How I troubleshoot swappiness and startup time on Linux: How I troubleshoot swappiness and startup time on Linux David Both Tue, 09/13/2022 – 03:00 I recently experienced another interesting problem in the Linux startup sequence that has a circumvention–not a solution. It started quite unexpectedly. I was writing a couple of articles while making some …
Troubleshoot WiFi problems with Go and a Raspberry Pi: Last summer, my wife and I sold everything we owned and moved with our two dogs to Hawaii. It’s been everything we thought it would be: beautiful sun, warm sand, cool surf—you name it. We’ve also run into some things we didn’t expect: WiFi problems. Now, …
Using systemd journals to troubleshoot transient problems: Problem determination can be as much an art as a science, and sometimes, it seems even a little magic can be useful. Everyone has encountered situations where a reported failure could not be reproduced, which is always frustrating for both the user and the system administrator. Even home appliances …
Troubleshoot using the proc filesystem on Linux: The proc filesystem is an important feature of Linux that you can’t ignore. proc is a pseudo or virtual filesystem that provides an interface to kernel data structures. In other words, proc isn’t an actual filesystem in the real-world sense; rather, it resides only in memory and not …