So after tinkering with my HTPC I notice the 120mm fan over my video card came loose.  I mounted it on to the side of the case but the fan less video card's heat sink was not hot.  Sure enough, after booting VLC wouldn't play anything.  No sound no video just:  xcb_xv vout display error: […]

This is an extension of the gdb and cores file post earlier and viewable int he link below.  In this case, whenever we restart or try to shutdown the system, we see a brief message on the prompt about some crash which quickly disappears.  Then the system restarts but is not capable of shutting down […]

Windows 7 Home Premium edition doesn't come with RDP enabled by default.  Luckily, there is a set of files available out there if you wish to enable it.  However, keep in mind, this is a workaround to lack of RDP on Windows 7 Home Premium so naturally there are risks associated (see the site disclaimer).   […]

To change your mysql password for any user, use the following procedure, in case the password is lost or forgotten.  For this post, we'll be changing it for the root user.  

In our quest to install OpenStack, we run into this thingy  # keystone user-list Expecting authentication method via    either a service token, –token or env[SERVICE_TOKEN],    or credentials, –os-username or env[OS_USERNAME]. #  

To disable autosaves in WordPress comment out the following in wp-admin/post.php:         // wp_enqueue_script('autosave'); Cheers, TK

  While transferring a large file, I've disconnected then disabled the WIRELESS port only to receive these messages in /var/log/messages on the HTPC server.  No connection was possible from the Windows 7 desktops to the server at this point even waiting a bit didn't help.  Looked like something crashed during the disabling of the wireless […]

When trying to launch System -> Preferences -> Sound you get the following message in a panel: Waiting for sound system to respond In this case, this was the result of my tinkering with the sound system, in an attempt to try to make multiple applications use the sound drivers simultaneously instead of the sound […]

While uploading images to the blog, I run into this little error: Fatal error: Unknown: Cannot use output buffering in output buffering display handlers in Unknown on line 0 The solutionw as to disable WP Super Cache temporarily while I try to figure out the real root case. Cheers, TK

While using associative arrays, I run into this little issue using this sample KSH93 code: #!/bin/ksh93u+ function scmp {         typeset -A IPAA;         # Load First File.         for KEY in $(cat 1.rip); do                 IPA1[KEY]=1;         done         # Load Second File.         for KEY in $(cat 2.rip); do                 IPA2[KEY]=1;         done […]