arecord -d 10 /zero | lame - -b 32 -h silence.mp3

Unable to mount XX GB Filesystem
Error mounting: mount: unknown filesystem type ‘exfat’

You need to install ExFat support in Ubuntu.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:relan/exfat
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install fuse-exfat

Change name in those two files

vi /etc/hostname
vi /etc/hosts

Reconfigure openssh

/etc/init.d/hostname.sh start
dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server

I just upgraded my debian kernel and couldn’t startx anymore.

I needed to upgrade my nvidia non-free video drivers:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install nvidia-kernel-source
sudo m-a a-i nvidia-kernel-source

sudo aptitude install dosfstools
sudo mkfs.vfat -cv -F 32 /dev/sdb1

I use the “dmesg” command to find the correct /dev file to format.

-c (search for bad blocks) -v (verbose)

Some stupid engineer removed the USB mass storage feature from their DSLR nikon products.

To plug your Nikon D90 or other to your ubuntu / debian linux, you have to install some software.

sudo aptitude install gphotofs
sudo adduser alissa plugdev
sudo mkdir /media/d90
sudo chmod a+rwx /media/d90

To mount your camera through USB with the PTP protocol:

gphotofs /media/d90

To unmount:

fusermount -u /media/d90

On the previous debian install:

sudo dpkg --get-selections > packages.log

I edit my packages.log to containt only sofware packages (no libs) and copy it on the new debian install where I type:

sudo dpkg --set-selections < packages.log

I fire aptitude and check if everything is ok, then I type G to install.

sudo aptitude

I always download and install the static linked version of skype for linux.

aptitude install alsa-base ia32-libs
wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-static
tar xfj skype_static-2.1.0.47.tar.bz2 
cd skype_static-2.1.0.47/
mv skype_static-2.1.0.47 /usr/share/skype
sudo mv skype_static-2.1.0.47 /usr/share/skype
sudo ln -s /usr/share/skype/skype /usr/bin/skype

But then, when you run skype…

skype
Inconsistency detected by ld.so: dl-open.c: 643: _dl_open: Assertion
`_dl_debug_initialize (0, args.nsid)->r_state == RT_CONSISTENT'

This bug with ia32-libs is solved with david’s solution.

wget http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/tcp-wrappers/libwrap0_7.6.q-18_i386.deb
wget http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gdbm/libgdbm3_1.8.3-9_i386.deb
dpkg -X libgdbm3_1.8.3-9_i386.deb /tmp/
dpkg -X libwrap0_7.6.q-18_i386.deb /tmp/
cp -avi /tmp/lib/* /lib32
cp -avi /tmp/usr/lib/* /usr/lib32