Comments for Yet Another James Green http://www.jmkg.co.uk Web Developer, Aquarist Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:41:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on ASUS AI Recovery Exception Error Solved by Stefan http://www.jmkg.co.uk/2010/11/08/asus-ai-recovery-exception-error-solved/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Stefan Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:41:13 +0000 http://www.jmkg.co.uk/?p=71#comment-186 Hi, have same issue here - not able to produce backup DVD`s with AI Recovery Burner. The program crashes and in general my first impressions was that the pre-installed OS is really a buggy thing. If you have not erased the Windows OS partition on your notebook you can simply recover the ASUS to factory default settings and "clean" windows - as it isn`t really clean and messed up with a lot of additional stuff / software from ASUS and Windows like office. So at laptop start-up (bootscreen from ASUS) you simple press "F9" and it start to recover without the DVD`s. You also can choose to make one big partition and after you should be able to burn your DVD`s. Hope this helps. Hi, have same issue here – not able to produce backup DVD`s with AI Recovery Burner. The program crashes and in general my first impressions was that the pre-installed OS is really a buggy thing. If you have not erased the Windows OS partition on your notebook you can simply recover the ASUS to factory default settings and “clean” windows – as it isn`t really clean and messed up with a lot of additional stuff / software from ASUS and Windows like office.

So at laptop start-up (bootscreen from ASUS) you simple press “F9″ and it start to recover without the DVD`s. You also can choose to make one big partition and after you should be able to burn your DVD`s. Hope this helps.

]]> Comment on ASUS AI Recovery Exception Error Solved by Anderson http://www.jmkg.co.uk/2010/11/08/asus-ai-recovery-exception-error-solved/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Anderson Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:01:37 +0000 http://www.jmkg.co.uk/?p=71#comment-173 I got myself a brand new ASUS with Windows 7 on-board. Trying create the DVD recovery set, I discovered, that, unlike Toshiba's recovery dvd system, they are to be prepared first. I mean, that Toshiba's got them packed up on to a seperate hard drive partition, which the user cannot see, and then, a special utility burns them on dvds. Just burns, not builds! But Asus, got all the stuff on a seperate partition, with a need of compiling an ISO image for every DVD in a set! Imagine my surprise, when I started AI Recovery burner, and then, was told to prepare seven (!) DVDs, in order to successfully complete the process. Toshiba needed only 2 DVD disks for Windows 7. I don't get it! I could have had a spare backup mainframe, in order top carry Windows 7 Rescue DVDs, at last. I got myself a brand new ASUS with Windows 7 on-board. Trying create the DVD recovery set, I discovered, that, unlike Toshiba’s recovery dvd system, they are to be prepared first. I mean, that Toshiba’s got them packed up on to a seperate hard drive partition, which the user cannot see, and then, a special utility burns them on dvds. Just burns, not builds!
But Asus, got all the stuff on a seperate partition, with a need of compiling an ISO image for every DVD in a set! Imagine my surprise, when I started AI Recovery burner, and then, was told to prepare seven (!) DVDs, in order to successfully complete the process. Toshiba needed only 2 DVD disks for Windows 7. I don’t get it! I could have had a spare backup mainframe, in order top carry Windows 7 Rescue DVDs, at last.

]]> Comment on Installing ActiveMQ on Ubuntu by jmkg http://www.jmkg.co.uk/2010/08/31/installing-activemq-on-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-154 jmkg Thu, 07 Jul 2011 06:36:14 +0000 http://www.jmkg.co.uk/?p=60#comment-154 Donna: Sounds like something in the background either uninstalled ActiveMQ or removed the folder in which it was installed. Either way, I can assure you it's not normal! Hop on to the activemq-users mailing list for more detailed help. Donna: Sounds like something in the background either uninstalled ActiveMQ or removed the folder in which it was installed. Either way, I can assure you it’s not normal! Hop on to the activemq-users mailing list for more detailed help.

