Nation Pigeon

goomwwm startup applications and background

Pete — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:16:09 +0000

I’ve been using Goomwwm on and off, but seeing as it’s post-new-yearness I’m going to give it a try full time. To set the background, I decided to use feh. Simply create a .goomwwmrc in your home directory. # Background exec /usr/bin/feh --bg-center /home/osaka/wallpaper.jpg # Sart up applications exec /usr/bin/lxpanel That sets the background to [...]

Connect to Eduroam using wpa_supplicant

Pete — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:08:58 +0000

Less: /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant_edu.conf

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1

network={
        ssid="eduroam"
        key_mgmt=IEEE8021X WPA-NONE WPA-EAP
        eap=PEAP
        identity="abc1@uni.ac.uk"
        password="*****"
        #ca_cert="/location/of/cert" # This might not be required.
        phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
        priority=2
        auth_alg=OPEN
}

Libre Office Spellchecker Not working

Pete — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:59:17 +0000

sudo apt-get install myspell-en-gb This should make it work, this will work for any debian variant.

Eclipse and Android Dev

Pete — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:22:47 +0000

If you get the following error with Eclipse on Linux (Maybe Windows): Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found. Software being installed: Android Development Tools 0.9.4.v200910220141-17704 (com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.feature.group 0.9.4.v200910220141-17704) Missing requirement: Android Development Tools 0.9.4.v200910220141-17704 (com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.feature.group 0.9.4.v200910220141-17704) requires 'org.eclipse.wst.sse.core 0.0.0' but it could not be found 1. Go to [...]

vnstat: Network Stats

Pete — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:16:37 +0000

To gather network statistics about the amount of data your interface is using, have a look at vnstat

FreeBSD 9 Keyboard mapping

Pete — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:38:51 +0000

To get HAL to set your keyboard mapping on boot create the below file: vi /usr/local/etc/hal/fdi/policy/x11-input.fdi Enter this into it: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> <device> <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keyboard"> <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbLayout" type="string">gb</merge> </match> </device> </deviceinfo> For this to work you will need to have HAL enabled in rc.conf. echo 'hald_enable="YES"' [...]

Install Mongo DB on Debian with PHP support

Pete — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:29:20 +0000

Steps to Install MongoDB – This should work with Debian and Ubuntu, with the upstart init system. sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 7F0CEB10 && sudo sh -c 'echo ''deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen'' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/10gen.list' && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install mongodb-10gen; If all goes well you should have a fully working MongoDB. [...]

Site Update 21-Alpha

Pete — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:38:37 +0000

Surprise, a new shiny theme has appeared!

Search for Files that Do NOT Contain a Certain Term

Pete — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:10:12 +0000

Using Windows command line, to locate only the files you want.

Webserver File Permissions

Pete — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:23:21 +0000

From what I have found out, the standard permissions should go along the lines of

Directories 755
PHP 600
Everything Else 644