Linux Server and Workstation Configuration How To

1. How to mount iso-image of the CD drive in FreeBSD

In /boot/loader.conf add vn_load = "YES" or load by the hands kldload vn.ko mount: vnconfig /dev/vn0c /home/user/cdrom.iso mount -t cd9660 /dev/vn0c /mnt unmount: umount /mnt ...

2. Creating IP-IP tunnel between FreeBSD and Linux

... -t /dev/tun0 -s TUN1 -d TUN2 -p 4 IP2 bsd# ifconfig tun0 mtu 1500 bsd# ifconfig tun0 up linux# ip tunnel add tun0 mode ipip remote IP1 local IP2 dev INT2 linux# ifconfig tun0 TUN2 pointopoint ...

3. Transferring a FreeBSD on new hard drive

Follow this steps to transfer FreeBSD on new hard drive of any size. Connect the new hard disk in the system with a FreeBSD (/dev/ad1s1) Split the new drive into sections like old one using /stand/sysinstall. ...

4. How to connect USB Flash drive in FreeBSD

man umass Kernel configuration (FreeBSD 4.8 can not recompile): device usb device ohci (OR device uhci) device umass device scbus device da device pass In the log look for a message "da0 at umass-sim0 ...

5. Wine 1.1.44

... additional features msvcr80/90; Improved handling of Bidi; Implemented a full support mmdevapi (Win7 audio); Improved work with MSI-patches; Corrected bugs in dekstop menu;  ...

6. OpenSUSE 11.3 Milestone test release 6

Released sixth test release of openSUSE 11.3. Since release will no longer make any material changes, the developers will stabilize the current state of the code base. Compared with the previous release ...

7. Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat announced officially

Company Canonical announced that, until the end of April will see the light of the new Linux-Distribution Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, developers are now conducting final preparations for the final assembly ...

8. LG and Collabora joined the Linux Foundation

Linux Foundation has announced the entry into their ranks LG Electronics, a well-known manufacturer of consumer electronics and mobile devices. As part of Linux Foundation, LG intends to work more closely ...

9. Released fifth test version of OpenSUSE 11.3

... You can quickly stop the KMS In the system added libraries librcd and librcc (developed under the project RusXMMS) for transcending tags on the fly In the distribution is integrated visual analyzer ...

10. Company Meyer Sound has joined for the Linux Foundation

... synthesis. In its products D-Mitri and Galileo Meyer Sound is using Linux. As the part of Linux Foundation Meyer Sound plans to concentrate its efforts on developing embedded solutions based on Linux. ...

11. The new version of a set of games for Ubuntu Linux - GamePack 9.10.2

... book contains free games any directions: developing games for children from 5 years, clients to the popular multiplayer online games, classic chess, racing, flight simulators, advanced 3D-shooters and ...

12. Company CUBRID joined the Linux Foundation.

After Ricoh and Parallels in the Linux Foundation joined the company CUBRID, which develops an open database of the same name, written in Java and oriented to the construction of fault-tolerant web-se ...

13. kernel: irq 153: Please try booting with acpi=off and report a bug

...  # kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hdc1 # initrd /boot/initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/hdc default=0 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title ...

14. How to Install Google Chromium on Ubuntu

Personal Package Archives (PPA) in Ubuntu - it catalogs APT, which are provided by third parties on Launchpad (platform-party developers Ubuntu). That's where the freshest and the coolest programs grouped ...

15. Files, Folders Management

... mkdir /cdrom # mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom List files and folder of current folder # du -h Show size of current folder # du -sh List "/root" files to "/thefiles" file # du /root >> /thefiles Get ...

16. How to Compile Kernel (CentOS 2.6.19)

... ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 initrd /initrd-2.6.19.default.img Change the `default=1` to `default=0` on the top of the text. Now configure the grub boot loader via vim command and add the following ...

17. Hard Drive Temperature

Install HDD Temperature. # yum install hddtemp Show hdd temperature # hddtemp /dev/sda /dev/sda = hdd1, /dev/sdb = hdd2 ...

18. Swap Management

Get swap # mcedit /proc/swaps # swapon -s Gem all memory (swap, RAM) # /proc/meminfo Show logical volums # mcedit /etc/fstab Create Swap File Create swap file 1 GB # dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile ...

19. Get Device Information

Get All Hardware Devices # lspci Get Drives Info # fdisk -l Get HDD Partitions Info # df -h Get CPU Info # cat /proc/cpuinfo Get Filesystems Info # cat /proc/filesystems Configuration Info ...

20. Linux, UNIX Directories

Mount Point Explanation / Root directory /bin Main program /boot Used at boot /dev directory Where the registered user devices (modem, mouse, keyboard, etc.) /etc ...