Posts Tagged ‘linux’

KDEinit could not launch ‘/usr/bin/autorun’

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

When user logs in, a window pops up with:
KDEinit could not launch ‘/usr/bin/autorun’

This error occured after migrating an account from a CentOS machine to a Suse machine.

The solution is to remove:

~/.kde/Autostart/Autorun.desktop

Solution is from: http://www.euglug.org/pipermail/euglug/2004-November/001764.html

How to check available hard drive space on Linux

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

df -h

See http://www.computerhope.com/unix/udf.htm

Cannot use arrow keys in VI

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

In Ubuntu (Edgy Eft) I could not use arrow keys while in Insert Mode in VI. The solution was to set nocp in .exrc:

1. nano ~/.exrc

2. type: set nocp

3. Save and Quit

4. Use VI

nocp turns off strict vi compatibility

How to create a Subversion repository (on Linux)

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

1. mkdir /var/svn/Projects

2. svnadmin create /var/svn/Projects/<repo>

3. Load backup (if required): svnadmin load /var/svn/Projects/<repo> < <backup.dum>

ex: svnadmin load /var/svn/Projects/XYZ < /media/cdrom/XYZ.dum

4. Create group for <repo>

5. Add users to <group>

6. chown -R root:<group> /var/svn/Projects/<repo>

7. chmod -R ug+rwX,o= /var/svn/Projects/<repo>