Recently I made a clean install of Ubuntu 9.04 on my Thinkpad T61.
I configured the figerprint, the accelerometer is reporting correct values.
I did not like the default resolution at boot. So I created a custom usplash.conf file:
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sudo joe /etc/usplash.conf |
I should contain […] Continue Reading…
I use the following script to automatically update my Ubuntu box.
I don’t recommend using this on your production servers!
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#!/bin/bash ################################################# ## ## ## auto-update.sh v1.0 ## ## Use this script to set up automatic updates ## ## on your debian/ubuntu box. ## ## ## ################################################# ## Creating /usr/bin/auto-update.sh file sudo touch /usr/bin/auto-update.sh sudo chmod 700 /usr/bin/auto-update.sh sudo chown root:root /usr/bin/auto-update.sh echo '#!/bin/bash' | sudo tee -a /usr/bin/auto-update.sh echo 'touch /var/log/auto-update.log' | sudo tee -a /usr/bin/auto-update.sh echo 'echo '------------------' >> /var/log/auto-update.log' | sudo tee -a /usr/bin/auto-update.sh echo 'echo `date` >> /var/log/auto-update.log' | sudo tee -a /usr/bin/auto-update.sh echo 'PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin' | sudo tee -a /usr/bin/auto-update.sh echo 'export PATH' | sudo tee -a /usr/bin/auto-update.sh echo '/usr/bin/aptitude update >> /var/log/auto-update.log' | sudo tee -a /usr/bin/auto-update.sh echo '/usr/bin/aptitude -y safe-upgrade >> /var/log/auto-update.log' | sudo tee -a /usr/bin/auto-update.sh echo 'exit' | sudo tee -a /usr/bin/auto-update.sh # Creating a cron job for root user (it will run /usr/bin/auto-update.sh every day at 14:30) echo '30 14 * * * /usr/bin/auto-update.sh > /dev/null' > cron_file.txt && sudo crontab -u root cron_file.txt && rm -f cron_file.txt |
Note that there are some dangers regarding automatic updates. You can read more about it here.
There is a new catch if you want to enable 5.1 surround sound in Ubuntu 9.04. First you need to follow the same steps like you did for Hardy Heron. There is an old post I wrote about […] Continue Reading…
When you install custom GTK themes, applications running as root will still look ugly.
To make your current installed themes available to the root account as well, you just need to run these in your terminal:
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sudo ln -s ~/.themes /root/.themes sudo ln -s ~/.icons /root/.icons sudo ln -s ~/.fonts /root/.fonts |
Enjoy!
Sometimes I use Songbird to listen to my music files or internet radio. On some systems running Ubuntu 8.10 it does not run. The error is a known bug reported by some people.
The resolution is simple. Just remove libvisual-0.4-plugins.
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sudo apt-get purge libvisual-0.4-plugins |
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Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.
To install it on your Ubuntu, follow the next steps:
1. Install python (if you have it installed, skip this step)
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sudo apt-get install python |
2. Download the tarball from the […] Continue Reading…
In the next version of Ubuntu, codenamed Jaunty Jackalope, the users will be prestented with new looks. Softpedia has already posted screenshots of the new login screen, themes, and USplash theme. Though no new background has been selected yet, […] Continue Reading…
vsftpd is a GPL licensed FTP server for UNIX systems, including Linux. It is secure and extremely fast.
Using this instructions, you can set up vsftpd on variuos linux distros. This tutorial will show you how to set up your […] Continue Reading…
easy.MEDIA launched a website monitoring service (www.e-nagios.com) based on nagios.
The service offers SMS/Email notification to meet your need for mobility.
The servers/websites will be crossed-monitored to avoid false alarms.
After reading an interesting article about linux “viruses” (the comments are interersing, too), I decided to raise the alarm about the source of many security related issues
in today’s computers: the user.
The author talks about the many ways to compromise […] Continue Reading…