Note to self:
when configuring awstats using lighttpd logfiles, you have to use the following log format:
LogFormat="%host %virtualname %logname %time1 %methodurl %code %bytesd %refererquot %uaquot"
neighter 1 nor 4 will work correctly.
read moreHow to get a list of manually installed packages (and remove the other ones)
The Good
Every other year or so I feel the need to clean up my Debian system and remove the installed packages I’m not interested in anymore. I remember there was a nice aptitude pattern to search for packages which I have manually installed (i.e. which were not …
read moreNo sound with Gnome 3 and pulseaudio?
Dear Lazyweb,
I recently switched from KDE to Gnome 3 and I am so far very happy with the decision. One thing that bothers me since then is that the sound does not work when restarting the computer or waking it up from suspend. After a while I figured that …
read moreKDE4’s annoying taskbar
Dear Lazyweb,
since KDE4 is in unstable, the taskbar behaves very annoyingly when working with two monitors with different resolutions. I have a laptop. When I’m at work, I put it into a docking station which is connected to a huge monitor. I’m not working with dualhead or …
read moreHappy Birthday Debian!
Not coming to DebConf
Unfortunately Debian cannot sponsor my trip to Banja Luka this year and it’s too expensive to pay it from my own budget. Thus I just cancelled my attendance for the conference. I’m very sad, since my first DebConf last year in NY was a lot of fun and …
read moreI’m going to DebConf11
Weee! After the excellent experience last year in New York, I couldn’t resist :)
See you all in Banja Luka!
read moreInstalling Dropbox in Debian/Sid
A few months ago dropbox was a Debian packge in non-free. Recently I noticed that there are several new versions available and tried to notifiy the maintainer and ask him to update the package. But unfortunately it looks like the package is not available any more (Here’s why).
However …
read moreDear Lazyweb
After todays or yesterdays daily package update (Sid) several kernel modules, namely
read morethinkpad_acpi,snd-hda-inteland probably others are not loaded automatically anymore. So my Thinkpad T500 had no support for audio and several power management functions anymore. Once I found out that the missing kernel modules where the problem, the …Squeeze