Downloads from Bamboo server are slow, how can I debug this?

I have a Windows box running Bamboo, a continuous integration server. I can download files from it over HTTP, but they’re really slow, like 80 kbps slow. I don’t have any speed issues copying files between the machine and network shares. What are some steps I can take to debug this problem? I really don’t … Read more

OS limits ignored by bamboo

Our developers wants bamboo because of integrations to other Atlassian software and we have regularly problems with this buildserver. Often the buildjobs fail with OutOfMemory exceptions like this: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: unable to create new native thread at java.lang.Thread.start0(Native Method) at java.lang.Thread.start(Thread.java:717) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ProcessDestroyer.removeShutdownHook(ProcessDestroyer.java:149) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ProcessDestroyer.remove(ProcessDestroyer.java:202) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute.execute(Execute.java:481) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.runExecute(ExecTask.java:629) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.runExec(ExecTask.java:670) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.execute(ExecTask.java:496) at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:293) at … Read more

“DLL Provider failed to initialize” – Mercurial on Windows Server 2008

I’m trying to set up the Mercurial 64-bit client on an Atlassian Bamboo build server. The automated builds were giving errors trying to check code out of Mercurial, so I tried to test it from the command line, and I get the same error. > hg init abort: Provider DLL failed to initialize correctly The … Read more

How do I get Bamboo’s disk usage under control?

Here’s the scenario: Our source code is on Github. We run Bamboo (2.7.3 currently) on a Linux server here at work. We have several builds that are farmed out to remote agents (for example, to build iPhone software). On the remote agent, Bamboo clones the source from Github, does the build, and then uploads the … Read more

How to change the forward button to mean “double click” on the Wacom Bamboo One grahpics tablet?

I’ve got a Wacom Bamboo One grahpics tablet. I would like to change the forward button to mean “double click” as I was able to on the old WACOM Graphire pens. In a “Pen and Tablet” program it allows me to change the meanings of clicks of the pen and can click and unclick functions … Read more

How to change the forward button to mean “double click” on the Wacom Bamboo One grahpics tablet?

I’ve got a Wacom Bamboo One grahpics tablet. I would like to change the forward button to mean “double click” as I was able to on the old WACOM Graphire pens. In a “Pen and Tablet” program it allows me to change the meanings of clicks of the pen and can click and unclick functions … Read more

How to change the forward button to mean “double click” on the Wacom Bamboo One grahpics tablet?

I’ve got a Wacom Bamboo One grahpics tablet. I would like to change the forward button to mean “double click” as I was able to on the old WACOM Graphire pens. In a “Pen and Tablet” program it allows me to change the meanings of clicks of the pen and can click and unclick functions … Read more

Map drawing tablet to different screen sizes

Is it possible to map a Wacom Bamboo tablet to different section of the screens based off of the finessess of the task? For example switching between a mapping of the entire drawing tablet to the full screen, to quarter-screen mappings. Answer In the Wacom Tablet Properties, the Mapping tab lets you change the screen … Read more