SETUP OF NEW MythBuntu 9.10 x86

Rev D3A Media MediaMVP (non-flash; older)

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV/MediaMVP_Frontend

http://mvpmc.sourceforge.net/mvpmc-HOWTO-singlehtml.html

Added  before the exit 0 in /etc/rc.local

/usr/sbin/atftpd --daemon --port 16869 --retry-timeout 120 \

--mcast-addr 192.168.1.0-255 --mcast-ttl 2 --verbose=7 /tftpboot

/usr/sbin/atftpd --daemon --port 69

Disabled DHCP on my Cable/DSL router

apt-get install atftpd dhcp3-server xinetd

Added the following to the /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf

INTERFACES="eth0";

option domain-name              "local";

option subnet-mask              255.255.255.0;

option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1;

allow bootp;

allow booting;

#option ip-forwarding    false;  # No IP forwarding

#option mask-supplier    false;  # Don't respond to ICMP Mask req

subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {

  option routers        192.168.1.1;

  range 192.168.1.12 192.168.1.25;

}

group {

  next-server 192.168.1.3;          # IP address of your TFTP server

  host mvp1 { # NOTE: Change the hardware ethernet to the MAC address of your actual MVP

           hardware ethernet 00:0d:fe:xx:xx:xx;

           fixed-address 192.168.1.31;

           filename "dongle.bin";

           option root-path "/home/mvp,rsize=4096,wsize=4096,nolock";

  }

  host mvp2 { # NOTE: Change the hardware ethernet to the MAC address of your actual MVP

           hardware ethernet 00:0d:fe:xx:xx:xx;

           fixed-address 192.168.1.32;

           filename "dongle.bin";

           option root-path "/home/mvp,rsize=4096,wsize=4096,nolock";

  }

}

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mvpmc/mvpmc/mvpmc-0.3.4/dongle.bin.mvpmc-0.3.4?use_mirror=iweb

dongle.bin.config

export TZ="MST+7MDT"

/bin/ntpclient -s -h us.pool.ntp.org

mkdir /aRecordings

mkdir -p /var/lib/mythtv/old-recordings

mkdir -p /var/lib/mythtv/recordings

mount -t nfs -o nolock,rsize=2048,wsize=2048,nfsvers=3 192.168.1.2:/var/lib/mythtv/link-share /aRecordings

mount -t nfs -o nolock,rsize=2048,wsize=2048,nfsvers=3 192.168.1.2:/var/lib/mythtv/old-recordings /var/lib/mythtv/old-recordings

mount -t nfs -o nolock,rsize=2048,wsize=2048,nfsvers=3 192.168.1.2:/var/lib/mythtv/recordings /var/lib/mythtv/recordings

mvpmc &

Edit /etc/exports on the myth backend; do not forget to run exportfs -ra after you modify the nfs configuration.

 

Mythbuntu-- mysql root password is the password of the account used to setup the mythbuntu install

crontab on root for mythfilldatabase

crontab on mythtv to create symlinks in the link-share folder (see the script in the article: Mythtv Php Script to Create Symlinks with Titles)

Hubzone Businesses

I don't know much about Hubzones, but what I do know is that government contracting officers get huge credits by using hub zone businesses. I did a quick search using the search link below. Looks like there are only about 16 registered hubzone businesses in El Paso country. If I understand things correctly, of the main conditions is the location of the business. You can zoom in on Colorado Springs using the map link below.

