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Notebook Backup to external crypted disk
Here is the documentation, how i making backups of my notebook. I use a external USB harddisk, which is connected to my docking station. On system logon, i check if the external disk is present and mount it. A cronjob starts a backup script, which creates backups with rsync if the backup partition is mounted. […]
Novell Groupwise Messenger Client 2.2 on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot or 12.04 Precise Pangolin 64-Bit
Installing Groupwise Messenger Client 2.2 on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot or 12.04 Precise Pangolin 64-Bit.Installation von Novell Groupwise Messenger Client 2.2 unter Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot oder 12.04 Precise Pangolin 64-Bit. DownloadsDateien herrunterladen Download the Groupwise Messenger Client 2.2 from Novell:Groupwise Messenger Client 2.2 von Novell herrunterladen: http://gwclient.provo.novell.com | alternative Download Java JRE (jre-7u3-linux-i586.tar.gz) from […]
Novell Groupwise 8 Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot or 12.04 Precise Pangolin 64-Bit
Update: Add Ubuntu 12.04 supportAktualisierung: Ubuntu 12.04 Unterstützung hinzugefügt. Installing Novell Groupwise 8 on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot or 12.04 Precise Pangolin 64-Bit.Installation von Novell Groupwise 8 unter Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot oder 12.04 Precise Pangolin 64-Bit. DownloadsDateien herrunterladen Download the Groupwise 8 Linux Client Tarball from Novell:Groupwise 8 Linux Client Tarball von Novell herrunterladen: […]
Install Ubuntu on DELL Latitude ST Tablet
NOTE: It’s all testing and not stable! Try at your own risk! Attention:Achtung The GMA600 graphic hardware acceleration is not working ! 1. InstallInstallation You need USB-Hub, USB-Keyboard and an USB-Stick. 1.1 Download UbuntuUbuntu herrunterladen First download the latest Ubuntu release (currently Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2) Download Daily BuildDaily Build herrunterladen Choose ‚precise-desktop-i386.iso‘ and download […]
Install Foswiki on Ubuntu with Nginx
The serverDer Server I start with a default installation of Ubuntu server (11.10 in this Howto). Install Nginx Install software to add PPA: aptitude install python-software-properties Add Nginx PPA: nginx=stable # use nginx=development for latest development version add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/$nginx Install Ngnix: aptitude update aptitude install nginx See Nginx install Ubuntu PPA for more details. FastCGI […]
Color Bash Prompt on Ubuntu and Debian
Ubuntu Green Prompt for your user Edit “~/.bashrc“ and change: #force_color_prompt=yes to: force_color_prompt=yes To change it for all new users make the same in “/etc/skel/.bashrc“. Red Prompt for root Edit “/root/.bashrc“ and change “force_color_prompt=yes“ like for your user. Now change the color to red. Search this line: PS1=’${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ ‚ and change it to: PS1=’${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;31m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ ‚ […]
Encrypt your USB Stick
Encrypt your USB Stick with cryptsetup or TrueCrypt on Ubuntu. 1. Use cryptsetup 1.1 Install cryptsetup: aptitude install cryptsetup 1.2 Setup cryptsetup volume: Unmount the stick and format it: umount /dev/usb1 cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/usb1 Type „YES“ an choose a password. Open the crypt partition: cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/usb1 crypt_USB Create new Filesystem and mount it: mkfs.ext4 […]
Fix Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot dbus Problem
After uprade to Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot i get the following message during the system boot:Nach dem Update zu Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot bekam ich folgende Meldung wärend des Systemstarts: Waiting for network configuration It takes a long time and leads to a black screen.Es dauerte eine Weile und führte zu einem schwarzen Bildschirm. You […]
Install Sun Java with Puppet on Ubuntu
Sun wants you to agree to its license before installing the JRE/JDK. For an unattended install you need a preseed file. You get the content of this file with „debconf-get-selections | grep sun-„ on a system where you have already installed the required packages. Create a file „/etc/puppet/files/sun-java6.preseed“ with the following example content: sun-java6-bin shared/accepted-sun-dlj-v1-1 […]
Install latest Broadcom bnx2 linux driver
Install new broadcom driver on Ubuntu or Debian: 1. Download Linux driver http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/downloaddrivers.php 2. Unpack unzip linux-6.2.23.zip cd Server/Linux/Driver tar vfx netxtreme2-6.2.23.tar.gz cd netxtreme2-6.2.23 3. Install build tools and install the driver sudo aptitude install build-essential linux-headers make sudo make install 4. Test before installation: $ ethtool -i eth0 driver: bnx2 version: 2.0.2 firmware-version: 4.6.1 […]