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Nagios snmp_get CRITICAL – Plugin timed out while executing system call
I started up a new Naemon (Nagios fork) server, and I came across this error while monitoring a Cisco switch. chris@machine:/usr/lib/nagios/plugins$ ./check_snmp -H 192.168.1.62 -C public -o sysUpTime.0 CRITICAL – Plugin timed out while executing system call I researched a bit, and found lots of unresolved forum and mailing list threads about the same issue. […]
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DYMO 4XL on Ubuntu 14.04
Prerequisites sudo apt-get install build-essential libcups2-dev libcupsimage2-dev Set up CUPS driver Download the Linux toolkit from DYMO Extract tar xvf dymo-cups-drivers-1.4.0.tar.gz change to directory of extracted files cd dymo-cups-drivers-1.4.0.5/ configure the CUPS driver ./configure compile the driver make install the driver sudo make install Now you can go to http://127.0.0.1:631 and add the printer. Use […]
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Linux – How to mount an OSX dd disk image
My 2011 Mac Mini was running so slowly, that I decided to back up it’s entire hard disk, and switch to Ubuntu. For the backup process, I opted to boot into a live Ubuntu environment, then use dd to copy the entire hard drive to a USB external hard drive. I can’t remember the exact […]
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League of Legends on Ubuntu 14.04 (September 2016)
I’m switching from OSX to Ubuntu, and I’d like to be able to play my favorite game. Playonlinux has an install script for League of Legends, but it hasn’t been maintained in awhile, and there are some show stopping bugs. Here is how I got League of Legends to run on Ubuntu 14.04 in September […]
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My thoughts on League of Legends: One for All
League of Legends: One for All is a special, limited time, featured game mode where everyone on your team plays as the same champion. The latest iteration of One for All happened between August 5-8 2016. The champions are chosen by a voting system. During pre-game, a random player from each team gets to ban […]
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ASUS K35e Maximum RAM
I have an ASUS K35e which has been a great laptop for the past several years. Recently I got into using virtual machines for many tasks, and the stock 4GB of RAM no longer cut it; my computer ran very slowly during this work. I did some research and I couldn’t get a straight answer […]
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Airsoft- will using propane give a risk of explosion?
It’s flammable, so there is that risk, yes. It’s not going to explode on it’s own though. You might want to take a look at some videos of people shooting propane tanks. Simply shooting them isn’t enough to make them go boom, you actually have to put a road flare or sparkler (ignition source) near […]
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How to create a Python virtual environment for OpenBazaar
You may run into errors when running OpenBazaar-Server. One common error is this: Traceback (most recent call last): File “openbazaard.py”, line 8, in <module> import stun ImportError: No module named stun This happens because Python (which is running OpenBazaar-Server) doesn’t have access to the Python module, stun. If you have already run the command, pip […]
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How to Install OpenBazaar-Server on AWS (@mariodian method)
Openbazaar on AWS via @mariodian’s guide For this guide, you will need a little patience, a notepad, and a BASH shell with SSH support. If you’re on Linux or OSX, you have everything you need. If you’re on Windows, you will need to download Cygwin, PuTTY, or if you’re on Windows 10, you’ll need Bash. […]
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swagger project test shows [SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier]
I’ve been working with Swagger to make an API server. With it, I created https://myopenbazaar.top. Pretty cool software, but I found testing with it pretty confusing. Swagger abstracts away mochajs, and for whatever reason, Swagger was hiding a stack trace of a failure when I was doing testing. $ swagger project test Running tests in: […]
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Installing OpenBazaar-Server on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS
User setup log in as root ssh root@x.x.x.x -i ~/.ssh/openbazaar create openbazaar user useradd -m -s /bin/bash openbazaar give openbazaaar user sudo access usermod -a -G sudo openbazaar give openbazaar user a password passwd openbazaar give openbazaar user the pubkey mkdir /home/openbazaar/.ssh cp /root/.ssh/authorized_users /home/.ssh/ chown -R openbazaar:openbazaar /home/.ssh/ Dependency Installation add third party dependencies […]