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Collected/edited by Nasser Abbasi
April 20, 2008
1. Update section for Solaris 10
1. What is the order of searching for
DLL's in windows?
2. How to use anti alias fonts with X?
3. I am getting unable to open terminal
error from application (cscope), why?.
4. How to convert ASN.1 to XML?
5. How to convert genbank asn.1 to xml?
7. How to use windows Look and Feel on
Solaris?
8. How to read string from command line
in Java?
9. How to get class name from static
method in Java?
10. How to use safe enumeration in
Java?
11. How to connect solaris and win2k
using SAMBA?
12. What environment variables used by
alladin ghostscript?
13. How to delete the route in
windows?
14. Where does Mozilla keep email
folder on windows?
15. How to change where mozilla looks
for bookmarks?
17. How to convert IE bookmarks
(favoriets) to Netscape bookmarks?
18. Where is favorites folder used by
IE stored on the PC?
19. How to print on 11x17 from visio,
to get max page size?
21. What network interfaces are there
for Solaris?
22. How to find what HW and devices
are known to Solaris and other OS info?
23. How to send signal to a process on
solaris
24. NFS. Solaris as server, Linux as
client. Linux mounting Solaris filesystem over NFS.
25. NFS. Solaris as client, Linux as
server. Solaris mounting linux filesystem over NFS.
26. How to find what filesystems are
allready set shared on solaris?
27. what are the tcpdump flags?
28. How to convert router to
multi-homed on Solaris
29. How to force a host to become a
router on Solaris?
30. How to force a host to use dynamic
routing?
31. How to turn off ICMP router
discovery on Solaris?
32. How to change the MTU of an
interface?
33. What is the smallest MTU that can
be used?
34. How to change IP address of
machine on Solaris?
35. How to add entry to routing table
on Solaris?
36. How to look at routing table on Solaris?
37. What files used to setup a host on
a network for Solaris?
38. How to change or look at TCP/IP
setting on solaris?
39. How to allow root to use telnet on
Solaris?
40. How to allow root to use ftp on
Solaris?
41. How to use truss command to debug
program on solaris?
42. 1.42 How to debug shell scripts?
44. How to tell apache to deny
browsing a directory?
45. How to start and configure apache
on Linux?
46. How to install and use the htdig
search engine on Linux?
47. How to restart nfs server so that
it reads in /etc/exports?
48. How to use hypermail to archive a
netscape Inbox?
49. How to find if same email message
exist in the email Inbox?
50. What are the protocol numbers in
the IP protocol field?
51. How to substitute one word for
another in a file from command line?
52. How to configure Netscape browser
preferences for different mime types?.
53. How to use perl to display a
button?
54. How to install ext2fs on Solaris?
55. How to tell a MPEG-1 bitstream
from a MPEG-2 bitstream?
56. How to start xterm with large
scroll buffer?
58. How to convert files from unix to
mac to windows format?
60. What are the common RPM commands?
61. How to start and stop the network
on Linux?
62. How to find where some of gcc
object files are?
63. How to extract object files from a
library?
64. How to look at assembler of an
object file on Linux?
65. How to print the symbol table of a
library?
66. How to apply a patch file in
Linux?
67. How to debug a running process?
68. How to find what files are open on
linux?
69. On Linux, what to do if an
application it can't see a shared library?
71. How do display the index.html file
at some URL from command line?
72. How do download ftp or websites in
batch mode from command line?
73. How to create bean manifest file
in jar file?
74. How to start X in different depths
on linux?
75. How to clone the system disk on
Solaris?
76. How to make douple-click in X
selects the whole file name?
77. How to bring down an interface,
then up, on linux?
78. How to find what is running as a
module on linux?
79. How to start a secure shell
session?
80. How to convert an RPM file to DEB
file?
81. How to count lines of source code
in a tree?
82. How to the largest sub-directory
in current path?
83. How to find what version of redhat
one is running (Linux)?
84. How to compile and link a simple
gtk+ program?
85. How to cat a file, with a line
number printed next to each line?
86. How to find what fonts are there
for X?
87. How to remove lines from a file
that matches some regexp using emacs?.
88. How to find what font is used by
xterm?
89. How to start print daemon on
linux?
90. How to add tags to file using
SCCS?
91. How to access sybase database
using isql?
92. How to disable or enable CDE on
linux?
93. How to disable or enable CDE on
Solaris (run with no X)?
94. How to configure network on linux?
95. How to use find command to list
directories only to some depth?
96. How to login to Solaris if you
lost the root password?
97. How to append the date to a file
name?
98. How to print to remote printer
from Linux?
