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This post describes how to change the default startup choice while booting up CentOS 7. Edit the file /etc/default/grub Change the line GRUB_DEFAULT=saved to GRUB_DEFAULT=”Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)” The value to add is determined by looking at the menuentry lines in /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Choose the menuentry that you would like to be default. To make […]
This post describes how to associate a file ending like PAR2-files with the pypar2 application in Ubuntu Unity. You can also use the mimeopen command to change associated file type to other applications. $ mimeopen -d unknown-file.par2 Please choose a default application for files of type application/x-par2 1) Other… use application #1 use command: /usr/bin/pypar2 […]
Geeqie is a lightweight Gtk+ based image viewer for Unix like operating systems. It is my preferred image viewer in Ubuntu but it is not available in Centos 7. Since there are no RPMs available you need to download the source and compile it yourself. This HOWTO is most likely going to work on other […]
Installing Cisco AnyConnect on CentOS 7 is easy, but you should install the pangox-compat libraries to get the graphical user interface (GUI) working. Without this package you will get the following error message when you try to run it: # /opt/cisco/anyconnect/bin/vpnui /opt/cisco/anyconnect/bin/vpnui: error while loading shared libraries: libpangox-1.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such […]
This post is a short HOWTO and describes how to get the Startech USB31000SPTB network adapter working on CentOS 6.5. USB31000SPTB uses the AX88179 chipset and is a USB3.0 to 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet Controller. This adapter works without any modifications on Ubuntu 13.10 and 14.04 LTS. I am using kernel version 2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64 in this post […]