Posted on November 1, 2009 by symbolik
While upgrading my kid’s computer and installing the web proxy and filter (see article titled “SquidGuard Blacklists…“), I ran across a real problem. Wireless would start only after a user logged into their desktop, so the system had no IP address until then. However, without an IP, Dansguardian would fail to start. I tried scripting [...]
Filed under: HowTo, Kubuntu, Security, wireless | Tagged: blacklist, dansguardian, filter, HowTo, init, interfaces, Kubuntu, networking, proxy, scripts, Security, squid, squidGuard, SSID, troubleshooting, Ubuntu, update-rc.d, wireless, WPA, wpa_supplicant | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 21, 2009 by symbolik
I have upgraded all my systems to KDE 4.3.1 very successfully, and it is gorgeous. While still slower than LXDE (this will likely always be the case), it is much better than the 4.2 that shipped with Jaunty. I have also upgraded to OpenOffice 3.1.1, the latest stable Wine, and I have updated Xorg as [...]
Filed under: Desktops, HowTo, KDE, Kubuntu, Linux, OpenOffice, Xorg | Tagged: HowTo, KDE, KDE 4, Kubuntu, OpenOffice, OpenOffice 3.1.1, PPA, WINE, Xorg | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 21, 2009 by symbolik
Assuming you have already installed the 2.6 31 kernel, this link has a patch and script to modify the modules VMware compiles when you run the vmware-config.pl script. The script is for 2.6.30.4 and later kernels, and works fine for 2.6.31.
Run the vmware-install.sh script that came with VMware Server 2.0.1, but DO NOT run the [...]
Filed under: HowTo, Kernel, Linux, VMWare | Tagged: 64-bit, HowTo, Kernel, modules, virtualization, VMWare, VMware-Server 2 | 7 Comments »
Posted on July 19, 2009 by symbolik
Ok, had to reset it. Here is what I did:
Searches led me to this site: http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
Trial and error led me to this tool: Offline NT Password & Registry Editor, Bootdisk / CD
I downloaded the cd080802.iso file.
As I was unable to boot from the iso file itself in the VMware Server 2 web console (don’t ask [...]
Filed under: HowTo, Microsoft, VMWare, hacking | Tagged: HowTo, password, reset, virtual machine, VMware-Server 2, Windows, XP | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 19, 2009 by symbolik
I finally decided to get VMware Server running on my new kernel. Whenever the kernel is updated, there are some things you can count on having to reinstall, such as NVidia video drivers and VMware installations. I expected problems, so my methodology was to attempt a normal install, expect failure, and search on [...]
Filed under: HowTo, Kernel, Linux, VMWare | Tagged: 2.6.30, 64-bit, HowTo, Kernel, modules, scripts, troubleshooting, virtual machine, virtualization, VM, vmci, vmmon, vmnet, VMWare, VMware-Server 2 | 3 Comments »
Posted on July 5, 2009 by symbolik
Upfront disclaimer: I am not saying this is a particular issue with the 2.6.30.1 kernel, instead I am saying I ran into this problem for the first time while trying to install this version. It appears that many others have had this same problem over a wide range of kernel versions, all vanilla/custom-rolled, and not [...]
Filed under: HowTo, Kernel | Tagged: firmware, HowTo, Kernel, troubleshooting | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 28, 2009 by symbolik
Control when users can login, and log them off automatically, with a spoken warning notification.
Filed under: HowTo, Security | Tagged: sox, time.conf, common-account, pam.d, pam, festival, festvox, text to voice, cron, crontab | Leave a Comment »
