Loren Bandiera’s weblog

I’ve released LAT 0.7. Changes since 0.6.1:

• Added mass edit feature
• Added View->Show all attributes menu option
• Fixed attribute list in Browser->New Entry dialog
• Added ability to populate a directory for Samba
• Support adding Samba attributes to new/existing users and groups
• Password changes update Samba NTLM passwords (if applicable)
• Added schema browser

Downloads: tar.gz | .deb (Ubuntu) | .rpm (SuSE 9.3) | .ebuild (Gentoo)

I fixed most of my desktop issues but I’m the machine keeps freezing at random intervals. I read some stuff on the net here and here where people are saying it’s because Shuttle bundled crappy SATA cables with the initial SN25P shipments.

I’m going to have to pick up some new cables on the way home and give it a shot. This is really annoying as it’s been slowing down my software development!

I’ve been having a strange problem with my Gentoo desktop. I can’t seem to upgrade my Mono install. When I try I end up getting a kernel panic and sometimes my machines crashes.

I filed a bug report with the Gentoo developers but I haven’t been able to find a solution yet.

Since all my current projects are written using C# that is kind of a problem (to put it mildly). Right now I’m re-compiling my base system packages in the hopes that will help fix this.

I got my dual monitor setup working with my new Dell 2405FPW and my old Dell 2000FP. I’ve using TwinView to make it happen.

The 2405FPW is hooked up via DVI and the 2000FP is connected using VGA on my ASUS GF6600. It would be nice to have dual DVI but not for the current prices of cards that support it.

I needed to add the following to the device section of my xorg.conf:

Option     "ConnectedMonitors"          "DFP,CRT"
Option     "TwinView"                   "true"
Option     "TwinViewOrientation"        "LeftOf"
Option     "SecondMonitorHorizSync"     "UseEdidFreqs"
Option     "SecondMonitorVertRefresh"   "UseEdidFreqs"
Option     "MetaModes"                  "1600x1200 @1920x1200, 1920x1200"

Note the order you specify in ConnectedMonitors has no effect. The CRT (2000FP) always seems to be the first monitor. That’s why I set the orientation to “LeftOf”.

I use Gentoo so next I need to re-compile some software to have xinerama support. Here are the entries from my /etc/portage/package.use:

gnome-base/gdm xinerama
www-client/mozilla-firefox truetype xinerama
x11-misc/xscreensaver -kde xinerama
x11-wm/metacity xinerama

I also needed to change my gdm.conf so that the login screen is on my 2405FPW.

XineramaScreen=1

My desktop is now running at 3840×1200. It’s pretty cool. Haven’t had any problems and it’s been running stable for a week or so now.

I’ve released IIE 0.0.1. It’s a small tool I wrote to extract metadata from images and export it to different formats (plain text, CSV). Currently it only supports the EXIF format (via libexif).

Downloads: tar.gz | .deb (Ubuntu) | .rpm (SuSE 9.3) | .ebuild (Gentoo)