Slow Connection

Last night, my Internet connection was very slow, so i had to change my ISP few times and i couldn't even fetch my email messages from my ISP. It was horrible :(

Firefox 1.0.5 Released

After running some build tests, Firefox 1.0.5 final is here with some bug fixes like :

* Code execution through shared function objects
* XHTML node spoofing
* Javascript prompt origin spoofing
* Standalone applications can run arbitrary code through the browser
* Same origin violation: frame calling top.focus()
* The return of frame-injection spoofing
* Possibly exploitable crash in InstallVersion.compareTo()
* Script injection from Firefox sidebar panel using data:
* Same-origin violation with InstallTrigger callback
* Code execution via "Set as Wallpaper"
* XBL scripts ran even when Javascript disabled
* Content-generated event vulnerabilities

Go get them now from the FTP Site

PHP 4.4.0 Finally Released

After a long wait, finally PHP 4.4.0 is here with a bunch of changelogs:

* Added man pages for "phpize" and "php-config" scripts.
* Added support for .cc files in extensions.
* Added the sorting flag SORT_LOCALE_STRING to the sort() functions which makes them sort based on the current locale.
* Changed sha1_file() and md5_file() functions to use streams instead of low level IO.
* Fixed memory corruptions when using references in a wrong way.
* Fixed memory corruption in pg_copy_from() in case the as_null parameter was passed.
* Fixed memory corruption in stristr(). (Derick)
* Fixed bug #32685, Fixed bug #29423 (Segfault when using assignment by reference within function).
* Fixed bug #33242 (Mangled error message when stream fails).
* Fixed bug #33222 (segfault when CURL handle is closed in a callback).
* Fixed bug #33214 (odbc_next_result does not signal SQL errors with 2-statement SQL batches).
* Fixed bug #33210 (relax jpeg recursive loop protection).
* Fixed bug #33200 (preg_replace(): magic_quotes_sybase=On makes 'e' modifier misbehave).
* Fixed bug #33150 (shtool: insecure temporary file creation).
* Fixed bug #33072 (Add a safemode/open_basedir check for runtime save_path change).
* Fixed bug #33070 (Improved performance of bzdecompress() by several orders of magnitude).
* Fixed bug #33057 (Don't send extraneous entity-headers on a 304 as per RFC 2616 section 10.3.5).
* Fixed bug #33019 (socket errors cause memory leaks in php_strerror()).
* Fixed bug #33017 ("make distclean" gives an error with VPATH build).
* Fixed bug #33013 ("next month" was handled wrong while parsing dates).
* Fixed bug #32974 (pcntl calls malloc() from a signal handler).
* Fixed bug #32944 (Disabling session.use_cookies doesn't prevent reading session cookies).
* Fixed bug #32936 (http redirects URLs are not checked for control chars).
* Fixed bug #32932 (Oracle LDAP: ldap_get_entries invalid pointer).
* Fixed bug #32904 (pg_get_notify() ignores result_type parameter).
* Fixed bug #32813 (parse_url() does not handle scheme-only urls properly).
* Fixed bug #32810 (temporary files not using plain file wrapper).
* Fixed bug #32802 (General cookie overrides more specific cookie).
* Fixed bug #32800, Fixed bug #32830 (ext/odbc: Problems with 64bit systems).
* Fixed bug #32773 (GMP functions break when second parameter is 0).
* Fixed bug #32742 (segmentation fault when the stream with a wrapper is not closed).
* Fixed bug #32730 (ext/crack.c fails to compile with cracklib-2.8.3).
* Fixed bug #32670 (foreach() does not issue warning on unset array arg).
* Fixed bug #32699 (pg_affected_rows() was defined when it was not available).
* Fixed bug #32682 (ext/mssql: Error on module shutdown when called from activescript).
* Fixed bug #32647 (Using register_shutdown_function() with invalid callback can crash PHP).
* Fixed bug #32591 (ext/mysql: Unsatisfied symbol: ntohs with HP-UX).
* Fixed bug #32589 (Possible crash inside imap_mail_compose, with charsets).
* Fixed bug #32587 (Apache2: errors sent to error_log do not include timestamps).
* Fixed bug #32567 (ext/gmp fails to compile in threadsafe mode).
* Fixed bug #32538 (ext/swf/swf.c does not compile with gcc-3.4.x or newer).
* Fixed bug #32530 (chunk_split() does not append endstr if chunklen is longer then the original string).
* Fixed bug #32491 (File upload error - unable to create a temporary file).
* Fixed bug #32311 (mb_encode_mimeheader() does not properly escape characters).
* Fixed bug #32245 (xml_parser_free() in a function assigned to the xml parser gives a segfault).
* Fixed bug #32116 (mysql compressed connection doesn't work under windows).
* Fixed bug #31887 (ISAPI: Custom 5xx error does not return correct HTTP response message).
* Fixed bug #31583 (php_std_date() uses short day names in non-y2k_compliance mode).
* Fixed bug #31213 (Sideeffects caused by fix of bug Fixed bug #29493).
* Fixed bug #30052 (Crash on shutdown after odbc_pconnect()).
* Fixed bug #29975 (memory leaks when set_error_handler() is used inside error handler).
* Fixed bug #29944 (Function defined in switch, crashes).
* Fixed bug #29338 (unencoded spaces get ignored after certain tags).
* Fixed bug #28605 (Need to use -[m]ieee option for Alpha CPUs).
* Fixed bug #28377 (debug_backtrace is intermittently passing args).

