In addition to the Virtual Computing Lab, ECE distance students have access to a Linux and Solaris server farms. They can be accessed at the following locations:
These resources are presented in the Graduate Student Orientation.
The 2Wire 3800HGV-B Gateway web interface can be accessed through the following URLs:
The 2Wire Gateway does not include support for the popular DynDNS service. You’ll have to use one of the DynDNS Update Clients instead if you require this functionality.
AT&T technicians Tim and Leland came by the house today to install the newly unleashed U-Verse service, offering 10 Mbps downstream and 1.5 Mbps up. As advertised, it does exactly what it’s supposed to, as demonstrated by these Speakeasy Speed Test (Atlanta, GA) results:
While we did have a few issues with the account activation process, a quick call to Tier-2 technical support resolved the issue. The technicians were aware of registration problems through the web site, and with my permission tried a USB installation system of some sort at one point — however, it appeared not to work under Windows Vista.
Like many others in technical circles, I am worried about AT&T’s decision to provide fiber to the node (FTTN), versus Verizon’s FiOS, which offers fiber to the home (FTTH) with up to 15 Mbps both downstream and upstream. When I examined the signal tester that the technicians were using, I did observe a channel capacity of approximately 55 Mbps, so perhaps AT&T is simply testing the waters or provisioning for their television service.
Still, if your options thus far have been limited to Comcast, or 6 Mbps DSL, AT&T’s U-Verse may be just the ticket.
I turned 25 today and got an Xbox 360, which I promptly modded through a software-only firmware hack so that it would play burned DVD+DL games. The firmware installation required nothing more than simple disassembly of the Xbox 360, and then connecting its DVD-ROM to a standard PC with a Rosewill RC-212 PCI SATA controller to perform the update.
Thanks, Microsoft — it’s payback time!
Note: Obviously, I only intend to use this to play backups of original games that I have legally purchased, and absolutely would not download games that could be acquired illegally through torrent sites like Pirate Bay.
I rise to urge the Congress to think twice before thrusting this nation into a war without merit — one fraught with the danger of escalating into something no American will be pleased with. 9/4/02.
I voted for Ron Paul.
The NCSU recommended approach to running remote X11 applications from a local Windows machine is through the use of StarNet X-Win32, for which a student license is freely available from EOS. The X-Win32 technique works well for most applications, but for low-bandwidth connections, VNC provides an alternative, lightweight connection option.
This article describes the procedure for instantiating a VNC server on a Linux Lab Machine (Realm RHEnterprise Linux 4) through the Virtual Computing Lab (VCL). It assumes that you are already familiar with the use of both PuTTY and UltraVNC, and simply need additional information on setup nuances particular to NC State.
One Time Initial Configuration
PuTTY is used to bypass the RHEnterprise firewall by using SSH and its port forwarding capabilities. Create and save a PuTTY profile with the following SSH tunnel:
SSH to the your VCL reservation with your NCSU login and password (eg, 152.1.21.221, login tbarik). Type ‘vncpassword’ at the command prompt and set your desired VNC password:
dan255-21-222% vncpasswd
Password:
Verify:
Next, edit the xstartup file found under the .vnc directory and uncomment the following lines so that they appear as follows:
# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
unset SESSION_MANAGER
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
This will allow the VNC server to load a proper window manager, for which GNOME is the default on NCSU.
New VCL Reservations
For every new VCL reservation, start the VNC Server, specifying your desired resolution. By default, this is 800×600, but can be easily changed with the geometry argument:
dan255-21-222% vncserver -geometry 1152x864
New 'dan255-21-222:1 (tbarik)' desktop is dan255-21-222:1
Starting applications specified in /ncsu/tbarik/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /ncsu/tbarik/.vnc/dan255-21-222:1.log
You can double-check the log file created above to confirm the port number of 5901:
Sat Feb 2 18:53:02 2008
vncext: VNC extension running!
vncext: Listening for VNC connections on port 5901
vncext: Listening for HTTP connections on port 5801
vncext: created VNC server for screen 0
Finally, open UltraVNC Viewer on your local system. For VNC Server address, enter:
127.0.0.1:5901
If all goes well, you will be connected to your Realm RHEnterprise Linux session, as illustrated in this screenshot.
I noticed that a lot of my older posts had a comment count of one, even though there were no comments associated with that post in the database. On closer inspection, I found that the comment_count field in WordPress for table wp_posts actually had negative numbers for these very posts. I have no idea how this transpired, but it was easily fixed with the following query:
UPDATE wp_posts SET comment_count = 0
WHERE comment_count < 0
Update: Of course, I now have incorrect comment counts on certain posts, so I need to find a fix for this as well.
From the default Mozy backup sets, make the following changes:
On a new installation of Windows, there’s a lot of software that I need to reinstall. This entry is designed to save me some time.
Items available for download over the Internet:
Items available on local media:
The Northbridge chipset fan has stopped functioning on my Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe. On system startup, the BIOS presents the following message:
*** Warning:Your Computer CHIP Fan Fail or speed too low***
You can also disable this warning message in SETUP
While the motherboard is under warranty, forum discussions indicate that even the replacement fan is likely to fail. A recommended solution is to instead install the Zalman NB47J, which is passively cooled and has no moving parts. It is listed as $4.99 on Newegg.
If you still want to replace the original faulty part from Asus, see the following e-mail:
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for your support of our products!
If you are in the USA or Canada, please call our RMA department at 510-739-3777 option 3. Please have your motherboard’s serial number handy when you call. You can also send an e-mail to:
RMA@asus.com
Please include your name, mailing address, daytime telephone number, your motherboard’s model number and serial number. Please type “Northbridge Fan” as the subject of the message.
Best Regards,
ASUS Technical Support
Be forewarned, however, that Asus technical support is not the greatest and it may not be worth your time or effort.