Monday, May 30, 2016

ISO seems to be empty in Linux

So I had this ISO that I knew wasn't corrupted because I've seen it mounted and used on a Windows machine. In Linux though, mount gave me a "wrong fs type" error and both Archive Mounter and Archive Manager said the ISO is empty.

A quick search brought me to this Ubuntu Forums thread that gave me the answer. The ISO was in the UDF format. This is how I managed to mount it: sudo mount -t udf -o loop ~/path/to.iso mountdir

Friday, May 27, 2016

Enabling temperature sensors in Ubuntu

After installing lm-sesnors, you can see the current value of system sensors by running "sensors". If you suspect your system has more sensors than "sensors" is showing you, run "sensors-detect" and have it scan for more sensors. Then when it asks you if you want appropriate modules added to your /etc/modules file, say yes. Restart your computer and check "sensors" again.