99. How to search name of tunables in
solaris kernel libraries?
100. How to prevent DNS lookup in
Solaris?
101. How to find what NFS version is
used?
102. How to find total size of selected
files?
103. How to find limits of a process?
104. How to add swap space on Solaris?
105. How to find what patches are
installed on Solaris?
106. How to find what dynamic libraries
are linked to an executable?
107. How to look at dynamic section
information on Solaris?
108. How to format a floppy on Solaris?
109. How to insert a page break in emacs?
111. How to find default printer on
Solaris?
112. How to send email from command line?
113. How to find what ports are used on
the host?
114. How to find what process is using
which files and ports?
115. How to start SNMP trap daemon on
Solaris?
116. How to detect when filesystem size
reaches some threshold?
117. How to copy large file system from
one host to another?
118. How to execute a remote script and
check for its final status?
119. How do netscape plugins work?
120. How to restart inted after making
changes to inted.conf?
121. How to turn off IP forwarding in
Solaris?
122. How to turn on IP forwarding in
Solaris on specific interface?
123. How to stop nfs and sendmail on
Solaris?
124. How to install new disk and mount it
on Solaris?
125. How to extract tar content that has
/net/... files on Solaris?
126. How to copy trees from one file
system to another?
127. How to tar and gzip a tree to some
location?
128. What is the difference between DER
and BER encoding ?
129. How to remove comments line from an
Ada program ?
130. How to disable and enable CDE on
Linux?
131. How to find what search paths is set
for gcc ?
132. How to use pax to tar files from IBM
OS390 to ascii machine ?
133. How to use indent program ?
134. How to find information about RPC
registered programs ?
135. How to rename files using sed from
command line?
136. How to capture all commands and
output of a session into a file?
137. How to remove a directory from being
NFS mounted?
138. How to set the clock on HPUX?
139. How to print using enscript?
140. How to find the version of glibc on
a Linux box?
141. How to change tcp/ip setting on
Linux?
142. Why can't one use floating point
math in Linux kernel?
143. How to add a new system call in
Linux?
144. How to start NFS on Solaris?
145. How to find what is the device name
for CDROM to mount on Linux?
146. How to find what web server is
running on a web site?
147. How to download the main web page of
a site from command line?
148. How to download Sun web page style
sheet?
149. How to boot Solaris in 32 bit mode?
150. How to change the IP address of an
interface on Linux?
151. How to find resolution and number of
colors used by X?
152. How to find disk and terminal IO statistics
on Solaris?
153. How to find/monitor system activity
on Solaris?
154. How to find how much physical memory
and monitor memory on Solaris?
155. apropos gives error
/usr/share/man/windex: No such file or directory on Solaris, why?
156. On Linux, How to exit X to CLI and
then back to X without killing X?
157. On Linux, How to switch between
Xterms using keyboard ?
158. What files are used on Linux to
setup network?
159. how to change color depth when
starting gnome using GDM?
160. how to set an environment variable
for a CGI?
161. how to start SAMBA automatically on
Solaris?
162. What are Mimi types for known files?
163. How to do backup on Solaris?
164. How to find what scsi and ide
devices connected to Solaris box?
165. How to add second IDE (or scsi) disk
to a solaris box?
166. How to use GNOME and KDE on Solaris?
167. How to change between GNOME or KDE
on linux?
168. What are the different key lengths
used with different crypto algorithms?.
169. How to find the list of native
instruction sets executable on your Solairs box?
170. How does the Solaris linker find the
libraries it needs?
171. How to analyze a core dump on
solaris?
172. How to load kadb kernel debugger so
that solaris jumps to it when it crashes?
173. How to find if Solaris booted in 32
or 64 bit mode?
174. How to compile for 64 or 32 bit
Solaris using Sun Forte C compiler?
175. What are the data type sizes in 64
and 32 bit images for Solaris?
176. How to convert a static library to
dynamic library on Solaris?
177. How to load a dynamic library of DLL
into java?
178. How to use java programs in command
lines using unix pipes?
179. I've installed Linux on disk, and
now when I install windows, it won't boot from disk, why?
180. How to start a command and logout
from the terminal leaving the command running?
182. How to start CDE in solaris from
console?
183. How to install PERL for windows?
184. How to change the resolution (and
start X) using X server running under CYGWIN?
185. How to set HOME env variable when
starting X under cygwin?
186. How to change emacs fonts under
windows?
189. How to create a debian package from
source?
190. How to find what DLL's are missing
from a WINE application on linux?
191. How to install windows registery
file into WINE on linux?
192. How to find the version of X
installed?
193. How to close X in cygwin?
194. How to starts X with different dpi
values?
