I will give an example of updating the accel-ppp, the commands need to be executed as root user.
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Fn function keys on a laptop work the other way around
Usually, to extend the functionality, there is a special Fn key on laptop keyboards.
If you hold it and press keys, for example, from F1 to F12, then they will perform completely different functions, change the screen brightness, volume level, put the system into sleep mode, turn off/on the Wi-Fi adapter, etc.
But in my case, everything was the opposite, when I needed the F1-F12 keys, instead of them, functional ones worked, which usually work with the Fn clamped, and to press F4 for example, I had to clamp the Fn key as well.
As it turned out, the BIOS had an option Action Keys Mode (in Lenovo laptops – HotKey Mode), the default value of which was Enable, which resulted in the function keys working without pressing Fn.
To make the F1-F12 keys work as usual, set the value to Disable.
By the way, if your function keys do not work at all, then rather the driver is not installed in the system.
See also my article:
Why do Mac function keys work without fn and instead of F1-F12
Why do Mac function keys work without fn and instead of F1-F12
I noticed that on many laptops, including the MacBook, function keys (brightness level of the display, volume, etc.) can be used as standard without the fn (function) key. And the keys themselves from F1 to F12 have to be used with the fn key (it is located in the lower left corner of the keyboard).
So that the keys from F1 to F12 work as usual, and the functional only with the fn key – open “System settings” – “Keyboard“, then in the tab “Keyboard” select “Use the F1, F2 and other function keys as standard“.
Is done.
See also my article:
Fn function keys on a laptop work the other way around
Install Hyper-V
I will describe the procedure for adding the Hyper-V role to Windows Server:
Continue reading “Install Hyper-V”Automatic installation ABillS
On the test, I install the ABillS billing system in Ubuntu Server 16.04 using an installer.
I note that the installer can install older versions of components such as Accel-ppp, so I recommend installing everything manually.
See also my article – Installing and configuring the billing system ABillS
Let’s start the automatic installation, download and unpack the archive with the installation script:
sudo apt-get install unzip wget wget https://github.com/nabat/AInstall/archive/master.zip unzip master.zip
Updating iLO 4 firmware on HP servers
In the test, I will update iLO4 on the HP ProLiant DL380p G8 server with iLO version 1.13 (Nov 08 2012), as well as on several other servers, ProLiant DL360p Gen8, ProLiant DL320e Gen8 v2, etc.
To update iLO, there is no need to restart the server.
Update BIOS P70 on HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8
On the test, I will perform the BIOS update P70 on the HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 server.
I will perform the update through iLO4.
At the time of this writing, the server was BIOS version 03/01/2013, and from the official site I downloaded 24/05/2019.
BIOS update on the HP ProLiant DL180 G6 server
First you need to download the latest BIOS firmware from the official site support.hpe.com, in the search we will indicate “HPE ProLiant DL180 G6 Server”.
Continue reading “BIOS update on the HP ProLiant DL180 G6 server”Zabbix notifications by phone via Asterisk
One night at the station, the air conditioners turned off and the temperature started to rise, naturally, I received email notifications on the phone, but since it was night, I only saw them in the morning, so it was necessary for such an emergency to quickly make the possibility of phone call notifications.
Continue reading “Zabbix notifications by phone via Asterisk”Shredding data with Shred
Shred – allows you to overwrite the specified file with random data in order to ensure, if necessary, the more difficult process of recovery or the impossibility of data recovery.
On some file systems, data deletion is not guaranteed and the use of shred may not be effective.
The list of possible arguments:
Help program:
--help man shred