2005-03-21
Chet Haase blogs about how they are looking for Java applications which they want to improve on either . . . 15_minute_test] with flying colors. I've also . . .
2K - last updated 2005-03-22 07:22 UTC by 6230
2005-04-16
At work, we're using [http://www.atlassian.com/ Atlassian's] Jira. One of their [http://www.theserverside.com/symposium/bios.html#mike_cannonbrookes . . . [http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/docs/latest/extending.html this webpage]. Highly interesting! . . .
1K - last updated 2005-04-16 09:36 UTC by 6230
2005-06-28
And yet another Oddmuse module. This one provides an RSS syndication for those people who have Oddmuse . . . it into your wiki its modules directory To test, add the link to the RSS feed to your favorite . . .
1K - last updated 2005-06-28 06:05 UTC by 6230
2005-09-15
I'm currently wrestling with [http://maven.apache.org/ Maven] and I have several gripes. I'm using version . . . Then [http://maven.apache.org/start/ten-minute-test.html ten-minute-test] for Maven 1.0 specifies . . . the [http://maven.apache.org/start/ten-minute-test.html ten-minute-test] directory structure. It . . . src |--- main | |--- java | \--- resources \--- test |--- java \--- resources You run ''maven eclipse'' . . .
6K - last updated 2005-10-26 11:07 UTC by 6230
2005-11-04
Maven, oh, Maven. Funny how much bugs this package brings up. And I don't mean its own bugs! In the previous . . . # Type ''maven jar:deploy'' I haven't tested whether it's important, but this is with OpenSSH_3.8.1p1. . . .
3K - last updated 2005-11-04 13:29 UTC by 6230
2005-11-23
Today, I'd like to talk to you about Maven and rights. Maven must be able to deploy to a central place, . . . R1 Using private key: /home/user1/.ssh/keytest Deploying: /home/user1/blah/myproject/project.xml-->myproject/poms/myproject-3.6.1-build01.pom . . .
1K - last updated 2005-11-23 15:59 UTC by 6230
2005-11-28
Every now and then you'll make a mistake while updating firewall rules and lock yourself out. There's . . . the new file # Load the new firewall rules and test them # Remove the scheduled update and copy the . . .
1K - last updated 2005-11-28 14:44 UTC by 6230
2006-02-01
I've been working with Subversion, especially from within Eclipse using the Subclipse plugin. I had earlier . . . bad differences: * Slow. While CVS isn't the fastest animal, I found some actions in Subversion even . . . on the source and choose ''Replace With -> Latest from repository''. Subclipse performs this, but . . .
5K - last updated 2007-08-19 08:15 UTC by 6230
2006-02-13
''Note: I've expanded this entry in article [[Configuration]].'' In a non-trivial project, several programming . . . want to be able to have stuff like this: user=testuser_1 bindir=/home/$USER/bin Which will work fine . . . there in the following format: define(_USER_,testuser_1)dnl define(_GROUP_,testgroup)dnl Then create . . .
1K - last updated 2006-03-20 20:10 UTC by 6230
2006-03-01
I've started using [http://check.sourceforge.net/ Check], a unittesting framework for plain old C. The . . . documentation isn't lacking but here's an [[test_ccsds.c|example test file]] and the corresponding . . . [[Makefile|Check unittest Makefile]] anyway. Check can also [http://check.sourceforge.net/doc/x232.html#AEN239 . . . created an XSLT to convert to HTML: [[check_unittest.xslt]]. It's very basic -- adjust to your needs. . . . commandline with a quick $ xsltproc check_unittest.xslt check_output.xml > report.html . . .
1K - last updated 2006-03-08 11:40 UTC by 6230
2006-03-08
[http://check.sourceforge.net/ Check], as most test frameworks, has the following hierarchy: main() |-- . . . Suite1 | |--TestCase1 | | |--TestA | | |--TestB | | |--TestC | . . . | |--TestD | | `--TestE | `--TestCase2 | |--TestF | `--TestG . . . `-- Suite2 `--TestCase1 |--TestA |--TestB |--TestC |--TestD |--TestE . . . |--TestF `--TestG It's notable that the author choose . . .
2K - last updated 2006-03-08 16:41 UTC by 6230
2006-04-27 Perl modules and CGI
Suppose you have a bunch of Perl scripts and modules. Those modules have differing versions and you don't . . . users on one Unix machine, i.e. if you're testing under user "test-rev316", you'll use the above . . . can have different values: <Directory /home/test-rev316/public_html/cgi-bin> SetEnv PERLLIB "/home/test-rev316/lib/mymodules-rev316" . . . layout, this will mean a fair bit of coding and testing before the new developer is up-to-speed. . . .
2K - last updated 2006-04-27 08:39 UTC by 6230
2006-05-30 PLL optimization
The electronics man of the Telis project wrote a couple of routines so the PLL can be finetuned automatically. . . . of the scope readout: [[image:PLL-optimizer-testresults.JPG]] . . .
1K - last updated 2006-05-31 07:26 UTC by 6230
2006-10-05 Character set encoding
Today, I received an e-mail from Amazon: From: "Amazon.co.uk" <auto-shipping@amazon.co.uk> Subject: Your . . . Q&A probably didn't caught this because they test on a Windows machine with Outlook or Outlook Express, . . .
2K - last updated 2006-10-05 09:12 UTC by bvankuik
2006-10-17 Gigabit network cards
At work, Tiemen Schut tested the performance under Linux for two Gigabit network cards, a D-Link DGE-550SX . . . DGE-550SX''' || 80%|| 23.000|| To recreate the test: * Start ksysguard * Create a new tab * In the . . .
1K - last updated 2006-10-17 13:28 UTC by bvankuik
2007-01-09 Battery problem
One of the current problems in the current project is the battery pack. According to the electronics . . . range is quite small. The problem is now that tests show that the batteries don't deliver up to spec . . .
2K - last updated 2007-01-23 08:39 UTC by 6230
2007-02-02 Branching in SVN with existing work
This week I had the situation where I was asked to come to another office (in Groningen) and do some . . . testing and fixing of the software. The revision running . . . Groningen office). So, I went there and did some testing, fixing problems, etc. When I came back, bringing . . .
2K - last updated 2007-02-02 13:59 UTC by bvankuik
2007-03-11 Bug in software or hardware
This week was a very rewarding week: we squashed a bug which seemed to elude the very best minds -- these . . . of the ADC in the right way. It was fully tested, but not in the exact same way measurements . . . taken later. This type of bug had evaded unit testing and was only be caught with good testing in . . . the field. Can't beat that kind of testing. . . .
4K - last updated 2007-03-12 08:46 UTC by bvankuik
2007-06-22 Configuring ZABBIX and IPMI
Recently I installed RedHat AS 5 on a PowerEdge 860. For management, we use Zabbix; if you know Nagios . . . zabbix server web frontend, menu Monitoring -> Latest Data. Scroll down. The following line should be . . . in either 'ok' or 'ns'. Also note that this is a test setup. The sudo construction could be tighter. . . .
2K - last updated 2007-06-22 15:24 UTC by 6230
2007-08-09 Fiske steps
I've previously [[2006-04-24_SIRs_for_dummies|explained the SIR chip]], so I'll keep it short and say . . . the Y-axis displays the FFO voltage. This is a test situation where a simple resistance is used instead . . . of the FFO. [[image:FISKE_Steps_test_01_small.jpg]] [[FISKE_Steps_test_01.jpg|Larger . . .
