Author Archives: lorenzo

Toilet Snorkel

Posted on September 13, 2011 by lorenzo

why would you do that?

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Nagios Error: Could not read object configuration data!

Posted on August 29, 2011 by lorenzo

Some times ago i was experiencing a problem with nagios3 in Debian. After installing nagios, browsing the nagios web page, i got the following error: Could not read object configuration data! Nagios log messages didn’t reported any useful information. So … Continue reading →

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OpenKM 5.x with MySQL

Posted on August 25, 2011 by lorenzo

Install OpenKM  Install openkm in /opt directory Database Setup DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS okm_repo; DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS okm_app; CREATE DATABASE okm_repo DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT COLLATE utf8_bin; CREATE DATABASE okm_app DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT COLLATE utf8_bin; CREATE … Continue reading →

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Error installing mongrel: `require’: no such file to load — mkmf (LoadError)

Posted on August 16, 2011 by lorenzo

lorenzo@ubuntu:~$ sudo gem1.8 install daemons gem_plugin mongrel mongrel_cluster –include-dependencies INFO: `gem install -y` is now default and will be removed INFO: use –ignore-dependencies to install only the gems you list Successfully installed daemons-1.1.4 Successfully installed gem_plugin-0.2.3 Building native extensions. This … Continue reading →

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Script to create fancy ~/.bash_profile and ~/.vimrc for solaris

Posted on June 27, 2011 by lorenzo

How many times creating a new solaris user, you have to set environment variables (PATH, EDITOR, PAGER, PS1, etc)? How many times you have to create a .vimrc file to make vim work in a human manner? So i wrote an … Continue reading →

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Create DVD iso image with genisoimage (aka mkisofs)

Posted on May 25, 2011 by lorenzo

To create a DVD iso image from a directory containing the DVD files you need: Verify that the directory structure is correct (the directories VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS must exists in the DVD root directory) Make the iso image with genisoimage … Continue reading →

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Skip Windows 7 Enterprise Edition Activation Update

Posted on May 25, 2011 by lorenzo

If you want to keep your windows 7 Enterprise Edition (for example an unoriginal copy…) updated without activate it, you need to skip the Windows 7 Activation update (KB971033).

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VMware Workstation unable to build kernel module on Fedora 14

Posted on January 25, 2011 by lorenzo

Install the required dependencies: yum install kernel-devel kernel-headers gcc Install the required dependencies: cd /tmp/ wget http://sputnick-area.net/scripts/vmware7.1.1-patch-kernel-2.6.35.bash chmod +x vmware7.1.1-patch-kernel-2.6.35.bash ./vmware7.1.1-patch-kernel-2.6.35.bash Compile all the vmware modules: vmware-modconfig –console –install-all Done! Now you can successfully run vmware

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Fedora 14 NVIDIA proprietary driver

Posted on January 7, 2011 by lorenzo

Get the rpmfusion release: su -c “rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm” Update your packages: yum update 64bit users need to install the following rpms: yum install kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64 32bit users need to install the following rpms instead: yum install kmod-nvidia … Continue reading →

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Use SSH as a proxy server

Posted on December 22, 2010 by lorenzo

To use SSH as a proxy server use the following command: ssh -D 8080 -f -C -q -N lorenzo@www.myserver.com You will then be prompted for your password, which you should enter. That’s it! Your ssh tunnel is in place! A … Continue reading →

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