Setting up a TurnKey Linux core VM for Nodejs (the way I like it)
There's a lot to like about TurnKey Linux packages. They're a damn easy way to set up a dev application server. I've used the Rails and PostgreSQL versions already for projects and there are over 45 version to chose from. [http://www.turnkeylinux.org/] This time I want to test an idea with Nodejs which means I have to roll my own. I grabbed the "core" version and went from there. I needed to add build tools and, I don't like to to do everything as root so I added a user with sudo powers... Add a user account for yourself and then, as root... apt-get update apt-get install build-essential apt-get install sudo vi /etc/sudoers you know the drill, add the user... Then, as a user, grab the latest nodejs package: git clone https://github.com/joyent/node.git if you want the bleeding edge, or download a stable version from github. Than... ./configure make sudo make install make test Have fun. [/items/Ubuntu] permanent link
Fri, 22 Dec 2006
Bug fix for Ubuntu login screen symptom
On day my Ubuntu login screen changed to to the ugly one with the daisy on it. Also the shutdown screen didn't have the shutdown option in it anymore. I had to choose logout, which led to the ugly login screen, which did have the logout choice under Options. I tried to fix it right off using gdmsetup but it wouldn't start. Follow that? A web search led to a number of reports of the same problem with no solution. Then I found this: [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/66034] The fix is to move /etc/rc2.d/S13gdm to S21gdm ... works. [/items/Ubuntu] permanent link