A few days ago, VMware Server 1.0.7 has been released.
The update mainly cares about security issues:
More info can be found in VMware’s Release Notes
If you want to use a higher resolution on your linux console, you have to add the specific option while loading the kernel.
i.e: kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25 root=/dev/sda3 resume=/dev/sda2 vga=0×0325
Problem: The settings differ depending on your graphics card.
But: There is an easy way: hwinfo
[ sudo ] hwinfo −−framebuffer
Example output:
Mode 0×0307: 1280×1024 (+1280), 8 bits
Mode 0×031a: 1280×1024 (+2560), 16 bits
Mode 0×031b: 1280×1024 (+5120), 24 bits
Mode 0×0305: 1024×768 (+1024), 8 bits
Mode 0×0317: 1024×768 (+2048), 16 bits
Mode 0×0318: 1024×768 (+4096), 24 bits
Mode 0×0312: 640×480 (+2560), 24 bits
Mode 0×0314: 800×600 (+1600), 16 bits
Mode 0×0315: 800×600 (+3200), 24 bits
Mode 0×0301: 640×480 (+640), 8 bits
Mode 0×0303: 800×600 (+832), 8 bits
Mode 0×0311: 640×480 (+1280), 16 bits
Thanks to Gerd [de] for the hint.
If upgrading from ASG 7.200 to newer versions fails, apply the following fix [as root]:
rpm -q ep-asg && cd /tmp && \
wget http://www.testastaro.com/files/rpm/ep-asg-7.2-23.i686.rpm && \
rpm -Uvh /tmp/ep-asg-7.2-23.i686.rpm
More info at Astaro Knowledge Base Article #288713.
nice idea -> while testing your skills, you learn to write the most used words faster.
88 words
SUSE Linux 10.1 has reached End of Life : /
Quote from the opensuse-security-announce mailing list:
With the release of an mysql security fix on August 13 we have released
the last update for SUSE Linux 10.1. (Actually 10.1 was discontinued on
May 31st, but the queue took a bit longer to flush from all updates.)
See: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00004.html
The password of the user with the lowest ID (typically an administrator) can be reset by an unauthorized user in Joomla 1.5.x installations prior version 1.5.6 because of a bug in the password remind functionality.
All 1.5.x installations prior to and including 1.5.5 are affected
The Joomla developer team advises to upgrade to 1.5.6 (or patch the /components/com_user/models/reset.php file with the code below).
After global $mainframe; on line 113 of reset.php, add:
if(strlen($token) != 32) {
$this->setError(JText::_('INVALID_TOKEN'));
return false;
}
See: Joomla! Developer - Password Remind Functionality
Should you be bored and have some time to get amused, take a look at “The IT Crowd”.
It’s a great British sitcom about it administrators and their weird lifestyle (yes, it’s very exaggerated : ) ).
More about the show @ wikipedia.org.
“Previews” can be found at youtube.com.
PS: Memory is RAM !! : D
OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 (x86_64) [64 bit]
VMware Server [1.06] depends on some 32 bit software:
+ xorg-x11-libs-32bit-6.9.x (should automatically add the other packages, too)
- expat-32bit-2.0.x
- fontconfig-32bit-2.3.x
- freetype2-32bit-2.1.x
- glibc-32bit-2.x
- ncurses-32bit-5.x
- zlib-32bit-1.2.x
Additionally gcc, make, kernel headers, etc. should be installed to run vmware-config-tools.pl properly.
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Today, I bought a new scanner - of course without checking linux compatibility : /
hp - a well known brand. Description says “Works with Max OS X, Win Vista, XP, 2000″.
Linux wasn’t mentioned, but that’s not unusual at all.
The default xsane backend package (<- v.1.0.19 [delivered with Ubuntu Hardy])
didn’t find a device, so I tried installing the beta release of the hp3900 sane backends (drivers).
This version is still beta status, but got my new scanner up and running : )
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If you cannot connect to your samba server or share using the name BUT when using the ip address, this might help:
The netbios name has to be set manually.
For this purpose edit the global section in [/etc/samba/] smb.conf
netbios name = SERVERNAME
server string = Server Description
This one worked for me on a openSUSE 10.2 sytem with a samba 3.0.x release.