useful links: http://math.feld.cvut.cz/nemecek/maple/install9.html#Win_Net_Install http://www.mapleprimes.com/forum/maple-10-no-longer-starts-up

we had a particular windows 2003 server that hosted a tomcat app which used mysql for a db. it also had like 3000 agents deployed to workstations that checked in with the server. we started to get a lot of timeout errors and loss of connectivity after the massive agent deployment. tried beefing up mysql, […]

i don’t really use winxp much anymore or keep up with its “latest” developments, but in the legacy-ridden IT field i am forced to still deal with it. so some things to note: SP3 (evidently?) breaks RDP connectivity for some video cards until an updated video driver is installed. this proved to be the case […]

i had to somewhat quickly set up an additional zcm server, to be used as the organization-wide imaging repository. install went fine, but when i attempted a PXE boot the client would display “contacting novell preboot policy service” wait a while then “…done”. and that was it. i checked the forums and found a post […]

i did some reading a while back about tomato and then dnsmasq, and got excited at the idea of using my linksys router for local dns resolution. and i went about it by editing /etc/hosts on the router. which works great…until a router reboot. so today i googled for a better solution and found this […]

just upgraded my laptop install of mandriva to 2009.1. one very noticeable problem was that i had no keyboard in X. quick google revealed i wasn’t alone with this problem. solution: boot into rescue rename /etc/rc5.d/S99messagebus to S96messagebus i’d like to do a clean install, but i’m too lazy for that… i’ve upgraded mandriva at […]

http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Keyboard_doesn’t_work_in_X

reminder..to not forget about the microsoft application compatibility toolkit (5.0 right now). and possibly to try it out at some point.

http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:AudioTroubleshooting#A_possible_fix_to_choppy_.2F_skipping_sound

netware still lingers around. considering going for a CNA (netware 6.5 “foundations” 050-686) if it’s even still available. cost: $125. 66ish questions. objectives: http://www.novell.com/training/testinfo/objectives/3016tobj.html