Linux

Archive for May, 2010

USB devices not mounting in Lucid? Here’s a fix.

If you are pestered by the bug that doesn;t let you mount USB devices in Ubuntu Lucid Lynx, the issue is caused by the floppy module. Disable it with sudo modprobe -r floppy and reboot. [...]


Fix Linux Kernel 2.6.32 and VMWare Workstation 7 issue

After you upgraded to Ubuntu Lucid, you might have noticed that VMWare has stopped working and can’t compile one of it’s modules. The solution to this is simple: download this patch and this script in the sam[...]


Install older .RUN and .BIN archives in Linux

When running older .RUN and .BIN archives in Linux, you might get the following (or a similar) error: Verifying archive integrity…tail: cannot open `+6′ for reading: No such file or directoryError in check su[...]