]]> Comment on Installing ActiveMQ on Ubuntu by Donna http://www.jmkg.co.uk/2010/08/31/installing-activemq-on-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Donna Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:17:51 +0000 http://www.jmkg.co.uk/?p=60#comment-153 Thanks so much for these instructions. Now I have a weird question. I had followed these instructions for 5.4.2 and it worked. It was running fine, then one day it just stopped. Somehow, it seems that config files literally disappeared (like the jmx.password file was just gone, there was no activemq.xml, etc). I couldn't get it working again. So today I started over, installed 5.5 and it doesn't work. I'm not even getting useful logging. Here's the output: INFO: Loading '/etc/default/activemq' INFO: Using java '/usr/bin/java' INFO: changing to user 'activemquser' to invoke java No directory, logging in with HOME=/ Java Runtime: Sun Microsystems Inc. 1.6.0_20 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre Heap sizes: current=251264k free=249951k max=251264k JVM args: -Xms256M -Xmx256M -Dorg.apache.activemq.UseDedicatedTaskRunner=true -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties -Dorg.apache.activemq.audit=true -Dactivemq.classpath=/opt/activemq/conf; -Dactivemq.home=/opt/activemq -Dactivemq.base=/opt/activemq ACTIVEMQ_HOME: /opt/activemq ACTIVEMQ_BASE: /opt/activemq Usage: Main [--extdir ] [task] [task-options] [task data] Tasks (default task is start): start - Creates and starts a broker using a configuration file, or a broker URI. create - Creates a runnable broker instance in the specified path stop - Stops a running broker specified by the broker name. list - Lists all available brokers in the specified JMX context. query - Display selected broker component's attributes and statistics. browse - Display selected messages in a specified destination. journal-audit - Allows you to view records stored in the persistent journal. purge - Delete selected destination's messages that matches the message selector encrypt - Encrypts given text decrypt - Decrypts given text It just stops, like there is some permission thing somewhere. I'm at my wits end, and ready to ditch Ubuntu! Do you have any suggestions? Thanks so much for these instructions. Now I have a weird question. I had followed these instructions for 5.4.2 and it worked. It was running fine, then one day it just stopped. Somehow, it seems that config files literally disappeared (like the jmx.password file was just gone, there was no activemq.xml, etc). I couldn’t get it working again. So today I started over, installed 5.5 and it doesn’t work. I’m not even getting useful logging. Here’s the output:

INFO: Loading ‘/etc/default/activemq’
INFO: Using java ‘/usr/bin/java’
INFO: changing to user ‘activemquser’ to invoke java
No directory, logging in with HOME=/
Java Runtime: Sun Microsystems Inc. 1.6.0_20 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre
Heap sizes: current=251264k free=249951k max=251264k
JVM args: -Xms256M -Xmx256M -Dorg.apache.activemq.UseDedicatedTaskRunner=true -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties -Dorg.apache.activemq.audit=true -Dactivemq.classpath=/opt/activemq/conf; -Dactivemq.home=/opt/activemq -Dactivemq.base=/opt/activemq
ACTIVEMQ_HOME: /opt/activemq
ACTIVEMQ_BASE: /opt/activemq
Usage: Main [--extdir ] [task] [task-options] [task data]

Tasks (default task is start):
start – Creates and starts a broker using a configuration file, or a broker URI.
create – Creates a runnable broker instance in the specified path
stop – Stops a running broker specified by the broker name.
list – Lists all available brokers in the specified JMX context.
query – Display selected broker component’s attributes and statistics.
browse – Display selected messages in a specified destination.
journal-audit – Allows you to view records stored in the persistent journal.
purge – Delete selected destination’s messages that matches the message selector
encrypt – Encrypts given text
decrypt – Decrypts given text

It just stops, like there is some permission thing somewhere. I’m at my wits end, and ready to ditch Ubuntu! Do you have any suggestions?

]]> Comment on Installing ActiveMQ on Ubuntu by Martin S http://www.jmkg.co.uk/2010/08/31/installing-activemq-on-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Martin S Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:32:47 +0000 http://www.jmkg.co.uk/?p=60#comment-126 Note: When installing 5.5.0 release on Ubuntu, the correct activemq binary is located in /opt/activemq/bin/linux-x86-32|64/. Please note when creating the symlink to /etc/init.d/. Also you might want to change the path to the activemq.pid file in the activemq file. As is, it stores the pid file at the same path as the activemq file. Thanks for a great article. Helped a lot! Cheers! Note: When installing 5.5.0 release on Ubuntu, the correct activemq binary is located in /opt/activemq/bin/linux-x86-32|64/.

Please note when creating the symlink to /etc/init.d/.

Also you might want to change the path to the activemq.pid file in the activemq file. As is, it stores the pid file at the same path as the activemq file.

Thanks for a great article. Helped a lot!

Cheers!

]]> Comment on Ubuntu shell login bug solved by Paul http://www.jmkg.co.uk/2011/01/27/ubuntu-shell-login-bug-solved/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Paul Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:56:27 +0000 http://www.jmkg.co.uk/?p=80#comment-114 Thanks! Thanks!

