Insulting source code

Technical, Linux/Unix, 116 words  

When someone insults you in the source code, file a bug report and mark it as severe.

Heres the offending code in quodlibet’s source code


===================================================================
--- player.py (Revision 4026)
+++ player.py (Revision 4027)
@@ -287,7 +287,9 @@

 def init(pipeline, librarian):
     gst.debug_set_default_threshold(gst.LEVEL_ERROR)
- if gst.element_make_from_uri(gst.URI_SRC, "file://", ""):
+ if gst.element_make_from_uri(
+ gst.URI_SRC,
+ "file:///Sebastian/Droge/please/choke/on/a/bucket/of/cocks", ""):
         global playlist
         playlist = PlaylistPlayer(pipeline or "gconfaudiosink",
librarian)
         return playlist

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Xdmx Setup

Technical, Linux/Unix, 137 words  




This is the result of having to many old crappy PCs (Pentium 2s and below), 8 unused 19inch monitors and bucket load of boredom. You get 8 monitors linked up to form one giant screen via Xdmx (Distributed Multi-head X), which simply put is a Linux based software that allows several PCs with their own monitors to link up via TCP/IP Ethernet network to form a big giant screen.

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My cure for VMware "STOP: 0x0000007B" error

Technical, Rant, Linux/Unix, 369 words  

One of the grievances of upgrading to Ubuntu Gutsy was the breaking of VMware. Apparently there isn’t a vmware-server package in Ubuntu Gutsy as opposed to Feisty. A quick download and compile of vmware-server 1.04 from VMware.com and VMware-server was back in a breeze. On the other hand, booting into my disk partition was an absolute pain in the ass.

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Brinley Ang is a software engineer, sysadmin, coder, geek boy, jedi knight fragger, caffine addict, deaf meloncholic and rockstar wannabe. Listens to the sex pistols and a wide assortment of heavy metal.

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