Donn Lee's blog

"He [Gil Amelio] had a saying: 'Apple is like a ship with a hole in the bottom, leaking water. And my job is to get the ship pointed in the right direction.'"

--Steve Jobs, D5 conference, May 2007.

EXPERIAN ARTICLE ON SECURITY FREEZES (CREDIT FREEZES)

Freezing your credit file can freeze you out of credit


Dear Max,
I just completed a request via the Web site to "unfreeze" my credit file for seven days. It stated that the seven day unfreeze may take up to three days to activate. I am trying to get an auto loan funded and would appreciate it if this request can be expedited. Is it possible to get the unfreeze done today?

- RKS

Dear RKS,
There are many claims about credit file freezing being the perfect fraud protection tool. As you've discovered, it's not exactly perfect. In fact there are many challenges with file freezing that you'll hear little about from its proponents.


You've come across one important flaw. File freezing is often presented as an instant-on, instant-off process – all you have to do is provide your PIN number. Ironically, providing your PIN number is just the first step.


After verifying your PIN number and other identifying information, the credit file must be looked up and the freeze removed. That verification process takes more than a few minutes.


If your identifying information doesn't match, or you don't have your PIN number, you will need to provide copies of identifying documentation through the mail to prove that you, and not an identity thief, are trying to gain access to your credit history. That can extend the unfreezing process into weeks.


The result is that what is promoted as protecting you from fraud actually prevents you from getting the best interest rate or the loan you need.


A more common issue is not remembering or not having access to your PIN number to lift the freeze. The most common example I hear is from people who lose or break their cellular telephone. To get a new phone, the service provider often must access your credit history. However, you can't get a new phone if you don't know your PIN from memory, and it can be a tremendous inconvenience to retrieve your PIN, or worse, have to mail verification documents to request a new one.


Another serious problem with file freezing is that people don't consider the legitimate uses of credit reports beyond granting of credit. Unless removed in advance, a file freezing can prevent you from getting a cellular telephone or utility service. File freezing also can interfere with your ability to get a job, get an apartment, get security clearance for certain government positions, or obtain some government licenses.


Freezing your credit history is an extreme step with extreme consequences. That is why I only recommend freezing your credit history in extreme cases of identity theft. Any benefit it might provide is often far outweighed by the problems it will cause for you.


Thanks for asking.

Getting linux running on the G machine:

kernel option: nomce
Compile kernel to enable SMP

Got kernel config from PaulS or Josh:

make menuconfig: to enable SMP

A shortened form of the command 'make menuconfig', menuconfig is an ncurses-based target for the Linux kernel Makefile. It is a rather user-friendly, menu-driven kernel compilation utility, which allows the user to select kernel modules and kernel options/parameters. Menuconfig is an alternative to editing the .config file by hand, although an xconfig target has been added to the kernel Makefile in recent years.

Josh's config:

#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
# Linux kernel version: 2.6.15.5
# Sat Mar 4 12:07:06 2006
#
CONFIG_X86_64=y
CONFIG_64BIT=y
CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_SEMAPHORE_SLEEPERS=y
CONFIG_MMU=y
CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_IOMAP=y
CONFIG_ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC=y

#
# Code maturity level options
#
# CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is not set
CONFIG_CLEAN_COMPILE=y
CONFIG_BROKEN_ON_SMP=y
CONFIG_INIT_ENV_ARG_LIMIT=32

#
# General setup
#
CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=""
CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=y
CONFIG_SWAP=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
# CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT_V3 is not set
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
# CONFIG_AUDIT is not set
CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y
CONFIG_KOBJECT_UEVENT=y
CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=""
# CONFIG_EMBEDDED is not set
CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y
# CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS is not set
CONFIG_PRINTK=y
CONFIG_BUG=y
CONFIG_BASE_FULL=y
CONFIG_FUTEX=y
CONFIG_EPOLL=y
CONFIG_SHMEM=y
CONFIG_CC_ALIGN_FUNCTIONS=0
CONFIG_CC_ALIGN_LABELS=0
CONFIG_CC_ALIGN_LOOPS=0
CONFIG_CC_ALIGN_JUMPS=0
# CONFIG_TINY_SHMEM is not set
CONFIG_BASE_SMALL=0

#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
CONFIG_OBSOLETE_MODPARM=y
# CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL is not set
# CONFIG_KMOD is not set

#
# Block layer
#
CONFIG_LBD=y

#
# IO Schedulers
#
CONFIG_IOSCHED_NOOP=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_AS=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ=y
CONFIG_DEFAULT_AS=y
# CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEADLINE is not set
# CONFIG_DEFAULT_CFQ is not set
# CONFIG_DEFAULT_NOOP is not set
CONFIG_DEFAULT_IOSCHED="anticipatory"

