I couldn’t install activerecord-mysql-adapter. After some duckduckgo’ing, I found the solution. Error: Error: Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing mysql: ERROR: Failed to build gem…
cd /etc/ chmod -R 664 . *SHIT!* If you find you did an accidental chmod -R, you may be able to restore it. Make sure SSH login keeps working (chmod…
I have a scheduled.txt file like this: # Scheduled tasks for todo.txt # Format: # # a dow, Mon,Tue,Wed,... # b moy, Jan,Feb,Mar,... # d dom, 01..31 # D m/d/y…
(Not tested extensively). A script to add todo’s to todo.txt. Add a crontab each dat at 0:00 with the following script: #!/bin/bash SCHEDFILE=$HOME/todo/scheduled.txt TODOFILE=$HOME/todo/todo.txt # Look for all date types…
First, find the dir you can put the font: $ grep dir /etc/fonts/fonts.conf . If it lists ~/.fonts , create the /home/username/.fonts dir Put the ttf file in the ~/.fonts…
I found working instructions here.
1. Install imagemagick 2. $ convert originalimage.png -crop 100%x50% +repace output-page.png
-edit- this only works for gnome with compiz $ ccsm go to window border type the following in ‘Decoration windows’: !(class=Gnome-terminal)
Do: $ dbus-launch gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session session-name 'gnome-fallback'
Go to: opera:config#Enable%20Mouse%20Flips Disable. :)
Go to opera:config, search for ‘Window Cycle Type’, change to 2
I had this: /home/karlo/.dropbox-dist/libz.so.1: version `ZLIB_1.2.3.3' not found (required by /usr/lib64/libxml2.so.2) Failed to load module: /usr/lib64/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so And the icon did not show the sync-arrows. Disabling proxies worked for me. Right-click…
Add this to your commandline: nouveau.perflvl_wr=7777 Will allow you to change the fan speed. After a reboot, change fan speed by; # echo 40 > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pwm0 I put the following…
Found here: http://blog.hacka.net/#post49 # yum install install ImageMagick pdftk $ cd jpgdir; for FILE in *.jpg; do convert $FILE -compress JPEG $FILE.pdf; done; pdftk "*.pdf" cat output allPages.pdf :)
Add this to your .bashrc: clippy() { echo "I see you're trying to use the terminal …"; echo " v "; echo " ╭─╮"; echo " ⌾ ⌾"; echo "…
Use dbus-launch before your command.
gconftool-2 --type string --set /apps/metacity/general/focus_mode mouse OR: Install ccsm Run it Go to general options Click ‘focus and raise behaviour’ Untick ‘raise to focus’ Now the windows will focus on…
$ gsettings list-recursively | grep gnome.shell.clock org.gnome.shell.clock show-date false org.gnome.shell.clock show-seconds false Set via: $ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.clock show-date true $ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.clock show-seconds true
This script by user ‘kwall’ works well for the ssh-agent. Add ssh-add before the last ‘fi’ to add the default ssh keys into it as well.
Tuto here Only follow: gconftool-2 --type string --set /apps/metacity/general/focus_mode mouse Also raise: gconftool-2 --type boolean --set /apps/metacity/general/auto_raise true gconftool-2 --type string --set /apps/metacity/general/auto_raise_delay 600
This cost me some hours to find out, but I am currently using the native spotify linux preview under fedora 16, 64 bit: Steps: Make sure you don’t use spotify…
Put this in your Lyx preamble (document -> settings -> preamble): \def\title#1{\gdef\@title{#1}\gdef\THETITLE{#1}} \def\date#1{\gdef\@date{#1}\gdef\THEDATE{#1}} \def\author#1{\gdef\@author{#1}\gdef\THEAUTHOR{#1}} \usepackage{fancyhdr} \pagestyle{fancy} \newcommand{\helv}{% \fontfamily{phv}\fontseries{b}\fontsize{10}{10}\selectfont} \lhead{\helv \THETITLE - \THEDATE } \rhead{\helv \THEAUTHOR} \usepackage{lastpage} \cfoot{\thepage\ / \pageref{LastPage}}
My tip: make a temporary directory for all kinds of random stuff. Downloads, quick notes et cetera. I use it a lot. By using a crontab like this, the old…
Remove audacity (#yum remove audacity), install audacity-freeworld (#yum install audacity-freeworld ). That’s it. You might have to enable RPMFusion.
Install encfs do $mkdir ~/Dropbox/Secure ; mkdir ~/DropboxSecure do $ encfs ~/Dropbox/Secure ~/DropboxSecure I chose paranoia mode. This will use the settings below. Enter a secure password and there you…
Redshift adjusts the color temperature according to the position of the sun. A different color temperature is set during night and daytime. During twilight and early morning, the color temperature…
Easier than my previous post, use this plugin for wordpress.
If you want to set up a simple pirate-bay mirror, download this script. This is the nph-tpb.cgi – file various sites talk about. Setting up is easy. It is just…
I generated SSL certs using this guide. Then I set up dovecot and postfix. View my dovecot conf here and my psotfix main.cf here. You can use this to configure…
Getting this? $ sudo service dovecot restart * Restarting IMAP/POP3 mail server dovecot Error: mail_executable: Can’t use /usr/lib/dovecot/imap: No such file or directory Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf …fail! install…
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