Comments for Overwhelmingly Geek™ http://blog.shaon.net Bits, bytes and signal noise from Shaon Diwakar Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:00:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Terminal.app – Command Line Kung-Fu on MacOSX by Abdella http://blog.shaon.net/2008/12/15/terminalapp-command-line-kung-fu-on-macosx/#comment-78 Abdella Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:00:17 +0000 http://blog.shaon.net/?p=162#comment-78 [...] Terminal.app - Commajd Line Kung-Fu on MscOSX [...]; [...] Terminal.app – Commajd Line Kung-Fu on MscOSX [...];

]]> Comment on Python, ruby, mysql and postgresql – to be or not to be? by Trina Ayres http://blog.shaon.net/2008/06/28/python-ruby-mysql-and-postgresql-to-be-or-not-to-be/#comment-77 Trina Ayres Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:26:48 +0000 http://overwhelminglygeek.wordpress.com/?p=26#comment-77 Thanks for this post. I am new at python and this will help a lot. Thanks for this post. I am new at python and this will help a lot.

]]> Comment on Adding to $PATH in MacOSX 10.5 (Leopard) by dobbs http://blog.shaon.net/2008/09/06/adding-to-path-in-macosx-105-leopard/#comment-65 dobbs Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:50:46 +0000 http://overwhelminglygeek.wordpress.com/?p=93#comment-65 Use single quotes to prevent variable expansion: echo '$HOME/bin' > HomeBin Use single quotes to prevent variable expansion:

echo ‘$HOME/bin’ > HomeBin

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]]> Comment on Python, ruby, mysql and postgresql – to be or not to be? by Bookmarks about Postgresql http://blog.shaon.net/2008/06/28/python-ruby-mysql-and-postgresql-to-be-or-not-to-be/#comment-53 Bookmarks about Postgresql Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:01:20 +0000 http://overwhelminglygeek.wordpress.com/?p=26#comment-53 [...] - bookmarked by 6 members originally found by kayla111 on 2008-12-11 Python, ruby, mysql and postgresql - to be or not to be? http://blog.shaon.net/2008/06/28/python-ruby-mysql-and-postgresql-to-be-or-not-to-be/ - bookmarked [...] [...] – bookmarked by 6 members originally found by kayla111 on 2008-12-11 Python, ruby, mysql and postgresql – to be or not to be? http://blog.shaon.net/2008/06/28/python-ruby-mysql-and-postgresql-to-be-or-not-to-be/ – bookmarked [...]

]]> Comment on Adding to $PATH in MacOSX 10.5 (Leopard) by Shaon Diwakar http://blog.shaon.net/2008/09/06/adding-to-path-in-macosx-105-leopard/#comment-51 Shaon Diwakar Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:54:41 +0000 http://overwhelminglygeek.wordpress.com/?p=93#comment-51 My pleasure Emily! I didn't realise that BASH evaluates variables inside double quotes! You learn something new everyday :-) Thanks for the tip Emily :-) My pleasure Emily! I didn’t realise that BASH evaluates variables inside double quotes! You learn something new everyday :-) Thanks for the tip Emily :-)

]]> Comment on Adding to $PATH in MacOSX 10.5 (Leopard) by Emily http://blog.shaon.net/2008/09/06/adding-to-path-in-macosx-105-leopard/#comment-50 Emily Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:58:59 +0000 http://overwhelminglygeek.wordpress.com/?p=93#comment-50 Just a little addition: I wanted to add $HOME/bin to the path and being happy to have found out about path_helper thanks to this post, without putting my brain into gear, I typed echo "$HOME/bin" > HomeBin in place of step six above. Of course, what I didn't think of was that BASH evaluates variables inside double quotes so what was being put into HomeBin was /var/root/bin (the home of the super user is /var/root). To get by this, either edit the file with a text editor such as vi and enter the variable or use single quotes in place of double quotes around the path you want added to $PATH. Thanks for the post Shaon! Just a little addition: I wanted to add $HOME/bin to the path and being happy to have found out about path_helper thanks to this post, without putting my brain into gear, I typed

echo “$HOME/bin” > HomeBin

in place of step six above. Of course, what I didn’t think of was that BASH evaluates variables inside double quotes so what was being put into HomeBin was /var/root/bin (the home of the super user is /var/root).

To get by this, either edit the file with a text editor such as vi and enter the variable or use single quotes in place of double quotes around the path you want added to $PATH.

Thanks for the post Shaon!

]]> Comment on Sun Virtualbox + Ubuntu/Debian by Shaon Diwakar http://blog.shaon.net/2008/12/20/sun-virtualbox-ubuntudebian/#comment-49 Shaon Diwakar Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:14:06 +0000 http://blog.shaon.net/?p=177#comment-49 Its bizarre that there should be so many problems, especially with a commercially backed OS. I guess its difficult to test for every permutation of hardware out there... Its bizarre that there should be so many problems, especially with a commercially backed OS. I guess its difficult to test for every permutation of hardware out there…

]]> Comment on Sun Virtualbox + Ubuntu/Debian by Dwek http://blog.shaon.net/2008/12/20/sun-virtualbox-ubuntudebian/#comment-48 Dwek Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:25:55 +0000 http://blog.shaon.net/?p=177#comment-48 I have had similar random strange problems when upgrading to Ubuntu 8.10. Most of which have been related to hardware. e.g. Sysctl table errors with the printer port, sound card problem (on board card not found), Video resolution modes not detected (Nvidia), Mysql memory problems, Gallery 2 database corrupted (required reinstall)... Very frustrating, but I think I have fixed most of the problems now in a similar way to your Network card fix... Replaced or substituted hardware which was causing problems. I have had similar random strange problems when upgrading to Ubuntu 8.10. Most of which have been related to hardware.

e.g. Sysctl table errors with the printer port, sound card problem (on board card not found), Video resolution modes not detected (Nvidia), Mysql memory problems, Gallery 2 database corrupted (required reinstall)…

Very frustrating, but I think I have fixed most of the problems now in a similar way to your Network card fix… Replaced or substituted hardware which was causing problems.

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