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Installing Fedora 12 on virtual box

402
16 years
by in Linux, Tips, Virtual Box

Ensure you have enough memory to run the install fedora 12 to hard disk. 384mb was not enough to run the graphical installer.
Run the install as root su -
To install the VirtualBox Additions ensure you have the development build stuff. yum install patch binutils make automake autoconf gcc kernel-devel dkms
Set the KERN_DIR which is the error repported in the //var//log//vboxadd-install.log log file
export KERN_DIR=//usr//src/kernels//2.6.32.10-90.fc12.i686
The run the vbox additions appropriate for your environment.
cd /media/VBOXADDITIONS_3.1.2_56127
./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run

However I kept experiencing this not actually working despite following all instructions. I eventually found that the symbolic link to the fedora release was incorrect in /lib/build/????
a problem with modprobe failing to build. This turned out that //lib//modules/2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686//build is a symbolic link that was incorrectly linked to //usr//src/kernels//2.6.32.10-90.fc12.i686
and correcting that link allowed the kernel to build.
Finally ensure you are up to date with all security patches and fixes by running yum update
I then needed to reboot reboot

Show all users and your terminal session

76
16 years
by in Linux, Tips

Show all users and your terminal session with the command

who -a

who -m # or who mom likes

whoami # Gives just the login and is therefore fairly useless.

Clear apache access and error logs safely by

1024
16 years
by in AIX, Tips

Log in logs
cat /dev/null > /var/adm/wtmp

Access logs
cat /dev/null > /usr/HTTPServer/logs/access_log

Error logs
cat /dev/null > /usr/HTTPServer/logs/error_log

Disable constant tracing with bootvis even though you have turned it off (stop tracing) with boot vis.

2265
16 years
by in Tips, Windows

Make trace.log in
c:\\windows\\system32\\logs\\logfiles\\trace.log read only.

Set the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\WMI\\GlobalLogger
Start to 0

Repair a corrupted outlook.pst file

1902
16 years
by in Microsoft Office, Tips, Windows

The repair tool called SCANPST.exe. On my machine it exists at
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033\scanpst.exe

Create a shortcut to a directory that opens in a new window

1649
16 years
by in Tips, Windows

Create a short cut to

"%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe" "[directory]"

Options
/n = New window
/e = Uses explorer (like file manager)
/select,[program name] = Select a given object

Windows Task manager loses menus

409
16 years
by in Tips, Windows

Double click on the border to make them appear or disappear.

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