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Fixed clamav logging error

Submitted by gill on

service clamd start
Starting Clam AntiVirus Daemon: ERROR: Can't open /var/log/clamav/clamav.log in append mode (check permissions!).
ERROR: Can't initialize the internal logger
[FAILED]

# grep clam /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts

/var/log/clamav.* system_u:object_r:antivirus_log_t:s0

# semanage fcontext -a -t antivirus_log_t "/var/log/clamav(/.*)?"
# restorecon -R /var/log/clamav
# chown clam:clam /var/log/clamav *log

Installing Sun Java with Fedora/RedHat alternatives

Submitted by gill on

Download java:
http://java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp?locale=en
Install with rpm:
rpm -Uvh jre-7u67-linux-x64.rpm
Set alternatives:
update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/java/latest/bin/java" 1 \
--slave "/usr/bin/keytool" "keytool" "/usr/java/latest/jre/bin/keytool" \
--slave "/usr/bin/unpack200" "unpack200" "/usr/java/latest/bin/unpack200" \
--slave "/usr/bin/pack200" "pack200" "/usr/java/latest/bin/pack200" \
--slave "/usr/bin/rmid" "rmid" "/usr/java/latest/bin/rmid" \

Fastest DNS

Submitted by gill on

Ran some tests and found these DNS entries for my router are faster:

  • 24.93.41.125
  • 209.18.47.62
  • However, they are managed by TimeWarner, and are not very reliable.
    So, maybe I go back to OpenDNS

  • 208.67.222.222
  • 208.67.220.220
  • or
    Google DNS

  • 8.8.8.8
  • 8.8.4.4
  • BeagleBone Black setup - lapdock

    Submitted by gill on

    Setup the BeagleBone Black with Motorola Atrix Lapdock
    Make a backup first; edit /boot/uboot/uEnv.txt
    Comment out optargs, then add a line:

    ## Graphics for Altrix
    optargs=quiet drm.debug=7 capemgr.disable_partno=BB-BONELT-HDMI video=HDMI-A-1:1360x768M@60

    Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf (make a backup first)

    Section "Module"
    Load "extmod"
    Load "dbe"
    Load "glx"
    Load "freetype"
    Load "type1"
    Load "record"
    Load "dri"

    BeagleBone Black setup - wireless

    Submitted by gill on

    Run lsusb and make sure the dongle is registered.

    Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter

    Create /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

    ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
    # WPA network
    network={
    ssid="fishred"
    psk="thepassphrase"
    priority=1
    }
    # WPA network
    network={
    ssid="fishblue"
    psk="thepassphrase"
    priority=1
    }

    Edit /etc/network/interfaces

    GNOME 3 Nautilus sorting order

    Submitted by gill on

    I can't find the preferences menu for Nautilus in GNOME 3. But gsettings works.
    To set the default sort order:

    gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences default-sort-order name

    To show the directories first, before the files:

    gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences sort-directories-first true

    It works :-)

    Install IBM Java on Fedora

    Submitted by gill on

    First, download the IBM Java SDK from http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/linux/download.html
    Install java (by running ibm-java-sdk-7.1-0.0-x86_64-archive.bin as root) into /usr/lib/java/ibm-java-x86_64-71.
    Change the alternatives links by running:

    DD-WRT customizations

    Submitted by gill on

    insmod ipt_mark
    This is what I have:

    insmod xt_mark
    iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -i ! `get_wanface` -d `nvram get wan_ipaddr` -j MARK --set-mark 0xd001
    iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -m mark --mark 0xd001 -j MASQUERADE

    This was recommended...
    In all builds newer than 17000 this script needs to be in your firewall if you have 2 WLAN's:

    iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING -o `get_wanface` -j SNAT --to `nvram get wan_ipaddr`
    iptables -I FORWARD -i br1 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
    iptables -I FORWARD -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN -j TCPMSS --clamp-mss-to-pmtu

    wally wallpaper changer on Fedora 18

    Submitted by gill on

    How I got wally working on Fedora 18
    Install prerequisites:
    sudo yum -y install qt-devel libX11 libX11-devel cmake gcc-c++
    Get source from SourceForge
    Extract the tarball: tar -zxvf wally-2.4.4.tar.gz
    Enter the directory: cd wally-2.4.4/
    Go into the build directory: cd build
    cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-lX11" ..
    make
    sudo make install