Category Archives: Linux

Script to get a localhost’s IP address in Linux

I’ll keep this snippet really short: [text] $ ifconfig eth0 | grep "inet addr:" | cut -d: -f2 | awk ‘{ print $1 }’ [/text] Which results in: [text] 10.X.X.X [/text]

New computers makes me happy

Earlier this week I put together a new computer for myself with parts bought from newegg. Building a computer really isn’t that difficult. As Jeff Atwood explains, “If you can put together a LEGO kit, you can put together a PC from parts.” Choosing the parts that will fit into your budget can be time… Read More »

IE, X, and You

While trying to get IEs4Linux installed (Why not call it ie4linux instead?), I ran into some issues with the latest Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. The program ‘ies4linux-gtk.py’ received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was ‘RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)’. (Details: serial 5546 error_code 158 request_code 148… Read More »

SSH warns “it is possible that someone is doing something nasty!”

Let this be a warning to all: SSH knows what you’re doing and SSH is not pleased. Innuendos aside, I got this nice little error trying to SSH into my brand new server at home. And by “brand new”, I mean it’s my wife’s old desktop that is now running Ubuntu Server 9.04. [text] $… Read More »