The kitchen computer project will be powered by a black ASUS EeeBox B203! The ancient 800 MHz (VIA Samuel 2 crap CPU) Mini-ITX machine I use for the prototype is very slow, has issues with the USB network adapter (NetGear WG111v3, ID 0846:4260), and freezes occasionally so it will be retired soon! I will try… Continue reading New hardware ordered: printer and kitchen computer
Tag: Linux
Firefox 3.0 freezes waiting to resolve safebrowsing-cache.google.com in DNS
My current daytime setup is for various reasons a Windows XP installation with Ubuntu Jaunty running inside VirtualBox. I use Microsoft Windows for Outlook, SQL Navigator and some web browsing while using the Linux installation for development. This morning I started Firefox in Windows XP, changed focus to VirtualBox or some other window, and when… Continue reading Firefox 3.0 freezes waiting to resolve safebrowsing-cache.google.com in DNS
To upgrade or not to upgrade?
I have updated a couple of my Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) installations to Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) but not yet my primary laptop. I was about to do that tonight (isn’t starting something at 22:00 a grea idea?) but the upgrade procedure showed me the message below, making me postpone the upgrade and write this blog post… Continue reading To upgrade or not to upgrade?
Ubuntu 9.04 will be released on Thursday
The power of greylisting is aided by whitelisting
I’ve been running gld for more than two months now and it is truly efficient. The current statistics say: # of entries in the database : 16077 # of one hit entries in the database : 15100 Oldest entry in database : 65 days ago This means that almost 94% of the attempts to send… Continue reading The power of greylisting is aided by whitelisting
Now running Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” on this server too
I had to mess around a lot with the upgrade, and when the upgrade was finished at last, the reboot failed so I had to get physical access to the machine. Strangely enough, when I rebooted it once more it worked fine! The main issue with the upgrade was problems with verifying the hash of… Continue reading Now running Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” on this server too
My new mail server got listed in Spamhaus XBL
The network owner where I have my current server is not very good at maintaining proper DNS and reverse-DNS records (!), and I consider it to be really important for mail servers to have those properly configured. In order to workaround this issue I’m now renting a Virtual Private Server (VPS) that allows me to… Continue reading My new mail server got listed in Spamhaus XBL
Highway to Dell, part six
(Continued from Highway to Dell, part five.) Yesterday I noticed a problem with ssh on the Dell Inspiron 1525: I could ssh in any direction between the laptop and other computers on the same wireless network, but not to a computer outside of the wireless network. The issue was already reported as Bug #237894: I… Continue reading Highway to Dell, part six
Highway to Dell, part five
(Continued from Highway to Dell, part four.) My wife upgraded the Dell Inspiron 1525 to Ubuntu 8.04 ("Hardy Heron") the other day and as far as I know, everything works fine after correcting the No Sound After Distribution Upgrade issue. I still haven’t upgraded my Thinkpad T60p from Ubuntu 7.10 and it makes be both… Continue reading Highway to Dell, part five
Amazon Web Services used for ssh login attempts
I get ssh login attempts almost daily, mostly from DSL, asian or eastern european IP addresses but this one caught my eye: Illegal users from these: 75.101.221.220 (ec2-75-101-221-220.compute-1.amazonaws.com): 210 times admin/password: 16 times test/password: 15 times tester/password: 15 times testing/password: 15 times guest/password: 14 times adm/password: 6 times administrator/password: 5 times . . . It… Continue reading Amazon Web Services used for ssh login attempts