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Installing Fedora 16 on VirtualBox

Installing Fedora 16 on Virtualbox is a no sweat activity. But for those uninitiated it probably helps to provide a little guidance. See below for one of the many possible configurations: General Name: f16 OS Type: Fedora System Base Memory: 1024 MB Processor(s): 1 Execution Cap: 100% Boot Order: CD/DVD-ROM, Hard Disk VT-x/AMD-V: Enabled Nested Paging: Enabled Display Video Memory: 128 MB 3D Acceleration: Enabled 2D Video Acceleration: Disabled Remote Desktop Server: Disabled Storage IDE Controller IDE Secondary Master (CD/DVD): Empty SATA Controller SATA Port 0: f16.vdi (Normal, 80.00 GB) Audio Host Driver: Windows DirectSound Controller: ICH AC97 Network Adapter 1: Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop (NAT) Serial Ports Disabled USB Device Filters: 0 (0 active) This is typical configuration with NAT networking. So guest can connect to the outside world but the outside world cannot connect to the guest directly. For this exercise, I use live CD as the media for installati

How to get SharpDevelop to start working with svn

SharpDevelop can take advantage of the installed SVN (TortoiseSVN) if it is installed. To get this to work need to ensure the following: - TortoiseSVN is installed - TortoiseSVN is in the system path. One way to test this is to install TortoiseSVN with the command line tools. After installation open up console and run svn.exe. If it responds with " Try 'svn help' for usage. " then you are good. - Create TortoiseSVN repo (if you don't have any). - Checkout snv repo to a SharpDevelop project directory. At this point SharpDevelop should detect that solution is under source control and you should now be able to make commits/diffs/updates/etc. Info: SharpDevelop: 4.2.0 build 8649 (beta 2) TortoiseSVN: 1.7.6 ~ts

Ubuntu 11.10 screen capture log

This is old news but someone (or I) might find this helpful in the future. Below are screen captures during Ubuntu 11.10(Oneiric Ocelot) installation.   Figure 1. Welcome screen   Figure 2. Prepare to install   Figure 3. Install type   Figure 4. Partition type   Figure 5. Timezone   Figure 6. Keyboard layout   Figure 7. Create user account   Figure 8. Install Complete   Figure 9. Login   Figure 10. Ubuntu 11.10 Desktop

Error! Could not locate dkms.conf file install VirtualBox 4.1.8 on Ubuntu 11.10

Tried to update my Ubuntu host today and it did pickup that new version of VirtualBox is available (4.1.8). All other packages installed properly except that VirtualBox installation was complaining about missing dkms.conf file, see error message below. $: sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup * Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ] * Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules Error! Could not locate dkms.conf file. File: does not exist. [ OK ] * Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS [ OK ] * Starting VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ] Though it looks like installation was fine but I am concerned about its effects to VirtualBox functionality. To fix this, do: $: cd /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost $: sudo rm -r 4.1.4 $: sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup Of course you have to re

How to bring the network interface down in Arch

Coming from Debian/Ubuntu camp, I know that ifup eth0 or ifdown eth0 can be used to bring a network interface down/up. Unfortunately, ifup and ifdown is not available by default on an Arch netinstall. Also, it seems like ifup/ifdown are now in the list of deprecated tools. So, what's the alternative? Use ip  command, like to bring down an interface do: #: ip link set eth0 down Conversely, if you want to bring up an interface, do: #: ip link set eth0 up Enjoy! Tags: Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, interface, ifup, ifdown, replacement, alternative

Installing Linux Mint 12 on Virtualbox

Linux Mint 12 was released last 2011-11-12. The release made it to the top of the list in Distrowatch.com. Looking at the outside, Linux Mint 11 and Mint 12 are almost identical except for minor verbiage change. Linux Mint 12 comes with the following major software: kernel:  3.0.0-12-generic X Org:  1.10.4 GNOME: 3.2.1 Firefox: 7.0.1 Below is my configuration of the guest machine: General Name: mint12 OS Type: Ubuntu System Base Memory: 1024 MB Processor(s): 1 Execution Cap: 100% Boot Order: Floppy, CD/DVD-ROM, Hard Disk VT-x/AMD-V: Enabled Nested Paging: Enabled Display Video Memory: 12 MB 3D Acceleration: Disabled 2D Video Acceleration: Disabled Remote Desktop Server: Disabled Storage IDE Controller   IDE Secondary Master (CD/DVD): Empty SATA Controller   SATA Port 0: mint12.vdi (Normal, 20.00 GB) Audio Host Driver: Windows DirectSound Controller: ICH AC97 Network Adapter 1: Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop (NAT) Serial Ports Disabled USB Device