VMWare Server 2 – Unable to build the vsock module
Just a quick Post, the solution for the „Unable to build the vsock module“ error message if you install VMWare Server 2 on Debian or Ubuntu: tar xvf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vsock.tar cd vsock-only sed -i ’s/^\#include //‘ autoconf/*.c make cp vsock.o /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/misc ln -s vsock.o /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/misc/vsock.ko depmod -a invoke-rc.d vmware restart
How to install OpenOffice 3.2 on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
I have blogged the installation of OpenOffice 3.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 a few months ago. OpenOffice 3.2 is not available on launchpad at the moment. Download it from the OpenOffice Website or use this direct links instead. * German 32-Bit * German 64-Bit * English 32-Bit * English 64-Bit Extract the file after download and […]
Version 1.4.0 of Tiny Tiny RSS
New version of Tiny Tiny RSS (1.4.0) is available. Look my previous article about it. Upgrade is very esay, read the instructions here. Release Notes: Bugfixes Catalan translation JSON-based API; XML-RPC API server is deprecated and moved to utils/ Classic mobile moved to mobile/classic New mobile version based on iUI Special feed for archived articles […]
Samba Error on Ubuntu Karmic
There is an error in the current version of Samba on Ubuntu Karmic you find in the samba log file (/var/log/samba/log.smbd) this message: [2009/12/07 12:26:26, 0] smbd/server.c:456(smbd_open_one_socket) smbd_open_once_socket: open_socket_in: Address already in use The best solution is a downgrade to version 3.3.2: wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/samba/samba_3.3.2-1ubuntu3.2_amd64.deb dpkg -i –force-all samba_3.3.2-1ubuntu3.2_amd64.deb Update: Problem solved (Version 3.4.0)
Install Thunderbird 3 on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic
Install Mozilla Thunderbird 3 on Ubuntu with paketmanger. Add the repository: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa Add repository key: sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys 247510BE Installation: sudo apt-get update sudo aptitude install thunderbird-3.1 thunderbird-3.1-gnome-support Older Ubuntu versions: Edit „/etc/apt/sources.list“ and add the following lines: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main Add the GPG key: […]
Zend Server Community Edition on Ubuntu Server
The best way to install Zend Server is to follow the instructions on http://files.zend.com/help/Zend-Server-Community-Edition/zend-server-community-edition.htm#deb_installation.htm. Here the short version: 1. Installation: 1.1 Define a repository by opening the following file: „/etc/apt/sources.list“ and adding the line: deb http://repos.zend.com/zend-server/deb server non-free 1.2 Add Zend’s repository public key by running: wget http://repos.zend.com/deb/zend.key -O- |apt-key add – If you are […]
MySQL Workbench on Ubuntu
Install MySQL Workbench on Ubuntu: 1. Download the Community Edition Download the latest release from the MySQL Website. I used the 64-Bit Debian Paket for Ubuntu 9.04 it works on Jaunty (9.04) and on Karmic (9.10). 2. Installation sudo dpkg -i mysql-workbench-oss-5.1.18-1ubu904-amd64.deb 3. Use it Now you can start MySQL Workbench via your menu (Development […]
Linux Software RAID 5 on Debian Lenny or Ubuntu
This is an update Post for my old Howto http://www.mogilowski.net/2008/05/09/linux-software-raid-5-unter-debian-etch for Debian Lenny and Ubuntu. In this configuration i created a raid 5 with the drives sda, sdb, sdc and sdc. (Change it to your configuration if you need it.) 1. Installation aptitude install mdadm 2. Create Raid Insert this line in the mdadm config […]
Captchas for wordpress
During the last days i get a lot of russian spam comments. I decided to add captchas to the comment form on this blog. This works with the very simple SI CAPTCHA for WordPress plugin. II hobe this solve the problem. Update: It works.
VMWare Workstation / Player Installer 6.5.3 Hangs
The installer of VMWare Workstation (and Player) hangs on Ubuntu Karmic 9.10. „Cause: the installer runs vmware-modconfig-console which produces enough output with some kernels that the python engine deadlocks is command piplining during the compile.“ You need 2 consoles. In the first one type: sudo -i while true; do killall -9 vmware-modconfig-console; sleep 1; done […]