Success: optimizing the Etherpad Java VM

Posted on by primaryt
After weeks of tweeking i finally found an environment that works smoothly
2GB VM
I kept my ${MXRAM} at 1800M
$JAVA -classpath $CP \
-server \
-Xmx${MXRAM} \
-Xms${MXRAM} \
-Djava.awt.headless=true \
-XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=500 \
-XX:+UseParallelGC \
-Dappjet.jmxremote=true \
$JAVA_OPTS \
net.appjet.oui.main \
–configFile=${cfg_file} \
“$@”
Note the lack of logging etc.

Is it wrong to finger yourself?

Posted on by primaryt
Google auto complete (even with safe search on) returns some pretty eyebrow raising results.. Are these results really appropriate for a classroom?


If you are looking for the same functionality as google safe search without the auto complete and adverts visit Safe Search

Rebranding Etherpad

Posted on by primaryt
Changing the logos & brand name from Etherpad to your own requires modifying the following files:
(Images)
/usr/local/etherpad/trunk/etherpad/src/static/img/jun09/pad/protop.gif
/usr/local/etherpad/trunk/etherpad/src/static/img/jun09/pad/padtop5.gif
/usr/local/etherpad/trunk/etherpad/src/static/img/pro/header/pro-header-logo.png
/usr/local/etherpad/trunk/etherpad/src/static/favicon.ico
(Text)
/usr/local/etherpad/trunk/etherpad/src/templates/main/home.ejs
/usr/local/etherpad/trunk/etherpad/src/templates/html.ejs
/usr/local/etherpad/trunk/etherpad/src/templates/pad/create_body.ejs

My Etherpad start up script

Posted on by primaryt

I like my etherpad to run in a screen so I can jump in and out:

I know it’s messy but it’s all I have. I recommend not using this on a box running anything other than etherpad.  I paste this to /etc/init.d/etherpad and chmod it


/etc/init.d/nrpe start

killall java -9

killall soffice.bin

/usr/bin/soffice -headless -nofirststartwizard -accept="socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp;StarOffice.Service"  &

cd /usr/local/etherpad/trunk/etherpad

screen bin/run-local.sh

Educational Images

Posted on by primaryt


One of my favourite websites that I’m not directly involved with (although I helped them out a few times) is edupics

Edupics is basically searchable pictures to use in education.
Good on the green issue.
Fast. Easy and really nice people :)