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When creating a symbolic link, how do I troubleshoot 'too many levels of symbolic links'?
I'm trying to create a symbolic link on Ubuntu 10.04 ((Lucid Lynx)) it says: And when I do I just get: I tried to create it before, and I'm not sure if I run a wrong command...
How to Rotate a Window's Orientation?
It's fairly easy to rotate the entire desktop's orientation on MS Windows. However, I'm looking for a way to rotate a single window's orientation. Are there any easy tricks to do this?
spectrum analyzer that shows 'live' input from the microphone
I have a friend which helps children with speaking disabilities, and she needs some software that shows the amplitude of the sound immediately as the children speak through the microphone. I have tried Audacity, but it has a delay of about one second. Any recommendations on such software? Note that…
Saving the state of a VirtualBox virtual machine from command line?
I am using VirtualBox on Windows. Is there a way to make a script that will close the VM and "save the state"? Or even just tell the VM to shutdown? Non-sequitur: I know you can open the VM from the command line because I have a shortcut to open the VM. And so I can just call the shortcut from the …
How to embed PowerShell into Explorer or Explorer-like tool?
I typically find myself using both Windows Explorer (for navigation and viewing) and PowerShell (for commands). Is there any way to embed the PowerShell console into Windows Explorer? Or is there any Explorer-like tool that can embed a PowerShell console into one of its panes? Note that I am not lo…
How to prevent Windows 7 from reading the BIOS time?
I'm using the "Time Limit" feature of Windows Live Family safety. I've placed a time restriction on my computer from 12 AM to 4 AM. However if someone changes the BIOS time, the Windows time will be automatically updated making "Time Limit" useless. How can I prevent Windows 7 from reading the BIOS…
setting audio balance from command line
I'd like to set audio balance from command line (linux), I'v looked at 'aumix' (and googled around) but it seems it does not have an option... can you suggest any method?
How to prevent the "Symbol's function definition is void: error" when running emacs in the console?
To disable the scrollbar in emacs I added (toggle-scroll-bar -1) to the my .emacs file and it works great when I run emacs outside of console mode. However when I run emacs in the terminal I get the error Symbol's function definition is void: toggle-scroll-bar I'm running Emacs 23.3.1 heres the tra…
Negative ping time?
This is the first time I've seen this and I'm not sure what it means; Has anyone ever seen a negative ping time before? A friend of mine told me he saw it once on a wireless link, and this was over a wireless connection, but.. how does that happen?
Can a laptop's screen, keyboard and touchpad be used for a desktop?
Is it possible to use a laptop's screen, mouse and keyboard for a desktop? Please do not suggest breaking the laptop apart or anything. Obviously, it is fine if I can not use the laptop while I am using it for the desktop. Does anybody know in detail about KVM switch? Will something like that work …
Windows equivalent of ls * (asterisk) directory wildcarding?
Another question from an long-time Unix/Linux user who finds himself in a Windows world. First let me explain exactly what I'm trying to do. I'm using the Windows cmd.exe shell, and I want to list all directories below the current directory that contain a bin\Debug hierarchy, and determine if they …
What is this little arrow on top of a tab in Google Chrome?
From time to time, but very rarely, I get a little arrow on top of a tab in Google Chrome as you can see in this picture: Why is there? what does it mean?
What is ICMP broadcast good for?
To configure Linux to ignore ICMP broadcasts (to protect from SMURF attacks), I have added the following line to : Anyone knows what are the drawbacks of ignoring ICMP broadcasts? In other words what is ICMP broadcasting good for?
How to setup Windows to not put my external drive to sleep?
Every time I use some external device (pen-drive or external HDD) on my desktop, after some idle time my Windows 7 puts it into sleep state, turning it off. Sometimes it sleeps and doesn't come back. Is there a way to configure Windows to avoid the sleeping of my external device?
What is TRIM exactly?
From the Wikipedia page of TRIM I get the impression that TRIM was introduced to lower the writes to a SSD, but letter the file system taking case of which blocks are unused. If that is correct, does that mean, that SSD's that don't use TRIM writes zeros to the blocks, when a file is deleted, to le…
Installing Perforce client on Ubuntu
I am trying to install perforce on my Ubuntu machine, after I untar the file, I get two folders and . Where would be the executable or how do I install it correctly?
Software to switch between OS
My question might sound too weired and tricky, but is there any way (software/hardware) that I can use to switch between 2 OS without restarting my PC? Actually I have Windows 7 and Ubuntu installed in my PC.
can I make ubuntu's terminal program automatically copy to the clipboard selected text and paste on right click?
i'm used to using putty on a window's machine. With putty whatever you select is automatically on the clipboard without having to right click and select copy. And right click just pastes.
How to increase a virtualbox' disk size?
The title says it all. I created the disk and now I would like to increase its size. I know I could add a new one, but I don't want to. The guest os in question is Ubuntu 11.04
Connecting Internal SATA HDD to eSATA
I have these 3 things: (1) An internal 3.5 SATA HDD. (2) An independent power supply that provides a Molex style connector (i.e. 5V and 12V power) and an adapter to convert it into SATA (except that it cannot provide the 3.3V found in a SATA power connector). (3) My PC already provides an eSATA por…