# often needed to compile things apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
sudo apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade # testing this right now also try: apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::=’–force-confold’ –force-yes -fuy dist-upgrade” # untested
setup boinc # install su – root apt update apt-get install boinc-client boinc-manager # as root start the service root@knoppix:~# /etc/init.d/boinc-client start [ ok ] Starting BOINC core client: boinc. [ ok ] Setting up scheduling for BOINC core client […]
Posted on 06-09-2005 03:00:00 UTC | Updated on 06-09-2005 03:00:00 UTC Section: /software/dd/ | Permanent Link I’ve never used dd before to copy disks. It’s a unix tool that copies files bit by bit. Since hard disks on unix systems […]
keep it simple version: fileSelect.sh #!/bin/bash select FILENAME in *; do echo “You picked $FILENAME ($REPLY), it is now only accessible to you.” chmod go-rwx “$FILENAME” break; done creditz: http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/sect_09_06.html cool grafical but not working-right version: while this does […]
split the files into smaler files (1GB e.g.) i would create a new screen session on server and run the command in there (so you can logoff/close terminal and it will continue) screen -S split # create new screen session with […]
# tested on knoppix 7.X and debian Linux DebianGiada 4.0.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.0.5-1 (2015-06-16) x86_64 GNU/Linux # i assume you are root already SETUP apt-get update; # update package definitions aptitude install samba; # install samba Die folgenden NEUEN […]
# delete old vitualbox install package apt-get purge virtualbox # install & download package wget –no-check-certificate https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc apt-key add oracle_vbox.asc echo “deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian wheezy contrib” >> /etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update apt-get install virtualbox-4.2 dkms # you might also want the guest […]
checkout vnc section of: https://dwaves.de/2018/05/07/getting-started-with-raspberry-pi-2-model-b-v1-1-vs-odroid-xu4-vnc-display-0-and-1/ Create a file called ~/.config/autostart/xvnc.desktop. Place within it this text: [Desktop Entry] Name=XVNC Server Exec=/usr/local/bin/xvnc.sh Icon= Type=Application Now su to root and do the following. Create a file called /usr/local/bin/xvnc.sh and place within it the […]
rename cd /usr/share/sounds/ mv startup.ogg startup.ogg.disabled mv shutdown.ogg shutdown.ogg.disabled this is the command to play the sound: ogg123 -q –audio-buffers 4096 /usr/share/sounds/shutdown.ogg.bak ogg123: Unbekannte Option »–audio-buffers« Cannot open 4096. (i guess you don’t need the audio-buffers option) also interesting: root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# […]
open your terminal/command line: # while true ; do COMMAND ; sleep 1 ; done # executes COMMAND every second while true ; do ll ; sleep 1 ; done # show me content of current dir, every second (cool for monitoring […]
minitube is a cool program / app for windows/mac/linux that lets you search and view youtube and download videos. http://flavio.tordini.org/minitube 1. open terminal 1.1. apt-get install libqt4-sql 2. wget http://flavio.tordini.org/files/minitube/minitube64.deb 3. dpkg -i minitube64.deb 4. apt-get install -f 5. dpkg -i […]
its actually not that easy… but also not that hard to also backup larger files reliable and encrypted (!) over internet yourself. 0. setup ssh on your backup-server, so the backup-user can login without beeing prompted for password (safer and […]
warning! CloneZilla only supports cloning to disks with same/or bigger size as original disk! in other words: “Officially, Clonezilla requires the destination drive to be the same size or larger than the master drive.” (src: superuser.com) but even with the […]
please see: https://dwaves.de/2015/03/23/linux-debian-set-grub2-boot-menu-timeout/
vim /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf [SeatDefaults] #xserver-command=X #xserver-layout= #xserver-config= xserver-allow-tcp=false #xdmcp-manager= #xdmcp-port=177 #xdmcp-key= greeter-session=lightdm-greeter greeter-hide-users=true #greeter-allow-guest=true #greeter-show-manual-login=false #login with LXDE as default (default xSession) user-session=LXDE #allow-guest=true #guest-session=UNIMPLEMENTED session-wrapper=/etc/X11/Xsession #display-setup-script= #greeter-setup-script= #session-setup-script= #session-cleanup-script= #autologin-guest=false ###################### > CHANGE THIS LINE TO THE USER THAT SHOULD […]
Wow! On a newly installed LXDE on debian wheezy i386 (32BIT) is consuming 56M in total HERE! 😀 i think thats pretty damn good. source: http://lxlinux.com/ … imagine running Win95 on a i5 🙂 … yeah that should be fast.