3K - last updated 2007-08-20 12:31 UTC by 6230
2007-08-20 Configuring SSH daemon
If you want to configure the SSH daemon on a remote machine, you probably don't want to risk the chance . . . install Dropbear permanently. Download the latest release on the remote machine. In a user account, . . .
2K - last updated 2007-08-20 20:06 UTC by 6230
2007-09-26 Fiske steps testing
We did some testing of the new Fiske step software yesterday. To see how the device (the SIR chip) behaves, . . .
5K - last updated 2007-09-26 14:16 UTC by 6230
2007-11-19 Finding an optimum
As mentioned [[2007-09-26_Fiske_steps_testing|before]], we need an algorithm to find the correct setting . . .
5K - last updated 2007-11-22 17:00 UTC by 6230
2007-11-28 Testing optimization
After running the Fiske macro for the setup part, we have a nice value for the FFO Control Line (CL) . . . It's now 32 and I increase it to 128. The first test I run, this number becomes irrelevant. The procedure . . .
6K - last updated 2007-12-06 17:45 UTC by 6230
2008-01-30 Fiske scan analysis
I've written an analysis routine to see how the results of a particular Fiske "scan" hold up. Such a . . . but it's not nicely balanced I've retrieved some test values and the scan results (without the FFO plot . . .
5K - last updated 2008-02-07 15:04 UTC by 6230
2008-03-31 Filtering on packet size
I was asked recently to check how UDP packets could be filtered which don't have any contents. The reason . . . IPv4 has a variable header size. Anyway, I've tested the above using netcat: Start service listening . . .
2K - last updated 2008-03-31 14:53 UTC by 6230
2008-05-21 Code review
I'm doing a code review for our partner in the current project. In a recent integration test, we found . . .
2K - last updated 2008-05-21 18:11 UTC by 6230
2008-05-31 Test for a sysadmin
As part of an interview for a new system administration, we asked the following questions: General: * . . .
2K - last updated 2008-06-01 12:08 UTC by 6230
2008-06-19 Project SHAMROC
For [http://www.sron.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1531&Itemid=1394 project SHAMROC], . . . Exomars mission], the testing will start next week. [[image:shamroc_dac_bord.jpg]] . . . the software group has a generic workbench for testing them. We'll then work together with the electronics . . . guys to make solid, reproducible tests. . . .
2K - last updated 2008-07-01 11:28 UTC by 6230
2008-06-23 Shamroc DAC board
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital-to-analog_converter DAC] testboard for the Shamroc (part of . . . Exomars) project is now under test. This board is meant to test the extremely stable . . . 9_Smit_GEP-SEIS.pdf] The image below is the test configuration of the seismometer. [[image:seis.jpg]] . . .
2K - last updated 2008-06-24 09:11 UTC by 6230
2008-06-26 Layout Shamroc board
Below are details of the Shamroc DAC testing board. [[image:IMAGE_496.jpg]] # Daughterboard, for DAC . . . FPGA won't live up to our expectations during testing, we can use another source and hang it on the . . . * The input marked with '''9''' is there to test the stability of the DACs. We can feed in funny . . .
2K - last updated 2008-07-02 07:45 UTC by 6230
2008-07-01 testing temperatures
Today I configured the housekeeping feature of our Generic EGSE software (stands for Electrical Ground . . .
1K - last updated 2008-07-01 13:05 UTC by 6230
2008-08-07 Controlling individual DACs
I've written previously about the DAC board, but mainly looking at it as a black box. This time it's . . . to look at the inner workings. We perform two tests on the DAC, noise measurements and linearity. . . . happens next, when the noise and/or linearity tests don't measure up to expectations, we need to . . . in a kind of funny way: First register, called testd1, holds bits 19 to 0 in the table below. Register . . . testd2 holds bits 34 to 20. The highest bit is the . . .
2K - last updated 2008-08-11 15:22 UTC by Bart
2008-08-12 Configuring an ADC
On the DAC board, for testing purposes, a Cirrus Logic ADC is present. It's the same ADC as used in another . . .
1K - last updated 2008-08-12 09:32 UTC by Bart
2008-09-16 Tweaking TCP
For the Telis project, we use the TCP protocol for the radio uplink. This is rather unusual since most . . . but not per interface. A nice thing to use for testing purposes is [http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Net:Netem . . .
2K - last updated 2008-09-16 15:49 UTC by 6230
2008-09-22 Reading out a multimeter
We'd like to test the DAC board by reading it out with an HP 3458A multimeter (now Agilent, but this . . .
3K - last updated 2008-09-25 11:27 UTC by 6230
2008-11-04 Bitstream mode
The new project its temperature sensor (tsens) ASIC is basically a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma-delta_modulation . . . verification purposes. For the coming radiation test, we'll read out lots of things and among them . . . (the board is outfitted with two sockets, to test two ASICs) * Make the buffer for the bitstream . . . radiation too long (otherwise you invalidate the test). Thus we have 60 seconds to do a measurement. . . .
3K - last updated 2008-11-07 10:57 UTC by 6230
2008-11-21 Temperature sensor versus PT1000
One of the tests we do on the temperature sensing ASIC is to measure the difference between the device . . .
1K - last updated 2008-11-25 14:49 UTC by 6230
2008-12-09 Offset dependency
Previous year, I wrote about [[2007-09-26_Fiske_steps_testing|the Fiske steps routine]], a routine which . . .
2K - last updated 2008-12-09 15:17 UTC by 6230
2008-12-19 Linux USB device handling
For reading/operating lab instruments like multimeters and power supplies, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE-488 . . . see what events are fired off: $ udevmonitor To test whether your rule fires off, use logger in your . . .
5K - last updated 2009-01-05 13:54 UTC by 6230
2010-07-20 Coverity demo
We got a demo from the [http://www.coverity.com/ Coverity] people. We ran their tool on our code base . . . in the same way. It's not a replacement for unit tests. After running, a database of the results is . . .
3K - last updated 2010-07-20 09:40 UTC by 6230
2010-08-30 How to recover from unexpected reboots
It's pretty interesting to dive into the situation of recovering from unexpected reboots. Our usual lab . . . scientist and use the above setup to set up and test your sensor. You leave the lab but then the PC . . . board? Probably not -- you may be running a test and the sensor settings should not be changed. . . .
2K - last updated 2010-08-30 15:12 UTC by 6230
2010-10-08 SpaceWire at SRON
The purpose of SpaceWire (short: SpWi), is a standard to connect pieces of a satellite for data retrieval . . . closed when necessary. SRON has set up a test project for which the purpose was: Two SpWi ports, . . . reasonably priced. ESA has this available. In a test setup with a PCI card and an Actel board, we could . . .
4K - last updated 2010-10-08 08:54 UTC by 6230
2011-03-28 Configuring VSFTP on CentOS
I got a full FTP-over-SSL (no, not SFTP) running on CentOS, with the following instructions: # [http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/vsftp-chroot-users-limit-to-only-their-home-directory.html . . . Configuring VSFTPD for secure connections] Then test using [http://lftp.yar.ru/ lftp]. . . .
1K - last updated 2011-04-08 13:31 UTC by 6230
2011-04-21 Not enough CPU time
The datarate of the Demux board of the Safari project is quite high for a desktop PC to work with, even . . . to accept user interactions more often. We are testing this solution. (What didn't help, was that . . . a daemon and is read lazily by the EGSE. We're testing this solution. . . .
3K - last updated 2011-04-21 11:47 UTC by 6230
2011-08-18 Google Chrome on Debian Lenny
The latest packages of Google Chrome won't install anymore on Debian 5.0, nickname Lenny. This is the . . .
