0
votes
0answers
2 views
Need to configure network card manually after each reboot
I am using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64) as VM Ware virtual machine. Not sure why but network card cannot be configured via yast2. If I go to edit and hit enter Yast will go back to ...
0
votes
0answers
4 views
Monitoring an under attack Server thorugh a remote endpoint
I have this Debian server that is constantly under attack as shown in its /var/log/auth.log file.
I was wondering if there is a best practices of monitoring it through sending all important log ...
0
votes
1answer
25 views
Moving folders used wrong syntax and lost them
I thought I was being smart trying to move a folder to one level up by going:
mv folder .newfolder
and neglecting to even put:
mv folder .newfolder/folder
and anyway it didn't put up an error but ...
0
votes
2answers
27 views
Is Port 13330 a standard-port?
I saw some programs using the port 13330. What is the meaning of this port? Is this port used by a special program?
0
votes
1answer
21 views
Why is my shell script hanging on `apt-get -y upgrade`?
Ubuntu :
sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y update
sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y upgrade
sudo reboot
Script is always interrupted after upgrade and then it will stay on ...
0
votes
1answer
28 views
executable lies about own existence [duplicate]
Okay, I'm completely baffled on this one. I'm installing a piece of software called InterPro Scan for my superiors, and it is complaining about an executable not existing. Please see below.
...
4
votes
4answers
61 views
Which folder should I write to for my intermediate files, as a dev?
I'm starting to write a few bash scripts for my project and they need some intermediate files or variables to be written.
I want to know which folders can I be sure of having access to when someone ...
-1
votes
0answers
16 views
Setting up Parity Disk and Array Disks without RAID?
Is it possible to setup a Parity Disk with a few array Disks but without RAID technology? (No mdadm / no hardware/software raid).
Array disks should not be merged to 1 big size.
Each array disk ...
2
votes
1answer
12 views
Procmail standard base path for directory delivery
I had trouble with procmail not wanting to deliver my mail to a specific folder. I had:
DEFAULT=/home/vmail/${ER_DOMAIN}/${ER_USER}/
:0
* ^To:.*my-email
* ^Subject:.*some-filter
.the-dir/
But got ...
1
vote
2answers
29 views
Create .tar.gz from a directory omitting some subdirectories and add only new or changed files
I need to create a script, maybe bash, maybe just a .sh that checks for files changes on a root directory and sub-directories of the root, and adds to a new file. The tar.gz file name should have the ...
3
votes
2answers
34 views
Wget with different filename, but same extension
I need wget to save to a different folder, different filename, and same extension, but I do not have the filename before downloading.
For example, let's say I have:
...
1
vote
1answer
28 views
Font letter spacing issue with PhantomJS/wkhtmltopdf on Ubuntu
I'm using PhantomJS/wkhtmltopdf on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to convert HTML to PDF and get very strange letter spacing errors. For instance, the internal distance between es and xa seems very random and ...
-1
votes
1answer
22 views
Problem on update manager
I am using OS4.
When I installed the OS and went to update manager it told me:
Requires installation of untrusted packages : mountall
Can you tell me what I should do?
4
votes
6answers
242 views
Is there a faster alternative to cp for copying large files (~20 GB)?
I am a graduate student, and the group in which I work maintains a Linux cluster. Each node of the cluster has its own local disk, but these local disks are relatively small and are not equipped with ...
2
votes
1answer
20 views
Parse a dragged path from a remote machine
I am writing an application that needs to be able to parse a path that is dragged from a remote server onto the command line. However, when I drag a path from a remote machine to the terminal I get ...
1
vote
1answer
12 views
What are the settings to correct vsftpd “500 OOPS: cannot change directory” error?
My question is what settings do I need to change and/or commands to run to allow me to log into my vsftpd system?
I am getting this error, when I login using ftp instead of sftp:
Name ...
1
vote
1answer
12 views
Make web project writable by apache and other user
I am running ubuntu 12.04 LTS . To be able to view my web project in the browser I did the following:
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/project
Now I wanted to open the project in netbeans but it ...
