unix

• Jul 22, 2020 unix

  How to forward mail from root to user

  This note explains the super simple approach to forwarding mail on the local system from the root account to a user. It's really for people who manage their own system and don't want to have to always be logging in as the root user to read the system mail. It is based on the idea that you really are the root user, but you're logging in as a normal user.

  If you're running X (twm, etc), this lets you run xbiff as a normal user and get notified when the system sends an email to root (sudo, periodic scripts, etc).

• Jul 21, 2020 unix freebsd

  How to Monitor Battery Life and Sleep on FreeBSD 12.1

  A non-ui method for monitoring battery life and sleep on FreeBSD. This is useful for when you just want to run the command line or a lightweight window manager like TWM, FVWM, etc. Installs as a service and will sleep the machine as the battery approaches it's lowpoint of charge.

• Jul 21, 2020 unix macos

  Using a Mac's xterm as a remote Tektronics display for a FreeBSD 12.1 Server

  How to use the macos terminal as a remote tektronics display device for a terminal graphics process running on another unix system. In this case, freebsd.

• Jul 21, 2020 unix vim

  Turn off that pesky Visual Mode mouse integration in VIM

  This is a note about how to kill that mouse craziness with vim.

  If you're already in vim type : set mouse-=a

  If you want it off all the time, edit your .vimrc and add

  vi ~/.vimrc
  set mouse-=a
  

  Now you can select, copy, and paste using vim and your os's normal functionality.

• Jul 21, 2020 unix freebsd

  Setting up XDM on FreeBSD 12.1

  A note about how I I got XDM working on my Thinkpad T430 in 2020. It's not difficult, but it's not common anymore.

  XDM is the x display manager and provides login capability for unix systems. It is particularly useful for old-style window managers like TWM.

• Aug 9, 2018 unix

  Restoring Grub - dual boot FreeBSD and Linux

  Note describing how to restore the grub bootloader after it is catastrophically removed. Please note that it may be specific to my setup:

• Jul 27, 2018 unix freebsd

  How to set up tor on FreeBSD 11.2

  A note describing how to install and set up the tor browser on freebsd 11.2

• Apr 21, 2018 unix linux mint

  Linux Mint Note

  A note with fixes for issues arising with the use of linux mint.

• Mar 6, 2018 unix linux centos

  Installing Centos 5.11 with-2.6.17.8 kernel

  A note describing the process of installing Centos 5.11 with the 2.6.17.8 kernel in order to be able to work along with Kroah-Hartman's 2007 book, Linux Kernel in a Nutshell, in the modern era.

• Mar 4, 2018 unix linux centos

  Installing Centos 5.11 with 2.6.18-kernel

  A note describing the process of installing Centos 5.11 with 2.6.18-kernel in order to be able to work along with Kroah-Hartman's 2007 book, Linux Kernel in a Nutshell, in the modern era.