25th November 2010
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Database, Hardware, Networking, System, cli
If you wish to monitor your Linux system in realtime, use dstat. Use a man dstat to see a list of possible options, since they are extensive and dstat can output system usage, memory usage, load times, network informatio[...]
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19th September 2010
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GNOME, Hardware, System
One of the few things you can’t easily configure in Ubuntu is the option to make the computer sleep instead of hibernate when idle for X minutes. Here’s how to do it:
Press Alt+F2 and type gconf-editor then p[...]
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15th May 2010
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Hardware, cli
If you are pestered by the bug that doesn;t let you mount USB devices in Ubuntu Lucid Lynx, the issue is caused by the floppy module. Disable it with
sudo modprobe -r floppy
and reboot.
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26th September 2009
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Hardware, Networking
If you wish to change your MAC address in Linux, all you have to do is bring the interface down then use the hw ether switch:
ifconfig eth0 downifconfig eth0 hw ether 02:01:02:03:04:08ifconfig eth0 up
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Tags: MAC address
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