Go get them now from PHP's Official Site

New Updates For Slackware

Slackware has released another updates for their packages, which can be seen on their Changelog :

Sun Jul 10 22:33:04 PDT 2005
a/pkgtools-10.2.0-i486-1.tgz: In xorgsetup, don't load the freetype module
twice in the outputted xorg.conf file. Also, fix the formatting of the
xorg.conf file. Thanks to Jonathan Woithe for the fixes!
d/gcc-3.3.6-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gcc-3.3.6.
d/gcc-g++-3.3.6-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gcc-3.3.6.
d/gcc-g77-3.3.6-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gcc-3.3.6.
d/gcc-gnat-3.3.6-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gcc-3.3.6.
d/gcc-java-3.3.6-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gcc-3.3.6.
d/gcc-objc-3.3.6-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gcc-3.3.6.
kde/kdeartwork-3.4.1-i486-2.tgz: Patched to fix using screensavers from
xscreensaver >= 4.21. Thanks to Chris Linnet for the fix!
l/libtiff-3.7.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to libtiff-3.7.3.
n/iptables-1.3.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to iptables-1.3.2.
n/rsync-2.6.5-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to rsync-2.6.5.
tcl/hfsutils-3.2.6-i486-3.tgz: Patched to include <errno.h>, and recompiled
to fix problems on systems using NPTL. Thanks to Dominik L. Borkowski for
pointing out the issue.
xap/gkrellm-2.2.7-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gkrellm-2.2.7.
xap/xscreensaver-4.22-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xscreensaver-4.22.

Totally ill

I'm totally ill, no more posting for today :(

Update:
After resting for a day, i'm now better then before, but still i need more sleep and rest again. Let's hope tomorrow i can fully recovered from this illness :)

Another Updates For Slackware

I looked at Slackware Changelog and found that there are updates for Slackware, including security fix for zlib library. There was also updates for gnet and libexif library and also the latest version of GIMP, 2.2.8. I have download them all and installed it at my laptop and desktop. Meanwhile, GAIM had released another updates, GAIM 1.4.0 and i hope in the next few days, the Slackware packages will be released also since it was a security release.

