) is a filemanager for X. It is based on the
popular, but discontinued, X Win Commander. Xfe is desktop independent
and is written with the C++ Fox Toolkit. It looks similar to Windows
Commander or MS-Explorer, and is very fast and simple. It features file
associations, the ability to mount/umount devices, a directory tree for
quickly changing directories, the ability to change file attributes,
automatic registry saving, the ability to view/create/extract
compressed archives, and much more.
xbiso 0.5.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102418/
xbiso is an ISO extraction utillity for xdvdfs images.
Xpdf 2.00
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102428/
Xpdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. (These are
also sometimes also called 'Acrobat' files, from the name of Adobe's
PDF software.) The Xpdf project also includes a PDF text extractor,
PDF-to-PostScript converter, and various other utilities. It runs under
the X Window System on UNIX, VMS, and OS/2. The non-X components
(pdftops, pdftotext, etc.) also run on Win32 systems, and should run on
pretty much any system with a decent C++ compiler. Xpdf is designed to
be small and efficient. It can use Type 1, TrueType, or standard X
fonts.
Youhp3 3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102433/
Youhp3 (Youpee's One Unlimited HTML PreProcessor) is an HTML
preprocessor that allows you to embed code of any script language, as
well as calling any external program to generate text files. It is
specifically designed to work with HTML/XML documents, and provide
traditional features, such as define, include, macro, conditional
tests, and loop.
Slashcode
Upgrading to MySQL 4?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/03/015232
In order to support some other projects I need to roll out on my
server, I need to upgrade to a real ACID database, which supports
transactions. Has anybody yet tried using Slash running on MySQL 4.0,
which now supports transactions? Are there any caevats or tricks to
doing the switchover, beyond the general upgrade notes for MySQL?
Slash plugins and version 2.3
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/01/0552241
I've been looking at a lot of modules (specifically email.pm and
Galleria), and it appears that they all require Slash version 2.3. Is
upgrading from 2.2.6 to one of the 2.3 versions dangerous? Is it as
simple as compiling and installing? Are there places to get these
plugins written for the release version of Slash? Or am I being a
nincompoop?
How to Make Users Authors?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/30/200220
What is the proper way to turn users into authors? I'm interested in
this because I would like to use Slash as something my group uses to
communicate with each other and the world. I would like the people in
the group to function as the authors since it is their site. I've been
looking around in documentation and FAQs but can't find this documented
anywhere.
SubnetID is masked using what?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/30/1959257
When Slash stores the SubnetID in the database, what Subnet mask is it
using? I was hoping to find this in the vars table, but no luck. Any
ideas?
www.vorlonspace.org
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/29/2232226
It's still in development for other things, but vorlonspace.org is now
up and running (for the most part). Thanks to the guys on the irc
channel that helped me with some of the configuration issues I had.
This site is going to be a nexus of Babylon 5 information stemming from
the television show to the out of print customizable card game.
www.toborguru.com
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/28/037201
I have a new site up and running, not Much in the way of content but I
do have some information about one of my projects up at this point.
Enjoy.
Code for Moderator Status Headline on Front Page?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/26/1952222
Slashdot is now running a very useful banner on the front page when the
user is a moderator: "You have X Moderator Points! Use 'em or lose
'em!". My users have been asking for something like this for weeks. Can
someone point me to the appropriate template mod please?
Comment Status "Read-only" means what, exa
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/24/1558218
There are 3 posible commentcodes defined in the default installation of
the code_param table: "Comments Enabled", "Comments Disabled", and
"Read Only". The first two options are fairly obvious, either allowing
or disallowing comments in the discussion (I presume). But what is the
"Read Only" option for? How does it differ from "Comments Disabled"?
Unable to start slashd?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/24/0723238
I have an up and running slash site ToborGuru.com I have been playing
with the templates and the general look and feel of the site and am
very happy with the capabilities of slashcode. However I have had a
couple of problems and I think I MAY know what is causing them now.
First off the index page is not displaying an "X comments" link in the
linkStory Template, and portald boxes are not updating/ being displayed
(they show up if they had content before (slashdot, slashcode) but they
have old stories, and the new ones are not getting any content at all
and are not being displayed). After reading some of the earlier
questions to this site and looking at it myself it SEEMS as though
slashd is not actually starting (would my site still run at all?). I
have no running slashd processes, and when I run "slashd start" by hand
this is the message I get: "DBIx::Password returned *nothing* for
virtual user start DSN (is the username correct?) at
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i586-linux/Sl ash/DB.pm line 46.".
I JUST tested DBIx::Password with the following results:
"##################Note!######################### If you are not on the
machine that will be using these passwords this will most likely fail.
Now, lets test getDriver() by itself Finding driver:mysql Now, lets see
if we can make create objects Trying: virtual_userFinding driver:mysql
ok 2" So everthing appears to be working correctly there. I have also
noticed that I do not have any slashd log entries for more than a
month, I installed slash JUST over a month ago, and am curious as to
what I may have broken since the site IS still working other than the
symptoms listed above. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sections: Special cases
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/23/1640227
I've been poking about in the source for Slash, and I was wondering:
There are two sections that seem a little "special", the "index"
section which doesn't appear in the sections table, but is (I think)
used to represent the front page of the site, and the "All Sections"
section, which (I think) is meant to represent all the sections of the
site. Can anyone tell me how these two sections are treated as special
cases? How do they differ from other, "normal" sections, and which
parts of the site should care about these special values? If I set my
app variable "defaultsection" to empty (blank), does this mean the
defaultsection is "All Sections", since "All Sections" doesn't have a
section name?
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