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VMWare: “Failed to create named-pipe directory” error

Drew — Wed, 30 May 2007 08:09:31 +0000

Have you ever received the Failed to create named-pipe directory error message via the vmware-mui error log files, and not able to access the VMWare Management Interface? If so, here's the fix. The error message at hand is the following: /var/log/vmware-mui/error_log ModVmdb load: Address of ModVmdb_InitCore: 0xb7c745a0 Failed to create named-pipe directory: /var/run/vmware//httpd/3854: No such file or directory VMWARE PANIC: \nNOT_IMPLEMENTED F(4023):707 Panic: Could not Read More »

Stepping Into Samba

Drew — Tue, 01 May 2007 23:38:07 +0000

A few friends of mine stare at me blankly when I mention Samba and SMB. In fact, sometimes they think it's the same thing, when in fact, it's not. I'll talk about the differences between the two and walk you through setting up Samba networked shares. This will give you a nice introduction to Samba and also Linux, if you are not familiar with that, also. The real question here isn't why SMB, or why Samba for that matter? Well, first off, after I explain to you what SMB is and then Read More »

Changing Vongo’s default directory for storing movies

Drew — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:35:16 +0000

Vongo is Starz' approach to a "movies-on-demand" type of service. I currently use it and I love it. The only thing I think would make it better is, well, the obvious - more movies! Overall, I really like Vongo and I'll tell you why. First off, it allows you to download and watch movies at the same time; this is amazing due to the fact that a 1.3GB movie can take quite awhile to download, even on a high-speed internet connection. Another thing I just love about Vongo is that it is on-demand Read More »