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Sourceforge
Mailman 2.1 beta 6
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=234869
This is the sixth and last planned beta release for Mailman 2.1. This
is primarily a bug fix release. This version is in production use at
python.org. Mailman is the GNU mailing list manager. It provides
standard list management features, integrated with a web interface.
Fire 0.32.a released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=234899
This is a huge release with improvements across the board. The
highlights include Oscar support (AIM file send, .mac support, typing
notifications, away message reading, direct IM receive), upgraded ICQ
library, MSN file send and receive, upgraded Yahoo library, Jabber SSL
support, updated Help files, and improved handling of server buddy
lists in AIM Oscar, MSN, and Yahoo. Many thanks to Graham, Alan, Matt,
Nick, Stephane, Heimir, Martin, and Alessandro for all their hard work
in putting this together. Happy Holidays and enjoy!
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fire/Fire.app0.32.a.dmg?download
Fink 0.5.0a released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=234951
Fink, the free open source UNIX porting project for Mac OS X, reached
another milestone December 8th with the release of version 0.5.0a. This
release brings full Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) compatibility. Applications
included in Fink range from well-known UNIX desktops such as KDE3 and
GNOME, open-source alternatives for graphics editing such as the Gimp,
and special-purpose applications for genetic and molecular modeling. In
total, over 700 binary packages for Mac OS X as well as over 1800
source packages can be easily installed (and removed) with the aid of
fink. Fink 0.5.0a is available at http://fink.sf.net/
BZFlag 1.7g0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=233929
OpenSource OpenGL Multiplayer Multiplatform battlezone capture the
flag. World file caching, team killers die, tank labels on roaming, new
GUI options including a smaller display for slow systems (set opacity
all the way up), and much more!
Sixth release of ReAIM
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=233848
ReAIM is an AOL Instant Messenger Proxy for iptables-based firewalls.
It allows direct connections to be made to hosts behind an
address-translating firewall. MSN and Windows Messenger are also
supported. It has been quite a while, but with the fixes to Messenger
transfers, and the new support for NetBSD, it seemed like time to cut
the next release. IMPORTANT: Please be aware that you have to add a new
range of ports to your firewall rules for direct connections to work
with this release. Thank you to everyone for your emails with bug
reports, thanks and for testing out changes for me.
NSIS 2 beta 0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=233845
The first beta version of NSIS 2, the new version of the popular win32
installer/uninstaller system is ready. NSIS 2 supports highly
customized user interfaces, multiple languages, easy usage of plugins
and more. And it's even smaller than before, with an overhead of only
34KB. A lot of time has passed from the release of Alpha 7, but not
even a second of it was for slacking around. New features were
constantly added, tons of bugs fixed. All was done to make NSIS
quicker, smaller, easier and more powerful. This release, unlike
earlier alphas is no longer an unofficial modification. As of Beta 0
this is an official beta as we work correspondingly with Justin
Frankel, the original author of NSIS. The main changes from Alpha 7
are: * Easier Modern User Interface with lots of new features * New
paging system which makes is easier to add custom pages to your
installer * New multilingual user strings * Lots of new and improved
plug-ins which you can use to download files from the internet, display
additional graphics, run console programs and more! * Over 15 new
translations * New documentation format
seahorse2-0.4.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=233851
Seahorse is a Gnome front end for GnuPG. It is a tool for secure
communications and data storage. Data encryption and digital signature
creation can easily be performed through a GUI, and Key Management
operations also can be performed. This release just contains minor
updates to 0.3.7, but more importantly is the beginning of the move to
seahorse-0.6.0. Please use and test and send us any bug reports.
Planned features for seahorse-0.6.0 are a file manager, basic key
editing, and support for key servers.
Major ScummVM update - 0.3.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=233861
ScummVM, the premier (eg, only) interpreter/emulator designed
specifically for LucasArts (tm) and AdventureSoft (tm) games, has
reached a new major version - 0.3.0. This release includes major
bugfixes, and new support for several games. New game support includes:
The Dig, Simon the Sorcerer 2, and Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade...
Downloads, Release Notes and more info can be found on our homepage, at
http://www.scummvm.org/
bogofilter-0.9.1.1
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=233454
This is a bug fix release with updated documentation and a minimum of
code changes. The bogofilter package implements a fast Bayesian spam
filter along the lines suggested by Paul Graham in his article "A Plan
For Spam" . It is written in C. Supported platforms: Linux, FreeBSD,
Solaris and OS X.
samba-vscan 0.3.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=233291
This new release provides some smaller bug fixes, a quarantine feature
and virus notification via windows message service. samba-vscan is a
proof-of-concept module for Samba, which uses the VFS (virtual file
system) features of Samba 2.2.x/3.0 alphaX to provide on-access virus
scanning. Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides
seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients.
