Wednesday, January 28, 2009

how to lookup current linux version command line

uname -a
cat /etc/issue
cat /proc/version

How to add mdbg search for firefox search bar

Include the following file in your searchplugins folder
on windows: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins

mdbg.xml
<SearchPlugin xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/">
<ShortName>MDBG</ShortName>
<Description>MDBG Character Lookup</Description>
<InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
<Image width="16" height="16">data:image/x-icon;base64,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</Image>
<Url type="text/html" method="GET" template="http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=chardict&amp;cdcanoce=0&amp;cdqchi={searchTerms}&amp;cddmtm=1&amp;cddytm=0"/>
<SearchForm>http://mdbg.com/</SearchForm>
</SearchPlugin>

Friday, January 23, 2009

Saturday, January 10, 2009

How to mount an iso in linux

How to mount an iso in linux

1. make some folder
mkdir /mnt/iso1


2. as root...mount it
mount -o loop abc.iso /mnt/iso1

Friday, January 09, 2009

A8V-VM SE sound on linux

How to configure the onaboard ALC861 sound on the A8V-VM SE motherboard in opensuse:


in opensuse 11.1 set 'model' option to 3stack in yast2