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SSH is slow to make a connection
I just installed Ubuntu 11.10, and whenever I try to SSH into my servers it's very slow. Before it displays the password prompt, it can take between 40 seconds and 60 seconds. I use: Once I'm logged in, everything is fine and it works fast. Why does it take so long, and how can i fix it? Are there …
How do I disable microphone volume auto-adjusting?
My coworkers started yelling at me today because apparently I started screaming in their ears during a Google hangout. And sure enough, when I go to the Microphone settings dialog, I can see the level being auto-adjusted constantly; sometimes way too high. I don't think this has happened previously…
Why is NTFS case sensitive?
I personally thought that NTFS was case insensitive, since you can type cmd, CMD, cMd or even CmD and still get the command prompt. However, why is it that during a , sometimes it fixes capitalization in some files? If it didn't care about the case, it shouldn't matter about that, and CHKDSK should…
What does kill -3 mean?
I know what means, but anyone can explain what does mean? Is there any special signal it sends out?
What's the difference between unbuffered and fully buffered memory?
I'm not new to computers, but somehow I've missed the fact that there are different types of memory when it comes to being buffered or not. What's the difference between the two? The only thing I've noticed is the price difference between the two.
How to set terminal size in Android adb shell?
When I connect to Android using "adb shell" and run certain commands such as "vim" or "mc", they are restricted to a "window" of 25x80 characters. Since I'm connecting from a desktop computer where xterm has a much higher resolution, I'd like to use it. How do I resize this console window to e.g. 6…
How to find my stolen Macbook
A friend of mine just had her Macbook stolen. Her Dropbox account is still working on the Macbook, so she can see each time the Macbook comes online, and she can get its IP address. She has given this information to the police, who say it may take up to a month to get the real location from the IP …
Continuously monitor files opened/accessed by a process
will list all the files opened by process whose pid is 12345 but only for a particular instant of time. How can we continuously monitor a process from the start to end(until process is terminated) to list/show every single file accessed by the process during its whole lifetime?
Is there any GUI tool to configure /etc/fstab?
I have little experiences in configuring the 'fstab'. I'm looking for any GUI tool that helps me with this. If possible based on gtk and should be available in Debian.
How-to change the name of an MD device (mdadm)
Here is the output from mdadm -Esv: ARRAY /dev/md127 level=raid0 num-devices=2 UUID=d89d9d45:9a420812:c44c77eb:7ee19756 devices=/dev/sdb8,/dev/sda8 This is a v0.90 array. The question is as follows: how does mdadm assign the name for an according device, where does it store it and how does one chan…
How to force Chrome to remember a password?
Possible Duplicate: Can I force Google Chrome to remember passwords? Chrome is not trying to remember a password on web.ebuddy.com Is there a way to force Chrome to remember a password for this website? The attribute is not present.
How to add new PHP version to WAMP
I'm trying to install PHP 5.3.8 to work with WAMP (Windows). I downloaded it from the PHP website, copied it in the bin folder, and added this line to wampmanager.ini: and: But it doesn't work... After I edit it and start WAMP, those changes get removed from the ini file.
How to disable Google search result link redirect (on right-click) in Chrome?
When logged in to Google, Google search results are redirected (for tracking purposes etc.). This is annoying, as it's not easy to copy/paste the URL without visiting the site. If there would be no redirect, I would just right-click the link in the search results and select "Copy link address". Now…
Unix-type "locate" on Windows?
Using the Windows CLI (cmd), how does one locate a file that he knows part of the name of? For instance, every single Windows workstation installs javac in a different location, how would one find it from the Windows CLI (cmd)? Googling I see mention only of using the Windows Explorer (file manager…
Alternative to Windows Explorer for long path names
Update: I found that not only Windows Explorer but also other software suffers from too long path names. For example, in Firefox, when I save a webpage into a directory, I still cannot do it if its name or path name is too long. Does Firefox also rely on Windows Explorer? How can I solve that probl…
How to save "scroll state" of PDF file in Chrome?
Chrome does not save the "scroll state" of a PDF file. (Try opening a PDF file, closing the tab, and then re-opening it with CtrlShiftT. Or restart the browser after selecting "Settings" → "On startup" → "Continue where you left off".) How can we enable this behavior? Is there a flag to do so?
How do you defragment the MFT on an NTFS disk?
A while ago, I nearly filled my hard drive, much more than the recommended maximum of 85% of capacity. I believe that NTFS started storing files in the space reserved for the Master File Table (MFT) and the MFT had to fragment elsewhere as it grew. I have cleared off space on the hard drive, but th…
How to make Mission Control keyboard friendly?
In Snow Leopard, when you Expose, you can navigate to each window by using the keyboard arrow keys. With Lion, this is not possible anymore. Does anyone know how to make the arrow keys work in Mission Control?
Make a network drive available over the internet?
I recently built a small server machine, using Ubuntu Server and Samba, to act as a file server (among other things) so that my entire family can access certain files over the network from Windows machines. However, I would love to take this a step further and have the shares be accessible over the…
Excel pie chart: How to combine smaller values in a single "Other" slice?
I have this pie chart in Excel 2010 (based on a pivot table): I'd like to combine all the values smaller than X% in a single "Other" slice. In previous versions of Excel, it was possible to use the "split series" option to do this. That option seems to be gone in the latest version. Is there still …