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Console tool to test internet bandwidth
I'm looking for a tool that will test my internet connection bandwidth and create an simple report like speedtest does.
Do you know some program/tool that do this? Something with CentOS packages ...
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CentOS: Alert all desktop users from comand-line
Can someone tell me if there is an way to notify all online (Desktop) users from command-line.
I know that if I want that I get notifyed when something is done, I just do like this:
sudo apt-get ...
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In linux console (no X), how to stretch console screen to fit monitor
Google could not help me with this problem. I hope you guys can.
When I boot my computer, the first few screens presented to me by BIOS and boot menu are stretched to fit the LCD screen. Once Linux ...
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How do I configure setfont and loadkeys properly?
I'm installing LFS and I'm struggling with this section. My locale is sv_SE.UTF-8 and I have a Swedish keyboard. So I suppose I should enable unicode and that the keymap is sv-latin1:
cat > ...
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Change size of system console as user
At uni, I'm using a terminal to log into a text console of some unix server. As the monitors are 17" and the console is displayed full screen, it's a bit annoying to look at the screen with the ...
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How to change temporarily font size in text console in openSUSE?
I found several answers already but all of them are focused on changing size for good, i.e. at Lilo/Grub level. I don't want this though.
So, key issues:
changing size on-fly, I would like to ...
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How to change the USB keyboard layout in an OpenBSD console?
I may be abusing the word console but I mean the mode without X i.e. pressing ^+Alt F1 and then log as other user where I want to use my chosen layout with USB keyboard.
X works, it configures the ...
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Monitor keeps turning off after 10 Minutes [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Disable screen blanking on text console
Hey
I use gentoo as a server, so I usually don't even start X.
But whats a bit annoying is that the monitor keeps turning off ...
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Disable screen blanking on text console
I'm running linux clusters, mostly on SLES10. The servers are mostly blades, accessed via remote console. There is a real console in the server room, but switched off.
I would like to disable the ...
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Remapping caps-lock to escape, and menu to compose, on the linux console
When running X I use a .xmodmaprc to remap certain keys thusly:
! Make it so that both Caps Lock and Escape do Escape
clear Lock
keysym Caps_Lock = Escape
! Remap the menu key as Compose
keysym Menu ...
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TTY On External Monitor
When using my laptop at home, I usually use an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse with my laptop's screen as a second monitor. This is all easily configured using a nice GNOME utility that I ...
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What is the exact difference between a 'terminal', a 'shell', a 'tty' and a 'console'?
I think these terms almost refer to the same thing, when used loosely:
terminal
shell
tty
console
What exactly do each of these terms refer to?
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Switch display output without rebooting but not in Xorg
My graphic card has two output (VGA and DVI). Is it possible to switch from one to the other without rebooting ?
It works in Xorg by restarting the X server (I guess it should be doable with xrandr ...
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How to clear terminal after logging out?
Currently on my laptop when I log out I can still see traces of my last activities (in tty). How can I tell it (Gentoo) to clear the screen before logging out?
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Viewing system console messages in GUI
Under Linux, is it possible to view error messages that show up on the text mode terminal while in GUI mode, instead of having to press Ctrl+Alt+F1 or Ctrl+Alt+F2 to view the messages every time and ...
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Toggle between dvorak and qwerty
I've recently started to learn the dvorak keyboard layout, but I still need to use qwerty sometimes.
I'm looking for a script to toggle between the two keyboard layouts.
Also, I'd like to invoke ...
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Show a notification across all running X displays
Using the command line, I'd like show a notification on every running X display. ( and running console )
Something like:
notify-send-all 'Warning' 'Nuclear launch in 5 minutes, please evacuate'
Is ...
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How to change font-size, number of rows / columns on a terminal
I am running a Linux server (without xwindows or any kind of GUI), with a modern 22" LCD monitor.
Given the huge size of my monitor, I would like to increase the number of rows and columns on my ...
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autologin console as root on fedora
Can someone help to autologin in console text mode as root in fedora, usually I can do using script like this :
/sbin/autologin.sh:
#!/bin/bash
0</dev/$1 1>/dev/$1 2>&1
cat /etc/issue
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How to get file to a host when all you have is a serial console?
When all you have is a serial console (say via telnet through a terminal server), what methods can be used to transfer files in/out of a host?
Cut/paste works for the small/printable stuff and I've ...
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How do I connect a serial terminal to a KVM instance?
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what KVM is capable of, but the ability to add/remove hardware on the VM seems to imply I can add a serial port that then acts as a terminal.
So, my questions are:
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Font getting reset in virtual console on GNU/Linux
I have set a custom font on my virtual console (vt1) using the following command:
shell> setfont ter-114f
If I switch to X (using Ctrl+Alt+F7) and come back to the virtual console (using ...
