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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
Understanding Bandwidth and Latency
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/07/0346239
M. Woodrow, Jr. writes "[0]Ars has a very eye-opening article on the
real [1]causes of bandwidth latency and why we should just drool
endlessly over maximum throughput issues. In particular, I think the
author's look into the PowerPC 970 and the P4's frontside bus is
interesting considering how we're constantly being told by marketers
that more speed is always going to translate into massive performance
gains. The issue is, of course, far more complex, and this article does
a good job of thinking about the problem from an almost platform
agnostic point of view."
Links
0. http://arstechnica.com/
1. http://arstechnica.com/paedia/b/bandwidth-latency/bandwidth-latency-1.html
Vulnerability In Linksys Cable/DSL Router
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/07/0324213
ispcay writes "[0]Yahoo has published [1]an article on a Linksys
vulnerability. An easily exploitable software vulnerability in a common
home networking router by Linksys Group could expose thousands of home
users to denial of service attacks, according to a security advisory
issued by iDefense, a software security company." The article's kinda
sparse on details, but does mention that the vulnerability is fixed in
the latest firmware release. Upgrade 'em if ya got 'em!
Links
0. http://www.yahoo.com/
1.
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/business_technology/technology_news/software_news.html?s=articles/20021104/linksys_vulnera
IBM's "Pixie Dust" Drives Improved
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/07/0120207
[0]jeffroe writes "[1]Infoworld has an [2]article stating that IBM has
enhanced it's 'Pixie Dust' technology yet again. The areal density has
improved to 70gb per square inch! Apparently that means 80gb drives for
laptops." IBM's also predicted hard drives to have 100gb per square
inch by 2003. Storage space just keeps increasing.
Links
0. http://batalion at apocalypse dot org
1. http://www.infoworld.com/
2. http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/11/06/021106hnpixie.xml?s=IDGNS
Beaming into Space
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/06/1325259
[0]HobbySpacer writes "At this week's [1] 1st Int. Symposium on Beamed
Energy Propulsion in Huntsville a wide range of laser and microwave
[2]propulsion schemes are being presented. The big news so far is the
[3]announcement by [4]Gregory Benford of plans for a test of microwave
propulsion with the [5]Cosmos Sail, due to fly early next year. The
possibilities of using lasers to[6] deflect incoming asteroids & comets
are also under discussion."
Links
0. http://www.hobbyspace.com/
1. http://lpw.uah.edu/home.html
2. http://146.229.208.56/Program.html
3. http://today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=940
4. http://www.ps.uci.edu/physics/benford.html
5. http://www.planetary.org/solarsail/index2.html
6. http://space.com/businesstechnology/technology/beamed_propulsion_021105.html
Oasis Gives SAML 1.0 a Thumbs-Up
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/06/2356242
[0]Anonymous Custard writes "[1]Oasis has approved the [2]SAML 1.0
specification. From [3]Infoworld: 'Members of the Oasis
interoperability consortium approved the [4]Security Assertion Markup
Language (SAML) on Wednesday as an OASIS open standard. The move paves
the way for the XML-based framework to enable secure SSO (single
sign-on) and other security functions for Web services transactions
spanning multiple hosted sites.' I feel more secure already!"
Links
0. http://www.dailybuzz.net
1. http://www.oasis-open.org/
2.
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/fixup.pl?story=http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/11/06/021106hnsaml.xml&dctag=webserv
3. http://www.infoworld.com/
4. http://xml.coverpages.org/saml.html
Corel Cuts 220 Jobs to Save $12M
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/06/2342239
Cecil writes "Just saw [0]this story on the [1]City of Ottawa's
website: 'The Software maker Corel Corp. is cutting 220 jobs - more
than a fifth of its workforce - in a bid to reduce costs and return to
profitability amid weak technology spending.'" Of course, this stinks
for those who are laid off, but hopefully Corel can turn things around.
