Google Code repository migrated from Subversion to Mercurial

I've just migrated my Google Code repository to Mercurial because it's more modern and permits local commits before pushing by HTTPS.
So now to get my opensource bin directory i have just to run:

hg clone https://bertux.googlecode.com/hg/ ~/bin

When i've a new script to push to Google Code, i can first add and commit it locally without needing network by running:

hg add ~/bin/new-script.sh
hg commit -m "new script"

And when i've internet access to Google Code by HTTPS, i have to run:

hg push

And with hg it's simpler to fork from it like with git.
See you next time.

My shell scripts at Google Code

I now use my new shell script bin-update.sh to update my home's bin directory from my Google Code subversion repository so it stays synchronized on every host I've a shell account.
I've restructured it to be more useful quickly.
The only 3 commands i've to run to create my home's bin directory on a new host are:

• svn checkout \ http://bertux.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/bin/ ~

• chmod +x ~/bin/bin-update.sh

• bin-update.sh

The first script i use on a new synchronized host i manage is ssh-password-disable.sh because it disables automatically password authentication on the ssh service and reload its configuration.

Have a good day browsing opensource code!

Updating my installed Gnome Develope Kit (GDK)

Hello,
Here are the commands i had to run to make conary able to update my GDK:

sudo conary erase kdelibs gtk-qt-engine
sudo conary erase soprano strigi clucene
sudo conary update -libtool=@rpl:2-qa +libtool=@fl:2 --no-deps
sudo conary updateall

Commands done during my install

Just look the smgl-autosetup.sh file at http://code.google.com/p/bertux/source/browse/trunk/bin/ to see its history.

Hacking the smgl-0.10.0-test3.iso

I'm maintaining my scripts on Google Code.
Just look the importiso.sh and exportiso.sh files at http://code.google.com/p/bertux/source/browse/trunk/shell/ to see their latest versions.
You have to run them as root, if you don't put enough arguments you will see the command usage.

Second try : VMware Workstation 6 on my Dell laptop

After discussing a lot on #sourcemage about virtualization software to test SourceMage on Linux, i've decided to try first VMware Workstation which i've already installed the 6.0.2 build-59824 version by official rpm on my laptop Dell Precision M90 running Fedora 8.
I'm beginning my tests on Linux guests with VMware because it seems to be the most efficient when you read tests done by others.
And of course, if my VM runs well i will make it available on a torrent tracker.
First results will be precised in the next post ...

Trying on Parallels Desktop of my MacBook

My first try was with the Parallels Desktop 3 i've bought for my MacBook which have Intel VT included the Intel CPU for hardware acceleration of the virtualization.
After creating and booting the VM on the devel install ISO, i've seen periodic warning messages echoed on the console talking about timeouts so i've discussed about it on #sourcemage but i didn't a get a simple fix so i've stopped it and have decided to test it on my others systems.
So let's go to the second try ...

Begin of my magic linux experiment

Hello,
Now a new devel iso of SourceMage Linux is needing extensive testing on as much hardware as possible so i've decided to dedicate this blog to my experiment of SourceMage Linux on my different hardware and my different virtualization systems.
I will try to make available my images as torrents.
See you on #sourcemage for happy chatting about that new devel iso.