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Hmm .. after a few week using hardy heron, i’ve forgot to test out my external/usb soundcard that previouly work out of the box in gutsy. This morning i try to plug-in the Creative Xmod to Hardy … from dmesg looks fine but while trying to set to default card it seem nothing happened

here are my dmesg from hardy:

[ 132.820822] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 132.986895] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 133.531810] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
[ 133.531903] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
[ 133.534491] input: Creative Technology Ltd Creative Xmod as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.3/input/input13
[ 133.560455] input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Device [Creative Technology Ltd Creative Xmod] on usb-0000:00:1a.1-1
[ 133.560475] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 133.560480] /build/buildd/linux-2.6.24/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[ 309.415106] input: Virtual ThinkFinger Keyboard as /devices/virtual/input/input14
[ 319.640577] input: Virtual ThinkFinger Keyboard as /devices/virtual/input/input15
[ 661.189152] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 2
[ 670.367955] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
[ 670.535050] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 670.637180] input: Creative Technology Ltd Creative Xmod as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.3/input/input16
[ 670.664247] input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Device [Creative Technology Ltd Creative Xmod] on usb-0000:00:1a.1-1

its quite differ from the dmesg output in gutsy previously

dmesg from gutsy:

[ 72.240000] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
[ 72.404000] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 72.412000] input: Creative Technology Ltd Creative Xmod as /class/input/input8
[ 72.412000] input: USB HID v1.11 Device [Creative Technology Ltd Creative Xmod] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-2
[ 72.672000] usbcore: registered new interface driver xpad
[ 72.672000] /build/buildd/linux-source-2.6.22-2.6.22/drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c: driver for Xbox controllers v0.1.6
[ 72.832000] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio

while im trying to do:

$ asoundconf list
Names of available sound cards:
Intel
Xmod

$ asoundconf set-default-card Xmod
$

i just only can use the xmod knob to control volume but can’t get the output from it .. so i decide to report it as a bugs here

Here are some other bugs that i’ve report waiting from the developer to fixed it …

There is a few ways to hardening your wordpress … but for me .. i used the WP plugins call wp-security-scan.2.2.58.1.zip & askapache-password-protect.3.6.3.zip

Here are some screenshot after i’ve done the hardening ..

April 23, 2008

Summary
=======
Sophos is pleased to announce the availability of PureMessage for UNIX 5.4.2, which contains various fixes and improvements.

Details
=======

Improvements/fixes in PureMessage 5.4.2 include:

* A new report, Rejected MTA Connections, is available via the Groups Web Interface. This report shows the number of connections rejected as a result of MTA-level IP blocking. (SUG10361)

* A new column displaying the serial number for each PureMessage component has been added to the Licensed Components page of the Support tab. These numbers are helpful to Sophos support, in the event that you need assistance. (SUG10623)

* Due to a limitation in PureMessage, lists associated with Administrative Groups could not be automatically synchronized with the PostgreSQL database. This has been fixed, although some manual steps may be required if you are running the Groups Web Interface as part of a multi-server deployment. If additional steps are necessary, a message to this effect will be displayed after you upgrade to version 5.4.2. Follow the on-screen instructions to resolve any differences between the versions of group list files stored in the database and the group list files stored on edge servers. (DEF09637)

* The pmx-logsearch-index background service was consuming an excessive amount of processing power due to a loop function that was continuously checking for new entries in the mail and message logs. This was most noticeable on systems with a large numbers of logs but without a constant mail flow.

