..damn damn damn..

It seems that I'm stuck with kernel 2.6.8-4 on my router and it su%$. Somehow there are problems with it's APIC and the NIC's refuse to work properly. Exactly the built-in adapter. Maybe I'll try sometime to disable it and insert a second RTL8139, maybe it'll work then, but to to that I need a second machine so my users won't whine...

..outage..

Just dropping you a note that Planet PLD could be down tommorow for a few hours - I'm renovating so thing will be moved here and there..

..me and a gun..

I have to stop listetning to Tori Amos, her music brings back some stupid memories from times better then now. Hmm, actually it's hard to tell if they were better, they were different though... But still, I miss that girl, eh...

Typos suck!

Hmm, Planet PLD was down for a few days and it looks like no one has noticed it. Sadly I've made a typo in my firewall config and all traffic to port 80 was being dropped, but it seems to be ok now. Let's see if someone actually visits this site...

Breaking the rules

Breaking the rules doesn't always pay off. Especially breaking the "if it works, don't change it" rule like I did yesterday. Rule number two: if you do break the first rule, make sure it isn't related to the PLD kernel package.
Spent the last few hours trying to figure out why my second NIC doesn't work and it seems like it's a kernel bug in the 8139too module, giving a lot of "Apr 8 08:53:46 xxx kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out". Of course on 2.6.8-4 (copied from an other router) none of this messages appear and everything "just works" ™.
But I have lost ALSA support, boooo. Seems like I'll have to build the kernel package myself...
[UPDATE] It looks like this bug is connected with APIC, enableapic seems to work but enableapic lapic gives horrifying lags – up to 5000 miliseconds to the nearest router...

Back to work again...

It seems that I can get back to work again. I have updated the polish version of docs.scribus.net with a plugin tutorial and more docs are soon to come.
There's a nice thread about OSS graphics apps and colour management on the mailing list. Peter reminded us all of a maling list for colour management stuff, so if you're interested then pay them a visit!

IPv6?

Hmm, Planet PLD Linux should be officially IPV6 enabled. It took me a while to get this all up and running, because of some disinformation in lighttpd (the -6 command line option doesn't seem to exist in PLD, instead there's a config file variable...) but is' okay now.
The last few days I've been busy with some unexpected work. I had to move some of my web pages to an other server, pay for it etc and I hope I get everything finished by the weekend.

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Ok, first the good news - I have a new job. Well, not so new, because I've been working there a few months ago, but hey - it's a job - well paid (for me) and not so hard ;)
Now for the bad news - lighttpd died a few days ago and no one has noticed it, damn first of all I don't know why it dies, the logs are empty no messages on the console no nothing. Secondly - I don't have any CPU cycles left to replace it with something that Just Works (TM) eg. Apache :|
If that wasn't bad enough - the patent directive was passed by the ministers, so I can drop my studying and learn some washing up ;) No, frankly I sent some snail mails to my MEPs - let's see if they'll answer me..

Nothing more but Lemmings...

From Planet KDE:

1. Grab the nearest book.


2. Open the book to page 123.


3. Find the fifth sentence.


4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.


5. Don't search around and look for the "coolest" book you can find. Do what’s actually next to you.

Ok, so it's "Operating System Concepts" by Abraham Silberschatz (Bell Labs) and Peter Baer Galvin (Corporate Technologies, Inc.):
Proces konsumenta ma lokalną zmienną nastk, w której jest przechowywana jednostka do skonsumowania:

repeat
    while we = wy do nic;
    nastk := bufor[wy]
    we := wy + 1 mod n;
    ...
    konsumuj jednostkę nastk
    ...
until false;

Sadly all the *normal* books were to far to reach :(

I've been playing around with Google Picasa lately - geez, it rocks. Here's a sample :) 
Anyway, Planet PLD is still on my router instead of a proper server, if you wan't to donate some space and python+cron power please drop me a note...

Planet PLD Linux

Uff, finally it works, I'm still waiting for a domain for it but it works :D
It needs some tweaks here and there in the layout code, some internationalization but hopefully it'll be ready on monday (I have my exams this weekend so I can't work on it :( )

Just some words...

[pl_PL]
Śnij me serce
śnij o czasach minionych
o Jej ustach spragnionych
o naszych marzeniach nieskończonych
Śnij me serce
niech snu Ci nic więcej nie zakłóca
nic więcej się już przecież nie zmienia
czeka nas tylko długa wędrówka
w tej smutnej krainie cienia...

08.02.2005 10:00
[EN]
Dream my heart
dream about times forgotten
dream about her thirsty lips
about our infinite dreams
Dream my heart
don't let your dream be disturbed
though nothing will change
a long journey awaits us
through this mournful land of shadows

08.02.2005 10:00

P.S. Yes, I know, this translation is a mess :(

Playing around 

...my star...

I miss her, I really do miss her. It's been two long months since I saw her last time. Many things had changed but some are still the same.
I can still remember the first time we went out together, it's hard to imagine that it was three years ago. It would be great if some things would change, but I feel it's getting more and more worse...

first post :P

Hello on my first blog in English.
Today is a bad day, I have a headache, lost my root password and switched to KMail from Sylpheed and I hope everything goes well...