A Remembrance of Print Server config past

Problem

Printer not printing

Cause

Netgear dual band router died so got a nice ASUS one. So connection to the apsusb203 print server was lost.

Solution

Manually allocate IP in DHCP settings to the one set up on the print server.  Bah-bing done!

Wordpress dev and Docker on OS X

This was a good step-by-step guide to follow with port forwarding instructions so that you can actually access your Wordpress from the browser on your host (Mac):

How to Use the Official Docker WordPress Image

For the CLI (command line) / terminal averse mac users have Kitematic.  Use it to start and stop docker machine.  It also shows you the available images stored in the docker repository.

The whole point of Docker for me was fast performance on my laptop for Wordpress testing.  YB tested how fast files sync'ed between the Mac and the container running in Virtual box:

A productive development environment with Docker on OS X

1st class citizen on Linux a little less so on OS X.  But still pretty awesome!  Docker's excellent documentation has a nice diagram making that concept clear.

How a little juju helped my Wordpress

quick install WP (wordpress) using juju charms

Help I have undead juju hanging around (even after restarting!)

getting rid of juju state

juju destroy-environment --force

sudo cleanup-juju

Resources

ubuntu 13.10: deploy wordpress and mysql with juju-local

Redeploying OMG!Ubuntu onto the cloud with juju

Installing and configuring Juju for LXC (Linux)

Remove Juju Local Environment Cleanly

HP 5P, print server on Mavericks 10.9.3

Printing (didn't) happen

My SnowLeopard machine prints just fine to via a print server to an HP 5P.  On the Mavericks notebook the add Printers button brought up the list of printers on the network.   Lights green in the control panel but no blinky lights, churning sounds and no paper emerging from the bowels of the beast.

Fix (What to DO? oh toh keh?)

• printer cups interface (in your browser http://localhost:631/) 
• Gutenprint drivers

Frustration Rising (dead ends that didn't work)

• adding and deleting printer
• ipp with IP address and port name
• turning firewall off
• looking at tcpdump log

Good luck!

References:
Beyond the basics: OS X's advanced printer tools
OS X Mavericks: IP printer settings

Build FAILS: Handbrake 0.9.9 on OS X 10.9.3 Mavricks

follow handbrake build instructions for OS X:
https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/CompileGuide


result:

********* BUILD FAILS

what now:

If you have installed any utilties like autoconf automake under /usr/local/bin/ while trying to build remove those.

When you installed Xcode 5.1.3 from the App Store you probably didn't know you also have to install the command line tools.  Type this into a terminal window:

xcode-select --install

more details:

svn6226 builds fails on OS X 10.9.3 Xcode 5.1.1

 

Enjoy!

Building FireFox on Mac OS X 10.6 SnowLeopard

On Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

The 10.5 .mozconfig works fine for Firefox 3.6 called Gecko 1.9.2. The problems start after putting the 10.6 sdk line into .mozconfig many many crashes.

[DRAFT]