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connect to a webdav with windows 7

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if you try to enable the webdav (web based distributed authoring and versioning) service with a linux server and apache2 it´s a piece of cake. the only thing you need to keep in mind is to make it ssl and auth_digest. this is so that windows clients can connect to the thing. theoretically. after all my unsuccessful attempts with the wizard ( i tried it like a hundred times with all different url formats ) a desperate try with net use made it work!

net use z: \\subdomain.domain.tld@SSL:443\webdavfoldername

will ask for a user and a password to gain access and to mount the webdavfoldername (your webdav alias in apache´s virtualhost conf) to drive letter z:

this is a hell of a lack that windows 7 has, but of course webdav seems to be an anathema to microsoft.

useful addendums to the command above are /persistent:yes and /User:user password and i hope it helps you save worthy hours.

piwik archive.sh out of memory

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if you happen to run into memory issues piwik/core/DataTable.php with the archive.sh script of piwik you might go to free up memory on the server, like i did. memory problems with the archive script are known.

since php5/cli/php.ini shows memory_limit=-1 which means no mem limit (which i thought is a good value), i didn´t care too much about this. but at the end it turns out, a little add (-d memory_limit=1024M) to the archive shell script worked things out for me:


// snip---
echo "Archiving period = $period for idsite = $idsite..."
 CMD="$PHP_BIN -d memory_limit=1024M -q $PIWIK_PATH -- module=API&method=VisitsSummary.getVisits&idSite=$idsite&period=$period&date=last52&format=xml&token_auth=$TOKEN_AUTH"
 $CMD
// snap---

this made finally happen to bypass the archiving process for month/year and the server now has lower memory footprint because i tuned stuff down as much as i could before that :)

so, if you want to override an ini setting for the script you´re calling, the -d flag is the one to help.

tt_news and the t3lib_SpriteManager

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as of TYPO3 4.4 the SpriteManager appeared, tt_news (3.0.1) starts creating lines in the deprecated log. it´s one line changed in tt_news´ ext_tables.php file.

$ICON_TYPES['news'] = array('icon' => t3lib_extMgm::extRelPath($_EXTKEY).'res/gfx/ext_icon_ttnews_folder.gif');

must be changed to:

t3lib_SpriteManager::addTcaTypeIcon('pages', 'contains-news', '../typo3conf/ext/tt_news/res/gfx/ext_icon_ttnews_folder.gif');

this is obviously part of the deprecation message thus a no-brainer. but this way you can avoid even the first appearance of this message o.O

replyto with the standard mailform ce in TYPO3

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if you want the standard mailform content element in TYPO3 to send emails not from the ugly www-data@server.com sender but the writer´s email adress and name you just need to use explicitly labelled fields as follows:

  • from_name
  • from_email

This will do the trick. But there´s even more. If you need to provide a reply-to attribute you can do this by using these fields (which may be hidden):

  • replyto_name
  • replyto_from

Well, nowadays i´d recommend sophisticated mail form extensions like powermail but if you happen to edit a project that might help :)

new database with user in mysql console

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this will create a new database on the server with the new user having all rights granted on that db.


CREATE USER 'uname'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED  BY 'pass';

GRANT  USAGE ON *.* TO 'uname'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED  BY 'pass' WITH  MAX_QUERIES_PER_HOUR 0  MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_HOUR  0  MAX_UPDATES_PER_HOUR  0  MAX_USER_CONNECTIONS  0 ;

CREATE  DATABASE  IF  NOT  EXISTS 'uname' ;

GRANT  ALL  PRIVILEGES  ON 'uname'.*  TO 'uname'@'localhost';

if there´s a problem when creating the database,  do not use the ‘ ‘ signs around the db name.

just to avoid phpmyadmin for this little task ;) i didn´t like to look that up everytime.

t3 version 4.4alpha backend without css and js

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just solved another mystery that was dazzling my mind on a small project regarding TYPO3 version 4.4 alpha2 where the frontend worked like expected but the project code (that was updated from version 4.2.6) showed an ugly distorted backend.

all styles and javascript functions were gone!

i cleared any temporary data collection, checked rewrites, paths, everything was ok. i reloaded the sources :-) but it did not change anything. but when i started to delete all those extension corpses in typo3conf/ext/ i got one idea. extension pmktextarea integrated okay in backend in former t3 installations… and as i saw, it still did and somehow seemed to overwrite essential js for the backend. deleted the folder, cleared the TEMP* files in typo3conf/ and reloaded the backend. worked. phewww…

how got my ethernet disk interface access back

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fancy stuff to do with an lacie ethernet neil poulton disk 500gb item

network space

And i just wanted to reset the admin password of the lacie web interface due to froob-style loss. for those seeking a quick answer for that:

  • turn OFF your ethernet disk (if it’s running now). after the light stopped flashing…
  • turn it ON again for around 2-3 secs and…
  • turn if OFF again and prepare to…
  • turn it ON immediately. Now the blue light is flashing frenzy and you’re about to be able to log into the interface with admin/admin

You see, no need to be a geek to gain access to an ethernet disk standing around ^^

from brasero to gnomebaker

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my ubuntu 9.10 held back a suprise for me to release it to me this sunday morning. brasero does not burn dvds anymore. it just gets stuck while ‘getting size’ and stays there in a loop. after almost an hour it had to be canceled. as brasero is a veeery simple burning tool, i’m sure i used all meaningful combinations of options i could set per gui.

