Many users like to use VNC for managing tasks that require a persistent desktop on a remote Linux or Solaris machine, but for some tasks where persistence is required, a complete desktop can often be overkill. Especially if what one is working on is CPU or memory sensitive, and the tasks being done can easily … Read More
Check, and correct the system date from the console. Once the date is set, find an alternate superblock for the disk, and run fsck against that superblock on all the slices on that disk using the following as an example (note: the disk device may be different on different machines, and the block numbers from … Read More
temporary fix: # emerge –sync # emerge -C qt # emerge =x11-libs/qt-3* # vi /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask insert : =x11-libs/qt-4* remember – everytime you “emerge –sync”, package.mask gets overwritten with a new copy. again, this is just a temporary fix edit : tested not working fully , i will provide an update
i couldnt track down the location of one of the mibs in a system i was working on. after doing some research on the net-snmp page i stumbled across this command: snmptranslate -Dparse-mibs right at the top, it will show you the locations of all the mibs being registered in the system.
for all 2 or 3 of you that read this dribble on my site, i recommend that you read charlie demerjian’s article on the winner of the hd disk format wars. HD disk format wars are over it really is an indicative article as to the tainted future we have as techno-enthusiasts…
new config file for pear pc ppc_start_resolution = “1280x720x15” ppc_start_full_screen = 0 redraw_interval_msec = 20 key_compose_dialog = “F11” key_change_cd_0 = “none” key_toggle_mouse_grab = “F12” key_toggle_full_screen = “Alt+Return” prom_bootmethod = “select” #prom_bootmethod = “force” #prom_loadfile = “test/yaboot” #prom_env_bootpath = “disk” #prom_env_bootargs = “” prom_env_machargs = “-v” prom_driver_graphic = “pearpc-0.4/video.x” cpu_pvr = 0x000c0209 ## g4 – 715 … Read More
balance levels for both monitors i am just putting them here because if i dont i will lose them and i do not wnat to have them recalibrated left monitor brightness: 50 contrast: 100 red bias: 67 green bias: 92 blue bias: 69 red gain: 100 green gain: 100 blue gain: 100 right monitor brightness: … Read More
edit 26-dec-06 – tested not working ———————————– found this piece of code in the gentoo forums : for p in /var/db/pkg/kde-base/*; do echo $p|sed -e ‘s#.*/#=#’|xargs emerge -C; done to completly remove all of kde – steps i am testing: 1) remove all of kde using code above 2) emerge -s gentoo-sources 3) emerge –sync … Read More
~ $ uname -a Linux localhost 2.6.18-gentoo-r4 #1 SMP Mon Nov 20 14:35:43 UTC 2006 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux that just looks pretty…..
just setup a new system running cups, when i went to add printers (using localhost:631) it asked me for a username and password that i did not have. here is the fix: sudo lppasswd -a <username> enter your password twice now log back into localhost:631 using that username and password, all login issues will be … Read More