In the latest release of VMWare Workstation, it has a new feature called Unity Mode. It is useable with Linux and Windows 2000 and later guest operating systems. Unity Mode happens when clicking a button in VMWare to "display applications directly on the host desktop". Continue reading "VMWare Unity" »
Tuesday, September 29. 2009
VMWare Unity
Upgrade to KDE4: Black Screen, Obsidian Cursor
Today when upgrading my Debian Lenny/KDE to the latest version, I started having problems with KDE.
On my first upgrade, I did a simple 'apt-get update', 'apt-get upgrade' sequence. A bunch of packages were held back. The end result was that I could log in to KDE, and could see a desktop, but I had no menu interface.
Considering that there were a bunch of packages being help back, I did a 'apt-get update', 'apt-get dist-upgrade' sequence. Upon logging into the KDE shell, all I saw was a black screen and a shiny obsidian cursor.
It looks like the transition from KDE 3.5 to KDE 4.0 is not seamless in this Debian (Lenny) point release. However, that isn't quite correct. In my /etc/apt/sources.list file I do have entries for testing and experimental. So..., I may now be downloading testing or experimental releases.
In any case, the resolution to the problem appears to be to drop into the console and run one of these three commands: 'apt-get install kde-standard', 'apt-get install kde-minimal', or 'apt-get install kde-full'.
Tuesday, September 22. 2009
Updating WebGUI
WebGUI's Update Page has links to the various updates.
Upgrade information can be found at Upgrading WebGUI.
To view the current upgrade history:
cd /data/WebGUI/sbin perl upgrade.pl --history --doit perl testEnvironment.pl
Stop Spectre:
cd /data/WebGUI/sbin perl spectre.pl --shutdown
Make a backup of the files in /data/WebGUI/etc. The originals will be over-written, but the customized ones should be ok after the upgrade.
Decompress the new archive over the old files (with the current version as of this writing):
cd /data wget http://update.webgui.org/7.x.x/webgui-7.7.20-stable.tar.gz tar -zxvf webgui-7.7.20-stable.tar.gz
Read the WebGUI/docs/gotcha.txt file.
Read the WebGUI/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt to check out the latest changes.
Restart apache with '/etc/init.d/apache2 restart'.
Run the upgrade:
cd /data/WebGUI/sbin perl upgrade.pl perl upgrade.pl --doit --backupDir /data/bu/wg
Run testEnvironment.pl:
cd /data/WebGUI/sbin perl testEnvironment.pl
Start Spectre:
cd /data/WebGUI/sbin perl spectre.pl --daemon
Restart apache with '/etc/init.d/apache2 restart'.
Tuesday, September 15. 2009
Search Engine Optimization
In my Sept 10 article regarding my experiences with the Elation DS 575E fixture, I used the phrase 'Elation Lighting Design Spot 575E' in many different places. Continue reading "Search Engine Optimization" »
Elation DS 575E Quality, Follow Up
The morning after I wrote my September 10 article regarding the Elation DS 575E Fixture, I heard back from the Service Department of Elation. Maybe it was coincidental, but I'd like to think that that blog article, in addition to messages I posted on Elation Lighting Forums, ControlBooth, and The Light Network helped in getting the ball rolling for servicing my Elation DS 575E fixture. Continue reading "Elation DS 575E Quality, Follow Up" »
Thursday, September 10. 2009
Elation Lighting Design Spot 575E Quality, or Lack Thereof
A few months ago, I purchased a couple of Design Spot 575E Moving Lights from Elation Lighting. After a bunch of research into feature sets and prices, these seemed to have the best bang for the buck. I purchased them through Bill Cronheim at Entertainment Systems. Bill had said they were reliable and free of worries and worked well. Continue reading "Elation Lighting Design Spot 575E Quality, or..." »
Monday, September 7. 2009
Converting MIBS to OIDS
From a Cisco perspective, on the Cisco-NSP mailing list, Lee provided a simple method to convert between a MIB and an OID. Continue reading "Converting MIBS to OIDS" »