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  • Ubuntu 9.10 Installation Notes

    Ubuntu 9.10 Installation Notes

    Upgrading my server to the latest Ubuntu Server has been slightly traumatic. I learnt it’s a really really bad idea to do an upgrade over SSH, because when the machine gets around to restarting the networking, you lose your connection! And then if you stop...

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  • Headless Virtualbox

    Headless Virtualbox

    Just a quick post to say I’ve managed to get a headless VirtualBox instance running on my Linux server. To control it I simply connect to the machine using an RDP client. I broke my Windows DevkitARM installation you see, and installing the Linux version...

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  • I made GCC crash!

    I made GCC crash!

    I’m attempting to compile AdvanceMame for my MAME cabinet, but after an hour or so of chewing away at source, I have just found this on the console… obj/mame/linux/blend/vidhrdw/nbmj8688.o obj/mame/linux/blend/drivers/nbmj8891.o src/drivers/nbmj8891.c: In function ‘construct_ipt_mgion’: src/drivers/nbmj8891.c:4218: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault Please submit a full bug...

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  • XNA, my Macbook and Bootcamp

    XNA, my Macbook and Bootcamp

    So, I use my Macbook for a bit of Windows development, using VirtualBox to simulate a PC. Since I have an Intel based Mac with a core2duo CPU this doesn’t cause too much of a performance hit. It works well for creating applications, but is...

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  • Hello there!

    Hello there!

    /* Hello World in C, Ansi-style */ #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main(void) { puts("Hello World!"); return EXIT_SUCCESS; } Hello and welcome to my brand, shiny new programming oriented blog. If I were being all Web2.0 it’d have ‘Beta’ in the logo somewhere. If the...

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