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Evil Ubuntu Samba bug
20/11/08 02:47 Filed in: Linux
Apparently there is an evil bug in the Samba
implementation of Ubuntu Server that can cause
segmentation faults on all logon attempts. This will
affect email, ssh, secured web logins and console
logins. Read More...
ebox problems on Ubuntu 8.10
17/11/08 00:59 Filed in: Linux
Apparently the remote management will fail to install
on the latest Ubuntu 8.10 image. This is too bad
since it is the recommended remote management tool
for Ubuntu 8.10.
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Installing vmware tools into Ubuntu guest
17/08/06 15:46
If you are using VMware to install multiple operating
systems on your Windows XP machine like me you may
have had some problems installing the VMware tools
into the latest Ubuntu (6.06.1). I am using the 5.5.2
version of VMware but still the installation was not
very smooth.
Here is what I did after a fresh install of Ubuntu from the Desktop CD and booting the newly installed Ubuntu system. Of course all of the commands are using the Terminal console.
Note, if step 3 gives you an error like "Couldn't find package linux-headers-2.6.15-26-386" then you can use your Ubuntu Desktop CD to install those linux-headers.
Finally everything should work.  At least it did for me.  That last problem with the headers caused me some heartache until I found the solution here.
Here is what I did after a fresh install of Ubuntu from the Desktop CD and booting the newly installed Ubuntu system. Of course all of the commands are using the Terminal console.
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install gcc-4.0
- sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- in the VMware VM menu select Install VMware Tools
- extract VMwareTools-5.5.2-29772.tar.gz to the desktop (just right click on the file icon and choose "Extract to..."
- sudo ./Desktop/vmwaware/tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl
- I just selected all of the defaults to the many questions and using the newly installed gcc and linux-headers, the script built some additional support binaries.
- at the end it will ask you to choose your screen resolution
- the last step is to restart the graphic environment to use the VMware Tool enhancements. /etc/init.d/gdm restart should work.
Note, if step 3 gives you an error like "Couldn't find package linux-headers-2.6.15-26-386" then you can use your Ubuntu Desktop CD to install those linux-headers.
- quit the vmware installer
- close any open package managers like Synaptic or the Update Manager
- insert your Ubuntu CD
- you should receive a dialog box asking if you want to start the package manager, choose yes
- search for and install the "linux-headers-2.6.15-26-386" (in this case you are installing it from the CD instead of from the Internet.
- rerun the vmware installer.
Finally everything should work.  At least it did for me.  That last problem with the headers caused me some heartache until I found the solution here.