How to start another X session

You already have X running and want to run another one.

1. Login into another virtual console
2. Open the terminal
3. startx -- :1

Installing Apache Tomcat 5.5

#make sure you add unstable entries to sources.list
apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

apt-get install tomcat5.5
apt-get install tomcat5.5-admin
apt-get install tomcat5.5-webapps

$CATALINA_HOME/webapps/ROOT/index.jsp
/usr/share/tomcat5.5-webapps/ROOT/index.jsp



#it will be listening on port 8180

Debian package manager

#useful Debian/Ubuntu package commands

apt-get install package
apt-get remove package
apt-get update #good for updating your database after editing sources.list
apt-cache search search_string

dpkg --list
dpkg --install program.deb
dpkg --remove program




#Sometimes you have to add this to /etc/apt/sources.list
# etch is a version of Debian, replace with your version

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main

#these are good for install outside packages like java

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-free

Install Windows nic driver on Linux

#Download ndiswrapper

make #this will install the kernel module (after compiling)
modprobe ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper -i driver.inf
ndiswrapper -m #generate modprobe alias for ndiswrapper
#restart


#Check installed drivers:

ndiswrapper -l