How to get Mac OS to read the .bashrc file on every login.

By default, Macintosh OSX does not read the .bashrc file when you login to the operating system. But it does read the .bash_profile script if it does exist. Therefore, create the .bash_profile in your home directory and put this in it. if [ -s ~/.bashrc ]; then source ~/.bashrc; fiif…

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How to start the SSH server in Venom Linux.

To start the SSH server on a Venom Linux machine, use this command. bash-5.0# /usr/sbin/sshdbash-5.0# /usr/sbin/sshd This will start up the SSH server and then you may connect over SSH to your machine. Edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file and make these changes to allow the SSH server to run and allow…

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How to fix Firefox addons that have been disabled by incompetent Mozilla developers.

Use this setting in about:config to fix this issue for now. xpinstall.signatures.required   xpinstall.whitelist.requiredxpinstall.signatures.required xpinstall.whitelist.required That’s it. Now go and reinstall / reconfigure those addons. And for anyone on Firefox who hasn’t hit the issue yet, still do it, because you will eventually. Also, leave that drokking setting as false…

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How to get the Unity Tweak Tool running in Ubuntu 17.10.

I was trying to run the Unity Tweak Tool on Ubuntu 17.10 and I got this error. jason@kaio:~$ unity-tweak-tool /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UnityTweakTool/__init__.py:40: PyGIWarning: Gtk was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version(’Gtk’, ‘3.0’) before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded. from gi.repository import Gtk Error: schema com.canonical.notify-osd not…

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How to get Steam running on Ubuntu 15.04 Linux.

I had problems getting Steam to run on Ubuntu 15.04, I would get this error. jason@darkstar:~$ steam Running Steam on ubuntu 15.04 64-bit STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically [2016-01-05 11:03:24] Startup – updater built Dec 14 2015 11:15:53 SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter…

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Debian non-free firmware package interfering with USB HID devices.

I recently installed the firmware-linux-nonfree package on my Debian Squeeze installation and after a re-boot, the USB keyboard and mouse has stopped working. Even my old PS2 mouse would not work. I have chrooted into my Debian installation from Linux Mint 12 and after looking in the /var/cache/apt/archives folder, I…

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me-tv package not working properly in Debian Squeeze.

The me-tv package is not working properly in Debian Squeeze. It loads up but the window will not respond to input, therefore you can not control the application to change channels or the volume. So I am using my digital set-top box connected to the tv card input instead. Below…

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