Oct 6th, 2008 by bolt
Most linux kernels accept a “vga=” command line parameter, which will set the resolution to use during boot. This is a short list of video modes which can be used, given your kernel supports your video card well enough, and the video card can handle the resulution.
My computer has the correct resolution all the way from boot time, which makes text MUCH easier to read. Continue Reading »
Oct 6th, 2008 by bolt
I rarely post just a link, but this casemod is just too awesome:
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=172860&postcount=377
Oct 5th, 2008 by bolt
Short reference, but I always forget.
Go here: opera:config#BitTorrent|Enable
Oct 5th, 2008 by bolt
To fetch Opera’s stored wand passwords, all you need is a new powerbutton. Don’t pay for this service!
http://operawiki.info/PowerButtons#retrievewand
Fetch that and use this new button instead of the wand when you want to recover a password you’ve saved with the wand.
Oct 5th, 2008 by bolt
My relatively short list of useful mysql commands Continue Reading »
Oct 5th, 2008 by bolt
A short reference on how to install Opera on Debian etch. Continue Reading »
Things to try. Continue Reading »
Oct 5th, 2008 by bolt
Stole this from http://www.fewt.com/2008/06/performance-tuning-vmware-server-on.html for personal reference.
Oct 5th, 2008 by bolt
Sometimes it seems syslog is determined to spam the tty’s with useless information from the system logs. This happens on some systems, and I have yet to figure out why, because I do mostly the same install on all of them. Anyway, here’s how to get the damn things to stay in the log and not spam the console.
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Oct 5th, 2008 by bolt
There are loads of irssi scripts which do this, but the truth is irssi actually supports these things very well out of the box. Here’s how. Continue Reading »