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Barnyard2 - Solving the "Unknown record type" errors
October 11th, 2010 by Niels Horn in Barnyard2, Patches
When experimenting with the new Snort version 2.9.0 I ran into some problems with Barnyard2. It would simply crash with errors like:
ERROR: Unknown record type read: 104
Fatal Error, Quitting..
I started looking for information on the internet (Google is our friend…), and found out that at least I was not alone
Similar problems
Basically, I found [...]
Getting Zarafa 6.40.2 to work on Slackware
September 5th, 2010 by Niels Horn in Patches, Slackware, zarafa
A few days ago, while working on the update of my SlackBuild for Zarafa version 6.40.1, version 6.40.2 was released. At first I thought of submitting the script using the newest version, but soon found out that it was not that simple… The newest release simply would not build on Slackware… Since I had already [...]
Getting mysqlcc to build with newer gcc compilers and mysql headers
June 17th, 2010 by Niels Horn in Patches, gcc, mysqlcc
mysqlcc revisited
I used to use MySQL Control Center ('mysqlcc') quite a lot until a few years ago, when I switched to phpMyAdmin.
The biggest advantage of phpMyAdmin is that it is actively maintained, while mysqlcc has not seen updates for almost three years.
mysqlcc's interface also had a bit of an "old-fashioned" look, as it is still [...]
XSpaceWarp, or: converting old source code for modern compilers
May 14th, 2010 by Niels Horn in ARMedslack, Patches, Slackware, TRS-80, gcc
How it all started
On the TRS-80 mailing list I subscribe there was a discussion about an old (from 1977!) game I used to play on my TRS-80 Model I called Space Warp. This game was originally called "Time Trek", based on the popular television series Star Trek. When Tandy/Radio Shack released this game commercially, [...]