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Currently, Fink cvs archives only has 3.00 of... 660 Views / 4 Replies  
Currently, Fink cvs archives only has 3.00 of nmap. 3.20 was recently released, with some substantial improvements. Unfortunately, it doesnt seem to want to compile on OSX.

FWIW, I am getting...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Mar 29, 2003 at 03:29 PM, in macOS
"hello" 4,441 Views / 61 Replies  
A bounty for someone to extract the graphic from the beta version of Jaguar with the new "hello" graphic which everyone was arguing about for a while. (ver.C98?)

I really loved that graphic, and...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Aug 31, 2002 at 08:06 PM, in Applications
Thanks for the info, wish it was more positive. ... 594 Views / 2 Replies  
Thanks for the info, wish it was more positive.

Unfortunately, as mentioned earlier, Mail.app (including Jag 1.2) doesn't bother to check the authenticity of a certificate at all. I confirmed...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Aug 16, 2002 at 02:14 PM, in macOS
Installing a self-signed SSL Certificate 594 Views / 2 Replies  
I need to install the SSL certificate for my work server so I can connect securely.

It's not CA-signed so it needs to be manually installed. How the heck do you install a SSL certificate on OSX?...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Aug 16, 2002 at 01:27 PM, in macOS
Can anyone confirm which is quieter, the 40GB... 1,181 Views / 35 Replies  
Can anyone confirm which is quieter, the 40GB 4200rpm or 60GB 5400rpm stock drives from Apple?

I ask becuase I am planning on buying a new PB, and the NUMBER ONE CRITERIA for me is getting the...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Jul 15, 2002 at 01:40 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Simplest yet.. install the GNU version of 'df'... 475 Views / 8 Replies  
Simplest yet.. install the GNU version of 'df' (as part of the 'fileutils' package.. available through Fink as well).. and within it use the -H option for nice human readable.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Apr 21, 2002 at 11:45 AM, in macOS
Has anyone been able just to locate a plain... 654 Views / 10 Replies  
Has anyone been able just to locate a plain native port of IDLE?

Already have Python2.2 working perfectly via Fink, and the included IDLE works fine with X11... but I'd rather have the OSX native...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Apr 6, 2002 at 12:58 PM, in Developer Center
I agree. In the current form the gradients are a... 3,464 Views / 249 Replies  
I agree. In the current form the gradients are a little too "flashy" and distracting. I think they should keep the silver/metallic look, but something a little closer to the actual XP coloration,...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Mar 21, 2002 at 11:40 AM, in Applications
SIGSEGV on NSTask subprocess 508 Views / 1 Replies  
Here's a bizarre situation: I am running a bundled BSD binary via a NSTask. About 50% of the time, the subprocess bombs out with a SIGSEGV (my main app keeps running). What's interesting is even...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Mar 8, 2002 at 10:46 PM, in Developer Center
Anyone else think Apple Marketing is going to... 658 Views / 48 Replies  
Anyone else think Apple Marketing is going to decide to call it "10.5" instead, so they can charge an upgrade fee?

Wouldn't surprise me.
Posted by matthewmodern, on Mar 7, 2002 at 04:11 PM, in macOS
Examining the comments in the authTool sample... 1,000 Views / 9 Replies  
Examining the comments in the authTool sample code another huge problem with bundled setuid apps appears.



If you use that method, the user can't copy/move the application. That's not exactly...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Mar 4, 2002 at 03:56 PM, in Developer Center
Well, unless you a wrapping a BSD tool which... 1,000 Views / 9 Replies  
Well, unless you a wrapping a BSD tool which doesn't provide arguments for the option (as is my current case).

I will look into the setuid root method.. the Apple AuthTool example seemed a bit...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Mar 4, 2002 at 03:46 PM, in Developer Center
Apoc, very useful (much cleaner than other... 1,000 Views / 9 Replies  
Apoc, very useful (much cleaner than other implementations I have seen); but it still doesn't solve the two biggest problems I am having. Any idea about these two suckers?:

1. Passing environment...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Mar 4, 2002 at 12:19 PM, in Developer Center
I'm personally not a big fan of the... 1,349 Views / 40 Replies  
I'm personally not a big fan of the stats-in-dock-icon either, that's why I made it an option in the prefs (and turned off by default, if I recall)... people who like it can turn it on. I like to...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Mar 3, 2002 at 10:31 PM, in Developer Center
I also very much would like to see a good example... 1,000 Views / 9 Replies  
I also very much would like to see a good example of authorizing a wrapped program to run with root privs; Apocalypse, please post this.

