The log

Getting Net::SSH working on the mac..

Everything will go smoothly until you hit

 Crypt::Random 

Then you need pari.. That requires readline.. Readline doesn't work without doing the following..

  % tar zxvf readline-4.3.tar.gz
  % cd readline-4.3
  % perl -i.bak -p -e \
     "s/SHLIB_LIBS=.*/SHLIB_LIBS='-lSystem -lncurses -lcc_dynamic'/g" \
     support/shobj-conf
  % ./configure
  % make
  % make install

Thanks to this link for the advice..

Additionally this appears to work but if you look at the end of the make file you will see things like this.. This will bite you in the butt later - I promise..

ld: warning multiple definitions of symbol _PC
terminal.so definition of _PC in section (__DATA,__common)
/usr/lib/libncurses.dylib(lib_tputs.o) definition of _PC
ld: warning multiple definitions of symbol _BC
terminal.so definition of _BC in section (__DATA,__common)
/usr/lib/libncurses.dylib(lib_termcap.o) definition of _BC
ld: warning multiple definitions of symbol _UP
terminal.so definition of _UP in section (__DATA,__common)
/usr/lib/libncurses.dylib(lib_termcap.o) definition of _UP

Now to fix this edit terminal.c line 87 from

char PC, *BC, *UP;

to

extern char PC, *BC, *UP;

Now it compiles normal. Better yet it works..

Now onto Pari..

phpicalendar rocks!!

After struggling with WebDAV I had to stop only to find out that phpicalendar requires that the account using WebDAV and phpicalendar must be one in the same. That won't work for dreamhost so I needed to do some alternate work..

Have fun

In short don't use WebDAV for this purpose. The folks over at phpicalendar already have a solution. Basically set up .htaccess using the panel at Dreamhost. From there log into your account using ssh, and modify the .htaccess file using the setup setup listed.

 Options -Indexes 
 Order Allow,Deny 
 Allow from all 

 <Files "publish.php"> 
 Options +ExecCGI 

 AuthUserFile /complete/path/to/phpicalendar/calendars/.htpasswd 
 AuthName 'WebDAV-compatible upload.' 
 AuthType Basic 
 require valid-user 
 </Files> 

 <Files "*.ics"> 
 Allow from all 
 </Files> 

Copy the file into the right place, set up your perms and that's it. UNTIL you get to posting...

Make sure that you subscribe to http://www.pointcircle.com/phpicalendar/calendars/publish.ical.php? and use the username and password you setup when you filled out the panel.

"Setting tty modes failed: Invalid argument" from Mac OSX to Linux

I have been fighting this problem for a long time and I haven't figured it out but I was able to make the problem go away. Based on a thread I found that when I do a

 reset  

the problem goes away..

Now what I was able to gleam from this is that if I run the following here is the difference

Before

% stty -a
speed 38400 baud; rows 50; columns 110;
intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^H; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>;
eol2 = <undef>; start = ^Q; stop = ^S; susp = ^Z; dsusp = ^Y; rprnt = ^R;
werase = ^W; lnext = ^V; flush = ^O; status = <undef>; min = 1; time = 0;
parenb -parodd cs8 hupcl -cstopb cread -clocal -crtscts
-ignbrk -brkint -ignpar -parmrk -inpck -istrip -inlcr -igncr icrnl ixon -ixoff
-ixany -imaxbel
opost onlcr
isig icanon iexten echo echoe echok -echonl -noflsh -tostop -echoprt echoctl
echoke

After

speed 38400 baud; rows 50; columns 110;
intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^?; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>;
eol2 = <undef>; start = ^Q; stop = ^S; susp = ^Z; dsusp = ^Y; rprnt = ^R;
werase = ^W; lnext = ^V; flush = ^O; status = <undef>; min = 1; time = 0;
-parenb -parodd cs8 hupcl -cstopb cread -clocal -crtscts
-ignbrk brkint ignpar -parmrk -inpck -istrip -inlcr -igncr icrnl ixon -ixoff
-ixany imaxbel
opost onlcr tab3
isig icanon iexten echo echoe echok -echonl -noflsh -tostop -echoprt echoctl
echoke

So the differences are somewhere within these parameters...

erase=
parenb
brkint
ignpar
imaxbell
tab3

Will update later...

Cadence show categories by default

Someone asked me how to do this at the ICU how do you add categories by default. I am still amazed that the number of people that don't know how to do this..

Add the following line to your .cdsenv

cdsLibManager.main showCategoriesOn boolean t

Good evening

A fast way to get passwordless authentication

Yeah, yeah yeah, we all know how to do passwordless authentication. But I saw a thread up on google that quickly gets keys passed to a host in a single scp call. Way powerfull. Obviously this assumes you allow RSAauthentication..


% cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh fiji@twaddle \
'mkdir .ssh ; chmod 700 .ssh ; cat >>.ssh/authorized_keys'


So is this cool or what!!

Karen's Progress..

Hey all,

Since many of you have been asking how Karen is doing, here is the latest photo. She has some bruising on her jaw, which is subsiding and her stitches came out on Monday. The dentist says there isn't any jaw damage other than some healthy bruising. All in all she is looking 100 percent better. She is feeling fine and looking forward to no longer being looked at strange while out at the mall.

Karen's a maniac!!

Hi all,

6:58 am 9/7/04 Karen was eager to get the week after labor day started right. She was painting Mom's kitchen (by herself) and she was using a crappy ladder to paint with. Karen was paining the ceiling line and was reaching when the ladder slid a bit... Initially she was a bit concerned but she assumed the rubber feet (which are plastic) would hold so she continued on... Needless to say the feet didn't hold. Still clinging to the ladder she and the ladder fell 8 feet.

The final result was we spent 5 hours at the hospital. For this Karen received 6 stitches under the skin, 16 above her eyebrow, 2 on her eyelid (ouch) and one below her eye. 25 total!! All said and done we are very lucky!!

Here is the video for those who want to see some details..

WARNING:

This video contains one graphic picture!!

Update:

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