Category: Computers

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Upgrade Oracle VM 3.0.3 to 3.1.1

Download patches p14227416_30_Linux-x86-64.zip = OVM Manager Upgrade p14775391_30_Linux-x86-64.zip = OVM Server Upgrade   OVM Manager Upgrade. Unzip and mount the iso inside the zip file [root@ovmm303 ~]# unzip p14227416_30_Linux-x86-64.zip Archive:  p14227416_30_Linux-x86-64.zip inflating: ovmm-3.1.1-upgrade-b544.iso inflating: README.html [root@ovmm303 ~]# mount -o loop ovmm-3.1.1-upgrade-b544.iso /cdrom [root@ovmm303 ~]# cd /cdrom [root@ovmm303 cdrom]# ls components  EULA  LICENSE  runUpgrader.sh  TRANS.TBL  upgrade …

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Citrix Receiver install on OEL / Redhat 6.3

Download and install Citrix Reciver client Install complained about alsa-lib sounds drivers. Apparently it needs 32bit alsa-lib so: yum install alsa-lib.i686 Install complained about libcrypto so had to install the 32bit openssl yum install openssl.i686 Modify the /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/util/integrate.sh script to include the correct Firefox config executable. ########## found_netscape() { ALREADY_MIMETYPE=0 ALREADY_MAILCAP=0 arch=`uname -m` if [ …

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CYGWIN install on Windows 8 ssh-host-config as well!

Install cygwin from cygwin.com Run cygwin shell as “Administrator” Run “ssh-host-config” $ ssh-host-config *** Info: Generating /etc/ssh_host_key *** Info: Generating /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key *** Info: Generating /etc/ssh_host_dsa_key *** Info: Generating /etc/ssh_host_ecdsa_key *** Info: Creating default /etc/ssh_config file *** Info: Creating default /etc/sshd_config file *** Info: Privilege separation is set to yes by default since OpenSSH 3.3. *** …

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Windows 8 Hangs

I just bought 2 licenses of the Released Windows 8 and overall I like it except my browsers were hanging / locking up for about 20 seconds repeatedly. Apparently there is an issue with the dynamic tick. What it will do is stop Windows from coalescing CPU clock ticks when idle, a feature added in Windows …

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OVM Console Broken by Java 7

Make sure you are using Java 6 when trying to access your OVM Virtual Machines. Java 7 seems to have broken something. Isn’t it nice that Oracle makes java and breaks its own products? Use this download link for Java 6 cd /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins ln -s /usr/java/jre1.6.0_37/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so . restart firefox got “about:plugins” and make sure it …

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