Boot problems with systemd? Check /etc/fstab
My (actually this) Debian server failed to boot after a power failure last week, it turns out the graphics card failed too, probably because of the cold and the thermal shock, but replacing the card did not allow the computer to boot. With systemd, if something happens in the boot process, despite some obviously specific […]
Bandwidth regrade
I finally got sorted out to regrade the ADSL connection for Gondolin, the download speed is now (potentially) 8096 kbps, but perhaps more importantly for the server aspect of these things, the upload speed is improved by about a factor of two to 448 kbps. I haven't done any substantive testing yet, but it's certainly […]
Drupal Login Problems
So, in order to post that rant about PHP and SimpleXML I had to fix a problem that seems to have spontaneously arisen with Drupal (this content management system). For some reason it wasn't persisting login information, at least from firefox (sorry - iceweasel here on my Debian system). It's interesting to note, reading about […]
New look for the website
So, here's a new look for gondolin. Essentially I'm trying out a CMS because I'm too lazy to always have to use some web editor. I hope you like it, it's easy to reverse if not!