The /etc/profile was the culprit.  Simply remove the following lines or update them to a much more respectable time interval and restart your X windows.

TMOUT=3600
export TMOUT

Thats one I’ll not forget as its sure a pain when your in development mode with all your terminals set where you want them…. turn away for an hour and find them all closed!

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1. Copy folder, rename vmx file
2. Edit machine, change hostname
3. Rename vdmk
4. Edit settings and add disk you just renamed as existing disk (remove old one)
5. Start vm and check it works (don’t forget to use newsid)

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##########################################
# Oracle 10g Standard – Fedora 8 Linux Installation Instructions
# Author: Greg Roll
# Date: July 14th, 2008
#
# These instructions have been parsed down to the bare requirements to
# install Oracle 10g Standard on a typical Fedora 8 installation.
#
##########################################

##########################################
## Install / Update required system packages.
##########################################
yum install libaio
yum install libXp
yum update libxcb (must be 1.0-4 or greater!)

##########################################
## Configuring the Linux Kernel Parameters as per Oracle
## requirements.
##########################################

The Linux kernel is a wonderful thing. Unlike most other *NIX systems,
Linux allows modification of most kernel parameters while the system is
up and running. There’s no need to reboot the system after making
kernel parameter changes. Oracle Database 10g Release 2 requires the
kernel parameter settings shown below. The values given are minimums,
so if your system uses a larger value, don’t change it.

kernel.shmall = 2097152
kernel.shmmax = 536870912
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
fs.file-max = 65536
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
net.core.rmem_default=262144
net.core.wmem_default=262144
net.core.rmem_max=262144
net.core.wmem_max=262144

On my base fedora 8 installation I found I only had to change a 2 options:

—————-
/etc/sysctl.conf
—————
add:
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128`

Execute the following command to change the current values of the kernel
parameters:
/sbin/sysctl -p

##########################################
## Setup required user / groups.
##########################################

/usr/sbin/groupadd oinstall
/usr/sbin/groupadd dba
/usr/sbin/useradd -g oinstall -G dba oracle
passwd oracle

[root@uberdev14 ~]# id oracle
uid=2090(oracle) gid=4001(oinstall) groups=4001(oinstall),4002(dba) context=unconfined_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0
[root@uberdev14 ~]# id nobody
uid=99(nobody) gid=99(nobody) groups=99(nobody) context=unconfined_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0
[root@uberdev14 ~]#

##########################################
## Update user limits.
##########################################

Oracle recommends setting limits on the number of processes and open files each Linux account may use.

————————-
/etc/security/limits.conf
————————-
Add the following 4 lines before the end of file comment:
oracle soft nproc 2047
oracle hard nproc 16384
oracle soft nofile 1024
oracle hard nofile 65536

—————-
/etc/pam.d/login
—————-
Add the following 2 lines before the pame_selinux.so open rule
session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so
session required pam_limits.so

##########################################
# Setup user profile.
##########################################

# Backup the original system profile.
[root@udev10lin01 etc]# cp -p profile profile.ORIG

# Modify the system files.
————
/etc/profile
————

Edit and add following to bottom:

if [ $USER = "oracle" ]; then
if [ $SHELL = "/bin/ksh" ]; then
ulimit -p 16384
ulimit -n 65536
else
ulimit -u 16384 -n 65536
fi
fi

————————–
/home/oracle/.bash_profile
————————–

Edit and add following:

# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs

set -o vi
export ORACLE_SID=IVSD1
export ORACLE_BASE=/opt/app/oracle
export ORACLE_HOME=${ORACLE_BASE}/product/10.2.0/DB1
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${ORACLE_HOME}/lib:/usr/lib:/lib
export PATH=$PATH:${ORACLE_HOME}/bin:/sbin/:/usr/sbin

unset USERNAME

stty erase ^?

#LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5; export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL
umask 022

##########################################
# Create directories for Oracle installation.
##########################################

¦ software directories:
cd /opt
mkdir -p app/oracle
chown -R oracle.oinstall app/oracle/
chmod -R 775 app/oracle/

ls -l app/
total 4
drwxrwxr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Apr 13 13:16 oracle
[root@udev10lin01 opt]#

¦ Database file directory:
mkdir /u01/oradata
chown oracle:oinstall /u01/oradata
chmod 775 /u01/oradata

¦ Recovery file directory (flash recovery area):
mkdir /u01/flash_recovery_area
chown oracle:oinstall /u01/flash_recovery_area
chmod 775 /u01/flash_recovery_area

##########################################
# Install Oracle base software.
##########################################

[oracle@udev10lin01 ~]$ cd /opt/app/oracle/software/
[oracle@udev10lin01 software]$ ls -l
total 653712
-rw-r–r– 1 oracle oinstall 668734007 May 18 10:54 10201_database_linux32.zip

unzip 10201_database_linux32.zip

[oracle@udev10lin01 software]$ ls -l
total 653712
-rw-r–r– 1 oracle oinstall 668734007 May 18 10:54 10201_database_linux32.zip
drwxr-xr-x 6 oracle oinstall 4096 Jun 12 14:50 database
[oracle@udev10lin01 software]$

##########################################
# Run Oracle installer.
##########################################

** First disable X11 access controls by running xhost+ as your current gnome/kde
user.

cd /opt/app/oracle/software/database
./runInstaller -silent -responseFile /opt/app/oracle/software/uberdev-f8-oracle10.2.0.2-recorded.rsp
-jreLoc /opt/jdk1.6.0_06
-IgnoreSysPrereqs

– Select default inventory directory and ‘oracle’ user.
– Select typical install.
– Select Standard Edition.
– Accept remaining defaults.
– Accept warning on product specific prerequisite checks.
– Select create a database.
– Accept create general purpose database.
– enter dbname ’sample’ sid ’sample’, select Unicode format and enable create database with sample schemas.
– accept defaults until you get to the password definition screen
– define password of ‘password’ for all default accounts (SYS, SYSTEM,
SYSMAN, DBSNMP)
– setup ‘dba’ as privileged system groups.. if were not defined use
default oracle group.

** NOTES **

=======================================
Creating an Oracle Response File for Automated Installs
=======================================
Response
files can be created by running the software in record mode or by
manually editing a sample response file. Here’s a basic demo:

1. Start the OUI with this command to create the response file:
./runInstaller -IgnoreSysPrereqs
-jreLoc /opt/jdk1.6.0_06
-record
-destinationFile /opt/app/oracle/software/uberdev-f8-oracle10.2.0.2-recorded.rsp
2. Make all the selections you want to (source destination, home, home name, products).
3. When you get to the Summary screen, instead of clicking on Install, click on Cancel.

4. Examine the resulting response file created in tmp/recorded.rsp. If
desired, you can manually edit this file as long as you adhere to the
prescribed format (see documentation).
5. Now perform the silent installation like this:
./runInstaller -silent -responseFile /opt/app/oracle/software/uberdev-f8-oracle10.2.0.2-recorded.rsp

The progress of the installation will be reported as the script is being run.

If you have a problem with the installation due to incorrect entries in the response file, the installation will fail with a diagnostic message. Further information can be found in the oraInventory/logs directory. Logs with names in the format installActions-.log and silentInstall.log are created each time the OUI is run using a response file.

- Might need to increase available swap space.
Checking available swap space requirements …
Expected result: 8108MB
Actual Result: 2047MB

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#!/bin/bash
ARCH=i386   # Set to the architecture of your systems

# Mirror found at: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/7/
# Be sure to include trailing slash.
RELEASES_DIR=/clientdata/yum/fedora/releases/7/Fedora/$ARCH/
RELEASES_URL=rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/7/Fedora/$ARCH/
CORE_DIR=/clientdata/yum/fedora/releases/7/Live/$ARCH/os/
CORE_URL=rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/7/Live/i386/os/
UPDATES_URL=rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/updates/7/$ARCH/
UPDATES_DIR=/clientdata/yum/fedora/updates/7/$ARCH/

mkdir -p $RELEASES_DIR
cd $RELEASES_DIR || exit
rsync --recursive --delete -v $RELEASES_URL .

mkdir -p $CORE_DIR
cd $CORE_DIR || exit
rsync --recursive --delete -v $CORE_URL .

mkdir -p $UPDATES_DIR
cd $UPDATES_DIR || exit
rsync --recursive --delete -v $UPDATES_URL .

Next you’ll have to configure your systems to use your local repository for updates by setting up a baseurl entry in /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo as described here.

