vmware: CD/DVD ROM drive is stuck in connecting mode

As the title says, if the CD/DVD device of your VM is stuck in connecting mode, one thing to try is to shutdown the vSphere client, and restarted it. I found this solution from http://communities.vmware.com/message/1784438, and it worked for me.

February 11, 2013 · 1 min · 40 words · kenno

FreeBSD: Fatal error: Call to undefined function session_name()

I just setup Apache and PHP on FreeBSD 9, configured a vhost, then when I tried to access it, I got the following error: Fatal error: Call to undefined function session_name() in /srv/www/sugaku.domain.com/inc/init.php on line 144 so apparently, the “session” support is missiong from php5 installation. To fix it, I need to install php5-session port. Let’s do it. # whereis php5-session<br /> php5-session: /usr/ports/www/php5-session<br /> portmaster www/php5-session If the installation is successful, then we can restart apache. ...

December 25, 2012 · 1 min · 89 words · kenno

Fix missing icons and ugly theme in Evolution on Kubuntu 11.10

This how Evolution looks like on Kubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric). To fix this, make sure this package is installed: “humanity-icon-theme”, then create $HOME/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini. [Settings] gtk-fallback-icon-theme = Humanity Restart Evolution, and it should be fixed. Credit: [solution] Evolution in Kubuntu 11.10

September 18, 2012 · 1 min · 39 words · kenno

Unknown Authn provider: ldap

Unknown Authn provider: ldap a2enmod authnz_ldap<br /> apache2ctl restart

September 12, 2012 · 1 min · 9 words · kenno

Fix: Xfce 4.10 panel no longer expands

After upgrading to Xfce 4.10 from 4.8, I noticed that the clock/notification area no longer pushed to the right edge of the panel. This is due to a change in the Window Buttons panel plugin which no longer expands to fill the available space[1]. To emulate the old behavior, add a transparent separator between the window buttons and the clock/notification area, setting its expand property. Voilla! [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xfce

August 24, 2012 · 1 min · 68 words · kenno