bunch of loose ends – things i keep on forgetting

* setting mysql datadir to different folder (on ubuntu 8.10) : adapt /etc/my.cnf AND tweak /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld

 
#snippet usr.sbin.mysqld  
  /data/db/ r,
  /data/db/** rwk,

* adding an entry in fstab is using UUID instead of /dev/ description - how to find UUID ?

sudo vol_id -u /dev/sda1

* filling up a db with sql-dumped data

mysql  --user=artnd -p  -e "source artnd_database" artnd

* serving a folder with apache2 : add a conf file to /etc/apache2/conf.d eg

Alias /artnd /data/

<Directory /data>
	Options IncludesNoExec
	 Order allow,deny
       Allow from all
</Directory>

* minimal xorg.conf (nvidia)

#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
	Device		"Configured Video Device"
	DefaultDepth	24
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
	Driver	"nvidia"
	Option	"NoLogo"	"True"
EndSection

* dev tools on fedora

yum groupinstall "Development Tools" "Legacy Software Development"

* cool tool : screen (copy pasted random notitions while steef explained some)

ptr@hsb:~$ cat .screenrc
hardstatus alwayslastline "%{=b}%{-b}%{dw} %{.c}%d-%m %{.y}%0c %{dd}
%-Lw%{dg}%n%f* %t%? (%u)%? %{-}%+Lw %{dw}"
vbell off

screen -r
(needs .screenrc)
(ctrl-a n)
(ctrl-a p)
(ctrl-a d)

sleep 10000
(ctrl-z)
disown -h
(kill your term if you like)

tty

* rsync with bandwithlimit

rsync -av --bwlimit=512 downloads.openwrt.org::openwrt-downloads/sources  .