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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
Global Warming will Open Northwest Passage
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/10/2021236
[0]Makarand writes "For the most part we dread global warming. However,
some experts from the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, studying the
polar ice caps, are now pointing out some of the advantageous side
effects of global warming. They are [1]predicting that in 5 to 10
summers from now the polar ice caps would disappear for around 2 months
each year opening up the fabled Northwest passage for commercial
shipping. This would effectively reduce the shipping distance between
Europe and Asia by 6800 miles compared to the route using the Panama
canal."
Links
0. mailto:{theJunta@;HotMail}
1. http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/4486863.htm
Web Page Entanglement
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/10/1858259
[0]jason writes "[1]tangle is a system for what we call "web page
entanglement". tangle creates links between pages automatically based
on how users move from one page to another. tangle proxies connect
together in a peer-to-peer network for scalability: as users surf the
entangled web, they are passed from proxy to proxy. Each proxy serves
as an expert for a particular subset of web pages. For example, you can
take a look at [2]the entangled version of the GNU homepage as seen
through a tangle proxy. tangle alpha2, the first public version, has
just been released. See [1]http://tangle.sourceforge.net for more
information, or read on..."
Links
0. http://jasonrohrer.n3.net
1. http://tangle.sourceforge.net/
2.
http://zip.cse.ucsc.edu:8080/request?inform_about_proxy=&link_from_page_title=&link_from_page_url=&link_to_page_url=http://www.gnu.org/
Lightest of the Light Linux
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/10/2214253
An anonymous submitter writes: "This looks kind of interesting for
those who want to run a [0]feather weight Linux on really old
hardware."
Links
0. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-lwl1/?t=gr,lnxw12=LLP1
Gaming Goodness
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/10/1955232
Let's shoehorn a few gaming submissions together: [0]tabby writes "For
those not in the know here's the most amazing game I've played in ages.
Its a [1]Half-Life mod called Natural-Selection. Try to imagine
CounterStrike + StarCraft. Its essentially a multiplayer First Person
Real Time Strategy game." [2]real_b0fh writes "I'm surprised no one
mentioned it here yet, but Silicon Ice Development has released the
beta 2.6 for their very cool Quake 3 Arena mod [3]Urban Terror. Have
played it a bit and it features cool things like better weapon hit
model, some anti-cheat features, improved maps and some new nasty bugs.
Well worth a try if you are into FPS games." And on the lighter side,
[4]LSDsmurf reports that there's a [5]patch for Doom III Alpha. Yes,
you read that right.
Links
0. mailto:tabby_catNO@;SPAMihug.com.au
1. http://www.planethalflife.com/features/motw/ns.shtm
2. mailto:bofh@;ig.com.br
3. http://www.urbanterror.net/
4. http://www.darkvision.be
5. http://darkvision.f2o.org/article.php?sid=913&mode=&order=0&thold=0
Which 3D Rendering Package Do You Recommend?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/10/2230244
[0]schvenk asks: "I find myself overwhelmed by the decision about which
3D rendering package to get, and thought perhaps Slashdot readers could
help me out. While I took a computer science course on computer
graphics in college and am proficient in Photoshop, I'm otherwise new
to working with 3D modeling, rendering, or animation tools. I tried
Blender, and at least the Mac version is just too buggy and slow at
this point. In addition the renderer doesn't seem quite as good as some
of the commercial ones out there. There are other free apps but I have
to wonder if like Blender, they won't quite stack up to the big boys in
terms of UI, features, and render quality. I've read tons of reviews,
but few are up to date and many aren't as helpful as I'd like. I don't
have a lot of prior experience with 3D modeling (I'm a UI Designer by
trade) but need it periodically for graphic design purposes, and in
addition am interested in getting into it more. While animation
interests me, still images are more of a priority, so the greatest
emphasis should probably be on rendering quality, and modeling
capability (as well as usability and speed). I'd be using it in Mac OS
X."
