Author Archives: Kaven Gagnon

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About Kaven Gagnon

System & Network Architect

nTop : Install from rpmforge failed to start

After upgrading to latest version or update your existing well working nTop, you may expect this error when starting nTop by doing “service ntop start”. # service ntop start Starting ntop:    Processing file /etc/ntop.conf for parameters… Mon Nov 24 23:56:36 2008  NOTE: Interface merge enabled by default Mon Nov 24 23:56:36 2008  Initializing gdbm databases… Read More »

Dell : Install OpenManage for RHEL/CentOS

1. Set up the Dell OpenManage Repository at http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware, like this: wget -q -O – http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/bootstrap.cgi | bash 2. Install OpenManage Server Administrator: yum install srvadmin-all Other possible choices are : srvadmin-base, srvadmin-webserver, srvadmin-storageservices 3. Make sure the TCP port 1311 is open in IPtables. If not, add this line : -A INPUT -p tcp… Read More »

Mac : New replacement drive not detected on G5

Since the original drive was replaced by a new one on a Mac G5 PowerPC (original drive : Maxtor 160 Gb. S-ATA / new drive : Western Digital 500 Gb. S-ATA), the computer detect randomly or not at all the new hard disk. The solution is to limit the drive speed operation to S-ATA 150… Read More »

Category: Mac

Windows 7 : missing location tab on user document folder

With Windows 7, it is possible to change the My Document, My Music, My Video, Favorites, Desktop, etc. user folders location to another easily by doing a right click on the folder and click on the “Location” tab. But, in some rare circumstances, such as changing the destination drive letter, you may occur serious problem. … Read More »

FTP : File transfer failed but permission correct

FTP Server complain about this error: Command:    STOR upload_test.txt Response:    150 Ok to send data. Response:    451 Failure writing to local file. Error:    File transfer failed   The operation failed to complete even if file permission are correct.  Most of the time on unix ftp servers such as vsFTPd, this may indicate that the user’s… Read More »

Remote Desktop : stop working after Windows Update

This happen after updating to Windows XP Service Pack 3 or Windows Server 2003 SP2: Microsoft added a security feature to disable RDP if Windows Firewall is disabled. Enable Windows Firewall and add exception for Remote Desktop Protocol (TCP-3389) to get it working. (Also make sure that the Windows Terminal Service is started if problem… Read More »

FTP : connection failed to LIST, Failed to retrieve directory listing

The following error occured/hang trying to connect to FTP server: Status:    Connected Status:    Retrieving directory listing… Command:    PWD Response:    257 “/” Command:    TYPE I Response:    200 Switching to Binary mode. Command:    PASV Response:    227 Entering Passive Mode (xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xx) Command:    LIST Error:    Connection timed out Error:    Failed to retrieve directory listing This is probably because you… Read More »