Category: howto

GNU Linux bash how to concat pdf
25.11.2025

apt search pdfunite poppler-utils/stable,stable,now 25.03.0-5 amd64 [installed,automatic] PDF utilities (based on Poppler) # tested on hostnamectl Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) Kernel: Linux 6.12.48+deb13-amd64 Architecture: x86-64 # worked nicely pdfunite file1.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf output.pdf # untested gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE […]

GNU Linux Ubuntu 24 Ubuntu 24 how to disable time consuming wait-online.service and nerve wrecking dong system sounds (when in terminal and hitting tab) + how to disable automatic screensaver screen lock + how to install NVIDIA GPU drivers
08.08.2025

should be simple but canonical has changed the settings and there are outdated howtos out there confusing users hostnamectl; # tested on Static hostname: ubuntu24 Icon name: computer-vm Virtualization: kvm Operating System: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS Kernel: Linux 6.8.0-71-generic Architecture: x86-64 […]

GNU Linux bash how to prioritize routes how to delete add default route
24.07.2025

hostnamectl; # tested on Static hostname: workstation Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) Kernel: Linux 6.12.30-amd64 Architecture: x86-64 # theoretical lowest possible value 0 (highest priority) and highest possible value 4294967295 (hex 0xffffffff, guint32 (unsigned 32-bit integer, lowest priority) for […]

How to install GNU Linux Debian 13 (updated 2025-11)
11.07.2025

in 2025-07 DEBIAN 13 IS STILL “TESTING” (BETA)! USER HAS BEEN WARNED! 😀 (written on Debian 13) if the user get’s random strange errors during setup someone keeps fucking up the debian installer 🙁 (folder, iso) so can not recommend […]

GUN Linux Debian13: how to install setup printer how to fix problem cups can not print not printing on brother 9460CDN “The printer is in use” job withheld
07.07.2025

in theory GNU Linux support is (mostly) pretty well done by brother’s setup.sh script the user can get from here: the script: wget https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006893/linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.4-1.gz # be root su – root # unpack gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.4-1 # then chmod +x linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.4-1 then […]

GNU Linux how to  install mate desktop minimal version
06.05.2025

apt update apt install mate-desktop-environment-core apt install lightdm reboot PS: for some strange reason this does not work with ubunt 2404, it throws a lot of errors after startup and the top left menu is missing

GNU Linux Debian how to remmina no vnc available
06.05.2025

it’s strange… remmina per default does not allow vnc connection unless: neofetch; # tested on root@rockpi-e ————- █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ OS: Armbian (24.11.1) aarch64 ███████████████████████ Host: Radxa ROCK Pi E ▄▄██ ██▄▄ […]

GNU Linux howto coolest way imho to schedule system shutdown
18.04.2025

first it might be a good idea to have a /script/shutdown.sh that calls /script/stop.sh (and a /scripts/start.sh, but that’s kinda complicated since systemd?) that stops all kinds of essential services (databases, vms…) before system shutdown but here is a neat […]

GNU Linux bash: how to get less with syntax highlighting?
23.03.2025

copy pasting lines from vim to other programs is a pain (selecting text with mouse Ctrl+C Ctrl+V process not working properly?) sometimes to debug a bash script it’s usefull to copy line-by-line and paste line-by-line to see what it does […]

where are the kernel modules? (how to find the now xz packed ko files)
09.03.2025

find / -iname *.ko.xz|grep rtl; # find all rtl = RealTek related kernel modules /usr/lib/modules/6.11.5-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu.ko.xz /usr/lib/modules/6.11.5-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8180/rtl818x_pci.ko.xz /usr/lib/modules/6.11.5-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/rtl8187.ko.xz /usr/lib/modules/6.11.5-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae.ko.xz /usr/lib/modules/6.11.5-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl_pci.ko.xz /usr/lib/modules/6.11.5-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/rtl8192c-common.ko.xz /usr/lib/modules/6.11.5-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192ce.ko.xz /usr/lib/modules/6.11.5-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/btcoexist/btcoexist.ko.xz /usr/lib/modules/6.11.5-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723com/rtl8723-common.ko.xz …

GNU Linux how to convert from doxygen (filename.dox) to asciidoc (filename.adoc) and then to filename.pdf and filename.html
05.03.2025

# recommended to do this on a vm apt update apt install doxygen ruby-asciidoctor-pdf pandoc doxygen -g Doxyfile vim Doxyfile #————————————————————————— # Configuration options related to the DOCBOOK output #————————————————————————— # If the GENERATE_DOCBOOK tag is set to YES, doxygen […]