Category: Computers

Howto and other interesting information on computers systems and programming.

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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Verizon Mobile Hotspot – First speed test

Just did my first Verizon HotSpot speed test using 4G LTE I guess I can live with that!

OVM 3 Public Yum Updates

Seems the Oracle OVM team has provided updates for OVM 3.x through their public yum website. After previously running through hoops to ULN register your Oracle Linux systems, with a valid Customer Service Identifier, it is all public and free like things should be that are free. In your OVM Manager 3.1.1,  goto “Tools and …

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