1K - last updated 2011-08-30 16:12 UTC by 6230
2011-08-30 Creating specific password lists with John the Ripper
For security purposes, you sometimes want a dictionary with possible passwords. Perhaps you want to assess . . . in an in-house built application, or you want to test the security of the WPA wireless network. There . . . should print the version. Now mangle your newly tested word list. To make sure the new mangling rules . . . are used, create a file called test.txt with only one line, for example 'rotterdam'. . . . look something like this: $ cd ~/crack $ vi test.txt $ john -w=test.txt --stdout --rules rotterdam . . .
5K - last updated 2011-08-31 10:58 UTC by 6230
2011-09-06 From iPhone to Android
''This is part 2 of my series where I document going from an iPhone to Android 2.3, running on the Samsung . . . 3G is very power hungry as well. I did a little testdrive to see how the navigation is holding up (quite . . . handle cheap chargers. I'm going to do some more testing, though. . . .
3K - last updated 2011-09-07 06:35 UTC by 6230
2012-01-23 Logrotate error for MySQL on Debian 6 Squeeze
When installing a new machine with Debian 6 (Squeeze), I also imported a database from a CentOS 5 box. . . . = PASSWORD('secret'); Test whether logrotate won't give any problems: $ sudo . . .
2K - last updated 2012-01-23 07:38 UTC by 6230
2012-02-09 Writing ethernet packets on OS X and BSD
If you want to write raw ethernet frames, you can use so-called raw sockets. Unfortunately, there's a . . . when ethernet is perfectly fine. Note: I've tested the code below on OS X, version 10.7 (Lion). . . . } // Write a single ethernet frame with test data void write_single_frame(int bpf) { ssize_t . . . (using tcpdump or somesuch) unsigned char* make_testdata(int len) { unsigned char *testdata = (unsigned . . . unsigned char j = 0; for(i = 0; i < len; i++) { testdata[i] = j; j++; if(j < sizeof(char)) { j = 0; . . .
8K - last updated 2012-02-09 15:49 UTC by 6230
2012-03-29 Extensions to Safari library
I've received the specs for a modification to our software library for the SAFARI project, and after . . . a script that displays a menu with a bunch of testing options. It's called ''demuxtest'', because . . . it tests the electronics board which we call "the demux . . . then it can generate a dummy response for testing purposes. Zooming in on the electronics, it . . . as the analog part. = Some visuals = This is our test setup: [[image:demux_fee_test_setup.jpg]] = The . . .
2K - last updated 2012-05-05 17:38 UTC by 6230
2012-07-02 Minimizing amplifier chain offset
For the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAFARI_imaging_spectrometer SAFARI] project, I'm refactoring some . . . scientists are doing a measurement. Before the test, the cryostat was opened: [[image:opened_safari_cryostat.jpg]] . . .
7K - last updated 2012-07-05 14:58 UTC by 6230
2012-12-04 Objective-C with a Makefile
Here's a little example on how to compile Objective-C on the commandline, with a makefile. All code can . . . be downloaded here: [[test_cars.zip]] or copy/pasted from below. Create a . . . CC=clang LIBS=-framework Foundation all: test_cars test_cars: test_cars.m car.m $(CC) $(LIBS) . . . test_cars.m car.m -o test_cars clean: rm -f test_cars . . . the above files, and run the example with ''./test_cars''. Enjoy the commandline goodness. The code . . .
2K - last updated 2012-12-04 03:50 UTC by 6230
2013-03-05 Forcibly drain your cellphone battery
If you want to forcibly drain your iPhone battery for some reason, first configure the display. Turn . . . Kraken], which is a heavier test. . . .
1K - last updated 2013-03-07 14:00 UTC by 6230
2013-04-15 State machine in Objective-C
Here's my version of a state machine in Objective-C, useful for your iOS or Mac OS X projects. There . . . from state %@ with return code %@", alarmStateString[state], alarmActionString[action]]; @throw . . .
6K - last updated 2013-04-21 11:34 UTC by 6230
2013-04-26 Asynchronous data from the SAFARI Demux board
Previously, I described [[2013-04-11_measure_the_AC_gain|how we measure the transfer of the AC bias]]. . . . from -5uA to 5uA in 20 steps) Why do we put a test AC signal on the feedback coil, instead of sending . . . infrared] signals). The options currently are: testpulse generator (2), level triggering of selected . . . as well as processing on the PC. (2) The testpulse generator is used to generate fake detector . . . signals, to test the complete signal chain. You can test demodulation . . .
4K - last updated 2013-04-29 10:46 UTC by 6230
2013-05-02 Test of current version of SAFARI scripts
Today, we ran a little test of the SAFARI demux/fee-scripts. It's the second time this week, and I'm . . . from which we build a complete system. First we tested the menu for the testpulse generator. This is . . . an important part, because the testpulse generator can simulate a detector (with a . . . We then turned on pixel 1, and routed the testpulse generator to that pixel, configured to generate . . . following picture on the scope: [[image:demux_test_script_scope.jpg]] We then used the "demux test" . . .
3K - last updated 2013-06-04 14:13 UTC by 6230
2013-06-15 Automatic updating of Google Drive
On my bog standard MacBook Pro, it seems that there's an update problem with Google Drive. It fails to . . . chmod ugo+x checkGoogleDriveVersion.sh Give it a test drive: $ ./checkGoogleDriveVersion.sh If it finds . . .
2K - last updated 2013-06-15 06:16 UTC by 6230
2013-08-26 Testing real capacity of an USB stick
I've read about fake oversized thumb drives / USB sticks, which report a much bigger size than they actually . . . are. To test the real capacity of an USB stick under OS X, . . . we'll create a test file and write it to the USB stick a number of . . . terminal commands. This is a pretty brute-force test and I'm sure it can be done much smarter. I'll . . . cd /Volumes/STORAGE First create a 100 megabyte test file on the USB stick like so (optimally, this . . .
3K - last updated 2013-11-28 22:35 UTC by 6230
2013-09-26 Speed comparison of different ciphers on an SSH tunnel
Today I got curious what the speed differences are when you use a different cipher for an SSH tunnel. . . . First, create a 100 MB testfile on the remote box: you@remote $ cd /var/www . . . you@remote $ sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=./testfile100mb.bin bs=1M count=100 Then set up a tunnel . . . to your remote webserver, and use wget to test it: In one terminal (using the default cipher . . . other: you@local $ wget http://localhost:8080/testfile100mb.bin (3.87 MB/s) - ‘testfile100mb.bin’ . . .
2K - last updated 2013-09-26 11:18 UTC by 6230
2013-09-29 MacBook Air 2013 SD card speed test
Since the SD card slot on the 2013 MacBook Air is connected via the USB 3 bus (instead of USB 2), it . . . The new limit is 5 Gb/s. So I ran a little test of whatever I've got lying around. I used the . . . Black Magic disk speed test, with a 1 GB test file. ||Card ||Read speed ||Write . . . ||5.2 MB/s || || It's not a very interesting test; none of these is above the theoretical maximum . . .
1K - last updated 2013-09-30 06:51 UTC by 6230
2013-10-13 Extend drive space in your MacBook Air 2013
Recently I got a MacBook Air, but it wasn't within my budget to get the bigger SSD. The standard SSD . . . knock-off sold via eBay Of these three, I am now testing the last one, and it sits perfectly flush with . . .
