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Arch Linux Gnome problem
I have a quite weird problem I just cannot get rid off.
I am using ArchLinux and as I am from Germany the german keyboard layout and such.
So when I start Gnome via startx it is said that Gnome is ...
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Format cputime for ps
I'm trying to write a script that can monitor a process's CPU usage over an interval (to create a graph).
So far, this is the command I'm using
ps -p $PROCID -o cputime,etimes
My only concern is ...
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I somehow GZIPed all the files resursively
I'm new to the gzip command, so I googled some commands to run so I can gzip an entire directory recursively. Now while it did that, it converted each of my files to the gzip format and added .gz to ...
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Find Stale NFS Files
I've been pondering about an efficient way to locate stale NFS files for a few days with out much success and was wondering if there are better approaches to the problem.
Problem:
every once in a ...
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Substitute one field with other if its entry starts with specific letter
If I have a file something like:
223 898 teeth
223 899 mouth
223 900 r9
445 800 round
My question is how can I use awk command to substitute column 2 with column 3, only for the row in which column ...
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Debian Server Login Error
Forgot password, booted into root recovery to reset root password.
Now any other userid login produces the message "The system is going down for reboot on . . .", a pause, then "Login incorrect".
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Show server processes in debian 7
someone who can take me out, please... I have a server were 7 and want to see exactly which process runs at a certain time, for example::
Every day at 3:00 am.
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How to fix disabled monitor after linux mint 17 xfce desktop boot and mei_me timeout?
When I boot into my desktop, my monitors go into power save mode and the communication between the monitors and the graphics card radeon x1650 is disabled? When I press ctrl+F2 or ctrl+F7 I receive ...
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Differences and advantages of window managers in xcb (libxcb) over ones in libx11?
What are the differences and advantages of window managers written in xcb (libxcb) over ones written in libx11?
In the field of tilling and new/moderm window managers I often come across these kind ...
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How to printf an exclamation point in tcsh?
What's the best way to printf an exclamation point in tcsh?
It seems like using single or double quotes has no effect on escaping the exclamation point; and using a backspace does work, but then it ...
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How do I remove spaces from shell variables?
I have done the following at command line:
$ text="name with space"
$ echo $text
name with space
I am trying to use tr -d ' ' to remove the spaces and have a result of:
namewithspace
I've tried ...
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top not showing the memory usage of cat
I wanted to generate some waste file of 50 GB. so i wrote this
eightnoteight@mr:~/ while true; do
> cat txt >> tmp
> cat tmp >> txt
> done
and when i ran top,watch to observe. ...
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Grub Legacy - Auto select boot option
When booting I am presented with a Grub option list consisting of two entries
Gentoo Linux x.x.x
Gentoo Linux x.x.x.(rescue)
The highlighted entry will be booted automatically in 30 seconds.
How ...
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I am trying to find a better/easier way to count alphabetic characters in a file or shell variable [duplicate]
Here's my current solution
grep -o [[:alpha:]] filename | wc -l
I really want to know if there is a "better" way to do this at the command line.
In the file here is the text:
we are going to ...
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Fix broken permissions on /var (or any other system directory)
Long story short, I destroyed /var and restored it from backup - but the backup didn't have correct permissions set, and now everything in /var is owned by root. This seems to make a few programs ...
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PHP running under “www-data” user
In PHP if I run get_curret_user() it prints www-data. This makes it impossible for me to use this function in order to test a FTP password from input.
Is there any way to make PHP run under the ...
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OpenSSL 1.0.1j - upgrade on RHEL 6.5
I got a problem when I upgrade my openssl on rhel 6.5. The openssl is missing libcrypto.so.10. The openssl 1.0.1j created lib is libcrypto.so.1.0.0. I have made a soft link but it still does not work ...
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Choosing “shut down” or “power off” causes some programs to close
I'm trying to find out why Lyx (version 2.1.1) closes down as soon as I choose "shut down" in the gnome menu. This does not seem to be a bug in Lyx, as running Lyx with gdb tells me that it has exited ...
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How to run cgminer on boot?
I have the following commands I want to run when the raspberry pi boots up, it is for my bitcoin minner to start:
cd /home/pi/cgminer-4.5.0
sudo ./cgminer -o http://xxxxxxxxxxx -u xxxxxxxx -p ...
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cant edit anything on xampp as sudo user
Im new to linux was an avid windows user until recently trying on an old system seing some major differences and converting, so I apologise if this question seems simple.
Im running the latest ...
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Windows 8.1 does not load on my dual boot laptop
I am new to Ubuntu (linux) and just installed it on my laptop which has already windows8.1 on it. I cant use windows anymore.
Below is my configuration for the windows8.1 booty loading.
The link of ...
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how to run virtualized kali linux on bootable usb [on hold]
Please advice me how to run virtualized kali linux on bootable usb?
If there is a way, its possible with which one of Virtualization softwares?
In Vmware is it possible?
Any way to change all serial ...
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hostapd on Linux won't make WLAN Hotspot
I have a Debian Wheezy machine with hostapd running. I want it to make a WPA2-PSK secured WLAN Hostpot. I can see the Hotspot from my Android phone, but every time I try to connect to it, it shows ...
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Terminology reconciliation: Display manager vs. session manager, Windowing system vs. Window manager
I am taking the Linux Foundation's Introduction to Linux course. Some of the terminology seems to overlap or contradict, especially when I try to supplement the course material with other sources, ...
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Forensic Linux distributions? [on hold]
Review between there distributions;
1. Kali
2. Caine
3. (SANS Investigate Forensic Toolkit (SIFT
4. DEFT Linux
5. Matriux
6. Masterkey Linux
7. Swift Linux
8. GRML Live Linux
9. Plain Sight
10. ...
