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Eudora 554 Relay access denied with Postfix and SASL
Psuedo Guru | Linux | 2008-11-15 00:56:12.0 | By rickg
I ran "apt-get upgrade" on my server recently, and didn't pay too much attention to what it fixed until my Eud...
Psuedo Guru | Linux | 2008-11-15 00:56:12.0 | By rickg
I ran "apt-get upgrade" on my server recently, and didn't pay too much attention to what it fixed until my Eud...
Eclipse Visual Editor (VE) Problem
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2008-10-09 09:41:26.0 | By rickg
Got the following error while opening a visual class in Eclipse. IWAV0168E Improper nesting of mark statements in ...
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2008-10-09 09:41:26.0 | By rickg
Got the following error while opening a visual class in Eclipse. IWAV0168E Improper nesting of mark statements in ...
Remote desktop fails silently
Psuedo Guru | Windows | 2008-10-01 19:02:07.0 | By rickg
I had remote desktop working on a WinXP Pro machine for ages, but hadn't accessed it for a couple months. When I tried t...
Psuedo Guru | Windows | 2008-10-01 19:02:07.0 | By rickg
I had remote desktop working on a WinXP Pro machine for ages, but hadn't accessed it for a couple months. When I tried t...
Branch target offset too large for short
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2008-07-25 14:57:22.0 | By rickg
I was trying to compile a rather large XSLT file using the built-in Java 1.5.x libraries, and ran into the following err...
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2008-07-25 14:57:22.0 | By rickg
I was trying to compile a rather large XSLT file using the built-in Java 1.5.x libraries, and ran into the following err...
Accessing a Java resource as a file
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2008-06-11 02:55:38.0 | By rickg
Here is some quick and dirty code to get access to a resource on the class path as a File object: URL url = this.get...
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2008-06-11 02:55:38.0 | By rickg
Here is some quick and dirty code to get access to a resource on the class path as a File object: URL url = this.get...
Unable to Run Windows Update
Psuedo Guru | Windows | 2008-06-09 01:36:30.0 | By rickg
I upgraded an old Windows 2000 virtual machine to Windows XP today, and afterwards tried to run Windows Update, but got ...
Psuedo Guru | Windows | 2008-06-09 01:36:30.0 | By rickg
I upgraded an old Windows 2000 virtual machine to Windows XP today, and afterwards tried to run Windows Update, but got ...
Undelete in Alfresco
Psuedo Guru | Content Management | 2008-06-09 00:41:10.0 | By rickg
I keep forgetting where to go in Alfresco to recover deleted items (or delete old items completely), so I am making a no...
Psuedo Guru | Content Management | 2008-06-09 00:41:10.0 | By rickg
I keep forgetting where to go in Alfresco to recover deleted items (or delete old items completely), so I am making a no...
Artigo Pico ITX Windows Install
Psuedo Guru | Pico ITX | 2008-05-14 02:30:23.0 | By rickg
After my Ubuntu test install (really just checking to see if I built the thing right), I went ahead and installed Window...
Psuedo Guru | Pico ITX | 2008-05-14 02:30:23.0 | By rickg
After my Ubuntu test install (really just checking to see if I built the thing right), I went ahead and installed Window...
Artigo Pico ITX OS test install
Psuedo Guru | Pico ITX | 2008-05-12 21:49:22.0 | By rickg
Got back from my business trip, and decided to try to install Ubuntu on my new Artigo. First I had to hook up a USB ...
Psuedo Guru | Pico ITX | 2008-05-12 21:49:22.0 | By rickg
Got back from my business trip, and decided to try to install Ubuntu on my new Artigo. First I had to hook up a USB ...
Artigo Pico-ITX VGA problem
Psuedo Guru | Pico ITX | 2008-05-03 21:24:20.0 | By rickg
I picked up one of those uber-geeky Artigo Pico-ITX kits this week and started putting it together. Man, did my finger...
Psuedo Guru | Pico ITX | 2008-05-03 21:24:20.0 | By rickg
I picked up one of those uber-geeky Artigo Pico-ITX kits this week and started putting it together. Man, did my finger...
Problems with WSDL-first web service in Eclipse 3.3
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2008-04-24 10:11:21.0 | By rickg
Tried creating a WSDL-first web service in Eclipse, and it was far less straight forward than it should have been, but I...
