TIP: How to check which video driver is your X server using?
on Apr 24, 2009 in X Windows driver X X driver Xorg xorg.conf Xserver If you need to find out which driver is being used by your X server in Linux, you can easily find that out by giving the following command: debian-:~# cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log Output X.Org XInput driver : 2.0 (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers...

HOWTO: Resolve X server video driver errors/crashes in Debian Linux
on Apr 24, 2009 in X Windows vesa video driver X X server Xorg xorg.conf Purpose: In this blog post we will see how to resolve common X server issues like X server not starting, high resolution modes like 1024×768 are not supported, X server crashes, etc. in Debian Linux. Also we will see if you are not able use your...

TIP: Compile your programs fasters with multiple processor machines
on Apr 20, 2009 in Linux Measurement Multi-core compile concurrency dual core multi-processor If you have a dual core or a multiple processor machine then you can compile your programs much faster than on a single processor machine. I will show how you can compile your a Linux kernel on your Debian machine twice as fast by setting the concurr...

INFO: Embedded Linux Conference
on Apr 20, 2009 in Info ELC 2009 Linux Kernel SFO Last week I got a chance to attend the three day Embedded Linux Conference (ELC) 2009 held in San Francisco. It was quite a unique experience for me at least since I had never attended any such conference before. I got to see founder of Debian Linux...

Linux Remote Desktop - Part 2: Connect to GDM or KDM login screen using VNC
on Apr 17, 2009 in Remote Desktop connect gdm remotely Welcome to Part 2 of Linux Remote Desktop Series. I highly recommend that you see the basic assumptions and background before you read this any further. What we will learn: In Part 1 we learned how to do Remote Desktop with “Desktop Sharing” met...

TIP: Resolving X mouse/touchpad freeze in Debian Squeeze
on Apr 15, 2009 in X Windows Graphics mouse touchpad versa X X server Xorg If you recently upgrade to Debian Squeeze from Debian Lenny and you notice that the X server crashes and you get following similar error messages in your /var/log/Xorg.0.log: Could not allocate video memory No screens found then follow the steps bel...

Announcement: Linux Remote Desktop Series
on Apr 15, 2009 in Announcements Blog Posts Remote Desktop desktop Linux remote VNC Windows Many of you who may be using Linux for a while might have been in a situation where you need to connect to your Linux Machine remotely from either a Windows XP machine or another Linux machine. I am starting a series in which I will write about diffe...

Linux Remote Desktop - Part 1: Connect remotely to GNOME session using VNC
on Apr 15, 2009 in Remote Desktop connect gdm gnone-session Linux remote dekstop vnc server vnc viewer Welcome to Part 1 of Linux Remote Desktop Series. What we will learn: We will learn how to do Remote Desktop with “Desktop Sharing” method (Method 1). I highly recommend that you see the basic assumptions and background before you read th...

TIP: How to check time taken by a particular command/program in Linux
on Apr 10, 2009 in Linux command system time Purpose: Many times you would like to know how much time did a particular command in Linux took to execute completely. For example, you would like to how much time does it take to compile a kernel on your machine. There is a command called “tim...

INFO: Debian Lenny Stable point release update
on Apr 10, 2009 in Debian Release etch Lenny point update For those of you who are waiting for Debian Lenny’s update release, I would like to tell you that it is coming soon. How soon? Tomorrow, yes that’s on 11th April 2009. From Lenny onwards, Debian has decided to number the version in a 3-fi...