Tech notes
May 21, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology
VMware setup error (libpopt)
The error message during VMware setup (vmware-config.pl) is due to the fact that Suse 9 has a too new package for the requested library:/usr/bin/vmware-smbpasswd.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libpopt.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directoryThe following fixes the problem:ln -s /usr/lib/libpopt.so.1 /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0
May 21, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology
VMware and Samba
VMware can interfere with Samba.
May 21, 2007 • 2 min read • Technology
VMware and nonstandard screen resolutions of laptops
My laptop screen is a 1280x800.
May 21, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology
Staden 1.4 and Suse 9
I installed today the new Staden package (version 1.4) to my Suse 9.
May 21, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology
smb mounts via fstab or automount?
I have many computers I need to connect to from my Linux box.
May 21, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology
Rio500 drivers for W98 and W2K under VMware
VMware W2K and W98 do not recognize my Rio500.