LinuxQuestions.org - Blog Entries

DebEX (Debian 8.6) KDE Live DVD with KDE 4.14.2 and kernel 4.8-rc8

Posted Today at 11:42 AM by exton (Exton's Blog)

Tags debex kde, debian 8.6, exton, kde 4.14.2, kernel 4.8-rc8

NEWS 161001 about DebEX KDE (Debian 8.6)
I have made a new version of DebEX KDE Live DVD. It replaces version 160604. It’s a pure Debian 8.6 system. I.e.: There are no Ubuntu or Kubuntu elements involved. DebEX KDE uses KDE 4.14.2 and KDE Plasma Desktop 5:84 as Desktop environment and kernel 4.8.0-18-exton (4.8-rc8). Kernel 4.8-rc8 is the latest available kernel by 161001. I have installed Nvidia’s proprietary graphics driver 370.28. Furthermore Google Chrome to make it possible to watch...

exton

ExTiX Admin

Posted in Exton's Linux Live Systems, Linux

Views 20 Comments 0 exton is offline

Supermicro X11SSV-Q and fan speed control

Posted Today at 04:23 AM by catkin

Keywords: Supermicro X11SSV-Q lmsensors pwmconfig fancontrol

Only FAN1 and FAN2 are controllable and they are both controlled by /sys/devices/platform/nct6775.2608/hwmon/hwmon1/pwm2.

This found when running Debian 8 Jessie and experimenting by writing directly to the /sys/devices/platform/nct6775.2608/hwmon/hwmon1/pwm[1-3] files

There are four fan headers, FAN[1-4], but kernel module nct6775 creates only /sys/devices/platform/nct6775.2608/hwmon/hwmon1/pwm[1-3]...

catkin

LQ 5k Club

Posted in Uncategorized

Views 23 Comments 0 catkin is offline

Script to watch potentially misbehaving processes and kill them if needed

Posted Yesterday at 10:09 AM by the dsc (linux-related notes)
Updated Yesterday at 10:22 AM by the dsc

Tags cpu, hang, kill

A second adaptation of an adaptation of this script:
http://searchenterpriselinux.techtar...sses-with-Bash

The original adaptation was supposed to put any misbehaving process under cpulimit leashes, I'm not sure it's working properly. I've made a more radical implementation intended for programs that are more likely to misbehave and probably hang with high cpu, when killing them after a while seems to be a good idea.

I think...

the dsc

Member

Posted in Uncategorized

Views 34 Comments 0 the dsc is offline

Run your Ubuntu/Debian 64 bit system with the latest kernel – 4.8.0-rc8!

Posted 09-29-2016 at 03:02 PM by exton (Exton's Blog)

Tags 4.8.0-18-exton, debian, exton, kernel 4.8.0-rc8, ubuntu

I have compiled yet another Ubuntu/Debian kernel for 64 bit systems. This time kernel 4.8.0-18-exton, equivalent to Kernel.org’s latest kernel 4.8.0-rc8 released 160926.

What’s new in Linux kernel 4.8?

Install kernel 4.8.0-18-exton in Ubuntu/Debian based distributions
My self-compiled Ubuntu kernels can be used in all types of modern Ubuntu systems, including Mint. They can even be used in Debian Jessie (Debian 8.6) and Debian Stretch (upcoming Debian 9)....

exton

ExTiX Admin

Posted in Linux

Views 23 Comments 0 exton is offline

EXTON MultiBootCD | version 160928 with six new mini Linux OS

Posted 09-28-2016 at 10:15 AM by exton (Exton's Blog)
Updated 09-28-2016 at 12:12 PM by exton

Tags exton, linux, multibootcd, six mini systems, usb install

LATEST NEWS about EXTON Linux MultiBootCD 6-OS
A new version of EXTON Linux MultiBootCD 6-OS is ready. Changes: New (latest) versions of Porteus, GParted, Puppy Linux (PuppEX Slack64), 4MLinux, SliTaz and Tiny Core. Note about VirtualBox: All systems but Porteus can run in VirtualBox. Why Porteus won't run I don't know.

WHAT'S THE POINT of running EXTON Linux MultiBootCD 6-OS?
Anyone who is slightly interested in Linux and want to see how far the development of the most...

exton

ExTiX Admin

Posted in Exton's Linux Live Systems, Linux

Views 45 Comments 1 exton is offline

Page 1 of 1149