Reinstall Again

I accidentally delete some of my / directory (including /bin) by typing rm -rf / as root, so i reinstalled my Slackware again. What a sloppy, but now it's back to normal again. I have updated the KDE (3.4.1), packages, and the kernel to the latest version of Slackware packages (2.4.31 and 2.6.11.11). Luckily i made my /home partition as a separate partition so some configuration can be obtained automatically after installing the system. I got into trouble by configuring the X Server, but now it's solved. After trying for several options, finally i got the best option for the display. Welcome back my Slackware :)

Software Patent Rejected

Finally the software patent has been rejected by the European Parliament. This is a great victory for those who have campaigned to ensure that European innovation and competitiveness is protected from the threat of software and business process patents. Many Open Source sites tries to vote for this answer for a long time and right now, their wishes has been fulfilled. Long live Open Source + Innovation and say no to Software Patents. Read the full press release

New IE Flaw

It's very unusuall that Microsoft is delivering a patch out of their monthly schedule, but i think this is a good practice, especially if it rated critical. The latest patch comes for Internet Explorer ,"A COM Object (javaprxy.dll) Could Cause Internet Explorer to Unexpectedly Exit". If you need a patch for it, download them from Microsoft Web Site. You can download the patch (494 KB), disable them manually via registry (which is not recommended if you don't know what you're doing), or unregister them. Please visit the link above for more information about this flaw.

OOo 2.0 beta on Slackware

I have download the latest version of OOo 2.0 beta, 1.9.113 and as usuall, there is only RPM version and not in binary packages, so i use rpm2tgz utility to convert it to tgz package and install it using installpkg command. It worked and everything is installed just as i use RPM. OOo 2.0 beta can work perfectly on Slackware, but the only problem is the icon. Some icons were available, but not all of it (OOo Impress, OOo Base and OOo Math's icons are not available by default). I used Gartoon Blue as my default icons, but i have tried Plastic SVG (KDE Default), and also Nuvola, but i still can't get the icons, so i used the old icons of OOo 1.1.4. Well, the icons are not perfect, but the applications are, so i don't regret it :)

Internet Cafe Issue

Internet Cafe is now given two months to complete their administration for the original software before the police will do a sweeping. It's a complicated problems. In one side, Internet Cafe can give a change for students to access Internet to search for information with a cheap cost, but in the other side, it's also base for pirated software, mostly from Microsoft.

Jogja Linux User Group is planning to hold a seminar about solution for the Internet Cafe owners. We will try to offer GNU/Linux as the solution for those who didn't want to buy Microsoft's license because they can't afford it (as it counts for each PC). The event will be held on 23 of July 2005 if no other obstacles. Right now, we are making the proposal and preparing the draft. Stay update with information about this event from our website or join our mailing list for more information.

Mouse Is Working

After i reconfigure my Xorg.conf file (a configuration files for the Xorg Server and also some of the input and output devices), i was able to make my scroll mouse working again. Before i modify the files (using Slackware default), the wheel is not working at all. Now i can browse the web or navigate through long pages with mouse :)

here is my Input Section :

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Star Wars Episode 2

I missed the Star Wars Episode 2, but i managed to borrow my friend's CD. I got home at 9.30 PM, and the movie has started since 7.30 PM, so it's better for me to see the movie via VCD. It also great change to try MPlayer and Xine in Slackware packages to play video files. Yesterday i tried to play wmv file and both player worked perfectly. Let's try for Star Wars :)

DNS Problem

I'm trying to download R-Project, but if i browse the website from my campuss, it won't find it, but if i use my dial up connection, the URL was found and browseable. I think that the ISP DNS was incorrectly configured. It was fast, but some site couldn't be opened. Weird :(

NVU 1.0 Released

Nvu 1.0 is now available for download!!. Nvu is the new Web editing environment based on the Mozilla platform and its Gecko layout engine. Primarily made for Linspire and other Linux flavors, its cross-platform architecture makes it available on a wide variety of other platforms. In this version, many bug has been fixed (see it on the Download page). Many people have give their comments and it was proven that it is a great application that can be used as an alternative to Microsoft Frontpage or Macromedia DreamWeaver in Linux platform (btw, it can also be installed on another platform, such as Microsoft Windows and MacOS).