Comments for South of Dallas

Comment on Dynamic DNS with ddclient and CentOS by Mike in Dallas

Mike in Dallas — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:00:38 +0000

Very helpful!

“ddclient -daemon=0 -noquiet -debug” helped me debug the ddclient.conf file.

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Comment on Dynamic DNS with ddclient and CentOS by Scott

Scott — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:22:24 +0000

There are many more risks to this set up (or any other setup that allows remote access from the internet to a server) than the ability of someone to obtain the password to the users ZoneEdit account. If you are connecting a computer to the internet its your job to know the risks.

Comment on Dynamic DNS with ddclient and CentOS by Matt J.

Matt J. — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:57:39 +0000

The disclaimer, “it is your responsibility to provide for the security…” is a cop-out.

Since the author is saying to add ddclient (or the like) it is the author’s moral responsibility to explain the security implications of running this.

It is irresponsible, for example, to suggest creating a ddclient.conf file containing a password in the clear without ALSO warning that the same file must be readable by no user other than the user running ddclient (typically root).

Comment on Docking Station Support in Ubuntu 8.10 by Dan Saint-Andre

Dan Saint-Andre — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:17:18 +0000

QUESTION: It seems there are “newer” and “older” editions of the ultrabase. How can I learn which I have thru lshw, lspci, lsmod etc?

WinXP/Pro Tablet works!!
Ubuntu fails in various ways!!

I find several attempts to make dock and undock of the Ultrabay and dock and undock of Ultrabay drives useful. All are very arcane doing echo value into /proc/somewhere and similar.

Ubuntu fails in various ways!!
WinXP/Pro Tablet works!!

** stop DVD
** remove DVD module
** insert HDD module
** use HDD drive
** stop HDD
** remove HDD module
** insert DVD module
** use DVD module
… repeat ad nauseum

Running Emperor Linux Raven Tablet (Lenovo Thinkpad X61 Tablet) dual boot Ubuntu Hardy Heron (v8.04.3 LTS) with WinXP/Pro Tablet.

Comment on Docking Station Support in Ubuntu 8.10 by FYI

FYI — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:55:07 +0000

I had the exact same problems with WPA under 8.10 until a recent update to the Broadcom drivers… Use the WUBI installer and give 8.10 another shot!

(Also, I personally dislike lid-close auto-suspend of any type, so disabling it is a simple workaround to the other problem IMO.)

Comment on Dynamic DNS with ddclient and CentOS by Biggy

Biggy — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:49:30 +0000

Love the advice. Thank you.

Comment on Vista Service Pack 2 Beta by South of Dallas » Vista Service Pack 2 Beta (Follow-up)

South of Dallas » Vista Service Pack 2 Beta (Follow-up) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:06:44 +0000

[...] few weeks ago I wrote I had installed Vista Service Pack 2 Beta and thought I’d give a brief follow up on my experience. I could not tell that desktop [...]

Comment on Living With Ubuntu 8.10 by » South of Dallas » Living With Ubuntu 8.10

» South of Dallas » Living With Ubuntu 8.10 — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:38:41 +0000

[...] Don’t mistake what I mean, there are polished applications for the Linux desktop; Open Office, Firefox , K3D and Amarok come to mind. But there are a number of widely used Linux desktop applications that absolutely are not ready for .. More [...]

Comment on Living With Ubuntu by South of Dallas » Living With Ubuntu 8.10

South of Dallas » Living With Ubuntu 8.10 — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:41:28 +0000

[...] looks pretty much like the desktop I had in 8.04 (see picture in this article) with only a few minor changes brought on by laziness. For my daily usage the major changes [...]