Tag Archives: Redhat

How to uninstall NVidia driver from Linux

Posted on April 17, 2018 by SoCRaT

This only applies for drivers that have been installed using the .run file. ./NVidiaxxxx.run –uninstall Source: Red Hat Documentation which they deny access to except if you pay! Idiots!

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How to quickly divide a file into smaller segments with 7zip on RedHat

Posted on December 24, 2017 by SoCRaT

I have a very large file ~ 1.7 TB that’s causing me some issues with its transfer over NFS. I use 7z to split it into into multiple smaller files and then transfer them: 7za -v900g -mx0 a MY_BIG_FILE_SPLITTED.7z /MY_BIG_FILE … Continue reading →

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How to change the hostname in RHEL7

Posted on September 2, 2015 by SoCRaT

At last, Red Hat has decided to act like other distros to change the hostname of the server in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. In older Red Hat releases, changing the hostname required modifying the  “/etc/sysconfig/network” configuration file and edit … Continue reading →

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How to get version of Redhat & Oracle Enterprise Linux

Posted on February 19, 2013 by SoCRaT

Oracle Enterprise Linux: more /etc/enterprise-release, example output: “Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Carthage)” Redhat: more /etc/redhat-release

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How to start the X server at boot with Redhat or Oracle Linux

Posted on December 24, 2012 by SoCRaT

vi /etc/inittab Edit your /etc/inittab file by replacing the line: id:3:initdefault: With this one: id:5:initdefault: and reboot Enjoy! Source: http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/faqs/rhl_general_faq/s1-xwin-q.html

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