If you upgrade from Virtualbox 6.1.34 to 6.1.38 because oracle nags you about it, get ready for export to stop working when the destination is a TNAS or possibly any network drive. Yep! They’ve gone and screwed the pooch there. Really sucked man. Lost the day. I was spending the holiday applying updates, building latest CopperSpice, then exporting each of my development VMs that I use to build RedDiamond packages. Version 3.2 has two features … Oracle Virtualbox 6.1.38 export bugRead more
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Nuking unattended-upgrades
If you ever needed physical proof AGILE is a false methodology you need look no further than unattended-upgrades in Ubuntu. This Canonical produced and preinstalled piece of software well and truly qualifies as a virus. It is a shining example that no amount of pointing User Stories and hacking on the fly (Sprints) will ever produce a viable architectural software design. This Canonical produced virus has been afflicting the computing world since at least Ubuntu … Nuking unattended-upgradesRead more
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Oracle Virtualbox Guest Additions Won’t Install on Ubuntu 22.04
Oracle Virtualbox Guest Additions won’t automatically install under Ubuntu 22.04. Even if you haven’t been there before, you are going to be there now if you install Ubuntu 22.04 in a VM. Canonical is relentless when it comes to bad ideas they force on unsuspecting users. (Unity Desktop anyone? How about Up-Start, Snap, or Ubuntu Phone?) This time a change was made to remove autorun capabilities without really giving much of a heads up. I’ve … Oracle Virtualbox Guest Additions Won’t Install on Ubuntu 22.04Read more
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So You Can’t Find Yocto People
I have been somewhat hounded since February, perhaps as late as March about a project that needs yocto skills. Like most embedded systems people who are professionals, I dabble in yocto when a project requires it. I don’t do “kernel mods” and I don’t write device drivers but I will work on recipes to change out device trees and add our custom software. Some of the newer tools from Toradex make yocto builds a bit … So You Can’t Find Yocto PeopleRead more
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Your Sonim XP5800 Won’t Delete Contacts
It’s really annoying when your Sonim phone won’t let you delete contacts. Oh, you can delete some, just not the ones you want. I finally got fed up enough that I figured out how to do this. First you need to navigate to the applications menu. Next navigate to the Backup and Restore app. Choose backup. You will need to have an SD card installed because that is where backups get written. Now you need … Your Sonim XP5800 Won’t Delete ContactsRead more