Category Archives: Ubuntu Linux

Experiències sobre l’ús d’Ubuntu Linux

log4tailer under the Alerta Project in bitbucket

Posted on November 21, 2010 by

Log4tailer project has been moved to bitbucket under the Alerta Project http://bitbucket.org/jordilin/alerta. The main objective is to provide a complete log monitoring application.

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Ubuntu Maverick not a perfect 10, but nearly.

Posted on October 13, 2010 by

I say that because I’ve found at least a couple of issues that I didn’t find in Lucid. First one is the Intel IPS thermal kernel messages that don’t stop shouting at /var/log/messages. Traces like “MCP power or thermal limit … Continue reading →

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rdiff-backup, Python and Ubuntu.

Posted on June 2, 2010 by

I’ve been using rdiff-backup for quite a long time now for my backup purposses. rdiff-backup allows me to have my /home folder always in sync with an external usb hard drive. If for some reason I have to re-install operating … Continue reading →

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Python2.4, Python2.5 and Ubuntu 10.04 lucid lynx

Posted on May 2, 2010 by

Ubuntu lucid lynx does not have Python 2.4 and 2.5 runtimes available in the repositories, so if you are a developer and you are in need of those, then you have two options: One is try to find binaries somewhere … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Karmik and Eclipse Galileo

Posted on October 17, 2009 by

The great Ubuntu Karmik is just around the corner. If you happen to use Eclipse from the official eclipse webpage and you see that some eclipse buttons do not work, then apply the following hack. Make yourself a one line … Continue reading →

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Log4Tailer 2.0 released with SSH tailing capabilities

Posted on October 17, 2009 by

Log4Tailer 2.0 http://code.google.com/p/log4tailer/ has just been released. It has been a month of some thought and testing the feasability of including tailing over SSH, and this release provides just that. It will open the door for a range of more … Continue reading →

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Log4Tailer 1.50

Posted on September 5, 2009 by

Log4Tailer 1.50 http://code.google.com/p/log4tailer provides interesting new features in order to monitor your logs. It’s a dedicated application to monitor the status of your logs regardless if your application provides its own monitoring platform or not. It is helping me a … Continue reading →

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Log4Tailer 1.45 released

Posted on August 6, 2009 by

Log4Tailer 1.45 http://code.google.com/p/log4tailer/ has a new feature that could be interesting for many testers or engineers when they are tailing multiple logs at a time. It can tail the logs with different colors for each log, making it very easy … Continue reading →

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PyLazy

Posted on July 12, 2009 by

PyLazy is an small python app that reports the time you spend using your applications in the computer. I just published it in googlecode and the Python Package index http://code.google.com/p/pylazybreak/.

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libmtp and Ubuntu Jaunty (mtp devices), Rhythmbox

Posted on May 4, 2009 by

LIBMTP and UBUNTU JAUNTY I installed a clean ubuntu Jaunty 64 bit, and when plugging in an mp3 player I found that Rhythmbox could not found my player because of an libmtp panic error, sth like this: PTP: Opening session … Continue reading →

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