linuxsysconfig

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Entries for April, 2009

VMware reloaded

Got the latest VMware Workstation (6.5.2). The release notes file didn’t say anything about kernel support. I was hoping for 2.6.29 support. The previous WS version (6.5.1) didn’t compile and an unofficial patch was required to make it work. Did anything change with this release? No. What do you mean? A patch is still required [...]

YUM repo errors

There are several things that can cause the $SUBJECT. Some errors occur due to incorrect URL entries in /etc/yum.conf or broken repository files, while others are the result of using a faulty plugin or a bad proxy server setting. However, most common errors come from the use of the (default) caching function. Called http_caching, this [...]