Since OpenSolaris started using Gnome 2.24, I started getting loud system beeps those were produced on the PC speaker device that by-passes the audio device. Gnome uses kbd to generate this beep. This beep is so loud that it is really annoying. Also it hurts one's ears when ...

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For a while now, I was not happy with the speed my Debian GNU/Linux booted. It was taking approximately 1:10 minutes to drop me in the GDM prompt. Today, I decided that I will try to probe into what exactly is happening. I have already heard of bootchart ...

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I have pre-ordered Apple iPhone 3G from my neighboring AT&T store last Sunday (Jul 20). I have done this as purchasing from the Apple Store wouldn't let me to apply my FAN discounts on the plan. Applying it latter would reflect only after a couple of billing cycles ...

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On my OpenSolaris. What could be more exciting than this?

praveen@athena:~$ /opt/sfw/bin/emacs
Fatal error (11).Segmentation Fault (core dumped)

praveen@athena:~$ file core
core:           ELF 32-bit LSB core file 80386 Version 1, from 'emacs'

praveen@athena:~$ gdb -c core /opt/sfw/bin/emacs
GNU gdb 6 ...

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Since I started using Emacs, I started using the Control key more than I had used it before. That is when I started using my Caps Lock key as Control key. In the beginning, I swapped the Control key and the Caps Lock key. However while doing pair programming on ...

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-> I have no affiliation with the Passport Office. I wouldn't be able to answer any questions about passport statuses. Please don't ask me about your case. <-

The site of Regional Passport Office of Chennai has a page to inquire about the passport application case status. If you just ...

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Lately I was encountering segmentation fault with one of our processes and found that it was not dumping core file even though we asked it by using appropriate ulimit setting. It was set-UIDed root. Then I discovered that the default behavior of set-UID, set-GID processes is not to dump core ...

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I have been using GNU Emacs for programming for nearly 9 years now. It is exciting to keep discovering new extensions to Emacs throughout. I have heard of Ange-FTP before that can be used for remote file editing using FTP. However, I have never tried remote file editing on a ...

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I am casually evaluating CppUnit lately. It is pretty good. I was using the CompileOutputter as the outputter for CppUnit tests. However, the default settings for gcc is not Emacs friendly for multi-directory projects. To overcome this, I had to set the location format of the CompilerOuputter to "%p:%l ...

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In the unit testing world, sometimes we encounter a situation where we need to unit test private or protected member functions. There is a lot of arguments surrounding this topic. Some claim that if a private member function needs testing, it implies that there is a need for refactoring. However ...

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