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rdate -s time-a.nist.gov

Seems easy enough.. but I still manage to forget it!.. The old servers like clock.redhat.com don’t seem to work anymore.

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I found a very good reference page with Tips & Tricks that helps identify alot of the things a typical user might want to install in addition to the core fc6 packages.

Also taking my first foray into using the Beryl window manager… so far so good!…  If your interested in seeing it for yourself check out this video on YouTube. I did have a slight problem at first with my menu bars not rendering, but a quick restart of X seemed to remedy that.  The nice thing about Beryl is the beryl-manager lets me switch window managers on the fly.  This is useful as there is still an outstanding bug that prevents swing apps from rendering correctly while using xgl/compiz..  So now, being an IntelliJ IDE user, which is swing based, I can effectively start up IntelliJ using the default gnome window manager, then switch to Beryl and still have it function. Still painful.. but worth it for all the candy that you get.

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As of NSIS 2.01, the compiler, makensis, also compiles on POSIX platforms. POSIX platforms include Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X and others. You must first compile the exeheads to be able to compile makensis. This can be done on Windows using the methods explained above, or using a cross compiler ().

To build the cross compiler create a cross-compiler-src ( ie: /opt/cross-compiler-src ) directory and place ths following script in it:

build-cross.sh

#!/bin/sh

# This is my script for building a complete cross-compiler toolchain.
# It is based partly on Ray Kelm's script, which in turn was built on
# Mo Dejong's script for doing the same, but with some added fixes.
# The intent with this script is to build a cross-compiled version
# of the current MinGW environment.
#
# Updated by Sam Lantinga

# what flavor are we building?

TARGET=i686-mingw32msvc

# where does it go?

PREFIX=/opt/cross-tools

# you probably don't need to change anything from here down

TOPDIR=`pwd`
SRCDIR="$TOPDIR/source"

# These are the files from the MinGW 3.2.0 RC3 release

MINGW_URL=http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mingw
GCC_VERSION=3.4.2-20040916-1
GCC=gcc-$GCC_VERSION
GCC_ARCHIVES="gcc-core-$GCC_VERSION-src.tar.gz gcc-g++-$GCC_VERSION-src.tar.gz"
GCC_PATCH=""
BINUTILS=binutils-2.15.91-20040904-1
BINUTILS_ARCHIVE=$BINUTILS-src.tar.gz
MINGW=mingw-runtime-3.7
MINGW_ARCHIVE=$MINGW.tar.gz
W32API=w32api-3.2
W32API_ARCHIVE=$W32API.tar.gz

# These are the files from the SDL website

SDL_URL=http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/common
OPENGL_ARCHIVE=opengl-devel.tar.gz
DIRECTX_ARCHIVE=directx-devel.tar.gz

# need install directory first on the path so gcc can find binutils

PATH="$PREFIX/bin:$PATH"

#
# download a file from a given url, only if it is not present
#

download_file()
{
cd "$SRCDIR"
if test ! -f $1 ; then
echo "Downloading $1"
wget "$2/$1"
if test ! -f $1 ; then
echo "Could not download $1"
exit 1
fi
else
echo "Found $1 in the srcdir $SRCDIR"
fi
cd "$TOPDIR"
}

download_files()
{
mkdir -p "$SRCDIR"

# Make sure wget is installed
if test "x`which wget`" = "x" ; then
echo "You need to install wget."
exit 1
fi
for file in $GCC_ARCHIVES; do
download_file "$file" "$MINGW_URL"
done
download_file "$BINUTILS_ARCHIVE" "$MINGW_URL"
download_file "$MINGW_ARCHIVE" "$MINGW_URL"
download_file "$W32API_ARCHIVE" "$MINGW_URL"
download_file "$OPENGL_ARCHIVE" "$SDL_URL"
download_file "$DIRECTX_ARCHIVE" "$SDL_URL"
}

install_libs()
{
echo "Installing cross libs and includes"
mkdir -p "$PREFIX/$TARGET"
cd "$PREFIX/$TARGET"
gzip dc "$SRCDIR/$MINGW_ARCHIVE" | tar xf 
gzip dc "$SRCDIR/$W32API_ARCHIVE" | tar xf 
gzip dc "$SRCDIR/$OPENGL_ARCHIVE" | tar xf 
gzip dc "$SRCDIR/$DIRECTX_ARCHIVE" | tar xf 
cd "$TOPDIR"
}

