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Compiling / installing pycurl on Solaris
I had to add pycurl to our Solaris 10 image. I hear (in the ether?) that packaging is a bit weird in Python, (pip / easy_install , whatever). Running easy_install pycurl returned Searching for pycurl Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pycurl/ Best match: pycurl … Continue reading
100% CPU on Netapp / N Series
One reason you might see 100% CPU on your Netapp or N Series filer is that a bunch of large files were just deleted. Continue reading
Getting the IBM Bootable Media Creator (BoMC) to run on Ubuntu 10.04
How to get the IBM Bootable Media Creator (BoMC) to run on Ubuntu Continue reading
D-Bus library appears to be incorrectly set up; failed to read machine uuid: Failed to open “/var/lib/dbus/machine-id”
How to solve the problem of not having a machine-id file on Linux Continue reading
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What sort of disk is VMware ESXi running on?
How to tell which disk VMware ESXi is booting from. Continue reading
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Replacing an NetApp NVRAM IV battery
How to replace your old NetApp Filer NVRAM IV battery. Continue reading
How to get rid of SECJ0055E error message in WebSphere Portal
SECJ0055E is a WebSphere error message you might see in your SystemOut.log if you have changed your WAS Admin Password. Here is how to get rid of the message. Continue reading
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How to add additional packages to a CentOS repo
How to add packages to a CentOS repo. Continue reading
Workaround for Solaris 10 slow boot on VMware ESX 4.0
When installing Solaris 10 as a VMware guest, the boot sequence is very slow. Here’s how to fix it. Continue reading
Why doesn’t the WCM authoring portlet come up after installing Portal?
Possible reasons why the WCM authoring portlet doesn’t display on a new install of Portal. Continue reading
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