Ubuntu repository problem resolved

The previously mentioned Ubuntu repository problem seems to have resolved itself. I am finally able to upgrade my . . . → Read More: Ubuntu repository problem resolved

Ubuntu mirror troubles

This has been happening all day every time I attempt to do apt-get dist-upgrade:

The following packages will be upgraded:
libsmbclient samba samba-common smbclient smbfs
5 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 11.0MB of archives. After unpacking 4096B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
Writing extended state information… . . . → Read More: Ubuntu mirror troubles

Possible fix for using apt through a broken HTTP proxy

Seen on a work email list. A possible solution to the problem where files downloaded through apt-get on Ubuntu at work (where we have a squid HTTP proxy) periodically get corrupted.

Put the following in apt.conf:

Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth “0″;

Quote from man apt.conf:

One setting is provided to control the pipeline depth in cases where the remote server is not RFC . . . → Read More: Possible fix for using apt through a broken HTTP proxy

Fixing an unbootable VMware VM after upgrading your Linux kernel

It seem that some of the newer Linux kernel versions (2.6.21 and 2.6.22) don’t like the LSI SCSI adapter emulation in some of VMware’s products. I myself ran into this when I upgraded the kernel on a Gentoo VM (VMware ESX Server 3.0.1) to 2.6.22. After rebooting, the system could not find the root partition.

It took . . . → Read More: Fixing an unbootable VMware VM after upgrading your Linux kernel

Photos of installing Gentoo in a VMware ESX 3 VM

Installing gentoo-livecd-i686-installer-2007.0.iso into a VM on a VMware ESX Server 3.0.1 . . . → Read More: Photos of installing Gentoo in a VMware ESX 3 VM

Asus S-presso BIOS upgrade 1008.003

On my Asus S-presso I’ve got suspend to disk working but not suspend to RAM.

In an effort to get s2ram working, I upgraded the BIOS to version 1008.003.

Last time, I upgraded the BIOS, I used the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool and HP’s boot files (both of which I found in a post on aaltonen.us) . . . → Read More: Asus S-presso BIOS upgrade 1008.003

Got suspend to disk working on my Asus S-presso

As previously mentioned, I was trying to get suspend to RAM and/or suspend to disk working on my Asus S-presso box with Ubuntu feisty.

Well, I got it to work. The problem was lame – for some reason when I installed uswsusp and it regenerated the initrd, it only did the 2.6.20-16-generic file and I was . . . → Read More: Got suspend to disk working on my Asus S-presso