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... entries in sources.list are not commented out). sudo apt-get install build-essential devscripts fakeroot sudo apt-get build-dep pidgin sudo apt-get install libsilc-1.1-2 ...

Story - specialj - 12/26/2007 - 07:00 - 11 comments - 0 attachments

... can be read; it does not test for write errors. sudo badblocks -s -v -c 10240 /dev/sdx -s = show progress -v = ... as it can lead to filesystem corruption. sudo badblocks -n -s -v -c 10240 /dev/sdx -n = non-destructive ... that each one is written and read correctly. sudo badblocks -w -s -v -c 10240 /dev/sdx -w = destructive write-mode ...

Story - specialj - 01/12/2008 - 17:17 - 2 comments - 0 attachments

... above but at best it might be somewhat better. sudo apt-get install rng-tools nano /etc/default/rng-tools add ...

Story - specialj - 12/02/2007 - 03:59 - 2 comments - 0 attachments

... not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install update-manager When I typed sudo apt-get install update-manager I learned why I did not have it installed ...

Story - specialj - 10/17/2007 - 20:50 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... setting my repository to be a fast mirror I ran: sudo apt-get install eclipse Even with the fast mirror this took ...

Story - specialj - 01/23/2008 - 02:29 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... promptly downloaded. I then installed flashrom: sudo apt-get install flashrom After that I tested to see if it would work on the motherboard: sudo flashrom Calibrating delay loop... ok No LinuxBIOS table ...

Story - specialj - 12/24/2007 - 18:22 - 1 comment - 0 attachments

... drive apparent. The command for this is: sudo /sbin/badblocks -c 10240 -s -w -t random -v /dev/sdx -c 10240 = ... to partition the disk. I use cfdisk for this: sudo cfdisk /dev/sdx And in the program I create 1 large primary ...

Story - specialj - 01/02/2008 - 00:07 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... . This can be accomplished with the command sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst . Then locate the line # defoptions=quiet ... in nano ). Then to make the change take effect type sudo update-grub . This will set all boot menu items to show a splash screen ...

Story - specialj - 12/26/2007 - 04:19 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... a simple formula for an encrypted swap file. sudo apt-get install cryptsetup dd bs=1M count=256 if=/dev/urandom ...

Story - specialj - 11/28/2007 - 05:29 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... such a feature also requires the command to be run with sudo ). Of course kde-pwmanager integrates itself far better into KDE and ...

Story - specialj - 12/26/2007 - 07:41 - 0 comments - 0 attachments