Credits: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openobject-addons/+bug/1008513/+index?ss=1

Symptoms:

After migration on Ubuntu 14.04, many of us experienced a problem that OpenERP server cannot start. As it was described in our blog here, OpenERP 6.1 doesn’t work with pywebdav version 9.8. The main reason why it doesn’t work is described into “the credits” article and because the method of import pywebdav library is changed for version 9.8.

Credits: https://bitbucket.org/rptlab/reportlab/commits/aed0e2af45460b241f7712bfcf68a948c658ba76

It looks like there is a bug in python reportlib. In Ubuntu 14+, there is 3.x version of reportlib and several people report that it has several bugs, one of them is when we split strings in unicode.

In the link about there is a fix, which we can apply in order to get more stability in our installation.

At a Glance

Usage of web technologies enables creation of complex digital signage system quite fast. Usually, such system consist of several major blocks as follows:

Credentials for the article go here: http://www.howtoforge.com/reset-forgotten-mysql-root-password

Sometimes, we need to take over MySQL server, and this article explains how one can change root password for MySQL server.

Well, it happens, when you try to make WiFI installation at client location batter, one can upgrade routers with dd-wrt firmware. It is basically a good idea except the fact, there are plenty of mistakes/ errors in documentation, which leads us to a lot of troubles. Finally, using latest firmware for wnr2000v3 from dd-wrt is a bad ideas as the flash memory is a bit less than the firmware file. In result, we have the router bricked. Hereby I explain how I unbrick it.

If you just download it from LaunchPad and place in addons directory following by adding new modules into the system, the attempt to add modules gives you a server crash code as follows:

File "/usr/share/openerp/osv/orm.py", line 875, in create_instance

  if not getattr(cls, '_original_module', None) and name == parent_model._name:

tributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute '_name

here I explain what can one do to fix the problem…

The error message is not complete and sometimes misleading. In this article I explain my experience in fixing the issue.

We were looking for a solution which can be combined with ODRIOD-X2 computer. Our goal was to simplify the installation which means excluding monitor card and directly connect LCD LED panel with the computer. Additionally, we need to have GPS solution in order to know where our tables are located and address advertising accordingly.

Considering such requirements, a Chinese ODROID-X2 expansion board looks promotable.

Nowadays, spammers are a real threat for websites. Because each website has a contact from, such forms are used by spammers in order to send spam over internet. In this article I share a way how one can protect by captcha field the “Product enquiry” form in Virtuemart 1.8 which works on Joomla 1.5.26.