Hi,
here I am to speak about a great problem with my lovely laptop Asus M51se-AP0042c and Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope . This notebook has an ATI video card but it’s not the primary problem. it seems that there is a “little” bug in the bios mobo like we can see here. So after reading […]

Hello people, another small adventure I was involved in the linux world, on my notebook with Ubuntu 9.04: it appears that in recent kernels, starting from version 2.6.27.x, there is a problem that prevents the proper installation of the customized versions . At the end of the compilation mode debian, at the time of […]

From my mail bag:
Where can I get free interactive access to HP-UX or Linux distro or UNIX shell access? Here!

You can simply grab and try out any Linux / BSD / Solaris Live CD. However, some time you cannot install and use particular UNIX like os. So, if you want to try the latest […]

We are studying for Computer Networks exam… So…
If you need to calculate subnet under Linux use an IP Netmask/broadcast calculator called. You can calculate IPv4 or IPv6 address. Supported features:
=> Multiple address and netmask input formats.
=> Retrieving of address information from interfaces.
=> Classfull and CIDR output.
=> Multiple address and netmask output formats (dotted quad, […]

Hi @ all!
This is an useful article for all people which, like me, use “Naviga3″ to surf the net when they are without an ADSL connection.
So we can be always ONLINE.
This article has been written to help my great COOK friend Doctor Mazzilli (if you don’t remember him, go here).
So Shall we start? OK.
First […]

Background:
In today’s enterprise applications their is a big requirement for dynamic generation of PDF documents. These applications range from telecom companies generating phone bills, airlines producing e-tickets, banks generating customer statements for e-mail delivery to readers, book sellers selling books in pdf format.
What is PDF:
The Portable Document Format (PDF) is the file format created […]

You can use logsave command to save the output of a command in a logfile. General syntax is as follows:
logsave /path/to/logfile command-name argument(s)
The logsave program will execute command-name with the specified argument(s), and save a copy of its output to logfile. If the containing directory for logfile does not exist, logsave will accumulate the […]

Today I’ll show you how to run a command periodically using a clear python script.
Here is the code:
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#!/usr/bin/python
#Bel Laboratories’ Code
import time, os, sys, string
#define main function
def main(cmd, inc=60):
while 1:
os.system(cmd)
time.sleep(inc)
#check if it is the main […]

Linux desktop user generally uses small hard disk and partition, but on server you need a large partition. For example, you cannot create 4TB partition size (RAID based) using fdisk command. It will not allow you to create a partition that is greater than 2TB.
To solve this problem use GNU parted command with GPT. […]

Linux only: Loading a terminal session doesn’t seem to take all that long—until you have to do it many, many times each day. Luckily, the program Yakuake offers up a lightning-quick terminal that rolls down, gets the job done and packs away, all with a tap of F12 (or any other hot key). Yakuake […]

Version 6.7 of GDB, the Gnu Debugger, has been announced. This version adds a long list of enhancements and bug fixes, see the release announcement for more information.

Linux only: View processes running from in Linux interactively—complete with full command lines and arguments—with free application htop. Beyond providing detailed information about processes, htop displays a progress meter that fluctuates based on CPU usage, memory usage, and swap space. Easily terminate one or more processes without remembering the PID. View processes by user […]

When a user logs in what files are updated in UNIX / Linux?
Linux / UNIX have utmp and wtmp files to keep login records. Following three files keeps track of all logins and logouts to the system.
=> /var/run/utmp : List of current login sessions.
=> /var/log/wtmp : Database of past user logins / previous login […]

My friend, Doc. Gianluca Mazzilli, has recently installed Ubuntu on his notebook to try it. He told me that he wanted that his modem works… ARGH! Almost all people have truoble installing a modem (especially a winmodem on Linux), so I try to explain you how can you do this in simple steps.
First of […]

One of the biggest security holes you could open on your server is to allow directly logging in as root through ssh, because any cracker can attempt to brute force your root password and potentially get access to your system if they can figure out your password.
It’s much better to have a separate account […]