Echo.. echo.. [VMware techie stuff]

I hate it when the virtual machine especially those you've deployed linux with, echoes every single character you input twice on the console. All the while I had thought you can get this fixed by installing the VMware Tools. I knew it was partly due to the network latency. But apparently there is a fix or workaround on VMware's KB click here -> http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=196

All you need to do is on the vSphere client

• Power off the virtual machine
• Right click virtual machine select Edit Settings
• Click Options > General  > Configuration Parameters
• Click Add Row (apparently this parameter does not exist by default, they probably should make this editable/configurable, instead of releasing a KB)
• Under Name enter keyboard.typematicMinDelay  In the Value field  2000000
• Click OK
• Power on the virtual machine

Else, you'd need to locate the respective datastore for that virtual machine and edit the VMX configuration file

What would you Expect?

Catchy title for a boring task. I've been tasked to collect patch status reports for over a minimum of 120 linux servers and change the support password that we used to login. And you're not allowed to use key-based authentication for ssh in order to log myself in each and one of the servers.

Deploying my public over a minimum of 120 linux servers is a pain. I've heard about expect from a friend who told me that you could automate almost everything with expect. From spawning the initial ssh session to the password input. Is that cool or is that cool.

Before I decide to upgrade/increase my phyisical memory on my HP Mini 110

I'd better have a look at what sort of memory DIMMs do I have installed on my netbook, which I have conveniently installed with Fedora 15.

Simply issue: dmidecode -t memory or dmidecode -t 17 (specifically on the memory module)


[shahmatd@beluga ~]$ sudo dmidecode --type 17
# dmidecode 2.11
SMBIOS 2.6 present.


Handle 0x000B, DMI type 17, 28 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x000A
Error Information Handle: 0x000C
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 1024 MB
Form Factor: SODIMM
Set: None
Locator: DIMM1
Bank Locator: BANK 0
Type: DDR2
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 667 MHz
Manufacturer: Hynix
Serial Number: 4784BE5200
Asset Tag: Unknown
Part Number: HMP112S6NFR8C-S6  
Rank: Unknown