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Sometimes when you are doing dnf/yum update, the progress may stop on the last step – cleaning up packages for hours, if you have a super large data drive. This may be caused by an installing script falsely attempts to scan through multi-million files on your data drive that is not mounted in a regular […]

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Seagate NAS create NFS shares as root_squash. This makes is inconvenient to use it as linux backup device. By remounting / as rw, editing /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/unicorn/sharing/nfs.py, change root_squash to no_root_squash, reboot, problem saved.

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Change the value of the following lines GtkScrollbar::has-backward-stepper = 1 GtkScrollbar::has-forward-stepper = 1 GtkScrollbar::stepper-size = 13 GtkScrollbar::slider-width = 13 in /usr/share/themes/Adwaita/gtk-2.0/main.rc and comment off # Disable arrows for qt in scrollbars # image { # function = ARROW # detail = “vscrollbar” # } # image { # function = ARROW # detail = “hscrollbar” […]

startxwin — +iglx -nowgl & in cygwin window, then export DISPLAY=:0.0 ssh -XYC @ then ssh to a node, start fsleyes This works for me.

Matlab R2017a can start parpool in text mode but will crash in GUI. The problem is that it is trying to modify a few files in the local toolbox to accommodate the computer specs. If the directory %MATLAB/toolbox/local is readonly, the updated profile will fail writing, and the parpool will still attempt to start on […]

CentOS 7 comes with gcc 4.8.5 but MrTrix needs 4.9+, also it needs Qt-qtsvg To do this, addition to the mrtrix install instruction: yum install qt5-qtsvg qt5-qtsvg-devel qt5-qtbase-devel devtoolset-3-gcc.x86_64 devtoolset-3-gcc-c++.x86_64 export QTDIR=/usr/lib64/qt5;export PATH=/usr/lib64/qt5/bin/:$PATH; export CXX=/opt/rh/devtoolset-3/root/usr/bin/g++; ./configure ./build Then you get it.

In cygwin, if you start X server using command: $ X -multiwindow -nowgl +iglx & and $ export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 $ export DISPLAY=:0.0 you will have a GLX functionality over ssh through indirect software rendering if you start X server using command: $ X -multiwindow -wgl +iglx & and $ export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 $ export DISPLAY=:0.0 you […]

The current version of GALAXY (https://usegalaxy.org/) will run into error when using ldaps authentication mechanics. The error is Traceback (most recent call last): File “/home/galaxy/galaxy-dist/lib/galaxy/auth/providers/ldap_ad.py”, line 117, in authenticate ldap.set_option(_opt) File “/home/galaxy/galaxy-dist/.venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ldap/functions.py”, line 135, in set_option return _ldap_function_call(None,_ldap.set_option,option,invalue) File “/home/galaxy/galaxy-dist/.venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ldap/functions.py”, line 66, in _ldap_function_call result = func(_args,**kwargs) ValueError: option error The function in Python LDAP […]