I had a look on DAK - Debian Archive Kit - https://wiki.debian.org/HowToSetupADebianRepository#dak_.28Debian_Archive_Kit.29 They have direct shell commands calls. That solved the question. In such...
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I had a look on DAK - Debian Archive Kit - https://wiki.debian.org/HowToSetupADebianRepository#dak_.28Debian_Archive_Kit.29 They have direct shell commands calls. That solved the question. In such...
I have _minimal_ Ubuntu 12.04 install, LXDE desktop, GDM. Some parts of Gnome are installed, but not all, only some parts.
I have solid blue color background at GDM login screen. How can I place a...
Some ways are more convenient, another ones less convenient, if one want them to be used by a program.
It's simple task, as a human to have a look on single (or two) command's output and decide...
Thank you for the help, it is useful.
There is one more way: sudo blockdev --report
This will give a list with full path for each block device mentioned in /proc/partitions file. The output can...
In practice the names can be different. They may include subdirectories, they may include several letters and several separated numbers in a single "word". The letters and numbers depends on...
Thank you for the link, it is useful.
I'm working on automated Linux OS installer. I'm searching for a way to organise complex partitions layout wiping and creation, and flexible code...
How can I obtain a path to HDD's device file?
There is a usual name for HHD's device file:
/dev/vda
The is a usual name for a partition:
/dev/vdaX
where X is a number.
How can I obtain reliably all these names in a script...
Thank you for the guide lines, I'll try them and report a result. Because this needs a password to be entered under a cameras in public area, because all the users must have super password (to be...
There are some opportunities to shutdown a system via command line without special permissions in sudoers or else. Dbus may be used. It just works a year or two ago. This week I have tried them over...
This did the trick - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/997040/comments/75
See printers list,
See their names only,
Set up a wanted printer.
lpstat -p
lpstat -p | awk...
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Why break at EVERY update? It seems this is a question. Historico-philosophical. Linux and opensource software are permanently floating and unstable. Developers and apologists are sometimes young (no...
Yeah! It seems Ubuntu Linux is not the very customizable now days. :/
Issue: after upgrade *-desktop packages may attract unwanted packages into your installation.
Example: Upgrade LUbuntu...
What is now days a combination to interrupt disk check while booting of Quantal Quetzal?
Pressing of 'c', or 'd', or 'Ctrl+D', or 'Ctrl+C' do not interrupt automated disk check, half an our...
Any ideas?
It seems access to serial port services (on external devices) available over bluetooth connections is blocked for ordinary user accounts (ver.12.04 Precise, files /dev/rfcomm*). How to for...
Yes I have it. This is exact duplicate of mentioned above DBus way command ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11890267&postcount=57 ).
ssh user-name@host.name "dbus-send --print-reply...
Did it ever worked directly on the machine? If not - try other ways to suspend.
I'm not shure you must not use double qoutes for command string, if there are internal field separators in the...
This was successfull on LUbuntu 12.04 Precise with OpenBox session. Without sudo and root privileges. LUbuntu is derivative with LXDE instead of heavy Unity, because this is the only declared...
1) USB-RS232 cable have a chip and some times not all pins are soldered. You may have fully functional "RS232 to USB" chip, but only with Rx, Tx and Ground pins to be enabled. If your...
Keep in mind, operating system needs some free space for temporary files.
Compare listing of
ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuidbefore and after resizing. If UUID codes are different before and after, then...
I'm looking for subject. A way to use over LAN _all_ resources of a remote computer. For example - I have laptop with week Atom processor and no 3D, but I want to use it for editing of my video...
Tried to replace HTML code in CP1251 encoding:
regexxer - failed to accept multi string text as a search expression.
replaceit - it's description telling it is not able at all to work with...
IP adresses of virtual machines are changing in my case.
As far as I know I can not put into "/etc/hosts" addresses of DN servers to be used for name resolution. The file can be filled only with...