3K - last updated 2013-11-02 10:44 UTC by 6230
2013-12-20 Performance test of USB ethernet adapters on OS X
I've got two USB-based network adapters laying around here: the official [http://store.apple.com/us_smb_78313/product/MC704ZM/A/apple-usb-ethernet-adapter . . . see how much time it takes to pull over a 100 MB test file. With the Apple adapter: $ scp testbox:~/tmp/a.log . . . And now with the USB 3 based adapter: $ scp testbox:~/tmp/a.log . a.log 100% 100MB 2.9MB/s 00:34 . . . 100MB 16.7MB/s 00:06 That's somewhat better. Testing without scp, but with wget instead shows roughly . . . 100%[=====>] 126,805,954 16.0MB/s in 7.6s Now I test it on a different machine, within the company . . .
2K - last updated 2013-12-20 08:29 UTC by 6230
2014-04-16 Python vi keybindings on OS X
If you're used to vi keybindings, and you use Python interactively, you're going to do a lot of cursing . . . and vi keybindings and all that good stuff. Tested on 10.9.2 (Mountain Lion). . . .
1K - last updated 2014-04-16 12:40 UTC by 6230
2014-05-16 VNC on Debian Wheezy
I recently discovered that VNC on Debian Wheezy is a bit of a mess. VNC can be used in two modes: to . . . Debian packages]. Unfortunately, even for the latest version it seems it suffers from the same bug. . . .
3K - last updated 2014-08-26 06:08 UTC by 6230
2015-02-01 Layout of a tableviewcell depending upon device orientation
Last week, a refresh of the design of my client's app called for a layout that changed depending on the . . . = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("TestCell") as CustomTableCell! NSLog("self.size=\(self.size)") . . . Download the example project: [[TestTableViewCellSizing.zip]] Note: I created the above . . .
3K - last updated 2015-02-01 11:25 UTC by 6230
2015-03-13 Connecting to Oodrive via FTPS on OS X
For a client, I have to save files to Oodrive. They offer several methods for uploading, one of them . . . To test the result, start lftp on the commandline and . . .
2K - last updated 2015-03-13 09:53 UTC by 6230
2015-05-09 DenyHosts no longer available on Debian 8.0 Jessie
When I was configuring a new Debian 8.0 ("Jessie") server, I noticed the very useful DenyHosts package . . . however, is available and according to my testing, works fine. These packages block an IP address . . .
1K - last updated 2015-05-09 19:10 UTC by 6230
2015-05-09 discovering bitrot with MD5
Except for modern filesystems such as ZFS and btrfs, your files aren't protected against so-called "bitrot". . . . To generate a file with hashes: $ md5deep -r -l testdirectory > testdirectory.md5deep Explanation: . . . relative paths. This will create a file called "testdirectory.md5deep", where all files are written . . . all changed (damaged) files: $ md5deep -r -l -x testdirectory.md5deep testdirectory Regularly, check . . . directory with the files of your choice: $ cd testdirectory $ par2create par2file * To verify: $ . . .
3K - last updated 2016-09-11 10:13 UTC by 6230
2015-06-06 Dial down the transmit power of your Airport Express
In my neighborhood, there are about 20 WiFi networks visible when I click the WiFi symbol on my MacBook's . . . access point. It's thus a damn shame that the latest version of the AirPort Utility (version 6) does . . . to do so, but it doesn't run anymore on the latest versions of OS X. Corey J. Mahler automated a . . .
1K - last updated 2015-06-06 11:26 UTC by 6230
2015-10-06 Testing NTP server under OS X
When you configure a different time server (NTP server) under OS X, the System Settings panel doesn't . . .
1K - last updated 2015-10-06 05:40 UTC by 6230
2015-12-08 gem install fastlane taking a long time
If you wanted to install [https://fastlane.tools fastlane] and you issued the following command: $ sudo . . . install -V fastlane HEAD https://rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz 302 Moved Temporarily HEAD https://rubygems.global.ssl.fastly.net/latest_specs.4.8.gz . . .
1K - last updated 2015-12-10 10:06 UTC by 6230
2016-04-16 Codility supports Swift
If you didn't know [https://codility.com/programmers/ Codility]: it's a company that devises programming . . . tests that are used to test applicants for a job opening. . . . Lesson 7, the Brackets test], here is the solution I came up with: //: Playground . . .
2K - last updated 2016-04-16 19:34 UTC by 6230
2016-04-28 USB speakers
Since ages, I've had these [http://support.logitech.com/en_us/product/v20-notebook-speakers Logitech . . . XPS USB Sound Bar] Edit 2016-12-07: I've tested the Logitech S150 and they're not comparable . . .
2K - last updated 2016-12-07 07:57 UTC by 6230
2016-06-12 Veertu the hidden gem
For my last project, I've been using [https://veertu.com/ Veertu]. I consider it the hidden gem of desktop . . . a good product as well. I've been using it to test Ansible scripts. The backend of my client's project . . . nice to kick up a fresh Ubuntu server instance, test the Ansible script and log any issues that occurred . . .
3K - last updated 2016-06-12 13:46 UTC by 6230
2016-08-11 UIImage nsli superitem
Got this weird error today while futzing around with AutoLayout, or more specifically VFL, Visual Format . . . Language: 2016-08-11 11:05:00.915 TestTruckButton[74067:6491323] -[UIImage nsli_superitem]: . . . instance 0x7fb8fbc4ae80 2016-08-11 11:05:00.924 TestTruckButton[74067:6491323] *** Terminating app . . .
2K - last updated 2016-08-11 09:11 UTC by 6230
2016-10-17 Compare floats in Swift
To compare floats to zero, or each other, use the following functions: func fequal(_ a: Double, _ b: . . . { return fabs(a) < CGFloat(FLT_EPSILON) } To test, paste the above and the below code in a playground: . . .
1K - last updated 2016-10-17 07:26 UTC by 6230
2017-02-03 Create your own laptop battery test
Recently I wanted to test how long the battery of my 2013 MacBook Air lasts. The quickest solution I . . . of iMacros, set playback speed to slow. Now to test the battery: * Click on the battery icon in the . . . and write it down. So this is my ghetto battery test. It's a bit rough around the edges, but should . . .
2K - last updated 2017-02-03 20:56 UTC by 6230
2017-09-17 Replacing NSTimer in Swift 4
For repeated calling of a function, the Timer class is available (used to be called NSTimer). So perhaps . . . address deprecated @objc inference warnings, test your code with “Use of deprecated Swift 3 @objc . . .
2K - last updated 2017-09-17 10:09 UTC by 6230
2018-01-11 Navigationbar below statusbar on iOS 10
I had the strangest issue today. When testing my current app on iOS 10, the navigation bar would sit . . .
2K - last updated 2018-01-11 09:57 UTC by 6230
2020-07-16 Error in SwiftUI preview
Today, one SwiftUI Preview would not show anything. The Diagnostics button showed the following error: . . . Another attempt involved removing all unittests also temporarily "fixed" this problem. At the . . .
1K - last updated 2021-01-15 07:40 UTC by 6230
2021-01-22 Error in SwiftUI Previews part deux
Today Xcode refused to show previews for one view, displaying "Cannot preview this file" on top of the . . . This time it's showing the error "SomeUnitTest.swift must belong to at least one target in the . . . and masks a problem elsewhere, because unittests most certainly should not belong to any other . . . target than the test target. I have been able to temporarily fix the . . . * Start Xcode and simulator * Remove all unittests from the project (don't move to trash, simply . . .
1K - last updated 2021-01-22 10:40 UTC by 6230
2021-12-16 Switch with multiple cases with associated values
Lots of people know about switch cases with associated values, for example as follows: enum Emoji { case . . . } Some code that uses the above enum: let testcases: [Emoji] = [ .lol("🙂"), .ohnoes("😒"), .nothing . . . ] for testcase in testcases { switch testcase { case .lol(let . . . case. However inside that case, you can still test for one specific case. The example below shows . . . and sad emoji, but still detect happy emoji: for testcase in testcases { switch testcase { case .lol(let . . .
