Snow Leopard restored GD support in PHP. Any reason Apple couldn't add it back into Leopard as well? I have a G5 server and I would rather use Apple's PHP than build another copy of PHP just to get GD back. I've never seen any reason as...
Discussions elsewhere point out the need for both a 64 bit cpu and 64 bit EFI to enable a 64 bit kernel to default load. A kernel that has dropped 32 bit support will also need 64 bit drivers for all the devices in the box, whether from...
I am looking at buying a new IMac and expect to keep the system at least 5 years. It will be a family system and, hopefully, more resilient to technical change than a system bought for more demanding purposes. I would expect at least 2...
I recently ran into a problem with some PHP code running on my server. When PHP pushed a FORM page, $server["REMOTE_ADDR"] always returned the IPv6 version of localhost(::0) but when a java applet pushed a FORM document it...
I just started to look at setting up some name based virtual hosts on my os x server w/apache2 and have some questions. Most of the notes I can find through Google refer to manual editing of files rather than using server admin. The...
I kept looking for differences between the 'admin' account and my personal one. Turns out I had turned off all access to 'everyone' on my base user directory (/Users/me). Changed to 'read only', and personal web sharing works now.
I installed a clean copy of leopard on a new machine. Personal web sharing works on the 'admin' account, but not on any others. I get the '403' error on my personal account. The .conf file already exists in the proper place with the...
I am looking at replacing the boot drive in my Powermac dual 2ghz desktop. I am looking at the Samsung Spinpoint T 320gb ( HD321KJ ). It is inexpensive, quiet, cool, and low power (certainly comapared to the current seagate 7200.7). But...