http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tip/19592.html

“1. Install prerequisites – run the following commands …

On amd64:

# apt-get install ia32-libs
# apt-get install ia32-sun-java6-bin

On ia32:
# apt-get install sun-java6-bin

On both:
# apt-get install alien

2. Download the GroupWise client (http://download.novell.com).

3. Convert the groupwise client RPM to tar.gz:
# alien -t –veryverbose novell-groupwise-gwclient-7.0.1-20060627.i386.rpm

4. As root, untar the newly created tarball. Make sure you untar this from “/”.
# cd / # sudo tar xzvf /path/to/novell-groupwise-gwclient-7.0.1.tgz

5. Identify your JVM. Debian puts JVMs under /usr/lib/jvm.
# ls -l /usr/lib/jvm ia32-java-6-sun ia32-java-6-sun-1.6.0.02 java-6-sun java-6-sun-1.6.0.02

We’ll be using the “ia32-java-6-sun” that we installed previously.

6. Change the JRE that the groupwise client uses. I rename the original JRE directory rather than delete it.
# cd /opt/novell/groupwise/client # sudo mv jre jre.orig # sudo ln -s /usr/liv/jvm/ia32-java-6-sun/jre ./jre

7. Try it out:
# /opt/novell/groupwise/client/bin/groupwise”

I got the following error

“error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory”

so I installed the 32 bit libstdc++.so.5 libraries using instructions from here
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1243005

“cd ~/Desktop
wget http://frozenfox.freehostia.com/cappy/getlibs-all.deb
wget http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gcc-3.3/libstdc++5_3.3.6-17ubuntu1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i getlibs-all.deb
getlibs -i libstdc++5_3.3.6-17ubuntu1_i386.deb”

If that does not work then download libstdc++5 from here and do a sudo dpkg -i libstdc++5_3.3.6-18_i386.deb

Sometimes when trying to apply the Radu patch you might see the following error.

The following VMware kernel modules have been found on your system that were
not installed by the VMware Installer. Please remove them then run this
installer again.

vmnet
vmci
vmmon

I.e. – ‘rm /lib/modules/2.6.31-17-generic/misc/.{o,ko}’

Execution aborted.

This is not a big deal, even better the i.e. tells you exactly what to do. We just need to remove all the kernel modules from the lib/modules/2.6.xx-xx-generic/misc/ folder.

1. cd to lib/modules/2.6.xx-xx-generic/misc/

2. sudo rm vm*

3. cd back into the folder containing the VMware-serverxxx.tar.gz file.

4. The Radu script should have deleted the vmware-server-distrib folder, if not then delete it by typing
sudo rm -r vmware-server-distrib

5. type sudo -xzvf VMware-server-2.0.2-xxxxx.x86_64.tar.gz

6. type sudo ./vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.xxxxxx-install.sh

7. Most of the install prompts will be default, the only one I have to retype each time is the vmware user.

If you did not use the Radu script but still have this error, you can still delete the files and do a normal install

1. cd to lib/modules/2.6.xx-xx-generic/misc/

2. sudo rm vm*

3. cd back into the folder containing the VMware-serverxxx.tar.gz file.

4. type sudo -xzvf VMware-server-2.0.2-xxxxx.x86_64.tar.gz

5. cd into the vmware-server-distrib folder

6. type sudo ./vmware-install.pl

If you used Radu’s script as I have, you have to reuse it every time there is a kernel update. For me, the easiest method of doing this is to keep the vmware server tar file and the script file somewhere ready at all times.

1. cd to folder where VMware-serverxxx.tar.gz and vmware-server-2.0.xxxxxinstall.sh are located

2. type sudo -xzvf VMware-server-2.0.2-xxxxx.x86_64.tar.gz

3. type sudo ./vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.xxxxxx-install.sh

4. Most of the install prompts will be default, the only one I have to retype each time is the vmware user.

Vmware on Linux used to require the any-any-patch. This patch would help create the vmon modules, which are the kernel modules that are custom made for your particular kernel if I am not mistaken. I believe that with Vmware 2.0 there was finally no longer a need to run the any-any-patch, this made compiling Vmware a lot more user friendly. But it seems now that 2.6.30 kernels and above do not work with the 2.0.1 or the 2.0.2 Vmware updates, giving errors while trying to compile the vmon modules. Luckily there has been a script made to get those modules created. The instructions and script can be found here. Thanks to Radu for the fix.

