Archives Aug. 19, 2007
542 works in VMWare with pcnet32 driver (Just a post to give a link to the package, really...)
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Have the converted official 542 image running under vmware with networking now. For those playing along at home it's the same process as for VirtualBox: download the compiled pcnet32 stuff for the 542 kernel into the image and unpack into the /lib/modules/${kernel}/drivers/net/ directory. Run /sbin/depmod as root, and switch on-boot to true in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 . ...
PyGTA this Tuesday (ctypes-ing the night away...)
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Peter Hansen, one of the original founders of PyGTA will be discussing, among other things, Engenuity's use of ctypes. Normal place and time (7pm, Third Tuesday of the Month).
VirtualBox seems to have forgotten (Or I did...)
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Unable to get VirtualBox-hosted machines onto the net yesterday. Seems the NAT network inside VB just gave up trying to route information out. Kinda killed my plans for trying to build the kernel inside a snapshot of 542 (instead of spending days getting Fedora installed). I don't recall having to do anything other than reboot ...
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Mike C. Fletcher, the VRPlumber, is a philosopher of design turned computer programmer based in Toronto, Canada. He works primarily in the Python programming language, and maintains a large number of Open Source software packages. You can reach him at: mcfletch@vrplumber.com.