Linux : ata: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED

Got “READ FPDMA QUEUED” errors from “dmesg” output on your Linux machine? ata2.00: status: { DRDY ERR } ata2.00: error: { UNC } ata2.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED ata2.00: cmd 60/28:70:28:19:89/00:00:6c:01:00/40 tag 14 ncq 20480 in res 41/40:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x9 (media error) This probably mean you have controller driver issue. Some controllers have known… Read More »

Debian : Resume apt-get after SSH timeout

Your SSH connection get cut or timeout while you were either updating or installing an application with apt-get? Don’t worry, these easy steps will get you out of trouble! 1. Try to run your command again : root@server:~# apt-get install <app_name> E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock – open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable… Read More »

Linux : DirectAdmin Cannot find /usr/include/et/com_err.h

Get the following error installing DirectAdmin? *** Cannot find /usr/include/et/com_err.h. (yum install libcom_err-devel) *** Installation didn’t pass, halting install. Once requirements are met, run the following to continue the install: cd /usr/local/directadmin/scripts ./install.sh As suggested by the installer, you need to install “libcom_err-devel” package as followed : yum install libcom_err-devel libcom_err To resume the installation,… Read More »

Windows : How to automatic logon

Here is how to turn on user automatic logon for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Windows 7 : Both options are available (using the GUI or directly modifying the registry as for Windows Server 2008). – Start > Run – Type “control userpasswords2” – Then click OK [x] > [ ] Uncheck the box… Read More »

Linux : How to view hard disk partitions UUIDs?

On modern/latest Linux and Unix distributions, system rely on UUID rather than disk device name itself. To find out the UUID, you can use this simple command called “blkid” : blkid <DEVICE_PARTITION_NAME> Example : blkid /dev/sda1 Will return something like this : /dev/sda1: UUID=”1abd977f-65e0-46ab-b2bb-3651053c6e77″ TYPE=”ext4″

Windows : FileZilla is running in kiosk mode

Got this message attempting to create a new server connection into the FileZilla Site Manager? FileZilla is running in kiosk mode. ‘Normal’ and ‘Account’ logontypes are not available in this mode. To resolve this and make FileZilla save your profile, go to : – Edit > Settings – On the left pane (Select page) >… Read More »

Category: PC

VMware : How to reset ESXi root password?

Lost your root password? Well, this is very unfortunate! This tutorial will show you how to reset ESXi root password. There is no supported method to “reset” the root password, VMware suggest to boot from ESXi installer disk and select “Install ESXi, preserve VMFS datastore” option. This will overwrite the current installation (fresh install, overwriting… Read More »