redshift fails with Geolocation disabled for UID 1000

Installed redshift on my Arch box today but it kept failing with “Geolocation disabled for UID 1000”. This is a bug which will be fixed in a new release but till then here’s an easy work around. Add the lines below to the /etc/geoclue/geoclue.conf file and restart gnome. [redshift] allowed=true system=false users=

2016-11-08 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

How to disable bash history in Ubuntu 16.04

Append either line below to the end of your .bashrc file, start a new bash terminal and history should now be turned off. shopt -u -o history or set +o history Don’t forget clear out the old history file too. ...

2016-06-15 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

Anjuta overwriting Nautilus

For some reason Anjuta decided to overwrite Nautilus for all file operations on my Arch Linux box. Every time I’d try to open a file or folder Anjuta would pop up instead. Fortunately, the fix is easy, just run the command shown below. This will default file operations back to Nautilus. xdg-mime default org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop inode/directory

2016-05-31 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

How to change the default web port on unRAID

You can easily change the default web port for unRAID from port 80 to something you like by changing the “go” file in “/boot/config/”. In the example above I changed my unRAID to listen on “8008” instead of the default “80”. You will have to restart your unRAID server to apply the change.

2016-05-18 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

Where to buy the RASPBERRY PI 3 MODEL B in Malaysia

Looking to buy the new Raspberry Pi 3 model B? Here’s list of places locally where you’ll be able to purchase one from. - RM179.00 - RM199.28 - RM199 - RM300 Quite a few sellers on Lelong are selling the Raspberry Pi 3 now, prices vary depending on your choice of case, power and cooling options. - No Pricing Detail at time of posting ...

2016-03-24 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan