I’ve been having some problems using apt-get lately which led me to doing an apt-get dist-upgrade.
Smart me found this command on the internet and decided to use it. It worked just fine, except for the fact that when I restarted my computer the graphical display manager that I use didn’t start.
Here’s the steps that I took to diagnose the problem.
I tried to start gdm instead of kdm by editing'/etc/X11/default-display-manager'. This file contains the path to your display manager, for me it was '/usr/bin/kdm'
I tried changing that to '/usr/bin/gdm' and I received an X server error saying that my chosen X server (XFree86) was not found.I thought that this was a little funny because I didn’t think that I used XFree86, but Xorg instead.
So, I looked at the file '/etc/X11/X', which is a symbolic link (which is like a shortcut in windows) and found out that in the upgrade it changed the link to point to a nonexistent file.
After that I changed the link to point to '/usr/bin/X11/Xorg' and voila, kdm started up just fine.More Later, Jon Howe
In this project that I’ve been messing with, I’ve come across the need to convert dynamic PHP output to a PDF.
Suprisingly, this is a pretty easy process thanks to DomPDF.
Boy is this ever hard.
Check it out below! (Reminder – you’re going to need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader for this to work, seeing as how thi s is a PDf generator. You probably already have it, but in case you don’t, here it is.
I just opened up registration to everyone that wants to join the site. There will be some member specific content / features coming soon, so register now and be notified when new features are available.
I’ve been working on a couple of new projects that are really javascript intensive, and have been banging my head because of problems with getting scripts working in all browsers.
The odds of me finding a tool to help by Microsoft of all companies is astounding to me, because of my feelings towards them.
I found a tool, which works only in internet explorer (Located Here) that is helping me out a lot.
A friend of mine finally convinced me to make a (dum dum dum) myspace account. So far I hate it. There’s no point for me to use it except for the fact that it’s a good way to meet people. Random people that is.
Today some random chick asked me to add her to my friends list, or however you say that.. I was like, “uh, okay”. Whatever, I guess that’s what it’s for.
My last two days have been for lack of a better word, educational.
I know that I’ve been raving about how Hula is so awesome, and it truly is. A few days ago however, I found a new mail server called Zimbra. Zimbra is Seriously Awesome. It’s got a ton of AJAX built in. I can’t say how awesome it “looked”. Okay, enough on how great it is.
Zimbra looked good enough that I decided to install it on my personal server, which this blog runs on as well. When I actually installed it I went through the normal installation procedure, and started up the server. I saw how sweet the admin interface was, and then decided to post here how awesome it is.
The website that I mentioned earlier is almost done, all that has to be done is make a minor addition to it, which should be done by Friday.
Next week I’ll be doing some pretty heavy quality testing to make sure that everything works as it should. After that I’ll have a link up for you to check it out, and a temporary account for you to use.
I’m really liking web design / programming. I actually have another project in mind already. I really can’t talk about it, but here’s a hint and a request for help: “Does anyone know an aircraft pilot?”.