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How can I disable 'natural breaks' in Workrave?
I've just discovered Workrave, and was trying to use it along the Pomodoro technique (5 min break every 25 min). But the concept of 'natural breaks' of Workrave seems to interfere with what I'm trying to achieve. Workrave tries to guess that I'm doing a natural break if I stop using my mouse and ke…
.profile not loaded (osx lion)
after installing mac ports my .profile looks like this: # MacPorts Installer addition on 2011-12-04_at_20:48:26: adding an appropriate PATH variable for use with MacPorts. export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH # Finished adapting your PATH environment variable for use with MacPorts. But …
An equivalent of ssh port-tunneling for Windows servers?
my home is Linux servers where SSH can always be used to get around a slightly-too-restrictive firewall. At work however, all of the servers we deal with are Windows based. I'm needing to connect to a SQL Server 2000 instance running on a Windows 2008 server. The server is behind a firewall that ap…
Transparent screensaver for linux?
I want to have a few console windows running on logs. Unfortunately this means that anyone with access to the computer can press Ctrl+c and have shell access. So I want to lock the screen while still leave everything on the desktop visible. So has anyone heard of a transparent screensaver or do you…
how to access resource fork of hfs+ filesystem on linux
I have an HFS+ filesystem image recovered from a failing Mac harddrive and can loopback mount it on my Linux machine. How can I access the resource forks for the files in this filesystem from the Linux machine? (I do not have a Mac with the capacity to store an image this large.)
Is there a way to print the definition of an existing function in Emacs?
I want to see the definition of an existing function in Emacs. Is this possible? I've tried , but it only returns the documentation string for the function, not the actual function itself. I'm thinking something similar to bash's command, which will return the whole definition of a function. (Embar…
When a disk read or disk write occurs, where does the data go?
I understand that there is such a thing as a disk controller which contains a buffer, but was wondering if the CPU reads directly from this buffer, or whether the data must first go to a specific location in memory, and then allow itself to be read by the CPU? Does anyone also know what the buffer …
How can I find out how big my encoded file will be?
I am converting a video using the following command: However I'm only interested in the file size of output.avi. Is there a command I can give ffmpeg so that it doesn't actually write a file, but tells me how big it would be?
Can spilling a liquid on a keyboard or other input device connected to a desktop computer damage the computer itself?
I've heard that spilling liquid on the (wired) keyboard of a desktop computer can cause damage to the motherboard or other parts. Is this possible, or will only the keyboard be damaged? How does this apply to other input devices such as mice, assuming that they are wired?
How do multiple SSIDs provide security?
If the ADSL modem router provides multiple wireless SSIDs how does this offer security? Is it possible to have multiple subnets with SSIDs?
What is the correct way to prevent non-root users from issuing shutdowns or reboots
Let's say that you have set up a multi-seat system for use in a school or library, allowing GDM to launch multiple X sessions to run simultaneously with different users/keyboards/monitors. By default in Debian/Ubuntu in Gnome, you don't have to be root to shutdown or reboot. But this means any user…
What is this effect (and how do I stop it)
As usual, you can't do anything about it until you know what it's called. So what IS this? The symptom: The group of icons was selected, and then dragged by clicking on new folder 2. Notice how there's a gradient fade effect, so the further away in the group from the click, the dimmer the icon. For…
How do I open `.localstorage` files from Local Storage folder?
I want to open Local Storage files of Google Chrome. I found where Chrome stores them, but I could not open them. How can I do that?
How to Tell Which Devices are in a PCI Slot
I am trying to figure out what devices are in my desktop computer's PCI slots. I need an open slot for installing a wireless adapter, and I cannot figure out which ones I can take out, and which ones I can't. If there is a sound device in one of the slots, I have no problem with removing it, as I d…
How can I share only one window with TeamViewer?
I would like to share only one window through TeamViewer under Windows 7, not the entire desktop. How can I achieve this?
How to avoid double quotes when saving Excel file as Unicode?
I have an Excel file with Unicode content of which some cells contain text inside double quotes, for example . When I save the Excel file to a text file in Unicode format, the text which contains the double quote is saved as three double quotes, for example . There are some places where I even have…
How to configure proxy settings on Linux XFCE?
I have been running into problems whilst configuring my XFCE proxy settings. Whilst declaring the proxy variables in /etc/environment seems to work for wget, curl and chrome, it has no effect on apt or firefox. In addition, there seems to be a need for duplicated proxy variables, one in lower case,…
Unzip returns "Unsupported compression method 14"
I recently downloaded a large number of GIS data files from a government agency to a file server and need to unzip all of them via the command line. However, is returning "Unsupported compression method 14". What does this mean? How can I extract the files?
How do I copy a file/folder from another user's home directory in Linux?
I want to copy a file/folder from another user's home directory to my home directory in Linux. I cannot access his directory, because it says permission denied. I'm 100% sure that a file can be copied from another user's home directory, because someone has showed me how, but I have forgotten. This …
Why does simple plug and play hardware sometimes include drivers?
I have about 7 devices (speakers, mouse, etc.) that are all USB. They all came with CD's containing drivers for it. My question is, why do they? All 7 of these devices have run just fine on every computer I've ever owned (XP, Vista, Ubuntu, 7) without me even bothering with installing the included …