extract_binutils()
{
cd "$SRCDIR"
rm -rf "$BINUTILS"
echo "Extracting binutils"
gzip dc "$SRCDIR/$BINUTILS_ARCHIVE" | tar xf 
cd "$TOPDIR"
}

configure_binutils()
{
cd "$TOPDIR"
rm rf "binutils$TARGET"
mkdir "binutils-$TARGET"
cd "binutils-$TARGET"
echo "Configuring binutils"
"$SRCDIR/$BINUTILS/configure" -prefix="$PREFIX" -target=$TARGET &> configure.log
cd "$TOPDIR"
}

build_binutils()
{
cd "$TOPDIR/binutils-$TARGET"
echo "Building binutils"
make &> make.log
if test $? -ne 0; then
echo "make failed  log available: binutils$TARGET/make.log"
exit 1
fi
cd "$TOPDIR"
}

install_binutils()
{
cd "$TOPDIR/binutils-$TARGET"
echo "Installing binutils"
make install &> make-install.log
if test $? -ne 0; then
echo "install failed  log available: binutils$TARGET/make-install.log"
exit 1
fi
cd "$TOPDIR"
}

extract_gcc()
{
cd "$SRCDIR"
rm -rf "$GCC"
echo "Extracting gcc"
for file in $GCC_ARCHIVES; do
gzip dc "$SRCDIR/$file" | tar xf 
done
cd "$TOPDIR"
}

patch_gcc()
{
if [ "$GCC_PATCH" != "" ]; then
echo "Patching gcc"
cd "$SRCDIR/$GCC"
patch -p1 < "$SRCDIR/$GCC_PATCH"
cd "$TOPDIR"
fi
}

configure_gcc()
{
cd "$TOPDIR"
rm rf "gcc$TARGET"
mkdir "gcc-$TARGET"
cd "gcc-$TARGET"
echo "Configuring gcc"
"$SRCDIR/$GCC/configure" -v
-prefix="$PREFIX" -target=$TARGET
-withheaders="$PREFIX/$TARGET/include"
-withgnu-as -withgnu-ld
-withoutnewlib -disablemultilib &> configure.log
cd "$TOPDIR"
}

build_gcc()
{
cd "$TOPDIR/gcc-$TARGET"
echo "Building gcc"
make &> make.log
if test $? -ne 0; then
echo "make failed  log available: gcc$TARGET/make.log"
exit 1
fi
cd "$TOPDIR"
}

install_gcc()
{
cd "$TOPDIR/gcc-$TARGET"
echo "Installing gcc"
make LANGUAGES="c c++" install &> make-install.log
if test $? -ne 0; then
echo "install failed  log available: gcc$TARGET/make-install.log"
exit 1
fi
cd "$TOPDIR"
}

final_tweaks()
{
echo "Finalizing installation"

# remove gcc build headers
rm rf "$PREFIX/$TARGET/sysinclude"

# Add extra binary links
if [ ! -f "$PREFIX/$TARGET/bin/objdump" ]; then
ln "$PREFIX/bin/$TARGET-objdump" "$PREFIX/$TARGET/bin/objdump"
fi

# make cc and c++ symlinks to gcc and g++
if [ ! -f "$PREFIX/$TARGET/bin/g++" ]; then
ln "$PREFIX/bin/$TARGET-g++" "$PREFIX/$TARGET/bin/g++"
fi
if [ ! -f "$PREFIX/$TARGET/bin/cc" ]; then
ln -s "gcc" "$PREFIX/$TARGET/bin/cc"
fi
if [ ! -f "$PREFIX/$TARGET/bin/c++" ]; then
ln -s "g++" "$PREFIX/$TARGET/bin/c++"
fi

# strip all the binaries
ls "$PREFIX"/bin/* "$PREFIX/$TARGET"/bin/* | egrep -v '.dll$' |
while read file; do
strip "$file"
done

echo "Installation complete!"
}

download_files

install_libs

extract_binutils
configure_binutils
build_binutils
install_binutils

extract_gcc
patch_gcc
configure_gcc
build_gcc
install_gcc

final_tweaks

Execute this script and the cross compiler will be downloaded and installed to /opt/cross-tools.

