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A Bug's Life...

Not so far... (The Moon)

Say Cheese. Just got out of the nest.

The woody wood pecker. Starting to dig in.

Access Localhost Web Server (Host) through VirtualBox

Say that you want to install RHEL on a virtual machine in VirtualBox using the HTTP method (via network). Then you can setup a repository on your localhost using the first 4 of your 5 RHEL installation CDs and then add them to the local web server and access them through NAT in VirtualBox.

• After copying all the binaries (from first 4 CDs) to the preferred location, configure the httpd.conf located at /etc/httpd/conf/ (in Fedora 13) by assigning an alias to the copied location.
• eg:

               Alias /install "/install"
              <directory>
                   Options Indexes
                   AllowOverride None
                   Order allow,deny
                   Allow from all
              </directory>
             

• Boot the virtual machine using the first RHEL cd and at the boot screen  type "linux askmethod" (without quote) and press
  
• Select the HTTP method from the menu when asked
• Enter 10.0.2.2 as the IP address and the alias as the location ("install" in this case)
• The installation should pick up the repository and you are good to go. :)

Good Luck!

GNOME-MPlayer Error: (VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so)

Error: Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

The above error occurred in my gnome-mplayer in Fedora 13 (I didn't get this error in Ubuntu 10.04) and I guess the problem is that I don't have the resource that it is looking for as its output. If you have NVIDIA Video driver you may have not encountered with the problem.

However, a little setting can sort out the problem as follows;

• Open Edit -> Preferences or just press CTRL + P
• That will open up the preferences and select the "Player" tab
• Select (or enter) "xv" (without quotes) for the Video Output
• Close preferences and try to open the video file again.

Your problem should have been resolved.

Good Luck!!!