To install PHP5 with the right variants, to support: Apache2 Pear Komodo IDE's Simulate CGI Environment Debugging I chose: sudo port install php5 +apache2 +pear +fastcgi
Restoring a PGP WDE Encrypted drive
When using PGP (now owned by Symantec) Whole Disk Encryption (WDE) to encrypt your system drive, there are some hoops to jump through to do a system restore from backups. If you backup your system drive using SuperDuper! or Carbon Copy Cloner, then your backups will not be bootable. There are some things you need... Continue Reading →
Remote Debugging via proxy with PHP, XDebug, and Komodo IDE
So I am experimenting with remote debugging using Komodo IDE, PHP and Linux. Following instructions from the xdebug website, I typed: sudo pecl install xdebug Then I added the file /etc/php.d/xdebug.ini with the lines: Running php -i, yields amongst others, the following message: xdebug support => enabled Version => 2.1.1 XDEBUG NOT LOADED AS ZEND... Continue Reading →
Macports: How to configure php5 for apache2
I guess I am spoiled with Redhat's integration of all these packages where you simply install and away you go. Macports isn't quite a polite in this regard. The default config files are incomplete and not enabled when it is installed. So I have had to do some massaging to get php working. The file... Continue Reading →
Macports: How to install mod_perl2
When attempting to install mod_perl2, I received an error code 2. Very unhelpful error message, but after some googling, I found this bug ticket which explains what you need to do. Essentially, you need to forcibly uninstall perl5.12 (or perl5.10) and then re-install with the threads variant: Then you can install mod_perl2 with: Not a... Continue Reading →
Macports: Some useful tricks
I have decided to jump ship from Fink over to Macports. Out of the frying pan and into the fire perhaps, but Fink's packages just don't seem to be kept up to date as well as Macports. I'm keeping a close eye on brew as well, although I too am skeptical of its dependence on... Continue Reading →
Installation of Postgresql on MacOS X using Macports
Installing and configuring postgresql using Macports is a nightmare. Documentation is very difficult to find. Trawling the blogosphere, I have assembled the following procedure that I have had to follow to make it all happen, as it should. To install postgresql84 on Snow Leopard (10.6) using Macports, execute the following commands: Now to make sure... Continue Reading →
Initial thoughts on connectivism
I am currently doing George Siemens' Connectivism and Connective Knowledge 2011 (CCK11) course. At the moment, I am reading his article, Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age. Some very abstract ideas to grapple with, and so I am writing down my thoughts as I process this in mind and try to make sense... Continue Reading →
Installing netatalk 2.1.1 on CentOS 5.4
I had the need to install netatalk on CentOS 5.4. Sadly there were no easily found precompiled packages of netatalk, so I googled to find some guidance on the best way to do this. I found a great article on http://www.linuxquestions.org which gave plenty of hints as to what was required, and to compile from... Continue Reading →
DVICO Remote Control for MythTV Frontend on Mac OS
Have a Mac OS MythTV Frontend, and a DVICO remote control and USB receiver? Like them to work together? This blog post may help you. I have the above scenario and was looking for a way to remote control an old Power Mac G4 (circa 2001) running MythTV as a frontend. The machine does a... Continue Reading →
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