I have just been looking at the processes on my laptop and noticed a python process running as a user called ‘conveyor’. I can’t remember adding a user or installing a program called conveyer. It turns out that it was a Makerbot process. So, a quick… …helped sort that out. Why Makerbot doesn’t make a … Read more
Another awesome issue of Linux Voice. I can highly recommend subscribing. Linux Voice
We have a Windows 7 VM running on Ubuntu KVM. I needed to give the Windows 7 machine more disk space. This turns out to be really easy (when you know how). Step 1 – Shutdown the VM Step 2 – Increase the qcow2 image Find the qcow2 file of the VM and take a … Read more
I needed to create a .iso file to make a Windows icon. You need to use icotool which is part of icoutils. Then: Job done.
ng2icns is a great little tool for creating Mac icons on Linux. It comes in the the incsutils package:
To make the installer launch your application after it has been installed you need to add an “Execute launcher” action to your “Finish screen”. You will need to select which launcher for the installer to run.
I am just making an installer for Windows, Mac and Linux using install4j. However, it isn’t clear from the docs how to change the banner image on the left hand side. To set it on the Welcome screen, you need to go to Installer -> Welcome and select the “Images For Banner” property, To change … Read more
Our Bacula server has started failing when backing up its own database. This is a standard job called BackupCatalog. It showed an error like so: 27-Feb 23:29 bacula-dir JobId 6545: shell command: run BeforeJob “/etc/bacula/scripts/<a href=”http://make_catalog_backup.pl” target=”_blank”>make_<wbr />catalog_backup.pl</a> MyCatalog” 27-Feb 23:35 bacula-dir JobId 6545: BeforeJob: mysqldump: Error 2013: Lost connection to MySQL server during query … Read more
I supported the new Linux Voice magazine with their Indegogo campaign and have just received the first digital issue. It is awesome and a great read. Given that the team is made up of mostly of ex-Linux Format employees, it shares some similarities. Well done Linux Voice!
I needed to connect to Oxford University via a VPN connection from my Ubuntu 13.10 laptop. They have some instructions by they are quite complicated and not very clear. Here is how I did it: 1 – Install a Cisco compatiable VPN Client Oxford University uses the Cisco VPN. You can install this directly from the … Read more