Logical Ubuntu Keyboard Shortcuts

July 1st, 2009

Here is couple of ubuntu shortcuts that I’ve customized and using. Note not all shortcuts is set yet. Will update this post, when I do.
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Check DEB/RPM Package Version

July 1st, 2009

To check for deb package version you can use one of the following commands: (where is [package] your actual package name).
apt-cache madison [package]
or
apt-cache policy [package]

Example command for DEB package:
apt-cache madison firefox

To check for rpm package version you can use the following command: (where is [package] your actual package name).
rpm -q [package]

Example command for RPM package:
rpm -q firefox

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Fix for SSH PTY Failed

July 1st, 2009

Simply run the following commands:
rm -rf /dev/ptmx && mknod /dev/ptmx c 5 2 && chmod 666 /dev/ptmx && umount /dev/pts && rm -rf /dev/pts && mkdir /dev/pts && mount /dev/pts

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Fix Yum DB Error

July 1st, 2009

If you get the following error in CentOS 5.3 final
TypeError: rpmdb open failed

You can run this commands, to fix the issue:
rm -f /dev/urandom && mknod -m 644 /dev/urandom c 1 9 && yum clean all && yum -y update all

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New Site Design

June 16th, 2009
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Hey guys, the new site design is on its way. Have a pick here :)
http://gravityfx.org/dev/gfx-site.png
http://gravityfx.org/dev/gfx-geshi.png
http://gravityfx.org/dev/gfx-pre.png

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The Lenix Project

April 19th, 2009
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The Lenix Project





We brought The Lenix Project to live @ http://lenix.org/ Come and join us!

NOTE: Lenix.org site currently down, till we get stable version working. Ones that done, will launch the site again.

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How-To: Install PHP 5.2.9 and MySQL 5.1.33 on CentOS 5.3 Final

April 8th, 2009
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I’ve finally figured out a way to install PHP 5.2.x instead of PHP 5.1 which installs on CentOS 5.3 by default. I’ve wanted to use phpMyAdmin 3.x but could not because of this. Now I can, and if you keep reading you will too. Note if you follow this how-to and do everything correctly you won’t even loose your current database. But I highly recommend you backup your database before you proceed.

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How-To: Install VPS (HyperVM)

April 4th, 2009
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Hi guys, its been a while since I’ve posted anything to this blog. Since I’ve switched to linux I don’t program much for windows any more. But I will still try to update software I’ve released, like ComiX which is gotten more popular then I thought. I will also be bloging about my linux and computer experiences on here as well.

Here is a quick how-to from my notes, ones I’ve installed my vps;

VPS Specs Used:
OS: CentOS 5.3
Web Server: LightTPD
FTP Server: vsFTPd
MySQL Server and PHP
WordPress Blog

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