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Thursday, October 21, 2010
What is the support ''end of life'' for each CentOS release?
How To Find Out The Version/Distribution Of Linux From Shell Prompt
cat /etc/*-release
or
lsb_release -d
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Extract Pages From A PDF File
Install pdftk
$ pdftk CB.pdf cat 190-195 output vi_tutorial.pdf
I am extracting pages 190-195, from a pdf file called CB and I am naming the output file as vi_tutorial
$ pdftk CB.pdf cat 190-195 output vi_tutorial.pdf
I am extracting pages 190-195, from a pdf file called CB and I am naming the output file as vi_tutorial
Monday, October 18, 2010
Access Hotmail Through Evolution
Receiving(POP) Mail
Server Type: POP
Server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)
Username: johndoe@hotmail.com
Use Secure Connection: SSL encryption
Authentication: Password Authentication
Sending(smtp) Mail
Server: smtp.live.com (Port 25 or 587)
Note: Some ISPs block port 25, if you are having a problem sending mail, substitute smtp.live.com:587 for the server information above.
Server requires authentication: Checked
Security: TLS encryption
Authentication: Plain or Login
Username: johndoe@hotmail.com
Server Type: POP
Server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)
Username: johndoe@hotmail.com
Use Secure Connection: SSL encryption
Authentication: Password Authentication
Sending(smtp) Mail
Server: smtp.live.com (Port 25 or 587)
Note: Some ISPs block port 25, if you are having a problem sending mail, substitute smtp.live.com:587 for the server information above.
Server requires authentication: Checked
Security: TLS encryption
Authentication: Plain or Login
Username: johndoe@hotmail.com
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Post-Installation
Post-Installation
- Login as root and add the normal user to Sudoers
- visudo
- Below root=(ALL) ALL, add the user
- Press "Escape" followed by "ZZ" to save the file and exit
- Install yum-priorities
- Edit repos
- Add rpmforge
- Check package exclusion/plugin priority
- Install fuse fuse-ntfs-3g
- Mount NTFS drives
- Install multimedia support
- Install flash, firefox addons, torrent client, & ftp client
Connect BSNL EVDO ZTE AC8700 To Internet
Install the 3 RPMs.
1. libstdc++-4.3.2-7.i386.rpm
2. qt45-4.5.2-1.el5.pp.i386.rpm
3. ztemtEVDO-1.1-8.i586-fedora9.rpm
1. libstdc++-4.3.2-7.i386.rpm
2. qt45-4.5.2-1.el5.pp.i386.rpm
3. ztemtEVDO-1.1-8.i586-fedora9.rpm
Probe for the modem, start evdo interface, enter the username and password to connect to internet
su
/sbin/modprobe usbserial vendor=0x19d2 product=0xfffe
dmesg | tail
ztemtevdo
Add the username and password
Connect to internet now.
su
/sbin/modprobe usbserial vendor=0x19d2 product=0xfffe
dmesg | tail
ztemtevdo
Add the username and password
Connect to internet now.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Turn Num Lock key on
This can be done through 2 steps.
sudo yum install numlockx
Edit the /etc/gdm/Init/Default file through Gedit using this command in a terminal
sudo gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default
In the file which opens, above exit 0, paste the lines below
if [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ]; then
/usr/bin/numlockx on
fi
Save the file and exit.
Next time you reboot, num lock will be on by default
- Install "numlockx"
- Edit the /etc/gdm/Init/Default file
sudo yum install numlockx
Edit the /etc/gdm/Init/Default file through Gedit using this command in a terminal
sudo gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default
In the file which opens, above exit 0, paste the lines below
if [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ]; then
/usr/bin/numlockx on
fi
Save the file and exit.
Next time you reboot, num lock will be on by default
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