Author Archives: Ajitabh

Streaming with mod_musicindex

Introduction mod_musicindex is an Apache modules which allows nice displaying of directories containing MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis or MP4/AAC files. This includes sorting them on various fields, streaming and or downloading them. It can also construct playlists and search them. … Continue reading

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Using Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server with Citrix ICA Client

I was trying to connect to my office Citrix farm using the Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server web interface which was setup by the windows administrator. I faced some issues and found ways to fix them and got it working under … Continue reading

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Upgrading Slackware to 2.6 kernel

Yesterday I updated the slackware kernel to 2.6.16.22. I picked up this version from the testing directory on the slackware’s ftp site. The packages I needed were: kernel-generic-2.6.16.22-i486-1.tgz kernel-modules-2.6.16.22-i486-1.tgz alsa-driver-1.0.11_2.6.16.22-i486-1 Apart from these I installed the source package also kernel-source-2.6.16.22-i486-1.tgz … Continue reading

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Moving data to a seperate filesystem

Often its required that the a directory (for example /home)be moved to a seperate filesystem. The steps are simple: Boot system in single user mode (linux single), or if already booted take it down to single user using, init 1 … Continue reading

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Gandhiji’s view on western civilization

A journalist once asked the late Gandhiji what he thought of the western civilization. Gandhiji replied: *”Western Civilization? I think it would be a good idea!” Gandhiji described the whole of western civilization as the “Kingdom of Satan” which pollutes … Continue reading

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