I have a Siemans control system that was installed circa 2005 which hasn't had an operating system or software upgrade since, so it's running on Windows XP Pro. To give it a bit more life I virtualized it and moved it into a vSphere environment running in a locked...
James McDonald
A New Theme from Elegant Themes
I have recently updated my theme on this blog to PureType from ElegantThemes.com. I've been blogging since 2006, and have had many themes over time. I am finding that in the end a paid theme from a good bunch of designer / coders is the most hassle free option. So I'm...
Eclipse IDE Files have Asterix’s and Appear Selected in PHP Explorer
Cause: You are using git for version control and these files are changed but not committed Turning it off: In Eclipse goto Window ==> Preferences ==> Appearance ==> Label Decorations. Search for and de-select "Git Decorator" Click Apply and then OK.
Using Password Safe for Windows on Wine on GNU/Linux
Couple of errors: Error 1: Required Unicode font is not installed on this system Fix: Change the font in the program to something available on your system such as Dejavu Sans or Liberation Sans. Error 2: File or path not found Cause: When you navigate to your...
Windows Live Writer Blog Post
Just installed Windows Live Writer and am checking what the blog post written and published from my desktop looks like. What my server room looked like before we went VMWare
Windows 2012 Sending PJL Commands before the Postscript – Arrrggggh
I'm trying to get http://cups-mailto.sourceforge.net/ to work on a Debian 6.0.7 system. I've installed the printer on the Debian Box as "PDF-Converter" and gotten it running over LPD. However when printing a test page from a Windows 2012 server with any of the HP...
Remove everything in a directory except the archive you just unpacked
Just unpacked a zip file named CAT.zip and it exploded into hundreds of files and directories. This is what I did to get rid of the contents of the extracted archive excepting the archive itself. Warning: Don't do this in directory that has many files you want to keep...
Rename a LVM Volume Group
Steps I used to rename a volume group which had the root and swap partitions on it. This was on CentOS 6.4 # display your volume groups # make note of the name you want # to change vgdisplay # check your options vgrename --help # backup your fstab cp /etc/fstab...
Booklet Printing in Linux
The Dream I want to create a booklet from a PDF file, like so: I've been having trouble when I try to print Booklet format under Linux so I thought I would try to capture the settings I used in a blog post. Configure for Booklet in Adobe Reader & Print to...
Telstra 4G Modems. Telstra Elite 4G USB vs Telstra Mobile Wi-Fi 4G
Telstra Elite 4G USB Moden I have been using a "Telstra Elite 4G USB" Modem to connect a Dell Vostro Laptop running Windows 7 to the internet. I was using an old school VGA connection to connect the laptop to a projector. No problems. Recently I purchased a Dell...
