Qemu -smb option does not work on Debian/Ubuntu because of a bug in Samba package. Rebuild the Samba package without the –with-fhs option to work around it. But you still can use samba without “-smb” option. Lets say you have ubuntu as host OS and WindowsXP guest OS.
Install samba server on host OS :
sudo apt-get [...]

Posted on June 27th, 2007 by SMD
Filed under: Debian, Open Source, Ubuntu | 1 Comment »

If you’re still running kernel 2.4.x, to burn a cd you’re forced to use SCSI emulation (under kernel module ide-scsi). But in kernel 2.6.x, it’s easy as 123. We can use ide-cd.
Firstly, you’ll need to load it:
sudo modprobe ide-cd
And to burn a cd, you have to make an iso file. Use apt and get the [...]

Posted on June 26th, 2007 by SMD
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Google Gears is a small application designed to help you use Google services offline. The installation seemed to work successful and the extension also is listed in the addons, but google gears setting page does not appear. Maybe you’re facing the same problem, here’s the solution.
If you’re running Firefox (For some reasons they called it [...]

Posted on June 25th, 2007 by SMD
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Many distributions of Linux have an option to install MySQL. In this case, or even if you compile MySQL, the default password is blank.
Make sure that you set password for the root user. This is the command:
mysql -u root mysql
SET PASSWORD FOR ‘root’@'localhost’ = PASSWORD(’s3cr3tp4s5w0rd’);

Posted on June 24th, 2007 by SMD
Filed under: Debian, Open Source, Security, Ubuntu | No Comments »

Debian Etch (4.0) + Fluxbox

Posted on June 24th, 2007 by SMD
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