Fixing Astaro 7.202 (when upgrade fails)

Post by: tom on September 24th, 2008 | File Under Security
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if upgrading from ASG 7.202 to newer versions fails, apply the following fix [as root]:

auisys.plx --rpmargs --force

Maybe you’ll have to stay calm until your up2date packages get “re-new-ed” .. so, wait a few days if first try fails.


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VMware Server 1.0.7 released

Post by: tom on September 3rd, 2008 | File Under Security, VMware, Virtualization

A few days ago, VMware Server 1.0.7 has been released.
The update mainly cares about security issues:

  • Security Fix for VMware ISAPI Extension
  • Setting ActiveX killbit
  • Security Fix for Local Privilege Escalation on Host System
  • Update to Freetype 2.3.7

More info can be found in VMware’s Release Notes


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When console columns and lines are not enough

Post by: tom on September 3rd, 2008 | File Under Distributions, Memento, Multimedia
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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 0x031a: 1280×1024 (+2560), 16 bits
Mode 0x031b: 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.


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Fixing Astaro 7.200 (when upgrade fails)

Post by: tom on September 2nd, 2008 | File Under Security
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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.astaro.com/content/download/5618/51408/version/1/file/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.


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