Monthly Archives: March 2010

Bash Switch statement

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

If you have some server that need some script that control it (such as scripts found in /etc/init.d), here’s that script: open a text file and put the following in : #! /bin/shcase "$1" instart) echo "START"; ## command to … Continue reading →

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The Log Event responsible for logging user actions in Siebel

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

To add which user and what he/she was doing exactly to the log files, raise the log level for the event “EventContext”, e.g. “change evtloglvl EventContext=log_level for comp component_name“, remove the “comp” keyword if you want it for all components.

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Increase the log level for some events (based on a wildcard search) for a specific component using the Siebel CLI

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

Firstly, list them: “list evtloglvl %keyword% for comp component_name“ Finally, change the log level “change evtloglvl %keyword%=log_level for comp component_name“

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How to edit the Grub2 bootloader entries (used for some new linux distros, e.g. Ubuntu Karmic)

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

I used to edit the “/boot/grub/menu.lst”, that’s not the case in grub2: Firstly, you should edit the “/etc/default/grub” Next, run the “update-grub” command, that’s it 🙂

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How to change the default CPU governer (CPU Frequency) in Ubuntu Karmic (might work for other versions as well)

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

The problem is that no matter what, when I change the CPU governer using the “CPU Frequency Scaling” gnome applet in my Ubuntu Karmic, it always defaults to “ondemand”, I searched in some forums and finally developed a nice and … Continue reading →

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