3
votes
1answer
13 views
Procmail: Denying special privileges for “/etc/procmailrcs/default.rc”
I'm trying to setup postfix, dovecot and procmail to work together with virtual users. In the end I want to have virtual users and the possibility to add rules to sort incoming rules. For the last ...
1
vote
1answer
8 views
Symlink Copy a Directory Non-recursively
So I want to symlink copy all the files and folders in one directory to another directory. When I use cp -s though without the -r option I get a bunch of "omitting directory" warnings, and I don't ...
2
votes
2answers
19 views
How to solve a file path as a failed dependancy when installing a RPM?
I have a RHEL 6 server without any internet access that is missing a cron installation.
I am tyring to install crontabs like this but i get this error:
[root@netsrvr01 cron.d]# rpm -ivh ...
2
votes
1answer
21 views
Re-ordering serial ports on a multiport card
I have a Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 machine with two on-board serial ports and a PCIe card with 8 additional serial ports (16C950 UARTs, 16C550 compliant). I've added the kernel option 8250.nr_uarts=10 so ...
0
votes
0answers
14 views
Top menu bar disappeared on all applications in Linux Mint 14 XFCE [closed]
The top menu bar disappeared off of all of my applications in Linux Mint 14 XFCE. You can still see the menu item, like "File", "Edit", etc. However, the outline around the window is gone and the is ...
2
votes
2answers
33 views
How to check if EDID can be tusted
read-edid gives me the message "The EDID data should not be trusted as the VBE call failed". Thats okay, but I want to find out, that this data is not reliable, another way, because I can't use ...
1
vote
1answer
19 views
adding additional tracks using sox and the command line
I'm trying to add additional tracks using sox using the command line
Example: I have several different stereo tracks a drum track, vocal track, effects track, etc.
Can I add additional stereo tracks ...
2
votes
3answers
35 views
Why do 'ssh host echo $PATH' and printing the $PATH after ssh'ing into the machine give different results?
On a particular host, when I ssh into the machine and enter echo $PATH I get
/home/wxy/bin64:/home/wxy/bin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
and if I ...
1
vote
1answer
13 views
Tell ffserver which track to use
I want to stream videos via ffserver. My videos are in container formats like mkv and avi and sometimes have multiple audio/video tracks. How can I tell ffserver which track to use? It seems to always ...
3
votes
2answers
64 views
Get 'less' to display filename
Something that seemed quite useful to me when looking for a certain var in a bunch of config files:
less * | grep some_var
So this returns the value of some_var without manually looking through all ...
0
votes
0answers
9 views
How to use LLVMPipe to render OpenGL on Amazon EC2 Instance?
I've got an OpenGL application which I'd like to run over on EC2. I've gotten Mesa 3D working using the libgl1-mesa-swx11, but its a little slow.
So I looked into using LLVMPipe to render and I ...
0
votes
1answer
22 views
Find used drivers for printer
My printer CANON PIXMA MP170 (usb) doesn't work on Debian 7 amd64 but does work on my Ubuntu 12.04 i386. I've tried a lot of tutorial about this but no success. So for now I'd like to to know more ...
1
vote
1answer
68 views
How can I determine the wall clock time of a process?
I have found the general Linux program time, which times a command. For example, suppose I want to time the execution of foo. I can use:
time foo
which gives this sample output:
real 0m8.738s
...
5
votes
7answers
207 views
How to test whether the file is crlf or lf without modyfing it?
I need to periodically run a command, that ensures that some text files are kept in linux mode. Unfortunately dos2linux always modifies file, which would mess file's and folder's timestamp and cause ...
0
votes
1answer
8 views
opengl/glx core dumps - generic intel linux drivers, RHEL6
Recently, I switched from using a dedicated ATI video card and proprietary drivers to the onboard Intel video card and default/generic Intel drivers because the ATI video card was damaged and I ...
1
vote
2answers
27 views
what is `firewalld --nofork`
I carelessly killed the following process
root 470 1 0 Jun06 ? 00:00:13 /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/firewalld --nofork
Is there any consequence from killing the process?
Are there ...
6
votes
3answers
70 views
Split an existing prompt command line in a few lines
I understand I can type \ enter at the end of a bash command line to continue that command in another line. But how can I split a prompt command line — that has already been fully typed — into two?
