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Zenoss Install on Debian Etch

Just a quick cheat-sheet for myself:
# aptitude install mysql-server libmysqlclient15-dev python-dev build-essential swig autoconf snmp bind9-host python-setuptools
# adduser zenoss
# mkdir /usr/local/zenoss
# chown zenoss /usr/local/zenoss
# su - zenoss
$ vi ~/.bashrc # add a few env vars:
export ZENHOME=/usr/local/zenoss
export PYTHONPATH=$ZENHOME/lib/python
export PATH=$ZENHOME/bin:$PATH
$ source ~/.bashrc
$ wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/zenoss/zenoss-2.1.2-0.tar.gz
$ tar xzf zenoss-2.1.2-0.tar.gz
$ cd zenoss-2.1.2/
$ ./install.sh # [...]

Debhelper >=6

I have been working on my first couple perl module packages with the Debian Perl Group, and a change of debhelper to version 6 in [pkg]/debian/compat and building on Etch (version 5) gave me a few problems.. A bit of help from Roberto got me pointed in the right direction - this works:
$ cd [...]

Debian on Sunfire V120

I just dumped Solaris off my underutilized (because of Solaris..) Sunfire V120 and did a fresh install of Debian Etch for the Sparc64 architecture. I burned the sparc iso image and borrowed an IDE SuperSlim CDROM from another server for the install, but the V120 would not recognize the device, no matter what I [...]

Python


DJB releases code to public domain

Daniel J. Bernstein has announced during a panel discussion at the 6th SAGE days (November 10-14, 2007 in Bristol, UK) that all his future and past software will be in the public domain. The documentation of this copyright/licensing change on the djbdns site is lacking, but it appears that qmail has a new distribution [...]

53udp.com and ZoneCheck

At 53udp.com you will find a nice little DNS zone validation tool (thank you ZoneCheck). I dropped the priority on a few checks from “fail” to “warn”
- a lack TCP services on the DNS server is not necessarily a failure of the system
- a mismatch of serial numbers likely means nothing when using tinydns’ [...]

Debian Etch - ATI flgrx 8.42.3

I am working on a functional dual-monitor setup for when I drop my Lenovo T60 (2613-EAU - Radeon Mobility X1400 128M) into it’s dock while at work, and I am partially there.. The first thing I needed to work out the fact that Debian Etch comes with a version of the proprietary ATI flgrx [...]