Making FiOS Actiontec Router and Apple Bonjour Services Play Together

I have Verizon FiOS at home. It’s very fast, but if you want optimal speed and all the features the service offers, you must use the router supplied by Verizon. This week, Verizon replaced my old router with a new one: Actiontec MI424WR-GEN3I. Unlike the older model it replaced, the new router is a Gigabit… Continue reading Making FiOS Actiontec Router and Apple Bonjour Services Play Together

Fixing Node.js v0.8.2 Build on Linux

There’s a nasty gcc bug on RedHat (RHEL 6) and CentOS Linux (and related) that gets triggered when you try to build Node.js v0.8.2: pure virtual method called. Solution: Run make install CFLAGS+=-O2 CXXFLAGS+=-O2 instead of just make install. More info: Cannot compile node.js 0.8.2 under CentOS 6.2 “make install”: terminate called without an active… Continue reading Fixing Node.js v0.8.2 Build on Linux

Yet another XP BSOD solved

Stop 0x00000024 Oy. Grab Windows XP Installation CD. Boot into Recovery Console dir c: // cannot read directory. chkdsk c: /p // 1 errors found Reboot into Recovery Console dir c: // success! fixboot Reboot into Windows // success Woot!

FreeNX with Fedora 8

Just finished installing Fedora 8 on one of my machines, only to find that one of my favorite tools, FreeNX (a VNC-like remote desktop protocol), would not work. Turns out Fedora 8 ships with a known bug. More info here. PITA.