#
# Processor type and features
#
CONFIG_MK8=y
# CONFIG_MPSC is not set
# CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU is not set
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES=64
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=6
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
# CONFIG_MICROCODE is not set
CONFIG_X86_MSR=y
CONFIG_X86_CPUID=y
CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_MTRR=y
# CONFIG_SMP is not set
CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE=y
# CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY is not set
# CONFIG_PREEMPT is not set
CONFIG_ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE=y
CONFIG_FLATMEM=y
CONFIG_FLAT_NODE_MEM_MAP=y
# CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_STATIC is not set
CONFIG_SPLIT_PTLOCK_CPUS=4
CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_EARLY_PFN_TO_NID=y
CONFIG_HPET_TIMER=y
# CONFIG_X86_PM_TIMER is not set
# CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC is not set
CONFIG_GART_IOMMU=y
CONFIG_SWIOTLB=y
CONFIG_X86_MCE=y
# CONFIG_X86_MCE_INTEL is not set
CONFIG_X86_MCE_AMD=y
CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x100000
CONFIG_SECCOMP=y
# CONFIG_HZ_100 is not set
CONFIG_HZ_250=y
# CONFIG_HZ_1000 is not set
CONFIG_HZ=250
CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE=y
CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API=y

#
# Power management options
#
CONFIG_PM=y
# CONFIG_PM_LEGACY is not set
# CONFIG_PM_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND is not set

#
# ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support
#
CONFIG_ACPI=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_AC=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY is not set
# CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON is not set
# CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y
CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_ASUS is not set
# CONFIG_ACPI_IBM is not set
# CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR=0
# CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y
CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y

#
# CPU Frequency scaling
#
# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ is not set

#
# Bus options (PCI etc.)
#
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_MMCONFIG=y
# CONFIG_PCIEPORTBUS is not set
# CONFIG_PCI_MSI is not set
# CONFIG_PCI_LEGACY_PROC is not set

#
# PCCARD (PCMCIA/CardBus) support
#
# CONFIG_PCCARD is not set

#
# PCI Hotplug Support
#

#
# Executable file formats / Emulations
#
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION=y
CONFIG_IA32_AOUT=y
CONFIG_COMPAT=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC_COMPAT=y
CONFIG_UID16=y

#
# Networking
#
CONFIG_NET=y

#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_PACKET=y
CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_XFRM=y
# CONFIG_XFRM_USER is not set
CONFIG_NET_KEY=y
CONFIG_INET=y
# CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
CONFIG_IP_FIB_HASH=y
# CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
# CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set
# CONFIG_INET_AH is not set
# CONFIG_INET_ESP is not set
# CONFIG_INET_IPCOMP is not set
# CONFIG_INET_TUNNEL is not set
CONFIG_INET_DIAG=y
CONFIG_INET_TCP_DIAG=y
# CONFIG_TCP_CONG_ADVANCED is not set
CONFIG_TCP_CONG_BIC=y
# CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER is not set
# CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
# CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q is not set
# CONFIG_DECNET is not set
# CONFIG_LLC2 is not set
# CONFIG_IPX is not set
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set

#
# QoS and/or fair queueing
#
# CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set

#
# Network testing
#
# CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN is not set
# CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set
# CONFIG_IRDA is not set
# CONFIG_BT is not set
# CONFIG_IEEE80211 is not set

#
# Device Drivers
#

#
# Generic Driver Options
#
CONFIG_STANDALONE=y
CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=y
# CONFIG_FW_LOADER is not set

#
# Connector - unified userspace <-> kernelspace linker
#
# CONFIG_CONNECTOR is not set

#
# Memory Technology Devices (MTD)
#
# CONFIG_MTD is not set

#
# Parallel port support
#
# CONFIG_PARPORT is not set

#
# Plug and Play support
#
# CONFIG_PNP is not set

#
# Block devices
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_COW_COMMON is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SX8 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_COUNT=16
# CONFIG_CDROM_PKTCDVD is not set
# CONFIG_ATA_OVER_ETH is not set

#
# ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support
#
CONFIG_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y

#
# Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
# CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL is not set

#
# IDE chipset support/bugfixes
#
CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_FORCED is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_ONLYDISK is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATIIXP is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRIFLEX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SC1200 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IT821X is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SVWKS is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIIMAGE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX is not set
# CONFIG_IDE_ARM is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set

#
# SCSI device support
#
# CONFIG_RAID_ATTRS is not set
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS=y

#
# SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM)
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR is not set
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SCH is not set

#
# Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs
#
# CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING is not set

#
# SCSI Transport Attributes
#
# CONFIG_SCSI_SPI_ATTRS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FC_ATTRS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ISCSI_ATTRS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SAS_ATTRS is not set

