The player of games tag:damien.krotkine.com,2008-07-06:/blog//1 2008-07-06T22:20:38Z Movable Type Open Source 4.1 booh 0.9.1 ebuild tag:damien.krotkine.com,2008:/blog//1.17 2008-07-07T12:52:23Z 2008-07-06T22:20:38Z It's been a long time since my last commit in the gentoo tree ! I had lost motivation and interest. But now I'm back with one simple goal for now : just maintain my ebuilds, don't get involved in any... dams It's been a long time since my last commit in the gentoo tree ! I had lost motivation and interest. But now I'm back with one simple goal for now : just maintain my ebuilds, don't get involved in any discussion, and take it easy :)

So I'm happy to celebrate my comeback with the much awaited ebuild for the new version of booh : 0.9.1.

This new version (well actually 0.9.0) brings a lot of new features and programs : album2booh booh-classifier booh-fix-whitebalance booh-gamma-correction webalbum2booh

Enjoy!

]]> server reinstallation tag:damien.krotkine.com,2008:/blog//1.16 2008-07-03T23:09:07Z 2008-07-03T23:10:03Z The server I'm paying for (dedibox) crashed for unknown reason, I had to reinstall it. Luckilly enough I could boot in rescue mode and archive my important data, it helped to get everything up and running again, or at least... dams The server I'm paying for (dedibox) crashed for unknown reason, I had to reinstall it. Luckilly enough I could boot in rescue mode and archive my important data, it helped to get everything up and running again, or at least the important bits (gentoo, apache, this blog, postgresql)

The newest addition on this server :

  • squid to act as proxy
  • backup-manager as a backup solution

backup-manager is not very powerful, but it's small, light and simple to install and configure. All you need is Perl and gettext :) It'll do until I migrate to bacula.

]]> ssh, keychain tag:damien.krotkine.com,2008:/blog//1.15 2008-05-16T10:07:28Z 2008-07-15T09:56:22Z On our way back from FOSDEM, I had a quick discussion about ssh with Chris, and it motivated me to clean up all my ssh keys, passphrases, agents. So now I use different keys for work and home, and ssh... dams On our way back from FOSDEM, I had a quick discussion about ssh with Chris, and it motivated me to clean up all my ssh keys, passphrases, agents.

So now I use different keys for work and home, and ssh keychain on both.

Next move is to add my work identity to my home session to be able to connect directly to servers at work without having to go through my workstation at work. Without putting my home private id on my machine at work, nor copying my home public id on all servers at work. It should be possible I've heard :)

Anyway, here is briefly how I did it : ssh-keygen (dsa as main key). Then install keychain (see http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/keychain/ and configure it a bit. I added the following script in /etc/profile.d/keychain.sh (gentoo host), and I use the built in keychain on my mac.

#!/bin/bash
# start keychain, with the private keys to be cached
/usr/bin/keychain ~/.ssh/id_dsa
# then load the generated files
for i in ~/.keychain/*-sh*; do
echo "sourcing $i"
source $i
done

I know, I know, everybody is supposed to know everything about ssh, but I'm happy to admit that I learnt 2 or 3 things while setting up everything properly. Besides, how many of you have no passphrase on your ssh key ? :)

]]> FastCgi and Movable Type tag:88.191.63.225,2008:/blog//1.4 2008-04-06T03:14:37Z 2008-07-15T09:53:44Z This blog now runs on apache + mod_fastcgi. I can feel the difference, especially given the fact that the hardware is not that powerful. I was curious aboud mod_fcgid, which claims to be better but compatible, but I'm not sure... dams
I was willing to move to lighttpd as well, but it looks like it's more work than just installing and configuring mod_fastcgi for apache. By the way, you have to make sure that FCGI (the Perl module) is installed otherwise Movable Type will refuse to work.
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