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CentOS 7 + PHP 7.2 + Python 3.6 + Apache 2.4

I am setting up a new CentOS 7 server, in 2019, because I want a long life public facing WordPress host that I can update easily. For example when the “Heartbleed” security bug, in the OpenSSL cryptography library, was discovered you needed to update your SSL install. This proved to be a major problem for… read more…
Two MythTV systems on the same LAN

I have an aging MythTV frontend and separate backend that I need to upgrade. The plan of attack is to create a new system, get it running smoothly and work out a migration strategy. Then once the new system is working correctly switch over from old servers to new. All well and good except I… read more…
Creating a Weaver Slider in WordPress

As a user of the Weaver WordPress theme I have moved to using the Weaver sliders in my posts. This is how to create a slider. Click on “Add Media”: Then: select the images you want, remember if you want to select multiple images use <ctrl><left click> Select “Create Gallery” and then click on “Create… read more…
Network browsing broken with Windows 10 build 1809

I have a relatively new install of Windows 10 and it is currently running build 1809 and do you think I can get it to browse to a network share. If I do the standard thing of typing in a host name into file explorer as “\\nas2” it should bring me back all the available… read more…
ESXi Embedded Host Client – Improving Stability

I use ESXi on a small number of VMs at home and recently moved to some newer hardware. Not really new, they are Lenovo M58 (7479CTO) small form factor. In regards to ESX the biggest factor is the CPU is: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz For ESX this CPU is supported up to… read more…
Setting up a Windows shared drive

This post is about setting up a Windows share for OMV. This should be a straight forward exercise but there are a few gotchas that mean it doesn’t always work the first time. This post describes the process pretty much from the start because as with other things if you don’t do things correctly right… read more…
Installing Open Media Vault

OMV doesn’t have a backup function which is a problem. Given it is relatively straight forward to setup OMV one option is to simply set it up again. I really don’t want to do that so the only other comprehensive option is to backup the system disk. The problem is that there isn’t any free,… read more…
MythTV, EPG, Terrestrial and HDHomeRun

Recently we switched our MythTV system from using satellite to terrestrial reception using the HDHomeRun by SiliconDust. Unfortunately what had been a perfectly working EPG under satellite turned into a one day wonder under terrestrial – I could only see one days listing. I should point out that we live in New Zealand and the… read more…
Installing Tiger VNC on Fedora 16

VNC is a great product that allows you to get a GUI session between different or the same O/S. This article describes installing VNC on a Fedora 16 box Steps 1. Using YumEx or similar install TigerVNC 2. Copy: /lib/systemd/system/vncserver@.service to /lib/systemd/system/vncserver@:1.service – Where I have “:1.” to which ever port you want to use… read more…
Clean install of Oracle 11g 64bit on Windows 7

This article is about a clean install of Oracle 11g R2 64bit on a Windows 7 64bit laptop. This setup is focused on my typical target install which is a simple DB install that doesn’t require a sophisticated DB but does require me to have an ability to create multiple DB instances – so “Express”… read more…