Posts Tagged ‘Linux’

_sqlite.OperationalError: database is locked when using a lustre mounted yum cache

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Problem

I was trying to have the yum cache on a lustre mount so it could be shared amongst several machines to save on external bandwidth, but got the message that
_sqlite.OperationalError: database is locked

It also happens with an nfs mounted directory.

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How do I exclude files from EMC Networker backups?

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Problem

As a user, how do I control which files are backed up by EMC Networker?

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SDL SetVideoMode failed: Couldn’t find matching GLX visual

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Problem

I tried starting ufoai after installing it and got an error saying:

SDL SetVideoMode failed: Couldn't find matching GLX visual

While googling for the error I could see it also happens with Quake2, though I haven’t installed that myself so I only have the general rather than specific solution for that program.

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