Ubuntu :: Correct BIOS Setup For Desktop Built?
Sep 6, 2010
So I just recently built a desktop and the main purpose is directed toward gaming, etc. But I guess I haven't set-up my BIOS correctly, but when it comes to knowing what I'm doing in the BIOS it's nada. Anyways, I'm having mainly a timing and voltage issue, I start the PC up and it wants to start, shuts down and restarts successfully.
The hardware:
P55 EVGA SLI motherboard
Intel core i7-860 Lynnfield 2.8GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95w Quad-core
Visiontek 900301 Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR 5 PCI express 2.0 x16
8GB 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
1TB Sata HDD
500W power supply
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hank you.
Kiteman
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I start out with
Code:
ssh <user@remotepc> -p <non22port> -L 5900:localhost:5900
That seems to wok and connect properly
The problem comes when I try to use a remote desktop client on the laptop to initiate the VPN desktop sharing and point it to
Code:
localhost:5900
Thats when I get a notification on the host saying:
Code:
Refused uninvited connection attempt from 127.0.0.1
And on the laptop I get:
Code:
VNC server closed connection
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And now desktop [URL]
Here is the export/fstab from my desktop [URL]
Now for my laptop export/fstab [URL]
There rather the same, but just wanted to include both for each machine just in case there is a distinct difference in something I did.
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[Code]...
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I'm trying to set up sshfs on a desktop/fileserver so that I can mount its HDD's I use for storage on my laptops. My issue seems to be getting permission to write to the mounted drives. I just keep getting permission denied. here is what I think are some relevant tidbits.
mount point on server,
Code:
joe@joe-desktop:~$ ls -ld ~/sda2
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 1969-12-31 19:00 /home/joe/sda2
HDD I'm trying to mount
Code:
joe@joe-desktop:~$ ls -ld /dev/sda2
brwxrwxrwx 1 joe disk 8, 2 2010-10-17 15:22 /dev/sda2
Mount point on client
Code:
joe@joe-laptop:~$ ls -ld ~/sda2
drwxrwxrwx 2 joe joe 4096 2010-10-17 19:58 /home/joe/sda2
This is the command I'm trying to use to mount
Code:
sshfs joe@192.168.1.103:/home/joe/sda2 ~/sda2
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