#
# SCSI low-level drivers
#
# CONFIG_ISCSI_TCP is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_3W_9XXX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AACRAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX_OLD is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC79XX is not set
# CONFIG_MEGARAID_NEWGEN is not set
# CONFIG_MEGARAID_LEGACY is not set
# CONFIG_MEGARAID_SAS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DMX3191D is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IPS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_INITIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_2 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IPR is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_1280 is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_QLA2XXX=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLA21XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLA22XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLA2300 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLA2322 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLA6312 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLA24XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_LPFC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG is not set

#
# Multi-device support (RAID and LVM)
#
# CONFIG_MD is not set

#
# Fusion MPT device support
#
# CONFIG_FUSION is not set
# CONFIG_FUSION_SPI is not set
# CONFIG_FUSION_FC is not set
# CONFIG_FUSION_SAS is not set

#
# IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support
#
# CONFIG_IEEE1394 is not set

#
# I2O device support
#
# CONFIG_I2O is not set

#
# Network device support
#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
# CONFIG_DUMMY is not set
# CONFIG_BONDING is not set
# CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
# CONFIG_TUN is not set

#
# ARCnet devices
#
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set

#
# PHY device support
#

#
# Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
#
# CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET is not set

#
# Ethernet (1000 Mbit)
#
# CONFIG_ACENIC is not set
# CONFIG_DL2K is not set
CONFIG_E1000=y
# CONFIG_E1000_NAPI is not set
# CONFIG_NS83820 is not set
# CONFIG_HAMACHI is not set
# CONFIG_R8169 is not set
# CONFIG_SIS190 is not set
# CONFIG_SK98LIN is not set
# CONFIG_TIGON3 is not set
# CONFIG_BNX2 is not set

#
# Ethernet (10000 Mbit)
#
# CONFIG_CHELSIO_T1 is not set
# CONFIG_IXGB is not set
# CONFIG_S2IO is not set

#
# Token Ring devices
#
# CONFIG_TR is not set

#
# Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)
#
# CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set

#
# Wan interfaces
#
# CONFIG_WAN is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_PPP is not set
# CONFIG_SLIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_FC is not set
# CONFIG_NETPOLL is not set
# CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER is not set

#
# ISDN subsystem
#
# CONFIG_ISDN is not set

#
# Telephony Support
#
# CONFIG_PHONE is not set

#
# Input device support
#
CONFIG_INPUT=y

#
# Userland interfaces
#
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
# CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TSDEV is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y
# CONFIG_INPUT_EVBUG is not set

#
# Input Device Drivers
#
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_SUNKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_LKKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_XTKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_NEWTON is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
# CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2 is not set
# CONFIG_MOUSE_SERIAL is not set
# CONFIG_MOUSE_VSXXXAA is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYSTICK is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_MISC is not set

#
# Hardware I/O ports
#
CONFIG_SERIO=y
CONFIG_SERIO_I8042=y
CONFIG_SERIO_SERPORT=y
CONFIG_SERIO_CT82C710=y
CONFIG_SERIO_PCIPS2=y
CONFIG_SERIO_LIBPS2=y
# CONFIG_SERIO_RAW is not set
# CONFIG_GAMEPORT is not set

#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set

#
# Serial drivers
#
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_ACPI is not set
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS=2
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS is not set
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_DETECT_IRQ is not set
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RSA=y

#
# Non-8250 serial port support
#
CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_JSM is not set
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS=y
CONFIG_LEGACY_PTY_COUNT=256

#
# IPMI
#
# CONFIG_IPMI_HANDLER is not set

#
# Watchdog Cards
#
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
# CONFIG_HW_RANDOM is not set
CONFIG_NVRAM=y
CONFIG_RTC=y
# CONFIG_DTLK is not set
# CONFIG_R3964 is not set
# CONFIG_APPLICOM is not set

#
# Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
#
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
CONFIG_AGP=y
CONFIG_AGP_AMD64=y
# CONFIG_AGP_INTEL is not set
# CONFIG_DRM is not set
# CONFIG_MWAVE is not set
# CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER is not set
CONFIG_HPET=y
CONFIG_HPET_RTC_IRQ=y
CONFIG_HPET_MMAP=y
# CONFIG_HANGCHECK_TIMER is not set

