Solaris boot issue
Issue: sometimes boot process hang in the middle due to previous power down or system hang. Solution: Boot under "Solaris failsafe" run: fsck /dev/rdsk/c0d0s0 reboot to normal multi-user mode
Hands-on IT and troubleshooting notes — the fixes I worked out for real Linux, WordPress, networking, Mac and server problems, written down so the next person (often future me) doesn’t have to solve them twice.
wifi only works on LAN but can’t access internet?
Issue: after bringing up ath0 driver for wifi on acer notebook, it can only access wireless AP, but cannot access internet. Guess that it is because hostname unknown issue. Solution:…
Wifi on Acer Notebook
Issue: How to enable built-in wifi in Acer Aspire 3623WXMi? Solution: add package ath driver v.0.5 for Solaris 10 download wificonfig binary to /usr/bin create profile: wificonfig createprofile profilename essid=ssidname…
osCommerce php5 Issues
Issues: after migrate from CentOS-3.5 server to FC5 for osCommerce-2.2, there are some issues mainly caused by imcompatibility w/ php5. cannot display categories cannot display admin page manager cannot edit…
phpBB2 php5: Admin Left Frame Blank!
Issue: After migrating phpBB from CentOS server to FC5 server. phpBB forum was started up fine to user level, but when clicked "go to Administration Panel", left frame appeared blank!…
pLog Migration LifeType
Issue: Blank Screen!? after migration from pLog to LifeType 1.0.6 Solution: Modify php.ini to increase memory_limit from 8M to 16M Modify httpd.conf to add <Directory "path/to/LifeType"> AllowOverride All ... </Directory>…
SSH Public Key Authentication
Issue: Windows-based SSH client, PuTTY work fine using password authentication method, but with error message: Server refused key. Solution: 1. Use: >ssh-keygen -t dsa -b 1024 to generate key pair;…
samba client error message for samba printer
Issue: Error message "Access denied, unable to connect" on the Windows PC printer status using samba printer. Solutions: Insert 2 lines in /etc/samba/smb.conf at Samba server [printer] section: guest ok…
yum quited unexpectedly
Issue: Run: Yum install postgreSQL for SQL-Ledger, but appear: unable to find pid then the shell running yum as root quited unexpectedly Solution: Run: rpm --rebuilddb; yum clean all Tricks:…
SQL-Ledger Install Issue
Issue: when starting post installation process of SQL-Ledger by clicking "Create Dataset", error message: FATAL IDENT Authentication failed for user "sql-ledger" even correct password had been input for database user:…