http://www.sba.gov/hubzone/

HUBZONE Map

http://map.sba.gov/hubzone/hzqry.asp?state=co

Search for HUBZONE businesses in El Paso Country

http://dsbs.sba.gov/dsbs/search/dsp_searchhubzone.cfm

Free online training for small businesses

http://www.sba.gov/training/index.html

Mythtv Php Script to Create Symlinks with Titles

<?php ### ### CREATE Database file to title lookup ### $link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mythtv', 'db_password'); if (!$link) {     die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); } $db = mysql_select_db("mythconverg",$link); if (!$db) {     die ('Can\'t use mythconverg : ' . mysql_error()); } $titleLookup = array(); $result = mysql_query("select title, basename from recorded"); while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {     $title = $row["title"];     $titleLookup[$row["basename"]] = $title; } mysql_free_result($result); mysql_close($link); ### ### Create symbolic links ### $srcBaseFolder = "/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/"; $destBaseFolder = "/var/lib/mythtv/link-share/"; if ($handle = opendir($srcBaseFolder)) {    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {       if ( preg_match('/\.mpg$/', $file) ) {           $src = $srcBaseFolder . $file;           $destBase = $destBaseFolder . $titleLookup[$file];           $dest = $destBase . ".mpg";           $x = 0;           while( file_exists($dest) ){               if( basename(readlink($dest)) == basename($src) ){                   break;               }               $dest = $destBase . "-" . ++$x . ".mpg";           }                if( !file_exists($dest) ){               symlink( $src, $dest );           }        }    }    closedir($handle); } ### ### Remove bad links ### if ($handle = opendir($destBaseFolder)) {    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {       $file = $destBaseFolder . $file;       if ( is_link($file) ) {           if( !file_exists( readlink($file) ) ){              unlink($file);           }       }    }    closedir($handle); }

Dynamic functions in php

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.create-function.php

Windows to NFS share

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=310168

vi view ports

http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/54157

Linux memory i386 vs x86_64

http://kerneltrap.org/node/2450

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-tutorials-howtos-reference-material/69585-should-you-choose-32-bit-64-bit-linux.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit#Pros_and_cons

Slow wireless on windows 7

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7hardware/thread/cd9cf085-8963-4530-9471-d6aeca82b324

Website backup script

This script has many issues. The biggest is that it is dumping xml from mysql. There currently is not a good restoration path from an xml export.

I'll be updating this script using svn for versions and a one insert per line mysqldump for more effective diffs.

#!/ramdisk/bin/bash

function updateCurrent(){
 linkcurrent=$1
 newfile=$2

 if [ -h ${linkcurrent} ] ; then
  linktarget=`/usr/bin/readlink ${linkcurrent}`

  rm ${linkcurrent}

  if [ -e  ${linktarget} ] && diff ${linktarget} ${newfile} > /dev/null; then
   rm -rf ${linktarget}
  fi
fi

ln -s ${newfile} ${linkcurrent}
}

dts=`/bin/date +\%Y\%m\%d\%H\%M\%S`
currentSqlLink='/path/to/home/tmp/sqlCurrent'
currentTarLink='/path/to/home/tmp/tgzCurrent'

newSql="/path/to/home/backups/uniquieName-${dts}"
newTar="/path/to/home/backups/emz-${dts}"

mysqldump -X --user=db_user --password=secret --skip-dump-date --host=127.0.0.1 db_name > $newSql
updateCurrent ${currentSqlLink} ${newSql}

tar -cf ${newTar} /path/to/home/web_root/
updateCurrent ${currentTarLink} ${newTar}

Convert a resume to a fixed width mono space font

#!/usr/bin/perl

open(FP, "sr.txt");

@buffer=();
$maxFJ = 0;

while(<FP>){
   chomp();
   while(/^ *\t/){
      s/\t/   /;
   } 
   if(/\S\s{2,}\S/){
      s/(\S)\s{2,}/$1\|/g;

      if(length($_) > $maxFJ){
         $maxFJ = length($_);
      }
   }
   push(@buffer, $_);
}
# print "$maxFJ\n";
$maxFJsmaller = $maxFJ - 14;

for($x=0; $x<$maxFJ; $x++){
   $separ .= "=";
}
$separ .= "\n";

foreach $line (@buffer){

   #print "$separ"; 

   # determine indent
   $prefix='';
   if($line =~ /^(\s*)\S/){
      $prefix = $1;
   }

   if($line =~ /(.*)\|(.*)/){
      $midPad=' ';
      for($x = length($line); $x < $maxFJ; $x++){
         $midPad .= ' ';
      }
      $line = "$1$midPad$2";
   }else{
      # word wrap
      while($line =~ s/(.{$maxFJsmaller}[^\s]*)\s(\s*)/$prefix$2/){
         print "$1\n";
      }
   }

   print "$line\n";
}

Blogger Paste

http://francois.schnell.free.fr/tools/BloggerPaste/BloggerPaste.html

Paste your code into a blogger post. Looking for something similar with code highlighting.