Steps to compile NSIS using POSIX

How to do it:

1. Download the NSIS source (I used nsis206 in this example) from here.
2. Make a backup of the original source (ie: cp NSIS NSIS.orig)
3. cd NSIS/Source/exehead
4. Next go to NSIS/Source/exehead and create cross-make.sh script in that will be used with the cross compilation tools.

cross-make.sh

#!/bin/sh

PREFIX=/opt/cross-tools
TARGET=i686-mingw32msvc
PATH="$PREFIX/bin:$PREFIX/$TARGET/bin:$PATH"
export PATH
exec make $*

5. chmod a+x /opt/nsis-src/NSIS/Source/exehead/cross-make.sh
6. execute /opt/nsis-src/NSIS/Source/exehead/cross-make.sh
7. cd ..
8. make makensis
9. cd ..
10. cp -a . /opt/nsis/lib
11. rm -Rf /opt/nsis/lib/Source
12. create a shell script named /opt/nsis/makensis to run your native version.

makensis

#!/bin/sh
/opt/nsis/lib/makensis $*

13. chmod a+x /opt/nsis/lib/makensisThere were some issues with the cross-compiler header files. In linux the winnt.h header was not found as the code is looking for WinNT.h. I simply had to rename the file to have the appropriate title case.

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The following errors were visible in the /var/log/messages file when attempting to print a MS Word document:

Mar 16 07:17:38 enigma2 smbd[13023]:
[2005/03/16 07:17:38, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_job_submit(765)
Mar 16 07:17:38 enigma2 smbd[13023]:
Unable to print file to hpdeskjet  clienterror-document-format-not-supported

To fix this, in CUPS you can install a raw queue. It is nessary to uncomment to lines:

in /etc/cups/mime.convs:

application/octet-stream   application/vnd.cups-raw   0   -

in /etc/cups/mime.types:

application/octet-stream

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Apache
=======

1) Download the Apache 2.0.50 src
2) Uncompress to /opt/httpd-2.0.50-src
3) cd /opt/httpd-2.0.50-src
2) Execute the following command for configuration:

./configure --prefix=/opt/httpd-2.0.50-bin
--enable-module=so --enable-ext-filter --enable-mime-magic --enable-expires
--enable-headers --enable-usertrack --enable-proxy --enable-proxy-ftp --enable-proxy-http
--enable-ssl --enable-http --enable-info --enable-suexec --enable-cgi --enable-mods-shared=all
--with-java-home=/opt/jdk --with-apache=/opt/httpd-2.0.50-bin
--with-apxs=/opt/httpd-2.0.50-bin/bin/apxs

3) make
4) make install

Tomcat
=======
1) Download the jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28 binaries
2) Uncompress them to /opt/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28

JK2 Connector
=============

1) Download the jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-2.0.4-src.tar.gz
2) Uncompress to /opt/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-2.0.4-src
3) cd /opt/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-2.0.4-src/jk/native2
4) Execute the following:

./configure --with-apxs2=/opt/httpd-2.0.50-bin/bin/apxs
--with-tomcat41=/opt/jakarta/tomcat
--with-java-home=/opt/jdk --with-jni

5) make
6) cp ../build/jk2/apache2/mod_jk2.so /opt/httpd-2.0.50-bin/modules
7) cp ../build/jk2/apache2/libjkjni.so /opt/httpd-2.0.50-bin/jkjni.so

Setup Configuration Files
=========================

1) Append the following to the /opt/httpd-2.0.50-bin/conf/httpd.conf file:

LoadModule jk2_module /usr/local/apache2/modules/mod_jk2.so

2) Create a workers2.properties file in /opt/httpd-2.0.50-bin/conf/ resembling:

[shm]
info=Scoreboard. Requried for reconfiguration and status with multiprocess servers.
file=anon

# Defines a load balancer named lb. Use even if you only have one machine.
[lb:lb]

# Example socket channel, override port and host.
[channel.socket:localhost:8009]
port=8009
host=127.0.0.1

# define the worker
[ajp13:localhost:8009]
channel=channel.socket:localhost:8009
group=lb

# Map the Tomcat examples webapp to the Web server uri space
[uri:/codedrop/*]
[uri:/roller/*]
group=lb

[uriMap:]

[status:]
info=Status worker, displays runtime information

[uri:/jkstatus/*]
info=The Tomcat /jkstatus handler
group=status:

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