1K - last updated 2021-12-16 14:23 UTC by bartvk
2022-09-15 Xcode linker error ld framework not found
Today I got the following error when trying to build my unittest for my Swift package: ld: framework . . . we selected the project, and selected the unittest target, then selected the Build Phases tab. In . . . (i.e. without the extension). Now, the unittest target correctly linked. . . .
1K - last updated 2022-09-15 13:26 UTC by bartvk
2023-12-01 Unable to use public key authentication for ssh login on Raspberry Pi
TL;DR: Raspberry Pi OS will reject rsa keys, use another type of key, and copy it to the Pi: % ssh-keygen . . . mm_answer_keyallowed: publickey authentication test: RSA key is not allowed What you need to do, is . . .
2K - last updated 2023-12-01 08:55 UTC by bartvk
A Small Oracle 9i
== HOWTO: A Small 9i Database == This thing is HUUUUUGE... Yeah, it's a big beast. But if you need an . . . up and demands that you tell her what to do. Tested database version: 9.2.0.1.0, on RedHat Linux . . . is created later on. And should you want to test a feature later on, you can use the dbca again . . .
13K - last updated 2005-03-18 22:41 UTC by 6230
Another viewpoint on open source software
The other day I had an interesting conversation with a girl who works at a large multinational bank for . . . chatting about work, she asked me what the latest news in IT was. However, after the latest news, . . .
6K - last updated 2005-04-23 20:21 UTC by 6230
Bash
= Online resources = [http://ldp.nl.uu.net/LDP/abs/html/ Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide] = Changing numbering . . . mv $i Wekker$(printf "%04d" $num).png done = Testing for a certain extension = If you want to test . . . a certain extension, use the following trick: # Test for the extension "plist" if [ "${x%%plist}" == . . . # Do lots of nifty stuff here trap - INT TERM = Testing configuration of the webserver = Place [[test.cgi]] . . . supposed to be configured to run CGI scripts and test with browser. = Using functions = function print_error . . .
10K - last updated 2012-09-14 07:29 UTC by 6230
Blog
This is a testpage. . . .
1K - last updated 2005-03-19 17:28 UTC by 6230
Booting over the network
= Red Hat Enterprise Linux and PXE = It's possible to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or any . . . server will get access to the tftp files. Now test whether tftp works with the tftp client: $ tftp . . .
4K - last updated 2007-05-09 09:36 UTC by 6230
CGI
A shellscript to test a CGI configuration: [[test.cgi]] . . .
1K - last updated 2005-10-20 10:58 UTC by 6230
Comments on 2006-10-03 Mod perl and Slackware
Note that the latest version of Apache that comes with Slackware 10.2 is 1.3.37 (published as a security . . . UTC ---- A little extra comment; after some testing, it seems to run but continually segfaults: . . .
3K - last updated 2006-10-04 09:19 UTC by bvankuik
Comments on 2008-05-31 Test for a sysadmin
As part of an interview for a new system administration, we asked the following questions: General: * . . .
2K - last updated 2008-05-31 10:40 UTC by 6230
Configuration
= Generating a config file = In a non-trivial project, several programming languages will often be used. . . . to be able to have stuff like this: USERNAME=testuser_1 BINDIR=/home/$USERNAME/bin Which will work . . . there in the following format: define(_USER_,testuser_1)dnl define(_GROUP_,testgroup)dnl Then create . . . at the start of the Config.h. define(_USER_,testuser_1)dnl define(_GROUP_,testgroup)dnl # This . . . to put in the original template. define(_USER_,testuser_1)dnl define(_GROUP_,testgroup)dnl # This . . .
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Creating a deb package
= Create a Debian package in 8 steps = Create a directory according to your package name, for instance . . . called ''superscript'' which you developed and tested in your home directory: $ cp ~/superscript usr/local/bin . . . to start from scratch, download this tarball: [[testpackage.tar.gz]]. Unpack it and rename the directory. . . .
3K - last updated 2009-01-08 08:46 UTC by 6230
DNS links
* http://zor.in/ * http://www.nxs.nl/ * http://www.dnstools.nl/ * http://www.je-eigen-domein.nl/ * http://www.enom.com . . . * [http://www.dnsreport.com/ To test a DNS server] * http://providersoftware.nl/ * . . .
1K - last updated 2006-08-10 06:32 UTC by 6230
Debian
= Package tools = == dpkg-query == This command is meant to query the package database. Some examples: . . . libevent1 = Font size issues = A default Debian Testing installation can have both Gnome and KDE installed. . . . from a vanilla kernel = Sometimes, you want to test a vanilla kernel (i.e. not packaged, but a plain . . .
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Debian guest on CentOS host
The explanation below details the installation of a Debian guest on a Xen host running the CentOS/Red . . . $ wget http://bits.xensource.com/Xen/latest/xen-3.0.2-install-x86_32.tgz or for a 64-bit machine: . . . $ wget http://bits.xensource.com/Xen/latest/xen-3.0.2-install-x86_64.tgz After downloading, . . .
4K - last updated 2007-09-21 07:29 UTC by 6230
Debugging
= GNU debugger = For an introduction into gdb, check out [http://www.unknownroad.com/rtfm/gdbtut/gdbtoc.html . . . An example of a few core dumps: -rw------- 1 test users 56M 2007-05-24 22:40 /tmp/core_srv_tscu_29328 . . . -rw------- 1 test users 57M 2007-06-04 18:07 /tmp/core_srv_tscu_4102 . . . -rw------- 1 test users 57M 2007-06-05 20:48 /tmp/core_srv_tscu_5266 . . . setting: $ sysctl kernel.core_pattern You can test this as follows: $ cat Now press CTRL-\ (Ctrl . . .
8K - last updated 2012-03-16 14:17 UTC by 6230
Downloads
* [[fortune-hitchhiker.deb]] fortune-hitchhiker is a collection of quotes from Douglas Adams' famous . . . deb package: [[fortune-ferengi.tar.gz]] * [[cxxtest-3.1.10.deb]] CxxTest is a JUnit/CppUnit/xUnit-like . . . for C++. Tarball to build deb package: [[cxxtest-3.1.10.tar.gz]] . . .
1K - last updated 2009-02-03 11:52 UTC by 6230
DutchVirtual
= dv1 configuration notes = * eth1 has IP address 192.168.0.253 * Disks are in s/w raid, partition 1 . . . network interfaces can be read out and plotted * Test transfer of large 1G files * Make copy-on-write . . . * ssh to domU * check hostname and interfaces * Test networking; do a wget * Generate SSH server keys: . . . * Set DNS entry, as well as reverse entry * '''Test shutdown/startup through panel''' * Restart snmpd . . . file to /etc/mrtg under the name mrtg4.cfg * Test mrtg by executing the command specified in /etc/cron.d/mrtg . . .
5K - last updated 2008-08-15 10:01 UTC by Bart
Easy logging in
== std_mingetty == To make my Red Hat Linux virtual consoles a little more userfriendly, I adapted the . . . WITH CARE! And since this stuff is only barely tested, use this at your own risk! As the Mozilla people . . . installation take effect. == Download == RPM, tested with RedHat 8 and 9: [[std_mingetty-1.00-1.i386.rpm]] . . . [[std_mingetty-1.00-1.src.rpm]] Tarball, not tested at all: [[std_mingetty-1.00.tar.gz]] . . .
