http://www.robertbolton.com A lot to do about nothing Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:14:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I received a new monitor for xmas and wanted to set up dual display (twinview) for Ubuntu 9.10. I already had the proprietary Nvidia drivers install, and it was very easy to get the dual monitors up and running. However, I always got this error when trying to save the ... http://www.robertbolton.com/save-nvidia-display-settings-ubuntu-910 It seems like every time I upgrade Kubuntu, my sound doesn’t work anymore. I guess “doesn’t work” isn’t the right term. It seems that the output is muted. If I type pavucontrol into the command line and then go to output devices on the volume control window that pops up, ... http://www.robertbolton.com/sound-doesnt-work-kubuntu-910-with-pulseaudio The Zend_Auth Db adapter will fail if you have more than one record returned, which makes sense. However, when I have coded something like this in the past, I would check how many records were returned with a matching username and password. Zend_Auth looks at how many records are returned ... http://www.robertbolton.com/zend_auth-and-more-than-one-record-matches-the-supplied-identity It’s been awhile since I had to set up a new site with Zend Framework, and I took the chance to play around with Zend_Tool_Project. Following the QuickStart guide, I had a site up and running in no time. But it did take me a little while to figure out ... http://www.robertbolton.com/setting-up-a-new-site-with-zend-framework-applicationtool I had a site that uses Technorati’s API via Zend Framework- i.e. Zend_Service_Technorati. I noticed I am getting TCP connection errors via an exception (Message: Unable to Connect to tcp://api.technorati.com:80. Error #111: Connection refused), and upon going to Technorati’s site to look at the API, I found out the ... http://www.robertbolton.com/zend_service_technorati-and-connection-errors <?php$mapper->expects($this->exactly(‘2′))->method(‘delete’); $mapper->expects($this->exactly(2))->method(‘delete’); ?> The two above lines of code don’t behave the same. When passing in 2 as a string instead of a number, PHPUnit declares it a failure: Em_Model_Collection_MapperTest::testDeleteCollectionWithJoinTable Expectation failed for method name is equal to when invoked 2 time(s). Method was expected to be called 2 times, actually called 2 times. http://www.robertbolton.com/phpunit-and-mock-object-exactly-method I am new to MooTools and was using MooTools 1.2.3 to submit a form via Ajax - pretty standard stuff. When trying to put in callbacks for onSuccess,onRequest, etc… I kept getting JavaScript errors (b.lastIndexOf is not a function). Looks like you need to use set() function first, then ... http://www.robertbolton.com/mootools-form-send-function-and-blastindexof-is-not-a-function-error Apparently you can’t use FTP for symlinks? It’s been so long since I have mucked around with FTP, that I didn’t realize you could not create symlinks. I have an old site I still maintain and had to move it to a new hosting provider and the new provider did ... http://www.robertbolton.com/symlink-with-ftp There are many articles around explaining Zend_Acl and how to use it within a CMS like system where generic roles apply - i.e. an admin can do anything, a guest can leave a comment and an author can write articles. But I was having a hard time figuring out how ... http://www.robertbolton.com/zend_acl-with-user-specific-permissions I signed up for a VPS on Slicehost today, and am very impressed. The interface is refreshingly basic and I was up and running in no time. Their articles are absolutely amazing, and worth the read even if you don’t use their services. I know Ubuntu somewhat, but am ... http://www.robertbolton.com/slicehost-vps