Archive for August, 2008
Parallels, full screen and multiple monitors - No worky
August 28th, 2008
This is just another tidbit of info that I have come across through my adventures with Parallels support. In my venture to fully utilize my new baby (Mac Pro beast) I really wanted to be able to take advantage of my three monitors. Unfortunately, it turns out that Parallels doesnt support multiple monitors in full screen mode. It does seem able to utilize multiple monitors when using coherence (able to drag application to another monitor), however that isn’t how I roll. I have been informed from Parallels support that this will be "fixed" in an upcoming version.
A word about Parallels support. If you are willing to pay to get your simple question answered they are quite helpful and the process is straightforward and fast. If you take the free route, expect it to take a week. That said - I got my answer.
WordPress Persmissions - what should they be? Really!
August 25th, 2008
I am coming to the quick realization that some Wordpress (2.6) features, some that I am very used to, others that are new to 2.6, won’t work if the permissions on directories and files aren’t set correctly. After some lengthy Googling, what "correct" is seems to be anyones guess based on what OS, webserver, WP version, plugin or theme you happen to be running.
So here is my question:
What should the permissions be on every directory and file within a Wordpress 2.6 installation be for the application to work as intended?
I would really like to hear from everyone - the community at large as well as those close to the Wordpress development. But at the end of the day, I would appreciate hearing from an official source.
Update: I got some feedback…wordpress.org/support/topic/199164
Mac Pro, Parallels, Blue Screen of Death - nuff said
August 6th, 2008
Just a quick post so that this information gets out into the interweb some how. It cost me $30 but I am willing to share this info for free since Parallels isn’t.
Now this could be my own ignorance but I had a problem and it just wasnt obvious to me what was causing it.
I have a new Mac, installed Parallels with Vista Ultimate (bootcamp partition). Was working sweet! Not surprisingly, after a while the VM would pause due to lack of activity. Upon Resume, Vista would blue screen. I found many references to this problem when I googled it, but no good solutions.
So I ended up emailing Parallels support a couple times to no avail. I got no response; really don’t believe their system works. I then called Parallels phone support and paying my money.
Turns out - DOH - that it was Vista that was going to sleep first (power settings) which was causing the VM to Pause. After changing my settings to not sleep or hibernate -> all is well.
The Blue Screen is still a bug they need to fix, but I can live with this solution. Also if you want things to sleep do it through the Mac side.
