Archive for November, 2007

Published on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 @ 13:46:14

pipe magic: awk

Category: computers, linux, quickies | 4 Comments »

Stiam mai de mult scamatoria, dar mi-a folosit de 3 ori saptamana asta (si e abia miercuri!): cand RS (resorce separator) este setat la stringul vid, awk lucreaza per paragrafe.
De exemplu:
mailq | tail -n +2 | awk ‘BEGIN {RS=”"} {if ($8 ~ /gmail.com$/) print $1}’ | tr -d ‘*!’ | postsuper -h -
Asta pune on [...]

Published on Thursday, November 22nd, 2007 @ 13:14:30

vmware-console voodoo incantation

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In caz ca cineva googleaza in disperare dupa chestia asta:
sudo aptitude install vmware-package
make-vmpkg -s /path/to/VMware-server-console-XXXXX.tar.gz
sudo dpkg -i vmware-server-console_1.0.2.39867.0.19.0_i386.deb
vmware-server-console
/usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
Ooops. Screeeech! Halt. BTS. #434302.
export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=force
vmware-server-console
Phew!
(this is a reduced-Romanian post for the desperate googler convenience)

Published on Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 @ 00:16:15

Eee PC, premiile si blogosfera

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Ca cititor avid de Slashdot, stiu de curentul sub-notebook de multa vreme si de EeePC de cateva luni. Am citit toate reviewurile aparute si am fost extrem de incantat cand Ben Armstrong a luat initiativa sa customizeze installerul de debian pt. el (link1 , link2). Ma gandesc la modul foarte serios sa-mi iau unul, evident [...]