Monthly Archives: February 2006

installing VMWare on Ubuntu

25-Feb-2006 Posted by Sonia Hamilton under ,
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See also How To Forge How To Install VMware Server On Ubuntu

Install prereqs:

 sudo apt-get install build-essential
 sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

Find version of gcc used to compile kernel:

 cat /proc/version
 ls /usr/bin/gcc*

Install right version of gcc if required:

 sudo apt-get install gcc-3.4
 sudo apt-get install g++-3.4

Compile with environment variable pointing to gcc:

 export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-3.4
 sudo ./vmware-install.pl

Useful links:
UbuntuWiki1, UbuntuWiki2

(and search https://wiki.ubuntu.com on VMWare)

atheros wireless

23-Feb-2006 Posted by Sonia Hamilton under , ,
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  • install linux-restricted-modules-*
  • edit /etc/network/interfaces 

auto ath0
  iface ath0 inet dhcp
  wireless_essid network_name

automatically load ssh key on login

07-Feb-2006 Posted by Sonia Hamilton under
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  • add ssh-add as a startup program under System, Preferences, Sessions (ssh-agent is started automatically by X) (Applications, Preferences, More Preferences, Session on Fedora)
  • when logged in via ssh or console, run:
 eval `ssh-agent`
 ssh-add