Problem: After upgrading a system to NVME, Linux boots without textconsole, or sends the text console to the wrong graphics card. Discussion: The NVME upgrade needed to change from BIOS boot to UEFI boot. UEFI boot disables the pure text console, and the kernel uses whatever frame buffer is available, or without text console if […]
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I bought a new notebook, and installed a minimal Linux distribution on it. While setting everything up, I put together a collection of configuration files and scripts, and compiled them in this github repository: https://github.com/alexte/mate-book-pro-x-linux-config
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1. Check the current version: 2. go to https://support.juniper.net/support/downloads/ and select MX204, and search for newer version3. Select “Install Package” -> “VMHOST 64-BIT” -> “tgz”4. After login you will see a URL. Copy this URL5. Download the file onto your Juniper MX204, with this command 6. You may validate the image with: 7. Install the software
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The new Vim 8 on Debian tries again to appeal to the 95% of the people (the noobs) and adds features the are annoying to professionals. When these new features are buggy it’s even worse. Problem: vim 8 on debian 9 has some annoying default settings for vim paste uses a vim internal clipboard instead the
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Problem: I had problems with an audio driver (no not on Linux). The sound started with a delay after every gap of silence. This bug cuts off about 1/2 of a second of the attack of the sound. This is a problem when you try to make music in particular. Workarround: I made a little webpage that
Juniper MX204 is router from Juniper running Junipers own operation system Junos. The MX204 has 4x 40Gb and 8x 10Gb. The 40Gb ports can be split into 4x 10Gb. After unboxing it has no configuration. Connect a standard RS232 console cable with a Cisco style RJ45 connector, set your terminal to 9600 8N1 and power
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Javascript is a fun programming language, its non blocking, event-driven paradigm is really interesting for many cases. On the other hand there are strange things that are really making me nervous when using this language: : parseInt doing strange things: # nodejs > parseInt(0.000007, 10); 0 > parseInt(0.0000007, 10); 7 : numbers in JavaScript are
Many Linux distribution builders like Devuan and Debian produce hybrid ISO image that work on discs and USB sticks. You can make bootable USB sticks by simply copying the image to the USB device with this command dd if=isoimage of=/dev/sdX bs=10240 You can find the device name (X) by looking into dmesg oder lsscsi, and
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If you want to use different source IP addresses based on the logged in user or running service on a Linux computer you can use these simple commands: /sbin/ifconfig eth0:1 NEW-IP-ADDRESS netmask YOUR-NORMAL-NETMASK /sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -m owner –uid-owner USERNAME -j SNAT –to-source NEW-IP-ADDRESS You can use this if the source IP is
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Current computers are fast enough to handle more than one user at a time. So I started the project to setup my workstation to support two seats, one for me and one for my gf. Tasks: Two concurrent Xorg sessions both with one keyboard, one mouse, and two monitors Separate audio for both seats Auto
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