How to decrease the Munin log level
Munin tends to spam the log files it writes (munin-update.log, munin-graph.log...) with many lines at INFO log level. It also doesn't respect syslog log levels as it uses Log4perl.In difference to the...
View ArticleDon't Use the Feedvalidator.org Link Anymore!
Current Liferea versions up to 1.8.11 do provide a link to feedvalidator.org upon feed parsing errors. The idea is for end-users to be able to verify correctness/well-formedness of the feed formats as...
View ArticleTinyTinyRSS API Compatibility Restored
Syncing Liferea against the TinyTinyRSS news aggregator broke with the release of version 0.6 of TinyTinyRSS because of API cleanups. Thanks to a patch from Sebastian Noel it is now possible to sync to...
View ArticleLiferea 1.8.12 Released
This is a new maintenance release of the 1.8 branch. This release makes Liferea compatible to the changes in the TinyTinyRSS 1.6 API. If you are using TinyTinyRSS please upgrade!Here are the changes: *...
View ArticleLiferea SOCKS Proxy Workaround
Liferea right now doesn't support SOCKS proxies. In Debian bug #272178 David Smith hints on how to workaround this. Full quote: Just some information for people wanting to use Liferea with SOCKS.I'd...
View ArticleFirst Liferea 1.10 Release Candidate!
Today sees the first release candidate for the new 1.10 series. Compared to the previous unstable release 1.9.7 it now provides a clean migration to GSettings, fixed support for TinyTinyRSS 1.6 and an...
View ArticleSolving chef-client Errors
Problem:merb : chef-server (api) : worker (port 4000) ~ Connection refused - connect(2) - (Errno::ECONNREFUSED)Solution: Check why solr is not running and start it /etc/init.d/chef-solr...
View ArticleGoogle Reader Shutting Down
As it was covered widely in media most of you probably have heard that Google is shutting down Google Reader after 1st July 2013.Will the Google Reader data be lost?No. As it is implemented now once...
View ArticleUbuntu + Apache + ulimit -n
When on Ubuntu setting ulimits is strange enough as upstart does ignore /etc/security/limits.conf. You need to use the "limit" stanza to change any limit.But try it with Apache and it won't help as...
View ArticleThe Debian/Ubuntu ulimit Check List
This is a check list of all you can do wrong when trying to set limits on Debian/Ubuntu. The hints might apply to other distros too, but I didn't check. If you have additional suggestions please leave...
View ArticleNagios Check Plugin for "nofile" Limit
Following the recent post on how to investigate limit related issues which gave instructions what to check if you suspect a system limit to be hit I want to share this Nagios check to cover the open...
View ArticleBug: Endless TinyTinyRSS Updates
If you experience not ending TinyTinyRSS feed updates or high load when using TinyTinyRSS subscriptions please upgrade to the newest releases 1.8.13 and 1.10-RC2 which solve this bug.
View ArticleLiferea 1.8.14 and 1.10-RC3 Released
Following the previous releases this new stable and unstable release fix a problem with the TinyTinyRSS support which caused broken headline rendering.Please upgrade if you use TinyTinyRSS!
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Save Your Google Reader Data with Liferea!
If you were using Google Reader synchronization with Liferea do not delete your subscription! Instead convert it to local subscriptions and keep all your item history.To do so choose the option...
View ArticleLiferea 1.10-RC4 Released
There is a new release candidate for 1.10 with several bug fix contributions. It also introduces a feature to convert Google Reader subscriptions to local feeds to allow everyone to keep their item...
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Improved Unread Counters
For the 1.10 I decided to change the unread counters in the subscription list tree view. Until now the number of unread items was displayed in braces right behind the feed title in addition to the feed...
View ArticleMost Important Redis Commands for Sysadmins
When you encounter a Redis instance and you quickly want to learn about the setup you just need a few simple commands to peak into the setup. Of course it doesn't hurt to look at the official full...
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Detecting a Dark Theme in GTK
When implementing an improved unread news counter rendering for Liferea if found it necessary to detect wether there is a light or dark GTK theme active. The reason for this was that I didn't want to...
View ArticleLiferea 1.8.15 Released
This is a maintenance release fixing some bugs. It also introduces a backport of the Google Reader migration feature introduced in 1.10. This allows you to convert you Google Reader subscription to...
View ArticlePossibility of AOL Reader Support
Yesterday I took a look at the newly announced AOL Reader http://reader.aol.com/ and of course its API. The API is similar to Google Reader, is actually somewhat simpler. So you for example can't do...
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