Favorite mistype

[Pic0o]

For the countless time, I've typed "shitdown -s" instead of shutdown. I do this shit all the time, but am still amused each time I do.

 

/more random: Setting a static IP on an Ubuntu machine is far more of a bitch than it should be.

[JeT]

Are you talking about the internal network IP? On ma home network I assign IPs based on mac address from router-side. Like, for when I had my centOS box port forwarding for internet traffic setup, etc.

[Pic0o]

Yes and Yes. I would have done the same, but I needed this server to run on a static subnet with no DHCP server on, else I would have done the same. xD

 

Since the visual network manager is pretty much junk in Ubuntu (and Debian?) I went with defining my IP info in /etc/network/interfaces

 

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).# The loopback network interfaceauto loiface lo inet loopback# The primary network interfaceauto eth0#iface eth0 inet dhcpiface eth0 inet staticaddress *IPnetwork *IPnetmask *Subnetgateway *IPbroadcast *IPdns-nameservers *IP

 

dns-nameservers was the tricky one to confirm info on. I could see the server but not load any sites until that was properly defined.

[JeT]

Ahh okay. Yeah I've been staying away from GUI stuff as mostly I've been working through SSH. I like those files. Linux is pretty helpful with their comments in there and stuff.

[Pic0o]

Good man. I've been telling my co-workers the same about linux and GUI use being more hassle than command line. I thought the default network manager would have at least been up to the task of assigning a static IP, but not so much.

 

I wasn't going to install Xserver at all, but then I realized I'd be the only person who could control this PC, configured for 3rd party web devs... Installed X and Gnome.

[Pic0o]

Reading a manual today, I saw:

If a value entered in one of the fields is an invalid number a poop up will be displayed directing that the value be corrected

 

On the upside, it was only a 24 page manual with lots of pictures. :lol: