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2026

• Dell PowerEdge R630 machine check error when booting Proxmox 9

2025

• nano/ssh session freezes on some pastes into Windows terminal
• Debian minimal install with ssh dbus error on shutdown or reboot

2024

• Choosing preferred gateway in linux with two interfaces configured for dhcp
• autofs/automount failing to mount nfs exports from localhost in Debian 12
• Kea DHCP service failing to open network socket on boot

2023

• HTTP 403 code when trying to access Embedded Web Server (EWS) on new HP printers

2021

• md array with disk gone missing – recovering data
• Running svnadmin verify as root permission issues on Berkeley DB repositories
• Blocking or disabling autofs automounts with the -null map
• TrueNAS and Windows clients – NTLMv2 issues
• OpenProject Apache reverse proxy with https secure connection
• Secure disk wipe with Windows format command
• Triggering redetection of network type in Server 2012

2020

• Upgrading from m.2 SATA to Crucial NVMe drive on Latitude 7490
• Setting Windows 10 web proxy per-user
• ANSI control codes in Jekyll output breaking emails
• macOS Catalina, zsh and Anaconda
• FDQNs in FlexNet license files

2019

• Monitoring GPU temperatures with nvidia-smi and Check MK (OMD)
• Notes on setting up Canon PiXMA iX6850 A3 inkjet
• Cannot print in colour or double-sided using HP Universal driver
• Cloning Mac disk using external enclosure and Disk Utility
• Publishing websites with Jekyll, Apache and SVN
• Private /tmp directories in Debian 9 Stretch with Apache
• Dell Latitude 7490 freezing when unplugging USB3 WD15 dock
• Repeated reboot required for pending updates in Windows Update

2018

• Making nis authentication work with Ubuntu 16, Debian 8, Fedora 28 etc.
• Making Debian 9 (Stretch) configure GRUB to boot partitions with UUIDs
• Making static networking work in Ubuntu 18.04
• Making nis automounting work in Debian and Ubuntu (and BSD)
• Invalid self-signed certificates in FreeNAS 11
• OneDrive for Business High CPU
• 502 Bad Gateway with SVN copy, move or rename behind a reverse proxy
• Notes on getting Ubuntu 17.10 to work with NIS
• FreeNAS kernel python3.6 was killed: out of swap space
• Creating mirrored swap devices on FreeNAS 11
• Setting proxy in Windows Server 2016 for the Update service
• Connecting to NFS shares at boot using fstab in Debian 9 Stretch
• Forcing Windows 10 Enterprise to install on a system with a Home version key in the BIOS

2017

• Monitoring GPU temperatures with nvidia-smi and Check MK (OMD)
• Microsoft Office Autoupdate for Mac
• ResourceSpace cron and database notes
• Securing MariaDB
• Notes on getting Ubuntu 16.04 to work with NIS
• WordPress login time with the wpDirAuth plugin
• User missing from login screen - OSX with FileVault
• Checking out SVN in a new directory and getting a "working copy too old" (or similar) error

2016

• Enable pfSense web administration from WAN
• Reset BIOS Admin password on Optiplex 780 SFF
• Office 365 install without activating
• Seagate DiscWizard insisting on reboots
• Accessing additional Exchange mailboxes using IMAP
• Volume licenced Office 2016 Repeated Activation Prompts
• Installing Jekyll on Debian 8 (Jessie)
• Raspberry Pi networking notes for connecting directly to laptop
• Installing MATLAB 2015b on Debian Jessie

2015

• Ubuntu 14.04.3 administrator group membership
• Synchronisation problems with Outlook 2010 for accounts with secondary mailboxes
• Using custom Diffie-Hellman parameters with Apache 2.2.22 and OpenSSL 1.0.1e (Debian 7 Wheezy)
• Proxmox clustering and multicast (also, DNS)
• Outlook 2010 and .pst files on network shares
• Configuring Proxmox hosts (and other postfix installs) to send email via smarthost V2
• Dell OMSA install on Server 2012 R2 issues
• Windows Server 2012 R2 install on Dell R520 - boot order issue
• Permissions for scm-manager repository directory (.deb install)
• Booting from dual SD card module on Dell R520
• Lenovo laptops freezing issues - WiDi driver
• RAID Monitoring: PERC H710 Mini and Debian
• PERC H710 Mini virtual disk setup size problems

2014

• Installation and configuration of EAGLE 7 licencing server
• A nice way of configuring linux system-wide login notifications using PAM
• Wireless problems with Ubuntu 13.10 and self-signed certificates

2013

• How the php array_multisort function works
• Test of dokuwiki mathjax plugin
• updatedb.mlocate hangs on stale NFS mounts (Proxmox)
• Configuring Proxmox hosts (and other postfix installs) to send email via smarthost
• Debian 6 (squeeze) to 7 (wheezy) upgrade notes
• Getting the Windows automatic update prompt to appear (inc. RDP sessions)
• Matlab on OSX Mountain Lion (10.8)
• Win XP SMS advanced client setup problems
• Windows Server 2003 (and XP) logon screen power config to allow reliable ACPI shutdown
• Windows Server 2003 change to multiprocessor HAL
• Windows Server 2003 shutdown Group Policy
• Yumex setup on Fedora 17 LDXE

2012

• Migration of virtual machines from Proxmox 1.9 to 2.1
• Dokuwiki odd behaviour with <code> and <code text> syntax parser
• More Proxmox 2.1 setup notes - corosync
• Proxmox 2.1 setup notes
• CentOS setup for Subversion Edge
• LDAP on Debian setup notes
• Replacing heatsink on Dell Precision T1500
• Getting WebCal to work with DAViCal
• Installing Bedework
• MATLAB toolbox paths on Linux
• DokuWiki sidebar/ToC problems
• DokuWiki data migration
• Java proxy on Windows - EVO downloading problem