Problem: Despite the insync process running the Insync Custom Icons not displaying in Nautilus under Gnome Shell in Fedora 20. Cause: nautilus-python core dumping when attempting to load insync_plugin.py (which is what enables the custom icons) Resolution: Install...
James McDonald
Linux PDF Annotation Support
If you want to add comments / notes and highlight text in Linux with a native PDF viewer Okular is your huckleberry Note: I found that you have to do a File ==> Save As and resave PDF documents annotated with Okular in order to be able to view the annotations in...
How to Convert from VBox to KVM
PDF: How to Convert from VBox to KVM Found these instructions lurking in my home directory but better to be here as I will find it easier
Information on Converting ext4 to btrfs on Fedora 20
http://blog.helixoide.com/blog/2013/04/09/converting-from-ext4-to-btrfs-on-fedora/ When you run the dracut step to recreate the initramfs image you can check for the correct module using: [root@pc01 boot]# cd /boot [root@pc01 boot]# zcat initramfs-`uname -r`.img |...
Linux find all files younger than
I wanted to find some files that I downloaded in the last 5 days: Basically the below command says find all files in the current directory and below with a changed time (-ctime) of less than 5 days from now. [rupert@qad_server dtlive]$ find . -ctime -10 . ./TMP6934.02...
Alternatives to the void left by avoiding the “News”
Recently I have been reading "The 4-Hour Work Week". Until I read it, I had made a habit of reading the news: au.news.yahoo.com, maitlandmercury.com.au, news.com.au, ninemsn.com.au, abc.net.au/news and sbs.com.au. With the exception of ABC and SBS which tend to...
Techniques for Fixing Bad Habits and Reducing Information Overload
Some recent reading I have found interesting. Techniques for Fixing Bad Habits Why do we seem to find our selves repeating behaviour we have made a mental note to avoid? Habits both good and bad shape our lives. Here is how to identify and modify our Habits. The Power...
getent passwd username on winbind enabled CentOS returns nothing
Problem: Added a CentOS 6.5 server to a Windows SBS 2011 domain. And discovered that I got an empty reply when running: # where jamesmcd is your Windows domain username getent passwd jamesmcd If this is the case you will not be able to use your domain account and...
kinit: Cannot find KDC for requested realm while getting initial credentials
kinit [email protected] kinit: Cannot find KDC for requested realm while getting initial credentials Changed these [libdefaults] default_realm = DOMAIN.LOCAL dns_lookup_realm = true dns_lookup_kdc = true probably best to use authconfig-tui to modify Kerberos...
Systems Integration – Why and How
Imagine some typical manual business processes: You have been running a business for a few years and every morning a fax arrives from a customer. You take that fax and then sit in front a of a computer to key the order into your system. One day you deliver too much...