1K - last updated 2005-03-19 07:17 UTC by 6230
Eclipse
[http://simplygenius.com/geekblog/2005/04/08/1112982083849.html Painless Eclipse upgrades under Linux] . . . CxxTestPlugin on SourceForge] and [http://web-cat.cs.vt.edu/WCWiki/EclipsePlugins/CxxTestPlugin . . . make C++ project". * The [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TestingFramework Testing Frameworks] page at C2 [[EPIC]] . . .
1K - last updated 2006-02-28 15:58 UTC by 6230
Engineer humor
After every flight, the pilot fills a form to tell the engineer which problems or deviations he encountered . . . tire of the left innerwheel mostly replaced. P: Testflight OK, except the automatic landing system . . .
2K - last updated 2007-09-10 08:30 UTC by bvankuik
Evolutionary Database Design Dutch
== Evolutionair Database Design == Door Martin Fowler en Pramod Sadalage Vertaald naar het Nederlands . . . proces dat wordt afgewisseld met constructie, testen en zelfs opleveren. Dit is het contrast tussen . . . waarbij deze wordt afgesloten met werkende, getestte en geïntegreerde code voor een kleine subset . . . code. == Een database die bestaat uit schema en test data == Als we over een database praten hier, . . . lijst van alle staten van Amerika maar ook test data zoals een paar klanten. Die data is nodig . . .
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Example of building and using an external library with SafeStr
= Installation = Download SafeStr from the homepage http://www.zork.org/safestr/ First compile and install . . . in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. = Testing = First, we create a simple test file: #include . . . -lsafestr -lpthread OBJS = testsafestr.o %.o : %.c $(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ . . . all: testsafestr testsafestr: $(OBJS) $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) . . . -o $@ clean: rm -f *.o testsafestr Compile the program with the makefile and . . .
2K - last updated 2006-05-24 10:43 UTC by 6230
FIFOs
= Using a FIFO file to pipe = How can I communicate using a file? A FIFO file, also known as a named . . . which is transported */ int n_read_retval; /* to test the returnvalue of the FIFO reading func */ umask(0); . . .
4K - last updated 2006-03-21 10:45 UTC by 6230
FISKE Steps test 01.jpg
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Fixing bugs
For a given piece of software, it's possible that thousands of bugs are logged. That's good. However, . . . every product, there's a product team including testers and functional people. And the morale drops . . .
1K - last updated 2005-10-28 15:54 UTC by 6230
General programming links
* [http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/docs/latest/extending.html Extending Jira] -- Jira is an issue . . .
1K - last updated 2005-09-29 07:37 UTC by 6230
Get QEMU running
To get QEMU running, take the following steps: # Download the [http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/rc3/sarge-i386-netinst.iso . . . guest inside QEMU on a Linux host. I tested the Linux host with nbench. ||''Native Linux . . .
2K - last updated 2005-05-16 06:31 UTC by 6230
IDL
= Installing GDL = http://gnudatalanguage.sourceforge.net/ GDL is an IDL clone. To install on Fedora . . . export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/opt/gdl-0.8.11/bin * To test, type: $ gdl GDL - GNU Data Language, Version . . .
1K - last updated 2006-02-08 15:12 UTC by 6230
Internationalization
== WARNING WORK IN PROGRESS == == "Geïrriteerd" == Are you a West-European software developer who: # . . . PHP its Strings aren't Unicode by default * Do testing with Perl == Even if there is a standard... . . .
10K - last updated 2005-12-04 15:35 UTC by 6230
JDeveloper on Linux
Here I'm listing some news, tips, problems and issues I found while running JDeveloper on Linux. For . . . junit.swingui.TestRunner ${target.class}. You can create it yourself . . . in the editor or the navigator on a JUnit testclass and pick the option you just created to run . . . a testclass. The best thing is, you can put ANYTHING . . . JVM == In my experience, it helps to use the latest release of the JVM for running JDeveloper. For . . .
15K - last updated 2006-01-30 14:56 UTC by 6230
JFall 2004 proceedings
Na een lange periode van radiostilte is de Nederlandse Java User Group NL-JUG weer tot leven gebracht. . . . kun je als projectmanager inkorten op testen en aan het eind van het project nog ontwikkelaars . . . een pick-up truck terecht komt. Over de rol van tester had Hoogendoorn in deze presentatie weinig te . . . gewoon worden doorgeprogrammeerd terwijl de tester zijn werk doet. In de laatste slides werden . . . zaken zoals logging, authentication, performance testing, bepaalde vormen van input validatie enzovoort . . .
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JavaSnippets
To do quick-'n'-dirty timing: boolean debug = true; long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis(); if (debug) . . . it's done (there are better ways!): public class TestThread extends Thread { private Connection conn; . . . = false; private StringBuffer runtime; public TestThread( Connection conn, StringBuffer runtime ) . . . be necessary) try { Statement stmt = conn.createStatement(); ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery( "select . . . import="blahblah"%> <html> <head> <title>ThreadTest</title> <% Connection conn = null; // obtain your . . .
3K - last updated 2005-03-14 10:40 UTC by 6230
Linux on a Dell D600
My employer issued a shiny brand-new Dell Latitude D600. Here, I'm listing any issues I had with this . . . == I used to run a custom 2.6 kernel, 2.6.0-test6. On RedHat 9, this gives a compilation error . . .
3K - last updated 2005-03-19 07:00 UTC by 6230
Linux on the Desktop
== Linux on the desktop for an Oracle consultant == Larry painted a powerful present and future for Linux, . . . of the MS Office suite, except Access. The latest version of OpenOffice (with his branded sister . . .
6K - last updated 2005-04-19 13:33 UTC by 6230
Long-running queries
To put a long-running query in the background, and keep refreshing your JSP until it's done, see below. . . . There are better ways, though. public class TestThread extends Thread { private Connection conn; . . . = false; private StringBuffer runtime; public TestThread( Connection conn, StringBuffer runtime ) . . . be necessary) try { Statement stmt = conn.createStatement(); ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery( "select . . . import="blahblah"%> <html> <head> <title>ThreadTest</title> <% Connection conn = null; // obtain your . . .
2K - last updated 2005-11-10 09:11 UTC by 6230
M4
Everyone seems to have forgotten about M4, an extremely handy standard Unix tool when you need a text . . . following command would suit your needs: [jackv@testbox1]$ m4 -DPREFIX="$USERNAME" mymacros.m4 orm-tool.xml . . .
2K - last updated 2007-03-13 07:38 UTC by bvankuik
Makefiles
= General programming information = In this section, we are going to look at the things which make up . . . 3) CC = gcc 4) LIBS = -lpthread 5) 6) all: testServer 7) 8) testServer: testServer.o SimpleServer.o . . . Server.o 9) $(CC) -o testServer testServer.o SimpleServer.o Server.o $(LIBS) . . . $(FLAGS) 10) 11) testServer.o: testServer.cpp 12) $(CC) -c testServer.cpp . . . . . . 22) # WATCH OUT WITH THIS LINE!! 23) rm testServer *.o core *.bak *.aux *.log -f The first . . .
8K - last updated 2006-01-26 08:56 UTC by 6230
Multiple regression
* A good statistical model is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsimony parsimonious] * We assume that . . . so we can carry out statistical hypothesis tests using the ''F'' and ''t'' distributions * For . . .
2K - last updated 2009-02-08 14:25 UTC by 6230
MySQL
= Installation = Install as usual for your distribution. For Debian, this means: $ sudo apt-get install . . . emp_id, emp_name FROM emps INTO OUTFILE '/tmp/test.txt'; Note that this instructs the ''server'' . . .
