http://alandaveline.com/blog Blog About Everything Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:00:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces update the file to look like the following (of course change to your network info) auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 gateway 192.168.1.1 sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart References http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/change-ubuntu-server-from-dhcp-to-a-static-ip-address/ http://alandaveline.com/blog/2008/07/11/changing-your-ip-address-to-static-on-ubuntu-server/ This is a really cool vCard to Gmail CSV conversion tool. http://labs.brotherli.ch/vcfconvert/ http://alandaveline.com/blog/2008/07/02/vcard-to-gmail-csv/ As of May 13, 2008 Dreamhost provides a feature called Passenger for Ruby on Rails. This make is significantly easier to install Ruby On Rails Apps on Dreamhost!!! The following is how I install Redmine on Dreamhost with Passenger From the Dreamhost control panel, create a new subdomain for the application such ... http://alandaveline.com/blog/2008/05/16/redmine-on-dreamhost-with-passenger/ Not sure when the happened, but the location of "Trash" has moved from "~/.Trash" to "~/.local/share/Trash".  There is also a new structure for the trash folder.  It has a directory named "files" for the deleted files. There is an additional directory named "info" which contains when the files were deleted ... http://alandaveline.com/blog/2008/05/15/location-of-trash-in-ubuntu-804/ As of May 13, 2008 Dreamhost provides a feature called Passenger for Ruby on Rails. This make is significantly easier to install Ruby On Rails Apps on Dreamhost!!! Use this method instead (Click Here) http://alandaveline.com/blog/2008/05/16/redmine-on-dreamhost-with-passenger/ The following is how I install Redmine on Dreamhost From the Dreamhost control panel, create a new subdomain ... http://alandaveline.com/blog/2008/05/12/redmine-on-dreamhost/ To resolve this issues, change the "localhost" in yourrailsapp/config/database.yml to "127.0.0.1" http://alandaveline.com/blog/2008/05/12/rake-aborted-no-such-file-or-directory-tmpmysqlsock/ The way to install fonts in Ubuntu 8.04 has changed a little, and in my option it is a bit easier. open the ".fonts" folder in your home directory You probably have to create it first make sure you can view hidden files copy your font files to this folder next time you open your ... http://alandaveline.com/blog/2008/05/10/how-to-install-fonts-in-ubuntu-804/ Recently after upgrading to Ubuntu 8.04/Firefox 3, all of my CSS fonts have been HUGE! I didn't have the opportunity to look for a solution, so I have been using Opera as my primary browser. After finally getting a little time to dig, I found a quick fix using the ... http://alandaveline.com/blog/2008/05/07/ubuntufirefox-3-huge-css-font-fix/ Seems that Dell is a pretty good judge of Linux character First major company to factory install Red Hat Linux corporate systems. http://www.redhat.com/about/news/prarchive/1999/press_linuxsuccess.html First to install ubuntu in 2007 http://www.ubuntu.com/news/dell-to-offer-ubuntu http://alandaveline.com/blog/2008/05/05/dell-knows-linux/ Straight from the ColdFusion Documentation You can change the port on which the built-in web server runs. To change the port for the built-in web server: 1. Back up the jrun.xml file. This file is in the cf_root\runtime\servers\default\SERVER-INF directory in Windows, and in the cf_root/runtime/servers/default/SERVER-INF directory on UNIX. 2. Open the original jrun.xml file for ... http://alandaveline.com/blog/2008/05/02/switching-the-port-for-the-built-in-coldfusion-web-server/