195. Where does the outlook express email
folder hides in widows?
196. How to import outlook express
messages in a .dbx file from different location?
198. How to connect linux and win2k using
SAMBA?
199. What is the C code for a typical
server loop?
200. How to Compile and Link OpenGL Applications?
201. How to use RPC with a firewall?
202. How to convert video tapes to
digital to store on a PC?
204. How to write a pixel (and line) to
the screen?
205. How to access CVS anonymous? (for
java giat tree, gjt) ?
206. On pathnames on different OS's
207. How to change X resolution in linux
by chaging XF86Config?
208. How to covert byte to int in Java
without expansion?
209. How to setup a signal handler in C?
210. How big are java classes?
211. Where are the java FAQ's ?
212. What is the command to list symbols
in an exec of shared lib on solari?
213. What are some usefull escape
sequences in C (to make alerts and others)?
214. How to find values of shared memory
info in Solaris?
215. How to find interface speed on
solaris?
216. How to change X resolution on
solaris?
217. How to dump an image (executable) on
solaris?
218. How to dump the symbol table of an
executable?
219. How to show line numbers in vi?
220. How to read UNICODE from file?
221. How to convert UNICODE to ANSI in
windows and vis versa?
223. how to create a character device on
linux?
224. How to convert man pages to HTML?
225. What are the conversion programs,
how to convert from one file to another?
226. How to use rsh with the same
environment on each host?
227. How to list files contained in a
Solaris package?
228. How to find which package a file
belong to? Solaris package
229. How to examine shared memory on
linux?
231. How to turn on the openboot
diagnostics during the boot process for Solaris/Sparc?
232. I've installed new device on Solaris
sparc, but it does not see it, why?
233. Which file systems are mounted
always at boot time in Solaris/sparc?.
234. How to recover corrupted tar file?
235. What are some big java applications?
236. How to get version of sw in linux
kernel?
237. How to write to CD on Unix/Linux?
238. How to use XCOPY on DOS to copy
files?
239. How to output an integer with worrying
about its size
240. Where to get some free application
servers?
241. How to use stream IO in Ada?
242. How to make emacs use LF for line
termination (Unix style) on windows?
243. How to set the editor mode for the
shell on Unix?
245. What is the difference between MPEG
and JPEG?
246. How to call fortran from Ada?
247. How to use gdb to look at linux
kernel image, debugging linux kernel?.
248. What is NIS and what is it used for?
249. What is DNS and what is it used for?
250. How to use Java in Makefiles under
cygwin using windows JDK, classpath problems?
251. How to find if a connection exist
with some host?
252. Why is ifconfig -a showing a
different netmask than what is in /etc/netmasks?
253. How does Solaris find the nis server
(for use by yp commands)?
254. Where are bookmark folder kept with
IE browser?
255. Where does Netscape 7 keeps the
email?
256. How to view postscript files on
windows?
257. How to Convert a document to PDF on
windows? (such as Mathematica note book?)
258. how to configure latex on cygwin?
259. How to put a box around verbatim?
260. notes on setting paper size in latex
and dvips
261. How to make latex2html (version
2000) not use absolute path for images?
262. How to generate PDF from Latex?
263. How to install latex2html under
windows?
264. How to configure latex2html to run
on cygwin
265. I am getting error unable to find
html.sty when running Latex, how to fix?
266. How to install/use Latex2html on
Solaris?
267. How to use specific font in latex?
268. From where to download latex
packages? where is CTAN?
269. How to use HTML links in latex?
270. how make text bold, italic?
273. How to put spaces between letters?
274. How to find mismatched paranthesis
in latex, is lint for latex?
275. How to display a PDF file using
ghostscipt?
276. How can I indent the first line
after a section heading?
277. How not to print page number on a
title page?
278. How to reduce space between
enumeration list lines?
279. How to change fonts in scientific
word?
280. How to fix paragraph spacing in SW?
281. What commands to add to SW in
preamble to make it look better?
282. What commands in SW to make title
show up when previewing?
283. How to include graphics in latex for
best PDF output?
284. How to convert ps to pdf?
285. Why I get error tcilatex file not
found when compiling tex document?
286. How do I know which packages needed
for which special Math symbols?
287. Why there is no vertical spacing added
automatically between paragphs?
290. How to put things side-by-side in
latex?
291. How to make sure VISIO eps output ok
for latex?
294. How to put single quote in matlab
string?
295. How to print structure field names
in matlab (not the values)?
296. How to close all figures in matlab?
297. How to clear all workspace variables
?
301. Plotting tricks in matlab?
302. How to pass arguments to matlab from
command line?