Atheros 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Driver for Windows XP/2000

It’s 1.1.4, it’s jailbroken, and it has music! This is my first post from my iPod touch and probably the last. It’s easy enough to type on the touch screen but still not good enough to be used for something like this. I’m revising what I have and getting ready to post it in the next couple of days if all goes well. So stay tuned…

I restored my Ipod Touch to 1.1.4 and jailbroke it using iLiberty. I am now working on getting it to talk to Kubuntu again, and will post up the how to’s when I’m done with them. My upgrade to Kubuntu 8.04 was greatly slowed down by the computer hardware problems that I was having, but I have been slowly setting everything up and been taking a lot of notes. At work I’m running SuSe as well so I will start a section for it later on. I am currently having a problem sharing folders. The read access will work, but I cannot get the write rights to work on Samba. Once I get those worked out I will setup NFS shares.

Things went bad there for a while…Aside from the 500gb hard drive that died, another one full of goodies destroyed all the data contained within it. Then, if that was not enough, the desktop itself died. This had already been a recent replacement of an older desktop which was giving in as well. I swapped the motherboard and cpu twice until finally I have a working computer! Gotta love those Acer motherboards that just die on you for no apparent reason. My laptop crapped out on me for a couple days as well. I don’t even remember what was wrong with that. My girlfriend’s laptop hard drive died as well. If that ever happens boot into the Kubuntu live cd and you just might be able to recover all your data. Well if that is not enough my car died and I fixed it and now her car is dead. The internet at our house is pretty much dead, have a directional antenna that is pointing in wrong direction after heavy winds and rain lol. My dog poisoned itself with ant pesticides and almost died, my girlfriends beta fish died two days after I got it, my iguana’s food was covered in mold overnight. If that was not a curse I do not know what is. Oh yes our wannabe bonsai plant died as well. But enough of that, we have moved past all that (I hope). All three previously working computers are now working fine, with the exception of Vista (dual boot) but no one cares about Vista. My car is working just fine now and hers will soon, hopefully before the end of today. All the pets, the remaining ones that is, are ok. Our current wannabe garden is also doing ok, although the daily hundred+ degree weather is taking its tole on the more delicate ones. So I guess it might not be over, but at least its contained.

I removed the beta they called remix and installed 8.04 with kde 3.5.9. I am in love again, where are the bugs the lack of configuration the frustration out of not being able to do what you have been used to doing for the past couple years. Now, that I have tried both, I get the full picture. I understand what is going on and the direction in which KDE is going. To be honest it looks pretty, but I don’t know if the new functionality is for me. I guess we will have to wait until the summer to find out. I’m excited, even though it might be too much eye candy Mac/Vista wannabe fluff, I’m willing to try it out.

I am documenting everything that I modify and install in Kubuntu 8.04, so that I may upload all that information here. Today, for the love of my life, I will put up a small Vmware guide and a link to the 116 any any update which seems to only be available in a google groups page for some reason. I need to install something though to make Wordpress work right, I cannot change from visual to code view. It might be a java problem. So the pre-guide will be here…Enjoy!…Be warned, I left the notes as I am doing them now so that you may see how I do what I do. Step into the mind of a crazy monkey that obviously likes to do things backwards. If I would have had installed all the requisites first, it would have been a lot easier on me. The actual guide will be posted as soon as I get wordpress working right so that I may edit correctly. If for some reason you cannot wait for the correct guide, then read all the steps and install all the requirements ahead of time like a normal person should, don’t do it the monkey way. Also, don’t bother getting any any 115, just go ahead and start of with 116. Here goes….

Quick and dirty Vmware guide
1. download vmware
2. extract contents of downloaded file (cd into the folder)
3. sudo ./vmware-instal.pl
4. accept all default locations
5. yes to running vmware-config.pl (as always Stupid vmon file won’t be compiled correctly so need vmware-any-any-update) vmware communities state to find patch at http://knihovny.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/
6. tar xzvf vmware-any-any-update-115.tgz
7. cd vmware-any-any-update115
8. ./runme.pl and when asked to run vmware-config.pl answer YES (still no good, installing g++ from adept….still no good …..tried xinetd from adept, still no good….trying headers sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`……still nothing…..trying an-any-116…woohooo!!!!!! finally got it here http://vmkernelnewbies.googlegroups.com/web/vmware-any-any-update-116.tgz it worked….
9. On networking, I always set ethernet to bridged and wireless to nat since wireless cannot do bridged…and don’t forget the host only

So list of requisites….
1. any-any-116 http://vmkernelnewbies.googlegroups.com/web/vmware-any-any-update-116.tgz
2. xinetd
3. g++
4. headers and build essentials ( sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`)