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Ubuntu Command Line – How To Connect To Wi-Fi WPA/WPA2

2014-12-30
by Gábor Hargitai
2 min read

  First and foremost, you will need to have wpa-supplicant installed, otherwise it won’t work. Ubuntu does installs this be default, but to be on the safe side you can install the required package with this...

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  • OS X

BizHub 250/350 Duplex / Double Sided printing on Mac OS X

2014-12-08
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

At the Printing options select Finishing > and tick in Duplex.

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  • Debian
  • Ubuntu

Problem with libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3

2013-04-15
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

Ever encountered the following unpleasant error message under Debian or Ubuntu?   error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory   Fret not, as...

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  • OS X

Remove file protection from copied files under Mac OS X

2013-03-03
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

Copying files from read-only media or an external drive (or even a network share) can cause them to become “protected” upon being written to disk under OS X. Problem is, when the urge to modify/rename the rises...

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  • Linux
  • Ubuntu

VNC from the Login Screen: accessing the actual Ubuntu X Display shown on the monitor

2013-02-13
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

Issue the following command with elevated rights or as root: apt-get install x11vnc   Create the file /etc/init/x11vnc.conf with your favourite text editor and write this into it: start on login-session-start script x11vnc...

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  • Linux
  • Ubuntu

ProFTPd error in Ubuntu 12.04 – solution!

2013-02-13
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

By default, the installed package refused to start, because of missing files. So I had to do the following to resolve the missing links:   First, create a symbolic link to the already existing file:  ln -s...

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  • Other

Scrolling within Mac OS X Terminal app

2013-01-23
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

Ever wanted to scroll pushing Shift + Page Up/Down within Terminal.app? Here is how to do it, check MouseTerm!    

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  • OS X

Updating Darwin Ports / MacPorts on OSX Mountain Lion

2013-01-23
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

  1. Let’s update the currently available application package list /opt/local/bin/port -d selfupdate   2. Darwin ports should be updated as well: /opt/local/bin/port upgrade outdated    

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  • OS X

Coda 2 is not saving passwords for FTP servers

2012-12-29
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

The gurus over Panic have made Coda 2 one of the very best development tools for Mac OS X, stuffed with all the features one could only hope for. However, under OS X 10.8 (and prior) some concerns were raised in relation with the...

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  • Network
  • Samba
  • Windows

How to close open SAMBA / Windows Shared Folder connections effectively

2012-08-17
by Gábor Hargitai
2 min read
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Since the concept of mounting a file system had risen, nearly every type of media and storage device can be accessed from practically everywhere in the world. Unix / Linux based systems are exceptionally good at handling multiple...

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