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2008-04-24 10:11:21.0 | By rickg
Tried creating a WSDL-first web service in Eclipse, and it was far less straight forward than it should have been, but I...
Installing Wine on Centos 5
Psuedo Guru | Linux | 2008-04-23 03:26:51.0 | By rickg
Decided to try loading Wine on my Centos 5 install. It was dead simple. These instructions should also work for Red Hat ...
Psuedo Guru | Linux | 2008-04-23 03:26:51.0 | By rickg
Decided to try loading Wine on my Centos 5 install. It was dead simple. These instructions should also work for Red Hat ...
Fixing OutOfMemory errors with Ant
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2008-04-15 04:45:13.0 | By rickg
Ever get this while running an Ant task like wsdl2java or javac? java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space ...
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2008-04-15 04:45:13.0 | By rickg
Ever get this while running an Ant task like wsdl2java or javac? java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space ...
Installing JavaEE on RHEL5/Centos
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2008-04-14 10:11:13.0 | By rickg
Tried installing the Java 5 enterprise edition on Centos 5.1 and got the following error: ./java_ee_sdk-5_04-linu...
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2008-04-14 10:11:13.0 | By rickg
Tried installing the Java 5 enterprise edition on Centos 5.1 and got the following error: ./java_ee_sdk-5_04-linu...
NMI: Parity Check
Psuedo Guru | Hardware | 2008-04-02 08:05:47.0 | By rickg
Over the past few weeks, my Dell Inspiron E1705 has started blue screening with the dreaded "NMI: Parity Check"...
Psuedo Guru | Hardware | 2008-04-02 08:05:47.0 | By rickg
Over the past few weeks, my Dell Inspiron E1705 has started blue screening with the dreaded "NMI: Parity Check"...
Speeding up VMware on my laptop
Psuedo Guru | VMware | 2008-03-19 11:06:18.0 | By rickg
I've been fighting battles with VMware on my laptop for some time now. Even though I have 2 gigs of RAM, enough to easil...
Psuedo Guru | VMware | 2008-03-19 11:06:18.0 | By rickg
I've been fighting battles with VMware on my laptop for some time now. Even though I have 2 gigs of RAM, enough to easil...
Postfix whitelist
Psuedo Guru | Linux | 2008-03-17 07:53:59.0 | By rickg
I had some spam blacklist checking working pretty well with postfix, then an important client got themselves blacklisted...
Psuedo Guru | Linux | 2008-03-17 07:53:59.0 | By rickg
I had some spam blacklist checking working pretty well with postfix, then an important client got themselves blacklisted...
Converting a DOM Document to a String
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2008-02-20 13:04:39.0 | By rickg
Here is a simple Java method for converting a DOM object into a String. Hope someone finds it useful: private Strin...
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2008-02-20 13:04:39.0 | By rickg
Here is a simple Java method for converting a DOM object into a String. Hope someone finds it useful: private Strin...
System.genenv() is back!
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2008-02-20 13:00:46.0 | By rickg
Maybe I am the last person in the Java world to realize this, but I just found out that System.getenv() was re-enabled i...
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2008-02-20 13:00:46.0 | By rickg
Maybe I am the last person in the Java world to realize this, but I just found out that System.getenv() was re-enabled i...
Meaningful parameter names from java2wsdl
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2008-02-08 03:13:03.0 | By rickg
I ran the axis java2wsdl tool, and it spit out WSDL that looked like this: <schema elementFormDefault="qua...
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2008-02-08 03:13:03.0 | By rickg
I ran the axis java2wsdl tool, and it spit out WSDL that looked like this: <schema elementFormDefault="qua...
Turn on versioning by default in Alfresco
Psuedo Guru | Content Management | 2008-01-03 06:11:33.0 | By rickg
After having someone importing a bad document into Alfresco (blowing away the good one in the process), I decided it was...
Psuedo Guru | Content Management | 2008-01-03 06:11:33.0 | By rickg
After having someone importing a bad document into Alfresco (blowing away the good one in the process), I decided it was...
Adding Dali (JPA) to an existing web project in Eclipse
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2007-12-13 22:55:50.0 | By rickg
Adding Dali (JPA perspective) to an existing web project in Eclipse. Add GlassFish TopLink Essentials jars (or ...
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2007-12-13 22:55:50.0 | By rickg
Adding Dali (JPA perspective) to an existing web project in Eclipse. Add GlassFish TopLink Essentials jars (or ...
