Konstantin Antselovich

More Bugs: depmod segfaults on FC5, agrrrr!

Konstantin — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:09:40 +0000

Fedora bug #202927
depmod segfaults

So, me fighting irq kernel bug (see my previous post). I went to kernel.org, got a stock kernel, build it, tried to install :

/sbin/depmod -e -F System.map 2.6.17.8
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_DSCP.ko is not an elf object
…. some stuff skipped ….
Segmentation fault

Nice!
Apearantly, depmod segfaults after looking at /lib/modules/$kernel_verion/updates

strace output:

open(”/lib/modules/2.6.17.8/updates”, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
— SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) —
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++

Maybe it will be fixed or maybe I will write a patch for this

–> Fri Aug 25 02:23:33 PDT 2006 edited to add: It will be fixed in the next verion

More Bugs — IRQ11 nodoby cared

Konstantin — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:17:20 +0000

Fedora bug #202567
“irq 11 nobody cared”

I encuntered an annoying bug after I upgraded from Fedora Core 4 to Fedora Core 5. The result of this bug is that after X server restart or switching to a console or after suspend-resume USB, Sound and Network does not work any more. It happens because kernel disables IRQ that mentioned hardware uses to get CPU’s attention. Hopes that it will be fixed soon.

Protected: Hemul 1

Konstantin — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 09:45:06 +0000

SEO Beginners Guide

Konstantin — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 06:34:54 +0000

SEO Beginners Guide [SEOmoz.org]

or download a pdf copy - 459Kb

First, what is SEO? Abbreviation ‘SEO’ stands for Search Engine Optimization, or a few things that you as a webmaster need to know-how to increase your site’s visibility with major search engines. (if you want to ask me what the ’search engines’ are — you are reading the wrong blog) I strongly recommend to anyone somehow involved in web-mastering or website administration to read this guide from the beginning to the end. One issue with SEO though: you need to make sure that you have a good website. Good content is number 1, Cool design is number 2. After all, search engines try to get the highest rank to the best websites.

Edited to Add: Actually there is more than one interesting article, see SEOmoz Articles page.

Last on KDE vs Gnome saga

Konstantin — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 03:28:03 +0000

Watching flame wars on forums, newgroups and mailing list is always entertaining. The ever-lasting KDE-vs-Gnome saga just got an interesting update. On gnome-usability mailing list Linux Torvalds just said, “just tell people to use KDE” … so, other people jumped in and you can watch flames flowing in all directions. And of course slashdot just couldn’t miss this one and created it’s on version of this debate. Enjoy! PS; I use Gnome btw see screenshot

Microserfs

Konstantin — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 04:41:34 +0000

I recently had a very good reading — “Microserfs” by Douglas Coupland. That’s a book about life, love, code and a few friends that try to have all of the above. Early 1990’s. Several friends work at Microsoft’s “Campus” at Redmond. Their lifestyle described as “…I was technically living but without a life. “. It happens that they deside to move to Silikawn Valley and launch a start-up called Oop!. Some quotes below: On Love:

“Anyway, I want to remind that love can happen”

“Love has almost nothing to do with looks. It’s about two people insides mixing together.”

On Life:

“His have-a-life factor is pretty near zero”

… I said “don’t worry about it, Karla. Because at the end we forget everything, anyway. We are humans; we’re amnesia machines”

On Code:

“Later tonight, Michael stomped into the office in a way he never has before, clapped his hands, and shouted, ‘Troops, let’s make these machines do something they’ve never done before. Let’s make them sign.‘ “

OK, now go get the book!

RPM Guide Book

Konstantin — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:33:29 +0000

RPM GUIDE [ from fedora.redhat.com/docs] Fedora Project has made available online excellent RPM Guide written by Eric Foster-Johnson. This is a long document, including history of package managers, software design goals and implementation details. This guide is a must-read for anyone planning to create and/or maintain RPM packages.

Looking for a new wallpaper?

Konstantin — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 02:44:47 +0000

If you are, take a look here.
Just a couple of examples below:

Surly Mac	Irish Road
Foggy Horse Farm	“Character”

Eye of Sauron

Konstantin — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 02:41:43 +0000

When I was studying one of the Doctor Freud’s works , I recall something called as “Collective unconscious”. Here is yet another surprising supportive evidence to that theory.

I hope most of you have seen a movie called “Lord of the Ring” and remember image of the “Eye of Sauron“. That image did not just came from nowhere. Tolkien has studied western mythology the core concepts of his stories are taken from there. The i mage of the “eye of Sauron” is real and it has been recently photographed by Hubble space telescope.

Eye of Sauron from the movie

“Eye of Sauron” or a ring of debris around newly-formed star.

Linux kernel 2.6.12

Konstantin — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 10:22:34 +0000

Nothing revolutionary, just another stable Linux kernel 2.6.12 was relased yesterday. It contains no surprises, but a lot of small changes that lead to a better performance under high load, better memory and process management. As usual, you can grab your fresh copy from www.kernel.org