I am interested in Linux Fedora's boot sequence, specifically starting at the user-space init sequence. What are the good sources of information on this front?
When installing Ubuntu 10.04 on a new machine, it seems I forgot to enable user folder encryption. Is there any way to add this feature after the fact?
Why do I get a "?" mark at the end of a symlink sometimes?
E.g.
lrwxrwxrwx 2 root root 0 1969-12-31 19:00 xyz -> abc?
Can I install the "Twisted" package from Lucid onto Karmic?
I press the "Install Updates", Update Manager goes on to refreshing the updates list but does not install them.
I can install the updates through apt-get though. What could be the problem?
What is the recommended alternative to dnsmasq? I am looking at overriding/configuring the TTL.
(Probably the only thing I miss from Windows is the fact that it was more aggressive in caching DNS responses than Linux)
Is there a way to override & increase the received TTL from an upstream DNS server?
Is there a configuration parameter in dnsmasq for this?
Is there a simple linux commands to conditionally create a directory?
A sort of mkdir that only creates a directory if doesn't exists i.e. doesn't complain if it exists already?
What are the critical files I need to backup from GPG? I guess my private key would qualify of course, but what else?
What is the required keysize for generating Debian Release.gpg files?
On Ubuntu based systems, it is possible to add repositories through Synaptic Package Manager interface without having to edit the sources.list file.
Is this also possible on Fedora based systems?
I am used to working on Ubuntu based systems. I have several DEBIAN repositories for distributing my software.
Now, I'd like to know if it is common for Fedora users to use "apt-get" and DEBIAN repositories?
What is the equivalent to Aptitude on Fedora based systems?
Updated: I understand the Fedora folks use yum. My question has more to do with "do folks bother with installing apt-get/aptitude to have access to stuff only available in DEB repositories? "
When I use Nautilus to perform a mount on a volume, where is the mount point located in the local filesystem?
I am trying to build Avahi from source. ./configure tells me I am missing package "QtCore" but for the life of me I can't find it!
I've got many DEBIAN repository for my projects (e.g. EPAPI, erlang-dbus etc.). It seems that now Synaptic wants those to be signed for the packages to appear by default.
For the DEBIAN kung-fu masters out there, please provide me with a step-by-step guide to achieving this, please. I've googled a lot but I am still a bit confused on the subject.
update: I use a Launchpad PPA now... saves me from all this trouble.
I've got Ubuntu 9.04 with 8GB and system monitor reports 2.6GB of Memory + 7.6GB of Swap. What gives?
free -m
jldupont@jldupont-desktop:~$ free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 2644 1621 1023 0 29 474
-/+ buffers/cache: 1116 1528
Swap: 7742 0 7742
swapon -s
jldupont@jldupont-desktop:~$ swapon -s
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/dev/sda5 partition 7928036 0 -1
uname -a
jldupont@jldupont-desktop:~$ uname -a
Linux jldupont-desktop 2.6.28-16-server #55-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 20 20:50:00 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
Dump of my dmesg output is available here.
How can I determine which /dev/sdX device my usb stick is plugged into?
I am running Ubuntu 9.04.
When I modify /etc/nsswitch.conf, is there an "nss" daemon I should restart? I am not referring to modules such as mdns & nis.
What is actually going on when synaptic informs me of "Processing triggers for python-support" ?
Will apt-get follow 302 redirects if instructed?
Clarifications
I have my own DEBIAN repositories and I am in the process of evaluating if I can "virtually consolidate" all of them to one. For this, I need to understand if client side apt-get can follow 302 redirects since the "virtual repo" would use this "trick" to have apt-get fetch .deb package from different places.