Ezmlm : Bulk e-mail address import to mailing list

To import an e-mail address list to Ezmlm/Qmail mailing list, use a plain text file filled line by line with correctly formatted address and do the following to import: ezmlm-sub /home/vpopmail/domains/domain.tld/mailing-list < address-list.txt Note that the import will stop as soon as a blank line or syntax error will be shown on the list.

HDMI : Video output to LCD TV blinking

Video blink occur during video playback (mostly during DVD playback when dark picture show up). Video signal is coming too low so the TV become in “sleeping” mode and blink the screen for a second and picture come back later. Try using another HDMI cable.  This often occur using a poor quality or defective cable.

nTop : Install from rpmforge failed to start

After upgrading to latest version or update your existing well working nTop, you may expect this error when starting nTop by doing “service ntop start”. # service ntop start Starting ntop:    Processing file /etc/ntop.conf for parameters… Mon Nov 24 23:56:36 2008  NOTE: Interface merge enabled by default Mon Nov 24 23:56:36 2008  Initializing gdbm databases… Read More »

Dell : Install OpenManage for RHEL/CentOS

1. Set up the Dell OpenManage Repository at http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware, like this: wget -q -O – http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/bootstrap.cgi | bash 2. Install OpenManage Server Administrator: yum install srvadmin-all Other possible choices are : srvadmin-base, srvadmin-webserver, srvadmin-storageservices 3. Make sure the TCP port 1311 is open in IPtables. If not, add this line : -A INPUT -p tcp… Read More »

Mac : New replacement drive not detected on G5

Since the original drive was replaced by a new one on a Mac G5 PowerPC (original drive : Maxtor 160 Gb. S-ATA / new drive : Western Digital 500 Gb. S-ATA), the computer detect randomly or not at all the new hard disk. The solution is to limit the drive speed operation to S-ATA 150… Read More »

Category: Mac

Windows 7 : missing location tab on user document folder

With Windows 7, it is possible to change the My Document, My Music, My Video, Favorites, Desktop, etc. user folders location to another easily by doing a right click on the folder and click on the “Location” tab. But, in some rare circumstances, such as changing the destination drive letter, you may occur serious problem. … Read More »

FTP : File transfer failed but permission correct

FTP Server complain about this error: Command:    STOR upload_test.txt Response:    150 Ok to send data. Response:    451 Failure writing to local file. Error:    File transfer failed   The operation failed to complete even if file permission are correct.  Most of the time on unix ftp servers such as vsFTPd, this may indicate that the user’s… Read More »