The action of modifying a program's behavior, generally by modifying a text file.
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Meaning of different tokens in a font config string
I have seen lines like the one below, in a number of config files (xmobar has one of these and dmenu too has this)
'-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-*-*'
What is the meaning of each token which is ...
2
votes
1answer
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Is it possible for grub2 to detect some specific CPU features and choose a proper kernel to boot?
I want to configure grub to check some CPU features on startup and choose a proper kernel to boot (e.g. multiple cores -> kernel with SMP support). Is it possible? If so, then how do I do it?
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4answers
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Cannot connect to Samba shares after reinstall
I have a home file server on which I have recently reinstalled the OS. I replaced Ubuntu Server 10.04.2 32-bit with 10.04.3 64-bit due to hardware upgrades. I've copied my previous Samba configuration ...
2
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1answer
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ubuntu like lightdm in arch linux
I have just installed archlinux on a virtual machine and I managed to install lightdm by following the instructions given in
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LightDM
...
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2answers
967 views
How to proceed solving ppp connection problems?
I got an embedded system trying to create a ppp connection using a GSM modem. However the connection is never established and all I get is this error message in syslog:
Oct 12 08:38:48 pppd[451]: ...
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votes
3answers
355 views
How can I exclude files by default with rsync?
How can I exclude files by default with rsync? Here is how my normal rsync syntax starts out:
rsync --exclude ".ht*" --exclude "error_log" --exclude ".DS*" --exclude "old" ...
I've seen a lot of ...
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votes
2answers
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amixer - How to change recording channel?
So fat, I am setting up microphone settings :
$ amixer set 'Rear Mic' 90% mute cap
$ amixer set 'Rear Mic Boost' 80%
But, after some sys. update, my default recoding chanell changed to 'Front Mic' ...
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votes
1answer
194 views
setting Cygwin's $HOME to Windows profile directory
Are there any drawbacks to having Cygwin and Windows share the same $HOME directory, in this case the Windows profile directory?
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1answer
346 views
Scripting window behavior in KDE to depend on monitor being used
I plug my laptop into a number of different monitors, all of which have aspect ratios not supported by my laptop. I want the built-in and plug-in monitors to be at their maximum respective resolutions ...
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votes
1answer
337 views
How to make Firefox open mailto: links with mutt in terminal
All I want to do is pass mailto: links to urxvt -e mutt -F ~/path/to/muttrc with the rest of the mailto: URL appended. I've tried every script I can find online that purports to do this, from simple:
...
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votes
2answers
4k views
How to enable cups-lpd / port 515?
I have a print server using CUPS on a CentOS 5.3 box. On my PC, I set up a remote printer with the URI http://$PRINT_SERVER:631/printers/$PRINTER_NAME, and have successfully been able to print files ...
2
votes
2answers
127 views
Non-interactive configuration of linux kernel
Is there any method to configure linux kernel in such way (just an example):
make config CONFIG_OPTION=y && make config CONFIG_OPTION1=no CONFIG_OPTION3=64 CONFIG_OPTION4=/path/
and all the ...
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votes
4answers
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How do I configure mutt to display the date header in my local time zone in the pager?
When I view a message in the pager mutt displays the time in the Date header in UTC rather than my local time zone. The index view displays the local time correctly. I found this old mailing list post ...
3
votes
1answer
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command line tool to set time zone
In Centos 5.x there is the text mode interface of system-config-date to set the time zone. Although that utility still exists in Centos 6 the text mode is gone. Is there anything similar in Centos 6?
3
votes
1answer
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Change screen “hardstatus” color dynamically
I show the hard-disk free space in hardstatus screen. But also I want change the color of this value when it's less than a value to alert me.
I have done a script that it checks this and it returns a ...
2
votes
2answers
519 views
Tell pkg-config to look *.pc files also in /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig, system-wide
Right now pkg-config looks only in /usr/lib/pkgconfig. I can adjust it for a user by exporting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable, but once again I forgot to do it for root and wasted time ...
