This is a simple tips to adjust the monitor backlight from command line in linux. This is very useful in portable devices like Laptop and Netbooks to conserve power. Here I am using Ubuntu 10.10 Beta. You need xbacklight command to control the backlight. How to install xbacklight? $ sudo apt-get install xbacklight How to use xbacklight? To set maximum ...
How to launch your application in a specific CPU in Linux (CPU affinity)?
CPU affinity is a characteristic of Scheduler, which assigns a specific set of CPUs to a Process. Once it is assigned, the Process scheduler can't run this process in any other CPUs. Linux kernel does manage the CPUs effectively (Natural CPU affinity). This won't result in dramatic change in performance of your system. In some ...
Benchmark: How to know your Hard disk speed on Ubuntu in 4 clicks?
Recently I thought of testing the hard disk performance with hdparm command, which initiated to write about this graphical way of running Read Benchmark in just 3 mouse clicks with Disk Utility in Ubuntu. Disk Management in Ubuntu has become easy with Palimpsest tool called Disk Utility. Apart from disk partition management, it does SMART tests to know ...
Review with screenshots: New Installation wizard for Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick)
Ubuntu 10.10 code named as Maverick is nearing release in coming October. It has come up with new installation wizard with some good improvements and some missing features. Overall it awesome, but some missing features for advanced users. Here is my hands on this installation. I used daily build of Ubuntu 10.10, so it should ...
DIY: Digital Photo Frame on Linux
Those who want just quick instructions, go to Step-1 directly. I have QNAP TS-110 NAS box with Debian installed in it. I am using it for backup and also as NAS server. This is going to be switched on for 24x7. So I thought of adding a monitor to this headless device and use it ...
How to access remote linux machine files through SSH from GNOME File browser Nautilus
This is a simple note on how to access remote linux machine files through SSH from GNOME File browser Nautilus. My server is Debian Squeeze and Client is Ubuntu 10.04. Remote machine configuration Install the OpenSSH package as shown below. # apt-get install openssh-server Local machine configuration Install the OpenSSH client package as shown below, if not already installed. $ sudo ...
How to configure NFS Server and mount it in Ubuntu
This is a little note on how to configure NFS (Network File System) server and mount it in Ubuntu. The server is Debian Squeeze and Client is Ubuntu 10.04. Here is how to get it done. Server configuration Step-1: Installing NFS packages. # apt-get install nfs-common portmap nfs-kernel-server Step-2: Configuring file system to export Through NFS, you can export a ...
Automated Data backup of Ubuntu Linux using Remote Backup software rsnapshot in Debian
rsnapshot is a software written in Perl to make backup of local and remote file system. The well proven rsync is behind this utility. rsnapshot does not need root user intervention to restore the data of a normal user. It does not take much space in your Backup server. It can be easily automated (scheduled) ...
How to setup Free GPS navigation for Nokia Smartphone without data connection
I have Nokia 5800 phone with Prepaid SIM card minus data connection (I hate to use phone for calling or receiving call.. :-) ). Soon I am travelling to various places in California. I definitely need a GPS navigation system to help me out. I don't even have a own car, so no point in ...
Installing Debian GNU/Linux on QNAP TS-110 NAS Box
As I had mentioned in my previous post in DIY category about building a NAS Box based on Debian, I have installed Debian GNU/Linux on this QNAP TS-110 NAS box. I have nothing new to post here on installation procedure. It has already been well documented and maintained by http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/qnap/ts-119/install.html. I just follwed the steps given ...
DIY: Building Home NAS Box cum Digital Photo Frame
I am building my own NAS (Network Attached Storage) box which can serve as a Digital Photo Frame also. The I have got the finalized the hardware. Working on the software features of its media features. It is going to be powered by Debian GNU/Linux. I am planning to utilize light weight packages from Debian ...
Tools to find Computer hardware specification in Linux
Many times we are in need of knowing detailed Computer hardware configuration for various purposes such as to get right driver, debugging, to prepare system information report, etc. In linux many such tools are available in command line. Here I am trying to list down three tools which I know. They are hwinfo, lshw and ...
DIY: Installing touchlib based cheap touch pad on Ubuntu 10.04
While I was watching the below youtube clip, I was not able to control my passion to try it out. This is actually a do it yourself cheap touch pad for your computer. This is a touch pad made with a good web cam, card board box and open source touchlib library. I was trying to get ...
How to get Fingerprint reader working in Fedora Linux (Upek 147e:1000 in this case)
Many Business laptop models equipped with Fingerprint Sensor. Though it is not considered as good security system for a laptop login, still some specific applications utilize this feature for identification and authentication. My Sony laptop VGN-CS15GN/B is having Upek Fingerprint sensor. In this case my OS is Fedora 13 64bit. By default Fedora supports Fingerprint login ...
How to get Lilliput DisplayLink based USB Monitor UM-70 (17e9:02a9) working in Ubuntu Linux
Recently I got a DisplayLink based 7" USB Monitor manufactured by Lilliput. The model is UM-70, which supports 800x480 resolution. It works without any external power. It takes power and graphics data from USB port. It has built-in Graphics chip from DisplayLink. Here is how I got it working in Ubuntu 10.04. Step-1. Fresh Ubuntu 10.04 ...
