linux Archives - Cris' hacks

How to start a Bitnami stack at boot on Slackware

May

5

2019

Bitnami stacks are a sort of self-contained sets of applications that allow you to run server-side software without touching anything on your operating system. After the installation procedure all the needed stuff is located into a folder which can be also relocated, if necessary. Bitnami logo In my opinion these kind of tools are very ...

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Vbox-autoinstall: an easy way to install Oracle VirtualBox on GNU/Linux Slackware

Nov

24

2018

Hi folks! Last weekend I had to manually update VirtualBox on my laptop. As you can imagine, in these kind of situations my laziness takes over and then I almost suddenly start to think a smart way to get rid of the dirty job. So I ended up writing down a simple bash script to ...

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A simple C++ library to drive a stepper motor using the Raspberry Pi

Oct

13

2018

About two years ago I wrote a simple C++ class to drive a small stepper motor using the Raspberry Pi. Recently I’ve done the last change to the code. In this post I will try to describe in a simple way how to use the library, also with the help of some examples. Hardware requirements ...

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Kernel patches: added support for HTTP mirrors

May

24

2018

In the previous post I talked about my attempt to create a script to automate the kernel patches installation procedure on Slackware (stable) and I reported the quick ‘n’ dirty instructions to run it, with also a video demonstration. A few time after, a dear friend tried the script and he pointed out to me ...

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How to install kernel patches automatically on Slackware 2

Feb

10

2018

For some strange reason, some time ago, I started to write down a simple Bash script that only detected the presence of new kernel patches on Slackware stable and installed the respective packages. Then I tried to improve it until I reached the actual version. I’m not so experienced in Bash scripting, but I decided ...

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Secure webcam streaming with mjpg-streamer and stunnel

Jul

9

2017

Last week I was trying to understand how to establish a secure connection with a webcam streaming server. The idea was to setup a kind of small homemade surveillance system to be used when I’m away. I knew of mjpg-streamer and I used it years ago, but I’ve never tried to encrypt the communication channel ...

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Virtual disk data recovery

Oct

24

2015

The last weekend was terrible. On Friday evening I was writing some VHDL code for a small project and testing step-by-step all the stuff through a VHDL simulator running on Windows. Obviously, to do this I used a VirtualBox virtual machine, since my host OS is a Linux distro. Once I finished to work I simply ...

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Upgrade to PHP 5.6.2

Nov

9

2014

In the last days I was trying to create some packages for Slackware 14.1. I’ve created two virtual machines with VirtualBox, one for the 32 bit version and the other for the 64 bit version. These VMs have a clean Slackware installation and are intended to be used only for building packages. I’ve configured slackpkg ...

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Toshiba DVB-T TV tuner on Linux 4

Jul

30

2014

My attention is focused on this specific USB device: Toshiba DVB-T TV tuner P/N PX1211E-1TVD. I got it together with my old laptop in the summer of 2006. Albeit this DVB-T TV tuner comes with a standalone mini antenna, I usually prefer to connect it directly to the TV antenna cable using the adapter. This ...

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The laptop reboots instead of shutting down: what to do?

Jul

26

2014

A few days ago I finally fixed a problem that has plagued my laptop for a few months. I bought the PC last year at the end of December. The first thing I did once I got my hands on it, was to format Windows in order to install Slackware on the whole disk. After ...

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