I’ve accidentally deleted ICEauthority, Xauthority files, and some more files (but don’t know what files). Actually I ran the command below to delete empty files on the root directory with sudo privilege, though I terminated the process in between, and now I cant log in. How to login again and to restore the necessary files? … Read more
I am using Remote Desktop in Ubuntu 2012.10 to connect to Windows Server 2012. I configured /home/nico/myshare in the Share folder field, last item below: Once connected, where to access myshare on the Windows side? I am sure myshare is used somehow, because when I remove it Remote Desktop crashes. Answer Upgrade Remmina. I’d suggest … Read more
why does zsh ask to correct rspec to spec when running bundler? ✗ rspec –version 2.12.2 ✗ bundle exec rspec –version zsh: correct ‘rspec’ to ‘spec’ [nyae]? n 2.12.2 system: ubuntu 12.10 using rvm how do I fix this? Thanks! UPDATE: hitting ctrl-x h on bundle exec as asked by @mpy ✗ bundle exec tags … Read more
Is it possible to somehow open an x application on another users display? Say that i have user A who is logged on to the ubuntu desktop, and user B who is accessing the ubuntu machine via SSH. I know that it is possible for user B to open an x application locally, but is … Read more
I am getting “Query refused” from my network when I use nslookup google.com. The DNS Server is 192.168.1.2 who runs dnsmasq. It was working yesterday. How can I solve it? I bet it’s something about external DNS. I need to add Google’s DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 so dnsmasq relays the request to those for external … Read more
I have the motherboard “Gigabyte Z77x-ud3h” with a 3rd Gen Intel CPU with HD4000 graphics. I am using Ubuntu 12.10. When I connect one monitor (Dell 3011) with DisplayPort and a second monitor (Iyama) with HDMI, after a while the Dell goes into power saving mode. When I connect just the Dell monitor (DisplayPort), it … Read more
Finding python packages using tools such as pip or easy_install takes very long, up to ten minutes, on my local desktop running Ubuntu 12.10. The same procedures are lightning fast on my cloud servers. Things ruled out: The download of the package itself is fast enough regular DNS lookups fast enough when put a super-simple … Read more
I am trying to set up a Ubuntu-machine for web development, and thought i’d start working with SSHFS instead of the annoying FTP-protocol. I installed SSHFS through apt-get. I’ve created a folder in my documents folder called MyProject. I’m the owner of that folder. I mount the remote folder to my local folder using sshfs … Read more
Google Chrome 24.0.1312.56 (Official Build 177594) on Ubuntu 12.04 When I type chrome://versions or about:versions in the address bar and hit Enter, the output includes a section called “Variations” that looks like this: 5666f941-fd526c81 b03ddc1f-2d9ef0cc 4dcb0cd6-d31c4ca1 f9b252d0-fd526c81 ccee547a-766fa2d 571ffcab-766fa2d 60f3499f-766fa2d 76b86d80-766fa2d ffbe45b6-dbbd7415 75f7fb7e-766fa2d 24dca50e-837c4893 ca65a9fe-91ac3782 9c097cbc-d00c3f8d 3028188e-d60b5a5f df910896-3d47f4f4 5a3c10b5-e1cc0f14 244ca1ac-4ad60575 246fb659-4ad60575 f296190c-bd104136 4442aae2-6e597ede 75f0f0a0-e1cc0f14 e2b18481-6e3b1976 … Read more
I have hard drive filled with zeroes. How to check if all bits on hard drive are zeros using bash? Answer od will replace runs of the same thing with *, so you can easily use it to scan for nonzero bytes: $ sudo od /dev/disk2 | head 0000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 … Read more
