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Preparation for Star Trek Online 11.5 gone wrong?
I ran the stand alone launcher for Star Trek Online tonight. It wanted to patch 103 MB, a download of roughly half that size. That was a bit surprising as the last maintenance was done late last week and no new maintenance has been announced. I clicked on the Engage button and nothing happened. I ran […]
Read More → Preparation for Star Trek Online 11.5 gone wrong?security/gnupg breaks when deselecting NLS option
GnuPG 2.1.11 was recently added to the FreeBSD ports collection, in r409152. Deselecting the NLS option breaks the building of GnuPG.
Read More → security/gnupg breaks when deselecting NLS optionUpgrading PostgreSQL 9.4.6 to 9.5.1
All commands were done as the root user unless indicated.
Read More → Upgrading PostgreSQL 9.4.6 to 9.5.1Plotting dual stack targets with MRTG when SNMP is IPv4-only
I realised today that MRTG must be told when SNMP is IPv4-only on an otherwise dual stack target.
Read More → Plotting dual stack targets with MRTG when SNMP is IPv4-onlyAnother bad KB? KB3123862
Earlier this week Microsoft released another batch of Windows updates. Among them are KB3123862. As usual, the title displayed by Windows Update gives no clue to what this update actually does: “Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB3123862)”. Clicking on the More information link reveal the following: Updated capabilities to upgrade Windows 8.1 and […]
Read More → Another bad KB? KB3123862graphics/py-pygraphviz renamed from graphics/py-graphviz
graphics/py-graphviz was renamed to graphics/py-pygraphviz in r408353. Run these two commands to get back on track:
Read More → graphics/py-pygraphviz renamed from graphics/py-graphvizApache 2.4 and authentication from specific domain names and IP addresses only
I upgraded Apache from 2.2.31 to 2.4.18 on one of my servers. For one particular directory and its subtree, I needed authentication from specific domain names and IP addresses only. If the request doesn’t come from one of the whitelisted domain names or IP addresses, then Apache shouldn’t bother asking the user for authentication, but […]
Read More → Apache 2.4 and authentication from specific domain names and IP addresses onlyBootstrapping MySQL 5.7 on FreeBSD
I tried a fresh install of MySQL 5.7 using ports on FreeBSD stable/10 the other day. All went smoothly until I needed to access the DBMS. The DBMS wouldn’t let me in, demanding a password I hadn’t set myself.
Read More → Bootstrapping MySQL 5.7 on FreeBSDUpgrading to Windows 10, version 1511, build 10586
Upgrading to the latest version of Windows 10 isn’t straightforward for all of us. For some reason, Windows Update is unable to perform its duties when asked to look after “other Microsoft products”.
Read More → Upgrading to Windows 10, version 1511, build 10586Lessons learned on Cisco Catalyst 4500E
At work we switched from a Cisco Catalyst 3560G to a Catalyst 4500E a few weeks ago. Remember to issue the spanning-tree extend system-id command prior to enabling VTP version 3. During the test period, the Icinga instances logged packet losses of varying degree around the clock when doing ICMPv6 pings.
Read More → Lessons learned on Cisco Catalyst 4500E