As usual Linux has the most elegant and simple solution to a problem that should be easy to perform in Windows as well. I simply want to combine multiple PDFs into one and not have to “upload” my documents to an online service to do so. The simplest solution I found was to use Windows … Read more
So you want to upgrade your DD-WRT instance on your router. You want it to work without issues and be sure there are no hiccups along the way. Then I recommend that you connect to the router via SSH and execute the following commands for the best experience. cd /tmp wget http://download1.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/betas/2020/11-03-2020-r44715/netgear-r9000/r9000-webupgrade.bin write r9000-webupgrade.bin linux … Read more
After much researching and tweaking I was finally able to get my wireless settings optimized for this Netgear monster and on par with the signal levels of the stock closed-source firmware. I started my search with what the FlashRouters folks recommend but their settings do not even touch on the advanced settings. Next, I discovered … Read more
Using the instructions provided by IONOS to upgrade your MySQL database from 5.5 to 5.7 did not work for me. Unfortunately, once I got to the step to import the old database into the new, I got a 1044 – Access Denied error. IONOS recommends deleting all statements that begin with CREATE or USE in … Read more
Have you ever faced the situation where you perform a long-running task on a remote machine and suddenly your connection drops, the SSH session is terminated and your work is lost. Well, it has happened to all of us at some point, hasn’t it? Luckily, there is a utility called screen that allows us to … Read more
If like me you upgraded FreeNAS to 11.1-U6, then you’ve likely run into issues due to SMB1 being disabled. See below link for the particulars: FreeNAS 11.1-U6 Release Notes Changes in SMB for 11.1U5 to 11.1U6? Mounting cifs: “Operation not supported”
Getting an error that Grub2 cannot install to the target at the end of the install? No problem, pretty simple fix: Download Super Grub2 Disk and reboot the new Linux Mint 19 install using it Run “sudo update-grub” in terminal and reboot That’s it!
After pulling my hair out trying to get an OpenVPN server working on stock Linksys firmware I finally made the plunge and installed the latest LEDE firmware on this router and couldn’t be happier. I also considered DD-WRT but that project seems to have stagnated (no update for WRT3200ACM firmware for over a year). Stay … Read more
Tired of being nagged by Microsoft to upgrade to Windows 10? Stop the insanity with the nice little utility Never 10 from the good folks at Gibson Research Corporation. According to the site: Never10 does NOT prevent the installation of Windows updates, including the infamous Get Windows 10 (GWX) update KB3035583. Never10 simply employs Microsoft’s documented … Read more
Now that a suitable replacement for CrunchBang has come along, you can use my previous guide here for optimizing the lightweight CrunchBang++ Linux operating system as a guest virtual machine. One difference you will find is how to enable auto-login now that the core Debian base has changed in Jessie. The easy method of using … Read more