Tuesday, May 24, 2011

JavaUseReducedSignals wiki posting

A few days ago after discussion with Lotus Devs I created (my very first) Domino wiki posting about JavaUseReducedSignals notes.ini variable.

More details on this link:
http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/dominowiki.nsf/dx/JavaUseReducedSignals

It's a workaround for a known problem with having Domino started up in SSH session, hope someone will find it useful.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Install BOINC agent and sign-up for WCG on Ubuntu

Installation of this agent make me feel better my spare CPU time is spent for something good and useful.
Steps/commands for my own reference:

> sudo apt-get install boinc-client boinc-manager
> cd /var/lib/boinc-client/
> sudo mv ca-bundle.crt{,.bak}
> sudo wget http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/export/16195/trunk/boinc/curl/ca-bundle.crt -O ca-bundle.crt.upstream
> sudo cp -a ca-bundle.crt{.upstream,}
> boinccmd --project_attach www.worldcommunitygrid.org dcaa8a974ac6f7d0fef8daa7d33314f8 --daemon --no_gui_rpc
> boinccmd --get_state

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Clearing (disabling) swap on Ubuntu

Today I was searching for ways of improving performance (memory/disk IO) on my Ubuntu desktop after running some application with extensive memory requirements - e.g. VirtualBox instance, I found that a bit of swap space (10%) remained in use, which was downgrading the overall system performance (any new application/windows = IO). Following commands that helped to offload previously paged data back to the RAM:

> sudo swapoff -a
> sudo swapon -a

Note:
Command to recreate swap partition: sudo /sbin/mkswap /dev/<e.g. sda4>

Some references:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=848184
http://embraceubuntu.com/2005/10/07/memory-swap-management/
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-check-memory-usage/

Friday, April 8, 2011

Ubuntu server & NAS

When I was looking for a 'similar-to-NAS' capability for my Ubuntu server running Webmin interface, I found quite nice guide here.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Sharepoint 2010 education

Last day of 3-day's Sharepoint 2010 training at Gopas, lectured by Lubos Hoher - a freelancer / consultant.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

My good 'old' dslr d40 is for sale!

After 4 years of good service, my 'old' dslr D40 has been replaced by 'old-new' D80...

Very first post

This is a test blog posting..

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