Just installed a basic Debian 6 server and was amazed about how much time it took to resolve any domain name; at least 4 seconds. But I found the solution: if you don’t use IPv6 then disable it.
Check the IPv6 alias:
grep ipv6 /etc/modprobe.d/aliases
This should give you this entry:
# alias net-pf-10 ipv6
Edit that file and change the line to:
alias net-pf-10 off ipv6
Then reboot. As always, YMMV.
I need to grow a disk on my Ubuntu server but only have SSH access to the machine and need GParted to do that.
Here’s how I’ve done it:
sudo apt-get install vnc4server openbox gpartedvnc4server
vnc4server -kill :1
sed -i -e 's/x-window-manager/openbox-session/g' ~/.vnc/xstartup
vnc4serverOpen port 5901 incoming, and access with a VNC client. Right-click to start the terminal within openbox, and you’ll be able to run any GTK+ apps, including gparted.