Lexmark provides subpar Linux drivers for any distro, but Ubuntu/Debian is horrible. At work we moved from HP Printers to Lexmark. The situation reminds me of ATI hardware in the late-90’s, great hardware and crappy drivers. I converted the Red Hat RPM for Debian based systems. Attached below: To install sudo dpkg -i drivers-lexprtdrv_552-2_i386.deb
If you are on a OpenSuSE or SuSE SLES/SLED machine and have recently mounted /var to a new parition, you might get the following error: “Error in service module” If it keeps you from logging in, boot single user and touch /var/log/lastlog as root
I formatted my iPod recently and noticed that Songbird still thought the Library had media on it. Loading up a factory restore didn’t help. To clear the iPod cache here is the location: In the profiles directory you will see a db folder. Remove all iPod* folders and restart Songbird. Now the Library will show the blankness that is your iPod.
Here is my quick secure guide for MySQL: Rename root user account mysql -u root -p use mysql; update user set user=”mydbadmin” where user=”root”; flush privileges; Set the root password for database mysqladmin -u mydbadmin password ‘the-new-password’ Drop default test database mysql -u mydbadmin -p drop database test; quit; Edit the MySQL server config vi /etc/my.cnf and under [mysqld] skip-networking <– Disables network access set-variable=local-infile=0 <– prevent against unauthorized reading from local files bind-address=127.0.0.1 restart mysql /etc/init.d/mysqld restart
I love my MacBook Pro more than I love my motorcycle. There I said it. When I don’t get a chance to ride my motorcycle I get cranky and irritable, but when I don’t know where my computer is…death to all. The only thing that exceeds my love of Mac is my love of Linux. The reason I began using Apple products was from the consulting days of my life. I needed a machine that when I opened the lid, turned on, and began doing what I told it to do. Linux does this just spiffy, but the problem is I am fiddgity. My work machine was in a constant state of subversion dumps and compiles. A new kernel patch set? Sure why not. GIT Release of GNOME looking spiffy, download away. The problem is that when you live on the edge it is sharp. Bleeding edge releases in Linux made my laptops constant compiling machines. I tinker and therefore I Mac. ...