Using CentOS5/RHEL5 I needed to add some perl modules for SpamAssassin. Note sure how important this first step is but I:# cd /root/.cpan/sources# wget ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/MIRRORED.BY # perl -MCPAN -e shellwhen asked about configuration I said... » More
Temporarily take site down for maintenance Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^111\.111\.222\.111 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/index.html$ RewriteRule $ /index.html or Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine... » More
On a new server install on CentOS 5.1 I was getting very slow logins. Trying ssh with the -v (verbose) option showed that: debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,passworddebug1: Next authentication method:... » More
I had a problem installing a new virtual machine using Xen and virt-manager on CentOS 5.1.I could not choose a network device as the drop-down list/menu was empty. From the bug at the following page:http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2516 I downloaded... » More
In the official yum repositories for Red Hat/CentOS for RHEL5 / CentOS 5.1 the current version of PHP is (at time of writing) 5.1.6 however when trying to install the Magento e-commerce application required PHP version 5.2.0 or higher.To upgrade PHP to... » More
After installing Nagios I created three files to define all the services I wanted to monitor:hosts.cfghostgroups.cfgservices.cfgSquidI used the check_squid code from http://workaround.org/squid/nagios-plugin/adding the relevant details to each of my 3... » More
InfraRecorder is a CD burning software application for Windows. It is a free alternative to using the expensive trial-limited Nero software.This software is best used for burning a Ubuntu ISO image to remove Windows from your life and replace it with... » More
PICASA 2.5 web-albumIm using Ubuntu Edgy on i386 and this is what I did to get it working:1. I installed Picasa as usual (v2.2 for linux)2. I started it up and scanned some folder containing photos3. Shut down picasa AND the media detector4. Instlled... » More
I had difficulty trying to install Ubuntu 7.04 Fiesty Fawn on a new Novatech Laptop. The laptop uses an ATI Radeon x1600 graphics processor. When starting the LiveCD Ubuntu stops as it is unable to start x.This problem seems to have been introduced in an... » More
"ISO Master" program is a GUI which may be useful available from the Get Deb website.You can mount ISO images via the loop device. It is possible to specify transfer functions (for encryption/decryption or other purposes) using loop device. But how to... » More
