Archive for November, 2007
Windows No Internet – Router Fix
Nov 29th
When your Windows XP computer has no internet connection it is either because it has not configured an IP address or some other malfunction. The good news is that Windows automatically configures your IP addres via a service called DHCP that lives happily in your router or modem. To get your computer an IP address simply restart your machine, and your router. If you don’t use a router you can restart your modem. You would be surprised the power of a system restart; it tends to resolve the most stubborn issues.
Ubuntu Gutsy Server Doesn’t Work in VirtualBox
Nov 29th
The machine hardware emulated by VirtualBox, as of 11/29/07 is too old to accommodate the kernel included in Ubuntu Gutsy server. Because of this it is recommended to use Dapper Drake, or Debian for your virtual server environment. Cheers to your server project 
Ubuntu Server Auto Mysql Root Password Set
Nov 29th
During the default LAMP installation of Ubuntu Gutsy Server, you will be automatically prompted to set the Mysql root user password. This is an extremely convenient feature, that consolidates an entire step. This feature among many other puts Ubuntu server edition at the top of my list for server environments. Although I currently use Debian for my server environment, I may choose to use Ubuntu to deploy a Ruby on Rails server environment.
Hub Ethernal WAN Autodetect
Nov 29th
On most all Ethernet hubs you can connection the WAN cable to any port. The same goes for your LAN cables. The hub almost always will automatically make the distinction between your LAN and WAN connections successfully providing internet access to your attached computers. Doesn’t everyone have a use for an eight (8) port hub?
KDE Auto User Login
Nov 29th
Setting auto user login on KDEÂ is a little different than Gnome. On KDE go to your K menu and click system settings. Then click advanced, then click Login Manager. At the bottom right is the “administrator mode” button, click it and punch in your root password. Click the convenience tab. Check the box that says “enable auto login”, bam
Gnome System Monitor Applet – Stability Tool
Nov 28th
The Gnome system monitor applet is an excellent graphical tool to determine relative system stability. You should enable this applet in your host operating system specifically if you are utilizing a virtual server environment. On your host system you need free RAM so that your guest OS will have free RAM to access. If your host OS is full, including the cache, it will cause system instability in your guest OS. I have observed that my virtual server becomes unstable when the system cache completely consumes all available RAM. This is a result of a direct FTP or SSH connection, and is most likely a reasonably expected phenomena. While the caching feature allows for substantial speed improvement for FTP and SSH file transfers, the repercussion on virtual appliance stability is undersired. As posted previously, the simple resolution is to reboot the host system