Slashdot
Console Games Sales Beat Out PC
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/15/032201
[0]ttol writes "In the [1]Star Tribune, they write that "PC games fell
6.2 percent through the first 10 months of this year, making the first
such decline ever." They go on to say that consoles will break record
sales this year, and that there is a shift towards console gaming from
PC. Is this due to the fact that there are now three major contenders
(XBox, Playstation 2, Game Cube) and all the advanced features they
offer (DVD ability on the first two etc)? I, for one, will continue
with my Battlefield 1942 on my PC."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/3524128.html
Speakeasy Welcomes WiFi network sharing
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/15/0247238
sedawkgrep writes "[0]Speakeasy.net has recently published a policy
concerning their subscribers. [1]They're openly welcoming the sharing
of subscribers bandwidth via WiFi as long as you don't violate the
existing [2] terms of service. Speakeasy has always had a very liberal
and open policy with their users. Even though I wouldn't open my
network via WiFi, it's refreshing to see a company who is taking a more
open approach rather than restrictive when dealing with its customers."
I've been a Speakeasy customer for a while now ('tho my move from
Boston to Ann Arbor meant going from 768 to 144 *sigh*) and have always
been impressed with them. Great step supporting WiFi as well.
Links
0. http://www.speakeasy.net/
1. http://www.speakeasy.net/main.php?page=hzpolicy
2. http://www.speakeasy.net/tos
Lord of the Rings News from New Zealand
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/15/0240225
wonton_mein writes "The New Zealand Herald is doing some [0]daily
coverage of the LOTR - TTT. Can't wait for Dec. 18."
Links
0. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storyarchive.cfm?reportID=56531
100th Anniversary of Quantum Physics
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/15/0235204
[0]EricR writes "On December 14, 1900, [1]Max Planck presented
experimental results in front of the German Physical Society and
announced that they could best be explained if energy exists in
discrete packets, which he called "quanta." Today is the 100th birthday
of [2]Quantum Physics."
Links
0. http://www.yankthechain.com
1. http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Planck.html
2. http://www.jracademy.com/~jtucek/science/what.html
DARPA Has $3.2M to Sniff You Out
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/15/0233253
[0]quackking writes "The Army wants to sniff you out. This
fedbizopps.gov link to a [1]DARPA pre-RFRQ tells more. 'The Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Advanced Technology Office
(ATO), as part of the Odortype Detection Program, invites proposals to
(1) determine whether genetically-determined odortypes can be used to
identify specific individuals, and if so (2) to develop the science and
enabling technology for detecting and identifying specific individuals
by such odortypes. Total program funding for this effort will not
exceed $3.2 million in FY 2003. Multiple awards are anticipated.
Proposals are due by January 29, 2003.'"
Links
0. http://www.quacken.com
1. http://www.eps.gov/spg/USA/USAMC/DAAD19/DAAD19-03-R-0004/SynopsisP.html
Taken?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/14/2049254
jeepliberty writes "Was I the only one to feel like I was "taken" by
the latest Spielberg mini-series? It concluded last night on the
[0]SciFi channel. It started out great. The first five episodes were
excellent. Then like milk on the counter, it started going sour. My
sister is a writer and after she sees a movie she always picks it apart
for continuity, character development and plot. I always tell here "Get
a life. It's just a movie." Well after I saw the 7th installment, I
started picking up my sister's habits and began picking it apart.
"Taken" seems to have taken a little bit from "Firestarter", "E.T.",
"Sphere" and quite a few others."
Links
0. http://www.scifi.com/
Bioinformatics in The Economist
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/14/1737222
[0]Erich Schwarz writes "Bioinformatics has gone from being an esoteric
sub-field to being a business. The Economist gives a useful
[1]overview, while warning 'Bioinformatics is not for the faint of
heart...'"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1476685
Yet Another Call for Linux Standardization
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/14/1734225
An anonymous reader writes "Newsforge has an article [0]Commentary:
United We Stand...the Division in the Linux World, in which David Meyer
argues that UnitedLinux will provide standardization for the Linux
community that will allow it to win the desktop market from Windows.
