I am currently writing a small wxPerl application on Windows that will take user input and then send that input via ssh to a Linux server for further processing. I am using PuTTY's command line component plink.exe for this. To stop the wxPerl program launching a DOS...
Dia is a drawing and diagramming application for Linux or Windows. I have used it for a long time to draw network and flow diagrams for my work. However I've always been a bit whelmed of the under variety, by the 2 dimensional icons for some things. While there is a...
The errors: /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2) /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found...
Today I tried to run xsane as my normal account and it didn't detect my scanner. I traced the problem to insufficient permissions because my account wasn't a member of the "scanner" group, hence, because I didn't have permission to the scanner devices xsane wouldn't...
On Ubuntu Using sudo system-config-printer publish the printer and enable sharing for the LAN. This will allow IPP printing but restrict clients to the local network IP Addresses only. On Windows XP Add a printer and choose: A network printer, or a printer connected...
If you have a vision impaired person who wants to play solitaire then ditch Windows and Install a Gnome Desktop based Linux distribution (Ubuntu, Fedora etc). The cards in the Windows version of Solitaire are tiny. However the cards in the AisleRiot Solitaire in Gnome...
How to schedule a disk check for the next reboot. As root or using sudo do the following: Method 1: Use the forecfsck file method touch /forcefsck shutdown -r now Note: This command seems to check all partitions when run Method 2: Up the mount count above the fsck...
Google Chrome is out and it's only currently available on Windows. However not one to be peturbed by the tiresome differences between Windows and Linux I've got it installed on Wine 1.1.4. thanks to this page. The only issue at the moment is that it won't load https...
I recently attended a Newcastle Infrastructure Users Group meeting, which is hosted by Forsythes IT. The topic for the evening was VMWare and they had a Senior Pre-Sales Engineer from VMWare going through some of the amazing technology, for example. VMotion: The...
How often do you get someone say "I have a file that is 10MB+, can I send it to you via email?" and it's over the size that you or your email provider can accept. You don't want to try and teach them how to zip a file into smaller chunks or burn to CD and send via...