I upgraded to Python 2.7 and yum promptly broke. The quick fix is to edit the yum executable script and change the top line that invokes Python: sudo vim which yum CHANGE FROM: #!/usr/bin/python TO: #!/usr/bin/python26 UPDATED August 2nd, 2016: On one system, I had to use the following Python 2.4 fix instead, even though […]
Upgraded the OS on one of my Amazon server instances today. After rebooting I had the unpleasant experience of seeing my rpc.rstatd monitoring daemon stop functioning. It turns out that AWS changed the actual kernel version for this release, I guess to “celebrate” the fact that it is no longer “beta”. The difficulty is that […]
Worked like a madman yesterday to be ready for launch at midnight. At 10pm, the launch was scrubbed and reset back 24 hours. Whew! This is a wild project. Hopefully we can get everything under control today and launch tonight. That would ease the pressure on everyone considerably. Crashed by 10:30, and been up since […]
After upgrade from Parallels Desktop version 4 to version 5 Windows XP virtual machine fails to boot. IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Blue Screen of Death is displayed. Reason: The IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) happens due to multiple CPUs assigned to the virtual machine. The Fix: Decrease the amount of CPUs to 1: [code] Shut down your […]
erics, December 8th, 2015 
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