How to install OpenOffice 3.2 on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
I have blogged the installation of OpenOffice 3.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 a few months ago. OpenOffice 3.2 is not available on launchpad at the moment. Download it from the OpenOffice…
Samba Error on Ubuntu Karmic
There is an error in the current version of Samba on Ubuntu Karmic you find in the samba log file (/var/log/samba/log.smbd) this message: [2009/12/07 12:26:26, 0] smbd/server.c:456(smbd_open_one_socket) smbd_open_once_socket: open_socket_in: Address…
Install Thunderbird 3 on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic
Install Mozilla Thunderbird 3 on Ubuntu with paketmanger. Add the repository: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa Add repository key: sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 247510BE Installation: sudo apt-get update sudo aptitude…
MySQL Workbench on Ubuntu
Install MySQL Workbench on Ubuntu: 1. Download the Community Edition Download the latest release from the MySQL Website. I used the 64-Bit Debian Paket for Ubuntu 9.04 it works on…
Linux Software RAID 5 on Debian Lenny or Ubuntu
This is an update Post for my old Howto http://www.mogilowski.net/2008/05/09/linux-software-raid-5-unter-debian-etch for Debian Lenny and Ubuntu. In this configuration i created a raid 5 with the drives sda, sdb, sdc and…
VMWare Workstation / Player Installer 6.5.3 Hangs
The installer of VMWare Workstation (and Player) hangs on Ubuntu Karmic 9.10. "Cause: the installer runs vmware-modconfig-console which produces enough output with some kernels that the python engine deadlocks is…
Add swap file to a linux server (Debian or Ubuntu)
This article describes how you can add a swap file on Debian or Ubuntu. You can use this to add additional swap space or to add swap to a server…
Servermanagement with puppet – Part 3
In the 3. part we confgurate the puppet clients to reports at the end of every configuration run. This reports are stored on the puppetmaster. Configurate client Enable reporting on…
Google Chrome (Chromium) on Ubuntu
Installing Google Chrome browser on ubuntu: Chromium is an open source browser project. Google Chrome is a browser from Google, based on the Chromium project. First add the following sources…
Servermanagement with puppet – Part 2
Now we want to create a clear strukture for the puppet configuration files. The config in Part 1 is only a simple example to test the configuration. In this example…