Life of Larry

wifi only works on LAN but can’t access internet?

Post author:larry
Post published:Apr 4, 2008
Post category:IT Network

Issue: after bringing up ath0 driver for wifi on acer notebook, it can only access wireless AP, but cannot access internet. Guess that it is because hostname unknown issue. Solution:…

Wifi on Acer Notebook

Post author:larry
Post published:Apr 3, 2008
Post category:Hardware IT

Issue: How to enable built-in wifi in Acer Aspire 3623WXMi? Solution: add package ath driver v.0.5 for Solaris 10 download wificonfig binary to /usr/bin create profile: wificonfig createprofile profilename essid=ssidname…

God! Why a fresh grad., a Christian chose to end his life by committing suicide?

Post author:larry
Post published:Nov 10, 2006
Post category:Diary Faith

A news headline made me shock: A HKUST fresh grad. jumped down to commit suicide! It shocked me in 3 pts.: He's a devoted Christian A HKUST grad. His parents…

1st week report to duty

Post author:larry
Post published:Nov 10, 2006
Post category:Diary

this is the 1st week i report to duty. i brought with me a Logitech wireless (RF) keyboard as i was given only a notebook to work here, nothing ergonomical.…

osCommerce php5 Issues

Post author:larry
Post published:Jul 17, 2006
Post category:IT Middleware Software

Issues: after migrate from CentOS-3.5 server to FC5 for osCommerce-2.2, there are some issues mainly caused by imcompatibility w/ php5. cannot display categories cannot display admin page manager cannot edit…

phpBB2 php5: Admin Left Frame Blank!

Post author:larry
Post published:Jul 15, 2006
Post category:Application CMS IT Software

Issue: After migrating phpBB from CentOS server to FC5 server. phpBB forum was started up fine to user level, but when clicked "go to Administration Panel", left frame appeared blank!…

pLog Migration LifeType

Post author:larry
Post published:Jul 13, 2006
Post category:Application CMS IT Software

Issue: Blank Screen!? after migration from pLog to LifeType 1.0.6 Solution: Modify php.ini to increase memory_limit from 8M to 16M Modify httpd.conf to add <Directory "path/to/LifeType"> AllowOverride All ... </Directory>…

SSH Public Key Authentication

Post author:larry
Post published:Jul 3, 2006
Post category:IT Network

Issue: Windows-based SSH client, PuTTY work fine using password authentication method, but with error message: Server refused key. Solution: 1. Use: >ssh-keygen -t dsa -b 1024 to generate key pair;…

samba client error message for samba printer

Post author:larry
Post published:Jun 27, 2006
Post category:IT Network

Issue: Error message "Access denied, unable to connect" on the Windows PC printer status using samba printer. Solutions: Insert 2 lines in /etc/samba/smb.conf at Samba server [printer] section: guest ok…

yum quited unexpectedly

Post author:larry
Post published:Jun 3, 2006
Post category:IT Linux OS System

Issue: Run: Yum install postgreSQL for SQL-Ledger, but appear: unable to find pid then the shell running yum as root quited unexpectedly Solution: Run: rpm --rebuilddb; yum clean all Tricks:…