Links
0. mailto:schvenk@;InterfaceNOSPAMThis.com
The Boeing 727-200 Airplane Home
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/10/1949248
[0]Alien54 writes "As seen at [1]AirplaneHomes.com: 'We are offering a
B727-200 aircraft for reuse as a home. It is our intention to deliver
and set the airplane up on a column and bearing arrangement so it
weathervanes. We have tried to define what we consider a ÂbasicÂ
airplane home. This project has all the complexities of a normal home
and we will try to deliver and install it to the buyers needs, within
the following limitations.' Be sure to also check out [2]the owner's
flight manual for more technical details."
Links
0. http://radiofreenation.net
1. http://www.airplanehomes.com/
2. http://maxpoweraero.com/homes/owner'sflightmanual.html
Pixar/Disney in "Monsters Inc" Ownership Scuffle
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/10/1821244
blamanj writes "According to a [0]SF Chronicle story this morning,
[1]Pixar has been sued by [2]artist Stanley Mouse. Mouse created a
movie treatment titled "Excuse My Dust", which was set in "Monster
City," where the animated monster characters worked for the "Monster
Corporation of America." One of the characters was a a green,
wisecracking, ambulatory eyeball. Furthermore, the lawsuit claims that
a story artist from Pixar visited Mouse in 2000, and discussed Mouse's
work."
Links
0. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/11/09/BA8478.DTL
1. http://www.pixar.com/
2. http://www.mousestudios.com/
Fake Your Own .Mac Server
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/10/1748245
c13v3rm0nk3y writes "A clever fellow named Otto Moerbeek has publish a
[0]short article on getting an OpenBSD box to emulate a .Mac server.
Using Apache/DAV/SSL and a roll a duct-tape, he describes how you can
get most .Mac functionality without paying Apple for it." This is
useful because then you can use apple's backup tools to backup to a
local server, and not have to backup over your piddly internet
connection.
Links
0. http://www.drijf.net/dototto/wwwmac.html
Australia Plans to Censor the Internet
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/10/1710223
[0]MAXOMENOS writes "The Australian government is planning to [1]block
websites used to organize violent protests, as part of a larger effort
to prevent crime from being planned on the 'net." Yeah this is gonna
work really really. It's working out great in China after all.
Links
0. mailto:maxomai.aracnet@;com
1.
http://www.couriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,5437553%5E8362,00.html
Solaris Might Become LSB-compliant
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/10/176238
lvv writes "[0]Register: according to Sun's Jonathan Schwartz, Solaris
- one of the most proprietary Unixes, might become LSB compliant
OpenSolaris. Also some info about future of Solaris desktop (Gnome)."
Links
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/28020.html
Freshmeat
Admin LDAP On The Command Line 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103021/
ALOCTL is a tool to admin an LDAP database used for addresses for
organizations and people. Features include the ability to add, delete,
search, and list the people and organizations.
BASH Debugger 0.31
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103035/
BASH Debugger provides a patched BASH that enables better debugging
support as well as improved error reporting. It also contains the most
comprehensive source code debugger for BASH that has been written. It
can be used as a springboard for other experimental features (such as
adding hashtables), since development is maintained openly and
developers are encouraged to participate.
Condorcet with Dual Dropping 4.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103037/
Condorcet with Dual Dropping is a vote tabulation and ranking system
for deciding single or multi-winner contests (elections) using
preference or approval ballots. Dual Dropping will compute the Schwartz
Sequential Dropping (SSD) and Tideman's Ranked Pair (RP) results for
each contest round and select the combined SSD and RP contest outcome
with the lowest overall dropping cost. It has options to compute just
the SSD or RP outcome, various optional tie-breakers, and alternative
measures of defeat and dropping cost (winning votes and/or margin).
Elm ME+ PL99d (25) (Patch)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103051/
Elm 2.4ME+ is based on Elm 2.4. It contains enhanced MIME and character
set support, and the ability to read mail from POP or IMAP folders.
Modules have also been included for TLS/SSL, iconv, SMTP, PGP, and GPG.
Free Bangla Fonts 0.9.0 (Mukti)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103046/
The Free Bangla Fonts project is a volunteer run project dedicated for
creating Free, high quality, completely Unicode compliant Open Type
Bengali fonts. This project aims to be the central resource for getting
and developing Free Bengali fonts. The initial aim of this project is
to release a full set of Bengali fonts that supports all the major
Bengali Yuktakhars (conjuncts).