-m
Posted by matthewmodern, on Mar 3, 2002 at 10:26 PM, in Developer Center
synchronize remote files 466 Views / 1 Replies  
Is there a command line based (free) package to synchronize files with a remote FTP/SSH server? Basically I'm looking for something that does what GoLive or Dreamweaver would do when uploading a...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Mar 1, 2002 at 12:58 PM, in macOS
Okay, here's where I last left my version of the... 1,349 Views / 40 Replies  
Okay, here's where I last left my version of the app:

binary at - http://faktory.org/m/macodometer.sit

The entire Statistics page isn't updated yet, just haven't gotten around to it. If...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Mar 1, 2002 at 12:34 PM, in Developer Center
Wow, I kinda forgot about this thread for a... 1,349 Views / 40 Replies  
Wow, I kinda forgot about this thread for a while; but kept working on my version. It looks like we went in very different directions.

I'll try to upload a preview of mine for you guys to look at...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Feb 27, 2002 at 09:55 PM, in Developer Center
I'm pasting this from the *excellent* text "Unix... 834 Views / 14 Replies  
I'm pasting this from the *excellent* text "Unix Power Tools, 2nd Edition." I highly recommend buying a copy, there are about 1500 other pages just as useful as this one.


Hope that helped.
Posted by matthewmodern, on Feb 26, 2002 at 06:13 PM, in macOS
Great work Seb.. using your code as a starting... 1,349 Views / 40 Replies  
Great work Seb.. using your code as a starting point, I now have the app keeping track of both "trip" and "total" mileage.. it writes the total to the user's prefs before they quit.

I'm too tired...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Feb 23, 2002 at 12:20 AM, in Developer Center
I've decided to look into programming this one... 1,349 Views / 40 Replies  
I've decided to look into programming this one myself.. shouldn't be terribly difficult, even though my experience in Cocoa is limited.

One thing I cannot find anywhere in the documentation: How...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Feb 22, 2002 at 08:20 PM, in Developer Center
I would love to see something like this. I... 1,349 Views / 40 Replies  
I would love to see something like this. I recently spent an entire day on google searching for just such a thing.

If someone can locate the source code for the Gnome one, that would simplify...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Feb 22, 2002 at 04:44 PM, in Developer Center
Secret Apple OSX Preference Pane Discovered! 685 Views / 43 Replies  
CONFIRMED: Just got this pic sent to me by an inside source at Apple! Its a preference pane which is hidden from normal users.
http://faktory.org/m/appleoptions.png

(Yes, it's a...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Feb 17, 2002 at 07:36 PM, in macOS
I had the latest version of the MS beta drivers. ... 593 Views / 16 Replies  
I had the latest version of the MS beta drivers. I deleted them. The latest version of USBOverdrive beta (2) is much further along, and works better. The only thing the MS version does better is...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Feb 17, 2002 at 12:05 PM, in macOS
Gosh, I would have thought the number one way to... 797 Views / 24 Replies  
Gosh, I would have thought the number one way to let everyone know you were a newbie would be to constantly take screenshots with translucent terminal windows running 'top'. ("Hmm, I don't know what...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Feb 11, 2002 at 01:31 PM, in macOS
I don't know if its blocking per se. It appears... 1,022 Views / 31 Replies  
I don't know if its blocking per se. It appears the entire TOC server is down (the server that AOL set up specifically for third party clients; and their own AIM-Express java client). I tried...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Feb 6, 2002 at 03:58 AM, in Applications
Thanks!, worked perfectly, the YDL installer must... 452 Views / 2 Replies  
Thanks!, worked perfectly, the YDL installer must have not properly formatted the swap partition.

Re: your question about why so many partitions, they first 7-8 or so are all tiny ones created by...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Feb 3, 2002 at 07:14 AM, in Alternative Operating Systems
swap partition won't mount 452 Views / 2 Replies  
Just did a default YDL2.1 install on a PBG4, followed instructions exactly.

Problem is, during boot, the swap partition (256MB) fails to initialize.
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Posted by matthewmodern, on Feb 2, 2002 at 11:30 AM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that... 651 Views / 14 Replies  
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that you can order the IBM IntelliStation with dual 2GHz processors, 4GB of EEC RDRAM, and a FireGL4 graphics card. (ultra160 scsi is standard).

If you...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Jan 31, 2002 at 05:36 PM, in macOS
Ditto. Is this a known problem? 597 Views / 3 Replies  
Ditto.

Is this a known problem?
Posted by matthewmodern, on Jan 31, 2002 at 01:45 PM, in macOS
mouse odometer? 718 Views / 0 Replies  
I remember the good old days of the useless "mouse odometer" programs that would sit in the background and quietly track how many miles/kilometers/etc. you had moved your mouse over time.

Sadly,...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Jan 27, 2002 at 05:59 PM, in Applications
I would actually recommend against using... 524 Views / 6 Replies  
I would actually recommend against using Retrospect for this. Just tonight I used Retrospect (with the "copy an entire drive" function) for exactly this function when upgrading my Powerbook's...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Jan 12, 2002 at 01:08 AM, in macOS
This is actually pretty simple to fix. Go into... 529 Views / 4 Replies  
This is actually pretty simple to fix. Go into Entourage, and then go the the application menu, and select "Turn Off Office Notifications." Of course, office notifications will no longer work.
...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Jan 11, 2002 at 01:39 PM, in Applications
Same thing happening to me, its extremely... 441 Views / 1 Replies  
Same thing happening to me, its extremely annoying.