if your debian-lxde is stuck to a fixed resolution… make shure that: LXDE auto resize screen VirtualBox Package Installation After setting up your new Lubuntu VM you’ll need to update the sources.list and install several components. Lubuntu doesn’t […]
on this lovely blog entry MICAH LEE explains why he moved from ubuntu to debian… … it’s basically the same, why i refuse to use itunes and ipods. because they follow the old Micro$oft motto: “we love to limit you” We […]
update: WHILE STILL POWERED ON IMMEDIATELY backup the ext4 journal to file on usb stick: debugfs -R “dump <8> /mount/usb-stick/sda.journal” /dev/sda (assuming sda is the drive where the deletion happened) then “hard reset” unplug the system. then checkout this guide […]
if your computer has multiple nics connected to multiple dhcp-servers you might get multiple “default” gateways… and your system might choose the “wrong one” that is not connected to the internet (LAN (iface eth0)) instead of the one that is […]
knoppix is a very very great distro. (only drawback there is no 64bit version!) download knoppix here: http://knopper.net/knoppix/knoppix704-en.html if you get the dvd version you get a package full of interesting things. List of packages conained in the knoppix dvd […]
it really depends what window manager / desktop software you are using. it says gnome-screenshot… but it also works for lxde (lightweight window manager for the cd version of koppix) ii gnome-screenshot 3.4.1-1 i386 screenshot application for GNOME
knoppix is a very very great distro. (only drawback there is no 64bit version!) if you get the dvd version you get a package full of interesting things. List of packages conained in the knoppix dvd version: http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/knoppix-dvd/dpkg-l-dvd-720.txt cd version […]
update: You can actually configure htop (F10) to show disk usage. the name is iotop – like htop shows you the usage of your cpu and RAM – iotop shows you the usage of input/output devices 🙂 so you can […]
Update: video series on GNU Linux Video Editing Eps 01: Video Editing with Linux Eps 02: Kdenlive Video Editor Reviewed Eps 03: Tips and Tricks to Manage Kdenlive’s Settings, Files and More. Eps 04: How to Get the Most Out […]
This is an UNTESTED (!!!) howto from: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FullDiskEncryptionHowto the same for debian 🙂 https://dwaves.de/2017/07/10/gnu-linux-debian-9-full-harddisk-encryption/ the ideal OS for minimalists 🙂 It describes a way to set up an Ubuntu installation with a encrypted root partition and encrypted Swap. Please refer […]
if you try to install debian-7.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso that you can download here on a lower power (50watts with 2x disks and “normal” power supply) ASRock E350M1 if not found check here: http://ftp.acc.umu.se/debian-cd/ you will get a message like: “firmware for your network card […]
it’s funny that people @ http://android-x86.org/ made possible to download an android 86x iso and install it to your hardware… e.g. a VirtualBox VM. (the harddisk setup did not want to run… but the live-cd option worked) https://android-x86.googlecode.com/files/android-x86-4.3-20130725.iso sorry […]
… trying alternative server operating systems… even linux live CDs on a “live” system… (i wanted to test if knoppix can access the 1068e RAID) could lead to severe NTFS-dataloss. Linux usually has no problem with NTFS and per default […]