How to make a loopback adapter without crimping tools. Friday, 19 Oct, 2012 | 1 Comment Step-by-step guide on how to craft a loopback adapter (aka ethernet terminator), without using crimping tools (or any other tool for what is worth).… Read More
Switch from Ubuntu LTS to Ubuntu standard. Friday, 12 Oct, 2012 | 1 Comment Would you like to upgrade from Ubuntu LTS to Ubuntu standard release? The below command will do the trick: vi /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades # default behavior for the release upgrader # [DEFAULT] # default prompting behavior, valid options: # never - never prompt for a new distribution version # normal - prompt if a new version of the distribution… Read More
wuauserv, wuauclt, BITS & svchost.exe. Saturday, 6 Oct, 2012 An article that explains the meaning of the wuauserv, wuauclt, BITS & svchost.exe services.… Read More
Add RAID 1 to your pre-existing Ubuntu, originally installed on a single hdd pt.2 - Hands-On. Friday, 14 Sep, 2012 Hands-on article on how to add RAID 1 with mdadm to a pre-existing Ubuntu, originally installed on a single hdd.… Read More
Add RAID 1 to your pre-existing Ubuntu, originally installed on a single hdd pt.1 - Intro Friday, 7 Sep, 2012 Have you ever installed Ubuntu Server onto a physical machine with a single HDD then, after some testing, you finally created your “perfect workingTM setup”? If that is the case, then you'd be afraid to lose all your (hard earned) work and experiments by an HDD failure, right? Well, I haven't reached my “perfect workingTM… Read More
How to disable PageUp and PageDown Keys from Dell M6600. Saturday, 25 Aug, 2012 | 1 Comment Guide on how to disable PageUp and PageDown keys above the left and right cursor keys on the DELL M6600 laptop and many other similar Dell laptop keyboards.… Read More
[Solved]How to remove Device Manager Drivers signalling Error Code 31. Sunday, 12 Aug, 2012 How to remove Device Manager Drivers signalling Error Code 31.… Read More
freenx server without sshd password authentication. Wednesday, 1 Aug, 2012 | 4 Comments I think the best method to securely access remote X sessions is with the NX Protocol. It does delegate the auth to the good 'ol openssh server, then wraps all up and sends back-and-forth graphics goodness between two proxy hosts. My scenario is the following: 1) a windows xp rig. 2) an ubuntu lan host with… Read More
How to assign an IP Address to APC AP9630 NMC2 card with a Serial Cable. Saturday, 28 Jul, 2012 Easy guide on how to assign the an IP Address to an APC AP9630 NMC2.… Read More
How to overcome 2 Thunderbird naggies. Saturday, 21 Jul, 2012 Thunderbird Options: How to Open messages on a new window AND how to Enable in-body reply and forward.… Read More
Disable iptables from CentOS. Friday, 13 Jul, 2012 Useful article on how to (not) disable iptables from CentOS.… Read More
keeping eth0 as ETH0. Saturday, 7 Jul, 2012 | 1 Comment Intro. Sometimes the easiness to add/remove hardware components with virtualization brings plenty of confusion with Linux ethX interfaces. Someday, I removed a network interface from a VM, then I added another I/F and what happened was that my new I/F got the "eth1" name tag (instead of the expected eth0). The Easy solution. To prevent… Read More
Install Zenoss zenpacks from CLI. Saturday, 30 Jun, 2012 How to manually install zenoss zenpacks from bash.… Read More