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Color scheme is lost on shell change 27 Aug 2013 | 08:16 pm
My default login shell is ksh which shows my default color scheme which i set via putty. But when i change my shell to bash my color scheme is lost. Is there a way to retain the color scheme?
Decoding torrent traffic for security analyst use.? 27 Aug 2013 | 08:13 pm
I'm here for some understanding and help in decoding torrent traffic. I don't want to sound too off-topic for this forum, but I perhaps by asking this question in this forum can help other facing the ...
Scope of variables when calling function from find 27 Aug 2013 | 07:25 pm
In a bash script I define a function that is called from find. The problem is that the scope of variables does not extend to the function. How do I access variables from the function? Here is an examp...
Which embedded Linux platform supports Suspend to RAM? 27 Aug 2013 | 06:59 pm
I am trying to save maximum energy for a certain embedded Linux application. Currently I am using Raspberry Pi. BZut it looks like Raspberry Pi doesn't support Suspend to RAM. What alternative embedde...
Installer packages: .bin, -rpm.bin, tar, tar.z 27 Aug 2013 | 06:56 pm
Is it correct that most of Unix&Linux software supports x-copy deployment? If I download the installation package and uncompress the files into a particular directory - would that be enough to start u...
Can VirtualBox return IP address for launched VM? 27 Aug 2013 | 06:51 pm
I would like to start my VM from the command line and without the GUI using the following command: VBoxManage startvm <MY_VM> --type headless and the SSH into it from the next prompt. The problem, h...
Monitoring file reads for cache warming 27 Aug 2013 | 06:42 pm
After adding more memory to my Linux machine I was tempted to use the cache more agressively. I looked into preload and found the results somewhat disappointing. The net cause of this seems to be that...
How to generate signal interrupt on file description in linux? 27 Aug 2013 | 06:26 pm
How can generate signal interrupt on file description in linux? Motivation is to generate interrupt in userland as we have in microcontrollers. I will have file description for IO and want to generate...
Is there an easy way to "restart" a tmux pane? 27 Aug 2013 | 05:58 pm
Assume I have a tmux (1.7) window split as follows: Now, the vertical sizes have been customized, so it's by no means one of the default layouts. On occasion, when a program gets stuck or when you r...
Mobile Broadband stopped working Crunchbang 27 Aug 2013 | 05:49 pm
For months now my mobile broadband (GSM) stick has worked with Crunchbang. Yesterday it stopped. When I plug it in, it appears in the network manager and I can connect to it, but as soon as it is conn...