Category Archives: Linux

While process is running, press CTRL-z, then… $ bg (the output may come to foreground again, but you can logout now and the process will continue running in the background)

You must use full paths to all arguments for daemonize. As of now, daemonize must be downloaded and compiled, it does not exist in APT. $ daemonize /usr/full/path/to/node /home/full/path/to/app.js

apt-get install -y pkg-config

Sendmail sometimes uses a lot of disk IO by kicking off this process: 215 root 20 0 0 0 0 D 1 0.0 187:49.63 [jbd2/dm-0-8] Tools you can try using: iostat iotop Before: # iostat 1 avg-cpu: %user %nice %system … Continue reading →

APT packages needed to play FFmpeg .avi files: p gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg – FFmpeg plugin for GStreamer p gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad – GStreamer plugins from the “bad” set

Reduce usage in your right hand using these mappings. – Mirror up and down keys – Shift left and right keys to the left hand – ‘s’ (change one character and insert) becomes ‘h’ – ‘d’ (‘dd’ deletes a line) … Continue reading →

General steps (for example, the /etc directory) Install Ubuntu Server Log in and sudo bash. Import the /etc directory into your SVN repository. Check out the new directory and call it “/etc.new” Move out the old directory: “mv /etc /etc.old” … Continue reading →

svn import myfolder svn+ssh://kitamura@svn2.cs.lmu.edu/svn/myfolder \ -m “my comment”

When all else fails on the client… # apt-get install -y dhcpcd # dhcpcd eth0 # dhcpcd.sh: interface eth0 has been configured with new IP=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX If it still fails, restart the DHCP server… # /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server restart Other things to try … Continue reading →

/etc/default/tftpd-hpa TFTP_OPTIONS=”–secure –create” # service tftpd-hpa restart tftpd-hpa start/running, process 2479 # echo asdf > asdf.txt # tftp tftpd_server_name tftp> put asdf.txt Sent 6 bytes in 0.0 seconds tftp>

# Stuff auto-generated by system-config-kickstart #System bootloader configuration bootloader –location=mbr #Clear the Master Boot Record zerombr yes #Partition clearing information clearpart –all –initlabel # Preseed Auto-Partition Options preseed partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true preseed partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true preseed partman/choose_partition select finish preseed … Continue reading →

cat /etc/default/grub # If you change this file, run ‘update-grub’ afterwards to update # /boot/grub/grub.cfg. GRUB_DEFAULT=0 GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true GRUB_TIMEOUT=10 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian` GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”text” GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”" … Then, run update-grub and reboot. A diff with the alternative … Continue reading →

If your colors don’t come back in VIM after deleting or removing your swp files… Remove this directory: /home/your-username/.vim Note: This is a last resort method (as Scott mentions below), when simply writing and quitting doesn’t work.

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