The article has a number of supporting comments, but then this one
particular negative comment that disagrees with David. This particular
comment offers an alternative view on the need for standardization.
This aternative view that is put forward simply argues that 'Over what
is almost twelve years we have pulled ourselves up by the bootstraps.
We have done this using a development model that allows us to produce
software that proprietary vendors cannot compete with', and then
summarizing that 'the Linux community does not need to set up
businesses with the specific intention of trying to "win" users from
Microsoft; all we have to do is continue to develop software in the
same way, and the users will make the switch all by themselves'."
Links
0. http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/12/11/0137256.shtml?tid=23
Old Age Simulator
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/14/174243
quackking writes "Tired of being young and healthy? Now you can
[0]simulate your own old age. This story describes a
sensory-modification suit which, among other things, selectively blocks
out certain sound frequencies, and lets you experience arthritis."
Links
0. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=31&art_id=qw1039668480796B241&set_id=1
Developing for the Motorola T720
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/14/160201
r0.ini writes "Nice [0]step-by-step introduction guide on how to make
that cool app for your T720." Worth a read even if you never intend to
write a program for your cell phone, for the comparison between BREW
and J2ME (and implicitly between Verizon and AT&T).
Links
0. http://www.colinfahey.com/2002dec14_j2me_cell_phone/j2me_phone_apps.htm
Freshmeat
AGT 1.07p1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106510/
AGT is a powerful console frontend to iptables, supporting nearly all
of the iptables extensions (such as quota, random, MIRROR, multiport,
owner, string, MAC address, and more). All options can be specified in
a configuration file with similar syntax to 'ipf' and 'ipfw'.
audio recording server 2.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106524/
erec is a tool program for recording raw audio stream from the
soundcard. Multiple instances of erec can be running at the same time
sharing the same audio device. It works as a frontend to the audio
device for programs wishing to listen at the same time.
bb-FreeBSD 0.60.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106513/
bb-FreeBSD is a theme featuring the FreeBSD logo and colors. There are
two background options available in the menu file.
bb-Slackware 0.60.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106528/
bb-Slackware is a theme featuring the Slackware logo and colors. There
are two background options available in the menu file.
bftpd 1.0.23
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106542/
bftpd is a very configurable Linux FTP server which can do chroot
without special configuration or directory preparation. It works on all
Unix variants tested. Most FTP commands are supported, and user
authentication is done via passwd/shadow or PAM. tar/gzip on-the-fly is
supported.
BoolStuff 0.1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106511/
BoolStuff is a small C++ library that computes the Disjunctive Normal
Form of a boolean expression binary tree. The library also has a C
programming interface.
Bytes Counter 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106537/
Bytes Counter displays detailed information about the number of bytes
that have been transferred over a network interface.
Catweasel Linux Device Driver 0.3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106516/
cwfloppy is a Linux device driver for the Catweasel Advanced Floppy
Controller manufactured by Individual Computers. The Catweasel is a
versatile Shugart bus controller (i.e., it can control floppy drives).
It is extremely flexible and can be programmed to read and write just
about any floppy disk in the world. This driver supports reading and
writing of Amiga and MS-DOS DD/HD 3.5" disks.
chpox 0.3-a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106544/
chpox provides transparent checkpointing and restarting of processes on
Linux clusters. It was originally designed for recovering of tasks that
takes long execution time (i.e. numerical simulations) in case of
system crashes, power failures, etc. It works with MOSIX and openMosix
, is SMP safe, works as a kernel module, does not require kernel
patches or program recompiling/relinking, and supports virtual memory,
regular open files, current directory, termios, and child processes.
DConnect Daemon 0.1.6 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106518/
DConnect Daemon is a daemon which acts as a Direct Connect hub. It is
written in pure C and utilizes threads. It aims to be very fast, with a
very good protocol implementation.
DCP-Portal 5.0 (Final)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106520/
DCP-Portal is a content management system with advanced features like
Web-based update, link, file, member management, poll, calendar, etc.
Its main features include an admin panel to manage the entire site, a
smart HTML editor to add news, content, and annoucements, the ability
for members to submit news/content and write reviews, and much more.
Developer Todo 0.1.15-1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106525/
Developer Todo is a program to assist developers in maintaining a list
of outstanding tasks in a heirarchical, colourised, and prioritised
list. Additionally, it can automatically list outstanding items when
you change into a directory.
Foxtrot 2.0 beta 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106541/
Foxtrot is a small and powerful API for using threads with the Java(TM)
Foundation Classes (JFC/Swing). It is based on a new concept, the
Synchronous Model, which greatly increases ease of use.
