Category Archives: Gaming

Flatten directory in linux

March 11, 2013commands, Gaming, Linuxbash, command, linux, scriptdaniel

Here is a few simple commands to flatten a directory in linux:

find . -type f -exec mv --backup=t {} . \;
find . -depth -exec rmdir {} \;

StarCraft II on Ubuntu 12.04 crash

July 27, 2012Gaming, Linuxlinux, playonlinux, starcraft II, ubuntu, winedaniel

After updating to Ubuntu 12.04 StarCraft II started crashing during login with an “ACCESS VIOLATION” error.
I did a quick google search and found this post about it.

Basically the workaround is to turn off a kernes security feature by executing:

sudo sysctl kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=0

You can turn it back on by executing:

sudo sysctl kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=1