In /etc/udev/rules.d/50-usb.rules:

SUBSYSTEM=="block", DEVTYPE=="disk", DEVNAME=="/dev/", ACTION=="add", RUN+="/bin/mount -a"
SUBSYSTEM=="block", DEVTYPE=="disk", DEVNAME=="/dev/", ACTION=="remove", RUN+="/bin/umount /dev/%k"

To list the environment variables available for matching in udev, use udevadm monitor --environment

According to source from MS, this was “due to the automount policy for your machine being set to disable”. Whatever that is, the solution is simple:

1. Run DISKPART

2. automount enable

3. Restart

4. Install SP1

Works for me, and it’s all that matters.

Windows 7/2008 R2 Service Pack 1 fails with 0x800f0a12

Put the aliases in %userprofile%\mymacros.txt:
VBoxManage="c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" $*

In HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor, create/edit a string value “AutoRun”:
doskey /macrofile="%userprofile%\mymacros.txt"

The aliases (macros…) should be ready the next time the command prompt is started.

Doskey reference

An example of config.yml:

presets:
  tv:
    series:
      - House:
        from_group:
          - LOL
          - 2HD
    exists_series:
      - /srv/tmp/download
    deluge: yes

feeds:
  house:
    preset: tv
    rss: http://ezrss.it/search/index.php?show_name=House&show_name_exact=true&mode=rss

This config will check the given rss feed for new torrents and monitor the directory for existing episodes. Torrents for new episodes from either LOL or 2HD groups that have not been downloaded will be added to deluge, a bittorrent client.

Happy downloading!

So I improvised and changed the form (and StackedInline) to a 2-up layout. No more “eyeballs misalignment”.

The corresponding template for Django 1.2.1 (/contrib/admin/templates/admin/includes/fieldset.html) looks like this, modified lines highlighted:

<fieldset class="module aligned {{ fieldset.classes }}">
    {% if fieldset.name %}<h2>{{ fieldset.name }}</h2>{% endif %}
    {% if fieldset.description %}
        <div class="description">{{ fieldset.description|safe }}</div>
    {% endif %}
    <table border=0 width=100%>
    {% for line in fieldset %}
        {% cycle '<tr>' '' %}
        <td width=50%>
        <div style="border-bottom:0" class="form-row{% if line.errors %} errors{% endif %}{% for field in line %} {{ field.field.name }}{% endfor %}">
            {{ line.errors }}
            {% for field in line %}
                <div{% if not line.fields|length_is:"1" %} class="field-box"{% endif %}>
                    {% if field.is_checkbox %}
                        {{ field.field }}{{ field.label_tag }}
                    {% else %}
                        {{ field.label_tag }}
                        {% if field.is_readonly %}
                            <p>{{ field.contents }}</p>
                        {% else %}
                            {{ field.field }}
                        {% endif %}
                    {% endif %}
                    {% if field.field.field.help_text %}
                        <p class="help">{{ field.field.field.help_text|safe }}</p>
                    {% endif %}
                </div>
            {% endfor %}
        </div>
        </td>
        {% cycle '' '</tr>' %}
    {% endfor %}
    </table>
</fieldset>

BUT, here’s the caveat: TextField will mess up the layout a bit due to CSS. And since I do not use TextField extensively, I prefer to leave it at that (minimal hacking). Please leave a comment if anyone find other field types that do not display/work properly.

p/s: All hail source code posting!
Posting Source Code « Support — WordPress.com

VPN is a fine solution, but me being lazy, I prefer using softwares already present on my systems. SSH tunneling seems to fit the bill just nice. OpenSSH outside China (checked), Putty on laptop (checked), ready!

Putty

1. Under Session, enter hostname.
2. Under Connection > SSH > Tunnels, enter source port, select ‘Dynamic’ and click ‘Add’.
3. Select ‘Open’ and log in with username and password.
4. Halfway done; leave the window open.

OpenSSH (for *nix only)

ssh -C2qTnN -D source_port_number username@remote_host.com

Browser (edit: only Firefox at the moment)

1. Generally, look under options/preference > network > proxy to enter the address ‘localhost’ for SOCKS5 proxy using the source port number chosen.
2. edit: (For Firefox) Enter about:config in the address bar, go (and promise you’ll be careful), enter network.proxy.socks_remote_dns in the filter bar and set the value to true.
3. Surf on past the Great Firewall of China!

China happens to be the unfortunate example; insert country-that-does-funky-things-to-network-traffic here.

edit: Among the mainstream browsers, only Firefox allows remote DNS resolution via SOCKS proxy right now.

edit: Empirically, setting keepalive to 2 seconds on client-side seems to improve connectivity (China).

The latest firefox update to version 3.6 prevented access to VMware Server 2.0.2. It will first load an empty page where a login prompt is expected, and subsequent refresh is greeted by “The connection was reset”.

Hold off the firefox updates if you still want to use the webaccess interface (3.5.7 works). Or try an alternate browser.

What happened is when IDA ask the following:

IDA Pro has determined that the input file was linked with debug information. Do you want to look for the corresponding PDB file at the local symbol store and the Microsoft Symbol Server?

it made use of its dbghelp.dll and symsrv.dll to load the symbols. We are supposed to accept Microsoft’s terms for using their symbols, but since symsrv.dll is used directly by the plugin the prompt to accept the terms is not displayed, the license cannot be accepted, and hence the symbol loading fails.

The solution is to include an empty symsrv.yes file alongside symsrv.dll in IDA’s directory to indicate that we’d gladly accept the terms that never appear.

Someone apparently had the same problem (The internet is a great counselor; it provides relief to grief by telling you that someone out there shares the same fate as you) and gave a solution. For this we need VMware Remote Console from either Workstation or Server; I only attempted this with Server though.

1. Create a shortcut to vmware-vmrc.exe either by selecting “Generate Virtual Machine Shortcut” in Server’s web UI or creating it manually.
2. Get the path to the vmx file. In vSphere Client it’s Inventory > Virtual Machine > Edit Settings… > Options under Virtual Machine Configuration File.
3. Append arguments to the shortcut in this format:

   <path to vmware-vmrc.exe> -h esxihost -u username -p password -m <path to vmx>

Of course we can leave out the -u and -p options for interactive authentication. For the record, mine look like this:

C:\Users\root\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\646a7374.default\extensions\VMwareVMRC@vmware.com\plugins\vmware-vmrc.exe -h 192.168.1.220 -m "[datastore] Ubuntu/Ubuntu.vmx"

Edit: There is a vmware-vmrc.exe, e.x.p build-158248, included with VMware vSphere Client (C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\4.0) but I could not get it to work using the arguments given above. If anyone managed to do it (without VMware vSphere Client running) do drop a message.