FXvt 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106539/
FXvt is a virtual terminal FOX widget. As such, it can be embedded in
any application developed with the FOX GUI toolkit. It is a derivative
work from the well-known rxvt virtual terminal.
gnomeradio 1.4 (Develoment)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106523/
Gnomeradio is another FM radio tuner writen in GTK+. It should work
with every FM tuner card that is supported by video4linux. Remote
controls are supported via (optional) lirc-support. Gnomeradio can also
record radio as a Wave or MP3 file.
GNU Solfege 1.9.4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106532/
Solfege is an ear training program for GNOME, but can also run with
only the Gtk+ libs. It even runs on MS Windows.
JFtp 0.96
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106533/
JFtp is a graphical FTP client written in Java. It supports all the
basic FTP operations, and has some improved features such as recursive
directory upload, a nice swing UI, the ability to automatically resume
downloads, and the ability to recognize broken directory names. The API
is separated from the GUI and can also be used in third-party
applications or in a command-line mode.
libmpeg2 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106509/
libmpeg2 is a library for decoding MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video streams. Its
main goals are standards conformance, speed, portability, and
reuseability. The package also includes mpeg2dec, a small test program
for libmpeg2.
Managing Gigabytes for Java 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106519/
MG4J (Managing Gigabytes for Java) is a collaborative ongoing effort
aimed at providing a free Java implementation of inverted-index
compression techniques. MG4J tries to make the techniques accessible
without having to deal with bit-level operations in a clean,
object-oriented environment.
Millstone 3.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106522/
Millstone is a user interface library for development of Internet
applications with Java. It provides a terminal independent component
model that can be adapted to different terminal types and user
interface themes. The development model of Millstone is closely related
to traditional client side UI development: it has a continuous
application lifecycle and an extensive event model. The Millstone
library also provides an interface for directly connecting UI
components to business logic and data storage.
motion 3.1.4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106535/
motion uses a video4linux device for detecting movement. It makes
snapshots of the movement which can be converted to MPEG movies in
realtime (or later for low CPU usage), making it usable as an
observation or security system. It can take actions like sending out
email and SMS messages when detecting motion.
motion 3.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106534/
motion uses a video4linux device for detecting movement. It makes
snapshots of the movement which can be converted to MPEG movies in
realtime (or later for low CPU usage), making it usable as an
observation or security system. It can take actions like sending out
email and SMS messages when detecting motion.
pam_smbmount 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106543/
pam_smbmount is a Pluggable Authentication Module for FreeBSD that
authenticates users against an SMB server (like Samba) and
automatically mounts their home shares.
perltrash 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106521/
perltrash is a Perl script that emulates a "trash can".
Instead of permanently deleting files, they are moved into the trash
can. Files can be restored in the future if they are needed again.
Single files can be permanently removed from the trash can. perltrash
can automatically remove files from the trash can that are over a
certain time limit or trash can size. It supports all kinds of files,
including complete directories.
Phylographer October-11-2002
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106545/
PhyloGrapher is a program designed to visualize and study evolutionary
relationships within families of homologous genes or proteins
(elements). It is a drawing tool that generates custom graphs for the
given set of elements. In general, it is possible to use PhyloGrapher
to visualize any type of interactions between elements you want.
Pine 4.51
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106531/
Pine® is a tool for reading, sending, and managing electronic
messages. Pine was designed by the Office of Computing &
Communications at the University of Washington specifically with novice
computer users in mind, but it can be tailored to accommodate the needs
of "power users" as well.
PowerAdmin 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106530/
PowerAdmin is a Web-based frontend for the PowerDNS DNS server. It
interfaces with PowerDNS's generic database backends, such as MySQL,
PostgreSQL, and Oracle, to add/modify/delete both forward and reverse
zones, with full IPv6 support.
ROX-Session 0.1.18
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106529/
ROX-Session is a simple and easy-to-configure session manager. It
allows you to change window managers without logging out (and copes
with window managers crashing) and provides a graphical configuration
box for your X settings (default font, cursor blinking, mouse behavior,
etc.). The default session starts ROX-Filer managing the background and
one panel, but it can be easily reconfigured for other purposes.
