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Thursday, March 28, 2013

How to print a regular file to pdf from command line



http://askubuntu.com/questions/27097/how-to-print-a-regular-file-to-pdf-from-command-line

enscript my_text_file.txt -o - | ps2pdf - output.pdf

enscript -B -PPDF test.txt

unoconv -f pdf test.txt

Monday, March 11, 2013

How to build Goto blas using Intel compilers



Download GotoBlas http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/tacc-projects/gotoblas2

make  FC=ifort   CC=icc  BINARY=64   USE_THREAD=0

The last option is to build without thread.  Output message:

 GotoBLAS build complete.

  OS               ... Linux             
  Architecture     ... x86_64               
  BINARY           ... 64bit                 
  C compiler       ... INTEL  (command line : icc)
  Fortran compiler ... INTEL  (command line : ifort)
  Library Name     ... libgoto2_prescott-r1.13.a (Single threaded)  

how to disable touch pad


Login as root.

$ xinput list
 You will see results similar to

⎡ Virtual core pointer                          id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad                id=15   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Logitech USB Receiver                     id=11   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Logitech USB Receiver                     id=12   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                         id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard               id=5    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=6    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                                 id=7    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                                 id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Sleep Button                              id=9    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ USB 2.0 UVC VGA WebCam                    id=10   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Asus WMI hotkeys                          id=13   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard              id=14   [slave  keyboard (3)]

The touchpad id is 15. To disable it:

$ xinput set-prop 15 "Device Enabled" 0

to re-enable it

$ xinput set-prop 15 "Device Enabled" 1

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