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Reset the File Permissions on a Fedora Machine
Just recently I discovered a problem caused by a trial software install. Files in /usr had been changed to be owned by someone other than root. (postgres). I did try to fix the problem by running chmod root:root /usr -R But I'm not confident that everything is now...
Can you burn a CD ISO to to a DVD-R
Just digging in my desk draw looking for a CDR to burn a 32bit Ubuntu Desktop Edition iso (ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso) to and discovered I didn't have any. But I did discover a DVD+R. So using Brasero (The Gnome ISO Burner Program under Linux (Fedora 15)) I burn't...
Failed to load VMMR0.r0 (VERR_SUPLIB_OWNER_NOT_ROOT).
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine FreeBSD 8.2. Failed to load VMMR0.r0 (VERR_SUPLIB_OWNER_NOT_ROOT). Looking in the $LOCATION_OF_YOUR_VM/Logs/VBox.log file: 00:00:00.850 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack (Version: r0; VRDE Module: unusable because of...
xTuple Postbooks Install on Fedora 15
If you're trying out xTuples Postbooks on F15 64 bit you may need to install some extra libraries because of errors thrown during install: "There has been an error. /opt/xTuple/postgresql/bin/initdb: error while loading shared libraries: [libkrb5.so.3|libaudit.so.0]:...
Gallery 3 on a Dreamhost VPS Works!
So moving to a Virtual Private Server from Dreamhost has fixed the problem I was having with Gallery 3 failing to resize images because of ImageMagick being killed. I can now resize all the photo's in an album and it works as expected. However I did find something...
Chromium Browser on Fedora 15 – No Page Load Bug
A few weeks ago I installed Chromium Browser on my Fedora 15 Workstation. I have noticed some strange behaviour. Problem: Open a shortcut from a favourites menu Page appears to start loading but doesn't display Put cursor in Location field. Press enter and page...