#
# TPM devices
#

#
# I2C support
#
# CONFIG_I2C is not set

#
# Dallas's 1-wire bus
#
# CONFIG_W1 is not set

#
# Hardware Monitoring support
#
# CONFIG_HWMON is not set
# CONFIG_HWMON_VID is not set

#
# Misc devices
#

#
# Multimedia Capabilities Port drivers
#

#
# Multimedia devices
#
# CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set

#
# Digital Video Broadcasting Devices
#
# CONFIG_DVB is not set

#
# Graphics support
#
# CONFIG_FB is not set
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y

#
# Console display driver support
#
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y

#
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=y

#
# Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
#
CONFIG_SND=y
CONFIG_SND_AC97_CODEC=y
CONFIG_SND_AC97_BUS=y
CONFIG_SND_TIMER=y
CONFIG_SND_PCM=y
CONFIG_SND_RAWMIDI=y
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=y
CONFIG_SND_SEQ_DUMMY=y
CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL=y
CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_RTCTIMER=y
CONFIG_SND_SEQ_RTCTIMER_DEFAULT=y
# CONFIG_SND_VERBOSE_PRINTK is not set
# CONFIG_SND_DEBUG is not set

#
# Generic devices
#
CONFIG_SND_MPU401_UART=y
# CONFIG_SND_DUMMY is not set
# CONFIG_SND_VIRMIDI is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MTPAV is not set
# CONFIG_SND_SERIAL_U16550 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MPU401 is not set

#
# PCI devices
#
# CONFIG_SND_ALI5451 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ATIIXP is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ATIIXP_MODEM is not set
# CONFIG_SND_AU8810 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_AU8820 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_AU8830 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_BT87X is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CS46XX is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CS4281 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1X is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CA0106 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_KORG1212 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MIXART is not set
# CONFIG_SND_NM256 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_RME32 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_RME96 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_RME9652 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_HDSP is not set
# CONFIG_SND_HDSPM is not set
# CONFIG_SND_TRIDENT is not set
# CONFIG_SND_YMFPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SND_AD1889 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ALS4000 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CMIPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ENS1370 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ENS1371 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ES1938 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ES1968 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MAESTRO3 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_FM801 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ICE1712 is not set
CONFIG_SND_ICE1724=y
# CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_SONICVIBES is not set
# CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX is not set
# CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX_MODEM is not set
# CONFIG_SND_VX222 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL is not set

#
# USB devices
#
# CONFIG_SND_USB_AUDIO is not set
# CONFIG_SND_USB_USX2Y is not set

#
# Open Sound System
#
# CONFIG_SOUND_PRIME is not set

#
# USB support
#
CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_HCD=y
CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_OHCI=y
CONFIG_USB=y
# CONFIG_USB_DEBUG is not set

#
# Miscellaneous USB options
#
CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y

#
# USB Host Controller Drivers
#
CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=y
# CONFIG_USB_ISP116X_HCD is not set
CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=y
# CONFIG_USB_OHCI_BIG_ENDIAN is not set
CONFIG_USB_OHCI_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=y
# CONFIG_USB_SL811_HCD is not set

#
# USB Device Class drivers
#
# CONFIG_OBSOLETE_OSS_USB_DRIVER is not set
# CONFIG_USB_ACM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_PRINTER is not set

#
# NOTE: USB_STORAGE enables SCSI, and 'SCSI disk support'
#

#
# may also be needed; see USB_STORAGE Help for more information
#
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=y
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_FREECOM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_ISD200 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DPCM is not set

#
# USB Input Devices
#
CONFIG_USB_HID=y
CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y
# CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV is not set
# CONFIG_USB_AIPTEK is not set
# CONFIG_USB_WACOM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_ACECAD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_KBTAB is not set
# CONFIG_USB_POWERMATE is not set
# CONFIG_USB_MTOUCH is not set
# CONFIG_USB_ITMTOUCH is not set
# CONFIG_USB_EGALAX is not set
# CONFIG_USB_XPAD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_ATI_REMOTE is not set
# CONFIG_USB_APPLETOUCH is not set

#
# USB Imaging devices
#
# CONFIG_USB_MICROTEK is not set

#
# USB Multimedia devices
#
# CONFIG_USB_DABUSB is not set

#
# Video4Linux support is needed for USB Multimedia device support
#

#
# USB Network Adapters
#
# CONFIG_USB_KAWETH is not set
# CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS is not set
# CONFIG_USB_USBNET is not set
CONFIG_USB_MON=y

#
# USB port drivers
#

#
# USB Serial Converter support
#
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL is not set

#
# USB Miscellaneous drivers
#
# CONFIG_USB_EMI62 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_EMI26 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_LCD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_LED is not set
# CONFIG_USB_CYTHERM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_PHIDGETKIT is not set
# CONFIG_USB_PHIDGETSERVO is not set
# CONFIG_USB_IDMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SISUSBVGA is not set