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votes
4answers
359 views
What are your best practices and future plans for deploying unixoid desktops?
I have been setting up Linux desktops for a non-profit radio observatory. For me, this was the first time I had to think about "deploying" several identical machines, centralizing login, home ...
4
votes
1answer
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Rewrite a Vim function to a one-line map
This works:
nmap <silent> <S-t> :call InventTab()<CR>
function InventTab()
set expandtab!
if &expandtab
retab
echo 'spaces'
else
retab!
...
3
votes
2answers
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How to configure CONFIG_DEFAULT_RELATIME to disable relatime
Since linux 2.6.30, filesystems are mounted with "relatime" by default. In this discussion, Ingo Molnar says he has added the CONFIG_DEFAULT_RELATIME kernel option, which:
makes 'norelatime' the ...
3
votes
1answer
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Emacs not showing filename
Where once was the filename of the file now there is a black stripe, preventing me to see what I'm editing.
To clarify a bit, it's that black stripe between "F1" and "All", when I did the ...
4
votes
1answer
892 views
Changing Redhat Network Settings From DHCP to STATIC IP Via Configuration Files
In order to make the statically assigned IP work, I have already modified the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 as follows:
DEVICE=eth0
IPADDR=10.33.17.143
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
...
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votes
2answers
344 views
Language agnostic configuration file format
Many projects these days use more than one programming / scripting language, and in standard DRY tradition these should not have separate configuration files if they need the same information. After a ...
3
votes
4answers
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How to make an Ubuntu time zone change stick?
I'd like to reset the timezone through editing /etc/timezone. However, after I am done editing and save the file, the system time would not change accordingly.
On the other hand, when I take ...
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votes
1answer
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Linux configuration settings
Where are the following configuration files located (e.g., Redhat)?
network settings (static/DHCP/DNS)
timezone
proxy for network
default language
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votes
3answers
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How to check if CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS enable?
I have to program a realtime application on Linux, but don't know whether the standard installation of Ubuntu has CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS enabled. How can I check this?
I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 64bit.
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votes
1answer
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Config setting for Linux kernel compilation
I need a Linux kernel compiled with debug features for a kernel module development.What all debugging configuration options should I include for kernel compilation,So that I can avail to all available ...
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votes
1answer
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Configuring screen, window problems
I Have recently started configuring "screen", I have included my .screenrc below. I have a problem that if windows 0 & 1 (containing bash) are idle for about 10 mins they will close only leaving ...
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votes
2answers
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How to refresh all bash shells using a command/script?
Whenever I modify my .bashrc file, I have to go to each bash shell and source it again to effect the changes.
Is there a better way to do this? Some command that run once will automatically do a ...
2
votes
1answer
442 views
How to config Vino to let vncviewer show the hostname of server instead of “LibVNCServer ”?
When vncviewer connected a vncserver which is on Windows, the title of vncviewer will be the hostname of windows server.
But when vncviewer connected to vino vnc server on Linux, the title of ...
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votes
2answers
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How can I bind multiple tmux commands to one keystroke?
Specifically I'm trying to give a notification after some command was completed. So, for example, if I reload my configuration file, I'd like to have some confirmation that it worked, which might be ...
6
votes
2answers
360 views
zsh tab completion on empty line
I'd like a tcsh'ism that I haven't been able to find: On a blank line with no content, I want to press the tab key and see the equivalent of an ls. That is to say I want
$ <tab>
to do ...
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vote
1answer
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Fedora 15 - Audio Configuration
I have a Macbook Pro 6,1 that I have dual booting OSX and now Fedora 15. I'm working on getting the audio working.
In System Settings > Sound > Output there are two options for audio devices:
High ...
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vote
1answer
369 views
Searching for a sawfish config
On the Sawfish Wikia, there's a beautiful image:
Does anyone know how to configure sawfish to look like this? I can't find any docs regarding this picture/desktop.
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votes
1answer
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Set up network to share a printer connected to one particular machine on the network
How do I set up my Ubuntu machine to allow other computers to print to it?
