IMPORTANT: This post may very well be useless mumbo-jumbo of how to do something that should never be done anyhow. I post it only because I had it all written down neatly when I discovered that I could have skipped it all. From what I’ve seen, every you’ll need is in the x86_64 repository, including [...]
The problem Sometimes software packages require setting some environment variables for its proper execution. When these variables clearly have no effect on any other applications in the system, that’s fine. When they want to manipulate some sensitive variables, which other applications may depend on, that’s a whole different story. When it’s a single executable, the [...]
This is just things I wrote down while playing with QEMU/KVM virtualization, for my own purposes of packing two existing computers into a third one. This is just some random jots. I’ve written a similar post in 2024 (14 years after this one). Log files There are definitely two files one wants to peek at [...]
What I wanted All I wanted was a software RAID-5 on three disks with a whole disk encryption on Fedora 12. For some reason, I thought the installation script would do that for me. The relevant part in the installation procedure was kind enough to allow me to set it up in the GUI, but [...]
Introduction I have an old Mustek 600VA UPS with RS-232 connection. Since I change the battery every couple of years on my own, I find it pretty pointless to throw it away. And my brand new computer (running Fedora 12) has an RS-232 port if one insists to use a connector on the motherboard. Needless [...]
This is yet another bunch of things I wanted written down, in case I need them one day. No certain order here. The root mount Grub gives the following kernel parameter: root=/dev/mapper/vg_short-lv_root Meaning, that the kernel has the LVM module in place when starting off (I suppose it’s kicked off in the initrd stage) Boot [...]
Copying gigabytes of disk can get the system sluggish. On Linux, the solution is so simple. If process 18898 happens to take control of your disk, just go: ionice -c 3 -p 18898 And you have your computer back. “-c 3″ means class 3, which is idle class. In other words, take the disk when [...]
A short note about installing libraries on an Intel 64 bit machine (Fedora 12 in my case). It all starts with a short conversation like this one: [root@short Downloads]# rpm -i VirtualBox-3.1-3.1.2_56127_fedora12-1.x86_64.rpm error: Failed dependencies: libQtGui.so.4()(64bit) is needed by VirtualBox-3.1-3.1.2_56127_fedora12-1.x86_64 libQtOpenGL.so.4()(64bit) is needed by VirtualBox-3.1-3.1.2_56127_fedora12-1.x86_64 THE WRONG THING TO DO IS: [root@short Downloads]# [...]
The (non-) problem The truth is that there never was a problem. What really happened was that I got things confused between a few versions of mplayer/mencoder, and only the latests (of those I have, 1.0rc1-3.2.2) does the job. Bus since I wrote down some things I might want to return to some day, here’s [...]
I know it’s stupid, but there’s something cool about very long uptimes. I think it begins when the uptime reaches 100 days: You think twice before rebooting your Linux machine: Is it really necessary? The truth is that without really paying attention to it, my Linux box approached 500 days. I noticed that, because I [...]