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  • Optimize Amarok collection indexing using MySQL

    By default, Amarok use SQLite to store collection informations. If you’ve a running MySQL or Postgre server on your machine, you can optimize Amarok collection indexing reducing retrieval time. Open a root shell (sudo bash) and run mysql mysql> create database amarok; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> grant all privileges on amarok.* […]

    chirale

    January 22, 2008
    Howtos
    amarok, collection, gnu/linux, howto, indexing, linux, mysql, optimization
  • Use lightbox for all inline elements

    Prerequisites: inline module lightbox2 module imagecache module You simply enable lightbox v2 on image nodes (admin/settings/lightbox2) but your lightbox show a small imagecache thumbnail? Disable lightbox on image nodes (admin/settings/lightbox2) Enable “Display image with a link to the image file” (admin/settings/inline) Apply this Inline lightbox patch This patch simply add a rel=”lightbox” to each inline […]

    chirale

    January 21, 2008
    Drupal
    Drupal, image link, imagecache, inline, lightbox, lightbox2, patch
  • Make JCarousel and Contemplate work together

    Drupal modules needed: JQuery Update* JCarousel* (read JCarousel documentation) Contemplate Image Cache (optional, for thumb rendering) Lightbox v2 (optional, for thumb zoom to original image) * = tested on latest official release Howto subject: How to use JCarousel within a Contemplate modified node body JCarousel is a nice JQuery plugin to render a vertical or […]

    chirale

    January 13, 2008
    Drupal
    contemplate, Drupal, howto, javascript, jcarousel, jquery
  • Create nice pdf with ps2pdf and any word processing utility

    Apply on: any GNU/Linux distrubution Applications like OpenOffice allow to export document in the PDF format. However, sometimes the result is not very much professional. To obtain the best from your document in printing, you can follow a two-step conversion using any word processing utility. Use the option “Print to file” to convert your document […]

    chirale

    January 6, 2008
    Howtos
    howto, open office, openoffice, pdf, postscript, ps2pdf
  • VirtualBox OSE Debian install howto

    Tested under: GNU/Linux distro: Debian lenny/sid Kernel: 2.6 (2.6.22-3-k7) Architecture: AMD K7 (Athlon XP 1900+) Prerequisites: make sure you’ve selected both lenny and sid repositories. In your /etc/apt/sources.list you must read something like this: ## Debian Unstable (sid) deb http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free ## Debian Testing (lenny) deb […]

    chirale

    December 23, 2007
    Howtos
    debian, gnu/linux, howto, installation, linux, tutorial, virtualbox, virtualization
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