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amixer in ubuntu

If you want to change the volume in Ubuntu 11.10 it seems that amixer is kind of bugged when it comes to toggle (mute/unmute). When toggling Master, it also mutes all the separate groups (Front, headphone, PCM and so on), but when toggled again it…

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Google Chrome and Kerberos

Just a short tip for those of you that use Google Chrome and want to utilize Kerberos to login to sites: You need to start Chrome with an extra command-line option. Why this isn’t configurable inside Chrome is a mystery, but anyways – here is the …

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How to make IE8 trust a self-signed certificate in 20 irritating steps (and also for Google Chrome)

Browse to the site whose certificate you want to trust. When told “There is a problem with this website’s security certificate.”, choose “Continue to this website (not recommended).” Select Tools->Internet Options. Select Security->Trusted sites->…

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API and RedHat Network

If you use RedHat Enterprise Linux in a big environment, you probably use RedHat Network (RHN) as well. RHN has a very well documented API, which can be used for all tasks you want to do. Here is a small script I wrote to list out all of our syste…

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Wlan Password for guests

If you, as me, have a very long password for your wlan, it’s tiresome to give out the password to random guests who need to connect. Easy solution: Go to this web page and choose Wifi Network. Then fill in your ssid, password and type of encryptio…

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Veistandard

Litt senere kom det et 110 *opphevet*-skilt, og jeg måtte ty til GPS’en for å skjønne at det betyr 130. I løpet av uken kjørte vi Danmark på kryss og tvers, og var også en svipptur innom Tyskland. Må si at veiene, både på motorveiene og i mer gris…