su to root cd /PATHtoYOURbinaryFILE THEN Paste the following: yum provides $(LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${PWD}/lib ldd ./NAMEofBINARY | grep “not found” | sort | uniq | awk ‘{print $1}’) | grep fc16 | awk ‘{print $1}’ | sort | uniq The above example is for Fedora Core 16. If your release is Fedora Core 17 for example: yum… Continue reading Command to check Dynamic Dependencies
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F17 DVD+R/W Install
Steps to install the lastest Fedora 17 to an x64 system when you have Windows. 1)Boot to Windows. 2) Download the Fedora 17 KDE x64 install DVD from the following: Fedora 17 KDE x64 DVD download 3) Burn that ISO file to a DVD+R/W disk. 4) Boot to the DVD+R/W 5) Run the installation.
Fedora 17 ATi Driver
The following is a method of installing the Catalyst Driver in Fedora 17. Open terminal su to root rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm – – yum install akmod-catalyst -y
Ubuntu – Grub2 no longer updating “Other” OSs.
If in Ubuntu Grub2 is not detecting Windows 7 or Fedora or some other OS, try this. 1) gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub 2) Look for a line that reads : GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=”true” 3) Comment out that line by placing a # at the front of it. Like so: #GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=”true” Save the file. 4) Run sudo update-grub2. 5)… Continue reading Ubuntu – Grub2 no longer updating “Other” OSs.
Jag – My Web
Jag – My Web
Why does copyright matter?
Someone, meaning well, posted one of my solutions verbatim to the Intel community forums. Whether they got it here or someplace else is irrelevant. When the poster was notified, that they had violated my copyright, they promptly removed the post in a very timely and mature manner. I appreciated that. Let me make this perfectly… Continue reading Why does copyright matter?
Data communication – of the IEEE 802 type
There is a lot of confusion and misinformation related to data communication. An interesting snippet related is that data storage occurs in multiples of 1024 per Kilobit or Kilobyte. Data transmission occurs at 1000 per Kilobit or Kilobyte. Wired communication is typically IEEE 802.3 in a range of speeds 10, 100, 1000 and 10000 Megabits… Continue reading Data communication – of the IEEE 802 type
Yahoo bots out to lunch?
Lately I have noticed that yahoo is significantly slower at finding and ranking new sites than Google. I have changed my search engine of choice accordingly.
Improve your relationship with your consultant
1. Never use the phrase “it’s not rocket science” in reference to computers or computer science. You will be correct. Computer Science requires a much higher level of dedication and personal time invested in learning than rocket science does. The principles of physics that govern rocket science have changed very little in 100 years. Gravity… Continue reading Improve your relationship with your consultant
Will you remember where you were at 4:04am on March 16, 2010?
Those of us in the greater Los Angeles area probably will. We had a fairly “minor” 4.4 Earthquake this morning. The quake seemed to last a long time. Fortunately this one rattled more nerves than anything else at my home. It woke everyone in my house up. I was posting a review of a monitor… Continue reading Will you remember where you were at 4:04am on March 16, 2010?