Tag Archives: linux

Custom file associations on GNOME

It seems that there is no GUI method settings associations for custom files in GNOME. I’ve had this problem before with dbmodel before. It writes save its data in XML files that end with the extension “.dmf”. The problem is … Continue reading

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Resizing a LVM swap volume

Another post mainly for myself, just so I know where to find the information quickly the next time I need it. If you have swap on a LVM volume, these commands can be used to resize it (in this case, … Continue reading

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Where is my one gig of RAM?

I got a new laptop last week and it came with an extra RAM module. I thought it would be fun to have more RAM in laptop than I have in my desktop machine, so I put it in and … Continue reading

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SSH to a machine behind firewall

(This post is mostly for myself, because I know I’ll forget the exact syntax next I need it) I’ve recently discovered that instead of ssh to one machine and then ssh to another machine in the local network, I can … Continue reading

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