This is a page of "How to" solve some computer problems that may happen.
P = problem;
S = solution
#contents
** P:(2013.06.05) how to customize GDM login screen [#h77ecb82]
*** S: using ubuntu-tweak [#ha11b2d2]
Install ubuntu-tweak
#sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa
#sudo apt-get update
#sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak
Launch ubuntu-tweak from terminal and customize the login screen
** P: (2013.06.03) xdvi doesn't put period and comma correctly when reading Japanese documents. [#s135a004]
*** S: Check a tutorial created by other people [#p867b0fd]
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/tama_sh/20120505/1336197629
Install xdvi-ja
# apt-get install xdvik-ja
Font map file:
/etc/texmf/vfontmap.d/
Do the following:
# cd /etc/texmf/vfontmap.d/
# mv 20ptex-jisfonts.map 20ptex-jisfonts.map.org
# mv 20xdvik-ja.map 20xdvik-ja.map.org
# mv 30morisawa.map. 30morisawa.map.org
Next, check the fc-list the name of the Japanese font to use.
$ fc-list | grep Takao
Takao P??,TakaoPMincho:style=Regular
Takao????,TakaoGothic:style=Regular
Takao P????,TakaoPGothic:style=Regular
TakaoEx????,TakaoExGothic:style=Regular
TakaoEx??,TakaoExMincho:style=Regular
Takao??,TakaoMincho:style=Regular
Add the following lines to a file takao.map (create new if not exist) under the directory /etc/texmf/vfontmap.d/
@TakaoMincho-Regular@
rml JIS-H % ASCII pTeX
rmlv JIS-V % ASCII pTeX
dm JIS-H % NTT jTeX
rml-jis JIS-H % ptex-jisfonts
@TakaoGothic-Recular@
gbm JIS-H % ASCII pTeX
gbmv JIS-V % ASCII pTeX
dg JIS-H % NTT jTeX
gbm-jis JIS-H % ptex-jisfonts
Finally, update the registration information of the font
# update-vfontmap
** P: (2012.10.02) How to remove Ubuntu welcome notes [#m70a5bf7]
Welcome to Ubuntu 11.10 (GNU/Linux 3.0.0-25-generic x86_64)
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/
New release '12.04 LTS' available.
Run 'do-release-upgrade' to upgrade to it.
*** System restart required ***
*** S: Please check /etc/update-motd.d/ folder [#l0d990ed]
Then change the permission
sudo chmod 600 *
** P: (2012.09.26) Warning: File `Makefile' has modification time 38 s in the future [#ycb06c28]
warning: Clock skew detected. Your build may be incomplete. Such warning appears in TUBE50
***S: TUBE50 clock is not synchronized to ntp.tohoku.ac.jp [#j265a3b5]
- [[Download ntp:http://howto.eyeoncomputers.com/ubuntu/install-ntp/]]
- Configure ntp by folowing [[this step:http://flex.phys.tohoku.ac.jp/english/pukiwiki-e/index.php?Computer%20Problem-Solution%20%28Open%29#p100119]]
** P: (2012.09.25)"yes" command appears every time we restart TUBE50 [#p20120925]
*** S: check file /etc/default/nfs-common [#s20120925]
- before:
NEED_IDMAPD= yes
- after:
NEED_IDMAPD=yes
important to note: <space> has meaning to separate the variable in sh script.
** P: (2012.08.29) Changing default text editor [#vf206db3]
*** S: run this command: [#p639256c]
sudo update-alternatives --config editor
** P: (2012.03.29) Segmentation fault when login tube [#j9c1a221]
*** S: run this command /rsaito/bin/no-passwd [#d2e289e1]
Then press Enter anytime the statement appears
** P: (2010.04.29) set-pathname-coding-system function does not exists in new xemacs lisp which existed in flex. [#t79f4d54]
** P: (2010.01.19) Managing ntp [#p100119]
*** S: ntp and ntpdate package have to be configured in some tricky ways [#s100119]
- ntp.conf file
[root@tube40 ~]# emacs /etc/ntp.conf
The /etc/ntp.conf file is the main configuration file for Linux NTP in which we place the IP addresses of the servers we want to use. Here we only use one server:
server ntp.tohoku.ac.jp # A stratum 1 server at tohoku.ac.jp
#server ntp.redhat.com # A stratum 2 server at redhat.com
We have to restart the NTP process every time we make a change to the configuration file for the changes to take effect on the running process.
