Category Archives: Linux

Getting rid of the pass-phrase dialog at Apache startup time

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Jeffery

If you have installed an SSL certificate for your Apache web-server with a pass-phrase setup on the server key, then when you start or restart apache server, this dialog pops up asking you to enter the pass-phrase for the private … Continue reading →

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Mounting an ISO image in Linux

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Jeffery

If you ever want to mount an ISO image file without burning it to disk, this is how I would do it. First I would confirm that the ISO image file is really an ISO image file by executing the … Continue reading →

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openSuSe 10.2 Reference Manual

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Jeffery

If you haven’t known about it yet, grab it. Its not the most comprehensive of manuals but it has got me unstuck a few times. You can download the openSuSe 10.2 Reference Manual from my files repository. The online version … Continue reading →

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Mounting Partitions that are within a disk Image

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Jeffery

If you have played around with virtualisation technologies, specifically Xen, then you may have experienced creating a disk image. To create a disk image on Linux, I execute the following command: dd if=/dev/zero of=OpenSuse-10.2.img bs=1024k count=0 seek=5000 This would have … Continue reading →

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svn:externals – Linking external libraries

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Jeffery

Linking to libraries in your projects If you happen to use external libraries in your projects, you often find that you add the whole library into your project and commit it into your project repository. This ends up with a … Continue reading →

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My Mandriva 2006 Repository is Live

Posted on July 26, 2006 by Jeffery

I have put together a collection of RPMS which I have built for various projects I am involved with or was required by me. You can access these RPMS for Mandriva 2006 by executing the foolowing commad on the shell. … Continue reading →

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Updating Mandriva Menus

Posted on July 26, 2006 by Jeffery

I have often found that after installing a package on mandriva, the application does not seem to appear in the menu listing. Here is a quick fix to make the application link appear in the menu. Execute the following on … Continue reading →

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Upgrading your QT Environment

Posted on May 20, 2006 by Jeffery

It is possible, you already have Qt3 installed in your system and you have recently upgraded to Qt4. In order to be able to compile your applications for Qt4, you will have to upgrade your system enviroment so it recognises … Continue reading →

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