#
# USB DSL modem support
#

#
# USB Gadget Support
#
# CONFIG_USB_GADGET is not set

#
# MMC/SD Card support
#
# CONFIG_MMC is not set

#
# InfiniBand support
#
# CONFIG_INFINIBAND is not set

#
# SN Devices
#

#
# Firmware Drivers
#
# CONFIG_DELL_RBU is not set
# CONFIG_DCDBAS is not set

#
# File systems
#
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS_SECURITY=y
# CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XIP is not set
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY=y
CONFIG_JBD=y
# CONFIG_JBD_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=y
# CONFIG_REISERFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
CONFIG_XFS_FS=y
# CONFIG_XFS_QUOTA is not set
# CONFIG_XFS_SECURITY is not set
# CONFIG_XFS_POSIX_ACL is not set
# CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
# CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_INOTIFY is not set
# CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
CONFIG_DNOTIFY=y
# CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS is not set
# CONFIG_FUSE_FS is not set

#
# CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems
#
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS_FS=y
CONFIG_UDF_FS=y
CONFIG_UDF_NLS=y

#
# DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems
#
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="iso8859-1"
# CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set

#
# Pseudo filesystems
#
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
CONFIG_SYSFS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS=y
# CONFIG_HUGETLBFS is not set
# CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set
CONFIG_RAMFS=y
# CONFIG_RELAYFS_FS is not set

#
# Miscellaneous filesystems
#
# CONFIG_HFSPLUS_FS is not set
CONFIG_CRAMFS=y
# CONFIG_VXFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set

#
# Network File Systems
#
# CONFIG_NFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_NFSD is not set
# CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set
# CONFIG_CIFS is not set
# CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
# CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set

#
# Partition Types
#
# CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED is not set
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y

#
# Native Language Support
#
CONFIG_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="cp437"
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1250=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1251=m
CONFIG_NLS_ASCII=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_13=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15=m
CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R=m
CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_U=m
CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=m

#
# Kernel hacking
#
# CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL is not set
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14

#
# Security options
#
# CONFIG_KEYS is not set
# CONFIG_SECURITY is not set

#
# Cryptographic options
#
# CONFIG_CRYPTO is not set

#
# Hardware crypto devices
#

#
# Library routines
#
CONFIG_CRC_CCITT=y
CONFIG_CRC16=y
CONFIG_CRC32=y
CONFIG_LIBCRC32C=y
CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=y

SCP freeware: WinSCP for Windows
WinMd5Sum for file md5 hashes

Identify codec required to play an AVI file with GSpot or AVIcodec.

COPYING CDROM DISC

Nero will only let me burn a data disc image using the .iso or .nrg file formatsOK, you said that already.


Start Nero, and select the Image Recorder as the device.
From the "Recorder" menu, select the "Copy Disc" entry. A multi-tab dialog will pop up.
Enable the "On the fly" option in the "Copy Options" tab.
Go to the "Read Options" tab.
Select "User defined" in the "Fast copy settings" list.
ENABLE the "Ignore read errors", "Write defect sectors" and "Read sectors in raw mode" option.
DISABLE the "Read all subchannel data" option.
Click on the "Copy" button to start creating the image.


That should do it. Note that it can take quite some time to create the image, because of the "bad" sectors on safedisc protected CDs. The amount of time needed depends on the drive. Some drives can skip the errors in 5 seconds, some in 5 minutes, some in 5 hours, and others need a whole day.

If the image still won't work, try Alcohol. You can download a trial version, so you can test if it works. Alcohol, in contrast to Nero, is a dedicated tool for copying CDs.

"Safely Remove Hardware" icon is missing from the taskbar:

To bring up this dialog box when it cannot be found: Control Panels, System, Device Manager, Disk Drives (or whatever the USB device is), Properties, Policies, click the link for "Safely Remove Hardware" and the dialog box will appear.

[Windows XP]

Restrict the Screen Saver (Windows 2000/XP) at Registry Guide for Windows:
"Create a new DWORD value called 'ScreenSaveActive' and set it to '0' to disable all screen savers.
Alternatively create a new string value called 'SCRNSAVE.EXE' and set it to the executable name of a valid Windows screen saver file, including the .scr extension. This will only be used if 'ScreenSaveActive' is set to '1' or deleted from the registry.
Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

Registry Settings
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control PanelDesktop]
Value Name: ScreenSaveActive, SCRNSAVE.EXE
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disable screen savers, 1 = default)"

Disable the Lock Workstation Button (Windows NT/2000/XP) at Registry Guide for Windows: "Registry Settings
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PoliciesSystem]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PoliciesSystem]
Value Name: DisableLockWorkstation
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)"

KNOPPIX Linux Live CD

Can be used for disaster recovery (dump/restore).

Sun protection hat:
$18
SunProtectionZone.com

Str draw at the Turn:

Outs: 4+4 --> 8
Cards left: 46

so: 8 / 46 ~= 1:6

If pot odds are 10% or less, call.

Hold 'em outs:

@Flop / Outs > To river chance

4 card flush / 9 cards > 35%
4 card flush & 1 card str draw / 9+3* > 48%
Open ended str, flush draw / 9+4+4 > ?
Open eded str draw / 4+4
AK suited (to pair) & flush draw / 9+3+3

*Don't count spade & straight-draw card twice.

