run X program headless in Linux

On remote server:
1. run "xvfb-run xterm" (replace xterm with your program). The runs a virtual frame-buffer/X server. The default display is :99. You can change that.
2. find out where the X auth file is written. Default iat /tmp/xvfb-run.XXXX/Xauthority.
3. x11vnc -display :99 -nopw -auth /tmp/xvfb-run.o3K0jQ/Xauthority

 on your local desktop, run vnc viewer to connect to the remote server. You can set up password in the server if you want to.

Linux L2tp client setup for Mac OS X vpn server

Instructions below are based on the work at https://github.com/hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn/blob/master/docs/clients.md#linux
Commands must be run as root on your VPN client.
To set up the VPN client, first install the following packages:

# Ubuntu & Debian
apt-get update
apt-get -y install strongswan xl2tpd

# CentOS & RHEL
yum -y install epel-release
yum -y install strongswan xl2tpd

# Fedora
yum -y install strongswan xl2tpd

Create VPN variables (replace with actual values):

VPN_SERVER_IP='your_vpn_server_ip'
VPN_IPSEC_PSK='your_ipsec_pre_shared_key'
VPN_USER='your_vpn_username'
VPN_PASSWORD='your_vpn_password'

Configure strongSwan:

cat > /etc/ipsec.conf <<EOF
# ipsec.conf - strongSwan IPsec configuration file

# basic configuration

config setup
  # strictcrlpolicy=yes
  # uniqueids = no

# Add connections here.

# Sample VPN connections

conn %default
  ikelifetime=60m
  keylife=20m
  rekeymargin=3m
  keyingtries=1
  keyexchange=ikev1
  authby=secret
  ike=aes128-sha1-modp1024,3des-sha1-modp1024!
  esp=aes128-sha1-modp1024,3des-sha1-modp1024!

conn myvpn
  keyexchange=ikev1
  left=%defaultroute
  auto=add
  authby=secret
  type=transport
  leftprotoport=17/1701
  rightprotoport=17/1701
  right=$VPN_SERVER_IP

  rightid=%any

EOF

cat > /etc/ipsec.secrets <<EOF
: PSK "$VPN_IPSEC_PSK"
EOF

chmod 600 /etc/ipsec.secrets

# For CentOS/RHEL & Fedora ONLY
mv /etc/strongswan/ipsec.conf /etc/strongswan/ipsec.conf.old 2>/dev/null
mv /etc/strongswan/ipsec.secrets /etc/strongswan/ipsec.secrets.old 2>/dev/null
ln -s /etc/ipsec.conf /etc/strongswan/ipsec.conf
ln -s /etc/ipsec.secrets /etc/strongswan/ipsec.secrets

Configure xl2tpd:

cat > /etc/xl2tpd/xl2tpd.conf <<EOF
[lac myvpn]
lns = $VPN_SERVER_IP
ppp debug = yes
pppoptfile = /etc/ppp/options.l2tpd.client
length bit = yes
EOF

cat > /etc/ppp/options.l2tpd.client <<EOF
ipcp-accept-local
ipcp-accept-remote
refuse-eap
require-chap
noccp
noauth
mtu 1280
mru 1280
noipdefault
defaultroute
usepeerdns
connect-delay 5000
name $VPN_USER
password $VPN_PASSWORD
EOF

chmod 600 /etc/ppp/options.l2tpd.client

The VPN client setup is now complete. Follow the steps below to connect.

Note: You must repeat all steps below every time you try to connect to the VPN.
Create xl2tpd control file:

mkdir -p /var/run/xl2tpd
touch /var/run/xl2tpd/l2tp-control

Restart services:

service strongswan restart
service xl2tpd restart

Start the IPsec connection:

# Ubuntu & Debian
ipsec up myvpn

# CentOS/RHEL & Fedora
strongswan up myvpn

Start the L2TP connection:

echo "c myvpn" > /var/run/xl2tpd/l2tp-control

Run ifconfig and check the output. You should now see a new interface ppp0.
Check your existing default route:

ip route

Compile GoLang for AR9341

Golang support for MIPS 32 has been added since version 1.8. However, Soft FPU is not added, making chipsets like AR9341 not able to run Go program. "vstafanovic" has submitted the patch but
it has not been accepted yet in 1.9.0. Hopefully it will make to 1.10

At the same time, you can apply the patch yourself to version 1.8.3:

1. Download the patch
2. Download Golang 1.8.3 source code and apply the patch
3. cd src; ./bash.all

If everything goes well, you will have a compiled go toolchain.

To compile your application to MIPS, do:
GOOS=linux GOARCH=misp GOMIPS=softfloat go build