So I found myself in windows some time this week, and it started updating. The process had one major consequence, grub could not discover my linux partition, and so brought me to a prompt containing 'grub_rescue'.
To fix this, I first did:
ls
This will show a list of …
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The link has a file called kb-light.py. I set up this file in /usr/local/bin.
I then opened my i3config file and added the following:
bindsym XF86KbdBrightnessUp exec python /usr/local/bin/kb-light.py +
bindsym XF86KbdBrightnessDown …I finally got down to writing my first vim function. It was a gruelling journey but I finally got through it. So I'll write down the problem I had and the fix I finally came up with as my solution.
I usually keep a to do list of …
The raspberry pi is a mini computer with GPIO pins that can be used to interface with various sensors and actuators. More information of the raspberry pi can be found here
The SD card should be of a size greater than 4GB, especially if you want to install Raspbian Jesse …
I recently got the ASUS ZenBook UX330UA-AH54, which is a really awesome machine. I've been using it for one month now, and its beautiful.
So first thing I did with the laptop was install archlinux (dual boot with windows). These are the steps I took to set up archlinux. Most …
I was watching this video on how to use vim+tmux effectively (Video Link), and this guy had some really awesome looking vim. I decided to try it out and see if I could end up with something just that great.
I did my research and found two alternatives, powerline …
Lets say we have have a project A that works really well and serves our purpose. Then there is this new killer feature that we want to add to the project. Adding it directly to project A is not a really good thing as it might break whats working.
So …
To use adb in archlinux, first install android-tools.
sudo pacman -S android-tools
I then add the adb resources to the android rules files. To do this, first do lsusb, you'll get something like this:
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 12d1:256b Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
To add this to …
Github is a really awesome tool. It's where most open source project live. In my case, I use github as a means of control and tracking. I've been doing so many projects in my free time, but however I do not have a record or something that can show what …
After updating my Archlinux, I tried starting up postgreSQL with:
sudo systmctl start postgresql.service
The service was unable to start. I then checked on what systemctl was saying the error was.
(env) [rookie@ArchRookie eventmanagement]$ sudo systemctl status postgresql
[sudo] password for rookie:
● postgresql.service - PostgreSQL database server
Loaded …