October 2009
2 posts
GNU screen Wrapper for SSH Agent Forwarding
This problem is well-documented around the web, this is just my personal reminder. Others have crafted various solutions varying in complexity. I like this one for the simplicity and easy portability—I don’t remember who to credit for it, unfortunately.
Without getting too deeply into the gory details, if you connect to a remote shell and run GNU screen there, then detach the screen...
Sanely Rebuild Corrupt Font Caches on OS X
For Leopard, at least:
# Clear user font caches
$ atsutil databases -removeUser
# And system cache
$ sudo atsutil databases -remove
# Restart the ATS server
$ atsutil server -shutdown
ATSServer shutdown
$ atsutil server -ping
ATSServer is running
# Check for filesystem activity (this is just generally cool)
$ sudo fs_usage | grep ATS
You might possibly still need to restart applications,...