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Enabling MySQL Logging on Archlinux

This morning I was doing some troubleshooting on a PHP program that couldn’t seem to access the locally running MySQL database server. Upon searching for some logging to figure out what was going on, I came across the fact the MySQL as installed from the Arch repositories, doesn’t enable much along theses lines. MySQL supports […]

Been gone for a while

Been studying for my Cisco Certified Network Professional Switch test since February. Passed the test and now I am ready to start blogging again. Next up, a comparison of Gentoo, Ubuntu and Arch Linux. Been playing alot lately with Arch Linux, and I think I am a convert. Stay tuned for more on this subject […]

NVIDIA 256.53 Drivers and older Games

Its time for a quick howto – for some time I have been sticking with older NVIDIA driver releases on my Ubuntu machines do to a buffer overrun error on some older games when using driver sets newer than 185.18.36. The interesting thing is that equivalent Windows drivers exhibited the same problem, except that eventually […]

New Content Coming Soon!

Hi – I have been gone for awhile, working on my real job and other responsibilities, but I have several new articles in the works – The last part of the Ubuntu LAMP Server Quick Howto, Ubuntu Diskless Workstation series, and an Ubuntu Firewall article. Keep checking the site these should start showing up in […]

Dealing with multiple USB sound devices

Ever been plagued by your linux system detecting your webcam as the first sound device instead of your USB headset?  This is a common problem with Linux, but can be easily remedied with editing your systems module configuration.  On Ubuntu, the important file is /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf.  This file controls the module settings and parameters for the […]

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