In this example, we will attach an external Trust USB card reader to a FreeBSD 7.2 machine.
Our memory card is inserted into the card reader, and the card reader USB cord is then plugged in. The USB port will be probed by the generic mass storage driver and we can then fetch the device name, [...]
Installing a laser printer is actually straight forward, if you keep in mind, that most laser printers has standard queues, from which they accept input. One of these is the raw queue, also referred to as RAW or RAW1. Using this, you do not have to mingle with drivers in the operating system or drivers [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The following error was returned when trying to start smbd on a FreeBSD 7.0 operating system after a power failure in a failed uninterruptible power supply (UPS).
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: shared object “libcrypt.so.15″ not found, required by “libgnutls.so.26″
Assuming, that ports, that depend on libgcrypt, has to be reinstalled, the following procedure is executed. libgcrypt is a general purpose cryptographic library [...]
Quiz applications and their results are a huge problem on Facebook. They appear frequent and tend to spread like virus through exploiting lists of friends. Some of them even lead to loss of money.
Use this procedure to block them by adding a filter to Firefox.
First, we need to add a script parser, that can parse [...]
The default desktop in Ubuntu is actually pretty neat. However, there are a few quick options, that optimizes the look, feel and practical usage.
The default desktop shows two grey bars. There is one on the top and one on the bottom. Let’s make this a little more neat. Disable the bar on the bottom. Move [...]
he requirement for manually typing in a password when accessing a remote host or distributing files can be a problem, such as when working in a server environment or using automated scripts.
A solution to this can be to implement trusted secure shell (SSH, SCP) access. This is also referred to as passwordless SSH or SCP [...]
Raw movie clips from a digital camera, often identified by capital file names, ending with AVI, takes up a lot of disc space. Such movie clips might also need to be edited, combined and prepared for viewers, such as sharing with friends and communities, in terms of file size and watermarking.
This procedure will load one [...]