SAS's Accounting Statistics 1.0.1 (development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106527/
Sasacct fetches traffic stats via ipchains, ipfstat, iptables, pf,
Cisco IP accounting, and SNMP. It makes mrtg-like graphics using
rrdtool. A CGI interface is included for checking date-to-date traffic
statistics and to generate on-the-fly graphics. It also includes
support for fetching the necessary information remotely via a
super-server (such as inetd or xinetd).
sed 4.0.5-pre (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106514/
Sed, the GNU Stream Editor, copies the named files (standard input
default) to the standard output, edited according to a script of
commands.
streamixer 1.18.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106526/
streamixer contains an audio stream mixer server, tools for monitoring
and feeding the server, and a stream resampling tool with various
different interpolation models.
Tcpreplay 1.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106508/
Tcpreplay is a set of Unix tools which allows the replaying of captured
network traffic (pcap or snoop format). It can be used to test a
variety of network devices including routers, firewalls, and NIDS.
Trommler 3.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106538/
Trommler is an X-based drum machine with the following features: use of
16 bit 44100kHz mono drum samples, realtime audio output using the
/dev/dsp device on Linux machines (or audio output to file), a variable
number of beats per pattern, volume adjustment of drum samples, stereo
panning of (mono) drum samples, and more.
WebShop 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106512/
WebShop provides a framework for an Internet shop using EJB 2. It
includes the beans necessary to operate an e-commerce enterprise, as
well as a sample servlet implementation of a shop.
WISE CAM 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106434/
WISECAM (WIreless SEnsor CAM) provides solutions to security and
surveillance problems using wireless video sensors. It features motion
detection, multiple client data collection over a network, a Service
Discovery-enabled Wireless Video Sensor Network, and a browser-based
GUI which offers access from almost anywhere.
Your Operating System 3.2.1-14122002
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106515/
YOS is a compact, personalised, and optimised OS with support for RPM,
deb, and tgz packages, with 200 packages carefully selected and
compiled for speed and stability. It has an automatic hardware
detection system, which should detect most modern hardware.
Slashcode
Stuartdrama.org - JEB Stuart High School Drama Dep
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/15/0643259
I have setup a new slashsite for the JEB Stuart High School drama dept.
- Stuartdrama.org. While this isn't really as publically oriented as
many other sites, if you live in the Washington DC area, and enjoy high
school theatre, visit us! I warn you however - the site is hosted on a
DSL line, so speed isn't something we have much of.
Undocumented Things You Should Set In Apache?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/234233
I've recently discovered a problem with blocks being updated but not
appearing to be updated when the main page loads. I believe this has
been discussed here. I'm wondering if anyone has written anything about
configuration directives for Apache that are going to make your
Slashcode site work correctly. Things like limiting the Max requests
per child and stuff like that. I'd be happy to collect everyone's
replies and make a guide to be posted here or somewhere. The
documentation from Mister Orange has been a lifesaver for many I'm
sure.
Kinosis.com - Health, Fitness, and Weight Loss News
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/10/1758242
Two formerly fat engineers have created a website to help people learn
the correct methods and principles of permanent weight loss. We are
serious about answering your questions and seeing that you get results,
having been there before and knowing how much it sucked. Yes, we know
there are a lot of Twinkie-lovin', Coke swilling UNIX gurus reading
this right now who need to get buff for the dates they don't have (yet)
so head on over and check it out! ;) We chose LRSE Hosting and they've
been very responsive and know how to get things done. Three thumbs up!
(yes, I'm a mutant)
Proven developer & Slashbox needed
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/10/1756244
We are looking to implement a Slashbox to drive several medically
related slash sites. We are searching for developers (preferably in the
NY/NJ area) with a proven ability to implement, deploy and manage the
collection of sites. The ability to manage all aspects of
implementation including but not limited to networking, firewalling
& security , databasing & querying, archiving, GUI
modifications, hosting and general maintenance. We have not evaluated
third party hosting due to the sensitivity of our data. Obviously,
expertise in Perl, Apache, Linux, and MySQL are prerequisites. We have
a creative services team that will design any artwork, banners/headers,
buttons, and other artistic aspects of the interface one given
requirements from the program lead. We are open to contracters or
potential employment on a contract to permanent basis. We are only
looking for people with past Slash deployment experience as we will
need to deploy in mid Q103. Please contact (send resume and cover
letter with links to deployed slash site(s)) to Michael Vinegra.
