Continuing on with my theme of compiling and patching linux kernels a la: Kernel patch and compile the Fedora way A more elegant: Quick and dirty kernel patch and build Here is how I patch and compile new kernels for Ubuntu/Debian distributions. More specifically, create .deb files to be used by the Advanced Packaging Tool… Continue reading Kernel patch and compile the Debian/Ubuntu way
Ok, I’ll keep this short, sweet and generic. I’ll endeaver to put up a instructions for creating custom kernel packages in .dep and rpm (done and see here “Kernel patch and compile the Fedora way“) format if I find the need to create them. As we have seen, the original/traditional/generic way to install new kernels… Continue reading A more elegant: Quick and dirty kernel patch and build
Compiling a custom kernel in the open source world of Linux is pretty much a given and an underrated privilege. This can be a simple or convoluted process depending on work flow and technique. Each distribution has a preferred way which tends to result in a nice reusable packaged compatible to specific package management… Continue reading Kernel patch and compile the Fedora way
After running sysprep on cloned virtual machine as explained here: libvirt work flow explained The host ssh keys will be wiped from the guest image (this is a good thing) meaning that you will no longer be able to ssh into that guest VM (this is a bad thing). Fortunately this easy fix. On Ubuntu,… Continue reading Generate new host keys after sysprep
Ever come across a complex command line example on the internet and thought “what the hell is doing exactly?” and stated googling, diving into man files and other help systems. Well I came across this site today and putting it out there as a strong recommendation for bookmarking https://explainshell.com/ OK, awesome is over kill. It… Continue reading explainshell.com is awesome
OK! Just a quick one, more a note to myself as I brain spaced when trying to get GDM to display on my desired monitor when my system first starts up. History: I have a duel monitor setup and I’m running Gnome3 and the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) which handles graphical user login, as well… Continue reading GDM display on the monitor you want
Seeing as I’m using a lot of virtual machines for various test and production environments, I thought I would give an insight into the the work flow I am currently using to speed up and ease my creation of VM’s. (also so I have a resource to fall back on). My workstation runs linux. Using… Continue reading My libVirt clone/sysprep work flow
THE PROBLEM: “Peer’s certificate issuer has been marked as not trusted by the user. (-8172) – Cannot add MS SMIMEEncKeyPrefs attribute”, you may need to select different mail options” THE SCENARIO: Right! so I have had this issue a couple of times. Well in fact, once a year, every year, when I go through the… Continue reading Peer certificate error when S/MIME signing email
*If you use Thunderbird, the world has moved on and become simpler since I wrote this. Go to updated Blog Not just linux but any application that supports WebDAV or CardDAV. Following on from previous posts about using Apples iCloud services on non Apple devices or operating systems. See. – Apple CalDAV address…without .plist –… Continue reading Using your iCloud address book in Linux
A very common error that occurs when using youtube-dl (it’s not just for youtube you know) is the dreaded: WARNING: unable to extract html5 player; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the –verbose flag and… Continue reading youtube-dl bombs and needs updating (Ubuntu 17.04)