Links
0.
http://www.canada.com/ottawa/story.asp?id=%7B6BB735FD-FED3-4A5E-A44E-2AF0E77C5C45%7D
1. http://www.ottawa.com/
Weak Elliptic Curve Cryptography Brute-Forced
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/06/2154224
thegrommit writes "It seems one implementation of [0]elliptic curve
cryptography has been [1]broken. It took four years to break a 109 bit
key, but the contest [2]sponsors (who provide encryption products for
Cisco, Nortel and Palm among others) believe it's [3]still impossible
to break their 163 bit keys. The real question is, for how long?"
Update: 11/07 01:59 GMT by [4]T: Dan Kaminsky wrote to point out that
the key here was really brute forced, and not broken -- that is, no
fundamental flaw was discovered in the algorithm.
Links
0. http://www.cryptoman.com/elliptic.htm
1. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/021106/5/q31n.html
2. http://www.certicom.com/
3. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-205254.html?tag=bplst
4. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
Copy Protection On CDs Is 'Worthless'
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/06/2144242
[0]zotler writes "[1]NewScientist.com has an [2]article about how copy
protection on audio CDs is worthless. I thought this was funny since I
just read this earlier Slashdot article [3]'BMG copy protecting all
CDs'." The article also neatly sums up the technology behind current
fair-use-inhibition stratagems.
Links
0. mailto:zotler@;spam-sux.hotmail.com
1. http://newscientist.com/
2. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993020
3. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/06/1312259&tid=141
Open Source More Expensive In the Long Run?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/06/2051218
[0]Jack William Bell asks: "Could the PHBs possibly be right on this
one? A recent evaluation I performed of competing commercial and Open
Source products yielded the surprising result that the Open Source
products were more expensive (in terms of lifetime costs) over a long
term than many of the commercial offerings! Why? Basically this mostly
revolves around higher support costs for Open Source products where no
commercial support is available (unlike, say, Linux where you can
purchase support from Red Hat, etc). This particular case might also be
a result of one special set of requirements and environment and a
similar evaluation for a different set of requirements and environment
might yield a different outcome. But, nonetheless I found the
experience instructive and I would like to ask two questions of the
Slashdot readership: Firstly, is Open Source usually more expensive
when all lifetime costs are factored in? And, secondly, is anyone in
the business of providing commercial support and training for the
entire universe of Open Source, perhaps contracting on a
product-by-product basis? I guess a corollary to that question is, if
not then why not? There might be a viable business model here!"
Links
0. mailto:jackb@;sff.net
USB Key-Sized MP3 Player With LCD Display
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/06/1927206
nhahmada writes "The [0]Muvo MP3 player/storage device from [1]Creative
has been out for awhile, but some have complained of its lack of a
display or equalizer. Well, now [2]Innogear has released the 128MB
[3]Duex mp302 with a backlit LCD supporting ID3 tags, a
"multi-category" equalizer and a timer (Why?). The mp302 also has the
ability to record/playback voice via its built-in microphone. It can be
used for storing any type of file and plays MP3/WMA/WAV. Both the Muvo
and mp302 run on one AAA, giving 12 hours of continuous playback.
Running at $179, it's a little more expensive than the $169.99 128MB
Muvo, but I am willing to shell out ten bucks for an LCD. Go [4]here
for a better look at the display."
Links
0. http://muvo.com/products/MuVo/
1. http://www.creative.com/welcome.asp
2. http://www.innogear.com/
3. http://www.innogear.com/duex.html
4. http://www.twomobile.com/content/images/1321_large.jpg
Freshmeat
2-Disk Xwindow embedded Linux 1.4rc802
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102606/
2-Disk Xwindow embedded Linux is a tiny Linux that contains X Windows,
a file manager, a Web browser, and many other utilities.
Aegir CMS 1.0 beta2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102647/
Aegir CMS is an Open Source Content Management System (CMS) built on
the reliable Midgard framework. Key features include an MS
Word-compatible content editor, staging/live setup, multi-company
hosting (ASP) support, and a flexible templating and layout system.
Aegir CMS is derived from the Nadmin Studio M5 code base.
Alicq 0.8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102659/
Alicq is pure Tcl/Tk implementation of the ICQ client with a flexible
modularized architecture, support for ICQ2000/Oscar protocol, and
ability to pick up Licq configuration files and user database.
Ampoliros 3.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102646/
Ampoliros is an advanced and easy to use distributed PHP Web
applications platform, featuring a powerful XML-RPC and SOAP interface.
It is suitable as an Internet/Intranet development and deployment
system. It has a very strong modular architecture and allows very fast
deployment of Web solutions.
Castor 0.9.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102653/
Castor is the shortest path between Java[tm] objects, XML documents,
SQL tables and LDAP directories. It provides Java to XML binding, Java
to SQL/LDAP persistence, and then some more. Features include Castor
XML: Java object to XML document, Castor JDO: Java object persistence
to RDBMS, Castor DAX: Java object persistence to LDAP, Castor DSML:
LDAP directory exchange through XML, XML-based mapping file specify the
mapping between one model and another, in memory caching and
write-at-commit which reduce JDBC operations, OQL query mapping to SQL
queries, and EJB container managed persistence provider for OpenEJB
CensorNet 2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102649/
CensorNet is an Internet management tool that is designed to control
and monitor individuals accessing Internet resources on a local area
network. It features the ability to control users and machines, filter
content on keyword, file extension, and MIME type, give audit trails
and reports, schedule access, and limit bandwidth. It is compatible
with NT/Active Directory user authentication, and can be adminstered
using a Web interface. It is ideal for schools and businesses.
Configuration File Library 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102660/
The Configuration File Library (CFL) is a collection of routines for
manipulating configuration files. CFL provides a modern Applications
Programming Interface (API) for C programmers, while allowing wrappers
to be written for very high level languages.
Easy KM 1.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102654/
Easy KM is a scalable, powerful, and easy to use knowledge management
system. It provides a structured document management system, full-text
searching, automated PDF reports, statistics and performance
indicators, email alarms, and fine-grained user profile management. It
can be easily integrated into distributed systems using its Web service
interface and RDF/RSS channels.
ELOG Electronic Web Logbook 2.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102644/
ELOG Electronic Web Logbook is an electronic logbook with a Web
interface. It can be used to maintain personal or shared logbooks, with
the ability to add attachments to logbook pages. Logbook entries can be
categorized with user-defined classes, and queried using filters on
these classes. Automatic email notifications can be generated on new
entries based on the classes. The ELOG server is a small stand-alone C
program, which runs under Linux and Windows. The logbooks are saved in
plain ASCII files for easy and fast access.
GNU TeXmacs 1.0.0.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102643/
GNU TeXmacs is a free scientific text editor, which was inspired by
both TeX and GNU Emacs. The editor allows you to write structured
documents via a "wysiwyg" and user friendly interface. The
program implements high quality typesetting algorithms and TeX fonts.
It is also possible to use TeXmacs as an interface to computer algebra
systems. Finally, TeXmacs supports the Guile/Scheme extension language,
which makes it possible to adapt the user interface to specific needs,
and even to extend the editor.
GPSMap 0.4.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102645/
GPSMap is a Java application that displays maps and shows your position
with the aid of a GPS device. It can track paths, load overlays (such
as shape files), and download maps from the MapBlast and Expedia
servers.
Header Browser 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102648/
Header Browser helps you to create documentation from your C/C++ header
files. It is similar to JavaDoc, Doc++, or KDoc, but it doesn't just
create documentation pages; it allows you to really browse your APIs
using a five columns view like NeXT's HeaderViewer.
JBoss 3.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102639/
JBoss is an Open Source, standards-compliant, Enterprise JavaBeans
application server implemented in pure Java. JBoss provides
JBossServer, the basic EJB container and JMX infrastructure, JBossMQ
for JMS messaging, JBossMail for mail, JBossTX for JTA/JTS
transactions, JBossSX for JAAS based security, JBossCX for JCA
connectivity, and JBossCMP for CMP persistence. It integrates with
Tomcat Servlet/JSP container and Jetty Web server/servlet container,
and enables you to mix and match these components through JMX by
replacing any component you wish with a JMX-compliant implementation
for the same APIs. The goal is to provide a full J2EE stack in the
Free/Open Source software world.
