PrivoxyAdd-on_1.01.tar
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Asterisk setup from my NSLU2 to the Xbox. After successfully compiling both Asterisk and Zaptel I get an error while trying to load the Zaptel modules:

FATAL: Error inserting ztdummy (/lib/modules/2.6.16.20/misc/ztdummy.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

and a quick check in dmesg shows:

modprobe zaptel: Unknown symbol crc_ccitt_table

Which tells me that my kernel wasn't compiled with CONFIG_CRC_CCITT support, great! Nevermind, check the repository for linux sources so we can recompile with CONFIG_CRC_CCITT support and maybe upgrade the kernel in the process:

lrdshaper@Corinthian~# apt-cache search ^linux-source
linux-source-2.6.18 - Linux kernel source for version 2.6.18
linux-source-2.6.24 - Linux kernel source for version 2.6.24
lrdshaper@Corinthian~#

Ok, so I need an Xbox kernel patch for either 2.6.18 or 2.6.24. Let's check sourceforge for the latest Xbox kernel patch: latest is 2.6.16. *sigh*

But wait! That doesn't mean someone else hasn't made an Xbox kernel patch yet based on a later kernel version. So let's check with Google...... and 45mins of searching later the closest that I can find is...wait for it... 2.6.22!. Aarrgh!

Still have a chance, use the 2.6.16 or 2.6.22 Xbox kernel patch as a template and make it work with 2.6.18 or 2.6.22. Decided to start with 2.6.16 first and after many hours of compile, installed the new kernel, reboot and...... it's alive!!!

Asterisk runs better now with no noticeable lags and dropped calls. For those interested, here're the 2.6.18 Kernel and 2.6.18 Kernel headers for Xbox running Xebian 1.1.4
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Requirements: RAIDiator 4.1.4+
Platform: Sparc (NV/NV+/1100/Duo)
Addon Version: v1.0
Download link: PrivoxyAdd-on_1.0.tar
Privoxy Version: v3.0.3
Privoxy Homepage: http://www.privoxy.org


Usage: After installation Privoxy will start listening to default port 8118. Then in your browser, change the proxy to your ReadyNAS' IP Address and put 8118 in the port number.

If you have the Squid Add-on installed you can chain Squid to Privoxy. The main benefit of chaining Squid and Privoxy is you decrease the resource usage of Privoxy because of the local web cache provided by Squid. What this gives you is increased web performance because of Squid's local web cache plus the ad and banner filtering feature of Privoxy. To chain Squid to Privoxy you just need to add the following line in Squid's configuration file (squid.conf)

cache_peer localhost parent 8118 0 no-query no-digest
never_direct allow all

The first line assumes Privoxy is running on the same machine and listens to port 8118. If Privoxy is running on a different machine then change localhost to the IP Address of the machine running Privoxy. The second line forces squid to forward all requests to Privoxy.

Next will be creating an add-on for Tor. Cheers!]]>

Lenny became stable today and so I decided to upgrade my XBOX running Xebian Etch to the latest and greatest version of my favorite distro. After adding the keys using apt-key, I ran apt-get update and halfway through encountered the following error:

Errhttp://ftp.tw.debian.org stable/main Packages
Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
Fetched 867KB in 5s (173KB/s)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.tw.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
Reading package lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Although I very rarely ran into this problem (this is only the 3rd time), I remember when I first got this error and how much time I spent trying to solve it so I thought I'd post it here. The solution is very simple actually but proved quite difficult to figure out and even my good friend Google failed me (at least it was 5yrs ago). So to fix the issue just go into /var/lib/apt/lists/partial directory and delete everything inside then run

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update

again and you should be good to go. Cheers!]]>