Odds of flush draw on the Turn with 4-card flush at the flop:
outs: 9
Cards left: 47
So, 9/47 = 19.1% (about 1:5 odds)

Odds of a set at the Flop (PP start):
12%
So pot-odds to call:
If your call is 1/10th of the total pot (10%), then call.
If >12% of pot, then fold.

T-shirt size (when laid on flat surface): 19" to 23"

Advice for car buying (googler reco):
http://www.carbuyingtips.com

Tire mounting/balacing recommendation from a googler:

I can highly recommend buying tires online at tirerack.com and having
them shipped to Custom Alignment for mounting and balancing just down the street in mountain view. They're about 50% more expensive in mounting & balancing, but they do SUCH a good job that excluding abuse, the balancing job can last the life of the tires.

Starting xSnipe:
% nohup ./snipe.py > /dev/null 2>&1 &

Backup RML website:

Make two tgz files:

1) For ./public_html/gallery (gallery pics)
tar zcvf bak_gallery_101605.tgz public_html/gallery/*

2) ./public_html (everything else)
$ tar --create -v -z -f bak_www_101605.tgz --exclude gallery/* public_html/*

3) Mysql:
mysqldump -p rachelle_rachelle > mybackupfile

TAR EXCLUDING A SUBDIR:
eg. Dir tree is:
mydir/
tmp_donn/
dir1/
dir2/

To tar everything in tmp_donn EXCEPT stuff in dir1, do this cmd in mydir:
tar --create -v -z -f test.tgz --exclude dir1/* tmp_donn/*

Good San Jose Steakhouse

Spencer's in Doubletree hotel at the airport. (Steak)
(408) 437-2170

2050 Gateway pl, San Jose, CA
(408) 453-4000

Dave Barry visits Google:
http://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_blog/2005/08/crapcam_update.html

rachel website info:

mysql> show databases;
+-------------------+
| Database |
+-------------------+
| rachelle_rachelle |
| test |
+-------------------+
2 rows in set (0.04 sec)

BACKUP SQL:
mysqldump -p rachelle_rachelle > rml_sql_.sql

BACKUP WWW:
tar --exclude '*.JPG' --exclude '*.jpg' -cvf ~/rml_www_.tar *

# posted by Donn Lee @ 1:12 AM

Windows XP FAQ S: "Screen Saver - Preventing the Screen Saver from Becoming Active

Start/Run/Regedit
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop. Value Name: ScreenSaveActive, Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value), Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 =enabled). Change the value of 'ScreenSaveActive' to '0' to disable the screen saver. Restart Windows for the change to take effect. Note: Windows has a default screen saver called logon.scr, which runs even if no screen saver has been selected."

DCL notes: Changing ScreenSaveActive to 0 does indeed disable the screensaver (even though the ability to disable it is greyed out in Control Panels). heh.

Gallery main page:
http://www.mydomain.org/gallery/albums.php

Mambo admin login:
http://www.mydomain.org/administrator

Bypass windows genuine advantage:

http://digg.com/technology/Bypass_windows_Genuine_Advantage(Disable_it_in_IE)_

Formatting drives larger than 64GB with FAT32/Win98:

HexFF LLC::Windows 98 & Large Hard Drives: "The FORMAT program that ships with Windows 98 has a drive size calculation problem because of some 16-bit values internally to calculate the size of the drive. Some of these variables overflow when the drive size is equal to or larger than 64GB and then display the drive size minus 64GB.

This is a display, or cosmetic, issue only. The drive will be formatted to its full capacity. Microsoft has not released an updated program to correct this flaw."

CRT Recycling for San Jose: Free pickup 877-279-0230

Digital out 3.5 mm mono to Digital Coaxial input: "I spent a few hours trying to get the Audigy 2 ZS digital out working with my Onkyo receiver. Now it is working fine. Here's what I did to get it to work:

1) Buy 6' Audio and Digital-Camera Cable (mono) from Radio Shack. Part No. 42-2444A. One end of this cable is RCA. The other end is 1/8' (3.5mm) mono mini jack.

2) Configure Sampling Rate:
- 'Start -> All Programs -> Creative -> Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS -> Creative AudioHQ'
- Select the 'Sampling Rate' tab
- Select 48 KHz
- Note: 96 KHz did not work for me. No sound.