- To get NTP configured to start at boot, use the line:
[root@tube40 ~]# chkconfig ntpd on
- To start, stop and restart NTP after booting, follow these examples:
[root@tube40 ~]# /etc/init.d/ntpd start
[root@tube40 ~]# /etc/init.d/ntpd stop
[root@tube40 ~]# /etc/init.d/ntpd restart
- For the synchronization, ntpd should be stopped and ntpdate should be run at least three times, then ntpd can be run again:
[root@tube40 ~]# /etc/init.d/ntpd stop
Shutting down ntpd: [ OK ]
[root@tube40 ~]# /usr/sbin/ntpdate -u ntp.tohoku.ac.jp
19 Jan 16:11:08 ntpdate[23079]: adjust time server 130.34.11.117 offset 0.016601 sec
[root@tube40 ~]# /usr/sbin/ntpdate -u ntp.tohoku.ac.jp
19 Jan 16:11:09 ntpdate[23080]: adjust time server 130.34.11.117 offset 0.015737 sec
[root@tube40 ~]# /usr/sbin/ntpdate -u ntp.tohoku.ac.jp
19 Jan 16:11:13 ntpdate[23081]: adjust time server 130.34.11.117 offset 0.014081 sec
[root@tube40 ~]# /etc/init.d/ntpd start
Starting ntpd: [ OK ]
** P: (2010.01.13) The problem of 2010.1.6 is solved but response is slow. [#cc7513d1]
*** S: The problem is due to the fact that /etc/mtab is on root (not snapshot) [#j127f4e3]
Since we do not know what is the process of mount the file.
we can not change mtab to snapshot.
For a moment, we force mount /home1 and /rsaito on /tmp/home1, /tmp/rsaito
/etc/rc5.d/S28autofs stop
mkdir /tmp/home1
mkdir /tmp/rsaito
mount -n 192.168.2.100:/home1 /tmp/home1
mount -n 192.168.2.100:/rsaito /tmp/rsaito
df
/rsaito/bin/pxe-mount
** P: (2010.1.6) /rsaito is not automountd on PXE client. [#m92944ad]
*** S: edit and add flexS:/rsaito information on [#q5d5939e]
tube30:/nfsboot/root/etc/mtab
** P: (2009.10.10) Gnorm logout is slow for Xming etc. [#y54d795e]
This is a firewall problem of windows.
*** S: Open port 16001 tcp [#c4bf3cc3]
control panel -> firewall -> add new port ->
Name Esound
Port 16001
TCP
** P: (2009.07.17) Load average of FLEX is very high. [#ba0d0fa4]
This is due to mounting problem again (mount NFS). After checking mount status, it is found that a network harddisk was not unmounted nicely before turning off.
*** S: Re-mount (turn on) the harddisk, and do some safety procedure. [#l1c8b137]
- check mount status:
# mount
- umount once (assuming mount point is /mnt/backup):
# umount -f /mnt/backup
- synchronize several times:
# sync
# sync
# sync
- check df or mount status again
- if the harddisk has been nicely unmounted, then it is safe to turn it off.
** P: (2009.07.02) Flex is unstable for logining or e-mails. [#ac90f02f]
*** S: mount to tube:/home1-old was not allowed any more. [#e2a3634b]
comment out one line in /etc/auto.misc
# home1 172.17.4.134:/home1-old
./S28autofs forcerestart
I also delete in /etc/exports
the requests from 172.17.4.184 (nuguraha) 172.17.4.188 (mahabubu)
and 172.17.4.127 (furu).
exportfs -a
we also need to restart nfs
/etc/rc5.d/S60nfs restart
** P: (2009.06.03) Today we were failed to run ether-wake command on new-PXE server/client machines using new Hub/router. [#m53007b8]
*** S: We manually turn those on and off. After that ether-wake (wake-on-Lan) command was successful. [#a08cf22e]
** P: PXE (network boot) is now installing 2009.5.1 [#e8f71204]
*** S: finished. status [[PXE Server (Open)]] [#p74ace39]
** P: We move /etc/passwd then we can not be root. No more even shutdown. [#oaefbc51]
*** S: cntl-alt-del and reboot. Then when OS selection, push any arrow. [#v36584e8]
Then many selection of OS appears. Select one of OS, and press E.
Then select kernel and press E again. Then you can edit the command for starting kernel and add "single" in the last of the command. Finally select "b" for booting and single user mode appears. Make /etc/passwd files and exit and runlevel 5 is recovers.
Even if we used NIS, we should not delete /etc/passwd /etc/group and /etc/shadow.
** P: linux emacs ispell error (no language "eu") 2009.4.24 [#xf61128d]
*** S: solved. "M-x ispell-change-dictionary" and select english [#t33f8f93]
*** S: solved. Edit .emacs to add (setq ispell-dictionary "english") [#l1a50648]
** P: How to update the files of remote to the files of local [#lb59159d]
*** S: solved. "rsync -avc -e ssh saito@remote:/home/saito/book09/ /rsaito/book09"[#f25e1654]
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