Restoring a MSSQL 2000/2005 database while in production

At my work, I had to overwrite a MSSQL database while in production. The goal was to replace the existing database by one with a new structure.

I tried first the easy way, right clicking on it and trying to take it off line using the menu of Microsoft.

Unfortunately, that didn’t do anything, complaining that several users were accessing it. Of course, trying to restore it directly gave the same message.

I couldn’t find a way to successfully force it through the interface.

Webmin

If you work with Webmin on Debian, you may have some problems when you download a module which is not available in a package (i.e, Amavis).

When you try to access to it, it may fail and give back an error message like :
Undefined subroutine &main::init_config called at /usr/local/share/webmin/<your_module>/…

Switched back from Beryl to Compiz

I have run Beryl for months and have seen many huge and nice improvements.

I switched to Beryl soon after the fork from Compiz. At the time, I was on Ubuntu Breezy. The reason of my switch was a major issue with Compiz, making it impossible for my laptop to hibernate. Beryl did it. I could have solved it by myself, maybe, but didn’t have time to dig out desktop things.

Today, it is again some bugs that pushed me to switch back from Beryl to Compiz.