January 2009 « ma.juii.net

Is there a JavaScript-based CMS available?

This type of CMS means that all processing for dynamic content generation is done on the client side. Therefore, the simplest (and freely available) hosting offer is enough, as it just needs to offer static file hosting.

Another alternative CMS technology for static file hosting would be a Flash-based CMS. JavaScript-based CMS systems either use [...]

How to restore a file using rsyncrypto?

use sth. like:

duplicity -v 6 –ssh-options “-oPort=2222″ –ssh-askpass –file-to-restore dir/dir/file.ext scp://user@juii.net/dir/dir/backup_dir ./file.ext

How to define what nameservers to use for Ubuntu Linux Internet connections, superseding the automatic settings from the DHCP servers?

see https://www.opendns.com/homenetwork/start/device/ubuntu

How to install Radiant CMS 0.6.9 on shared webspace?

The problem is, you have no root access on shared hosting providers, and gem installs work only if you have. Therefore, the following procedure is about installing Radiant into the local ./vendor/ directory of a Radiant site, then tranfering it to the server. Possible error message when trying to install the radiant gem on a [...]

How to install Radiant CMS 0.6.9 locally?

Install radiant locally sudo gem install radiant (The problem was that one has to say “sudo gem install radiant”, instead of executing it as a local user.) check if it is there: gem list radiant –local the radiant binary is not added to the PATH, but you can find it with “gem contents radiant [...]

How to decide in /etc/network/interfaces if to connect via WPA or WPA2?

For a WPA connection, do something like:

iface wlan_wpa_ws inet dhcp hostname matthias wpa-ssid “THE_ESSID” wpa-scan_ssid 1 wpa-proto WPA RSN wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK wpa-group WEP-40 wpa-pairwise TKIP wpa-psk “THE_KEY”

For a WPA2 connection, do something like:

iface wlan_wpa2_ws inet dhcp hostname matthias wpa-ssid “THE_ESSID” wpa-scan_ssid 1 wpa-proto WPA RSN wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK wpa-group CCMP TKIP wpa-pairwise CCMP [...]

What can be the reason if a ppp connection into the simyo mobile network (e-plus network) terminates after about 15s without any obvious reason?

In the current case, the connection was possible with the same parameters just an hour before.

The pppd (in debug mode) returned nothing more than:

Jan 11 02:08:25 matthias pppd[7103]: rcvd [LCP TermReq id=0x13] Jan 11 02:08:25 matthias pppd[7103]: LCP terminated by peer

The SIM card registered on the simyo mobile network without any problems [...]

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