]]> Comment on Installing ActiveMQ on Ubuntu by Robert Glover http://www.jmkg.co.uk/2010/08/31/installing-activemq-on-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Robert Glover Wed, 02 Mar 2011 04:35:49 +0000 http://www.jmkg.co.uk/?p=60#comment-111 Your instructions worked and I got activeMQ 5.4.2 to run. There was only one error in your directions. ${ACTIVEMQ_CONFIG_DIR} appends "conf" not "data". So, your sentence "you must create the data/jmx.password and data/jmx.access files" should be changed to "you must create the conf/jmx.password and conf/jmx.access files". And, those two files already exist so the instructions should be to modify them instead of create them. I never could have gotten activeMQ to run in Ubuntu 10.04 on my own without your superb directions. Thank you so much!!! The only problem outstanding for me is that when I type "jconsole" I cannot connect to activeMQ locally or remotely. Am not sure why this is. I must be doing something wrong. Everything else works. i.e. all of the following work for me: (I am not using localhost, as you can see). http://192.168.179.139:8161/demo/ http://192.168.179.139:8161/camel/ http://192.168.179.139:8161/admin/ http://192.168.179.139:8161/fileserver/ Your instructions worked and I got activeMQ 5.4.2 to run. There was only one error in your directions. ${ACTIVEMQ_CONFIG_DIR} appends “conf” not “data”. So, your sentence “you must create the data/jmx.password and data/jmx.access files” should be changed to “you must create the conf/jmx.password and conf/jmx.access files”. And, those two files already exist so the instructions should be to modify them instead of create them.
I never could have gotten activeMQ to run in Ubuntu 10.04 on my own without your superb directions. Thank you so much!!!
The only problem outstanding for me is that when I type “jconsole” I cannot connect to activeMQ locally or remotely. Am not sure why this is. I must be doing something wrong. Everything else works. i.e. all of the following work for me: (I am not using localhost, as you can see).

http://192.168.179.139:8161/demo/
http://192.168.179.139:8161/camel/
http://192.168.179.139:8161/admin/
http://192.168.179.139:8161/fileserver/

]]> Comment on Installing ActiveMQ on Ubuntu by Robert Glover http://www.jmkg.co.uk/2010/08/31/installing-activemq-on-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Robert Glover Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:55:19 +0000 http://www.jmkg.co.uk/?p=60#comment-110 This is a great post. However as a motivated Ubuntu newbie, I am having trouble with your security section. You wrote: "Examine the adduser command options to disable login, disable password and disable the home directory.". The bottom line is this: the user I want to define is "activemquser". Can you please post the adduser command I should issue, complete with all the parameters filled in? Thanks in advance. :-) This is a great post. However as a motivated Ubuntu newbie, I am having trouble with your security section. You wrote: “Examine the adduser command options to disable login, disable password and disable the home directory.”. The bottom line is this: the user I want to define is “activemquser”. Can you please post the adduser command I should issue, complete with all the parameters filled in? Thanks in advance. :-)

]]> Comment on ASUS AI Recovery Exception Error Solved by Jansen http://www.jmkg.co.uk/2010/11/08/asus-ai-recovery-exception-error-solved/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Jansen Sun, 27 Feb 2011 03:55:59 +0000 http://www.jmkg.co.uk/?p=71#comment-109 I bought a brandnew ASUS K501J, or is it K50IJ? With windows 7. It is impossible to burn the recovey DVD's. The proces takes hours and hours and I end up with an error saying DVD 1 has to be burned again. I will never ever buy an ASUS laptop again. I am about to throw it out the window after 6 tries of over 2 hours each. I advise everyone to run away as fast as you can every time you see an ASUS product. I bought a brandnew ASUS K501J, or is it K50IJ? With windows 7.
It is impossible to burn the recovey DVD’s. The proces takes hours and hours and I end up with an error saying DVD 1 has to be burned again.
I will never ever buy an ASUS laptop again. I am about to throw it out the window after 6 tries of over 2 hours each. I advise everyone to run away as fast as you can every time you see an ASUS product.

]]> Comment on ASUS AI Recovery Exception Error Solved by jmkg http://www.jmkg.co.uk/2010/11/08/asus-ai-recovery-exception-error-solved/comment-page-1/#comment-96 jmkg Sat, 01 Jan 2011 21:57:59 +0000 http://www.jmkg.co.uk/?p=71#comment-96 Ann: Yes I did. After freeing sufficient space the Asus backup software completed the whole process of creating the disc images and writing them to DVDs. Ann: Yes I did. After freeing sufficient space the Asus backup software completed the whole process of creating the disc images and writing them to DVDs.

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