- Services
- System Information
- Install acpidump from the pmtools package available at ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/utils/
- Install iasl from the ACPICA downloads at Intel's website http://developer.intel.com/technology/iapc/acpi/downloads.htm
- Dump the binary DSDT with
acpidump -b -t DSDT -o DSDT.aml - Disassemble the DSDT with
iasl -d DSDT.aml - USB Drive Configuration
- Ubuntu Documentation: Rename USB Drive
- apt-get Package Manager
Adding/removing services in Ubuntu
Tested on Ubuntu 8.04 / Ubuntu 8.10 / Ubuntu 9.04 / Ubuntu 9.10
sudo update-rc.d -f <service> add
sudo update-rc.d -f <service> removeGetting Full System Information
Dmidecode reports information about your system's hardware as described in your system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard (see a sample output). This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, asset tag as well as a lot of other details of varying level of interest and reliability depending on the manufacturer.
sudo dmidecode -s system-manufacturer
sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name
sudo dmidecode -s system-version
sudo dmidecodeGetting DSDT (Differentiated System Description table)
Changing drive labels for drives with ext2, ext3, ext4 filesystems
sudo e2label <device> <label>- References
Cleanup the apt-get cache to free space
sudo apt-get clean