Category: Linux

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:...

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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...

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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 host. Flickr photoset

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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...

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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...

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S-presso => no sleep

Computing mirroring real-life. Espresso is not conducive to sleep and neither it seems is the Asus S-presso small-form-factor PC. I have an Asus S-presso small-form-factor PC that runs Ubuntu and is on all the time, because it is...

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VMware Unveils VMware Tools as Open Source Software: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance

VMware Unveils VMware Tools as Open Source Software: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance VMware, Inc., the virtualization leader, today at VMworld 2007 announced that it has released a majority of VMware Tools as open source software...