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Recursively chmod directories or files only

Kristou Mehrez — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:25:14 +0000

find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
This will recursively search your directory tree (starting at dir â€˜dotâ€™) and chmod 755 all directories only.

Similarly, the following will chmod all files only (and ignore the directories):

find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

Counting all files in a directory (and subdirectories)

Kristou Mehrez — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:26:31 +0000

I found a useful CLI command to count the number of files in my directory.

ls -Ra1 /usr|grep -v /|grep -vx ""|grep -vx "\.*"|wc -l

Update EEE PC BIOS

Kristou Mehrez — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:41:09 +0000

Tu update or flash you bios follow these steps

Get the latest bios for your model from http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx
Rename the file to 1005P.ROM
Format your USB storage device fat16.
Put 1005P.ROM on the USB storage device.
Shut down the netbook.
Turn the netbook back on.
Hold down alt, and press f2 repeatedly.
The ASUS ezflash utility should come up. Allow it to do its work.

Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat getting ready

Kristou Mehrez — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 03:22:38 +0000

The latest version of Ubuntu is getting ready. It is named Maverick Meerkat.

Solving Lenovo Thinkpad X200 audio problem

Kristou Mehrez — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:33:24 +0000

To solve the Lenovo Thinkpad X200 audio problem, you have to know first that it is equipped of Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03).

Following this steps solved my problem:
1. type in terminal.

gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base

2.add the following to the end of the file

options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1

I hope that helps somebody.