Dec
15
CIFS VFS Shutdown Error When Using SMBFS
December 15, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 7 Comments
Posted in How To
I recently installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) and set up access to (DNS-321) my network shares using smbfs; as in the post “Sharing the Same Files Between Two PC’s”. Shortly afterwards, when rebooting, shutting down, etc. I received this error message: ACPID: Exiting NM_SYSTEM_SETTING: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: Devices removed (UDI: /org/freedesktop/hal/devices/net_00_30_1B_BE_38_3D) [601.136038] CIFS VFS: [...]
Jun
20
Converting VMware Images to VirtualBox – A Simple Method
June 20, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 6 Comments
Posted in Editorials
When I need to run a Windows based application on my trusty Ubuntu Hardy box, I don’t use Wine. Don’t get me wrong, it’s just that I don’t want to have to manage the Wine environment and prefer to have Windows and it’s associated applications tucked away in it’s own virtual system. This way if [...]
May
23
Browser Problems – Creating a Linux Based Virtual Box – Part 2 of 2
May 23, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 5 Comments
Posted in Applications, Hands On, How To
Earlier this month, I posted Part 1 of “Browser Problems – Creating a Linux Based Virtual Box” where the issue of being able to load different environments to test web site development was discussed. In this post (Part 2), I’ve received all the hardware (Shuttle SN68SG2) and am happy to note that the unit is [...]
May
8
Browser Problems – Creating a Linux Based Virtual Box – Part 1 of 2
May 8, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 11 Comments
Posted in Editorials, How To
I had an interesting discussion yesterday with the owner of LaLa Media (lalamedia.ca). The conversation focused on the issues of developing web sites that are cross platform friendly. Invariably the problem dealing with browser bugs came up. In particular how IE6 appears to be especially buggy and how it tends to have problems with CSS/XHTML [...]
