In my Fedora 14 desktop I keep losing minutes without knowing how and why (doesn’t the clock update automatically?). At the beginning I tried to change the file /etc/ntp.conf (edit it and change the parameter server to: ‘server pool.ntp.org’; 1) as perhaps the server did not respond correctly. I tried …
Updating Scisoft in Fedora is rather easy (see the installation details). First if we have already a previous installation we can easily remove it by running (as root): yum remove scisoft-\* and check that the directory /scisoft has been totally removed (if something extra has been added the we should …
VStar is a multi-platform variable star visualisation and analysis tool, developed under the CitizenSky project and the AAVSO. Its use is straightforward if java is installed. But you should be carefull what java you are using… I tried to use VStar in two different machines running Ubuntu 10.10 64bit and …
While I was working on a script to make multiple plots with matplotlib I found out that it was not possible with the version that Scisoft 7.5 uses (0.99) but a later version can do it (1.0.1)! So a logical though was to go on and upgrade the matplotlib inside …
After updating my Fedora 14 login password I was about to use the Empathy messaging client but this “Unlock Login Keyring” dialog box was keeping opening without accepting the new or older passwords… So, while useful it seemed irritating not to be able to use the system with any kind …
A new installation of Fedora 14 was performed some days ago allowing to fresh up my heavy duty machine at work. Of course this does not come without any troubles but, thankfully, all have been solved quicker than expected. The first and more serious problem was to install the necessary …
Scisoft is a great collection of astronomical software (IRAF 2.14-1, IDL 7.1, Python 2.5.4, PyRAF 1.9.0, and more) mainly used at the ESO. Installing the whole package is very easy through yum in Fedora, which is officially supported. Following the instructions you can have Scisoft ready in a few minutes …