3) Configure SPDIF Passthrough:
- 'Start -> All Programs -> Creative -> Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS -> Creative AudioHQ'
- Double-click 'Device Controls'
- Select 'Decoder' tab
- Select 'SPDIF Passthrough'

4) Configure Speaker Settings:
- 'Start -> All Programs -> Creative -> Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS -> Creative Speaker Settings'
- Select '2/2.1 Speakers'
- Select 'Digital Output Only'

5) Reboot

Hope this helps. "

Digital out 3.5 mm mono to Digital Coaxial input: "If you simply want to get digital audio (5.1), using the above cable, make sure you change your sound card settings to use digital output only(find it yourself), make sure AC3 encoding on your Sb is on (another word for Digital), and make sure you set it up for two speakers (yes, two). If you try to set it to a 5.1 speaker system, you will only get the left and right audio. This is caused by stupid drivers that assume that if you have selected any more than 2 speakers, you must be using the SB as the digital decoder, and outputs the signals via the independent speaker outputs on the card, even though you have specified digital output. The end result is, with the above settings (you might have to tweak your independent configuration) you will get Dolby Digital 5.1 from your sound card, into your amplifier, and it will sound great. However, because you need to set your sound card up as a 2 speaker (stereo) configuration, your computer games will not play in surround modes properly, simply stereo. Few games (if any) support dolby digital, so you will just have to listen to them in stereo. That means Doom 3 is stereo only. Sorry. "

Digital out 3.5 mm mono to Digital Coaxial input: "Someone on this thread mentioned DEACTIVATING AC3 decoding, and ACTIVATING digital output only on the SB LIVE series for it to work, BUT also mentioned setting your speaker config to 2 speaker config. This makes sense, as the SB LIVE series maps the analogue out centre/subwoofer channel to the digi minijack in 5.1 mode."

Re-installing Windows 2000 (win2k) on a drive >137GB:

Create 6GB FAT32 partition with FDISK off dos boot floppy.
Make partition active.
FORMAT X: /S /Z:16 (8KB clusters).
If hard drive previously had grub/linux, do 'FDISK /MBR' to clear master boot record.
Ensure hard disk is bootable to dos.
Copy win98se install files to C:\win98se
Copy win2k install files to C:\win2k
Install win98se.
Reboot about 2 times to complete install.
From win98se, run setup.exe for win2k. This installs win2k.
Go to Windows Update and upgrade to win2k Service Pack 4.
Enable 48-bit LBA mode by adding registry key:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;305098
Reboot.
Go to Control Panels, Admin Tools, Disk Management.
Right click on unallocated disk space.
Create partition. Type: NTFS

Search or Browse TV listings by Star's names

http://www.tv-now.com/stars/stars.html

My favorite Single Malt Scotch

Laphroaig

LVM notes:

vgcreate VolGroup00 /dev/hdc1

vgdisplay VolGroup00

Physical extent size was 4MB (default). Too small.

vgremove VolGroup00

vgcreate -s 32M VolGroup00 /dev/hdc1

Now PE size is 32MB, total PEs 5961.

Create logical volume:
lvcreate -l 5961 VolGroup00 -n LogVol00

mkfs -t ext3 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00

(disk formatting takes place)

Create mount point:
cd /
mkdir /myth

Update /etc/fstab. Added line:

/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /myth ext3 defaults 1 2

Mount the volume:
mount -a


Other cmds:
vgchange

Quick HOWTO: Expanding Linux Disk Capacity With LVM

Fedora Core 3, yum setup:

Add Redhat keys to yum:
rpm --import /usr/share/doc/fedora-release-3/RPM-GPG-KEY*

Else, you'll get "NOKEY" warning from RPM when trying 'yum install '.

[ fedorafaq.org ]

yum list

List all available packages.

yum check-update or yum list updates

See if there are updated packages available.

yum update

Update all installed packages that have a newer version available.

yum install

Install specific packages and their dependencies.

yum search

Search all known packages entries (descriptions etc) for word.

yum info

Show basic information about a package.

All of the above commands can take shell-style wildcards (*,?) instead of a package name. Check the yum man page for more details.


Reduce yum retries and timeout cuz mirrors go down and take forever:

/etc/yum.conf:

retries=1
timeout=10



FEDORA EXTRAS SETUP:
--------------------

Import repository key:
rpm --import http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/RPM-GPG-KEY-Fedora-Extras


Created new file called 'fedora-extras.repo' in /etc/yum.repos.d/

File contains:

[extras]
name=Fedora Extras - $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/$releasever/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/RPM-GPG-KEY-Fedora-Extras

[extras-debug]
name=Fedora Extras - $releasever - $basearch - Debugging packages
baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/RPM-GPG-KEY-Fedora-Extras
enabled=0

##########################

List available pacakges:

yum list available | less

===

Check for updates:

yum check-update | less

# posted by Donn Lee @ 12:39 AM

tar exclude:

tar --exclude '*.JPG' --exclude '*.jpg' -zcvf ~/bkup.tgz *

ssh server setup:

edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Change
# Port 22

to

Port 2222

Change
# Protocol 2,1
to
Protocol 2

# ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
to
ListenAddress x.y.z.t

# PermitRootLogin yes
to
PermitRootLogin no

restart sshd:
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd restart

check sessions with
netstat -a

PHP and mysql installation:

Test if php has mysql module:

Make .php script in user html area:

phpinfo();
?>

View in web browser. If there is a mysql section then mysql is installed.

phpbb installation:

Quickstart: Flash tutorial on phpbb.com

Extracted all files from .tgz file to tmp dir.

