How To Use Cron to Access Remote Script
From the shell you can use programs like wget and curl to access a remote script, however the same commands would fail when added to crontab. Here are my tips to…
VirtualBox 4.3.20 breaks FreeBSD Xorg
I updated to VirtualBox v4.3.20 (host and guest additions) and whenever I attempt to launch startx or startxfce4 on the guest I only see a blank black screen. The log…
FreeBSD Cannot Boot After Removing Second HDD
I deleted the second virtual disk image from my virtual machine's SATA Controller thinking I could boot and then delete the mount line from /etc/fstab. Wrong! I found the suggestion…
FreeBSD MythTV Backend VirtualBox Guest
After some trial and error, I thought I would share my virtual machine settings and setup tips for a FreeBSD guest running MythTV. I am using VirtualBox on a Windows…
Mythweb 0.27 on Lighttpd
I updated Mythweb to 0.27 and it broke! Well sort of....the mythweb.conf.lighttpd configuration file assumes you are doing a web root install but the port installs to /usr/local/www/mythweb, a sub-directory…
Dell Service Tag from FreeBSD CLI
To display your Dell's service tag, log in as root and run: # dmidecode -s system-serial-number No more trying to find the label! Source: http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshooting/us/en/19/kcs/kcsarticles/articleview?docid=389572
Mythweb Video Cover Art
I am currently running Mythweb on Lighttpd for remotely scheduling all my programs. I rarely use the MythTv front-end for anything except playback. (I have a separate front-end from back-end…
Transcoded MythTV Not Playing on Samsung TV
The transcoded MythTV files I have been creating using my cut script do not play on my Samsung TV (uses an external USB HDD). Older files created from MythTV lossless transcode…
MythTV Commercial Cut Script
I have been using MythTV to record OTA Broadcast television since March 2012 on my FreeBSD server. I recently updated to version 0.26 and found that the mythtranscode utility no longer…
Screen Command
SSH is great for accessing my home FreeBSD server. Unfortunately, sometimes an install takes too long and I need to disconnect from the session without stopping the current process. Screen…