Graphics Settings for Compaq Presario R3000
Driver: Proprietary nVidia
(listed as "nvidia" in Preferences GUI)
Screen: Custom 1, Resolution 1280x800

Windows 2000 SP4 and QEMU

Problem:

Installing Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 in QEMU gives error.

Solution:

Install Service Pack 3 first. Do NOT reboot/restart. Install Service Pack 4 immediately.

(I installed the service packs from downloads not through Windows Update).

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Disk thrashing in Ubuntu Gutsy

Problem:

Disk thrashing (excessive disk i/o) causes decrease/loss of responsiveness in Ubuntu Gutsy.

Solution:


The thrashing was caused by the swap not being turned on properly.



The swap was not turned on because fstab had the wrong UUID.Fixed based on instructions here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3704872



- type

Code:

blkid

- note the UUID of the partition that should be the swap

- edit /etc/fstab so that the UUID matches

System Details:
Compaq Presario R3000, nVidia video card, Ubuntu Gutsy 7.1

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Google Earth Hangs / Locks system

Problem:

When using Nvidia video driver and OpenGL, Google Earth Hangs / Locks system. Requires reboot. (works fine with nv driver and without OpenGL).

Solution:

cp /usr/lib/libGL*.* /opt/google-earth/

System Details:
Compaq Presario R3000, nVidia video card, Fedora 7

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Problem:



Blank "Administrater" page in drupal



Solution:



edit /etc/php.ini file

change "memory_limit =" to "memory_limit = 12M"

restart httpd service

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Problem:

System does not boot. Error msg: "avc: denied { ptrace } for pid= ......"

Solution:

Add to grub boot line:
"selinux=0"

Q

Problem:
Running Windows Apps (Excel) on Linux Fedora 4

Solution:

Used YUM to install QEMU

Problem:
Errors installing Winodows 2000 on QEMU

Solution:
qemu -cdrom /dev/cdrom -hda /c.img -m 256 -boot d -win2k-hack

Problem:
Sharing files between host and guest

Solution:
-Make sure Samba server is started on Linux host
-Creata sambas share
-Start QEMU with:
qemu -hda /c.img -m 256 -smb sharename
- Made username and password the same for Linux, Samba and Windows logon.

Problem:
when attempting to run YUM the following error (also an error in YUMEX):
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbenv->open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - (-30977)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm

Solution:
rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*

note: there are two underscores in from of the "db"
more at: http://www.rpm.org/hintskinks/repairdb/