...
1
vote
0answers
11 views
Archlinux Failed to Load Kernel Module (including a few other things that failed) in QEMU - Now I'm in “emergency mode”!
I'm using this guide to set up an ArchLinux distro made for the Raspberry Pi's ARM processor work in QEMU. Everything I've done has worked without a hitch until I actually started up Archlinux in ...
1
vote
1answer
64 views
Running program as root without using sudo with normal user account
Is there a way to force to run program as root (with normal user) when there's no sudo on the machine (and can't be added)?
-1
votes
2answers
49 views
How to know ip camera address
I have ip camera with static ip address preset. How can I know it ip using linux?
I connect camera direct to my notebook.
My system is
Linux machine 3.5.7-gentoo #2 SMP
ifconfig eth0
eth0: ...
1
vote
2answers
61 views
Directories are listed twice
I have something odd.
I creates some directories using a very simple script :
... create all directories ( running under a user that has the correct rights )
e.g :
mkdir -p ...
2
votes
1answer
24 views
Fix terminal after displaying a binary file
I'd tried command cat with an executable file:
cat /bin/ls
Now I can't read any word in this terminal (Linux console). How can I fix it?
1
vote
1answer
14 views
Apache + mod_fcgid + chroot with mod_security. CentOS/RHEL 6
I am trying to setup a web server running Apache + mod_fcgid + mod_security chroot enabled and having a real hard time to get this working. Apache was installed from official CentOS repo and mod_fcgid ...
1
vote
1answer
32 views
net.ipv4.conf.all.mc_forwarding: why is my access denied?
On Debian 12.04 LTS
I am trying to access the key net.ipv4.conf.all.mc_forwarding by doing :
sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.all.mc_forwarding=1
But every time I am doing this, I get the message
...
0
votes
0answers
30 views
force rsync to overwrite files at destination even if they're newer
I have an rsync backup script I run, which also restores files back where they came from when I ask. But if the files at the destination are newer than those in the backup when I try to restore, it ...
-2
votes
0answers
33 views
Transfer huge amount of listed files with “tar -T”
I have a parallel job and each thread copies some data into their local and work on it, the files are listed (with full path), I try tar with -T obtion but I cannot manage to uncompress them into ...
1
vote
1answer
38 views
Augeas in shell script
I'm trying to use augtool in shell script ex:
#!/bin/bash
augtool <<-EOF
print /augeas/load
EOF
However if I execute this script, the script will run indefinitely with no output and the CPU ...
-3
votes
0answers
27 views
nexus 7 lost all control [closed]
Hi I am extremely new to all this but I noticed a facebook caches on my boyfriend s phone awhile back so I startd my own investigation and began to notice I wasn't able to see certain things and ...
0
votes
0answers
19 views
GPU not listed in lspci after SysRQ reboot
I have my Ubuntu Server machine with XFX 7970 GPU in it, and sometimes, when ATI driver fails, I have to reboot it manually.
When I'm trying to reboot the machine using SysRQ, the system reboots ...
2
votes
1answer
23 views
Incorrect sorting according en_US.UTF-8
I'm seeing a weird behavior of the sort command when I sort by en_US.UTF-8.
I'm trying to sort this file (LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8 sort testdata):
㐀
㐃㐄
▼▽◢
㎏㎜㎝
ｂｑｚ
ㄠㄨㄩ─┃┆
...
0
votes
0answers
12 views
Slitaz query - community support & firewall [closed]
Sorry for the post here but I'm struggling. Basically I've just installed slitaz 4.0 after running Mint 13 for ages. I am very impressed with slitaz but I get the impression it requires a bit more ...
3
votes
1answer
77 views
init: is it a user thread or a kernel thread?
init is the first task executed after kernel is loaded, right?
Then who is its owner.
also I can see [swapper/0] [swapper/1] ..... [swapper/7] having pid 0
PID PPID CPU TASK ST %MEM ...
-3
votes
1answer
45 views
“not a valid identifier” when I do “export $PATH”
When I run export $PATH in bash, I get the error not a valid identifier. Why?
Here's my ~/.bashrc file
# ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.
# see ...
