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You should really use http://pastebin.com/ for walls of text like this one.

Another Google search (which you could easily do yourself) suggest that the crossplattformui-package is... from your MTS MBlaze 3G/4G stick. It looks like that this package borked something pretty bad.

You could

1. try to remove the package (which can be hard to accomplish for a beginner)
2. try to follow the link above, at least the thread title says the problem was solved. Didn't read everything myself.
3. reinstall the machine and never ever install proprietary software for your stick again but look for open source alternatives

Why #3? Because often hardware vendors are building some software for their hardware and do not maintain it at all. It's often working for a few months or even years past its release, but can cause all kinds of gremlins to show up later on.

My wife is just preparing the dinner. I think I have to "help" her, e.g. beta-testing

@travisdh1 said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@thwr said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@JaredBusch said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

I have not needed to use the iDRAC console in a couple of years now, and I had not realized that I still had to have f'n java installed in order to use it. WTF....

Pretty much the same for every kind of remote console, be it on an IBM, Dell or SuperMicro server or on an Aten IP KVM. PITA, big, nasty PITA.

How many of us have a VM on our workstation just for this? I know I do, and it's hard to get much smaller than we are and still need any IT.

Yup, using a VM for this. Yet another system to maintain.

Now the combination of ingredients may sound strange, but everyone at today's BBQ totally felt in love with it. I was just able to take a quick photo, will post a better one someday.

Ingredients

• Watermelon
• Feta cheese
• Fresh or dried mint
• Salt and pepper
• Olive or sunflower oil
• Optional: Tomatoes, onions, arugula, parmesan

Directions
Well, it's a salad. Slice and spice everything as you like.

Linux DHCP servers are often just using flat files which could be placed into a git repo or maybe rsynced to a backup machine. Now, you just need to wait for a failing server and start the service / daemon on the backup machine. Icinga with a custom check / action plugin could do this, for example.

@tiagom said in Non-IT News Thread:

Looked at some of the google maps pics.

I have one question.. Why the hell did you leave?

Its beautiful.

It is... lived a few hundred meters from the small lakes, so basically my summer was like getting home, get your bathing clothes, get into the sea. Beer with friends. But I was offered a very good job, in the south of Hamburg. And I didn't want to drive 50km one-way every single day.

@sreekumarpg said in Need Suggestion:

@scottalanmiller , @JaredBusch @thwr
Thanks for the support. I will be testing the Ngnix.

Proposed requirement diagram

There are multiple possible approaches, for example:

• Address based: Block every access using a local firewall on your webserver that does not come from your proxy
• Header based: Insert a special header field on your proxy and check that header on your webserver. Reject access in case the header does not exist

PS: Upvote for providing sufficient information AND a diagram. Makes helping you so much easier.

@Brains said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I got up at 7:30 am in Dallas, drove all day and arrived in Indianapolis at 3:00 am. Doing some catch up before turning in. I'm visiting @scale tomorrow here in town, trying to be there in about six hours, but seven is more likely.

Dang Jesus. You should stop by and visit next time you are in town. At least grab a good German Beer with me!

Better come over to my place to get some real German beer

@Romo said in Where to buy Ubiquiti in Italy:

@thwr said in Where to buy Ubiquiti in Italy:

@Dashrender said in Where to buy Ubiquiti in Italy:

Here's a crazy idea - have it shipped to the house owners name, not yours.

That's what I suggested before.

How does the shipping company even know who the home owner is? I don't really understand why proving home ownership is a requirement to get a package delivered.

Like I said, never heard that before.

@BBigford said in Can it end now? \rant:

We disable it (for internal-only machines, domain only. Public and private are active) because there are many other layers of security in place. Having it on and risking compromise is outweighed by the added headaches of figuring out why the firewall is blocking something. Anything external facing has maximum security though (web servers/etc).

You know that one of the most dangerous attack vectors is the one from within your network? No more IDS/IPS or UTM to pass, it's the free wild. I would leave it on, better some protection than no protection. Adding a new rule for a webserver is a one-liner.

@dustinb3403 said in Network in industrial environments:

@thwr said in Network in industrial environments:

@dustinb3403 said in Network in industrial environments:

Run fiber from your main to the end points or a network closet that is within range of Ethernet for the computers.

Putting up small networking closets throughout is a pain.

I'm afraid I need a few dozen ports down there

You'd run a single fiber line to a switch and patch panel, and have all of the endpoints connect to the new business class switch rather than this one on the wall.

Rather than having your main run broken into multiple ethernet lines that are then connected to this switch that is hung on the wall.

Yeah, that's what I thought: Run (fixed installation) cables from the different locations to a patch panel. Patch to a real switch. Run fibre back to core.

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Been up since 7, slow smoking a Jamaican jerk rubbed pork shoulder.

N 53.55°
E 9.99°

You are most welcome

Just tried it one more time and after 20 minutes it suddenly showed the first installer dialog.

Installation is running ATM. Thanks guys.

Google News, translates to:
"WiFi as important as the toilet in ICE 4" (high speed train)

Oh, yep. Funny story. Our hardware distributor (Hardware in the sense of screws, tools, metal etc.) told us about Schaefer IT, a German manufacturer.

Ordered three of them without doors. Should arrive in a few days.

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Total collapse of traffic here. Trying to get out of Hamburg-Finkenwerder (my office is very close to AIRBUS. The runway is just a few hundred feeds away).

My home is to the south, trying the north-east route right now.

Something happen? The news hasn't reached my feeds yet, hope you get home ok.

Well, looks like the plan worked out: A collegue tried the normal route and didn't move a single inch in the past 30 minutes. Moving 10km to the northeast and driving a "half circle" around Finkenwerder through some very small villages myself did the trick. Will be home in 20 mins I guess.

So your VM is in a boot loop? That's most likely not a problem with your hypervisor but a problem with Windows. I'm not a VMWare expert, but VMware tools should be running once the operating system is up. It's basically a bunch of tools, scripts and drivers which run as "regular" applications inside your VM.

Yeah...

Ha... this should work every time:

1. CTRL-ALT-DEL
2. Taskmanager
3. File -> Exec new task (or whatever it is called in English)
4. mmc diskmgmt.msc (or mmc.exe or ...)

@nadnerB said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Annoyed

Um... what happened?

Spiceworks thread

link?

Yes?

@Mods: Please fork this one and add a "HALL OF FAME" tag