Apache2 and PHP5 and missing apxs file on Fedora Core 3

Ok next problem that I bumped into today while trying to install PHP5 on Apache2.  In the php instructions it tells you to use the –with-apxs2 and point that to the apxs file.  Now the standard install of Fedora 3 doesnt install this file for you, so you need to install the httpd-devel package.  This can be done easily using… Continue reading Apache2 and PHP5 and missing apxs file on Fedora Core 3

Checkpassword-0.90 Compilation Error on Fedora Core 3

Ok now next problem that I ran into in trying to get qmail running on the distrubution is that checkpassword-0.90 doesnt want to compile and looking on the web there is 1 arabic website explaining how to get around this which I cant understand but with again more pain I have finally cracked it. In the source directory of checkpassword… Continue reading Checkpassword-0.90 Compilation Error on Fedora Core 3

Getting the Source Code for the Kernel of Linux Fedora 3 Distribution

Fedora no longer installs the source for its installations so if you need to rebuild the kernel you will need to get the source the easiest way is as follows: up2date –get-source kernel Install kernel-.src.rpm (given the default RPM configuration, the files this package contains will be written to /usr/src/redhat/) [NOTE: if this fails you should find the kernel src… Continue reading Getting the Source Code for the Kernel of Linux Fedora 3 Distribution

Building the Linux-ATM software on Fedora Core 3 on a VIA C3 Processor

Recently I built the linux-atm software, which is an atm utility which allows me to use my pci ADSL card on linux. The latest release is version 2.4.1 which I pulled down off of sourceforge, and I then tried to compile it.  This is what I fell fowl of.. 1. The source has four compilation errors which are at lines with… Continue reading Building the Linux-ATM software on Fedora Core 3 on a VIA C3 Processor

Terminal Services and Licensing: No Terminal Server License Servers

Had to add some new terminal server licenses today for a client of mine and had a whale of  a time.  Installed the licenses which seemed to work no problem, then when I tried to connect to the remote machine kept getting the error that it couldnt connect due to “No Terminal Server License Servers”. Then tried to ring Microsoft… Continue reading Terminal Services and Licensing: No Terminal Server License Servers

PHP5, MySQL, IIS and WINDOWS 2003 Server

Had some bother with the extensions of php5, php_mysql.dll and libmysql.dll under my latest installation on windows 2003 server.  When using the mysql_connect function to connect to a mysql database kept getting the error message “mysql_drop_db could not be located in the dynamic link library libmysql.dll” Now I had moved the libmysql.dll into the c:\windows\system32 directory, uncommented the extension in… Continue reading PHP5, MySQL, IIS and WINDOWS 2003 Server

CRUD why you cant afford it

Looking for details on asp.net 2.0 and its official release date I stumbled upon the article on MSDN about “CRUD why you cant afford it”,  this article talks about everything that I have disliked about CRUD for a long time.  I have never really talked up about it though as most people rave or say “you must have CRUD”, when having written systems… Continue reading CRUD why you cant afford it