Table/View 'SEQUENCE' does not exist
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2007-12-12 09:15:12.0 | By rickg
While experimenting with the glassfish JPA implementation (toplink essentials), I ran into the following problem while t...
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2007-12-12 09:15:12.0 | By rickg
While experimenting with the glassfish JPA implementation (toplink essentials), I ran into the following problem while t...
Adding Java Nature to an Eclipse Project
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2007-12-05 03:46:32.0 | By rickg
An overzealous configuration management (CM) guy recently decided to "restructure" our CVS repository without ...
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2007-12-05 03:46:32.0 | By rickg
An overzealous configuration management (CM) guy recently decided to "restructure" our CVS repository without ...
UnsatisfiedLinkError
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2007-11-07 07:28:45.0 | By rickg
Ran into this little doozy today: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Native Library C:\Program Files\Documentum\Shared\d...
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2007-11-07 07:28:45.0 | By rickg
Ran into this little doozy today: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Native Library C:\Program Files\Documentum\Shared\d...
InvocationTargetException using Axis and OAS
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2007-11-07 03:55:57.0 | By rickg
I am having no end of grief using Apache Axis (1.4) and Oracle Application Server (OAS). Seems like 80% of the time ...
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2007-11-07 03:55:57.0 | By rickg
I am having no end of grief using Apache Axis (1.4) and Oracle Application Server (OAS). Seems like 80% of the time ...
Invoking the Task Manager without CTRL-ALT-DELETE
Psuedo Guru | Windows | 2007-10-25 12:17:50.0 | By rickg
I was in a remote desktop session that was launched while inside a VMware virtual machine (don't ask why), and needed to...
Psuedo Guru | Windows | 2007-10-25 12:17:50.0 | By rickg
I was in a remote desktop session that was launched while inside a VMware virtual machine (don't ask why), and needed to...
Windows 2000 beeping at login
Psuedo Guru | Windows | 2007-10-22 03:22:36.0 | By rickg
For some reason, one of my W2K VMs keeps beeping at whenever I log in. I think it is related somehow to the accessibilit...
Psuedo Guru | Windows | 2007-10-22 03:22:36.0 | By rickg
For some reason, one of my W2K VMs keeps beeping at whenever I log in. I think it is related somehow to the accessibilit...
USB-SATA Bridge problem
Psuedo Guru | Windows | 2007-09-15 02:08:03.0 | By rickg
Just bought a new Buffalo MiniStation 250 GB USB drive. It worked like a charm on my laptop, but on my desktop machine I...
Psuedo Guru | Windows | 2007-09-15 02:08:03.0 | By rickg
Just bought a new Buffalo MiniStation 250 GB USB drive. It worked like a charm on my laptop, but on my desktop machine I...
Head rush disorder help
Psuedo Guru | General | 2007-08-23 08:33:55.0 | By rickg
My wife has been suffering from "head rushes" for quite some time now. They happen when she stands up rapidly,...
Psuedo Guru | General | 2007-08-23 08:33:55.0 | By rickg
My wife has been suffering from "head rushes" for quite some time now. They happen when she stands up rapidly,...
Unsigned long in Java
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2007-08-21 22:12:23.0 | By rickg
I needed to get the unsigned value of the bytes in a long. Took some digging, but this finally worked for me: lon...
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2007-08-21 22:12:23.0 | By rickg
I needed to get the unsigned value of the bytes in a long. Took some digging, but this finally worked for me: lon...
Skype Outage
Psuedo Guru | General | 2007-08-17 06:59:31.0 | By rickg
Well, it's been over 24 hours, and Skype is still down. I had really resisted depending on VOIP until I went to Japan, a...
Psuedo Guru | General | 2007-08-17 06:59:31.0 | By rickg
Well, it's been over 24 hours, and Skype is still down. I had really resisted depending on VOIP until I went to Japan, a...
Dialing the US from Japan with an NTT phone line
Psuedo Guru | Japan | 2007-08-16 12:24:33.0 | By rickg
I'd been using SkypeOut for all my US calls from Japan, until today. I had an important meeting to dial into, but could ...
Psuedo Guru | Japan | 2007-08-16 12:24:33.0 | By rickg
I'd been using SkypeOut for all my US calls from Japan, until today. I had an important meeting to dial into, but could ...