Bildschirmfotosince it is weekend and i couldn’t find an appropriate solution for this problem, i installed gnomebaker which seems to do a good job right now. it looks way better than the ultra-simple brasero interface. funny thing is that i got the Brasero error log shown only after starting to burn with gnomebaker – quite odd but hey, now it’s here. and to make this post a bit bigger, and to bloat the internet with some information i don’t know somebody could make use of, and to just have it pasted somewhere… here it is:

Checking session consistency (brasero_burn_check_session_consistency brasero-burn.c:1848)
BraseroBurnURI called brasero_job_get_action
BraseroBurnURI called brasero_job_get_action
BraseroBurnURI called brasero_job_set_output_size_for_current_track
BraseroBurnURI stopping
BraseroBurnURI called brasero_job_get_action
BraseroBurnURI called brasero_job_get_session_output_size
BraseroBurnURI called brasero_job_get_action
BraseroBurnURI called brasero_job_get_current_track
BraseroBurnURI no burn:// URI found
BraseroBurnURI stopping
BraseroLocalTrack called brasero_job_get_action
BraseroLocalTrack called brasero_job_get_action
BraseroLocalTrack called brasero_job_set_output_size_for_current_track
BraseroLocalTrack stopping
BraseroLocalTrack called brasero_job_get_action
BraseroLocalTrack called brasero_job_get_session_output_size
BraseroLocalTrack called brasero_job_get_action
BraseroLocalTrack called brasero_job_get_current_track
BraseroLocalTrack no remote URIs
BraseroLocalTrack stopping
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_action
BraseroGrowisofs getting varg
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_action
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_current_track
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_flags
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_speed
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_device
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_action
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_session_output_size
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_current_track
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_fd_in
BraseroGrowisofs Using genisoimage
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_current_track
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_tmp_dir
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_action
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_set_current_action
BraseroGrowisofs got varg:
growisofs
-use-the-force-luke=notray
-use-the-force-luke=4gms
-dvd-compat
-speed=4
-use-the-force-luke=tty
-Z
/dev/sr0
-dry-run
-r
-J
-input-charset
utf8
-graft-points
-path-list
/tmp/brasero_tmp_6OU33U
-exclude-list
/tmp/brasero_tmp_S2T33U
-print-size
BraseroGrowisofs Launching command
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_fd_out
BraseroGrowisofs stdout: Executing ‘genisoimage -r -J -input-charset utf8 -graft-points -path-list /tmp/brasero_tmp_6OU33U -exclude-list /tmp/brasero_tmp_S2T33U -print-size | builtin_dd of=/dev/sr0 obs=32k seek=0′
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_set_dangerous
BraseroGrowisofs stderr: Total extents scheduled to be written = 2285751
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_action
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_set_output_size_for_current_track
BraseroGrowisofs Finished successfully session
BraseroGrowisofs stopping
BraseroGrowisofs got killed
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_action
BraseroGrowisofs getting varg
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_action
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_flags
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_speed
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_device
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_action
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_session_output_size
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_current_track
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_fd_in
BraseroGrowisofs Using genisoimage
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_current_track
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_tmp_dir
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_action
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_data_label
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_set_current_action
BraseroGrowisofs got varg:
growisofs
-use-the-force-luke=notray
-use-the-force-luke=4gms
-dvd-compat
-speed=4
-use-the-force-luke=tracksize:2285751
-use-the-force-luke=tty
-Z
/dev/sr0
-r
-J
-input-charset
utf8
-graft-points
-path-list
/tmp/brasero_tmp_AUQ23U
-exclude-list
/tmp/brasero_tmp_2PQ23U
-V
Data-CD/DVD (29 Nov 09)
-A
Brasero-2.28.2
-sysid
LINUX
-v
BraseroGrowisofs Launching command
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_get_fd_out
BraseroGrowisofs stderr: :-( /dev/sr0: failed to grab associated sg device
BraseroGrowisofs stdout: HUP
BraseroGrowisofs stderr: HUP
BraseroGrowisofs process finished with status 144
BraseroGrowisofs called brasero_job_error
BraseroGrowisofs finished with an error
BraseroGrowisofs asked to stop because of an error
error        = 0
message    = “no message”
BraseroGrowisofs stopping
BraseroGrowisofs got killed
Session error : unknown (brasero_burn_record brasero-burn.c:2811)

Even though i switched to gnomebaker, i’m still interested what the problem is and how it can be solved. is it just the wrong type of media i’m using? For now, i’m off for the sunday… waiting for a patch :-)