Server Build

Here are the components to my server build from 2009-12:

1. Dual Xeon Server - $209.99 from geeks.com




• 1x Intel Server Board SE7501BR2


• 2x 2.4GHz Xeon Processors


• 2x 512MB ECC DDR


• 3x 36GB SCSI Hard Drives in Raid


• 1x 40GB IDE Hard Drive - Removed


• 1x DVD Drive


• 1x CD-RW Drive


• 1x Floppy Drive




2. 2x Micron 1GB DDR PC2100 ECC memory chips - $46 for both from geeks.com


3. 1x HP Adaptec 2610SA PCI-X Raid Card - $79 from ebay.com


4. 2x WD Green 1TB 16MB SATA 3Gbps - $209.98 for both from newegg.com


5. 2x SATA Cables - $5.98 for both from newegg.com


6. 1x Powercolor 2400 Pro PCI video car - $36.99 from newegg.com


7. Shipping: $44 + $11.45 + $5.99

Total: 649.38

Firefox 4 beta tips

Firefox 4 beta tips:

• To have firefox remember which tabs were open when you close firefox:




• Firefox button -> options


• General Tab


• In the startup box change when firefox starts to "Show my windows and tabs from last time"




• If your tabs are not showing on top correctly with the firefox single button menu




• View -> Toolbars


• Make sure Tabs on Top is checked


• View -> Toolbars -> Customize


• Click Restore Default Set




• Hotmail Appears to have trouble in FF4beta. I just use Chrome for that

Linux UPnP DLNA client

In my search to connect my Droid X to my server wireless, I came across the idea of using DLNA to copy my pictures over to it.

To set it up:

mkdir /mnt/dlna
sudo modprobe -l -t /mnt/dlna fuse
sudo djmount /mnt/dlna -o allow_other


To run in a diagnose mode try:

sudo djmount /mnt/dlna -f -o allow_other




However, I have found 2 problems with it
1. does not maintain the file date/time
2. only seems to pull the first 90 files

IPMI

Servers come with a great tool called ipmitool.

To use it run:

sudo ipmitool sdr

It will output the results of the Sensor Data.



If it does not work, you may have to load the drivers:

sudo modprobe ipmi_msghandler
sudo modprobe ipmi_devintf
sudo modprobe ipmi_si



More to come as I find more uses.

SAMBA and XP

I was trying to setup public shares (including a printer) and user secured shares on SAMBA, but kept running into problems where XP would not authenticate to the shares.


The first problem was an oversight on my part. I had 2 security settings in my [global] space.


[global]
security = user
.
.
.
security = share



The second problem was actually with XP. It was storing the guest password. I actually had to remove the stored shares using the command line.


net use \\192.168.1.10\jeff /delete




Here is my final smb.conf file:

[global]
security = user
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
guest ok = yes
guest account = nobody
workgroup = LINUX
server string = Samba Server %v
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
interfaces = lo eth0
bind interfaces only = yes
hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.0/24
hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0
browseable = yes
map to guest = Bad User
domain logons = no

# follow symlinks
follow symlinks = yes
wide links = yes
unix extensions = no

#printers
printcap name = cups
printing = cups


[printers]
browseable = yes
printable = yes
public = yes
create mode = 0700
guest only = yes
use client driver = yes
path = /tmp

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
read only = no
create mode = 0750
guest ok = no

[nas]
comment = move to here
path = /home/nas
read only = no
public = yes
guest ok = yes

[docs]
comment = documents
path = /home/docs
read only = no
guest ok = no





Don't forget to add passwords for users and enable them:

smbpasswd -a jeff
smbpasswd -e jeff


They also need to exist in your /etc/samba/smbusers file:

jeff = "jeff"


My Favorite Android Productivity Apps

Here are a list of my favorite Android Apps:

1. Advanced Task Killer by ReChild




1. Allows you to kill running apps




2. GMail by Google Inc.




1. quick access to Gmail




3. GTasks by Dato




1. A widget and app that integrates with google tasks




4. SMS Backup+ by Jan Berkel




1. An app that backups all SMS and MMS to gmail with a SMS label




5. Calendar Widget by Motorola




1. A widget and app that integrates with Google Calander

Transfering Contacts from LG ENV2 to Samsung Reality

I recently came across the problem of transferring contacts from a LG ENV2 to a Samsung Reality. Here is the solution I devised:

1. Use BitPim to download contacts from ENV2

2. Export vCards v2.1

3. Break the single vCard into multiple vCards. I did this using vcardsplitter. This step is key as the Samsung Reality does not support vCards with multiple contacts.

4. Create the directory my_contacts on a micro-SD card.

5. Copy the vCards into this directory

6. Put the micro-SD card into Samsung Reality

7. On the Samsung Reality do the following:
Menu->Settings and Tools->Memory->Card->My Contacts->Copy->Copy All