DistroStuff

Question: After downloading and burning ISO files from Red Hat Network (RHN) why will the system not boot from the first burned CD?Answer: First, make sure that you have downloaded the correct files. For each distribution there are binary files and source files. To complete an installation the four binary files for a particular distribution [...]

Wed, 27 Aug 2008

My name is Adrienne, and I’m a graphic designer at Red Hat—I create meaning using type and image. The other day I stumbled upon a story involving music, sustainability, and open source. Needless to say, I was intrigued. Fig 1. the original MonomeBrian Crabtree and Kelli Cain are the artists and creators behind Monome. [...]

Tue, 26 Aug 2008

Question: Is there an alternative module to the mod_jk module that is provided in the standard channel for Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5?Answer: The module mod_jk is currently included as part of the Application Stack channel and is not available in the base channel. However in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, the package httpd does [...]

Mon, 25 Aug 2008

It’s the end of the week, and here’s a few stories that caught our attention:Google wants to free the airwaves. The FCC is about to decide what to do with all the leftover radio white space, and this petition/drive could influence the decision. Check it out.And speaking of radio, it looks like some [...]

Fri, 22 Aug 2008

Unlike Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 2.1 and 3, there is no kernel-source package in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 distribution. It was deemed redundant to provide a kernel-source package and a kernel .src.rpm package at the same time. Users that require access to the kernel sources can find them in the kernel.src.rpm file.In [...]

Thu, 21 Aug 2008

Download this video: [Ogg Theora]John Halamka, CIO of Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, was one of the keynote speakers at this summer’s Red Hat Summit. In this video, he explains how open source is critical to the healthcare industry and talks a little about his implanted RFID chip. Learn more about [...]

Tue, 19 Aug 2008

Question: I got an error that stated: ‘error code 91: Red Hat software management exhausted’ what do I do?Answer: This error is most commonly received when you are trying to use activation keys to connect a system profile to Red Hat Network (RHN) but you have exhausted all available management entitlements. You would need [...]

Mon, 18 Aug 2008

Guvnor is the business rules management system in Drools 5. When you deploy it out of the box, you get an unsecured web application that stores data in Jackrabbit’s embedded Derby database. This two-part article explains how to tune Guvnor deployed on JBoss Application Server 4.2.3. (If you missed the first half of the series, [...]

Thu, 14 Aug 2008

Yes, to achieve this, pass the shared disk with the w! option.For example in /etc/xen/<config file for vm&gt do the following:disk = [ "file:/var/lib/xen/images/hostOS.img,hda,w""file:/var/lib/xen/images/qdisk.img,sda,w!"Make the setting, then boot up all nodes. Create qdisk fs, then check that all nodes can read the qdisk fs: $ mkqdisk -LRed Hat’s customer service and support teams receive technical [...]

Wed, 13 Aug 2008

Guvnor is the business rules management system in Drools 5. When you deploy it out of the box, you get an unsecured web application that stores data in Jackrabbit’s embedded Derby database. The first half of this series explains how to tune Guvnor deployed on JBoss Application Server 4.2.3. This means that we will use [...]

Tue, 12 Aug 2008