Repair MongoDB after an unclean shutdown
This was on an Ubuntu 14.04 VM: vagrant@vagrant-ubuntu-trusty-64:~$ sudo -u mongodb mongod --repair --dbpath /var/lib/mongodb
Category: Debian
Making it easy to try DTrace4Linux
DTrace4Linux is an attempt (from UK developer Paul Fox, also known for his CRiSP editor) to bring the power of DTrace to Linux. It's a kernel module (No kernel recompilation required! Yay!) and userland tools. I did a bit of...
Ubuntu repository problem resolved
The previously mentioned Ubuntu repository problem seems to have resolved itself. I am finally able to upgrade my Samba packages.
Ubuntu mirror troubles
This has been happening all day every time I attempt to do apt-get dist-upgrade: The following packages will be upgraded: libsmbclient samba samba-common smbclient smbfs 5 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0...
Possible fix for using apt through a broken HTTP proxy
Seen on a work email list. A possible solution to the problem where files downloaded through apt-get on Ubuntu at work (where we have a squid HTTP proxy) periodically get corrupted. Put the following in apt.conf:...
Got suspend to disk working on my Asus S-presso
As previously mentioned, I was trying to get suspend to RAM and/or suspend to disk working on my Asus S-presso box with Ubuntu feisty. Well, I got it to work. The problem was lame - for some reason when I installed uswsusp and it...
S-presso => no sleep
Computing mirroring real-life. Espresso is not conducive to sleep and neither it seems is the Asus S-presso small-form-factor PC. I have an Asus S-presso small-form-factor PC that runs Ubuntu and is on all the time, because it is...