the gizmos grabowski solution to stuck print jobs

http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/gizmos/2006/09/tip_plugged_up_.html

works like a charm if you have a lot of print jobs and need to delete them quickly. be sure to use a command terminal when deleting or windows explorer will take forever to delete them.

Debugging tcp connection problems

Super cool article on debugging tcp problems on unix boxen.

http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2006/04/17/debugging-tcp-connections-with-tcptrace/

subversion install / requirements

1. The apache portable runtime libraries (apr and apr-util)
http://apr.apache.org/download.cgi

Installs by default to usr/local/apr


2. Download expat
http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/

3. Download subversion from http://subversion.tigris.org

Use the following command, assuming above default installs in step 1 and 2:
./configure --with-apr=/usr/local/apr --with-apr-util=/usr/local/apr
make
make install

openbsd / too many open files /erro no 24

OpenBSD has a default open file descriptor limit of 64. As such, many of my web apps had been quitting on the "too many open files" error (error 24). To fix this, use the following steps:

1. Edit /etc/login.conf and make sure the openfile limit is set to a larger number than it currently is.

2. Use ulimit -n to set the maximum number of open files. To see current limit, use "ulimit -a".