Archive - Tal Kain

IORegistryExplorer on macOS Dark Mode issue fix

IO Registry Explorer is a utility developed by Apple which allows you to watch the I/O Registry on your macOS. (Original…

Jun 21, 2019 •

May 2019

Standalone IPython using PyInstaller and VirtualEnv

I decided that I want to create a standalone IPython executable that I can distribute. This executable should be: Run as a standalone, even if there is…

May 18, 2019 •

September 2016

Compiling lsof for iOS device on Mac OSX

I started making a small research on my jailbroken iOS device and I was wondering which files does a specific process touches while I was using it. In…

Sep 20, 2016 •

December 2015

Upgrading all the brew cask packages in one command

Here is a nice (and simple) way to upgrade all your Homebrew cask packages at a single command. All credits goes to Yann-R that wrote here the following…

Dec 5, 2015 •

September 2015

ipython && tmux - saving history to a file

Hey, I had an ipython console open inside a tmux split window and I needed to save the history to a file. Since I can't copy & paste the data from the…

Sep 16, 2015 •

Linux: iptables: Removing a collection of iptables rules at once

Here is a small trick for removing several iptables rules at once, Let's assume we would like to add some rules: iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth1…

Sep 9, 2015 •

Installing NVIDIA CUDA on an Amazon Web Services (AWS) machine (Ubuntu 14.04)

Disclaimer: I wrote this post several months ago and did not publish it for unknown reason, I assume that the information below is still relevant and…

Sep 2, 2015 •

March 2015

Ubuntu Linux: cannot find modules.dep.bin

While trying to load some kernel modules in one of my projects, I encounter the following errors: root@ubuntu:~# modprobe carl9170 modprobe: ERROR…

Mar 21, 2015 •

February 2015

Ubuntu: schroot cannot bind the home directory

Hey everyone, Several weeks ago I had to compile gdb and strace to a target device that runs on ARM (EBI). This time, instead of cross compile it, I…

Feb 6, 2015 •

January 2015

Ubuntu: Installing a missing ath3k firmware

While trying to prepare a new Ubuntu box to use a new card based on the Atheros chipset, I encounter the following error: Bluetooth: Firmware file…

Jan 22, 2015 •

September 2014

Ubuntu && Python: Solving "ImportError: No module named OpenSSL"

In order to easily solve the following Python import error on Ubuntu systems: ImportError: No module named OpenSSL You can install the relevant package…

Sep 29, 2014 •

Ubuntu and Gnome: Moving the Close, Maximize and Minimize buttons to the right corner.

A quick tip: One of the first things that I do after setting a new Ubuntu system is changing the location of the Close && Minimize && Maximize buttons…

Sep 27, 2014 •

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