To play MP3 files in Fedora 8 you need to add software to your default installation: First, add Livna sources using rpm ```bash rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm ``` Next, Install...

I am in the process of building the ultimate ‘vi’ shortcut list: Remove Every Other Line: :g/.*/norm jdd

If while using ‘yum’ or ‘rpm’ you receive the following error: rpmdb: Lock table is out of available locker entries Your RPM dB files are screwed up… here is how you unscrew them! This error tell...

If you ever have to set an environment variable you may run into the same reality I ran into. A simple call to system using export (as you might do on the command line)… system( "export MYVAR=som...

Another task which hits my desk often is getting “data” out of text files. Such as names, email addresses, phone numbers, ID numbers, etc. Here is a quick way to parse or rip out “data” from a te...

To play MP3 files in Fedora 7 you need to add software to your default installation: First, add Livna sources using rpm rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-6.rpm Next, Install Rhythmbox us...

If you make a new entry in fstab it will not auto-mount. Therefore you must reload / refresh the entries. A reboot will do this but that is not a friendly way to do it. A quick way to reload new...

I use the “HTML Validator” Firefox plugin daily. I found it does not work out of the box in Linux namely Fedora Core 6 and Fedora 7. You immediately get a HTML-rendered screen that states: FATAL ...

For users of linux and unix one command which is useful is uptime. The uptime command allows you to view the amount of time the server has been running since its last reboot or cold start. If you...

When your SSL keys and certificates fall out of sync let the headaches begin. Here is a common error from apache: Error: “Unable to configure RSA server private key” Check to see if they are in s...