Getting money in Japan
Psuedo Guru | Japan | 2007-08-15 01:33:39.0 | By rickg
Well, I officially moved to Japan last week. My first big trama was finding out how to get cash out of my US bank accoun...
Psuedo Guru | Japan | 2007-08-15 01:33:39.0 | By rickg
Well, I officially moved to Japan last week. My first big trama was finding out how to get cash out of my US bank accoun...
Creating a self-signing certificate and signing a jar file.
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2007-07-30 15:50:05.0 | By rickg
To create a certificate that you can use to self-sign your JAR files, launch the keytool application (must be in your pa...
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2007-07-30 15:50:05.0 | By rickg
To create a certificate that you can use to self-sign your JAR files, launch the keytool application (must be in your pa...
Installing Linux headers for VMware Tools
Psuedo Guru | Linux | 2007-07-27 23:16:18.0 | By rickg
Installed CentOS 5 on a new VM today, then tried installing vmware tools. Got all the way up to running vmware-config-to...
Psuedo Guru | Linux | 2007-07-27 23:16:18.0 | By rickg
Installed CentOS 5 on a new VM today, then tried installing vmware tools. Got all the way up to running vmware-config-to...
WMP300N and WRVS4400N woes
Psuedo Guru | General | 2007-07-09 14:16:42.0 | By rickg
Decided to go with Wireless N at my new pad, and have been having a hell of a time getting my card (WMP300N) and router ...
Psuedo Guru | General | 2007-07-09 14:16:42.0 | By rickg
Decided to go with Wireless N at my new pad, and have been having a hell of a time getting my card (WMP300N) and router ...
Comcast - unplug modem when switching computers
Psuedo Guru | Configuration | 2007-05-28 03:21:59.0 | By rickg
Moved into a new place recently. Before moving in, I brought my laptop over to ensure the new comcast cable internet was...
Psuedo Guru | Configuration | 2007-05-28 03:21:59.0 | By rickg
Moved into a new place recently. Before moving in, I brought my laptop over to ensure the new comcast cable internet was...
Removing/Resolving field codes in Word
Psuedo Guru | General | 2007-05-24 15:12:45.0 | By rickg
This is more of a note to myself that anything else, but the command to remove field code in MS Word is CTRL-SHIFT-F9. I...
Psuedo Guru | General | 2007-05-24 15:12:45.0 | By rickg
This is more of a note to myself that anything else, but the command to remove field code in MS Word is CTRL-SHIFT-F9. I...
Starcraft II
Psuedo Guru | General | 2007-05-19 22:46:24.0 | By rickg
Oh yeah, lets go Zerg huntin'! Read on...
Psuedo Guru | General | 2007-05-19 22:46:24.0 | By rickg
Oh yeah, lets go Zerg huntin'! Read on...
Cannot get a connection, pool exhausted
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2007-04-15 12:16:55.0 | By rickg
I kept getting the following error on a web app that was using Tomcat's built in connection pooling: Cannot get a...
Psuedo Guru | Java | 2007-04-15 12:16:55.0 | By rickg
I kept getting the following error on a web app that was using Tomcat's built in connection pooling: Cannot get a...
Installing Gnome from the command line
Psuedo Guru | Linux | 2007-04-06 20:20:22.0 | By rickg
I installed a CentOS server without a GUI recently, then decided after the fact that some things would be easier with a ...
Psuedo Guru | Linux | 2007-04-06 20:20:22.0 | By rickg
I installed a CentOS server without a GUI recently, then decided after the fact that some things would be easier with a ...
Surviving the Red Eye
Psuedo Guru | General | 2007-03-26 19:16:03.0 | By rickg
Took a red eye flight last night to DC, then went straight from the airport to an all day meeting. I was actually semi c...
Psuedo Guru | General | 2007-03-26 19:16:03.0 | By rickg
Took a red eye flight last night to DC, then went straight from the airport to an all day meeting. I was actually semi c...
VMWareUser.exe is killing me...
Psuedo Guru | VMware | 2007-03-24 23:49:17.0 | By rickg
Seems like every couple of days now, my CPU spikes at 100%. When this happens, I open the task manager on my host OS, an...
Psuedo Guru | VMware | 2007-03-24 23:49:17.0 | By rickg
Seems like every couple of days now, my CPU spikes at 100%. When this happens, I open the task manager on my host OS, an...
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