Zen of Linux

When connecting a Kyocera FS-1010 to an ASUS Eee PC the default configuration should recognize the printer on USB and properly set it up for printing. But, as I said, it should…
Actually getting the Kyocera to work on the EeePC was a little bit harder. First I fiddled around with the configuration of the printer, […]

On ubuntu, for example, executing commands is normally under a user other than root. In fact, root is deactivated altogether to make the system more secure even for novice users.
However, on certaincircumstances you need to do things as root. This is where su (switch user) comes into play, or sudo (switch user and do). Executing […]

On Linux, searching for files is easy with the find command. In order to search for a specific text pattern inside a file you can use this command:
find . -name ‘*.php’ -exec grep ‘my text pattern’ {} \;
the “-name” section limits the search to files matching the stated pattern, in this case only *.php files.
The […]

As I have no solution yet, this post must be considered work in progress (WIP).
I am running Linux and plan on using an HomePNA (laso called HPNA) phoneline network via an Allnet ALL0187 USB to HPNA adapter. My system recognized the device partly and is now using the “pegasus” driver - which as far as […]

When you figured out how to go to console on an ASUS Eee PC
(btw it’s pressing CTRL+ALT+T), the next question will be “how do I become root on the system, or what’s the root password?”.
At first, Xandros, the OS on the little machine, has root deactivated by default, so you can’t become root or use […]

This procedure is useful when your shared hosting webserver is running an outdated version of perl but your applications need a newer version; for example when utf8 functionality is needed which only newer versions fully support.
First read this small paragraph: http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/2.22/html/nonroot.html
Then get the latest perl sources and extract/configure/compile it:
$ wget http://perl.com/CPAN/src/stable.tar.gz
$ tar zvxf stable.tar.gz
$ […]

When using portable storage media like USB-Sticks, SD-Cards, Transflash cards or Memorysticks you do gamble a bit with your data. From multiple data losses on such devices I know that losing the piece itself is not the only way to surprisingly get rid of your files.
Let’s discuss these two aspects:

The threat of losing everything caused […]

Although the EeePC’s desktop seems to be pretty locked up as the system is running Xandros Linux, you can enter the console by pressing [CTRL] + [ALT] + [T] and go on tweaking the OS.

A short how-to for awstats. Lately, when I found out analog falls short in terms of geo IP functionality, I decided to switch to awstats.
Running debian and a webserver, I downloaded the awstats archive and extracted it on a reachable path within the www root of my server. Next I customized the shipped awstats config […]

One annoying thing on ubuntu and linux in general is the absence of the old and trusty true type fonts that are shipped with Mixrosoft Windows uses. But help is near: Microsoft has released these fonts for free and you can install them on any linux system with little effort. On ubuntu type
sudo apt-get install […]