• update grade not-z scripts to handle/be aware of winter terms
• update system page for (new)www
  • include information on db server
• upgrade mail VM to jessie/opensmtpd
• upgrade LDAP VMs to jessie
• create new router, using OpenBSD 5.7
• scripts to write:
  • user homedir backup pruning script
  • deploy studentlistcreate as a cron job once again
  • machine backup pruning script
  • status page monthly cycle script
  • revive gimmeh script, now that text access seems possible
• manual pages to write:
  • lab46 usage tutorial
    • include mercurial repository checkout info
    • include irc class chat tutorial
  • data structures, sll/dll library functions as their own manual pages

Some links of interest:

• LLVM
• GLglobe
• Heavens Above
• http://wiki.debian.org/kristian_jerpetjoen
• http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/alternative-to-200-lines-kernel-patch.html
• http://myproxylists.com/nix-brute-force
• My Plan9 Documentation page
• The Sokraits/Halfadder System Documentation page
• http://www.egghelp.org/commands/channels.htm
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/470617/get-current-date-and-time-in-php
• http://www.rjsystems.nl/en/2100.php
• BitSavers
• Time Zone HTML5 app
• http://toic.org/2009/01/18/reverse-ssh-port-forwarding/
• Divergent Thinking
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divergent_thinking
  • http://faculty.washington.edu/ezent/imdt.htm
• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/QemuEmulator
• Socket Programming
  • http://www.linuxhowtos.org/C_C++/socket.htm
  • http://www.few.vu.nl/~jms/socket-info.html
  • http://www.lowtek.com/sockets/
  • http://www.tenouk.com/Module40.html
  • http://www.tenouk.com/Module42.html
  • http://www.tenouk.com/Module43a.html
• ALIX
  • http://markshroyer.com/guides/router/
  • http://markshroyer.com/2010/12/openbsd-alix-via-ubuntu/
  • http://www.martinmellor.com/freebies/pinouts/IDE44_2_5_pinout.htm (IDE 44-pin pin-out)
• BeagleBoard
  • http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian
• Xen
  • http://www.tumfatig.net/20110125/running-openbsd-on-xen/ (OpenBSD HVM)
  • https://wiki.debian.org/Xen
• http://www.mydigitallife.info/fix-gmail-imap-invalid-credentials-or-web-login-requires-failure-error/
• http://manoharvanga.com/hackme/
• http://chneukirchen.github.com/sabotage/
• http://www.linusakesson.net/programming/pipelogic/index.php
• Free Data Structures eBook: http://dotnetslackers.com/Community/files/folders/data-structures-and-algorithms/entry30283.aspx
• Polyphasic Sleep and Napping
  • http://priceonomics.com/the-nasa-studies-on-napping/
  • http://www.opinionspost.com/longevity-greek-island-way/
  • http://io9.com/the-science-behind-power-naps-and-why-theyre-so-damne-1401366016
• Brain Hacks
  • http://www.cracked.com/article_20166_5-brain-hacks-that-give-you-mind-blowing-powers.html?wa_user1=4&wa_user2=Science&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended
• BASH sockets
  • http://hacktux.com/bash/socket
  • http://terminallinux.org/p/69/
• Debian Jessie daily builds (June 25th): http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/amd64/20140625-00:18/netboot/gtk/debian-installer/amd64/
• NFSv4: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NFSv4Howto
• Nettle/libhogweed crypto: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/nettle.html#Example
• Debian RAMdisks: http://reboot.pro/topic/14547-linux-load-your-root-partition-to-ram-and-boot-it/
• Zeo
  • https://forum.quantifiedself.com/showthread.php?tid=1421
  • http://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic/t98659/New-Zeo-Sleep-Monitor-for-Bedside-Units.html
  • https://github.com/zeoeng/zeo-android-api
  • http://eric-blue.com/2013/06/09/life-beyond-zeo/
• rxvt / .Xresources
  • http://www.askapache.com/linux/rxvt-xresources.html

So this has been slightly enigmatic… trying to get logins working via xdm (it seemed to not be querying LDAP).

I re-checked my config, using the best reference:

• https://www.talamasca.pl/projects/talamasca/wiki/OpenBSD_with_LDAP_-_system_authentication

I tried checking the logs.

But, the issue was apparently NOT LDAP.

This helpful post clued me in:

• http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:bzDSclBupEYJ:www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive/ports/0405/msg00421.html+&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

For if we start xdm with full debugging verbosity:

# xdm -debug 255 -nodaemon
...

We can clearly see it is kicking us out because the user's default shell (bash) is NOT listed in /etc/shells. Adding it fixed the problem and everything lit up as it should.

Now that I've gotten the xdm login situation resolved, it is time to apply configuration tweaks.

I thought to tinker with rotating the display orientations to the left, so monitors could be turned on their sides (freeing up a significant amount of desk space).

The basic trick is with xrandr, which I accomplished in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc:

xrandr --output VGA-0 --off --output DisplayPort-0 --mode 1280x1024 --pos 1280x0 --rotate left --output DVI-0 --mode 1280x1024 --pos 0x0 --rotate left

The lingering problem is that XDM logins do not appear to be workingeee