NeoBoard Zope Product 1.1a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102661/
NeoBoard is a Zope product that helps you create Web-based threaded
message boards. Originally written in PHP and MySQL, it has been in
heavy use by tens of thousands of users since 1999. Features include
structured text support with rendered content caching, collapsible
threads, file attachments with automatic MIME type recognition,
automatic image displaying/thumbnailing if the Python Image Libary
module is present, thread-wide auto mailer, board management
delegation, and self-upgrading object instances when class definitions
change. Articles can be deleted or moved to another board in a batch.
phpGIS V1R0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102622/
phpGIS is a set of PHP scripts that uses the MapServer PHP/MapScript
libaries to provide a full GIS system with the ability to select
layers, display aerial photos, link to databases (currently only
MySQL), and show geographic information. It is compatible with ESRI
shape files.
qconfirm 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102658/
qconfirm is an implementation of a delivery confirmation process for a
mail address or ezmlm mailing list. It is invoked by qmail-local
through a .qmail file, and can reduce the amount of junk mail hitting a
mailbox or the mailboxes of mailing list subscribers.
Qt 3.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102636/
Qt is a toolkit for software developers. Qt simplifies the task of
writing and maintaining GUI (graphical user interface) applications. Qt
is written in C++ and is fully object-oriented. Qt is a multi-platform
toolkit. When you implement a program with Qt, you can run it on the X
Window System (Unix/X11) or Microsoft Windows NT/95/98/2000. Simply
compile the source code for the platform you want.
ripMIME 1.2.16.19
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102650/
ripMIME extracts attachment files out of a MIME-encoded email pack.
SafePt 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102615/
SafePt is a very thin C++ wrapper around the Pthread POSIX threading
API. The library is implemented in modern C++ with a lot of attention
toward code quality, safety, and ease of use.
SCIM Chinese input method module 0.1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102631/
This package provides the Chinese input method module for the Smart
Common Input Method platform (SCIM). Only a pinyin input method module
is currently available.
SDLInvaders 0.7.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102641/
SDLInvaders is a simple clone of the famous game Space Invaders using
SDL.
Smart Common Input Method platform 0.2.2 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102632/
Smart Common Input Method platform is a development platform that
significantly reduces the difficulty of input method development. SCIM
splits input method into three parts: FrontEnd, which handles user
interface and communication with client applications, Server, which
handles the key event to string conversion work, and BackEnd, which
manages all of the Servers.
sqlopus 3.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102627/
sqlopus is a Web interface for controlling up to 20 database servers.
It features total user and group management, server monitoring, and
scheduled generation of HTML, PDF, Excel, CSV, and XML reports. Reports
can be shared to other users within the same group or made publicly
visible, and can contain exceptionally advanced database diagrams. It
also supports "locked down" servers, large binary objects,
image thumbnails, remote backups, and overridable styles.
synergy2 0.9.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102635/
Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between
multiple computers with different operating systems without special
hardware. It's intended for users with multiple computers on their desk
since each system uses its own monitor(s). Just move the mouse off the
edge of a screen to move to another screen; keyboard and mouse input is
then redirected to the other screen. Synergy also lets you cut and
paste between systems and it makes screen savers activate/deactivate in
concert.
uOS 0.81
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102633/
uOS (the micro 0perating System) is a small Linux-based operating
system that incorporates a sophisticated package manager called uPM,
which is capable of building from source. The amount of metadata
required is kept to an absolute minimum to simplify package
maintenance. It can be booted from a live CD and can be easily
bootstrapped.
UptimeNotifier Clients 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102657/
UptimeNotifier Clients, written in Java, Perl, Python, and UNIX shell
script, provide a way to access the UptimeNotifier real time event
notification Web service. Use these clients to send predefined and
generic event notifications to email/pager/SMS services. It includes
response escalation and unlimited event definitions and account users.
Vocoditor 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102651/
Vocoditor is a Ogg/Vorbis sound file comment editor. It was written in
Perl, and has a GTK+ interface.
XPaint 2.6.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102652/
XPaint is an image editor which supports most standard paint program
options. It includes advanced features like image processing
algorithms, simultaneous editing of multiple images, and support for a
wide variety of image formats.
ZMoney 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/102619/
ZMoney is a small, fast, and efficient application for keeping track of
your budget and accounts. It is written for the Sharp Zaurus using the
Qtopia Desktop Environment.
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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