Flashing the firmware of the Linksys WRT1X00AC/S is well documented on the OpenWrt wiki. So I don’t feel the need to go over the architectural concepts in this article, but I did want to provide instructions for the Ubuntu specific tools you can use to flash the firmware. If you want to try flashing to … OpenWrt: Flashing Linksys WRT1X00AC/S from USB-TTL Using Ubuntu
There are four main repositories for Ubuntu: Main, Universe, Restricted, and Multiverse. The Ubuntu CD contains the packages from the Main and Restricted repositories, so even if you do not have an Internet connections those will be available. However, if you have booted from the LiveCD, and did not initially configure a wired or wireless … Ubuntu: Enabling the Ubuntu universe Repository
The Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is an extremely simple protocol most often used for network booting strategies, such as PXE and flashing OpenWrt images unto consumer routers. I go over full instructions for flashing OpenWrt using Ubuntu and flashing a sysupgrade in another post, this article will focus specifically on setting up a tftp … OpenWrt: Installing a TFTP Server on Ubuntu for OpenWrt Firmware Updates
If you experience hanging when installing the gutenprint drivers for a network printer from the desktop, try manually installing the gutenprint drivers from the console first. Most likely, you will see a screen like below, and the progress bar will continually cycle but never end. If you can’t cancel, you can use the ‘xkill’ command … Ubuntu: Hang While Installing gutenprint as Network Driver
It is time consuming to restart the entire Logstash service and refeed it input when working on a grokparsefailure. Here is an easy way to test a line of input or log file against a grok pattern:
Updated Feb 2019 based on Spotify updates that broke this functionality. If the keyboard media keys do not work from your Ubuntu desktop, you can use D-Bus support to send the proper commands to Spotify. Validate the following commands from the console: