Just got an error trying to run a wxPerl application on Fedora 9 complaining about missing "libwx_gtk2u_aui-2.8.so" amongst other things. The fix: yum install wxGTK-devel-2.8.7-2.fc9.i386
Question: How can I tar up about 12GB of files on a linux box and then split the files into 700MB chucks? Answer: You can use the following 2 methods on any GNU tooled box or using the Cygwin environment on Windows. Using tar, gzip, split and cat - Method 1...
Using apt-get or synaptic install lynx libwxgtk2.8 libwxgtk2.8-dev libgtk2.0-dev Test::POD::Coverage As root run CPAN with the command to install wx. You may have to configure CPAN prior to using it. I chose to follow dependencies and kept most of the defaults. sudo...
I am currently writing a small wxPerl application on Windows that will take user input and then send that input via ssh to a Linux server for further processing. I am using PuTTY's command line component plink.exe for this. To stop the wxPerl program launching a DOS...
Dia is a drawing and diagramming application for Linux or Windows. I have used it for a long time to draw network and flow diagrams for my work. However I've always been a bit whelmed of the under variety, by the 2 dimensional icons for some things. While there is a...
The errors: /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2) /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found...
Today I tried to run xsane as my normal account and it didn't detect my scanner. I traced the problem to insufficient permissions because my account wasn't a member of the "scanner" group, hence, because I didn't have permission to the scanner devices xsane wouldn't...
On Ubuntu Using sudo system-config-printer publish the printer and enable sharing for the LAN. This will allow IPP printing but restrict clients to the local network IP Addresses only. On Windows XP Add a printer and choose: A network printer, or a printer connected...
If you have a vision impaired person who wants to play solitaire then ditch Windows and Install a Gnome Desktop based Linux distribution (Ubuntu, Fedora etc). The cards in the Windows version of Solitaire are tiny. However the cards in the AisleRiot Solitaire in Gnome...
How to schedule a disk check for the next reboot. As root or using sudo do the following: Method 1: Use the forecfsck file method touch /forcefsck shutdown -r now Note: This command seems to check all partitions when run Method 2: Up the mount count above the fsck...