GoFish Gopher Server 0.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103031/
GoFish is a very simple gopher server. It is designed with security and
low resource usage in mind, and uses a single process that handles all
the connections. This provides low-resource usage, good latency, and
good scalability. It also runs in a chroot environment. While GoFish
must run at root privilege to be able to use port 70, it drops to a
normal user while accessing files.
Gringotts 1.2.0rc1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103060/
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.
iiimf-skk 0.1.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103055/
IIIMF-SKK is a language engine module for IIIMF (the Internet/Intranet
Input Method Framework). This module provides SKK (Simple Kana to Kanji
conversion program), an input method for Japanese.
JCE taglib for JSP 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103044/
JCE taglib is a set of Open Source JSP tags, communicating with Sun's
JCE (Java Cryptographic Extensions) library to bring strong encryption
to your JSP applications.
JSimul 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103030/
JSimul is a Java-based simulated annealing package consisting of a
Swing-based user interface that provides intuitive access to the tuning
of the algorithm's parameters, and a simulated annealing algorithm
coupled with a downhill simplex, mostly a Java object wrapper around
two algorithms in numerical recipes (ameba and amotsa). Examples of a
third layer (i.e. test objective functions to minimize) are also
provided.
libGringotts 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103058/
libGringotts is a small, easy-to-use, thread-safe C library originally
developed for Gringotts. Its purpose is to encapsulate data in an
encrypted and compressed file. It uses strong cryptographic algorithms
(RIJNDAEL 128/256, SERPENT, TWOFISH, CAST256, SAFER+, LOKI97, and 3DES
for encryption, and SHA1 and RIPEMD-160 for hashing) to ensure the data
are as safe as possible, and allow the user to have the complete
control over all the encryption, hashing, and compression algorithms
used in the process. It also provides functions for encrypting
temporary files and to securely manage memory. It is based upon
libmcrypt and mhash, and supports pkgconfig.
Links 2.1pre7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103066/
Links is graphics and text mode WWW browser, similar to Lynx. It
displays tables, frames, downloads on background, uses HTTP/1.1
keepalive connections, and features Javascript. In graphics mode it
displays PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, and XBM pictures, runs external bindings
on other types, and features anti-aliased font, smooth image zooming,
48-bit dithering, and gamma and aspect ratio correction.
Linux Management Console 3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103053/
Linux Management Console is a complete Linux administration tool with a
Windows-style desktop environment.
MailListStat 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103065/
MailListStat generates useful statistics for email archives stored in
MBOX format. It will show the top 10 authors, most successful subjects,
and more. It also prints graphs showing the number of messages written
during different hours of the day, days of the month, and days of the
week. The output is in text format suitable for mailing. It is mainly
useful for mailing list archives, produces tables and graphs, and
supports different output languages (English, Slovak, Italian,
Francais, Deutsch, Spanish, and more).
Mindi Linux 0.71_20021109 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103013/
Mindi-Linux uses a skeleton ramdisk and your kernel, modules, and tools
to build a boot/root disk set. The first floppy boots your kernel, then
loads your modules and installs your tools from additional floppies.
Mindi works for almost any Linux kernel or distribution.
Minimum Profit 3.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103047/
Minimum Profit (mp) is a programmer's text editor. It features small
memory and disk requirements, syntax highlighting, context-sensitive
help for the source code being edited, multiple simultaneous file
editing, ctags support, word wrapping, and more. It can be compiled for
Linux / Unix (console), GTK, and MS Windows.
Moj Dnevnik 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103033/
Moj Dnevnik is a simple diary that is written in C++ using the QT
library, so it works on Linux, *BSD, Unix, Windows, and Mac. It holds
all data in simple text file and the GUI is in Serbian.
palito 20021109
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103054/
palito is a real-time strategy game inspired by Total Annihilation.