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Data card not detecting in Ubuntu 14.04 [on hold]
mts data card not detecting in ubuntu 14.04
Dmesg output says : ideapad_laptop unknown event 1
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unitek nec upd720200 not detected
I've decided to buy an USB3.0 controller on PCI for my debian machine. I did a short research and it appeared that NEC chips will be fine.
I've bought Unitek NEC UPD720200 and I does not work: I ...
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SSH pipe broke while running apt upgrade. What can I do about it?
I was connected to my aws debian wheezy server and while running apt-get upgrade the ssh pipe broke. I didn't use screen or anything, so I don't think there's a way to recover that session.
If I ...
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I have made custom audio cape using TLV320AIC3107 codec and here is a schematic diagram
I have made custom audio cape using TLV320AIC3107 codec and here is a schematic diagram.
For connection with BeagleBone Black I refer audio cape which is available in market. here is a link: ...
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Gmail and mutt: msmtp error
Invalid SMTP URL: ssmtp://[email protected]@smtp.gmail.com:465/
I can use mutt to read my Gmail, but when I try to send I get the above message. When I installed mutt a screen came up for postfix ...
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Bash script error with strings with paths that have spaces and wildcards
I am having trouble getting the basics of Bash scripting down. Here's what I have so far:
#!/bin/bash
FILES="/home/john/my directory/*.txt"
for f in "${FILES}"
do
echo "${f}"
done
All I want to ...
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Convert two rows to two columns
I would like to convert every two rows to two columns using awk. Any help appreciated.
input.txt:
# Query: gi|11465907|ref|NC_001872.1| Chlamydomonas eugametos genome, complete genome
# 0 hits found
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Compiling from source: What are the options for config script “build”?
When I am running a line like:
./configure --build=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu {*shortened*} \
--with-imap-ssl=/usr/include/openssl/ --enable-ftp --enable-mbstring ...
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Process 'rtorrent' showing as “main” when run in screen
So I'm running "rtorrent" in screen (detached) and in ps/top, it seems to show the process as "main" instead of "rtorrent". It shows the real process name in "htop".
#ps -u USER
PID TTY TIME ...
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Permissions of CIFS Mounts
I have some sensitive data on a network share hosted on a Windows machine (drive D on mymachine.mywork.com) that I need to mount, as follows:
sudo mount -t cifs mymachine.mywork.com :/D /mnt
Will ...
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How to take screenshot of /dev/pts?
I am connecting to another server using ssh service.
I want to execute some commands (like creating users) on some servers and take the screenshot of the pseudo-terminal, which is to be stored on my ...
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How to maximize and minimize windows from the command line? [duplicate]
Is there any way to send a command to the currently focus window to minimize or maximize? I'd like to be able to control this from a script, or tool bar launch icon.
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How to forbid windows from stealing focus in XFce4?
In XFce4, when I launch applications, I don't want them to appear above the windows I am currently using, or to show alert windows above my current work. Rather, I'd like the windows to load in the ...
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Luks Partition Mounting After Removing From fstab
I have 3 encrypted partitions, one for /, one for /home, and one for swap.
It seemed silly to me to type in my password 3 times, so I replaced the swap partition with a swap file on the encrypted ...
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Problem during installing Kali Linux
I want to install Kali Linux on my hard disk. I already have Ubuntu/win7 dual boot. When I start installing Kali Linux everything goes right, choosing language, root's pass word ..., but after the ...
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How do I write the rule that has an edge server forward a clients request to an internal network server and back?
I have a network situation as follows:
-server1:1.1.1.1
-server2:2.2.2.2
-tunnel 10.8.0.0/24
-client: 3.3.3.3
I'm trying to have client IP 3.3.3.3 do an HTTP request from the 1.1.1.1 server. ...
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an application required libstdc++ for GLIBCXX_3_4_9 library on RHEL 5 64bit system
I need to have libstdc++ which contains GLIBCXX_3_4_9 library for 64 bit platform on redhat 5 system. This is required by an application. I tried to install following rpms from RHEL 6 repository but ...
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How to copy text from an image in a pdf file?
I can view a pdf image with text using the evince document viewer, however I cannot select the text in the image to copy and paste. How do I copy text from an image in a pdf file?
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Gather job usage information on cluster
I am running simulations on a linux cluster shared by hundreds of other users. There is a job scheduler installed on the cluster that determines who runs where, and one of the scheduler commands ...
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Apache - Allow access for folders starting with /
I'm running apache in a linux environment. I've to serve files whose directory structure have "/." in it. Now, apache by default won't allow files with /. To remove the constraint, I've included the ...
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How can I use virtual users in “write list” and “read list” in samba?
Suppose I don't want to create effective users/group for my users (samba server as share server), and I need to create a share for them.
Question : How can I use write list, read list, valid user ...
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How do I fix “Alert! Failed to detect one or more drives during post?”
After installing Linux Mint 17 xfce on my Optiplex 755 Computer, I received the following message on boot:
Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager
Option ROM v7.6.1.1001 ICH9R
Copyright(C) 2003-07 Intel ...
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User can execute su but gets incorrect password [on hold]
Created a user on oracle enterprise linux 5. I can log in as the user but cannot su - oracle or su - root. But I can directly logonto the server with those usernames and passwords.
The error I am ...
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ip forwarding to remotely connect to a socket listening to localhost only?
I must transfer data from PC1 to PC2 using a specific port, but the socket opened on PC2 only listens to local host. Is there a way to "trick" the socket into accepting the connection from PC1?
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QEMU fullscreen mode on external monitor
I recently purchased an external monitor which I succesfully connected to my Lenovo Thinkpad and the accompanying Lenovo Advanced Dock via a DVI-D cable and it works fine so far.
Unfortunately, I'd ...
