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Category Archives: Linux
Firefox 4 will drive you insane. Maybe
FF4 is OK, but they have made some changes I absolutely hate. They hide some menu items, for no particular reason. And they swapped the “New Window” and “New Tab” items in the right click. People respond “install the menu-editor … Continue reading
Create RPMs for yourself
create ~/.rpmmacros: [pauljohn@pols12 ~]$ cat .rpmmacros %_topdir /home/pauljohn/LinuxDownloads/redhat %_signature gpg %_gpg_name Paul Johnson %_unpackaged_files_terminate_build 0 2. Make the directory mkdir -p ~/LinuxDownloads/redhat 3. Install rpmbuild program $ yum install rpm-build 4. Download the SRPM file of something you want to … Continue reading
svnsync to mirror a subversion repository
I learned today that http access to my svn server was restricted to the campus. I want to share to the world, as described https://pj.freefaculty.org/cgi-bin/mw/index.php?title=Cluster:Main#A_Collection_of_Simple_Working_Examples_Using_Qsub_and_Multi-core.2Fthreading. svnsync is supposed to make this possible. I’ve not done it before, seems more complicated … Continue reading
Subversion Writeup for CRMDA
Version Control Systems and Subversion (SVN) Paul Johnson Nov. 11, 2010 1 Analogy For Microsoft Word Users I often forget that the people I’m trying to help have a completely different experience than I do. I often plunge into a massive … Continue reading
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Winbind Logins on Centos 55
How to set up Winbind logins Remove the samba- packages, get sambax, including sambax-winbind, from Centos Updates. Then Hit it! 1. Put /etc/samba/smb.conf like so: =========== [global] workgroup = HOME password server = ad-home-1 ad-home-2 realm = HOME.KU.EDU security = … Continue reading
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gconftool to fix title bar buttons (Ubuntu 10.04 lucid)
Wow. Ubuntu 10.04 puts the buttons on the left. How peculiar. Why? It is easy to customize them, put them where you like. I prefer WindowMaker style, with minimize on left, close on right. This does it: Caution: straight quotes … Continue reading
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gconftool-2 tips
In the lab, I don’t ever want to see the “spatial” nautilus again. On any system, for any user. This works: ****WATCH OUT**** these are “double dashes” but browser shows as single long dash! sudo gconftool-2 –direct –config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory –type … Continue reading
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Cluster Journal Entry 1
I inherited 3 Dell Poweredge 2950, 60 Dell Poweredge 1950, 3 Dell Powervault MD3000, some racks, power unigs, several switches and a few boxes of cables and wires. These are 17 months old, but have never been used. There has … Continue reading
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disk partitioning and copying across machines:
In the past, I’ve used g4u to copy partitions on network, but the new Dell pcs have some kind of Pentium and ethernet that g4u does not recognize. So this presents a fruitful opportunity to learn. Copy the mbr from … Continue reading
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mime types, update-desktop-database, and Linux Alternatives
What to do if an unexpected program tries to open up a file? You want acrobat reader, but get that horrible kghostviewer. Understand this: To find programs, some parts of the desktop framework use the settings given by the “alternatives” … Continue reading
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