Well — RTFM never fails! I had brought over my /etc/network/interfaces file from Ubuntu to Debian. When I tried to restart the network: sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart I got: Reconfiguring network interfaces…/etc/network/interfaces:1: too many parameters for iface line ifdown: couldn’t read interfaces file “/etc/network/interfaces” /etc/network/interfaces:1: too many parameters for iface line ifup: couldn’t read interfaces file […]
2
Jun
how to fix: too many parameters for iface line in Linux
Posted by Wayno Published in debian, howto, Linux Networking, Skill Level: Easy, Skill Level: Medium11
May
de-smurfing youtube (or why are all the people on youtube blue?)
Posted by Wayno Published in Browsers, debian, howto, loni, Skill Level: Medium, videoIt’s a Blue World. Thanks to this awesome flashplayer bug! I am running 64 bit Debian Squeeze. And well, when I went to watch an episode of hak5 I had smurf vision! Hey guys. I didn’t know you drank too much blueberry juice. Who knew? This is what’s currently installed: dpkg -l | grep flashplugin […]
8
May
Monzy performs kill -9 at Stanford University. From my friend Scott M. at scottlinux This video is Rated “R” — (Language) so if your sensitive, don’t watch. Kill Dash Nine Lyrics by Monzy Wayno
6
May
Finding and installing 64 bit Firefox and Thunderbird for Debian
Posted by Wayno Published in Browsers, debian, howto, Joe, loni, Skill Level: Medium, ThunderbirdLet’s face it. Rebranded software (Icedove for Thunderbird and Iceweasel for Firefox) on Debian works, but they are UBER old. And if you are trying to get 64 bit versions of Firefox and Thunderbird. Good luck! IceWeasel (rebranded Firefox Version 3!) is pre-installed. However Icedove does NOT come pre-installed. The programmes on the mozilla site, […]
24
Apr
Allowing more then one user to start an X session (pam authentication)
Posted by Wayno Published in debian, howto, Skill Level: EasyI had an issue, where I needed to let someone else login to my computer, and peek over my shoulder. But when they tried to start an x11vnc session, they of course got the “PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server” error message. It’s an easy fix, that I found on linuxquestions.org Read this entry […]
12
Apr
I installed the Ubuntu 12.04 beta. Very slow login. Over 2 minutes. There is no way to adjust mouse sensitivity. (even with mouse adjusted as low as it will go, it’s far too fast.) I tried the gnome-fallback (gnome-panel). Unity was way way too confusing. I will try KDE before totally abandoning Ubuntu, (a 584 […]
31
Mar
Like Ubuntu, but just not convinced that Unity is the next greatest thing since sliced bread? Original article here 1. Simply install the gnome session fallback: sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback Logout, choose gnome at login time, and you are done. Wayno
18
Mar
Totally unrelated to Linux.
3
Mar
How to send broadcast messages to all users in Windows or Linux
Posted by Wayno Published in howto, Skill Level: EasyWho knew? For Windows use this method. Of course in Linux Environment — it’s even simpler: 1. At a terminal window type: wall 2. Type in your message 3. End it with the End-of-file character (ctrl+d) output looks like: n@H:~$ wall this is a test message (NOTE: I entered ctrl+d to end the message) Broadcast […]
28
Feb
NOTE: THIS LETTER HAS NOT BEEN SENT, IN HOPE OF RESOLVING THIS ON A LOCAL LEVEL. ————- Patrick J. Esser, President Cox Communications 1400 Lake Hearn Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30319 The Hermitage Cat Shelter is dedicated to the shelter, protection, and care of homeless cats, especially those that are often not considered adoptable by other […]
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