I find the cursor speed is sometimes too slow on my Ubuntu machine with a Logitech MX trackball And for reasons I dont recall I wanted to set the speed with a script instead of the setting application 1#!/bin/bash 2xinput set-prop "pointer:Logitech MX Ergo" "libinput Accel Speed" 1

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I was getting this odd error: AnsibleUndefinedVariable: Unable to look up a name or access an attribute in template string ({% if ansible_fqdn in groups['compute_nodes'] %} Turns out compute_nodes wasn't in my host inventory file.. oops! Easy fix, not so easy to diagnose

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Network is already in use by interface Threw me for a minute. The issue was that an IP address specified in the Vagrant file was in use by the host i was using. Changed the IP's in the vagrant file.. Problem solved 1==> worker1: An error occurred. The error will be shown after all tasks complete. 2An error occurred …

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When using the new ceph-volume scan and activate commands on ceph Nautilus after an upgrade from Luminous I was getting the following message 1root@ceph2 ~]# ceph-volume simple activate --all 2--> activating OSD specified in /etc/ceph/osd/37-11af5440-dadf-40e3-8924-2bbad3ee5b58.json 3Running command: /bin/ln -snf …

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While working with Linux routing, it's not uncommon to encounter errors when adding static routes. A typical issue is the error message: "Error: either 'to' is duplicate, or 'gateway IP' is a garbage." This post details my experience with this error and how I resolved it. Encounter with the Error In my …

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