Using an emulated SCSI-adapter in VMware with a very large root disk may give you either or This is because the initrd image is created (maybe only partially) outside the 1024-cylinder boundary accessible by the VMware BIOS. The only stress-free solution is to move /boot to its own partition directly at the beginning of the… Read More: /boot to own partition »
To use USB devices under e.g. VirtualBox in Hardy, edit the file /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh and find the line: Remove the following four comments so that it looks like this: Also add the following line to your /etc/fstab (129 is the group-ID of vboxusers)1 see Stone.log: Now enable the new settings by doing: Finally, edit the file… Read More: Enable USB Sharing »
Edit the file /etc/sudoers and find the line: Now add ,insults to the end of the line so that it reads like that: From now on, sudo will insult anyone who mistypes his password. See for yourself: [sudo] password for foo:Hold it up to the light — not a brain in sight![sudo] password for foo:Speak… Read More: sudo insults on wrong password »
According to Only Ubuntu, to enable auto-mounting of internal drives on bootup, edit the file /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi and change the line to this: From now on, internal drives should appear on your Desktop.
I use Linux because it’s like owning a chainsaw compared to owning a pen knife. Not always necessary, but so much more fun. — arjayes of UbuntuForums
To rip a DVD track to a file, you need the transcode package and the encoders you’re going to use. To rip a single track as ogg, use the command This would rip audio only (video goes to null) chapter 5, track 15 to the file Nasty.ogg. This one rips to a mp3 file. The… Read More: Rip DVD track »
To scan incoming mails for viruses, create to following script somewhere in your system: Now setup Evolution’s Incoming mail filters to pipe mails through your newly created script. If the return value is not zero, a virus was detected and you might want to move the mail to Trash or a special folder.
To let the syslogd also receive messages from your local network, edit the file /etc/default/syslogd and modify the last line so that it looks like this: Restart the sysklogd and watch your /var/log/messages.
To enable lookup of WINS-names in Ubuntu, edit the file /etc/nsswitch.conf and find the line: Append wins to the end of the line so that it looks like this: From now on you can also use NetBIOS names to address PCs in your LAN.
After adding some fonts to the /usr/share/fonts directories, you have to re-login to see the added fonts. To update the fontcache without a log-cycle, use the following command: