I’m returning to this excellent distro: Arch Linux
Synchronize the local package database with the remote repositories:
pacman -Sy
Install a package:
pacman -Sy package_name
Remove a package:
pacman -R package_name
Update the system:
pacman -Syu
There is not yet a xen-amd64 domU kernel for Lenny. There might not be one on release day. Discussion here: http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.devel/browse_thread/thread/8940430a093bbda5/546883797d0cbdf9
Fortunately, someone builds a 2.6.26-xen-amd64 kernel.
Add this to your sources.list:
deb http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel/waldi/xen-extra/ all main
Install these packages:
linux-image-2.6.26-1-xen-amd64
linux-modules-2.6.26-1-xen-amd64
Fix the “new Xen console” problem (xen now uses hvc0 for its console):
If you use pygrub, in grub.conf on the domU add these kernel parameters : console=hvc0 xencons=tty
title Debian 2.6.26
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-xen-amd64 ro root=/dev/sda1 console=hvc0 xencons=tty
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-xen-amd64
If you don’t use pygrub, specify extra = “console=hvc0 xencons=tty” in your virtual machine xen config file.
Use at your own risk 
By the way, this fixed a nasty bug for me: php5-cli used to segfault a lot when using linux-image-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64 under Lenny. It’s stable now.
Edit: linux-image-2.6.26-1-xen-amd64 is now available in unstable 
Someone told me I had to make a sitemap for this blog…
This plugins does that all right: Google XML Sitemaps.
Easy to install and use. Extremely configurable. Will automatically update the sitemap when you add or modify something, and notify sitemap-aware search engines (Google, MSN, Ask.com and Yahoo are supported).
Well, now that I just had my first non-spam comment, I have to start improving my search engine referencing, right ?
I noticed that I had no description meta tag, and that google just used the beginning of the last post for a description. This is not right (and not sexy). The problem is the same for every single page (home, tags, categories, archives, single posts, etc.).
Wait, did I say ? Tags, categories and archives ? Search engines index all of these pages ? So every post must be indexed at least 3 times. Doesn’t looks good either, does it ?
I just installed a new plugin that promises to adress all of these problems : all-in-one-seo-pack. At once. Really cool. Optimizes titles, generates META tags automatically, avoids duplicate content, very configurable (but still easy to install: you don’t have to fine-tune everthing, just enter a title and a description. The default config is OK in most cases).
I had this one in one on my Firefox tabs for a few weeks, and I just took the time to create an account. Let’s see where it goes…
I also installed the Twitter for WordPress plugin.
http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatmenus/
Does most of what Hardware Monitor, Temperature Monitor, MenuMeters and MenuCalendarClock iCal do, but in just one app : mini calendar, memory, disk, network and cpu usage, fan speed and power consumption, tempratures and much more!
Easy to install and configure, excellent design, like always from islayer.
Screenie:
And yes, I configured it to look like MenuMeters…
By default, rpm doesn’t print a package’s arch when you query it with rpm -q. On a x86_64 system, you’ll see something like that:
[root@earth ~]# rpm -q libselinux libselinux-1.33.4-5.el5 libselinux-1.33.4-5.el5
not very usefult, is it ?
To make rpm print the arch, well it’s easy, just use the –qf (–queryformat) option, with the ARCH tag:
rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME} %{ARCH}\n"
To know all the printable tags:
rpm --querytags
For example, this will give you something similar to rpm -q, but with the arch at the end of the line:
rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE} %{ARCH}\n"
[root@earth ~]# rpm -q --qf "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE} %{ARCH}\n" libselinux
libselinux-1.33.4-5.el5 x86_64
libselinux-1.33.4-5.el5 i386
source: http://www.city-fan.org/tips/CreateRPMBuildEnvironment
~/.rpmmacros :
%_topdir %(echo $HOME)/rpmbuild
%_smp_mflags -j2
%packager Nicolas Melin <nicolas@myemailprovider.org>
%vendor octant.org
# yum install rpm-build
$ cd ~
$ mkdir rpmbuild
$ cd rpmbuild
$ mkdir RPMS SOURCES SPECS SRPMS BUILD
$ cd ~
$ rpmbuild --rebuild program.src.rpm
When logged-in with the sh shell, with bash completion installed (on lenny), you’ll get something like this whenever you try to use completion:
cd -sh: < ( compgen -d -- '' ): No such file or directory
Solution: use bash or wait for (or submit) a fix.
Why do I use sh anyway? I don't.
source: Macworld
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES
killall Dock