Monthly Archives: June 2008

Ethernet bonding (aggregating multiple ethernet channels)

Posted on 30 June 2008 by manu

Ethernet bonding refers to aggregating multiple ethernet channels together to form a single channel. This is primarily used for redundancy in ethernet paths or for load balancing.
To use Bonding Ethernet for High-Availability (fail-over) on Debian you need to:
install package ifenslave-2.6.To … Continue reading →

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Export/Import an existing list of packages

Posted on 30 June 2008 by manu

It is possible to export a list of all packages on a server and import this list to a new one.
It’s very usefull if you have a big server farm to manage.
Il est possible d’exporter la liste de toutes les … Continue reading →

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Alienware M15x and Ubuntu

Posted on 2 June 2008 by manu

Just received my Alienware M15x and install Ubuntu 8.04 on it.
No problem except for the sound.
Need to add the line

options snd-hda-intel model=mbp3

in file
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
Another little issue if you’re using AMsn and you don’t have sounds when you receive a message or … Continue reading →

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