Geekgirl's Chronicle
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/10/0752207
The Geekgirl's Chronicle - with current events, science, technology,
media, celebrity info, music & commentary! Participate in the
growing trend of geekgrrls exploring the realms of information
technologies. --LazyGirl
Cyberlodge.org
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/09/0244205
We just launched Cyberlodge.org - it's a new site exploring the
possibility of a 19th century-style trade guild for tech workers. As
the person entrusted with making this all work, I'm anxious for
feedback on the site, the concept, and what you think might make this
concept fly. Thanks! --Ian
Problem with slashd repeatly crashing: Solved.
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/08/0915230
Here at LRSE we had a problem with slashd crashing. I've seen others
mention this, with no real definitive answer as to the cause or the
solution. Here's what we know: Using: Slash 2.2.6 Perl 5.6.1 MySQL 3.23
FreeBSD 4.5 we were seeing the following in slashd.log: Thu Nov 28
06:55:23 2002 freshenup.pl updated articles:00/01/25/1236215 (Now
What?) perl in malloc(): warning: recursive call Out of memory! perl in
free(): warning: recursive call perl in free(): warning: recursive call
perl in free(): warning: recursive call perl in free(): warning:
recursive call perl in malloc(): warning: recursive call Out of memory!
It does this for quite some time, and dies. We discussed this with the
slash team, however given that this is not happening with CVS code, and
only with the current release, there wasn't much interest there in
finding and fixing the problem.It wouldn't have helped in anycase we
suspect. Not everyone has this problem, and the slash code itself
doesn't seem to really be at fault - rather, this seems to be a problem
with perl itself. Upgrading perl to 5.8.0 on our production server
seems to have made the problem go away. We haven't had to restart
slashd for nearly 24 hours since we rebuilt with 5.8.0, and we were
doing it sometimes as quickly as every few minutes before with 5.6.1.
As such, I wanted to get this information out there for anyone having
the same problem. --Scott Lockwood
Problems After Upgrading to CVS release (dec 2002)
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/07/2135235
I'm having problems with an upgrade of an exisiting 2.2.6 slash site up
to the current CVS tree. It appears index.shtml is not being generated
correctly after the upgrade, and this effectively breaks the site. If I
start up apache after the upgrade, and go to the front page of the
site, I get an error 404 page, (a slash generated error 404 page). If I
go to /index.pl, the site displays fine (my templates are a little
messed up with the new code base, but I think I can work all that out
myself, if it is unrelated to this problem, like I think it is). If I
then start "slashd", it will eventually generate an index.shtml file,
but the file only contains stories and slashboxes. The "header(122)"
template is not used in the creation of the index.shtml file. This
makes the site look horrible, and pretty much unusuable. My work around
has been to edit the apache configuration file for my site so that it
does not look for the index.shtml when doing directory indexing, and
only loads the index.pl script. This works for now, but it is
completely sub-optimal, and I want to change it back ASAP. I also don't
want to move the information from the header template into the
templates that slashd is using to generate the index.shtml. That is a
sloppy fix, and would most likely cause more problems in the future.
This problem appears with the CVS code regardless of if I start with a
fresh "install-slashsite" database, or if I upgrade using my current
running database. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong, or have
suggestions on what to try? Your help is greatly appriciated. Side
Note: There are some SQL and filesystem errors during the
"install-slashsite". The SQL stuff I'm not so sure about (I'm still
learning, but catching on really quickly). The filesystem stuff appears
to be mis-named or or mis-filed plugin support files. (I think a
template in the Repository plug-in is misnamed, and during the Stocks
plugin install, it's not looking in the template directory for the HTML
templates, but in the plugin template's parent directory.) I don't
think these are related to my problem above, but I thought I would
include the information in case it helps. (and in case I did something
wrong during the initial install to get those errors.) --Robert
Getting Slash to email properly
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/06/1813256
I managed to get a slash site up and running, but cannot get it to send
mail (passwords, etc) to remote email addresses. Everything (slash,
mysql, sendmail wrapper for qmail, apache) is on one box. Is there a
way to get Slash to support SMTP-AUTH? Or is there a way to get Slash
to directly reference the sendmail command on the local box? Or is
there another preferred solution? Please spell it out for me--I'm a
newbie:-) Thanks in advance --Stefan Geens
Mail bombing by our slash site
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/05/207255
We have a problem with our slash site. For the seond time now the site
has mail bombed us. I have set it up to send me stories and headlines
and I and all others that have signed up get over 3000 of them. The
strange thing is that this does not happen every day. Anyone got a clue
to how we can resolve this problem? We are using slash-2-2-4 ,Debian
Linux version 2.4.17 and exim veriosn 3.35. Gunnar --Gunnar Lunde
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