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Install AMD ATI proprietary fglrx driver in SolydXK Linux
SolydX is a Debian based distribution with the Xfce desktop. It intends to be as light-weight as possible without giving up any of the expected functionality. SolydX and SolydK are Debian based...
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How to check loaded and compiled modules in Apache in Linux?
This is a very common question and sometimes hard to find answer. How do you check which Apache modules are loaded in your HTTP / Apache server? The second part is, how do you check which modules are...
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Linux Kernel panic issue: How to fix hung_task_timeout_secs and blocked for...
This guide shows how to fix hung_task_timeout_secs and blocked for more than 120 seconds problem in Linux. A panic may occur as a result of a hardware failure or a software bug in the operating system....
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Find number of unique IP’s and active connections to Web server
In computing, netstat (network statistics) is a command-line tool that displays network connections (both incoming and outgoing), routing tables, and a number of network interface (network interface...
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Check for Shellshock Bash Vulnerability and how to fix it
A flaw was found in the way Bash evaluated certain specially crafted environment variables. An attacker could use this flaw to override or bypass environment restrictions to execute shell commands....
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How to view Bash history without line numbers?
bash history command is very useful. It gives you an complete view of what commands you ran. By default bash historycommand will give you all your previous commands with Line numbers. It’s the default...
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Delete clean cache to free up memory on your slow Linux server, VPS
Many Linux systems, servers and VPS’s run on low memory and over time you will see a degradation of speed and responsiveness. By default, Linux got excellent Memory Management and it knows when to...
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Fixing error: Package packagename is not available, but is referred to by...
A common error in Linux A very common error in Linux; well, most Debian based Linux distributions such as Debian itself, Ubuntu, Kali, Linux Mint has this error when trying to install a...
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Determine if a disk is SSD or HDD
This is one of those random things I do and decided to put it in the website. I know that my personal computer is running on HDD, but when I am logged into a remote Linux system and suddenly I started...
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Linux file system hierarchy v1.0
What is a file in Linux? What is file system in Linux? Where are all the configuration files? Where do I keep my downloaded applications? Is there really a filesystem standard structure in Linux? Well,...
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In light of recent Linux exploits, Linux security audit is a must!
How many Linux vulnerabilities and exploits were exposed since last 6 months? Many! With recent Shellshock, Heartbleed, Poodle, Ghost and maybe many more to come. Suddenly, I didn’t feel that much...
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cPanel logs location
Finding cPanel logs been always an issue for everyone. cPanel seems to distribute the logs in all over the disk. Saying that, cPanel got a nice Poster that you can print out but the PDF file is 42MB....
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Setup DHCP or static IP address from command line in Linux
Did you ever had trouble with Network Manager and felt that you need to try to setup DHCP or static IP address from command Line in Linux? I once accidentally removed Gnome (my bad, wasn’t paying...
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Linux file system hierarchy v2.0
What is a file in Linux? What is file system in Linux? Where are all the configuration files? Where do I keep my downloaded applications? Is there really a filesystem standard structure in Linux? Well,...
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How to run VLC player as root in Linux? Fixing “VLC is not supposed to be run...
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It is one of the most...
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