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How to start VNC remotely on a Mac OS X

Martin Perron — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:12:55 +0000

Once you get SSH’d in you can change the VNC password and start the VNC service using the following command:

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -activate -configure -clientopts -setvnclegacy -vnclegacy yes -setvncpw -vncpw VNCPASSWORDHERE -restart -agent

So have fun remoting your box! Btw to VNC over SSH just type something like: “ssh -L 5903:localhost:5900 example.com “. You can then VNC to your local machine on port 5903 or “display” 3.

Edit: Hmm when I did this my VNC service’s cpu usage went through the roof. Not sure if this will happen for everyone but just in case, restarting it fixed it:

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -restart -agent

From: http://ericboehs.com/blog/?p=18

Force umount on Linux

Martin Perron — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:29:22 +0000

Did you ever had a problem to unmount a drive/share on a linux system? Maybe the mount share is not accessible but the mount still there.

Example:

umount /mnt/blah
unmount error 16 = Device or resource busy
Refer to the umount.cifs(8) manual page (man 8 umount.cifs)

You can do the following:

umount -f /mnt/blah

If it doesnt work, use the lazyness method:

umount -l /mnt/blah

Test if your mount is still mounted with the command mount

mount

What man say about umount

man umount

-f Force unmount (in case of an unreachable NFS system). (Requires
kernel 2.1.116 or later.)

-l Lazy unmount. Detach the filesystem from the filesystem hierar-
chy now, and cleanup all references to the filesystem as soon as
it is not busy anymore. (Requires kernel 2.4.11 or later.)

Enjoy!

Try windows 7 RC 7100

Martin Perron — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:46:53 +0000

Want to try windows 7 RC 7100 ? Easy! go download your free copy to

http://windows7.com/

It supposed to be the latest Release candidate!

Enjoy!

Ubuntu 9.04 is out!

Martin Perron — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:05:05 +0000

Sorry about my lazyness! Im late on the news but… Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 is OUT!

Also,we can now have a netbooks versions call Netbook remix

Enjoy!

Downlo ad

http://Ubuntu.com

Howto kill and logout users on Linux

Martin Perron — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:23:41 +0000

Type the following command to kill the user:

# skill -KILL -u theuser

What is your favorite package management system?

Martin Perron — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:50:08 +0000

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After 16:9 television format, here’s the new 21:9 format from Philips!

Martin Perron — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:05:58 +0000

That video kick’s ass !!! Must see !!!

http://www.cinema.philips.com/?ls=gb_en

Metric release their fourth album: Fantasies

Martin Perron — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:53:14 +0000

Metric release their fourth albums on March 31st, 2009 on iTunes. It was released on April 7th in stores.

Metric is a Canadian New Wave/indie rock band. Originally formed in 1998 in New York City, they are currently based in Toronto, Ontario, Montreal, Quebec, Los Angeles, California and Brooklyn, New York. (source: wikipedia)

I was septic about that album! Can they do a better album than the 3 others? I don’t say here that this is the best one but it’s one of my favorite!

That kind of album can be play over and over in a loop!

8.5 / 10

Official band website: http://ilovemetric.com

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasies_(Metric_album)

Watchmen Original Opening Sequence

Martin Perron — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:58:20 +0000

Watch the original opening of Watchmen movie! Very nice!

Click here to view the embedded video.

Sorry, they remove the video on youtube…!

Hack your iPhone or iPod touch with QuickPWN

Martin Perron — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:19:53 +0000

Want to find a quick solution on how to JailBreak your iPhone (edge/2G), iPhone 3G or iPod Touch? It’s very simple with QuickPWN!

Why hacking your iPhone / iPod touch ? To put Cydia package manager or installer!

This HowTo is for educational purpose only. I’m not responsible if something goes wrong!

First, make sure you have the latest firmware on your device with iTunes software. Also, backup / sync your device in case something goes wrong. Then, download QuickPWN from the website:

* Download QuickPWN for Windows
* Download QuickPWN for Mac

Before, you start Jailbreaking your device, download the firmware of your device:

iPhone Firmware (Edge / 2G)
iPhone firmware 2.2

iPhone 2.2.1 firmware

iPhone 3G Firmware
iPhone 3G 2.2 firmware

iPhone 3G 2.2.1 firmware

iPod Touch Firmware

iPod Touch 1G 2.2.1 firmware

iPod Touch 2G 2.2.1 firmware

For all the firmware version, please refer to that website:

http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/

Now, you are ready to JailBreak your iPhone with QuickPWN. The software is very simple to use! I recommend installing only Cydia and Installer.

Don’t forget that you can always come back to the original firmware from Apple with iTunes. You just have to press the Restore button on iTunes.

Enjoy!!!

N.B: QuickPWN doesn’t work with iPod 2 – 2.2.1 5H11a, You can use QuickFreedom !

Definition of Cydia from wikipedia:

Cydia [sih-DEE-uh] is a package installer/manager for the iPhone and iPod Touch, created and maintained by Jay Freeman (saurik), which allows users to browse and download applications from a range of sources. Most applications are available to download for free, with some requiring purchase after downloading, and as of the 1.0.2790-44 release, applications are available to purchase from within the application.^[1] The applications are downloaded directly to iPhone or iPod Touch and are located in the /Applications/ directory , in the same place where ‘Apple’ native applications are located. App Store applications are located in /var/mobile/Applications/

Cydia is a front end/graphical interface for a port of APT created by Freeman.

Cydia is usually installed on an iPhone via jailbreaking; it is included in QuickPwn as an item that the user can select.

Definition of Installer from wikipedia:

Installer is another package installer, created and maintained by the Russian Rip-Dev company alongside other tools. The former maintainer of Installer, on pre 2.0 firmwares, was Nullriver, Inc.

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