In Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ( Lucid Lynx ) the buttons in the window title bar ( maximize, minimize and close ) are moved to the left. If you don’t like this you can easily change it back to the right. Install Ubuntu Tweak from : http://ubuntu-tweak.com/ Run it and go to Window Manager settings Under [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Scan a subnet for active IPs
April 13th, 2010
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With NMap it is quite easy to scan a subnet for active IPs. $ nmap -sP 192.168.10.0/24
Install and setup Minicom
April 13th, 2010
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Minicom is the hyperterminal for Linux. Minicom is by default not installed. Install Minicom with the following command sudo apt-get install minicom Find your serial port dmesg | grep tty $ dmesg | grep tty [ 0.001251] console [tty0] enabled [ 72.953237] usb 6-1: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0 I use a USB serial [...]
Using esxtop to identify storage performance issues
April 6th, 2010
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The esxtop utility can be used to measure how much I/O is moving across various devices. The esxtop utility is interactive. As such, pressing certain keys changes the view. Configuring monitoring using esxtop To monitor storage performance per HBA: Start esxtop by typing esxtop at the command line. Press d to switch to disk view (HBA mode). [...]
