The latest VMware Server version is 2.0.2, released on October 27 of this year, so I thought I would give it a spin. The downloads are available as RPMs, so that was the obvious choice for my Fedora Core 8 server. FC8 is pretty rusty now, but that means the kernel is stable, which also means that the VMware Server integration (i.e. the local compiles) work without any complaints. Nice. The 2.0.2 version is a maintenance release, but I was hoping it would fix my VMware Infrastructure Web Access startup problem. After a reboot, all the VMware daemons are running, but the first time I try and connect (via the… Read More
Continue ReadingSendmail Tweak
Although the Rails ActionMailer class is easy to test, I wanted to really use it in development mode to check all my settings in the config/email.yml file. The Fedora code base pretty much sets up sendmail out of the box, but with ISP’s possibly blocking port 25, and router configs, etc. etc, things can get confusing. The basic test from the Linux command line: put the mail in the mqueue directory, but it was going nowhere. Then I remembered the /etc/mail directory, specifically the access file: Since I set my router to act as a DHCP server, I had to add the IP assignment for the Fedora box: and then… Read More
Continue ReadingTweetDeck on Linux and KDE
Summarizing all I learned in one place…. I use the KDE window manager on Linux mainly because it’s been the de facto standard for the semiconductor industry since the Dark Ages, and I don’t want to burn the time switching to GNOME right now. TweetDeck seems to be GNOME-centric, BTW. On Fedora Core 8, 32-bit Linux, with KDE: You need these RPMs installed on your machine: adobeair1.0-1.5.1-8210, adobe-certs-1.0-8210, flash-plugin-10.0.22.87-release. You can get the AIR package at http://get.adobe.com/air/ and the Flash 10 RPM at http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/. The adobe certs RPM should be available through the Yum channel, if it’s not already installed on your system. Download and install the TweetDeck AIR file:… Read More
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