YMMV Forcing a NIC to negotiate at a certain speed/mode is simple, as long as you have the right tools at hand. After trying 4 different packages in Ubuntu with mixed results, I got a killer combo. root@coiso:~# ethtool -v ethtool version 6 ethtool eth0 ethtool -s eth0 speed 1000 autoneg off ethtool -s eth0 [...]

So one day one wakes up and thinks about getting hat about a “new” operating system? So I installed OpenSuse. It was the worst two days of my life. So, back to Ubuntu Dapper Drake. It seems that both Edgy, Feisty and all other distros featuring the latest crappy Xorg server don’t play along with [...]

1. Get the Cisco Systems VPN Client for Linux from Cisco’s website (registration required) or search for vpnclient-linux-x86_64-4.8.00.0490-k9.tar.gz on you know who. 2. Uncompress it and change to the directory it creates bruno@sushi:~$ tar xvfz vpnclient-linux-x86_64-4.8.00.0490-k9.tar.gz bruno@sushi:~$ cd vpnclient 3. Get the header files for yout current kernel version, you’ll need them to build the [...]

And one day something terrible happens. The server which this site was running on (and a few others) had a few problems with the mainboard power module and started shutting down every now and then. It is a mini-ATX system using some kind of proprietary power supply (which was replaced promptly for an identical one [...]

is this supposed to be an Ubuntu related joke or what? XKCD rocks!