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| info:miscellaneous [2010/08/09 19:52] – it's session manager what I want, not window manager. moritz | info:miscellaneous [2013/08/17 13:47] (current) – [Miscellaneous] lin moritz | ||
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| Here is an unsorted collections of some findings. | Here is an unsorted collections of some findings. | ||
| + | * [[linux_sound|Sound on Linux]] | ||
| + | ===== Promiscuous mode on ThinkPad T60 ===== | ||
| + | To enter promiscuous mode on a ThinkPad T60, a monitor device needs to be created. Follow the steps below to get it working: | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | ifconfig mon0 up | ||
| + | ifconfig mon0 promisc</ | ||
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| + | Now, package dumping should work on '' | ||
| ===== Starting KDE if it's not the default Session Manager ===== | ===== Starting KDE if it's not the default Session Manager ===== | ||
| I use to run XFCE as my windows manager on my laptop as it is fast. However, from time to time a real user interface is much nicer to use, and in this case KDE is my choice. Still, I don't want to reconfigure my system every time I want to start KDE, thus I use the following command to start it manually: | I use to run XFCE as my windows manager on my laptop as it is fast. However, from time to time a real user interface is much nicer to use, and in this case KDE is my choice. Still, I don't want to reconfigure my system every time I want to start KDE, thus I use the following command to start it manually: | ||
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| To reconfigure the session manager, run the following command as root and select the desired session manager. | To reconfigure the session manager, run the following command as root and select the desired session manager. | ||
| update-alternatives --config x-session-manager | update-alternatives --config x-session-manager | ||
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| + | ===== Trackpoint scrolling ===== | ||
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| + | To enable trackpoint scrolling, add the following code to / | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | Section " | ||
| + | Identifier " | ||
| + | MatchProduct " | ||
| + | MatchDevicePath "/ | ||
| + | Driver " | ||
| + | Option " | ||
| + | Option " | ||
| + | Option " | ||
| + | Option " | ||
| + | Option " | ||
| + | EndSection | ||
| + | </ | ||
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| + | ===== cryptroot missing after updating to Debian testing ===== | ||
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| + | After updating from Debian stable to testing, the file cryptroot in / | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | gzip -dc / | ||
| + | </ | ||
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