Category Archives: GNU/Linux

rtorrent’s “min_peers” Explained

Alright, so I just discovered something today about rtorrent’s min_peers setting and I think everyone that uses rtorrent should know this since that setting could pretty much destroy you as a seeder.

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“/lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter:” Error

Ok so this is the first time that I’ve encountered this error on a fresh vanilla install of Fedora 10 (I’m not going to upgrade to 11 just yet since I’m going to wait for CentOS 6 which is essentially … Continue reading

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“Can’t locate RRDs.pm” Error

I was installing Webminstats on one of my dedicated servers and I got the following error. Software error: Can't locate RRDs.pm in @INC (@INC contains: . /usr/libexec/webmin /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/x86_64-linux-thread-multi … Continue reading

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New CentOS Desktop

As I was updating my CentOS 5.2 desktop computer, I noticed something new after the update a couple of days ago. There’s a new wallpaper and it’s damn pretty! Here’s the screenshot.

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OpenSUSE 11.1 KDE 4.1.3

Well since my desktop is now fubar…I’m just using my laptops now, one has Windows XP and the other one is my GNU/Linux test bed which is currently running OpenSUSE 11.1. I first used GNOME since I was used to … Continue reading

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openSUSE 11.1: It Just Works

Today openSUSE launched version 11.1! I waited for it until T-XX something. I haven’t really used openSUSE that much as compared to Fedora. The last one that I’ve used was 10.3 way back and it just didn’t got me like … Continue reading

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Getting Your Kernel’s Tick In Fedora 10

I put Fedora 10 since I’m not sure if this will work in all the GNU/Linux distros out there, though I’m sure it will work on most. Anyway if you guys want to know if youre kernel is running at … Continue reading

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Webmin Error: Perl module Authen::PAM needed for PAM is not installed

If you guys are getting this error on your Webmin log file /var/webmin/miniserv.error here’s how I solved the problem. miniserv.pl started Perl module Authen::PAM needed for PAM is not installed : Can't locate Authen/PAM.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/libexec/webmin /usr/lib64/perl5/5.10.0/x86_64-linux-thread-multi … Continue reading

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Display GNU/Linux & Unix Uptime Command In PHP

I was looking for a solution on how to display the /usr/bin/uptime command in PHP and I came across this simple yet very useful script for me since sometimes I don’t want to login or anything. So to display your … Continue reading

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Disable Tapping Option In Synaptics On Fedora 9

If you have a laptop and you use the touchpad a lot then you know that if you have a heavy hand then the tapping option being enabled now (After the YUM update) is a huge pain in the ass. … Continue reading

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Upload A Whole Local Directory To A Remote Directory Using FTP And Command Line In Fedora 9

Since I was looking to offload some of the resources that the PGN servers were taking to another host other than my dedicated server, I tried looking for free web hosts that allows you to upload files via FTP. And … Continue reading

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Install NVIDIA Drivers In Fedora x86_64 Using Livna

Here’s one of the many solutions on how to get your NVIDIA drivers installed in your Fedora 9 x86_64 system using the Livna Repository. su – rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-9.rpm yum install kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-lib After that, simply restart your system … Continue reading

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Install Adobe Flash In Fedora 9 x86_64

I currently have Fedora 9 x86_64 on my laptop and it doesn’t have Adobe Flash properly installed. Here’s what I did to make it work. su – rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm yum install flash-plugin.i386 nspluginwrapper.x86_64 nspluginwrapper.i386 yum install libflashsupport.{i386,x86_64} After that, … Continue reading

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Making NVIDIA Drivers Work In Fedora 9 x86_64

So I recently took the plunged to Fedora 9 (I did it a lot earlier than this post but I was a bit lazy to fix my problems). As you all know, Fedora 9 ships out with the latest and … Continue reading

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Taming SELinux Denials In Fedora 8

As many of you already know, I’m using Fedora 8 for my dedicated servers and for my workstations at home and so I’m faced with either dealing with SELinux or completely disabling it. I choose to deal with it! This … Continue reading

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