8K - last updated 2023-01-30 09:45 UTC by bartvk
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Parsing and transforming RDF files in PLSQL
When you say 'XML', you'd probably also say 'Java' -- until now, because a stock Oracle database installation . . . == Conclusion == A remark: performance isn't tested, but it's definitely smartest to do the parsing . . .
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Performance
The subject is: performance measurement of a Linux server. = Measuring bandwidth = First, create a file . . . If it's a networked drive, use time: $ time cp test10mb.bin /Volumes/dav/ real 0m43.624s user 0m0.002s . . . is the bottleneck = harddisk performance = To test harddisk performance, there are many tools available. . . . tmp=`echo $tmp | sed -e "s/\..*//"` echo "Test $i: $tmp" (( total+=$tmp )) done (( mean=$total/$n . . . lighttpd start # chkconfig lighttpd on Now test your scripts and be happy. Some points: * Some . . .
6K - last updated 2013-12-20 08:02 UTC by 6230
Perl
= Help = Help isn't far away: $ perldoc -f keyword = Parameters = Parameters (other word: arguments) . . . but this one is mine: my $filename = "log_temptest-23-05-2007-17-07.csv"; my $handle; PrivoxyWindowOpen($handle, . . . $i<100; $i++) printf("%d percent done", $i); = Testing for a regexp = To see whether a string starts . . . end up in Apache's error_log. print STDERR "Test error message\n"; Alternatively, concatenate package, . . . strings by reference = sub changestr { my $test = shift(@_); $$test = "Mein Herz brennt"; } my . . .
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Programmable logic
= Basic steps = * VHDL or Verilog code, i.e. a "core" * Test using simulation * Set up input signal and . . . test, or use the testbench that comes with the core . . . * If test is green, synthesize with synthesizer tool * Place . . .
1K - last updated 2006-07-30 07:57 UTC by 6230
Python
= Debugging trick = To make the debugger prompt pop up at a specific place, paste the following line . . . subclass thereof Basically, I use type() to test simple stuff like int or str or what have you. . . . To test the class of an object, I use isinstance(someParameter, . . .
2K - last updated 2013-02-28 08:44 UTC by 6230
Queuing Mechanisms
= Queuing Mechanisms = Even though I read it cover to cover, I regularly reread chapters of [http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/ . . . where you can delete it, change it, or add test messages. It might also come in handy when you . . .
6K - last updated 2014-02-07 13:28 UTC by 6230
RT
= Installation on Debian = Install apache, fastcgi, mysql ... from woody. libcgi-fast-perl libfcgi-perl . . . -de -Dprefix=$HOME/perl \ && make \ && make test \ && make install make sure PATH for rt is /home/rt/perl/bin:$PATH . . . rt@run:~/src/rt-3-0-7_01$ perl sbin/rt-test-dependencies --with-mysql --with-fastcgi run perl . . . for the 'make install' command? UNINST=1 run the test for perl modules with --install from rt rt@run:~/src/rt-3-0-7_01$ . . . perl sbin/rt-test-dependencies --with-mysql --with-fastcgi --install . . .
3K - last updated 2006-03-01 09:27 UTC by 6230
Random C snippets
= Completely read a file = To completely read a file into a string, see below. Warning: uses glibc-specific . . . #include <syslog.h> int main(void) { openlog("TheTestSyslogProject", 0, LOG_USER); syslog(LOG_INFO, . . . "Test Message from outer space"); return 0; } = Bitwise . . .
3K - last updated 2011-06-17 12:07 UTC by 6230
SSH
= Create a VNC tunnel to work = Suppose your home and organization's network looks like this: +-----Organization-Network-----+ . . . -L 8021:workstation:21 You can now test this by FTP'ing to localhost, port 8021 $ ftp . . .
7K - last updated 2008-11-14 09:17 UTC by 6230
SVN
I've written about the differences between SVN and CVS and the usage of the plugins in Eclipse, see also . . . want these in your status lists: $ svn stat ? test/leon3 ? eqm/leon3 SVN does ignore files its own . . . a property. To ignore certain files, do: $ cd test $ svn propedit svn:ignore . (An editor pops up, . . . A shamroc/scripts/adc_styx/dacadctest.pl A shamroc/scripts/adc_styx/boardpower.pl Checked . . . Sending python/mylib/file2.py Sending python/test_scripts/file3.py Sending python/test_scripts/file4.py . . .
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Scratch CentOS 5
* Installation. Customized package selection, everything deselected except base utilities. * Log in for . . . network to static IP, restarted domU, works. * Test booting with either disk decoupled. Works after . . . This is a bit dumb for a PowerEdge server. * Test performance on # Plain partition # Raid 1 partition . . . hoping that this helps. * Testing performance outside and inside a Xen VM: Outside: . . . %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP parttest 1G 44894 93 71689 27 26850 2 43208 41 63040 1 . . .
7K - last updated 2007-08-10 12:43 UTC by 6230
Scratchpad
Traceback (most recent call last): File "./test_gpib_prologix.py", line 118, in <module> result0 = f.get("LAST? . . . %d" % chan) File "./test_gpib_prologix.py", line 83, in get self.checkErr(cmd) . . . File "./test_gpib_prologix.py", line 67, in checkErr raise . . .
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Screen
When you're ssh'ing to a specific remote server regularly, [http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/screen.html . . . logs in and starts GNU Screen with option -r test1/ For this to work, GNU Screen has to run ''setuid'', . . .
7K - last updated 2009-05-26 14:24 UTC by 6230
Second opinion
The doctor said, "Joe, the good news is I can cure your headaches. The bad news is that it will require . . . have a very rare condition, which causes your testicles to press on your spine and the pressure creates . . . way to relieve the pressure is to remove the testicles." Joe was shocked and depressed. He wondered . . . can't wear a size 34. A size 34 would press your testicles up against the base of your spine and give . . .
2K - last updated 2005-07-13 13:04 UTC by 6230
Sex with English teacher
Joke: Sex with English teacher A young boy comes home from school and his mother says "What did you . . . which the boy says "Oh the usual, I had a math test, I got an A in spelling and I had sex with my . . . her what I did in school today. I had a math test, I got an A in spelling and I had sex with my . . .
1K - last updated 2005-08-11 09:06 UTC by 6230
Shared directories
Sometimes you need a couple of users to share a directory, for example a number of developers who test . . . and add the line umask 002 I have not tested this under other distributions. = KDE = Under . . . and add one line: umask 002 I have not tested this under other distributions. . . .
2K - last updated 2009-10-28 10:47 UTC by 6230
Signals
= What good is it using signals? = With signals we mean the "software interrupts" that you also send . . . in; can be NULL together with oldact, so you can test whether the system supports the signal. struct . . . when you're reading something from a device. To test this, put the following code in the main() function . . .
7K - last updated 2007-04-02 12:46 UTC by 6230
Sockets NL NL
Network IPC [ HOME ] Dit stukje probeert duidelijk te maken hoe je programma's over het netwerk kunnen . . . terug te sturen met SendString. Een programma testServer wordt ook gegeven. De client is nu niet . . .
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Software RAID
= Testing and setting up RAID-1 = Install a minimal and configure with RAID-1, with a small RAID-1 partition . . . setup (hd0) root (hd1,0) setup (hd1) quit</tt> Test by rebooting. * When successful, shut down, remove . . . second drive and start up * Shut down again and test rebuilding: <tt>mdadm /dev/md0 --add /dev/hdb1</tt> . . . * Do the same testing with the first drive removed. The large RAID-1 . . .
