FuzzyOcr on Debian sarge

This article covers the installation of FuzzyOcr on Debian sarge including update to packages from backports.org [http://backports.org]. For informations how to install packages from bpo see here [http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions]! Update spamassassin: # aptitude -t sarge-backports install spamassassin Keep in mind, that…

Some more packages to bpo

Today nobse [http://www.inittab.de/] did some work on bpo NEW queue [http://www.backports.org/debian/new.html] and accepted 19 packages at once. So some more of my backports available on bpo, which are: * nagios-plugins: 1.4.3.0cvs.20060707-2bpo1 * egroupware: 1.2-104.dfsg-0bpo1 * gallery2: 2.1.…

WeatherTime plugin broken with latest (20060730) Slimserver 6.5

The WeatherTime plugin [http://inside.glnetworks.de/2006/03/11/weathertime-screensaver-plugin-for-slimserver/] is broken with the latest Slimserver [http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/6.5/] 6.5. > Couldn't push into new mode: [OFF.weathertime] !: Can't locate object method "bytesPerColumn" via package "…

LVM and Quota with Vserver on Debian

This article is based on the excellent article on 5dollarwhitebox.org [http://www.5dollarwhitebox.org/wiki/index.php/Howtos_Linux-Vserver_With_LVM_And_Quotas] . At first install nessesary packages: # aptitude -t sarge-backports install lvm2\ util-vserver coreutils linux-image-2.6-vserver-686 Create Volume and Group (Replace '/dev/hda3' to your own…

Enable serial console on Debian 'sarge' GNU/Linux

At first, you need to enable serial ports in your BIOS and wire them up to the case front (if they aren't allready). Make sure you have the following in your /boot/grub/menu.lst: > serial --unit=0 --speed=115200 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1 terminal…