Additionally, the index_expire_days setting in logsearch.conf had no effect, regardless of the number of days specified. As a result, log search data would accumulate until it reached the specified size limit. This service no longer uses too much processing power, and the log search indexes are expired every seven days by default. (DEF20234)

* There was sometimes a difference in the total messages displayed in the Spam Range Volumes and Message Categorization reports for the same time period. This occurred because messages that PureMessage deemed to be 100 percent spam were not included in the Spam Range Volumes report. This has been fixed. (DEF09266)

* In cases where the message body or message headers are altered or removed during processing, PureMessage now assigns a new Message-ID header. This change was made to improve RFC compliance. (DEF19630)

* Previously, if you were using PureMessage in conjunction with the Java System Messaging Server (JSMS) mail transfer agent, messages could become trapped in the JSMS mail queue, where JSMS would continue indefinitely in its attempt to resend the messages. This occurred in instances when the MTA was attempting to pass messages to the PureMessage milter and the milter was unresponsive. If this occurs now, JSMS will attempt to resend according to the intervals specified in the backoff setting of the imta.cnf configuration file in JSMS. (DEF17471)

* Various other fixes and improvements.

The release notes, which contain additional information on the changes, can be found here:

http://pminfo.sophos.com/pmchanges

Recommendations
===============
Sophos strongly recommends that customers running PureMessage 5.x perform this update.
If you haven’t already done so, Sophos also recommends reviewing the version/platform support policy, located here:

http://pminfo.sophos.com/pminfo/docs/PureMessage/version_platform.html

For best anti-spam performance, Sophos recommends that you use IP Blocker at the MTA level to reject messages or in the policy layer to discard, tag or quarantine messages from known bad senders.

Upgrading from PureMessage 5.3.3+
=================================
Sophos strongly recommends reviewing the release notes and upgrade instructions in detail prior to updating. PureMessage 5.x customers can install all updates by performing the following steps:

1.  As the PureMessage user (‘pmx’ by default), run
‘pmx-service stop smtp’ and ‘pmx stop’.

2.  As the root user, run ‘/opt/pmx/bin/pmx-setup’.

** If you are upgrading from a PureMessage version prior to 5.4.x, this release includes a new version of pmx-setup to support signed downloads. Sophos very strongly recommends updating your copy of pmx-setup to the latest version. **

Using the menus, select ‘Upgrade PureMessage Components’, ‘Check for updates’, then ‘Upgrade components’.

3.  As the PureMessage user, run ‘pmx start’ and ‘pmx-service start smtp’.

Detailed information on updating PureMessage 5.3.3 and up (including from tarballs) is available here:

http://pminfo.sophos.com/pminfo/docs/PureMessage/5.4/upgrade.html

If you encounter any issues with PureMessage during this update,
technical support is available at:

http://www.sophos.com/support/queries/enterprise.html

Best Regards,
Sophos Technical Support
Sophos – security and control

Over 100 million business users in over 150 countries rely on security and control solutions from Sophos
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Hmm…. after a long time keeping the Hardy Heron Beta ISO, today my officemate asking to burn it for him … after burning the cd, there is a new features/ubuntu menu .. here are the screenshot :

Today, my officemate ask me to share my mp3′s folder.Suddenly i got this error popup!!

How to solve this error is, u have to add “usershare owner only = False” in smb.conf under the [global] section. Then u restart the samba : $ sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart

Thats all, in Hardy … share folder more easier because u can allow guess access … cayok!! cayok!! Hardy Heron !!!

hmm .. last nite i decide to upgrade my gutsy to hardy … then i make it @ 6.00 p.m then estimated finish clean upgrade +- 3 hours later. Here are some screenshot while upgrading from gutsy to hardy :

if u see 1 of the screenshot i got fakap by application crash … after checking 1 by 1 … here n there … i realize that the problem occur the gnome-setting-daemon crash bcoz of the Xserver-xgl its quite a challenge for me also to find out what actually the causes of the crash report, thanks to god that i finally fix the issue and of course its not coming/declared as a hardy heron bugs. i finally run its fully functional with thinkpad t61 out of the box ..

but im quite sad that i can use some of the addon in firefox 3.0 beta 5 since the plugin/extension doesn’t support with firefox 3.0 b5 such as Foxmark , Fasterfox … hopefully they will come out soon with new version that support ff3

So Ubunturian out there …. lets upgrade it before bandwidth got congest in official lunch this 24 April 2008 !!!

