Cross-platform software

Cisco ASDM unconnected sockets not implemented

Cisco ASDM recently started giving me the following error: unconnected sockets not implemented.

After checking around, it seems that this is a known issue with newer Java releases, specifically the current version seems to require JRE 1.6u7.

Downgrading is an option but it is unnecessary.

Sun Apache2 breaks PHP?

This post isn't going to solve anyone's problems but maybe someone will solve mine. I recently compiled and packaged a new release of php4 (4.4.7) for use with Sun's Apache2 (Solaris 10 11/06 patched). Unfortunately for some very strange reason, Apache segfaults whenever it tries to server a page. It segfaults even if the page has no php involved and only if the php module is loaded.

Mysql Replication Error

This helped when I changed the hostname on my mysql slave server:

Here is a sample error message:

060614 11:17:42 Error reading packet from server: Could not find first log file name in binary log index file (server_errno=1236) 060614 11:17:42 Got fatal error 1236: ‘Could not find first log file name in binary log index file' from master when reading data from binary log