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May 23, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology

Spin down the harddisk with hdparm

The command to spin down the hard disk after 50 seconds (5x10) being idle: /sbin/hdparm -S10 /dev/hda

May 23, 2007 • 2 min read • Technology

Samba trouble (smb, smbadduser, smbpasswd)

If your samba is unreliable, there can be a number of reasons.

May 23, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology

Running wine from a real windows install

I thought wine might run better from a real windows install.

May 23, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology

ps2pdf versus pstill and password protection of pdf documents

While reading about ps2pdf (which is just a commandline front-end to ghostscript), I realized that despite its simple appearance, ps2pdf has almost all capabilities of Acrobat 5.

May 23, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology

Problems with vhosts on RedHat 8

We have httpd-2.0.40-11.9 installed and configured at our domain registrars site that jeltsch.org, marzidesign.com and sundayscam.com are forwared to our IP address (62.18.133.129).

May 23, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology

Piping the output of find into a new command (find, xargs)

E.g.

May 23, 2007 • 2 min read • Technology

MySQL install

After installing the Suse 9 rpm, execute the following commands:sudo /usr/bin/mysql_install_db(Creating default databases & permissions.

May 23, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology

How to rescue a bad X configuration during Suse 9 install

During my first Suse9 install I screwed up X.
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