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"Some people are so open minded that their brain fell out."

[Problem] After linking two zfs plugins for munin, they could not be executed as the zfs and zpool commands require root priviledges. I checked out the scripts from https://github.com/munin-monitoring/contrib/tree/master/plugins/zfs and linked them as usual into the munin plugins directory: /etc/mu...

[Problem] Working on an Ubuntu Server 14.04.3: After a modification to the /etc/sudoers file, I actually accidently broke it. Unfortunately before i could undo my changes, i lost the SSH connection and thus my shell with elevated access. After logging back into the machine, i could not execute the ...

To get rid of the led blink (controller #led): Disable "old" kernel driver: Modify /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf and add line: blacklist xpad Install/Enable XBox Controller driver: You can install the XB360 driver using the retropie_setup script. Run the script like this: sudo /hom...

[Problem] I configured the WLAN on my Retropie using the wicd-curses tool and it appeared to work. However, the connection was flakey at best; If SMB connections were possible, the transfers sometimes only reached speeds of about 500 Bytes a second and the connection kept going down (not the interf...

0. Overall (A) Everything you do is on your own risk. (B) Google is your friend if technical issues occur :) 1. Hardware: Raspberry Pi 2 (Model B, Rev. 1.1) Transcend 32GB nucriSDHC Class10, UHS-I, 300X (TS32GUSDU1E) WLAN Dongle? 2. Add Pins for reset button: There are two holes right next to the mi...

Netflix does this for years...

[Problem] You think vmdk file is vmdk file? That a virtual disk from a VMWare Player can be imported to VMWare ESXi without further issues, since it is the same company at all? Well.. think again. I've set up a machine on a VMWare Player (out of convenience) and when i was happy with the whole thin...

"Suicide is a illegal..
... because it is a crime to destroy government property".

[Problem] I had a softraid mirroring sda1/sdb1 and sda5/sdb5. A disk failed, so i replaced it but could not remember the exact values i had used for the partition size when setting up the disks back then. [Solution] You can clone the partition table using 'sfdisk' if you have an harddisk of the exa...

[Problem] If you try to use the mysql_ plugin(s) with munin, you receive errors about "Cache::Cache" missing. E.g. "Missing dependency Cache::Cache at ./mysql_" [Solution] For some reason, a package that the mysql_ plugin is depending on is not installed as a munin prerequisite....

"The only small thing on me is my comfort zone"

HAHA! If it would have been so simple! It worked once, and after the next wake-up from sleep mode, the notebook again killed the media player when it was closed (=> sleep mode) again. But why? HOW? I disabled the service! Well, some companies are smarter than you. Really! They know better what you w...

[Problem] In our setup i have a ASUS uPNP media player that is attached to a sub router on the network, which happens to also be the WLAN router. Every time i closed my notebook running Win7, the Asus box stopped playback and threw me into main menu, even tho the two devices do not have anything in...

[Problem] In our setup i have a ASUS uPNP media player that is attached to a sub router on the network, which happens to also be the WLAN router. Every time i closed my notebook running Win7, the Asus box stopped playback and threw me into main menu, even tho the two devices do not have anything in...