note

If you have installed Drubuntu (including/especially using my D7-ready sandbox), it is possible that the permissions will not be set correctly on /etc/apache2/sites-available/drubuntu

tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log had segfaults in it
checking where

Giving that file read access

Need to fix in Drubuntu

1. (Some) Drush scripts writing with no read permissions
2. NetworkManager rewriting /etc/resolv.conf

this line needs to be added at the top via sudo vi /etc/resolv.conf:
nameserver 127.0.0.1

See http://data.agaric.com/fixing-network-manager-overwriting-dns for the lasting fix.

This should be dead simple, but it's not... yet.

[Note: For non-automatic export of Redirects to Apache rules, see Redirect Export module.]

courtesy Stefan, of course

Resources:
http://php.net/manual/en/book.dba.php

Prominent Drupalistas reflect on our community's social conscience:

Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg, Zivtech

http://www.zivtech.com/blog/drupal-catalyst-community-and-change

Kristof Van Tomme, Pronovix

Drupal is unique in that it is both a tool for social activism and a
skill that enables people, regardless of their background to build up
a decent living in an awesome community.

... and then when i finally tried the same rules -- ones like shown in the resources below -- they worked fine.

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-htaccess-to-301-redirect-not-working
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html