Convert FLV 2 DVD

Some really cool software, to convert FLV to DVD -> DeVeDe

http://www.rastersoft.com/programas/devede.html

Some Cool XPATH Examples

I will add as I find more, but this is a start:

http://wiki.novell.com/index.php/XPATH_Examples

Novell UserApp Remove JMX Console

Love this one, with a default UA install you can shutdown the UA from the JMX console, nice :-)

Do this to remove/secure the console:

http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3024921&sliceId=1

Problem running DSBK

We had this problem:

Unable to load backupcr module!
DSBK error! 1

Solution can be found here
From TID 3950804



Basically do this:

ln -s /etc/opt/novell/nici.cfg /etc/nici.cfg

Cisco VPN client for Ubuntu

Download from here: http://tuxx-home.at/vpn/Linux/vpnclient-linux-x86_64-4.8.01.0640-k9.tar.gz
Extract: tar xvzf
Patch from here: http://projects.tuxx-home.at/ciscovpn/patches/vpnclient-linux-2.6.24-final.diff
Patch: patch < ../vpnclient-linux-2.6.24-final.diff
Copy pcf file to here: /etc/opt/cisco-vpnclient/Profiles/
Run like this: vpnclient connect ProfileName user soan pwd $ecure

How to install Novell Designer on Ubuntu

We had a problem on Ubuntu 64bit where the rpm install would not work, fixed by adding a --force like this:

rpm -ivh --nodeps --force nici****.rpm

Looks like Novell removed the site:

http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/dirxml/designer/ubuntuinstall_instructions.html

And put it in the readme:

http://www.novell.com/documentation/designer30/readme/readme_30.html#debian

Installing Designer on Debian-Based Linux Distributions
Although we cannot officially support all Linux distributions, many customers have reported success running Designer on Debian-based distributions, such as Ubuntu. To do this, perform the following steps:

1) Download and extract (to a folder of your choice) Designer from the coolsolutions web site.
2) Use Ubuntu's synaptic package manager to install the alien, rpm, and gettext packages (or from the command line, type sudo apt-get -f install alien rpm gettext).
3) Change directories to the designerInstallDir directory.
4) Use rpm to install the nici rpm (from the command line, type sudo rpm -ivh --nodeps components/nici/nici.i386.rpm) *this adds an entry to the rpm database that the installer checks for when you type rpm -qa at the command line.
5) The gettext rpm is also required for the standard Designer installer. Download any installable gettext.rpm version and install it, such as rpm -ivh --nodeps gettext[version].rpm. This adds the gettext entry to the rpm database.
6) Run the standard Designer ./install script as a normal desktop user.

Problem Starting IDM

We had the following problem:

"VR Driver Interface Module not loaded"

This was seen in the ndstrace.

We re-installed IDM and restarted the server and this resolved the problem.

The following TIDs did not work:

http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7002609&sliceId=1
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7003360&sliceId=1

Versions of Software:
IDM 3.5
eDirectory 8.8.1
SecurityServices 2.0.4

Problem Starting Yast o SLES

We managed to resolve the problem we had starting Yast on SLES 10 with this:

http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:YaST_No_Longer_Works_in_SUSE_LINUX_9.1_After_an_Online_Update

Problem Starting eDirectory

Problem: Inconsistency detected by ld.so

Extract from /var/opt/novell/eDirectory/log/ndsd.log

Jun 05 10:53:17 NMAS Server Version:3.1.3.0 Build:20070219 started
Jun 05 10:53:17 SPM DClient Version:3.1.3.0 Build:20070219 started
Inconsistency detected by ld.so: dl-open.c: 610: _dl_open: Assertion `_dl_debug_
initialize (0, args.nsid)->r_state == RT_CONSISTENT' failed!

Environment -> SLES 10, eDirectory 8.8.1

Solution: Remove all lck files from DIB directory

cd /var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data/dib/
rm *.lck

Problem can also be resolved by upgrade to SLES 10 SP1 or 2
Reference: http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3517288&sliceId=1

How to fix things when Google does not know.

Well this one was a real pain, but gladly I got it sorted. Google seems to not have many answers on this one.

We where having a problem with the Roles driver in Novell IDM. It was giving the error:
-628 ERR_OBJECT_CLASS_VIOLATION
I did a schema compare with another eDirectory Tree and found a problem with nrfIdentity class, it was neither an effective class nor an aux class.
I deleted the class and re-imported the schema with the command:

ndssch admin.iam nrf-extensions.sch

and this seemed to fix the problem.

Not often you see schema problems in eDirectory but this was nasty. When doing a schema update during the install it just kept saying the schema was 100%.

Hope this proves helpfully, sadly Google will have to try better next time.

This is why I run Ubuntu

Cause they are willing to take M$ head on and not like some other companies we know....

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/business/11ubuntu.html?pagewanted=1&_r=3

Novell iManager Missing Module Installation Option

Ran into this one again today.

When you try to install a NPM in iManager you can not even see the option for module installation under the configuration section.

When you install iManager you specify an Admin user that can install plug-ins and this must
match the user you login with.

Check out some of these:

http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/16129.html
Novell TID 10098023
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7002140&sliceId=1

Windows Time Sync

Well I've been having time problems in Windows for a while, considering we are running it in VMware and we normally don't use AD. I'd thought I'd write a quick one on how to configure a NTP time source on Windows. This seems to work on both Windows XP and 2003.

Change the following registry settings:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters\Type : NTP
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters\NtpServer : IP Address of Time Server

If you use a DNS name you need to add the 0x1 suffix e.g. tock.usno.navy,0x1

Once you've changed the registry settings stop/start the W32 service:

net stop w32time
net start w32time

And then you can also force a resync with the command:

w32tm /resync

The output should say something like '...command successfully completed.'

Source: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Configuring-Windows-Time-Service.html?printversion

VMware Problem on SLES10 SP2

There seems to be a problem with VMware Server 1.0X on SLES10 SP2 i386.

When you try to browse for a VM the VMware interface seems to hang.

Easist way to fix this is to edit the vmware script /usr/bin/vmware

and add the line:

export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes

So the file looks something like this:

#!/bin/sh
#
# Copyright 2005 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
#
# Wrapper for the real 'vmware' binary. Ensure that the binary will find
# all the shared libraries it needs. If a shared library is not available from any
# of the standard system-wide locations, we provide it from the location where
# the VMware software is installed. --hpreg
#

export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes

# BEGINNING_OF_DB_DOT_SH
#!/bin/sh

#
# Manage an installer database
#

# Add an answer to a database in memory
db_answer_add() {


Reference:

http://communities.vmware.com/message/549774?tstart=0

Keyboard Mapping Problems in VMware

This is the article to read:

http://nthrbldyblg.blogspot.com/2008/06/vmware-and-fubar-keyboard-effect.html

Basically create a ./vmware/config file with the following content

xkeymap.keycode.111 = 0x148 # Up
xkeymap.keycode.116 = 0x150 # Down
xkeymap.keycode.113 = 0x14b # Left
xkeymap.keycode.114 = 0x14d # Right
xkeymap.keycode.118 = 0x152 # Insert
xkeymap.keycode.119 = 0x153 # Delete
xkeymap.keycode.110 = 0x147 # Home
xkeymap.keycode.115 = 0x14f # End

etc