https://sanity.acromatic.uk/ 2026-05-14T12:06:07+00:00 https://sanity.acromatic.uk/ https://sanity.acromatic.uk/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2019-11-07T17:58:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sanity.acromatic.uk/doku.php?id=jessy:backuppc&rev=1573149492&do=diff backuppc apt-get install backuppc Errors I’ve just made a fresh install of backuppc on Jessy. However, when I visited the web interface then the browser just shows a bin file like this: Having a bin file server from Apache (or any other web server) generally means there is a fault with the webserver and the script isn’t being parsed before it’s served. A quick look at the Apache log files located at /var/log/apache2/error.log shows the problems: unable to connect to cgi daemon after multip… text/html 2019-11-07T17:58:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sanity.acromatic.uk/doku.php?id=jessy:capsctrl&rev=1573149492&do=diff Caps lock and control KDE System settings -> Region and language -> Keyboard layout -> Advanced -> Ctrl key position -> Swap control and caps lock XFCE Applications -> Settings -> Settings Manager -> Session and Startup -> Application autostart -> text/html 2019-11-07T17:58:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sanity.acromatic.uk/doku.php?id=jessy:colemak&rev=1573149492&do=diff Colemak and other keyboard mods X keyboards are configured in /usr/share/X11/xkb/, in the rules and symbols directories. /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/gb can be linked to ~/config/gb. Likewise in symbols, base.xml and evdev.xml. Caps lock and control text/html 2019-11-07T17:58:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sanity.acromatic.uk/doku.php?id=jessy:get_iplayer&rev=1573149492&do=diff These requirements do change quite frequently. apt-get install perl libwww-perl libxml-perl libxml-simple-perl atomicparsley Add this to /etc/apt/sources.list (for Jessie only): deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main then apt-get update apt-get install ffmpeg text/html 2019-11-07T17:58:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sanity.acromatic.uk/doku.php?id=jessy:git&rev=1573149492&do=diff git clone slack@billy:/home/slack/git/config.git text/html 2019-11-07T17:58:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sanity.acromatic.uk/doku.php?id=jessy:grub&rev=1573149492&do=diff First, make a backup copy of `/etc/default/grub`. In case something goes wrong, you can easily revert to the known-good copy: sudo cp /etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub.bak Then edit the file using `vim` or the text editor of your choice: sudo vim /etc/default/grub text/html 2019-11-07T17:58:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sanity.acromatic.uk/doku.php?id=jessy:nvidia&rev=1573149492&do=diff I think NVIDIA drivers have been screwed up just from apt-get upgrade (8/17 and 11/17). Perhaps this process can overwrite the xorg configuration that the Nvidia installer injects. Remember to keep turning the amp on (CBL-SAT/HDMI2) -- as soon as Alan goes dark it'll start turning itself off automatically, making it look like nothing is working. text/html 2019-11-07T17:58:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sanity.acromatic.uk/doku.php?id=jessy:qtphoto&rev=1573149492&do=diff Don't use rbenv. rbenv local systemapt-get install exiftool As user if you are using rbenv, otherwise root: gem install rmagick mini_exiftool fileutils text/html 2019-11-07T17:58:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sanity.acromatic.uk/doku.php?id=jessy:virtualbox&rev=1573149492&do=diff Controller install Alito reinstalled using the VB repo: <https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads#Debian-basedLinuxdistributions> Creating a VM Seemingly can only be done (or is easiest) through the GUI. No need to install any desktop packages. Networking Select bridged mode for bidirectional access to the LAN. Edit text/html 2019-11-07T17:58:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sanity.acromatic.uk/doku.php?id=jessy:vpn&rev=1573149492&do=diff PIA VPN apt-get install -y openvpn cd /etc/openvpn wget http://www.privateinternetaccess.com/openvpn/openvpn.zip unzip openvpn.zip cp UK\ London.ovpn pia.conf Edit /etc/default/openvpn to include AUTOSTART="pia" Edit /etc/openvpn/pia.conf to include