Penetrator 3.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103050/
Penetrator is a tool for indexing big trees of text files, as your
local HTML documentation or home directory. It's able to use DBM files
or DBI databases and be used as a command line tool or a CGI. The files
to be indexed can be selected by extension or using external file
identifying programs as /usr/bin/file.
phpESP 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103040/
phpESP is a set of PHP scripts to let non-technical users create
surveys, administer surveys, gather results, and view statistics, all
managed online after database initialization with a MySQL database
backend.
phpVideoPro 0.3.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103026/
phpVideoPro is a program to manage your collection of DVDs, Video CDs,
and video tapes. It stores all data in a database, and provides you
with features for adding/changing entries, displaying lists, printing
labels and lists, and more. An online help system is built-in to guide
you when necessary. Support for multiple languages is provided
(English, German, French, Polish, Bulgarian, Swedish, etc.), and
supported databases include MySQL and PostgreSQL.
Really Slick ScreenSavers GLX Port 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103043/
The Really Slick ScreenSavers GLX Port is a port of some nifty OpenGL
screensavers that were originally written for Windows to GLX. It is
intended for use with an existing screensaver daemon like xscreensaver.
Reapoff 0.24
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103061/
Reapoff (Regular Expression, Arbitrary Protocol, Opensource Filtering
Firewall) is a regular expression enabled TCP/IP proxy. It operates on
data using a pair of simple rule- based configuration files defining
the tests and actions to perform on data. It can also sign SSL
connections transparently (with MITM), applying a security policy to
encrypted SSL sessions that would otherwise be allowed unchecked. The
proxy forms the core part of an overall firewall solution designed to
run from a RAM disk using Trinux.
Scribus 0.9.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103059/
Scribus is a DTP program for Linux. Its goal is to provide an
easy-to-use tool for simple Desktop Publishing. It tries be as
professional as possible.
SimpleTemplate_ 1.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103056/
SimpleTemplate_ is a compiling template class with no need for a new
template language. It is filter based (with pre and post filters) and
is fully PEAR- compliant. Multilingual support is seamless.
Siproxd 0.2.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103062/
Siproxd is an SIP proxy for SIP based softphones hidden behind an IP
masquerading firewall. It includes an RTP data stream proxy for
incoming audio data (outgoing RTP data should be handled by IP
masquerading by the firewall). Multiple local users/hosts can be
simultaneously masqueraded. All configuration is done via one simple
ASCII configuration file.
SynCE 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103064/
The purpose of the SynCE project is to provide a means of communication
with a Windows CE or Pocket PC device from a computer running Linux,
*BSD, or another Unix system.
TkCVS 7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103041/
TkCVS is a TCL/Tk-based GUI to the CVS configuration management system.
It displays the status of the files in the current working directory,
and provides buttons and menus to execute CVS commands on the selected
files. The Module Browser extends CVS with facilities for a
user-friendly listing of modules in the repository. TkDiff is included
for browsing and merging your changes.
unix2tcp 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103049/
unix2tcp is a connection forwarder that converts Unix sockets into TCP
sockets.
Worm Warner 1.0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103045/
WormWarner is a Perl script that is used to warn hosts that are
probably infected by a worm. It decides wether a host is infected by
analyzing the data from the Apache log files. It currently recognizes
CodeRed, Nimda, the Linux.Slapper.Worm, and the FreeBSD.Scalper.worm.
Warning is done by trying to contact the SMTP server on the infected
host and sending an email to the postmaster.
Xenomorph Image Processor 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103009/
Xenomorph is a floating-point image processor built for precision, not
for speed. It includes a big, extendable set of filters, including
linear, polynomial, and morphologic operators. It is the only system
allowing morphologic volterra filters.
ZoltanPlayer 0.2.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103048/
ZoltanPlayer is a music playing daemon. It accepts remote commands via
its own mini HTTP server and can seamlessly use Audio or Data CDs.
Audio CDs are played internally (optionally querying CDDB info servers)
and digital songs in audio CDs are played via external players. It's
not limited to CDs, as a hard disk directory can also be used.
Slashcode
Show Domains: Explain, please.
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/10/057254
On the user comments options page, an option exists to "Show the links
domain only in recommended situations". What are the "recommended
situations", exactly? How does this differ from the option to "Always
show link domains"?
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.
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