Systemd, by default waits a long time for some services to shutdown when switching off the machine. This can be annoying when you get a message in the console that a stop job is running for a certain service, and it is waiting for it to shutdown. But this can be fixed. Edit the /etc/systemd/system.conf … Read more
To view the contents of an ISO image, the isoinfo command for Linux will come in very useful indeed. Just type isoinfo -f -i myiso.iso to view the contents of the ISO image as shown in this example. C:\MEDIA\ELEMENTS\FILES\ISOS> isoinfo -f -i linuxmint-11-gnome-dvd-64bit.iso /BOOT /CASPER /EFI /ISOLINUX /MD5SUM.TXT;1 /PRESEED /_DISK /BOOT/GRUB /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.MANIFEST;1 /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.MANIFEST_DESKTOP;1 /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.SIZE;1 /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.SQUASHFS;1 … Read more
If your machine has errors with the hard disk and your machine has booted with a read-only filesystem, these commands can force your machine to either shutdown or reboot. Forced re-boot. echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq echo b > /proc/sysrq-triggerecho 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger Forced shutdown. echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq echo o > … Read more
The shutdown command for Linux and UNIX is used to shutdown your Linux system properly. This command will bring down the system immediately. shutdown -h nowshutdown -h now This will shut down the system in 60 minutes. shutdown -h +60shutdown -h +60 Use this command to reboot the computer immediately. shutdown -r nowshutdown -r now … Read more
The Facebook website will allegedly be shut down next year, according to the Weekly World News. If Mark Zuckerberg was having so much trouble running the popular social networking website, then he should be able to pay someone else to take over the reins and run the site. I would have thought that the Facebook … Read more