Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Installing Mondo in Debian 6

Mondoresue is a backup program which is more flexible than the others. It is a ncurses based backup program. Debian removed the mondo backup program from the stable repositories but only available in sid.For those who want to install mondo in debian stable add the following lines in /etc/apt/sources.list
ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/debian 6.0 contrib
then use apt-get update,apt-get install
it will install the program mondo
thanks to:http://www.ithowto.ro/2010/03/howto-install-mondo-rescue-debian-lenny-5-0-apt-get/

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Plymouth In Debian Squeeze


Debian squeeze now officially dropped splashy and usplash for the boot splash and included the Plymouth boot splash as it's default.Plymouth when installed it is not enabled by default
these are the following steps to enable Plymouth
Become root.
Install v86d package.
1. Edit the  /etc/default/grub file

Replace GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="..."
by GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x1024-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap"
Replace #GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480
by GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024
Notice that grub2 supports different resolutions so you can put there a list
and grub2 will choose the first working one. (debian-edu grub background
image should be updated)

2. edit the file /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
by adding  a line containing: uvesafb mode_option=1280x1024-24 mtrr=3 scroll=ywrap

3. echo FRAMEBUFFER=y | tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash
add "i915 modeset=1" to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
Now you have the default setted theme.
/usr/sbin/plymouth-set-default-theme --list (list available themes)
/usr/sbin/plymouth-set-default-theme THEME (change theme)

4. update-grub2
update-initramfs -u (apply to initramfs)

Friday, December 3, 2010

Top 10 commands a user must Know

1. su
 The command su gives the user full access as an administrator  and can install and update system.

2. cp
The command cp is used to copy files and folders.If the folders have multiple files;the argument r is to be used.
usage:
cp  /home/xy  /opt  -r

3.mv
This command is used to move the files,equivalent of the cut command in windows

4.rm
This command is used to delete the files

5.cat
this command is used to view the configuration files in the command line.

6.halt
This command  is used to shutdown the  system

7.reboot
This command is used to restart the system.

8.kill
This command is used to stop the process.

9.ps
  ps displays information about a selection of the active processes
usage:to see the every process
ps -e

10.man
This command is  the system help utility and gives  reference manuals on all process and applications.

   
    
 

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