6K - last updated 2007-08-10 14:43 UTC by 6230
Start of a project
Checklist for a professional software engineering environment: * Coding standards * Logging framework . . . * Testing framework * Source code versioning * Build . . . are scripting languages, which platforms will be tested? * Is portability an issue? * Decide on one . . .
1K - last updated 2007-03-07 12:19 UTC by bvankuik
Subclipse
[http://subclipse.tigris.org/ Subclipse homepage] [http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html Subclipse FAQ] . . . with CVS: * Slow. While CVS isn't the fastest animal, I found some actions in Subversion even . . .
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System V shared memory
= Problem: how can I share memory between processes? = The fastest way of getting data from process A . . .
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Test
This is a test page!! Yippey yo kayee motherfucker . . .
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TestTableViewCellSizing.zip
application/zip
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Tracking Issues
Have you ever logged a bug against an (open source) piece of software? Were you happy with the results? . . . made screenshots, attached documents and tested on both Windows and Linux. One and a half year . . .
5K - last updated 2005-10-11 10:18 UTC by 6230
Traffic shaping
Limiting all outgoing traffic on eth0 is what we want here. Clear any existing traffic shaping on eth0 . . . u32 match ip dst 91.195.201.27 flowid 1:1 To be tested: add the ingress queue: # tc qdisc add dev eth0 . . . yet Now that we know how to shape, let's test it: # Create a bridge sudo brctl addbr br0 sudo . . .
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Unintelligible Requirements
; Mark: "When you have a requirement with which you don't yet know what the resulting changes are, you . . . # Make it difficult to let them get the latest requirement. Make it easy to get confused with . . .
4K - last updated 2006-03-02 19:19 UTC by 6230
User Mode Linux and Fedora Core 3
User Mode Linux (UML) is pretty amazing: you run a complete Linux installation ''inside'' your normal . . . <tt>ARCH=um make</tt> # If it's finished, test the new kernel by typing <tt>./vmlinux --help</tt>. . . . <tt>mv Debian-3.0r0.ext2 ~/uml</tt> # Now do a test run: $ cd ~/uml</tt> $ ./vmlinux udb0=Debian-3.0r0.ext2</tt> . . . /usr/bin/uml_switch /usr/bin/jailtest /usr/lib/uml /usr/lib/uml/port-helper To test, . . . Open another console on the host and test it as follows (bold is your input): $ uml_mconsole . . .
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Using Screen
= THIS IS AN OLD VERSION = PLEASE CHECK THE MORE RECENT PAGE: [[Screen]]. When you're ssh'ing to a specific . . . * user2 logs in and starts screen with option -r test1/ For this to work, screen has to run ''setuid'', . . .
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Vim
[http://www.moolenaar.net/habits.html Tips from Bram], be sure to read them. = Interaction with X = Vim . . . output must show '+xterm_clipboard'. Get the latest source, then compile with: <tt>./configure --with-x . . .
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Virtual interfaces
= WORK IN PROGRESS = == Client request == I want to test a very bad TCP/IP connection, how can I simulate . . . This is often useful to simulate networks when testing applications or protocols. . . .
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Watchdog script
Recently I received some beta software that I had to integration-test with our own software. However . . .
2K - last updated 2007-08-08 15:29 UTC by bvankuik
Why men are happier
Why ARE Men Happier? Makes sense to me. Men Are Just Happier People-- What do you expect from such simple . . . your own jars. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. If someone forgets to invite . . .
2K - last updated 2005-05-19 12:35 UTC by 6230
Work pictures
Shamroc project: * [[shamroc_dac_bord.jpg]] The Lab in Groningen: * [[lab1.jpg]] * [[lab2.jpg]] * [[lab3.jpg]] . . . * [[siscl_curve_large.png]] Radiation test in Noordwijk: * [[radtest1.jpg]] Temporary: * . . .
1K - last updated 2009-03-30 07:22 UTC by 6230
X11
= Running an X11 program on your display under another user = Suppose you're logged in as '''user1''' . . . <tt>xauth merge /tmp/myxauth</tt> and then to test <tt>xclock</tt> A clock should appear. '''user1''' . . .
3K - last updated 2014-04-30 13:40 UTC by 6230
XML
= Commandline tools = Most Linux distributions have a host of commandline tools, readily installed, that . . . that uses XML for something. For example, you're testing transformation of an XML datagram to HTML: . . . --param path "/path/to/something" getpath.xsl test.xml To get the value in a shellscript variable: . . . --param path "/path/to/something" getpath.xsl test.xml` echo "Something: $SOMETHING" . . .
1K - last updated 2007-11-05 12:54 UTC by 6230
Xen
= Tips = == Mounting == If you do a straight install of CentOS to an image with <tt>virt-manager</tt>, . . . ext3 -partition 1 -diskimage /var/lib/xen/images/testimage /mnt/image This won't work well for logical . . . 32 bit SMP: http://bits.xensource.com/Xen/latest/xen-3.0.2-install-x86_32.tgz 32 bit SMP PAE: http://bits.xensource.com/Xen/latest/xen-3.0.2-install-x86_32p.tgz . . . 64 bit SMP: http://bits.xensource.com/Xen/latest/xen-3.0.2-install-x86_64.tgz The source is here: . . . http://bits.xensource.com/Xen/latest/xen-3.0.2-src.tgz Live Demo CD (no installation . . .
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check unittest.xslt
application/xml
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cxxtest-3.1.10.deb
application/x-archive
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cxxtest-3.1.10.tar.gz
application/x-gzip
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demux fee test setup.jpg
image/jpeg
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demux test script plot.jpg
image/jpeg
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demux test script scope.jpg
image/jpeg
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dv1 installation
* Installation, see [[Booting_over_the_network]]. Customized package selection, everything deselected . . . network to static IP, restarted domU, works. * Test booting with either disk decoupled. Works after . . .
3K - last updated 2007-06-24 09:37 UTC by 6230
qmake
= Generating makefiles = Another approach to building software is ''generating'' make files. This is . . . = Starting = Suppose we have a minimalist test class, something like the following: #include . . .
2K - last updated 2007-10-11 14:48 UTC by 6230
radtest1.jpg
image/jpeg
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test
application/octet-stream
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test.cgi
application/octet-stream
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test cars.zip
application/zip
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test ccsds.c
text/x-csrc
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test ccsds.c example test file
text/x-csrc
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testenv.pl
application/x-perl
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testpackage.tar.gz
application/x-gzip
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unix bench xen budgetdedicated
BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 4.0.1) System -- vankuik Start Benchmark Run: Wed Mar 8 11:44:14 CET 2006 . . . 3923583.2 lps (10 secs, 10 samples) Arithmetic Test (type = double) 571690.1 lps (10 secs, 10 samples) . . . 224.0 lpm (60 secs, 3 samples) Arithmetic Test (type = short) 649090.2 lps (10 secs, 3 samples) . . . Arithmetic Test (type = int) 730309.2 lps (10 secs, 3 samples) . . . Arithmetic Test (type = long) 736697.8 lps (10 secs, 3 samples) . . .
3K - last updated 2006-03-15 11:47 UTC by 6230
vankuik.nl
= Latest weblog entries = <journal 5> = Weblog Archive = [[Weblog_entries_2024]] [[Weblog_entries_2023]] . . . = Articles = Articles, chronologically (latest first). This is pretty old stuff. * [[Configuration]] . . . of the most interesting presentations on the latest meeting of the Dutch Java User Group * [[Cooperation_with_Oracle_India.ppt]] . . .
4K - last updated 2024-04-16 10:29 UTC by bartvk
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