To be able to change BIOS settings from the command-line on a Dell Poweredge, you need the syscfg utility. It’s very useful when you want to change a configuration on, for example, 32 nodes at once, without having to plug screen, plug keyboard, reboot, change setting, reboot 32 times. Here is how I installed it…
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Lazily testing memory
I had, until recently, a problem when it came to test memory on the nodes in my lab. Until now, I was able to PXE boot memtest+, but had to go down to the lab and plug a screen to check the output. Multiple annoyances: first I had to move my ass to the lab…
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En 2008, comment déclarer ses impôts en ligne
Hier, j’ai essayé de déclarer mes impôts en ligne sur www.impots.gouv.fr. Jusqu’ici, ça marchait impeccablement depuis 2003 pour moi. Hier, j’ai eu des soucis: Avec Firefox 3 beta 5, ça plante dès le début avec une zone d’applet grisée et « Applet signview bail » dans la barre d’état du navigateur. Qu’à celà ne tienne! sudo apt-get…
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Claws Mail’s IMAP implementation…
…rocks. A user told us on the mailing list that he got a crash. It was SIGXFSZ, File size limit exceeded… Due to the protocol log file growing too much, probably 2 or 4 gigabytes… The end of his log reads: IMAP4< 8918737 OK Status completed. The number at the left is the transaction id...
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iPod back up :-)
A few days ago I was annoyed at hard disks, after the little one in my iPod died. I considered buying a brand new iPod, but I didn’t really want to spend 250 euros on a shiny new mp3 player that has a color screen, whereas my scratched old mp3 player with its black and…
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