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Brother Wireless LAN Printer Setup Linux MFC 7840W Cups

Easy Setup: – go www.brother.com downloads the PPD File for your Printer – go to your DSL Router to view the static IP Address of the Printer – on Debian/Ubuntu without Gnome/KDE install Cups Pakets – open URL at Browser http://localhost:631 as root – add Printer at Management Webinterface – select AppSocket/HP-Jetdirect Communication – select […]

SME Server usefull Backup Tips Custom Templates Customizing SME

On SME Server: Data Path which are saved by Console Backup – save all Custom-Scripts which you run with Cron or Root at Location /root – save all modified Custom Templates at /etc/e-smith/templates-custom – all ibays – all /home – if you not know how to make /etc/e-smith/templates-custom files copy the standard templates from /etc/e-smith/templates […]

SME Server USB Disk Stick mount Problem at SME Server Backup Console

Problem: On SME Server the HAL Daemon often not recognize a USB Stick or Disk which you can use for “Console” Backup Program. Solution: – Create a Script with #nano /root/backup.sh – insert: service haldaemon restart service messagebus restart console exit This restart the HAL Environment before Console (SSH-Admin-Tool)is opened. To prevent Users to write […]

SME Server config by console

SME Server is controlled by a extra Runlevel 7 of Linux (Default Linux has 6 runlevel). Solution: SME Server set the Runlevel 7 control with some database files located at /home/e-smith/db to set your configuration you have to login with ssh (Putty) as root/admin and enter: #db configgroupname command dbfilename setting status for example: #db […]

Ubuntu 10.04 disable purple Boot Splash Lucid Lynx (usplash = plymouth) TTY0

Problem: If you install Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 or upgrade some Videocards shows the Bootsplash (now called plymouth”) not clear or a black Bootscreen. The terrible Bootsplash is default installed and can’t easy removed cause deep deps of some pakets (mountall) don’t allow to purge. Solution: – edit with #sudo nano /etc/default/grub – change line […]

Thinkpad R50p ATI xserver hanging freeze sometimes Debian Lenny

Hardware: R50p with ATI Graphic 128MB 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M10 NT [FireGL Mobility T2] (rev 80) System: Debian Lenny 5.0 Driver: fglrx Solution: – install cpufrequtils #sudo apt-get install cpufrequtils – edit #nano /etc/initrd/cpufrequtils – change line “ondemand” to “performance” – check System #dmesg – System show “unstable clocksource” last line […]