THANKS LONI! How to do — Certificate Based Authentication 1. Go into .ssh directory cd ~/.ssh 3. now do: ssh-keygen return on all of the prompts (i.e. take all the defaults) It will look like this: ssh-keygen Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/home/bart/.ssh/id_rsa): Enter passphrase (empty for […]
27
Apr
How to do Certificate Based ssh Authentication
Posted by Wayno Published in loni, Skill Level: Medium, ssh17
Apr
From a friend: Thunderbird can seem a bit sluggish. Here’s a way to improve the performance: 1. In Thunderbird, click on: Edit/Preferences/Advanced Tab UNCLICK Enable Global Search and Indexer
16
Mar
How to do Internet Connection Sharing in Ubuntu
Posted by Wayno Published in Internet Connection Sharing, Linux Networking, Skill Level: EasyHere’s how I did it – Wayno ———————– Reposted from Here Ubuntu 9.10 Method Requirements: You will need either two Ethernet ports, one for the incoming internet and 1 for the connection to the other computer, or a Wireless card for the incoming internet and an Ethernet port for the connection to the other computer. […]
11
Mar
How to move Buttons to the RIGHT side in gnome for Lucid Lynx (Ubuntu 10.04)
Posted by Wayno Published in gnome, Skill Level: EasyReposted from Here The default for Lucid Linux Alpha 3 is to put the Windows Buttons (Minimise, Maximise, Close) on the LEFT side of the Window. This is NON-STANDARD. Move Buttons to Right Corner (Like EVERYONE ELSE) So, the new Light theme also brings a change in the Maximise, Minimise, Close buttons – it’s been […]
11
Mar
How to get list of all repo apt-get uses
Posted by Wayno Published in apt-get, Joe, Skill Level: Easyhow do I get a list of all the repositories apt-get uses? Wayno ———- The command: cat /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* | grep -v ‘^#’ | grep -v ‘^$’ Should be a good first cut – Joe — Thanks Joe
28
Feb
How to compile and execute COBOL on Linux
Posted by Wayno Published in Compiling Source Code, Skill Level: MediumHow to compile and execute COBOL on Linux I love this! Because COBOL was a bread and butter language for me (i.e. so no learning curve) Thanks Joe! Wayno
15
Feb
How to Play DVD’S with Totem Movie Player
Posted by Wayno Published in Audio, DVD, Skill Level: Easy, videoReposted from here 1. If you did NOT install the “ubuntu-restricted-extras” via synaptic you may need to do: (at a terminal windows) sudo apt-get install libdvdread4 if that’s already installed then just proceed to the next step: 2. sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
11
Feb
Getting apc’s gapcmon to work under Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic koala)
Posted by Wayno Published in Skill Level: Medium, upsBug located Here Viable work around cd /usr/share/icons/gapcmon # change to directory where the icons are stored sudo cp * /usr/share/pixmaps/. # copy them to this location Now go into System/Preferences/Startup Applications and add /usr/bin/gapcmon logout/login — Viola — it works! Dumb-@$$ work around – but makes programme functional! Wayno
31
Jan
Installing 64 bit Flash for Firefox and Opera
Posted by Wayno Published in Browsers, Skill Level: MediumThe Flash that comes packaged from Ubuntu with Firefox – is the 32 bit guy, because the developers refuse to use an alpha release of anything. The problem is, this creates a huge instability in Firefox. Here’s how I did it – this is NOT optimal, but it works! 1. Go to: Adobe 64 Bit […]
20
Dec
THANKS LONI My Acer Aspire D250 Notebook has this wireless lan card: lspci # get the wireless lan info 01:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) and the ath9k module is flakey 1. So let’s first get the Linux Version we’re running: uname -a # get linux kernel version […]
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