random adventures of an old hacker: Linux issues, specifically Debian or Ubuntu, or more generally unix. _(summary)_ http://colas.nahaboo.net/Blog Copyright 2009 by contributing authors 2008-10-17T00:00:00Z http://colas.nahaboo.net/Blog/A_fix_for_scanbuttond_crash 2008-10-17T00:00:00Z

I use scanbuttond v0.2.3, a nice linux daemon to trigger actions (shell scripts) on presses on scanner buttons, but after a motherboard upgrade, if failed with a "Segmentation Violation". The fix was a single line patch, that you can see (and other details) at ScanButtond

ColasNahaboo http://colas.nahaboo.net/Blog/Mercurial_web_templating 2008-10-09T00:00:00Z

For some time now, I have seen the light and I switched to the new wave of the Distributed Source Control management systems. Linus famous video of his Google talk decided me to try. I was a bit apprehensive at first, wary of engaging myself on a technology that would bring more problems than solutions ...

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