Dec 22, 2012
How to Create RPM’s from CPAN modules using Cpan2rpm
You know how it is sometimes working on corporate servers that are in DMZ’s and have firewalls blocking them from accessing Internet and getting to modules, programs and such. You can’t directly and you find ways around to get the files to the systems, that’s a good thing and just part of being an admin. Thus is the case in this instance with installing a CPAN program on an RHEL server.... read more
Nov 21, 2012
Epson Perfection 4490 Photo scanner on Fedora 17
The Epson Perfection 4490 Photo scanner is not supported in Fedora 17 by sane. In a previous post I describe how to install this scanner on Ubuntu. The process is similar except for the package names and commands. To get the scanner to work in Fedora you must download and install third party software. This how to describes how I was able to install it on Fedora 17 64-bit. Make sure sane and xsane are... read more
Oct 29, 2012
Reading epub documents in Windows and Linux
Let’s face it, ereaders are here and very popular as well as the epub format. All of us tech’s have started to create libraries of epub and mobi formatted books and would like to read them on our PC’s. Well no worries, there are several good programs available to read them and are available on many OS’s. Here are a few that I have used on Windows and Linux. Adobe Digital Editions... read more
Oct 26, 2012
How To Install and Configure HPLIP on Fedora 17
It’s great to have all-in-one devices and some of the great printers that HP makes but, it is also sometimes an issue in Linux to not be able to use all of the features and functionality. With HP this is not a big issue with HPLIP. HPLIP (HP Linux Imaging and Printing) is print, scan and fax drivers for Linux. While CUPS is great for getting the basics for printing there are some of the CUPS drivers... read more
Oct 22, 2012
How To Setup a DDNS enabled Router Through Double NAT
Recently my ISP upgraded my trusty Cisco 675 to a Westell 6100 due to an upgrade of my service. It was shortly afterwards I noticed I could no longer access my Linux server using DynDNS. Nothing had changed with my account and settings on both ends. Upon investigating I noticed my ISP DNS had changed from a routable 10.x.x.x address to a non-routable 192.168.x.x. After searching the Internet and checking... read more
