Fix for Netatalk nbp_rgstr: Connection timedout error

So, I had been playing around with VMWare Server in my Gutsy installation and when I restarted, my Netatalk daemon was failing with an error: nbp_rgstr: Connection timedout.Luckily, I found this old forum post, which had the solution: Just go into your atalkd.conf file and uncomment the line that says eth0.I'll walk you through it:Open a terminal, then type:sudo nano /etc/netatalk/atalkd.confThen delete the # sign in front of the word 'eth0'. Pretty simple!Apparently, netatalk will just bind to whatever network interface is laying around, so it can sometimes get confused and bind to the crippled...

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CPU-optimized Backend for gHandBrake

Edit: The original author of gHandBrake's site appears to be down and I haven't heard from him since I submitted code to add most of the advanced x264 options to the interface, so I decided to offer my updated version right here (64-bit binary plus source code) until further notice. If you need to compile it for a 32-bit system, I have a list of dependencies for HandBrake here, and precompiled binaries of Yasm Debian/Ubuntu systems here. If you have any problems with any of it, just let me know in the comments and I'll try to help.You can also download the unmodified gHandBrake (fewer features,...

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HandBrake 0.9.2 and yasm 0.7.1 precompiled deb binary for 64-bit linux

Update (5/15/09): The binaries on this page are woefully out of date, but I have working binaries built from the latest code available in my PPA repository. Directions for adding it to your package manager are available here.Download: HandBrakeCLI-AMD64 0.9.2 (Thanks Alexander!)Download: yasm-AMD64 0.7.1 yasm-i386_0.7.1 (it's in a tarball, but the deb is inside)I just got finished doing some building for HandBrakeCLI. They used to provide a precompiled 64-bit binary on the official site, but they've stopped for some unknown reason, so I decided to provide a copy of my own.This...

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Hardy Never Worked, So I'm Back On Gutsy

As awesome as Hardy is, I could never get those damned random freezes I mentioned in my last post to stop, so I had to default back to Gutsy.Fortunately, there were a few things I learned about integrating with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard while fiddling with my Hardy install that are perfectly applicable in Gutsy, including screen sharing and networking with Netatalk.Screen sharing was surprisingly easy to set up. Simply install xtightvncviewer from the repos:sudo aptitude install xtightvncviewerThis should get make your Linux box accessible from your Leopard box, and you can also use it to control...

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