Copied all files to /var/www/html/forum

chmod 666 /var/www/html/forum/config.php

In browser, go to:
http://192.168.1.200:81/forum/install/install.php

Set mysql version, database, username/pw.

chmod back to 644.

delete 'contrib' and 'install' dirs.

Login and setup forums:
http://..../forum/login.php

Mysql installation/setup:

Make sure mysql and mysql-server are installed:
-----------------------------------------------
[root@bouncer tmp]# rpm -qa|egrep -i sql

libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.6.5-9
mysql-3.23.58-13
mod_auth_mysql-20030510-5
php-mysql-4.3.9-3
mysql-bench-3.23.58-13
mysql-server-3.23.58-13
MySQL-python-0.9.2-4
perl-DBD-MySQL-2.9003-5
mysql-devel-3.23.58-13


Run mysql for the first time:
-----------------------------
[root@bouncer tmp]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld start
Initializing MySQL database: [ OK ]
Starting MySQL: [ OK ]


Verify mysql server is online:
------------------------------
[root@bouncer tmp]# /usr/bin/mysqladmin status


Remove anonymous access to mysql:
---------------------------------
shell> mysql -u root
mysql> DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User = '';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;


Set password for user 'root':
-----------------------------
First, find out what the machines hostname is:

mysql> SELECT Host, User FROM mysql.user;
+-------------------------+------+
| Host | User |
+-------------------------+------+
| bouncer.ourbabyhome.com | root |
| localhost | root |
+-------------------------+------+
2 rows in set (0.01 sec)

(hostname is bouncer.ourbabyhome.com)

To assign passwords to the root accounts using mysqladmin, execute the following commands:

shell> mysqladmin -u root password "newpwd"
shell> mysqladmin -u root -h host_name password "newpwd"

eg.

# mysqladmin -u root password "mypass"
# mysqladmin -u root -h bouncer.ourbabyhome.com password "mypass"

Check like so:

mysql> SELECT Host, User,Password FROM mysql.user;
+-------------------------+------+------------------+
| Host | User | Password |
+-------------------------+------+------------------+
| localhost | root | 137245292607ad59 |
| bouncer.ourbabyhome.com | root | 137245292607ad59 |
+-------------------------+------+------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)


===

Grant a user access to a database:

CREATE DATABASE mydatabase;

GRANT ALL ON mydatabase.* TO fred@localhost IDENTIFIED BY "mypass"

grant all on bouncer.* TO donn@localhost IDENTIFIED by "mypass";
grant all on bouncer.* TO donn@bouncer.ourbabyhome.com IDENTIFIED by "mypass";

Mysql

Convert column from char to enum:

ALTER TABLE my_table MODIFY my_col ENUM('K','X') NOT NULL;

Apache SSL configuration/setup:

Followed directions from:
http://slacksite.com/apache/certificate.html
(also saved as PDF on laptop)

Gen'd new server key:
$ openssl genrsa -des3 -rand file1:file2:file3:file4:file5 -out server.key 1024

Where file1:file2:... are any files for generating seed random numbers.

Created CSR:
$ openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr

Self-signed CSR:
$ openssl x509 -req -days 1800 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt
(1800 days = 5 years)

Copied server.key to
/etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/server.key

Copied server.crt to
/etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt

These conf dirs are specified by:
/etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf

Restart apache:

/usr/sbin/apachectl restart

Tweak hard drive parameters with: hdparm

# man hdparm

Windows XP won't shutdown (does nothing)

Info:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

"shutdown -s -f -t 3"

Would not shut down unless '-f' (force) was used.

Quick and simple: DVDDecrypter. Set mode to "ISO, Write"

Bond Premium ("Taxation of Municipal Bonds")
If a tax-exempt bond is purchased at a premium (i.e., at a price in excess of the face amount of the bond), whether at original issue or in the secondary market, the bond premium is amortized over the remaining term of the bond using the same constant yield to maturity method discussed above under “Original Issue Discount.” The amount of bond premium amortized each year is not deductible by the holder but instead reduces the holder's tax basis.

Website for getting codecs

List of all Usenet groups

I setup free hosting with 100webspace.com (aka freestarthost.com) this week. Got it setup within a few minutes, then mapped their DNS servers to my existing domain: donnlee.com. After the dns caching timed out with my isp (pacbell/sbc DSL), it was reachable. Pretty good deal.