VMplayer crash in fedora 12

After installing VMplayer from the bundle, the 3.0.1 version i were surprised because it crashed just one second after running it.  Thanks that another co-blogger posted the solution, too simple in fact:

cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib

mv libcurl.so.4 libcurl.so.4.old

Credits:

here and here

If you need to recompile the modules because some of them is failing, you can do it this way:

vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

If you need more help and you want to get in touch with me Why not contact me ;-)

Errors compiling VMware Server on Fedora 12

Hi! Today i downloaded vmware server to use it on my Linux workstation.  I am using Fedora 12 with the latest kernel update so i had not much hope to compile the vmware kernel modules without some troubleshooting.

After solving the problems, here i share the solutions i hope to help you.  If you find it useful, remember that you can Invite me a kaffee ! :)

1. Download the latest VMware workstation (It is free)
https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/p/activate.php?p=server20&lp=1&ext=1

Note: I downloaded the rpm version.

2. Install it:
yum install VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.i386.rpm

3. Try to compile the modules:
vmware-config.pl

Ok.. in this moment a lot of warnings and errors appear between them, errors with vmnet, vmci, etc...

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32.10-90.fc12.i686'
Unable to build the vmnet module.


Unable to build the vmci module.

4. Patch the modules:

- Download from http://www.erdemap.com/store/2.6.32.10-90.fc12.vmmon.tar.gz
wget http://www.erdemap.com/store/2.6.32.10-90.fc12.vmmon.tar.gz

5. unzip & untar it.
6. execute the patch shell script *inspect it first, it is very VERY basic*
7. After installing the patches, execute the vmware-config.pl

Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor                                 [  OK  ]
   Virtual ethernet                                        [  OK  ]
   Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0                       [  OK  ]
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background)        [  OK  ]
   DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1                              [  OK  ]
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background)        [  OK  ]
   DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8                              [  OK  ]
   NAT service on /dev/vmnet8                              [  OK  ]
   VMware Server Authentication Daemon (background)        [  OK  ]
   Shared Memory Available                                 [  OK  ]
Starting VMware management services:
   VMware Server Host Agent (background)                   [  OK  ]
   VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web Access
Starting VMware autostart virtual machines:

If you need more help and you want to get in touch with me
Why not contact me ;-)

Five Easy Ways to Secure Your Linux System

On the heels of last week’s entry on using DenyHosts, and Nikto the week before that; I thought it appropriate to continue in the security vein with five more simple techniques that you can use to protect your systems. These include using account locking, limiting cron use, using DENY access to services, refusing root SSH logins and changing SSHD’s default port.

Keep reading..

 Account Locking

 Cron Restriction

 Deny, Deny, Deny

 Deny SSH by Root

 Change the Default Port

Nice Free software video

Error compiling cairomm

While compiling cairomm i got this error:

configure.ac:37: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DISABLE_STATIC
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:38: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
configure.ac:39: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

Solution:
Install libtool:

[root@dyn854450 ~]# yum install libtool

Badly formed XML, there is no tag

Using glade-3 i got with this error/warning:

[walter@talent Projects]$ gtk-builder-convert uno.glade uno.xml

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/bin/gtk-builder-convert", line 772, in
sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
File "/usr/bin/gtk-builder-convert", line 760, in main
conv.parse_file(input_filename)
File "/usr/bin/gtk-builder-convert", line 161, in parse_file
self._parse()
File "/usr/bin/gtk-builder-convert", line 233, in _parse
assert glade_iface, ("Badly formed XML, there is "
AssertionError: Badly formed XML, there is no tag.

Try saving the file as a libglade project and then try again. It work'd for me.

TEDxBuenos Aires

The famous TED conference'll take place in Buenos Aires.  I'm already pre-registered.

http://tedxbuenosaires.org/?p=1001