Firmware happiness
I am quite used to install operating system updates on deb and rpm based Linux distros. This is usually a simple update && upgrade. But firmware updates on Linux is a pain in the …
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Linux pre-installed laptop
Yesterday I received my first laptop which had Ubuntu pre-installed. It is a Dell XPS 13 developer edition (7390). The idea is to replace the large workstation under the desk with …
Goodbye OSX, hello Ubuntu!
Because of some features in the latest stable XBMC release I felt the urge to upgrade my XBMC install from 12.3 to the latest stable version. Somewhere I have read XBMC 13 “Gotham” …
Create a persistent Debian Live USB Flash Drive
For a hobby project I have recently build a new computer system. This system is setup only for mining altcoins using three ATI Radeon 7950 graphics cards. I decided to make use of …
VOIP problemo
Today I encountered a strange problem when I tried making a phone call using my home VOIP telephone. I could dial out, but there was no sound coming through, which is pretty …
Rootless SCOM agent setup
The setup of a SCOM agent without having to enter the root password in the SCOM management console is actually very simple. At first I thought it would be necessary to export the …
Manual SCOM agent certificate signing
The SCOM Linux agent (scx) uses a SSL certificate to trust communication between the SCOM server and Linux agents. The SCOM server communicates with the agent running on port …
Install SCOM agent on Red Hat Linux
The steps below describe how to install the SCOM agent on Red Hat Linux 5 x64. We don’t like to enroll the agent by using the SCOM Discovery wizard, as you need to enter the …
Moving into the cloud
Last week I setup a server in a cloud based on Xen virtualization technology. After some hours research I decided to go for the Rackspace cloud . I chose the minimal setup to start …
Backup Lenny using TSM
The few steps below describe in short how to install Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) on Debian 5 (Lenny) x64. 1. Download the latest 5.x TSM client wget…
vsftpd and SSL
This howto describes how to configure vsftpd to enable SSL using so called intermediate/ chaining certificates. Edit vsftpd.conf so that SSL is enabled: ssl_enable=YES…
License to rdesktop
Today I recieved a strange message when I tried to open a RDP connection. $ rdesktop windows.server.local Autoselected keyboard map en-us disconnect: No valid license available. To …