Canfield Research Group

If you get the following errors trying to mount a Windows XP volume on Linux then some registry work on the XP box might resolve it.

• Via mount -t cifs
• mount error 12 = Cannot allocate memory
• Via smbclient

• NT_STATUS_INSUFF_SERVER_RESOURCES

It’s the cifs message that is confusing. It sounds like the memory problem is on the Linux side, but it is not. It is a problem on the Windows side. The smbclient program returns a more useful error. Examnine the Event Viewer system log and you will probably see some srv related errors. ... Click to read more

SageTV is a very powerful system, but it can be difficult to catch up to the advanced users sometime. The most powerful functions are often in plugins or XMl files.

I wanted to create an area for videos and ripped DVDs that was protected with a password or other mechanism. The stock SageTv comes with parental Controls but these have numerous limitations: ... Click to read more

• Apply only to recordings or imported elements with a rating.

I have been fighting a nasty memory problem on my subversion server. The server would run fine, then Ruby mongrel processes or httpd processes would crash at nearly random times. It took a few days to narrow it down. In my case it I am ruining RedMin, mod_dav and httpd but the issue can be reproduced without RedMine. ... Click to read more

I performed a server update (via Yum on CentOS 5) today and found that SVN viewing via Redmine failed. I also received a number of cron-related emails indicating a connection problems.

The solution for this was trickier than I expected. ... Click to read more

SVN is not always intuitive and its errors are often even less so. Such was my experience when I tried to restore a file that have been accidentally deleted many revisions ago. The normal process spoken of is to simply copy the file from the old revision into the current revisions. The first step is to find the file:

svn log --verbose

Then scan for the file revision where the file was removed. Let’s say the file was canfield.conf, we look for the D operation on canfield.conf in the log, then we know the prior version contains the file we want. ... Click to read more

Thomas Quickstad, better know as Dr. Tom, is a dentist local to the Issaquah, WA area. Dr. Tom had a number of changes he wanted done to his static site and also wanted to have his staff contribute content and patients to have a way to interact with him online. We decided to switch from the static site to a simple out-of-the-box Drupal site to provide a very quick turn around time, low initial cost and maximum flexibility. Canfield Research Group configured the Drupal system, DNS, SSL certificates, IMAP email (other services we offer) and trained the office staff so 99% of the site could be administered by Dr. Tom and his staff. ... Click to read more

There were a number of steps required to get FeedBurner to work the way I wanted it to. My goal was a seamless RSS feed that I could easily track using FeedBurner’s wonder statistics and maybe get some wider exposure. I also wanted to maintain the “brand”, in my case the domain name, as much as possible. Here is what I did: ... Click to read more

The startup sound for my Q9c from Sprint is annoying, especially when it occurs after a late night automated backup. While the startup sound respects the volume and silent modes, turning the phone to silent every night and remembering to reset it in the morning is silly. The steps needed are: ... Click to read more

Quicktime seemed to have gotten very confused on my XP box. It seemed to be only partially installed and would not work nor uninstall. The uninstall failed trying to locate a file in my personal temp directory (which had been cleaned). CCleaner failed to remove it and instead generated an MSI Installer error. The solution was to download and install MS Installer Cleanup utility. Run it and select Quicktime. Then re-install QuickTime.