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After poking through the kernel logs and watching udev events, I was able to make this device work perfectly:

I created the file:

/etc/udev/rules.d/10-custom.rules

Inside this file, I inserted the following:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0830", ATTR{idProduct}=="0061", \\
    RUN+="/sbin/modprobe visor"

Then, I restarted udev (/etc/init.d/udev restart) and the device works properly. The correct module is loaded, /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/ttyUSB1 are created, and /dev/pilot is created, linking to the correct USB device.

If you have a different PalmOS-based device that is not loading properly, this can also work for you. Just do:

lsusb

and look for a line like:

Bus 002 Device 020: ID 0830:0061 Palm, Inc.

Inside the 10-custom.rules file, use the values before and after the colon as the ATTR{idVendor} and ATTR{idProduct}

Looks like another yet another botnet is building up from a trojan being sent around as “Postcard.exe”. I followed the botnet to a new channel, and they have almost 450 clients there. Most of those seem to be clients fired off from the trojan. Hopefully, the Undernet admins can stop this one for now. Yes, I know that another one will pop right up, but since this particular beast is coded to join certain channels, maybe it will give helpless attachment-clickers a little bit of a break.

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“On a vast New Zealand sheep station, a reckless genetic engineering experiment goes horribly wrong, turning sheep into bloodthirsty killers.”

Now, if the description isn’t strange enough for you, check out the trailer:

Black Sheep Trailer

Post in the comments how far your jaw dropped!

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/03/paranoia_poster.html.

Thank god SOMEONE has a sense of humor!

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First make sure you have the Debian package development tools:

apt-get install build-essential debhelper

(More tools might be needed depending on what you already have installed, but you will tend to get warnings about what is missing)

Then, download the PHP sources:

apt-get source php5

(The current version in the Ubuntu repositories at this time is php5-5.1.2, so adjust for version numbers in the future.)

And you will need all the dependencies for building PHP:

apt-get build-dep php5

Change into the debian build directory for PHP:

cd php5-5.1.2/debian

The first step is to edit the “modulelist” file. Insert a line above the one that says

mysql MySQL

with the contents:

mssql MSSQL

Next, edit the file “rules” and look for the section starting with “configure-apache2-stamp”. You will see a line similar to:

–with-mysql=shared,/usr

Open a line above this with the contents:

–with-mssql=shared,/usr

Make sure not to forget the backslash on the end.Now, we must edit the “control” file in the same directory. Add this to the end of the file:

Package: php5-mssql
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${php:Depends}, php5-common (= ${Source-Version})
Description: MSSQL module for php5
 This package provides a module for MSSQL using FreeTDS.
 .
 PHP5 is an HTML-embedded scripting language. Much of its syntax is borrowed
 from C, Java and Perl with a couple of unique PHP-specific features thrown
 in. The goal of the language is to allow web developers to write
 dynamically generated pages quickly.

Move up a directory.

cd ..

Now, run:

dpkg-buildpackage

And go get something to eat. This will do the whole configure/compile for PHP and create debs in the parent directory. When this process is done, move up to the parent directory:

cd ..

And, you will see all of the PHP debs, including the new php5-mssql_[version].deb

Run a dpkg -i on the ones you need, and you should be all set to connect to MSSQL databases.

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