Site was down due to Hurricane

August 31st, 2011 Maarek No comments

Like most other web sites, Syntaxcode.net was down as well. The Power company and phone company were quick to respond since estimated restoration time was suppose to be days from now.

Good luck to all of those who are still without power.

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mount error(12): cannot allocate memory

December 29th, 2010 Maarek No comments

On an ubuntu system, this is an annoying message to receive knowing that everything you have typed is correct. But what you have typed is from a version that is out of date. Ubuntu changed their CIFS connection from

//server/mnt /mnt/mountpoint cifs guest 0 0

to

//server/mnt /mnt/mountpoint cifs nounix,noserverino,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,guest 0 0

This is a big change in configuration especially when it’s not documented well within the Forums or other blogs.

Ubuntu 10.04 Wireless issues on Dell Laptops

July 17th, 2010 Maarek No comments

I’ve been reading that there were issues with Dell laptops and their Wireless LAN switches not working. Instead of all the changes, driver updates, etc there’s only one thing to do.

sudo rmmod dell_laptop

Now check your wireless connection. If Wireless is not checked, restart networking with sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
Wireless should be available now.

Additional notes, If you are using a wireless-N router or access point. Please note that you might receive frequent drops no matter how far you are from the router/access point. Change the settings within the router for B/G signals only. The N is only range, there is difference for in bandwidth.

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Installing .NET(Mod_Mono) within Ubuntu 9.10 and higher

March 21st, 2010 Maarek No comments

Mod Mono is installed within Apache, but only a shell version, much of the application is still not present for the .NET to work correctly.  All you’ll see with Firefox is the code on the screen. The only browser that will work is Internet Explorer.  All other browsers will not.

To correct this, we need to finish the Mod Mono installation.

I’m going to assume that Apache was already installed through the LAMP process  ($ sudo tasksel).  First step is to update Ubuntu: $ sudo apt-get update

Second Step:  Install Mod Mono:  $ sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-mono mono-apache-server2

Third Step: Amend Mod Mono: $ sudo a2enmod mod_mono_auto

Finally: Restart Apache2: $ sudo /etc/init.d/apach2/ restart

Now look at your .aspx page that you placed in /var/www/ location with Firefox and you’ll notice that it’s working correctly.

In the past, PHP and Mod_mono could not both be working in Ubuntu. If Mod_Mono was installed, PHP would be removed or written over. This process, and also the newer version of Ubuntu 9.10, they will both work after the restart of Apache2.

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Ubuntu 9.10 has been released

October 29th, 2009 Maarek No comments

As an avid user, I find Ubuntu to be one of the top Linux Distributions.  openSUSE and fedora make great alternatives to their enterprise editions, but for a Debian distribution of Linux, it’s at the top of the list.

One additional piece to Ubuntu is their Cloud.  Which is only distributed with Ubuntu that anyone can sign up for.  the Free version offers 2 gigs of space while a paid one offers 10gigs for the time being.

What is Ubuntu?

Ubuntu is an operating system built by a worldwide team of expert developers. It contains all the applications you need: a web browser, office suite, media apps, instant messaging and much more.

Ubuntu is an open-source alternative to Windows and Office.

The Ubuntu promise

  • Ubuntu will always be free of charge, along with its regular enterprise releases and security updates
  • Ubuntu comes with full commercial support from Canonical and hundreds of companies from across the world
  • Ubuntu provides the best translations and accessibility features that the free software community has to offer
  • Ubuntu core applications are all free and open source. We want you to use free and open source software, improve it and pass it on.
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Processing Registrations

October 3rd, 2009 Maarek No comments

Please visit the Syntaxcode contact page to request blog registrations.

Thank you.

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