Mac Install
Installation notes from installing a Mac User Account Update the uid sudo dscl . -change /Users/rob UniqueID 501 1000 # Now create a new terminal sudo dscl . -change /Users/rob PrimaryGroupID 20 1000 #...
View ArticleConverting Video
Convert videos in Ubuntu Convert MTS to mkv ffmpeg -i 00017.MTS -vcodec libx264 -threads 2 00017.mkv
View ArticleBanshee Music Player
How to configure Banshee Music Player Install Banshee Use a PPA to get the latest version sudo add-apt-repository ppa:banshee-team/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y banshee...
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Configuring a local Ubuntu dist Mirror Installing apt-mirror sudo apt-get install apt-mirror sudo mkdir -p /mnt/mirrors/apt-mirror/mirror /mnt/mirrors/apt-mirror/skel /mnt/mirrors/apt-mirror/var...
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Notes on configuring XBMC Clearing the music library Delete the music database rm ~/.xbmc/userdata/database/mymusic*.db
View ArticleJSP Wiki
Installing and configuring JSP Wiki The glassfish-javaee package is required to get the jstl.jar and standard.jar files. The tomcat6-examples used to include them but not anymore… This may change as...
View ArticleNTP
How to configure NTP Add the servers to synchronise with Edit the configuration file sudo vi /etc/ntp.conf ... server 0.uk.pool.ntp.org server 1.uk.pool.ntp.org server 2.uk.pool.ntp.org Now restart the...
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This will go through installing and configuring Samba Configuring Samba Install Samba sudo apt-get install samba samba-tools Configure smb.conf sudo vi /etc/samba/smb.conf ... # Change this to the...
View ArticleOpenLDAP
The post will go through installing OpenLDAP Install the required packages sudo apt-get install -y slapd ldap-utils db4.8-util References How to Forge guide Ubuntu Guide
View ArticleConfiguring the GL Slideshow screensaver
This will show you how to enable the GL slideshow screensaver To enable it go to: System–>Preferences–>Screensaver–>GLSlideshow Configure GLSlideshow To change the path to the pictures edit...
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