The new Ubuntu 8.04 look very good and has many improvements over the older releases. I will not discuss about them now. I’ll just stick on the new default sound server, PulseAudio that offers sophisticated mixing capabilities and network […] Continue Reading…
PulseAudio and 5.1 surround sound on Hardy Heron
Posted by cviorel
on May 15, 2008
4 comments | This post has 1,439 views.
Reset the root password on MySQL
Posted by cviorel
on May 7, 2008
No comments | This post has 814 views.
Have you ever forgotten the root password on one of your MySQL servers?
This is a quick h00tow (how to) reset your MySQL root password. It does require root access on your server.
First things first. Log in as root and […] Continue Reading…
Sample firewall script for Ubuntu
Posted by cviorel
on May 7, 2008
No comments | This post has 1,129 views.
I just thought that you might be interested in a small script you can use in Hardy Heron.
It uses the new UFW (Uncomplicated firewall) introduced in this new Ubuntu distro.
The script is well commented, so everything is easy to […] Continue Reading…
Backup your MySQL databases automatically with AutoMySQLBackup
Posted by cviorel
on May 6, 2008
No comments | This post has 773 views.
If you are a MySQL user and you want to have a disaster recovery solution, or even as a simple backup, you can write small shell scripts based on mysqldump tool.
For this, you need AutoMySQLBackup. It doesn’t have any […] Continue Reading…
Slow ssh login in Hardy Heron
Posted by cviorel
on April 29, 2008
1 comment | This post has 5,341 views.
If SSH login takes a long time, all you have to do is to add the following to /etc/ssh/sshd_config on your SSH server:
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UseDNS no |
and then restart the service.
Enabling Temperature Sensors in Ubuntu
Posted by cviorel
on April 4, 2008
No comments | This post has 1,068 views.
Most computers these days come with a myriad of sensors to monitor the temperature of your computer. These sensors are generally located on the processor and the motherboard, and you might also have sensors on your video card. On […] Continue Reading…
My experience with Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Beta
Posted by cviorel
on April 3, 2008
No comments | This post has 630 views.
After a few tests with the new beta from Ubuntu, I decided to write some of my thoughts about this release.
Please note that this is a BETA release, has many unresolved bugs and needs to be polished before the […] Continue Reading…
Slow response on connecting to ProFTPD server (slow login)
Posted by cviorel
on March 27, 2008
No comments | This post has 1,538 views.
When you experience slow connection responses (login takes a long time), try disabling reverse dns lookups.
Edit “/etc/proftpd.conf” and change directive:
UseReverseDNS on
into
UseReverseDNS off
If this doesn’t work out try adding or changing the directive (must be turned off):
IdentLookups off
XMMS, Audacious, BMP equalizer presets
Posted by cviorel
on March 4, 2008
4 comments | This post has 1,786 views.
When using XMMS, Audacious or BMP on Linux, some of you miss the equalizer presets from Winamp.
This is how you can get them in your linux distribution.
Write a shell script or just run these commands in your terminal:
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#!/bin/bash wget http://www.xmms.org/misc/winamp_presets.gz gunzip -c winamp_presets.gz > ~/.xmms/eq.preset gunzip -c winamp_presets.gz > ~/.config/audacious/eq.preset gunzip -c winamp_presets.gz > ~/.bmp/eq.preset |
The script […] Continue Reading…
HOWTO make DVD and CD .iso images using dd or cat in Linux
Posted by cviorel
on March 4, 2008
No comments | This post has 853 views.
Please note that making security backups of your DVD/CD:s may be illegal in your country.
for the purpose of making these backups, the programs you need are standard, *NIX programs, and it is a safe bet that you wont need […] Continue Reading…