A little while back I did an "emerge system" on my VPS and didn't think much more about it. First time back to the box today to emerge something else, and was greeted with this: >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking traceroute-2.0.15.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/net-analyzer/traceroute-2.0.15/work touch: setting times of `/var/tmp/portage/net-analyzer/traceroute-2.0.15/.unpacked': No such file or directory ...and the … Continue reading Another round of Gentoo fun
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With Apple's abandonment of PPC as of Snow Leopard, I began wondering what to do with the old PowerMac. It's annoying that so (comparatively) recent a piece of equipment should be given up by its manufacturer, but that's a rant for another day. Yes, we can still run Leopard until it goes out of support, … Continue reading ppc Linux on the PowerMac G5
I've been struggling with setting up chan_mobile on my Asterisk system. For those fortunate enough to actually get it working, chan_mobile provides an interface for Asterisk to treat a mobile phone like a PSTN or VoIP trunk--when someone calls your mobile phone it can ring your desk phone or softphone, or you can use your … Continue reading Asterisk chan_mobile fail
I was having a browse around the excellent Nerd Vittles site tonight, and stumbled onto a disturbing conversation about the removal of the Nokia SIP client from S60 Third Edition Feature Pack 2 (as used on recent phones like the N78 and N96). Nerd Vittles linked to this blog, which alludes to the possibility of … Continue reading Nokia SIP client: WTF?
A while back I posted about my grief with the Linksys WIP330 WiFi SIP phone (it doesn't happen often, but it's a surprise when the ONLY hit you get on Google about a problem is your own blog post discussing it). The unit is still a bitter disappointment, but thanks to a firmware update it seems … Continue reading WIP330 progress: it’s a… phone
In this post only about six months ago I berated myself for buying an ATI-chipset graphics card for use in a Linux system. I titled that post "Why I probably will never buy ATI again...", as if I knew that I'd make the same mistake again. Sure enough... I had problems with my MythTV frontend playing particular … Continue reading I did it again: damn you ATI!
I was on eBay not long ago and happened across a listing for the WIP330 (big brother to the WIP300) for much less than local retail. I decided to take advantage of: a) the good price, b) the current strong position of the A$ versus the US$, and c) it was within 1 hour of closing … Continue reading Linksys WIP330 – another tale of hardware woe
Crossed Wires 