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MAC – eject a “stuck” cd/dvd

January 19th, 2009 No comments

open terminal and type :

drutil tray eject

you can also try the following suggestions in MacGuides

Mac – Toggle hidden files view in finder

January 10th, 2009 No comments

to show hidden files – in terminal type :

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

to hide them again – in terminal type:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killall Finder

Add openvpn to Ubuntu’s NetworkManager

January 6th, 2009 No comments

Install the following packages :

sudo apt-get install openvpn network-manager-openvpn

Kerenl tunables for VMware Host

January 6th, 2009 No comments

add to sysctl.conf

vm.swappiness = 0
vm.overcommit_memory = 1
vm.dirty_background_ratio = 5
vm.dirty_ratio = 10
vm.dirty_expire_centisecs = 1000
dev.rtc.max-user-freq = 1024

Svc command line switches

January 3rd, 2009 No comments

  • -u: Up. If the service is not running, start it. If the service stops, restart it.
  • -d: Down. If the service is running, send it a TERM signal and then a CONT signal. After it stops, do not restart it.
  • -o: Once. If the service is not running, start it. Do not restart it if it stops.
  • -p: Pause. Send the service a STOP signal.
  • -c: Continue. Send the service a CONT signal.
  • -h: Hangup. Send the service a HUP signal.
  • -a: Alarm. Send the service an ALRM signal.
  • -i: Interrupt. Send the service an INT signal.
  • -t: Terminate. Send the service a TERM signal.
  • -k: Kill. Send the service a KILL signal.
  • -x: Exit. supervise will exit as soon as the service is down. If you use this option on a stable system, you're doing something wrong; supervise is designed to run forever.