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Workaround for “ImportError: cannot import name compat” issue in Trac 0.11.x

Sunday, August 10, 2008

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I had used Trac 0.10.4 for awhile before upgrading to 0.11. First time around I had no problems, but on a new server, a fresh install of 0.11.1 was giving me this error when I visit certain pages: [Sun Aug 10 19:41:57 2008] [error] [client 69.204.200.139] PythonHandler trac.web.modpython_frontend: Traceback (most recent call last):, referer: http://issues.biodegradablegeek.com/congen9 [...]

Has vim/rails.vim been crashing lately? Here’s why.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

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If you are experiencing segmentation faults with vim and rails.vim, it may be due to this bug, which appeared after 1.7.127, but has been resolved in 1.7.147 (patch log). To check if your installation has this bug, type the following (cred goes to Ralph) in vim: :r ~fo<tab> (’fo’ being the start of a username [...]

How to Speed Up Fullscreen Flash Playback in Linux

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

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Hardware acceleration is not available in fullscreen mode for Linux yet, at least not with Adobe’s Flash 9.x plugin. This isn’t much of a problem with small videos, but it results in choppy, sluggish playback in fullscreen mode. Fortunately, there’s a simple way around this while we wait for Adobe to address the issue. Workaround [...]