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...
Just had a situation where I had to send 29 faxes from a Windows XP Pro SP2 box to a Windows 2003 SBS server. So I did the following: Scanned the item I need to fax to 300dpi tiff format. Import the names / address / fax details from an Excel spreadsheet into Outlook...
Installed it and found several useability issues that were show stoppers for me. wbar is a nice idea visually, but not being able to restrict launched applications to a certain area of the screen meant the wbar got occluded by applications and then you are up for...