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I'm having trouble debugging a segmentation fault. I'd appreciate tips on how to go about narrowing in on the problem.
The error appears when an iterator tries to access an element of a struct Infection, defined as:
struct Infection {
public:
explicit Infection( double it, double rt ) : infT( it ), recT( rt ) {}
double infT; //…
I have just bought HP laptop with Windows 7 (64 bit). It has 500 GB HDD with three partitions: small hidden system partition, 12 GiB HP recovery partition, and 450 GiB C: boot partition.
I would like to split this large C: partition into two partitions, leaving only 100 GiB for system, and giving the rest to new data partition.
…
I restarted my slave to change configuration settings to skip reverse hostname lookup on connecting and to enable the slow query log.
I edited /etc/my.cnf making only these changes, then restarted mysqld with /etc/init.d/mysql restart
All appeared to be well but when I connect to msyqld remotely or locally though it connects…
After completely reinstalling my laptop due to apparent registry corruption, I've encountered a problem with Open Office:
I open a simple Calc spreadsheet, it comes up normally, but then after anywhere from 5 seconds to several minutes (without even touching the Calc window) OO crashes, then comes up through recovery. If I…
I'm running a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Virtual Machine. Last week, the VM stopped unexpectedly now mysql will not start on the VM. These two events may be related, they may not be.
When I try to connect:
$ mysql
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
Then:
$…
Trying to come up with viable backup restore & logshipping solution for achieving the following:
15 minutes Recovery Point Objective (no more than 15 minutes data loss at any time)
5 minutes Recovery Time Objective (must be able to get the db up and running back by 5 minutes)
Considering using logshipping only…
I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 running Windows 7
When turning on my PC I keep receiving a black screen with the option to use System Repair or Start Normally. Both options lead me to the System Repair background except no matter how long I wait the system restore options never show up.
Choosing F8 and running all of…
I have this error in my syslog. I restored an older dump to solve this problem, after some reading. Now The errors in syslog are far less than before.
But still a few times an hour I get
Sep 1 14:23:29 homer mysqld: 120901 14:23:29 InnoDB: Error: page 96637 log sequence number 7 1223357717
Sep 1 14:23:29…
I have a friend who wants to sell their computer, but obviously all personal information and software that it is on it needs to be removed before doing so.
Usually I would format and reinstall it, but I cannot easily get hold of the required XP DVDs and I'm not 100% sure the serial number is stuck on the case…
I restarted my slave to change configuration settings to skip reverse hostname lookup on connecting and to enable the slow query log.
I edited /etc/my.cnf making only these changes, then restarted mysqld with /etc/init.d/mysql restart
All appeared to be well but when I connect to msyqld remotely or locally…
I have an Alienware M17x that dual boots into Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows 7 Home Premium. Currently, the computer starts at the GRUB loader and will boot into Ubuntu, but if I try to boot into Windows, I immediately get a black screen with a blinking cursor in the upper left corner.
The output of fdisk -l is
…
I am new to this forum. I purchased a new tablet Datawind Ubislate 9ci. It is a 9 inch no-bluetooth tablet.
Details:
Android 4.1.1
Rock chip RK2928
KERNEL linux version 3.0.36
I was trying to install CWM through mobile odin and ROM manager but my tablet was not supported so i downloaded build.prop editor…
I'm sure this question's been asked a dozen times in one form or another, however after much searching, there doesn't appear to be an obvious simple recovery solution for a single Exchange box.
We're using Exchange 2010 on a single server, the server hosts the AD and nothing else on the network uses the AD.…
I have searched all over the web but cannot find a complete answer to this:
How to enable Bitlocker on a laptop with TPM, and store a file with the Bitlocker recovery key and TPM password by USING THE manage-bde command line tool. The file should be the same as when created in the Bitlocker manager UI. I DO…
Can't boot after I did a aptitude full-upgrade and let it update menu.lst (did a diff first and it looked good).
This is what I've done so far in the BusyBox shell:
mkdir /tmp/xvda1
mount /dev/xvda1 /tmp/xvda1
chroot /dev/xvda1
nano /boot/grub/menu.lst
This file looks like this:
title Ubuntu…
I have been caught in a loop where I can't boot up Windows Server 2008.
When the OS starts to boot I am presented two options:
Launch Startup Repair (recommended)
Start Windows Normally
No matter what option is chosen I end up with a black screen stating "Windows is loading files..." which takes…
I've been trying to install Ubuntu with software RAID on my server and there is obviously something that I don't understand about the process.
This is the guide that I followed: https://help.ubuntu.com/11.04/serverguide/advanced-installation.html
I have two identical 1 TB disks in my server. I…
Hi all,
I have a Samsung N120 netbook (with upgraded 2GB RAM). I'm just looking at the Disk Management right now (in Windows XP) and I'm trying to understand what partition holds what.
There is "Local Disk (C:)" which is 40GB, "RECOVERY" (no drive letter) which is 6GB and then "TEMP_PART01…
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Where I work we have two HP RP2470 servers same hardware same number of hard drives same everything :).
One of them is a production server and runs HP-UX 11.00. The poor ba***rd hasn't been turned off for years and…
You turn on your computer one day and Windows refuses to boot — what do you do? “Windows won’t boot” is a common symptom with a variety of causes, so you’ll need to perform some troubleshooting. Modern versions of Windows are better at recovering from this sort of thing. Where Windows XP…
This post is in two parts – technical and personal. And I should point out that it’s prompted in part by this month’s T-SQL Tuesday, hosted by Allen Kinsel. First, the technical: I’ve had a few conversations with people recently about migration – moving a SQL Server database from one…
my linux (ubuntu 12.04) laptop crashed, and I am trying to figure out why.
# last
sds pts/4 :0 Tue Sep 4 10:01 still logged in
sds pts/3 :0 Tue Sep 4 10:00 still logged in
reboot system boot 3.2.0-29-generic Tue Sep 4…