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I often adjust various hard drive parameters when using dd. Although the setting options may not be very prominent, the transfer speed ultimately depends primarily on the hardware being used. The following parameters have proven successful for me when working with loopback devices:
Today i got the message from my Emacs after typing package-list-packages. The full error is listed below: It seem’s that i wasn’t able to install elpa-packages anymore. After some research i got the hint to install gnu-elpa-keyring-update with the Emacs-package-manager to solve this problem. That sounds easy but before installing a package i had to … Read more
Simple network routes can be set under Linux using the route command become. Here is a simple example: In order for this change to be active even after a restart, the file /etc/network/interfaces must be changed.
This is not actually intended and there is no clean way to do it. However, it is possible to change an environment variable of an existing process using a debugger. Specifically, this is about the debugger called gdb. This can attach itself to existing processes and carry out various operations. Among other things, changing environment … Read more
Recently I noticed on a freshly installed server that there was no command called nslookup. Luckily, Debian-like distributions have the apt-file tool. This makes it possible to search for applications that are not yet installed but are in principle available in the APT repository. The command quickly shed light on the matter and delivered the … Read more
Individual files can also be transferred using netcat. To do this, thefollowing instructions must be used on the transmitter and receiver: On the receiver: At the sender: Explanation: The recipient starts a server service based on the first parts,which reacts to requests on TCP port 8888. With the instruction > dest the content of received … Read more
Firstly, during the Steam setup, I’m acting as the user tester. Any other user can be used instead of tester, but in that case, all path references in this documentation must be adjusted accordingly. First, download the official Steam installer from their website. This will place the file steam.deb in the downloads folder. If you … Read more