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FreeRADIUS Builds

Kwame — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:57:49 +0000

Have been helping people out with their FreeRADIUS deployments (usually for hotspots). As a result, I’ve started a little collection of Freeradius packages that I’ve built for Ubuntu. FreeRadius is available from the repositories but what you get sometimes is not the latest and greatest. I’m putting my builds up for download so that someone [...]

Does your RADIUS server think "user" = "USER"?

Kwame — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:45:23 +0000

If you happen to manage a hotspot that uses Freeradius with the sql module for authentication, you might want to pay attention. The default queries used by Freeradius sql module are case-insensitive. So if user “kwame” is successfully authenticated, another user “Kwame” can also successfully autheticate. And so can “KWAME”, “kwamE”, “KwaMe” and so on [...]

Give your gnome menu a minty taste

Kwame — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:15:55 +0000

I like Ubuntu. I like being able to tweak the bits off my desktop environment. However, I also happen to like the MintMenu, the menu applet that is set up as the default for Linux Mint, a linux distro based on Ubuntu. Of course, this being Linux and all, I just had to install it. [...]

Make a big Splashy during boot

Kwame — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:38:43 +0000

Anyone who’s ever tried to customize the Usplash theme that comes with Ubuntu knows that it’s a bit of pain. And if you’re trying to create your own theme, things just get a bit more difficult. Enter Splashy, a boot splash manager with some very flexible features. One of the thing I like about it [...]

CPU Frequency Scaling for Dell Dimension 3000

Kwame — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:37:30 +0000

I use a Dell Dimension 3000 at home. It has a 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 so it generates a bit of heat and power usage. I generally tend to enable CPU frequency scaling on any computer I use. So I went through the normal procedure I use. First: kwame@amaterasu:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure gnome-applets Select yes when I’m [...]

Windows 98 Boot Disks and Linux

Kwame — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:16:15 +0000

If you've ever had to reinstall Windows on a computer, be it yours or someone else's, you probably know that boot disks can be rather useful things to have around. The best kind are the Windows 98 boot disks (IMHO); they fit onto one floppy and give you access to the cdrom even if the computer's BIOS doesn't support booting from cdrom.

All that glitters is not beryl

Kwame — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:11:33 +0000

I was trying to install Beryl on a friend's machine earlier today and I run into a few speed bumps. Beryl would exit immediately I started it and gave me this message:

/usr/bin/compiz: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing /usr/bin/compiz: Failed to manage screen: 0 /usr/bin/compiz: No manageable screens found on display :0.0

Web Interface for OpenWrt Kamikaze

Kwame — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:58:41 +0000

Warning: This can brick your router. Goes without saying, I will not take responsibility for whatever havoc you wreak. You have been warned. If you use your router for internet access, tt's best to have an alternative method of getting online. You have been warned!