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Background and Art project 		pici-network
Discussion and community forum 		pici-development
Programming and debugging the pici-server
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Table of Contents

  1. Install a pici-Server on Linux (beta)
    1. Setup the Basics
    2. Download the pici-server software
    3. Set rights for the CACHE folder
    4. Install the picture creating Software
      1. Binaries
      2. Install it from source
    5. Install Fonts
    6. Setup a virtual Screen
    7. Give your user access to the shell script
    8. Create MySQL database
    9. Setup the configuration file
    10. Create the database tables
    11. pici-server successfully installed
    12. Important first steps
  1. Linux pici-server Trouble Shooting
      1. pici-server only generates pictures with :-(
      2. Error: Cannot connect to X server
  1. Help improving pici-Server on Linux
    1. Solve the Biggest problems
    2. Improve pici-Server
  1. Optimize and Maintain Linux pici Server

Help improving pici-Server on Linux

Solve the Biggest problems

  • There is a limitation in picture length. If a Site would be longer, the picture would show grey, unrendered parts on top and at the end of the image. Does anybody know the reason therefore?
  • web2pici should create a much faster Timeout error if the Address is not found. (e.g. after 5 seconds if an address can not be resolved).
  • There is the need to manually accept all cookies the first time after a pici-server is set up. It would be nice if this could be done automatically.

Improve pici-Server

  • Create an automatically installable Version for your own Linux Distribution.

Feel free to add here your thoughts, solutions and ideas.

Make server version for Gnome/KDE/Console Make connectors for other BDD (like PostGreSQL)

Disable the use of sudo who is a security hole. Restrict the access of the directory (chmod 777 pretty un-secure)