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  • Log of setting up a “test” virtual server on apache2 under Linux.

    Equipment HP Pavilion 6745C/700 MHz Celeron/256MB ram. I’m using gvim as an editor. Step 1, Add host to /etc/hosts:sudo gvim /etc/hostsBefore the IPv6 section (if you have one), add: 127.0.0.1 latte In this case “latte” is my virtual hostname. Step 2, Add a new configuration file for the virtual host:cd /etc/apache2/sites-availablecp default latte.confThe naming of…

  • Manually adding a PCI display card.

    Equipment/Software: HP Pavilion 6745C 256 MB ram Kubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) eVGA (nVidia) GeForce4 MX 4000 PCI I’ve had persistent problems with the i810 on-board vga with virtually every install of Linux that I’ve tried with this PC (with the exception of damnsmalllinux). Between that and its poor performance, I added a MX 4000 to…

  • Discovered bluetooth keyboard and mouse was not working.

    More fallout from upgrading to Edgy Eft, my bluetooth keyboard and mouse no longer worked. This post on ubuntu forums was the best consolidated set of instructions on how to configure bluetooth (which worked without configuration before upgrade, by the way). I ended using “/etc/init.d/bluetooth restart” instead of “/etc/init.d/bluez-utils restart”. However, I’ve only been able…