How to restart autofs in Solaris

Quick step to restart the autofs service on Solaris. I’m running Solaris 10. Check the auto service status. # svcs | grep auto<br /> legacy_run Oct_24 lrc:/etc/rc2_d/S72autoinstall<br /> online 17:31:10 svc:/system/filesystem/autofs:default Restart the autofs service # svcadm -v restart svc:/system/filesystem/autofs:default<br /> Action restart set for svc:/system/filesystem/autofs:default.

2012-05-25 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

How to install Virtualbox on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin

Download and install Oracle’s public key. danesh@python:~$ wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add - Create a repo file for Virtualbox danesh@python:~$ sudo -s echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian precise contrib" >> ~/virtualbox.list danesh@python:~$ sudo mv ~/virtualbox.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ Install Virtualbox danesh@python:~$ sudo apt-get update danesh@python:~$ sudo apt-get install dkms danesh@python:~$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.1 Enjoy.

2012-05-23 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

Liquid Skies , awesome short movie by Annis Naeem

Liquid Skies. An awesome short film by Annis Naeem, student at Art Center College of Design. Liquid Skies is the story of an astronaut hurtling across the universe-past suns you and I may never glimpse, yet fighting battles we may all face ourselves one day. I love the soundtrack, Fools Rhythm by Two Fingers.

2012-05-22 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

How to change the font size in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin

I’ve always felt that the default font size on Ubuntu was a bit too large for me so naturally that ended up being the first thing I tweaked every time I installed Ubuntu. Since there’s no fonts option within the default “appearance” tool for Ubuntu, the workaround is to use the “gnome-tweak-tool”. Here’s how. First, Install the Gnome tweak tool. danesh@python:~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool<br /> The, run the tool and edit your fonts size on the “fonts” tab....

2012-05-21 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Unity Launcher bug workaround

The Unity launcher for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin has a bug. When auto hide is enabled, there is a lag when trying to get the panel to show. When working correctly the panel should show when the mouse cursor hits the edge but the bug requires you to move your mouse beyond the edge to get the panel to show. Feels heavy. There’s no official fix out at the time of this post....

2012-05-15 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan