32-bit binary arrgh
Running 32-bit binaries on 64-bit machines and it refuses to work? Over the last one month this happened to me several times. Sometimes even disguised as something else. Finally, figured out the solution and noted it down all over the place so I don’t forget. The magic words are libc6-1386 and ia32-libs. Oh, and to…
Hello Mozilla!
Hello Planet Mozilla! I was added to the planet about 2 weeks ago and never actually got around to writing a hello post. I’m Nigel and I contribute to a few of the WebDev projects, most notably input and socorro. I’m also currently writing a patch for firefox to help SUMO, which I seem to…
Some new improvements to Launchpad
I’ve been hacking on Launchpad for a while now and I’d like to announce some of the new things I’ve added. The first 2 are in production now. The last two, however, will need a few more days to get into production. Smart autolinkifying in bugs As evident from the screenshot, it greys out the…
7 things about me
For the first time, I’m doing a meme! Unfocused tagged me and here it goes. 4 Rules Link to your original tagger (s) and list these rules in your post. Share seven facts about yourself in the post. Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to…
Embedding a terminal with byobu
The other day I blogged about how I was looking for embedded terminal in vim and found something hilarious. This post is about how I solved what I was trying to do. I know I can do :shell, but that’s quite not what I wanted. Here’s how I got it working the way I want…
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