The state of healthcare in our nation has been in bad shape for quite a while. I will elaborate more on that in a future post. Free Software Magazine brought a new issue to my attention. The debate between proprietary vs non-proprietary software has been raging on for as long as I can remember....
Open Source
suexec, php-5.1.4, fastcgi and cpanel
The idea of using FastCGI first struck me on Monday. I had previously transitioned my server to use SuEXEC for PHP. Pages were loading slower than I would have liked. PHP was running as a CGI application. Each time there was a request for a page the server woud have to open a new...
Solution to IVTV drivers: ivtv0 warning: ENC: (0) DMA Error 0x0000000b ?
Update: The author of IVTV has just released a patch that may resolve these problems once and for all I think that I may have found a solution to this problem. The problem is detailed in this post. I made 3 recent changes to my system, and I am not sure which has led...
IVTV drivers: ivtv0 warning: ENC: (0) DMA Error 0x0000000b
Update: I have posted what may be a potential fix for this problem. Please see this post. —- I have posted some information here: http://ivtvdriver.org/trac/ticket/48 I am putting this up because I’d like to allow anyone from the IVTV bug posting to contact me. The problem is that after a period of time my...
MythTV
I have long wanted to build myself a PVR. I thought that it would be nice to be able to control what I watch, and when I watch it. Commercial alternatives are restricting their features too much for my tastes. I wanted a system that would give me full control over everything, even if...