October 2007

Q. I’m using CentOS Linux on the Sun X4500 Sever. How do I install Marvell SATA driver on this system? A. The driver for this controller is located on Sun’s own web site. All you have to do is download and install the same. It offers the latest firmware and software supporting Sun Fire X4500 [...]

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How to Update Ubuntu Linux

by Vivek Gite on October 18, 2007 · 8 comments

Q. How do I upgrade / update Ubuntu Linux to latest release or software such as 7.10 / Gutsy Gibbon? A. Ubuntu 7.10 is the current version of the Ubuntu operating system. You can only directly upgrade to Ubuntu 7.10 (“Gutsy Gibbon”) from Ubuntu 7.04 (“Feisty Fawn”). First apply all updates by Clicking System > [...]

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Ubuntu Linux: Upgrade Linux Kernel

by Vivek Gite on October 18, 2007 · 6 comments

Q. How do I upgrade my Linux kernel version under Ubuntu Linux 7.04 / 7.10? A. You can use any one of the following method: (a) Command Line Tools – apt-get (b) GUI tool apt-get command – Upgrade Linux Kernel Open terminal and type the following commands: $ sudo apt-get update Now search kernel version: [...]

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Q. How do I configure lighttpd web server as virtual host for serving multiple web site from a single public IP address (name-based virtual hosting)? A. Virtual hosting is a method that servers such as webservers use to host more than one domain name on the same server, sometimes on the same IP address. There [...]

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Q. I’d like to find out if httpd / mysqld or sshd process is running or not under CentOS Linux server. How do I determine whether a process is running or not? A. You need to use following commands: [a] ps – It report a snapshot of the current processes [b] grep – Filter out [...]

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Q. How do I find out my IP address assigned to eth0 or ra0 interface using perl? A. If you need to know the IP address of the UNIX / Linux machine you are running on, use the following perl one liner. Perl don’t have any inbuilt facility but combination of ifconfig command ans shell [...]

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How do I read my hard disk temperature using smartool under FreeBSD operating system?

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