In Linux Kernel, we usually trace/debug what kind of events will trigger the phenomena we find in the system. For example, what kind of event will trigger the fact that the timeslice of one process will be very short. In order to solve these kind of problems, we need to output the function stack. Currently,
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encfs on CentOS 6 can’t mount as normal user
Posted onOn CentOS 7, using a normal user, encfs works just well. On CentOS 6, using the root user, encfs works. However, the problem is, on CentOS 6, using a normal user account, encfs does not work as on CentOS 7. $ encfs -s ~/t/.enc ~/t/enc EncFS Password: fuse: failed to exec fusermount: Permission denied fuse
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How to change CONFIG_HZ parameter for Linux Kernel
Posted onIf we want to change the tick time for Linux Kernel, we need to change CONFIG_HZ parameter in Linux Kernel. Do we have other better ways to change it rather than compiling Linux Kernel. Please ignore the way to add ‘divider=10’ in grub config file because it is limited only for RH/CentOS distros. Zhiqiang, please
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Why I got message “invalid syntax, continuing…” when I execute “sysctl”?
Posted onWhen I tried to apply new configuration in /etc/sysctl.conf, I got following message. warning: /etc/sysctl.conf(44): invalid syntax, continuing… Sounds like your changed /etc/sysctl.conf has problem. You may post the content of your /etc/sysctl.conf here to let other have a check. net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0 net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1 net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route = 0 kernel.sysrq = 0 kernel.core_uses_pid = 1
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How to convert the dmesg timestamps to easier to read format on Linux?
Posted onThe dmesg results from newer Linux kernels show the timestamps. It seems the time in seconds since the kernel start time. How to convert the dmesg timestamps to the real time on Linux? The dmesg timestamp is the time in seconds since the kernel starting time. Later dmesg has an -T option: -T, –ctime Print
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Maximum number of mmap()’ed ranges and how to set it on Linux?
Posted onWhat’s the maximum number of mmap()‘ed ranges that a process can makes and how to set the limits on Linux? I have a program that mmap()s and mprotect()s lots ranges. After allocating many ranges, mprotect() starts to fail with ENOMEM error number. From the man page, ENOMEM means 2 possible problems: ENOMEM Internal kernel structures
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How to install driver for TP-LINK T2U wifi adapter on Linux?
Posted onHow to install driver for TP-LINK T2U wifi adapter on Linux? I am using Fedora Linux 22. The kernel module for the driver for TP-LINK T2U is “mt7650u_sta”. TP-LINK and mediatek provide drivers (mediatek one is for 7610u). But neither work for Fedora 22 AFAIK. This piece of modified driver work for me on Fedora
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Where is the source code for the free command on Linux?
Posted onWhere can I find the source code for the free command on Linux? The source code for the free commands (and many more, like kill, ps, top, sysctl) can be found in procps-ng: https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps procps is a set of command line and full-screen utilities that provide information out of the pseudo-filesystem most commonly located at
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How to Add “nomodeset” to Grub2 in Fedora and Ubuntu
Posted onI need to add nomodeset to make my GPU card work on Linux. Latest Fedora and Ubuntu and their derives use grub2. How to add nomodeset permanently to grub2 on Fedora and Ubuntu? The parameters grub2 will use are stored in its grub.cfg file. The grub.cfg file is generated from grub’s default settings file /etc/default/grub.
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How to configure systemd to boot Linux to console mode (runlevel 3)?
Posted onHow to configure Linux (am using Fedora 21) managed by systemd to boot to console (init 3) mode? systemd has the concept of targets as a more flexible replacement for runlevels in sysvinit. Runlevel 3 is emulated by multi-user.target. runlevel3.target is a symbolic link to multi-user.target. You can switch to ‘runlevel 3’ by running #
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How to deactivate a LVM logical volume on Linux?
Posted onHow to deactivate a LVM logical volume activated by #vgchange -aay on Linux You may need to make a LVM volume group inactive and thus unknown to the kernel. To deactivate a volume group, use the -a (–activate) argument of the vgchange command. To deactivates the volume group vg, use this command # vgchange -a
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How to mount LVM volume from an external hard disk on CentOS?
Posted onOn Fedora, after inserting/plugging in an exteranl hard disk with LVM partitions on it, the partitions will appear under /dev like /dev/lvm-group/lvm-partition. However, on CentOS 6, the LVM volumes do not appear automatically. How to mount LVM partitions from an external hard disk on CentOS? What you need on CentOS is to activate the LVM
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VirtualBox report “Kernel driver not installed” on Fedora 21
Posted onVitualBox is installed on Fedora 21 by # yum install VirtualBox The following packages are installed kmod-VirtualBox-3.18.7-200.fc21.x86_64-4.3.20-4.fc21.4.x86_64 VirtualBox-4.3.20-3.fc21.x86_64 There is the kernel modules package installed. However, when running virtualbox (after reboot), it reports: [zma@laptop:~]$ virtualbox WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module available for the current kernel (3.18.7-200.fc21.x86_64) or
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How to make Linux automatically reboot after a kernel panic?
Posted onAfter a kernel panic, it is impossible to remotely connect to the Linux server to reboot it by SSH. How to make the panic kernel automatically reboot itself? Linux kernel has a nice feature that reboots itself after a timeout when a kernel panic happened. Usually, it is disabled by default. To turn it on,
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How to make CentOS 6.6 power off the console screen automatically?
Posted onOn CentOS 6.6, I find that it can make the screen (console, not X) blank after a while. However, it does not power the screen off. This usually work on Fedora or other releases. I guess this is caused by some configurations specific in CentOS 6.6. How to make CentOS 6.6 power off the console
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kernel netfront: Too many frags in Xen VM
Posted onWe set up Xen F19 VMs on a Xen 3.4.3 / 2.6.32.13 xenified kernel. Check here.). However, we find the Xen VM keeps reporting: kernel netfront: Too many frags and skb rides the rocket in the dmsg. This solves the problem (assume in physical server vif1.0 is for the eth0 on the VM): On the
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Wireless driver in Linux Mint for HP Mini 110 Netbook
Posted onHow to install the wireless driver in Linux Mint for HP Mini 110 Netbook? The bcmwl-kernel-source for Broadcom Linux STA driver works. You may need to connect the network first by the LAN cable or another wireless adapter. Open Control center -> System, Driver Management. After a while, it will ask you to select the
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How to boot Linux Mint to the console by default?
Posted onHow to boot Linux Mint to the console by default? (that is, the run level 3). 2 methods introduced here to boot Linux Mint to console/command line. Method 1 (may only work for earlier releases; check method 2 below): set kernel option. Edit /etc/default/grub and add text to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash text” Then, re-generate grub
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Enlarging Linux UDP buffer size
Posted onOne of the most common causes of UDP data gram lost on Linux is an undersized receive buffer on the Linux socket. How to enlarge Linux UDP buffer size? On Linux, you can change the UDP buffer size (e.g. to 26214400) by (as root): sysctl -w net.core.rmem_max=26214400 The default buffer size on Linux is 131071.
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How to force yum not to update certain packages?
Posted onHow to force yum not to update certain packages, such as kernel? I manually compiled a kernel module for a specific kernel version. As long as it works well, I do not want to update it. Another example is that I want a specific version of sbt. How to force yum exclude it from being
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