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Using ssh in scripts (one-click secure VNC connection using krdc)

Using ssh in scripts (one-click secure VNC connection using krdc) I wanted to establish a VNC connection that is tunneled via ssh and just by one click. I created a shell script with the following content: !/bin/sh ssh -L 5902:192.168.0.7:5902 -f -N jeltsch@192.168.0.7 krdc localhost:2 The ssh connection remains open in the background until the krdc application has finished.

Ubuntu 5.04 or Debian 3.1 on the original PB G3 (aka Kanga aka PB 3500)

I am trying to get Ubuntu 5.04 or Debian 3.1 running on the original PB G3 (aka Kanga aka 3500). The only problem: the screen is blank after the inital reboot after the installation. Nothing at all (Ubuntu) or only an inverted penguin (Debian). The boot process continues only if one copies over the ramdisk image from the /boot folder onto the HFS partition and specifies it as boot argument. Might it be that the root=/dev/hda8 (in my case the root partition is hda8) is somehow not recognized?

Installing mplayer on kubuntu

  1. edit /etc/apt/sources.list and uncomment the lines for universe (remove the "" in front of the lines)
  2. add a line similar to universe see the example: http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse
  3. download any extra codecs: wget http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20050412.tar.bz2
  4. unpack the codecs: tar -xvjf all-20050412.tar.bz2
  5. as sudo:

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