-m
Posted by matthewmodern, on Nov 27, 2001 at 01:56 AM, in Applications
Yeah, this was a great function, made a HUGE... 523 Views / 2 Replies  
Yeah, this was a great function, made a HUGE difference in battery life. Frankly, this is the one major feature missing from OSX that makes it "not ready for prime time" for laptop users (who...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Nov 15, 2001 at 01:19 PM, in macOS
That was my assumption too, but it won't work for... 527 Views / 8 Replies  
That was my assumption too, but it won't work for me via my Airport Base Station. Too bad, it'd be really handy. Anyone know how to get this to work?

-m
Posted by matthewmodern, on Nov 15, 2001 at 01:14 PM, in macOS
Airport AppleEvents 411 Views / 0 Replies  
Perhaps I don't know where to look but.. I have scoured Apple's Developer website for the better half of a day looking for any documentation about programming controls to the Airport card,and have...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Aug 16, 2001 at 03:30 PM, in Developer Center
getting ncurse to display properly 497 Views / 1 Replies  
I compiled and installed ncurse, but for some reason it seems to not like Terminal.app The output from any program using it is very ugly/minimal, lacks color and seems to not use the cleaner ASCII...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Aug 2, 2001 at 09:26 PM, in macOS
Processor Temp. when fan turns on 373 Views / 1 Replies  
Could anyone provide me with the (exact) temperature at which the fan turns on in a PBG4/500? :eek:

I am curious because I want to run a distributed.net client on my PB, but woudl like it to idle...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Jul 11, 2001 at 12:22 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Check out killyourpc.org (http://killyourpc.org).... 655 Views / 12 Replies  
Check out killyourpc.org (http://killyourpc.org). The entire site is about stuff like this. There are a few different solutions on the Mac (unfortunately not as good as the Windows ones that exist...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Jul 10, 2001 at 08:42 AM, in Applications
Could you please elaborate on the additions in... 981 Views / 26 Replies  
Could you please elaborate on the additions in Outlook XP for those of us who haven't seen it? I'm really curious what will likely be coming next in Entourage.

-m
Posted by matthewmodern, on Jun 25, 2001 at 10:59 AM, in macOS
Apple replaced my 30GB HD due to loud noise... 712 Views / 15 Replies  
Apple replaced my 30GB HD due to loud noise (which suddenly developed after about 2-3 months), and they gave me the impression that it was a very common problem.

BE SURE TO BACK UP YOUR DATA...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Jun 16, 2001 at 02:31 PM, in Mac Notebooks
PGP status (again) 454 Views / 1 Replies  
Ok, so I know this has been asked before, but not for a while now.

Anyone have a status update/rumors on PGP for OSX? This, and MS Office are the only apps I really need now to make my...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Jun 10, 2001 at 11:37 AM, in Applications
You can find what you are looking for at: ... 580 Views / 11 Replies  
You can find what you are looking for at:
http://killyourpc.org

For those of you who want to debate whether what they are doing is unethical, they have a forum you can post messages in.

Have...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Jun 7, 2001 at 06:51 PM, in Applications
You may also want to check out dsniff. Main... 580 Views / 3 Replies  
You may also want to check out dsniff.
Main info page at: http://www.monkey.org/~dugsong/dsniff/

There is a precompiled MacOS X binary floating around out there somewhere as well; can't...
Posted by matthewmodern, on Jun 3, 2001 at 02:04 PM, in Applications
Here's a relevant question: If files are made... 535 Views / 29 Replies  
Here's a relevant question: If files are made invisible in OS9, are they still invisible in OSX? Because otherwise, they could just make the mach.sym and /System and other stuff like that invisible...
Posted by matthewmodern, on May 21, 2001 at 05:43 PM, in macOS
Without a doubt, Phil Schiller. articulate,... 1,349 Views / 62 Replies  
Without a doubt, Phil Schiller. articulate, witty, sexy...

-m

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Posted by matthewmodern, on May 17, 2001 at 08:18 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Can't Spin Down Disk... defective? 434 Views / 1 Replies  
My hard disk has apparently decided that it no longer likes to spin down. While it will happily spin down when I sleep the entire computer, it is impossible to coax it to during operation.

When I...
Posted by matthewmodern, on May 11, 2001 at 02:30 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Can't Spin Down Disk... defective? 443 Views / 1 Replies  
My hard disk has apparently decided that it no longer likes to spin down. While it will happily spin down when I sleep the entire computer, it is impossible to coax it to during operation.

When I...
Posted by matthewmodern, on May 11, 2001 at 02:30 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Thank you both for your replies.. however, as I... 574 Views / 12 Replies  
Thank you both for your replies.. however, as I mentioned, I highly doubt it is the hard drive, as the noise occurs even when the drive is spun down.

Geographically, it seems to be coming from...
Posted by matthewmodern, on May 6, 2001 at 10:07 PM, in Mac Notebooks
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