Karol Piczak
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Karol Piczak posted a blog entry May 12, 2010
Why using server.error-handler-404 is bad?
OK, maybe the title is a bit too provocative. More precisely said, “why using server.error-handler-404 directive for clean URL rewrites in WordPress is a bad solution” would be more appropriate.
Problem:
Switching from Apache to Lighttpd some time ago I used the simplest solution to... more »
Karol Piczak posted a blog entry Mar 4, 2010
DualView on VirtualBox Windows guest
Situation:
Multiple displays are still scarcely supported in virtualization solutions. Theoretically, VirtualBox supports multiple displays, though it applies only to Windows guests when using VBoxHeadless (RDP access). See the User Manual for the details.
In practice it's not that trivial to set... more »
Karol Piczak posted a blog entry Mar 4, 2010
Changing Last.fm username
Problem:
A while ago I conducted a wide-scale login change for most of my Internet services. Some of them, however, were reluctant to allow effortless username change. This applies in particular to Last.fm.
According to the Last.fm's FAQ it's not possible to change one's initial username. Neither is... more »
Karol Piczak posted a blog entry Jan 9, 2010
U232-P9 USB-Serial adapter drivers
Problem:
My driver CD for the USB-Serial converter has gone AWOL, so I had to look for the appropriate file. My adapter is a generic "no-name" (PL-2303 based) as can be seen in the photos:
It's a Prolific chip, so this site should help. I remember not having any problems with the default driver on... more »
Karol Piczak posted a blog entry Dec 12, 2009
Cool'n'Quiet in Debian
I have been looking recently for a way to enable Cool'n'Quiet functionality in Debian. To my surprise it wasn't supported per default (at least in my case). I've installed cpufreq-info and cpufreqd (though powernowd should also do fine), but it was complaining about missing kernel support and no... more »
Karol Piczak posted a blog entry Nov 21, 2009
DebianWRT on USR9108 struggle
Straight to the matter – yes, it’s possible. In fact I’ve been happily using a Debian system on my US Robotics USR9108 for more than a month. Or at least sort of Debian, but I will explain this later.
Getting USR9108 to work flawlessly with OpenWrt alone was quite a struggle, so pushing the... more »