Script to move mythtv files to another server

#!/usr/bin/perl

open(FP, "<ma");

$cmd = '-t';

if($#ARGV>0){
   print "too many arguments\n";
   print useage();
   exit();
}elsif($#ARGV==0){
   if($ARGV[0] eq '-t' || $ARGV[0] eq '-l' || $ARGV[0] eq '-d' || $ARGV[0] eq '-dd'){
      $cmd = $ARGV[0];
   }else{
      print useage();
      exit();
   }
}

@filenames=();
while(<FP>){
   chomp();
   @video = split(/\|/);
   $title = quotemeta(trim($video[2])) . ".mpg";
   $basename = trim($video[1]);
   
   if($cmd eq '-t'){
      print "ln $basename xfer/$title \n";
      print "rm $basename*\n";
   }elsif($cmd eq '-l'){
      `ln $basename xfer/$title`;
   }elsif($cmd eq '-d'){
      `rm $basename*`;
   }elsif($cmd eq '-dd'){
      push(@filenames, $basename);
   }
}
if($cmd eq '-dd'){
   print "delete from recorded where basename in (\n";

   $first = 0;
   foreach $file (@filenames){
      print "   " . ($first++?',':'') . "'$file'\n";
   }
   print ");\n";
}

# Perl trim function to remove whitespace from the start and end of the string
sub trim($) {
   my $string = shift;
   $string =~ s/^\s+//;
   $string =~ s/\s+$//;
   return $string;
}
# Left trim function to remove leading whitespace
sub ltrim($) {
   my $string = shift;
   $string =~ s/^\s+//;
   return $string;
}
# Right trim function to remove trailing whitespace
sub rtrim($) {
   my $string = shift;
   $string =~ s/\s+$//;
   return $string;
}

sub useage{
   print "The file ma contains a list of files from the following query\n";
   print "   select basename, title, filesize from recorded order by filesize, title;\n\n";
   print "Create a folder called xfer\n\n";
   print "-h for help\n";
   print "-t test run (just print link statements\n";
   print "-l create links\n";
   print "-d delete original files\n";
   print "-dd database delete command\n";
}

NFS for MAC to VM

Need to refine this when installing a fresh Fedora Core VM

The thing I always forget is to export the changes to allow the shares to operate

exportfs -ra

/etc/exports

/share 192.168.56.0/255.255.255(rw,root_squash,insecure,sync)

/etc/hosts.allow

portmap: 192.168.56.0/255.255.255.0

lockd: 192.168.56.0/255.255.255.0

rqotad: 192.168.56.0/255.255.255.0

mountd: 192.168.56.0/255.255.255.0

statd: 192.168.56.0/255.255.255.0

/etc/hosts.deny

portmap: ALL

lockd: ALL

rqotad: ALL

mountd: ALL

statd: ALL

After creating the share, touch a file and create a user/group to match whatever linux produces. I would eventually like to be able to made the connection use a particular user/group.

Reference

http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO/server.html

Php: filter assoc data array

Need to code test
<?php
$data['id'] = 1;
$data['name'] = 'bob;

$filterKeys = array('name');

$dataFiltered = array_intersection_key($data, array_flip($filterKeys));

Electric Bike References

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC80RKJ771M&feature=PlayList&p=42F30EBA52CCFA78&index=16

http://www.bikesatwork.com/hauling-cargo-by-bike/how-to-measure-grade.html

http://www.electricrider.com
http://www.cycle9.com
http://www.bicycle-power.com/diykits.html
http://www.electric-bikes.com/betterbikes/bmc.html (9lbs)
http://e-bikekit.com
http://www.jvbike.com/crystalyte.htm
http://ampedbikes.com
http://www.e-bikekit.com/shop/index.php
http://www.electric-bikes.com/buying/index.html
http://www.greenspeed.us/
http://www.falconev.com
http://www.electric-bikes.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_performance
http://www.convertunits.com/from/watt/to/newton+meter/second
http://www.onlineconversion.com/forum/forum_1011109627.htm
http://www.ap.smu.ca/demonstrations/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=80&Itemid=85
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/u2l2c.cfm
http://www.macgen.com/calcul.html

http://www.forsenusa.com/batteries.html