VESA console modes

Unknown | 2008-10-06

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. (more…)

Installing Opera in Debian etch

Unknown | 2008-10-05

A short reference on how to install Opera on Debian etch.

Edit /etc/apt/sources.list, add:

deb http://deb.opera.com/opera etch non-free

Then  import the public keys for the opera repository:

gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-key 6A423791
gpg --fingerprint 6A423791
gpg --armor --export 6A423791| apt-key add -

Then run “apt-get update && apt-get install opera” and live happily ever after 😀

Error “Need to reboot the computer” after running Adobe Update Manager

Unknown | 2008-10-05

Things to try.

  1. Remove the AUtrans.xml file from the Documents and Settings\ [user name] \Application Data\Adobe\Updater folder.
  2. Remove the Adobe Updater.exe key from the registry if it exists.
  3. Remove the Adobe Updater.exe key:
    1. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.
    2. Select the AdobeUpdater.exe key (if it exists), and then choose Edit -> Delete.
    3. Click Yes in the Confirm Key Delete dialog box.
  4. Search for and delete the AdobeUpdater.rbt file if it exists.
    1. Select Start -> Search.
    2. Under What Do You Want To Search For, select All Files And Folders.
    3. In the All Or Part Of The File Name box, type: AdobeUpdater.rbt
    4. In the Look In box, choose your local hard disk.
    5. Click Search.
    6. Delete the AdobeUpdater.rbt file from the search results if it is found.

Prevent syslog from spamming the console

Unknown | 2008-10-05

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.

bash# vim /etc/sysconfig/syslog
KLOGD_OPTIONS="-2 -c 1"
bash# /etc/init.d/syslog restart

irssi auto-connect and auto-identify

Unknown | 2008-10-05

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.

Start up irssi, then:

/connect irc.freenode.net
/nick MyIRCNick
/SERVER ADD -auto -network freenode irc.freenode.net 6667 <password>

(you may have to shutdown and restart irssi at this point for it to recognize the network name “freenode” in the next step)

/CHANNEL ADD -auto #ubuntu freenode

Another method of auto-identifying is seen below. The above is generally preferred.

/NETWORK ADD -autosendcmd "/^msg NickServ IDENTIFY password;wait 2000" freenode