Tweak

There are on occasions some processes that are locking up for some reason, as mentioned before. The biggest culprit appeared to be the graphics manager which means that uploading private graphics is presently turned off until I can get to fix the script. There are others that are occasionally locking too, and at this time…

I broke it all during an upgrade to try to get PHP and MySQL to stop barfing over each other. Turns out its a GLIBC bug as a suspected. Anyway, for those non-techie of you, its fixed and should work properly… You can tell this because I am able to login and do an update…

I have discovered some useful information regarding the recent spam attack, and have put in place some extra countermeasures that, at least for now, have enabled me to switch the Last 10 Updates and new users back on. If you discover further spam please let me know the username as soon as possible so that…

I was made aware this evening of an annoying niggle when trying to leave private comments for people.. Symptom;Mark the comment as private by placing a tick in the relevant tickbox, click ‘The Button’ to add the comment. When you read it back you realise you made a typo so you click the ‘No! Let…

I’ve made a slight tweak to the authentication modules at the recommendation of one of the other users of the MySQL Auth Module (Mark Blair) so I’m trying that one out to see if it stops the Apache box from restarting every hour or so. Most people won’t notice any difference with any luck, but…

You can switch off secure comments by logging in to your diary, clicking Customize, choosing the General Diary Options, Basic Settings and clearing the checkbox. You can click here for a shortcut 🙂 Steve.