exercising features of software to check that they are working correctly
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Simulating user activity
I want to simulate user activity on a virtual machine in a completely automated maner. That is, I would like to run a program or a set of scripts that would simulate an user using a computer for an ...
5
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2answers
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Testing ext3 filesystem on embedded device [closed]
My set up:
An embedded device with flash memory on it.
Flash is partitioned into ext3 filesystem partitions.
Have busybox on it.
My Goal:
To uncover errors /bugs/ problems on ext3 filesystems.
...
4
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2answers
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conceal home folder completely - is ecryptfs the right choice?
On my Debian-Testing-System, I want to completely conceal the home folders. That means, I not only want the data to be encrypted, but I also want to preclude determining any (or most) information from ...
4
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4answers
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Is there a CD/DVD disk reading test tool for Linux?
When I was using DOS and Windows I've seen quite a selection of tools to check optical disks for readability and benchmark an optical drive itself. Most of them were even visualising the results in ...
4
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1answer
154 views
Repeatably generate a read error for testing?
I'm trying to test the error handling in some software, in particular what happens when an error occurs reading from a file or pipe. Is there a simple way to send a certain amount of data to stdout ...
3
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1answer
866 views
Debugging shell scripts: Syntax checking without executing
Is there some option I can give to just check the syntax of a [bash] shell script to check the syntax of it, but not actually execute anything nor cause any potential damage?
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2answers
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How to run script with the privileges expected of the script's general “intended user”?
During the development of a script, some bugs remain "latent" until the script is run by a different user. (For example, the script may access a file that only the person developing the script has ...
2
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6answers
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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 ...
2
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1answer
152 views
Compare usage of memory by window managers
I'd like to test a few window managers to see which of them takes less memory and CPU in certain time period (so is better choice for older computers). I'd like to make the tests myself (not to read a ...
2
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0answers
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How do you write test cases for a web server that uses posix sockets? [closed]
I know how to test it experimentally by running the program, but ideally I would like to test each function I write as I write it. Usually I can't test my functions until I write a whole bunch of ...
1
vote
1answer
289 views
Success/fail tests for cURL (don't execute second line if first line fails)
According to
Using "&&" is not effective for cURL submit form (don't execute second line if first line fails)
In below code; first line is curl submit; second line is for ...
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3answers
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Check if the residence's connection has internet access
I'd like to be able to test if I have access to the internet. My computer is connected to the residence internet connection.
I thought of using ping like this:
ping -q -w 1 -c 1 `ip r | grep default ...
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vote
0answers
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memtester runs faster after couple of runs
I am using this test tool : http://pyropus.ca/software/memtester/
And I noticed that first 3 iterations take 4 hours but 30 iterations take only 12 hours. I was hoping that 30 iterations will take 40 ...
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0answers
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Compiling and running linux test project
I'm trying to install Linux Test Project (LTP) on Debian 6.0.2, kernel 2.6.33.20. Compilation and installation went fine and without errors, but when I try to run basic tests
$ ./runltp
I get ...
1
vote
1answer
408 views
gnome 3 system sounds not working
On my System (Debian Wheezy x64, Gnome 3) I don't have any system sounds. Other audio is working well.
When I go to settings > Audio > Sounds (hope it is called like this in english) as normal user, ...
0
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2answers
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Testing Scripts
If I have a script called teiid.sh set to run daily by a cron job. The scripts purpose is to initialize the startup of teiid.
How would I make a call to test to see the if teiid.sh is working ...
0
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1answer
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Is there a way to kick kswapd and make it swap out pages?
Even though I have set swappiness to 100 and enabled swap, nothing is being swapped out. This is probably because I don't have high memory pressure at the moment. For testing purposes though, I want ...
0
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1answer
606 views
Where can I find storage integrity (write/read) test tools?
I am in need of tools to verify data integrity of local harddrives, usb-drives, etc.
I am looking for a solution like the famous www.heise.de/download/h2testw or something that is at least common ...
0
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0answers
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Where is the libstdc++ test suite?
I have GCC/g++ 4.7 and it works fine. But I need to run the libstdc++ testsuite but I don't find where the testsuite is on the system and how to run it. How can I do that?
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1answer
407 views
Best method for testing android kernel
I would like to test some of the features of android kernel like inserting a module and collecting certain parameters for research purpose. What would you think the best method for that?
