Archive for the ‘Ubuntu’ Category
inputlirc
Just found a package for a bit of software in ubuntu called inputlirc.
Ubuntu lists it as:
Zeroconf LIRC daemon using input event devices
This is a small LIRC-compatible daemon that reads from /dev/input/eventX
devices and sends the received keycodes to connecting LIRC clients. Inputlircd
needs no configuration, it uses the standardised names for the keycodes as
used by the kernel. [...]
July 11, 2007
Posted in: Debian, Linux, Software, Thumbs Up, Ubuntu 
Comments Closed
Yet Another Cacti Update
Well I’ve now got cacti pretty much sorted. Its finally running on a server with enough disk i/o to cope (it still > 3 years old, but at least it works). Its also now become important enough to be moved onto a server with support as some point. Once we’ve vitalised our [...]
May 21, 2007
Posted in: Linux, Software, Thumbs Up, Ubuntu Comments Closed
GVIM/Ubuntu/Debian Syntax Highlighting
It appears in the Edgy Eft and Debian Etch that Syntax highlighting in gvim has been switched off by default.
To add it back add the following line to /etc/vim/gvimrc
” Also switch on highlighting the last used search pattern.
if has(“syntax”) && (&t_Co > 2 || has(“gui_running”))
syntax on
set hlsearch
endif
November 20, 2006
Posted in: Debian, Howtos, Ubuntu Comments Closed
Ubuntu + Printing (lp etc)
It appears when when I created the first printer in ubuntu it didn’t set it as default and hence nothing that used the likes of lp would print.
Easy to fix – log on. Goto system > administration and set a default printer. Still you’d have though that when I only have one printer, [...]
October 1, 2006
Posted in: Software, Ubuntu Comments Closed
