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Dolphin singleClick option not working in XFCE4

Preamble

On an OpenSuse Leap GNU/Linux box, Dolphin’s singleClick option to open files and folders does not work if executing the file manager within an XFCE4 session. Instead, the user is forced to double-click every item to open it. Configuring the global KDE input settings does not help. Editing the ~./config/kdeglobals […]

tonicas | Friday, 30th of November 2018 | Category: analysis, Applied Physics Department, Code | Comments are closed

Labview 2015 NI Instrument Driver Finder complains about not being connected to the Internet

Preamble

Whenever trying to use the “IDFinder” Labview 2015 facility on an old Windows XP computer, after a couple of seconds trying an error dialog message pops up saying: “NI Instrument Driver Finder has encountered problems connecting to the instrument driver network. Please verify that your computer is connected to the […]

tonicas | Wednesday, 21st of February 2018 | Category: analysis, Applied Physics Department, Code | Comments are closed

Send a newer PXE kernel version to a new computer node on Rocks Cluster 6.2 without altering the frontend

The issue

You have a Rocks Cluster deployed on your university. The latest official Rocks version is 6.2. It ships with kernel 2.6.32 out-of-the-box. This is the same kernel that is installed on every single computer node, and it’s the very same one that it’s sent via PXE to the computer […]

tonicas | Friday, 1st of September 2017 | Category: analysis, Applied Physics Department | Comments are closed
 
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