April 4th, 2008
Well, here is another app compatibility problem.
Recently I got task to build GeoIP PHP extension. Usually i use mod_geoip, but this time some strange app required PECL extension.
So, i got following error while configure process:
configure: error: wrong geoip lib version or lib not found
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October 6th, 2007
Trying to update one of Apache installations got following error:
[...]
/usr/local/src/httpd-2.2.6/srclib/apr-util/libaprutil-1.la -lexpat -liconv /usr/local/src/httpd-2.2.6/srclib/apr/libapr-1.la -lcrypt -lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lexpat
Thats amazing because i never had any problems with pure apache custom builds. I have checked if system had expat installed and …
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September 6th, 2007
Just got first AMD based DELL to make some performance and power consumption tests. Test results is a subject for next article, here comes some notes about issues with SAS 5iR controller.
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August 1st, 2007
Alexander Motin has implemented replacement for proprietary MPPC library. Code based on Jan Dubiec Linux patches.
But due to patent restrictions this code can’t be included to system tree. You can try it on your own risk.
Original thread
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July 29th, 2007
Trying to keep server live under huge DDoS. After some time following message appeared:
ipfw: install_state: Too many dynamic rules
Problem solved after i change following sysctl value:
net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_max
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July 13th, 2007
Here is some notes about PAE on FreeBSD and high amount (>4GB) of memory. I have use PAE few times, but only with 4GB of memory. This time i had 8 on production server, so reinstall to amd64 is not option, thats because i choose PAE.
I thought that is trivial task untill i get panic: page fault while booting to new PAE kernel. Here is screenshot:
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