Installing 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 [...]
If 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. [...]
Today 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 [...]
On 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 [...]
If 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 [...]
If you are using Skype on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gusty Gibbon) on a Dell D630 and have the “famous” internal microphone problems due to the HD-Intel chipset, I’ve found a simple solution, sort of.
I recently bought a Plantronics .Audio 470 headset at Best Buy for $50. Its a nice headset with good sound quality and [...]
I’ve decided that I have enough data I want/need to store and backing it up with removable drives and/or burning DVDs is getting less useful each passing day.
I also like to have everything available all the time instead of going through backup DVDs searching for the right one and extract the information from it.
I have [...]
2 days after my previous post about installing VmWare Server 1.0.3 from Canonical’s repository, VmWare released version 1.0.4.
I tried using its built-in install script on a vanilla Ubuntu Server 7.04 (a.k.a Feisty Fawn) and it worked flawlessly.
Aside from certain libraries which it needs to compile the vmmon and vmnet kernel modules (the installation script will [...]
Whenever a new version of Ubuntu comes out I download the CD, run it in LiveCD mode and see if my Laptop (Thinkpad T43) works with everything included (video card – ATI, sound, Wireless card the Intel a/b/g wireless thingy) and succeeds in connecting to my home wireless network (using WPA2 encryption).
Previous versions usually missed [...]