Just check for the existence of this file after an update: don@etiikka:~$ ls -al /var/run/reboot-required -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32 Oct 9 15:17 /var/run/reboot-required If it is there, you need to restart the machine -- at the command line, do this: don@etiikka:~$ sudo reboot ...

It seems there was sufficient response to the shutdown announcement on the Xmarks site that thye have opened up a pledge database to see what the numbers are like. If they get 100,000 pledges of willingness to pay between $10 and $20 per YEAR, they will consider not shutting down the servers. Go to: http://www.xmarks.com/about/company And make a pledge if you too would like them to contin...

Foxmarks, which became "Xmarks" in 2009, have announced that they are closing their doors in January 2011. I have been a user of this service for several years now, and it is one of my favourite browser apps. See the blog entry announcing the closure here: http://blog.xmarks.com/?p=1886...

The documentation doesn't appear to give this up very easily: to reset to Factury Defaults, you'll need to restart the switch while having a serial console open, and hit CTRL-F (lots of times) until the boot completes, and it drops down to a boot-rom style prompt. One of the options once you see that is "Reset to Factory Defaults?" select that and reboot. At the login prompt the next time, y...

The Twitter module for Drupal now needs to use the new OAuth module for authentication in Twitter. This has broken many web sites. I use this feature on this site to automatically post a tweet whenever I add a new blog entry. I use a global account in Drupal to do it, rather than individual Twitter accounts for each drupal user. In order to get the Twitter module to work now, you'll need...

This looks really cool: http://scopeport.org/ ScopePort ScopePort offers a lot of features that may revolutionize your server monitoring and management. You can control everything over the web interface. No need to touch any configuration files after the quick initial installation. Easy to configure You usually only touch one configuration file per client. After that first configura...

From: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/1999121717035848 Message: "Scan stopped by user" when launching a manual scan Question/Issue: You start a manual scan in Symantec AntiVirus (SAV) or in the Symantec System Center, and then you see the message "Scan stopped by user." Scans will not complete. Cause: Low disk space; low resources. Solution: ...

This command will give you all of the known info regarding the processor(s) under linux: # less /proc/cpuinfo...

Configuring DHCP address for your network card If you want to configure DHCP address you need to edit the /etc/network/interfaces and you need to enter the following lines replace eth0 with your network interface card sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces # The primary network interface: DHCP address assignment auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Configuring Static IP address for your network card ...

To stop the GUI:Code: The easist way is to open a terminal and execute these commands: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop And then ctrl+alt+backspace to end your current session To restart the GUI: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start ...