Written by If you’ve ever tried to reset the password on a Dell Remote Access Card III (DRAC3), then you probably already know that trying to manage a DRAC III in a Linux environment can be frustrating – especially since current (as of this writing) versions of Dell’s OpenManage Server Administration software (OMSA) aren’t backward compatible with older [...]
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My Favorite ImageMagick Commands
This is pretty much for my own reference, so please ignore if you already know these. Batch convert a directory of PNGs to GIF: # mogrify -format gif *.png Resize everything in the directory: # mogrify -resize 96×96 -colors 128 -depth 8 * Remove transparency (can make filesizes bigger, so don’t do this if you [...]
READ MORE »How to Get ImageMagick 6.5.x or 6.6.x Working on CentOS 5.5
Since the default version of ImageMagick installed by yum on CentOS 5.5 is 6.2.something, and you want to be able to do all the cool stuff that ImageMagick 6.5.* and 6.6.* can do, you’re gonna have to compile it from source yourself. Don’t worry – it’s easy, and it works.
READ MORE »How to get DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) working with Postfix on RHEL 5 / CentOS 5 using OpenDKIM
Update! RPMs and Yum now available. I now build and maintain pre-built RPM packages of OpenDKIM for RHEL/CentOS and Fedora, which are available with Yum. For a much quicker and easier way to install OpenDKIM, read this. Or, if you still prefer to go old-skool and compile your own binaries from source, or if you’re [...]
READ MORE »Halo Reach Cheats and Achievements
The new Xbox 360 game Halo:Reach was released today, and as always, CheatCodes.com was the first to have the cheats and achievements for Halo Reach. You can get Halo: Reach cheats at http://www.cheatcodes.com/xbox360/halo-reach-xbox-360/
READ MORE »Mac Mini G4 1.5Ghz Hard Drive and RAM Upgrade
I ignored the early warning signs: the slow boots, the strange noises, the polite requests to insert the install DVD and run the disk utility. My main problem was that I’d lost my install DVD a long time ago. I had purchased my Mac Mini G4 1.5Ghz brand new in 2005, and it had hummed along [...]
READ MORE »How To Enable Root Login to GUI in Fedora 13
Starting with Fedora 10 (and continuing with Fedora 11 and Fedora 13), graphical root login was disabled by default. Allowing root login to the GUI poses a number of security risks, so doing so is not recommended. In most cases, using sudo or simply authenticating as the superuser in the graphical interface when an application [...]
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