Qeirstyn’s Two Year Old Pictures [Photo Album]

2009 June 29

Hello Family and Friends!

With Qeirstyn turning two years old and all, we thought we’d have a crack at taking her portrait shot at the BYU-Idaho Ricks Gardens this weekend. There were a lot that turned out pretty good, but there was one that we absolutely loved and it was out of focus! Darn.

Hope you enjoy the photos!

A Water Park Afternoon [Photo Album]

2009 June 29
by SendDerek

Hello Family and Friends!

Another weekend, another set of pictures. We went to the water park to enjoy the warmth we recieved and Qeirstyn loved every minute of it. I managed to grab a few good photos as well.

Enjoy!

An Awesome Father’s Day Week! [Photo Albums]

2009 June 24
by SendDerek

Hello Family and Friends!

What an awesome Father’s Day week this year! It started out when we found out that we were pregnant with our second child (YaHooO!) and then it all just started to fall into place from there including Qeirstyn’s birthday (2 Years Old). The only thing that was missing from the week was a call inviting me down to Denver for an Internship Interview (that’ll come soon, I’m sure).
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Fedora 11 Leonidas on MacBook Aluminum 5,1 [Guide]

2009 June 9
by SendDerek

Updated: Jun 25, 2009

This is a continuation of my Fedora 11 Beta on MacBook Aluminum 5,1 notes. I am going to gear this one more specifically on how to get Fedora 11 behaving on a MacBook Aluminum. Here we go…
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How To: Install VirtualBox on Fedora 11 [Tutorial]

2009 June 9

Note: I have been unable to verify these steps. They should work just fine, but I’m a little concerned about the USB support fix. You may or may not want to try it at this point. I have it here just as a reference for now.

This is a tutorial on how to get VirtualBox up and running on Fedora 11. Also, this tutorial is for the 32-Bit version of VirtualBox, so you’ll have to customize a little more to get the 64-bit version running. Everything in the “code” sections should be copy/pasted/typed into the terminal. Right, let’s get to it:

PreStep.) Open the terminal and get into super user mode:
su -

1.) Get the latest VirtualBox package (as of now, 2.2.4) from the VirtualBox website for Fedora 11 and install it.  The following command should download and install the application:
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/2.2.4/VirtualBox-2.2.4_47978_fedora11-1.i586.rpm && rpm -ivh VirtualBox-2.2.4_47978_fedora11-1.i586.rpm

2.) Get the kernel-devel and other needed packages:
yum install make automake autoconf gcc kernel-devel dkms

3.) Run the setup file for VirtualBox:
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

4.) Add yourself to the “vboxusers” group and fix the SELinux Permissions:
usermod -G vboxusers -a username
chcon -t textrel_shlib_t /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox.so

5.) Run, and enjoy!
VirtualBox

6.) To Get USB Support:

1 – create a new group called “usb”;
2 – locate file usbfs: in my case is /sys/bus/usb/drivers (I suggest to find the file with a usb device inserted;
3 – modify file /etc/fstab inserting a line containing the right path and the number corresponding the “usb” group :
none /sys/bus/usb/drivers usbfs devgid=503,devmode=664 0 0
4 – command mount -a;
5 – start VB and try…;

Source: Fedora Forums

7.) To Properly Backup the VirtualBox Machine (.vdi):

Please refer to my other page here:

How To: Properly Backup a VirtualBox Machine (.VDI)

8.) To Get Sound Working:

Highlight your virtual machine and click on the “Settings” button. Click on the “Sound” category, and then check the “Enable Sound” option. In the drop-down box, select “PulseAudio”. You should now have sound.

That’s it! If you find yourself with problems, feel free to comment below or ask for assistance on the fedora forum thread that I have created located here.