dbus-daemon: Rejected send message
Since my Ubuntu laptop upgrade to 9.04 I'm seeing the following messages every 10 minutes in /var/log/auth.log and in my logwatch emails: dbus-daemon: Rejected send message, 1 matched rules;...
View ArticleDynDNS false alarm
I previously set up automatic updating of DynDNS. Today I got an email warning me "Your account vwelch at DynDNS.com is due to expire in 5 days."Hmmm, I'd seen this problem before. So I logged into my...
View ArticleMythTV Volume too low
I noticed the volume on MythTV seemed rather low. Poking around the net I found this thread and followed the directions as follows:% alsamixerAnd set Master and PCM volume to 100% (Master was down at...
View ArticleInstalling Virtual Box
I recently upgraded to VMServer 2.0.1 on my Ubuntu laptop and I'm very unhappy. The new console is very slow and it hangs often. I'm tried of watching "loading" message. Certainly my laptop is a little...
View ArticleMaking a SSH connection to a NAT'ed Virtualbox VM
I found myself wanting to SSH to a NAT'ed virtualbox VM. I discovered this post which nicely described how to use VBoxManage to accomplish this. The only change I had to make on my Ubuntu box was to...
View Articlesftp subsystem dying
I tried to open a nautilus bookmark of a sftp session to my server today and it closed immediate with a "Could not open location 'sftp://vwelch@host' ssh program unexpectedly exited' message.Running a...
View ArticleInstalling Virtualbox and creating Ubuntu VMs on headless Ubuntu 9.04 server
Here's my situation: Ubuntu 9.04 server, headless and I want to install Virtualbox on it and get Ubuntu 8.04 LTS servers running as root.Step 1: Install VirtualboxFollowing the directions at the...
View ArticleUSB thumb drive mounting writable only by root...
I had a thumb drive that was mounting on my Ubuntu laptop OK, but was writable only by root.Long story short, I figured out it was something about the way it was formatted. When I tried to put the same...
View ArticleUninstalling VMWare 2.0.1, installing VMWare 1.0.9 on Ubuntu 9.0.4
I had previously installed VMWare 2.0.1 and I hate it. I'm probably going to move to VirtualBox, but I need VMWare for a while until I transition, so I decided to take another run at getting VMWare...
View ArticleGetting Django running under Apache
I heard a number of good things about Django and wanted to give it a try. After following the tutorial and playing around with it, I found it really cool. BTW, there is also good documentation to be...
View ArticleUpgraded to Virtualbox 3.0
I notiec that Virtualbox 3.0 was released, so I upgraded my previous install using the directions from www.virtualbox.org. This time I went the route of editing /etc/apt/sources.list by adding the...
View ArticleAnother dyndns false alarm - put weekly force into place
I got another ddclient false alarm, where my daily cron job seems to lag just a day behind dyndns sending me an email warning.This time I decided to add a cron job that does a forced update once a week...
View ArticleNetworking didn't work after kernel upgrade: br0?
I did an 'apt-get dist-upgrade' and there was a kernel upgrade, so I rebooted. When the system came back there was no functional networking. Everything looked fine, I couldn't reach anything besides...
View Articleapt-get update missing GPG key
I was seeing the following error when running "Check" on the update-manager, or 'apt-get update':GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified...
View Articleapt-get failed to fetch errors...
I'm seeing the following errors running 'apt-get update'. Not sure why. /var/log/apt-cacher/error.log shows no errors.% sudo apt-get update...Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse...
View ArticleVirtualbox USB devices greyed out
Running WinXP inside of VirtualBox and wanting to re-program my Harmony Remote, but all the USB devices were grey out. I followed these directions to fix.First I added myself to vboxusers group:# grep...
View ArticleUpgrading laptop from 9.04 to 9.10
Upgraded my Ubuntu laptop from 9.04 to 9.10. No major issues.http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgradingAs with 8.10 upgrade, my Firefox is all messed up. Google toolbar and all my other extension...
View ArticleSo long mythbuntu...
So we recently got a new HD Tivo, which left my ten year-old series one Tivo available. I decided to move it down to my den and remove mythbuntu from my linux box and make it media server.My experience...
View ArticleUsing Tomato router for DynDNS updates
Since I reinstalled my OS, I hadn't done my dyndns updating yet. Instead of doing it on my Ubuntu box, I decided to have my Tomato router do it instead following these directions. I also followed the...
View ArticleBack in the saddle again with Mythbuntu and HDTV OTA...
Well, after deciding I didn't need MythTV any more, I've changed my mind. Mainly because we dropped cable tv and are now relying on over the air (OTA) HDTV, so my old Series 1 Tivo, with only an analog...
View ArticleInstalling Mythbuntu 10.04 from scratch (part one).
As I mentioned in my previous post, I decided to install Mythbuntu to use with my Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1600 (model 01199) tuner card. I started by installing Mythbuntu 10.04 from the CD and I followed...
View ArticleUpgrading laptop from 9.10 to 10.04 to 10.10
Installed all UpdatesClicked 'Upgrade' in the Update Manager to update to 10.04.1 LTSSome Third party sources disabled.~1.7GB downloadCouple hours and a number of dialog boxes later upgrade was...
View ArticleUSB drives not automounting
I noticed that after upgrading my laptop to Ubuntu 10.10, USB drives weren't automounting.My first clue was in this comment, I didn't have the usb_storage kernel module loaded:# lsmod | grep usbusbhid...
View ArticleUbuntu 11.10 install: Hanging at "Checking Battery Status"
I started by doing an upgrade of my 10.04 system to 11.10, but ran into the dreaded hang on boot at "Checking for battery Status".Turns out this has nothing to do with a battery (mine is a desktop...
View Article[Not] Solving "The system is running in low graphic mode" on boot...
Followed the directions at http://askubuntu.com/questions/141606/how-to-fix-the-system-is-running-in-low-graphics-mode-error:Used Control-Alt-F1 to get an alternate terminal and log in.sudo apt-get...
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