Archive for November, 2007

pipe magic: awk

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 – [...]

vmware-console voodoo incantation

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)

Eee PC, premiile si blogosfera

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 [...]