Network Configuration Ubuntu ships with a number of graphical utilities to configure your network devices. This document is geared toward server administrators and will focus on managing your network on the command line. Ethernet Interfaces Ethernet interfaces are identified by
Uploading File in Ubuntu Recovery Mode
Enter into shell Boot into “Ubuntu (Recovery Mode)” From the recovery menu drop to a root shell. Enter the following command to remount your filesystem as read-write: mount -o remount,rw / Make the required changes to your operating system and
Running Google Chrome as Root in Ubuntu 13.10
Open google-chrome located in /usr/bin with ‘gedit’, ‘kate’ or your favorite text editor. Code: gedit /usr/bin/google-chrome Add “–user-data-dir” (without the quotes) at the very end of the file. Mine looks like this: exec -a “$0” “$HERE/chrome” “$@” –user-data-dir Save, close
Tasksel – Single line command for complex installation
Task selection utility tasksel is a very nice tool in linux to help you perform task based installations Installation : sudo apt-get install tasksel Execute : # tasksel
Checking out list of Input Devices on X Server
Learnt a new command today to checkout the list of all the installed devices on the Ubuntu xinput list Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ PS/2 Generic
Touchpad issue in Acer Laptop (Ubuntu 13.04)
Just purchased a new Acer i5 laptop and found its Elantech touchpad not working properly inside Ubuntu. Worked like a charm in Windows though which eliminated any issue with the hardware. On digging more I found that the issue is