Archive for January, 2009

I don’t want that NIC to be probed

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Suppose you are on a Linux box with multiple NICs. It happens that there is one of them that loads with a driver disturbing test/activity you’re doing and you want to exclude it from modprobe. You should edit file /etc/modprobe/blacklist and add there the driver name used by the card you want ...

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Bluetooth and headless Linux

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

Ever wondered how to connect your linux box via bluetooth, for instance to allow file transfer with your phone? I found some cool and working hints on the Net, reporting here below what worked for me. Connect your USB dongle Install what ...

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