I am a software guy. I don’t know a whole lot about power supplies. It’s another black box that works, until it doesn’t. This supply worked great! For 6 months. Then life started to get flakey. I have an Asus Mobo. Not exactly no name. The hard drive started to get errors. Uh oh! New [...]
28
Feb
imicro power supplies, computers, and things that go bump in the night
Posted by Wayno Published in Skill Level: Medium, Uncategorized1 comment
9
Feb
How to file check a Windows or Dos File System using Linux
Posted by Wayno Published in debian, howto, Misc. other devices/things, Skill Level: EasyIt’s much much easier then I thought! You need to use dosfsck! 1. If not already installed, install dosfsck: (it’s in sbin) sudo apt-get install dosfsck 2. Find your device name. sudo blkid You will get output that looks like: /dev/sdf1: LABEL=”CANON_DC” UUID=”713B-5AE2″ TYPE=”vfat” Your device name will PROBABLY be different. 3. Check the usb [...]
1
Feb
Getting the subsonic server to work in Linux with a Roku media player
Posted by Wayno Published in Audio, debian, howto, Music, Skill Level: Medium, soundYeah this required 3 hours of futzing to figure out. 1. Once you have the Subsonic Server installed, turn it off. sudo service subsonic stop 2. Next change to the /var directory. Remember anything with an octothorpe (#) is a comment and NEED not be coded. cd /var # change to the /var sudo mv [...]
28
Jan
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14
Jan
How to generate an easy to remember password
Posted by Wayno Published in howto, Joe, Security, Skill Level: EasyNeed a strong, but easy to remember password? No need to remember, generate it! Up to 48 chars, works on any unix-like system: read -s pass; echo $pass | md5sum | base64 | cut -c -16 Joe – ======================================== MD5SUM creates a 128 bit hash. Base64 turns a binary number into ASCII cut – simply [...]
2
Jan
Getting a Webcam/Logictech Quick Cam to work with Skype in Linux
Posted by Wayno Published in debian, howto, Misc. other devices/things, Skill Level: Easy, videoVideo Chat Cameras are nice. But they don’t always play nicely with the Linux version of Skype. 1. Here’s the camera I have: (here’s now to find out what you have.) lsusb and the output will look like: Bus 005 Device 004: ID 046d:092e Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Chat 2. First step first. Let’s see if [...]
12
Dec
How to add a network printer in Debian/Ubuntu Linux
Posted by Wayno Published in debian, howto, Linux Networking, Printers/Printing, Skill Level: EasyThis is actually fairly easy, but there are a couple of tricks! 1. What is the IP address of that printer? The easy way is to scan for it! If you have not done so, install the arp-scan programme. Arp (Address Resolution Protocol) This will allow us to scan the network for all devices on [...]
8
Dec
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Won’t Fit On a CD Thanks guys! NOT! Alternatives? Plenty. 1. Linux Mint (good for n00bs) 2. Debian (for experienced users) Wayno
27
Nov
25 worst passwords — how to change your password in Linux
Posted by Wayno Published in howto, Security, Skill Level: EasyNoob thing. Might be interesting to find out if your password is on the list. The top 25 worst passwords. How do you change your password? :~$ passwd You will get output that looks like: Changing password for (youruserid) (current) UNIX password: Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully :~$ [...]
22
Nov
The information on how to label an ms-dos formatted drive seems scattered across the internet, and might seem overwhelming at first. But it’s not too hard. Here’s my recipe! 1. If not already installed, install the mtools package. This is an open source package for manipulating ms-dos file systems, under Linux. to do that simply [...]
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