Linux : Marble Mouse Paste on Centos 5.5

Section "InputDevice"           Identifier  "Mouse0"           Driver      "mouse"           Option      "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"           Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"           Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "50"           Option      "Buttons" "7"           Option      "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"           Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "on" EndSection

Linux : Customize Vim Colors 2

In ~/.vimrc syntax on colorscheme murphy

Linux : Customize Vim Colors

In ~/.vimrc syntax on colorscheme ron #colorscheme desert

Linux : directory color in ls too dark

ls shows directories in a dark unreadable blue with a black background Change /etc/DIR_COLORS.xterm - set the DIR line to DIR 01;34 (lighter blue)

Grid Control : Set up a public monitor display PC

Config within Grid Control - a MONITOR user * Set up a monitor role in Grid Control  * Setup->Roles->Create  * Enter name but no roles, sys privs,  No admin users * Set up a monitor admin user * Setup->Administrators  * Enter name etc, then assign the MONITOR_ROLE, no sys privs * Assign targets to the role  * for EACH TARGET to be seen by the monitor need to grant view access individually !!  * Go to each target page->Access link->Add->MONITOR_ROLE  * Save * To add a location to a target  * In each target screen there is a Target Properties link that includes a location field  * Various screens including All Targets can be customised to show the Location (Customize table columns) * The best page to display is probably All Targets * To limit the tabs displayed log in as MONITOR and choose Preferences->Target Subtabs and remove unwanted subtabs Config on the display box * Use Firefox  * Set as the default browser Tools->Options->General  * Install the ReloadEvery firefox plugin - this adds an option to the context menu on each page (right click on the web page to find it)  * Set up a shortcut to OEM - will need to login perhaps - maybe can include password?  * Navigate to the All Targets page  * Turn on the reload for every minute * To lock down the monitoring PC  * Download and install kidkeylock http://www.100dof.com/kidkeylock.html  * Create a shortcut to start it  * TIP add /setup param to the shortcut to avoid being locked out immediately  * In the program options set two pins and turn off all keyboard and all mouse and baloon tip (which shows the password)

Linux : Change runlevel

Use telinit :- su -c 'telinit 3'

Oracle : oraenv gives XPointer evaluation failed

In 11G+ this is due ORACLE_BASE not being set in the course of running oraenv What is happening is $ORACLE_HOME/bin/orabase is being run to update $ORACLE_HOME/inventory/ContentsXML/oraclehomeproperties.xml and erroring as the particular key it is looking for is not in the file ( PROPERTY NAME="ORACLE_BASE" I guess) - however the error is ignored resulting in $ORACLE_BASE being unset Made a one line change to oraenv to check the return value and use the OLD_ORACLE_BASE - which will probably work most of the time ;) ORACLE_BASE=`$ORABASE_EXEC` [ "$?" -ne 0 ] && { echo "Warning - failure of $ORABASE_EXEC"; ORACLE_BASE=$OLD_ORACLE_BASE; }  # New line