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FIX: Webilder error “The panel encountered a problem while loading “OAFIID:GNOME_WebilderApplet”.

daryl — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:08:41 +0000

If you get this Webilder error after updating to Jaunty as I did then you can fix as follows:

1. Backup the webilder.conf file:
cp ~/webilder/webilder.conf ~/webilder/webilder.conf.bak

2. Edit the webilder.conf file as follows - change line 20 from:
webilder.installation_date = time.struct_time(tm_year=2009, tm_mon=9, tm_mday=1, tm_hour=10, tm_min=34, tm_sec=56, tm_wday=1, tm_yday=244, tm_isdst=1)
to:
webilder.installation_date = (2008, 10, 26, 12, 25, 1, 6, 300, 1)

3. Save the file and retry adding the panel applet. All should work fine!

FIX: aMSN unable to connect after Ubuntu update to Jaunty Jackalope

daryl — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:22:14 +0000

If you get an aMSN connection error message something like:

“No address associated with hostname”

after upgrading to Jaunty then you can fix by getting the latest version of aMSN directly from SVN’ as follows:

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HOWTO: Upgrade PHP GD Library on Ubuntu

daryl — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:57:12 +0000

If you are working with Drupal or anything else that complains about requiring a newer version of the GD library then you need to upgrade as follows:

1. Remove old version
sudo apt-get remove php5-gd
2. Add following lines to the file /etc/apt/sources.lst
deb http://packages.dotdeb.org stable all deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org stable all
3. Update and reinstall
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install php5-gd /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

FIX: Thunderbird - Lightning ‘New Calendar’ menu item grayed out

daryl — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:40:34 +0000

The fix for this is to install libstdc++5 and then reinstall Lightning. Close thunderbird and then in a terminal:

sudo apt-get remove lightning sudo apt-get install libstdc++5 sudo apt-get install lightning

FIX: Updating Ubuntu gives ‘Could not find postinst hook script [update-grub]’ error.

daryl — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:14:01 +0000

I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on my Toshiba U100 which does not work too well with grub. Having installed 8.10 and replaced Grub with Lilo I ran update manager for all updates.

This failed when updating the kernel with the error ‘Could not find postinst hook script [update-grub]’.

To fix after running the update manager simply open a terminal and run the following commands.

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HOWTO: Set up NFS remote file shariing and mounting in Ubuntu

daryl — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:14:13 +0000

Scenario: You have two Ubuntu PCs - you want to share a folder from one to the other. A common answer you’ll see posted around to this is to use Samba. While this does allow the shared folder to be accessed by Windoze machines there is a far simpler and more efficient method that can be used when both machines are Linux.

In the following guide ‘Server’ means the computer where the folder to be shared is (192.168.2.2 in my example) and ‘Client’ (192.168.2.3) is where you would like to access the folder from.
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FIX: dependency is not satisfiable: libicu36 when installing Chandler on Ubuntu

daryl — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:47:58 +0000

I tried installing installing Chandler the GTD app from the .deb file but got an error about ‘dependency is not satisfiable: libicu36′.

This is as newer versions of Ubuntu use libicu38.

To fix the error try:
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-3ubuntu0.1_i386.deb

sudo dpkg -i libicu36_3.6-3ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
Then try installing the Chandler .deb again.

HOWTO: Install a .TTF Font in Ubuntu Hardy Heron

daryl — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:39:00 +0000

If you have a .ttf file (lets call it your_font.ttf) that you have downloaded and want to install it as an available font you should follow these steps:

1. Create somewhere to keep your .ttf fonts:
sudo mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/custom

2. Copy your font there:
sudo cp your_font.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/custom

3. Run the following command to rebuild your font cache:
sudo fc-cache -f -v

That should be it! Your sexy new font should now be available.

Toshiba U100 Maintenance Manual

daryl — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:43:39 +0000

My U100 needs a replacement screen so I’ve been hunting around for some information on how to replace it. I was lucky enough to come across the U100 maintenance manual which I’ve made available here.

HOW TO: Load and display images from a folder in PHP

daryl — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:02:03 +0000

If you have an unknown quantity of images in a folder and want to cycle through them and display (in a table or similar) then this snippet should get you started.

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