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Notes on KVM
Sharing sound with the host: export QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=alsa; kvm -hda $image_name.img -m 1024 -soundhw all -hda = Hard disk image -m = Memory -soundhw = Sound Hardware… more →
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Notes on KVM
cake wrote 10 months ago: Sharing sound with the host: export QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=alsa; kvm -hda $image_name.img -m 1024 -soundhw a … more →
Git Hook Caveat
cake wrote 11 months ago: If you’re doing something that needs to change its directory to another place (like say, you h … more →
Adding an IP address to Debian/Ubuntu Linux
cake wrote 1 year ago: # sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces Your original will look something like this: # Used by ifup(8) and … more →
Installing mod_rails on CentOS
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cake wrote 1 year ago: First, you should follow this guide: http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/RailsOnCentos to instal … more →
Irssi with IRC Proxy on OpenWRT
cake wrote 1 year ago: Irssi has this nifty feature that allows you to proxy through the client. This isn’t installed … more →
Asking a question, on the Internet
cake wrote 1 year ago: Here are four steps to get your question answered: Step 1: Ask your question. Step 2: Disguise yours … more →
Logitech G9 on Linux
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cake wrote 2 years ago: A new Logitech G9 mouse arrived on my doorstep today. What was first pure glee and joy (it better in … more →
Formac Studio TVR on Linux
cake wrote 2 years ago: I have a Formac Studio TVR. Its probably a few years old but I used it a long time ago to painstakin … more →
Mercurial and Rails Projects (no longer valid, see update!)
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cake wrote 2 years ago: Mercurial is a distributed versioning system, much like the acclaimed Git in use on the Linux kernel … more →
Subclipse, HTTPS and lots of nightly fun
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cake wrote 2 years ago: Subclipse is normally a component of your Eclipse IDE. It manages the interaction that you have at y … more →
Dual booting between Windows and Linux (on separate hard disks)
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cake wrote 2 years ago: My personal desktop system is comprised of two separate operating systems. I dual boot between these … more →
How to fix FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 1: Partition ends in the final partial cylinder
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cake wrote 2 years ago: This came up with the Lexar Jumpdrive that I was attempting to re-partition. According to sources ro … more →
The meaning of 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit
cake wrote 2 years ago: Quite simply (but requiring more detail for other uses): 2^8 = 256 2^16 = 65536 2^32 = 4,294,967,296 … more →
Recovering your Mozilla Firefox bookmarks
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cake wrote 2 years ago: My Windows installation recently ran into a blue screen of death. No problem. For many people that m … more →
