Linux FAQ’s
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Windows10 Tips
Windows 10 Tips Bypass Windows 10 lock screen and go directly to login screen Open registry editor (regedit) Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft Right-click Windows and select New / Key Enter Personalization and hit Enter Right-click on the right...
Windows Outlook Conversion
Outlook PST Conversion Get PST location Open Outlook Select the account Right-click the account and select Data File Properties Click Advanced Copy the contents of Filename Copy the PST file to a Linux PC Install readpst sudo apt -y install pst-utils Convert PST...
Vscode Unit Tests
Debugging javascript running in Chrome using VSCode Installation steps: Install mocha NPM module npm install npm install mocha chai --save-dev sudo npm install -g mocha Install Debugger for Chrome plugin in VSCode Copy the node_modules/mocha folder to your public (or...
VSCode Chrome Debugging
Debugging javascript running in Chrome using VSCode Installation steps: Install mocha NPM module npm install npm install mocha chai --save-dev sudo npm install -g mocha Install Debugger for Chrome plugin in VSCode Create a launcher (edit launch.json) # In this...
Static USB Device Name
Static USB device name When a device name is important (e.g. a line printer device such as /dev/usb/lp1), the name could cause problems when multiple devices could change the device name sequence at boot time or when devices are plugged or unplugged. The UDEV...
Ubuntu Tips
Ubuntu Tips Disable audio power save mode to avoid static noise when no player active # Change live setting echo "0" | sudo tee /sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save # Change permanent setting echo "options snd_hda_intel power_save=0" | sudo tee -a...
Ubuntu Auto Upgrade
Configure Ubuntu Auto Upgrade in terminal Install dependencies sudo apt install unattended-upgrades Edit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades and change the following: # Enable this setting in Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins...
SVN instructions
Create a branch Navigate to a temporary folder Get the trunk URL of the project (e.g. https://www.softco.co.za/svn/trunk/projects/test/ - with trailing slash) Replace trunk with branches/branch-name (e.g. https://www.softco.co.za/svn/branches/v1.1/test/) Execute the...
Snap Security
Snap Security Snap security Snap packages are sandboxed and therefore they are not by default allowed to access the password service. For example: When you choose "Store in keychain" MySQLWorkbench is blocked by AppArmor. To fix this, you need to execute a command...
Sane Network Scanning
Sane network scanning Installing requirements # Basic requirements sudo apt install sane sane-utils xsane # XSane might need the following libraries # (start xsane net:10.0.0.123 from cli to see if libcanberra is missing) sudo apt install libcanberra-gtk-module...
