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Ubuntu repository problem resolved

By Marc, on November 18th, 2007%

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

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Ubuntu mirror troubles

By Marc, on November 16th, 2007%

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

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Possible fix for using apt through a broken HTTP proxy

By Marc, on October 29th, 2007%

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

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Fixing an unbootable VMware VM after upgrading your Linux kernel

By Marc, on September 21st, 2007%

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

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Photos of installing Gentoo in a VMware ESX 3 VM

By Marc, on September 21st, 2007%

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

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Asus S-presso BIOS upgrade 1008.003

By Marc, on September 18th, 2007%

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

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Got suspend to disk working on my Asus S-presso

By Marc, on September 12th, 2007%

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

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