The set up is:
All computers are connected to the network
1 dual Ubuntu/Windows 7 netbook
1 multibooting ...
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votes
4answers
409 views
tool or technique to get a diff of two different linux installations
Albert Einstein quote
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over
again and expecting different results
Often-times, Linux drives me mad because I'm doing the same thing over and over again ...
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votes
2answers
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Yanking URLs in w3m
I have been using w3m for a couple of weeks and am convinced that it is my preferred text browser - with one exception.
Is there any way to yank URLs to the clipboard without using the mouse?
I have ...
3
votes
2answers
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ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)
I'm trying to set up an openLdap server and after following the instructions I'm stuck at the point where I can't add any data.
The error I'm getting is
ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)
Please ...
2
votes
1answer
340 views
[FreeBSD] rc.conf, loader.conf vs static kernel linking
I'm curious:
What, exactly are the benefits to statically linking modules into the kernel rather than loading through rc.conf, etc?
For example:
To add linux emulation, I could add ...
0
votes
1answer
598 views
Building monotools-server, gtk+, pango - bizarre path issues
I'm attempting to build the monotools-server app from source. After days of hunting down missing dependencies (and in one case (xsp) having to manually modify a generated Makefile to remove a ...
0
votes
1answer
707 views
zsh and xfce4-terminal
I've changed my login shell to zsh from bash on an installation of Debian Squeeze with XFCE. When I launch xfce4-terminal, zsh starts but does not load my configuration. I have searched high and ...
2
votes
1answer
863 views
How do I set GNOME 3 (fallback) icon theme to Tango?
I tried setting it using dconf-editor and failed.
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votes
2answers
627 views
How do I configure my graphics drivers?
I'm running Linux Mint 9 gnome on a Toshiba Satellite A105-S4211
With this,
inxi -G Graphics: Card Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller X.Org 1.7.6 Res: ...
2
votes
1answer
424 views
How to configure DHCP so that boot is completed even without a DHCP server?
I have configured /etc/network/interface like this:
auto lo eth0
iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp
But when a lease cannot be obtained, the booting is not completed. Is it possible to ...
9
votes
1answer
4k views
Ignore whitespaces changes in all git commands
I've found tons of sites that explain how to have git warn you when you're changing line endings, or miscellaneous other techniques to prevent you from messing up an entire file. Assume it's too late ...
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votes
4answers
237 views
Remove empty configuration section
Files like ~/.config/vlc/vlcrc are 99% junk if you want to version control only the configuration options. I've got a script to remove the comments, but there's a ton of empty configuration sections ...
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votes
2answers
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Configuring mouse for right+left button simulating middle click (for copy/paste)
I was using the mouse copy-paste extensively, until recently, when some OpenSuSe upgrade reconfigured this on all my machines. Now the scrollbuton is the one to paste (which I hate, since it's hard to ...
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vote
1answer
497 views
Where is CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO in make menuconfig?
I'm trying to compile a Linux Kernel to run light and paravirtualized on XenServer 5.6 fp1.
I'm using the guide given here: ...
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votes
2answers
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Are certain parts of startup scripts necessary or just good practice?
I'm currently exploring creating a startup script in the form of a system process located in the /etc/init.d/ on my Fedora 14 Linux installation. It sounds like the following two lines are bare ...
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votes
2answers
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Autoconfig/Automake fails to generate AM_CFLAGS & AM_LDFLAGS for dependent D-BUS library. Why?
I want to build a program that use DBUS, using automake/autoconfig tools. But the make command always report an error "dbus/dbus-glib.h": No such file or directory.
My OS is ubuntu 10.10. And I ...
2
votes
1answer
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L2TP IPsec VPN client configuration
I have Linux (Fedora) box and I want to conject to VPN described as "L2TP IPsec VPN" one. I have got following credentials:
user=xxxxxxxxx
pass=xxxxxxxxx
VPN server= XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
IPsec ...
