KDE4.1 shortcuts

Alt-F2 : Open Run Command (KRunner)

Windbg stack tracing

This is a very crude documentation only.

If you got "Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for....." do the following to investigate:

kd> !sym noisy
kd> .reload

This should pin point why debug symbols are not being loaded.

To use the Microsoft Symbol Server
1. Make sure you have installed the latest version of Debugging Tools for Windows.
2. Start a debugging session.
3. Decide where to store the downloaded symbols (the "downstream store"). This can be a local drive or a UNC path.
4. Set the debugger symbol path as follows, substituting your downstream store path for DownstreamStore.

SRV*d:\msdndebug*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols

This will download debug symbols to d:\msdndebug automatically.

If you got "Couldn't load mismatched pdb for appname.exe", you can force Windbg to load the pdb file via:

kd> .symopt 0x40
kd> .reload

To check if the symbols match:

#>!itoldyouso bff c:\path\bin\bff.pdb

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Kubutu frequently used commands

Run Kate as root:

:# kdesu kate

~ts

Enable Remote Desktop via Registry key

To enable Remote Desktop of a remote computer change the following key in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\fDenyTSConnections

Set the value of this key to 0.

Note that you have to connect to remote computer using Registry Editor, thus say, File | Connect Network Registry.

~technos

Test code

This is only a test of formatting source code in Blogger. See http://code.google.com/p/syntaxhighlighter/ for details. Use Notepad++ when copying source over from clipboard.

Option Explicit

Sub Main()

    
    
    Include "Common.TWin32TreeView"
    Dim wtv As TWin32TreeView
    
    'Window("Desktop Window").Attach
    Window("Application=Explorer.exe ClassName=CabinetWClass TypeName=Window").Attach
    
    Set wtv = New TWin32TreeView
    wtv.Handle = TreeView("Index=1").hwnd
    Dim sMsg As String
    sMsg = "Root item is " & wtv.GetRootItemText
    sMsg = sMsg & vbCrLf & "Selected item is : " & wtv.GetSelectedItemText
    'MsgBox sMsg
    
    If wtv.IsSelectedItemExpanded Then
        MsgBox "selected node is expanded"
    Else
        MsgBox "it is not yet expanded"
    End If

End Sub

Using System Rescue CD for Windows machines

Backup MBR (master boot record)

:#/ dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/tmp/mbr-sda.bak bs=512 count=1

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Common Debian administration commands

:#/ apt-cache search [package name] -> searches for a package
:#/ apt-get clean -> cleans the cached installed packages
:#/ apt-get insall [package name] -> install a package
:#/ apt-get update -> synchronize the package index files from their sources
:#/ apt-show-versions -> shows the version of the installed package

Minimal Debian Etch install with X and open-vm-tools

World wide mirror sites (link)
After installing the base system, do the following.

For main Debian repository

hostname:/# nano -w /etc/apt/sources.list

#more entries from here of course from /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free
deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free

Hongkong is best for my case too:

#more entries from here of course from /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.hk.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.hk.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free
deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free

Notice that we added backports URL in sources.list. That's where open-vm-tools are currently hosted.

Continue with installing the rest of the software:

:/# wget -O - http://backports.org/debian/archive.key | apt-key add -
:/# apt-get update
:/# apt-get install less

 Depending on your Debian version, do install xorg related packages.

	Debian Sarge 3.1	Debian Etch
	apt-get install x-window-system-core	apt-get install xorg

Note: Based from this url , the above package is for compatibility only from Debian 3.x. Etch should instead use xorg package.

hostname:/# apt-get install gnome-core
hostname:/# apt-get install gdm msttcorefonts gdm-themes
hostname:/# reboot

After reboot, you should now be in graphical mode. Next step is to open-vm-tools.

:#/ apt-get install open-vm-source
:#/ module-assistant prepare open-vm
:#/ module-assistant auto-install open-vm
:#/ apt-get install open-vm-tools
:#/ reboot

 Install additional applications, like:

:/# apt-get install synaptic
:/# apt-get install firefox
:/# apt-get install gnome-themes
:/# apt-get install gnome-art

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