In 2008, Microsoft will release new versions of several seminal products, including Windows Server 2008, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. The 2008 launch wave is an opportunity to shine a light on the power of these products, which deliver the flexibility, security, efficiency, and productivity to let people work in heroic ways, anytime and anywhere.

Hmmm what a buzy day today … i can’t attend the event @ klcc event irwan already invite/ask me to join him for the event. I will get his review about windows server 2008 soon … btw, even though i can’t attend the event, i still got a chance to use the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 beta which i have the license for it & test it.. hopefully i can upgrade the beta release to official release pack ..

thanks to riverdell for setup & up the Windows Server 2008 today (8 April 2008) as it officially launch, without him … even i have the dvd for Win2008 its useless coz i don’t have enough time to setup the server.

Here are some screenshot taken by Terminal Server Client:

Ubuntu Client configuration: (this is my configuration,u guys may configure in your ways!)

### OpenVPN Client Conf (pfsense.ovpn) ###

float
port 1194
dev tun
proto tcp-client
cipher BF-CBC
remote yourpfsenseHOST 1194
ping 10
persist-tun
persist-key
tls-client
ca /where/your/openvpn/cert/stored/ca.crt
cert /where/your/openvpn/cert/stored/fenris.crt
key /where/your/openvpn/key/stored/fenris.key
ns-cert-type server
comp-lzo
pull
verb 4
daemon

pfSense server configuration:

### openvpn_server1.conf ###

writepid /var/run/openvpn_server1.pid
#user nobody
#group nobody
daemon
keepalive 10 60
ping-timer-rem
persist-tun
persist-key
dev tun
proto tcp-server
cipher BF-CBC
up /etc/rc.filter_configure
down /etc/rc.filter_configure
server 192.168.b.0 255.255.255.0
client-config-dir /var/etc/openvpn_csc
push “route 192.168.a.0 255.255.255.0″
lport 1194
ca /var/etc/openvpn_server1.ca
cert /var/etc/openvpn_server1.cert
key /var/etc/openvpn_server1.key
dh /var/etc/openvpn_server1.dh
comp-lzo
persist-remote-ip
float

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To run the openvpn in ubuntu(client):

$ sudo openvpn –config /where/do/you/stored/save/configfile/pfsense.ovpn

Run the openvpn in pfsense:

# openvpn –config /var/etc/openvpn_server1.conf

————————————————————

Test & Check connection:

*** Welcome to pfSense 1.2-RELEASE-pfSense on pfsense ***

WAN* -> rl0 -> yourpfsenseHOST
LAN* -> rl1 -> 192.168.a.b

$ ping 192.168.a.b
PING 192.168.a.b (192.168.a.b) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.a.b: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=45.4 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.b: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=43.2 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.b: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=43.3 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.b: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=41.3 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.b: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=43.4 ms

— 192.168.a.b ping statistics —
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 41.315/43.357/45.427/1.327 ms

$ netstat -rn
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
192.168.b.1 192.168.b.5 255.255.255.255 UGH 0 0 0 tun0
192.168.b.5 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 tun0
192.168.1.0 192.168.b.5 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 tun0
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
192.168.57.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 vmnet1
192.168.206.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 vmnet8
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0

Hmm .. today i given the hardy iso and wubi installer to chibor and ask him to give a try ……. and get a nice feedback from him who doesn’t know/haven’t use ubuntu previously … then … wallah to him .. successfully install and use the hardy ….

mean while, i’m thinking to test it by myself then i tested to my brother pc which running WindowsXP currently.

p/s: who wants to try it i recommend install it on NTFS partition rather than FAT filesystem. Why? from forums i get info that its not reliable to install it on FAT filesystem.

Best recommended to those who wanna start using Ubuntu natively without having problem to partition their harddisk … preferred wubi installer than using any virtual machine application thanks to syadow(my brother) & chibor to be the incubator and feedback .. peace !!

Here are some screenshot taken from starting wubi installation until it done & reboot …. :