'Ubuntu' Category
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Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala and ies4linux – Installation
December 30, 2009Installing ies4linux on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala by just running “./ies4linux” might show some warnings such as:
IEs4Linux 2 is developed to be used with recent Wine versions (0.9.x). It seems that you are using an old version. It’s recommended that you update your wine to the latest version (Go to: winehq.com).
In my case it showed [...] -
Google AppEngine – Python – issubclass() arg 1 must be a class
September 14, 2009If you are getting the error “”issubclass() arg 1 must be a class”” with Google App Engine SDK for Python on Linux its probably because you are running Python 2.6 (and will probably happen to you when you run Ubuntu 9.04 – 2.6 is the default there).
Just run the dev server under python 2.5 (i.e. [...] -
“Unable to retrieve MSN Address Book” on Pidgin on Ubuntu / Debian?
January 12, 2009Today I got the following error on Pidgin (I’m running version 2.5.2 on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex) while it tried to connect to MSN:
“Unable to retrieve MSN Address Book”
After searching a bit I found this post by Gijs Nelissen which said to use a different MSN plugin for Pidgin called msn-pecan.
I’ll reiterate the instructions for [...] -
Ubuntu 8.10, Dell D630, fan issues and screen repaints issues
November 12, 2008On the day of Ubunut 8.10 I’ve upgraded my work laptop (Dell D630) to Ubuntu 8.10. I’ve previously ran my home desktop on the release candidates and saw that all is well so I didn’t expect any specific issues with the upgrade.
After finishing the upgrade successfully I’ve encountered 2 problems.
The first was with the computer [...] -
Failed to run /usr/sbin/synaptic Unable to copy the user’s Xauthorisation file
April 27, 2008If you get the following error while running Synaptic:
Failed to run /usr/sbin/synaptic
Unable to copy the user’s Xauthorisation file.
Make sure to that you have enough space in your /tmp directory.
To check if that is indeed the problem run the following command in your terminal:
df -h
This command will show you each mounted volumes you may have including [...]
