Recently I got this error after installing VLC on Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat. Not really remembering what caused the error to be triggered in the first place, it became very difficult to find a solution for it. When I executed sudo apt-get upgrade to upgrade my packages, it told me there was some issues and I needed… Continue reading [SOLVED] Error ‘dpkg: error processing
Month: June 2010
[SOLVED] Error ‘dpkg: error processing
[HOWTO] Install VLC 1.1 via PPA on Ubuntu
VLC 1.1 which was released yesterday boasts lots of improvement and feature additions including: GPU decoding on Windows Vista and 7, using DxVA2 for H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2 GPU decoding on GNU/Linux, using VAAPI for H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2 DSP decoding using OpenMax IL, for compatible embedded devices Improved support for MKV HD, including seeking… Continue reading [HOWTO] Install VLC 1.1 via PPA on Ubuntu
[HOWTO] Use local phpmyadmin with remote MySQL
My host recently started allowing remote connections to its mysql database. It was a really useful feature – I could not change database settings from my own computer. Since it started allowing remote connections from my IP, I could use any mysql client to connect to it. I fired up terminal and tried to connect… Continue reading [HOWTO] Use local phpmyadmin with remote MySQL
[How-To] Reset panels’ settings to default in Ubuntu
I often accidentally delete some of the icons from my top panel including battery meter, volume control, messagin icon. It gets quite frustrating not having them there. Also, you cannot get them back using Add to Panel option. You can easily get your panel with default settings back. Just follow the following steps: Press Alt+F2,… Continue reading [How-To] Reset panels’ settings to default in Ubuntu
[SOLVED]’Error establishing a database connection’ in wordpress
One of my clients got this error in his wordpress: Error establishing a database connection It is one of those vague errors which give very little information about what caused it. On going to /wp-admin, it gave error: One or more database tables are unavailable. The database may need to be repaired. I added “define(‘WP_ALLOW_REPAIR’,… Continue reading [SOLVED]’Error establishing a database connection’ in wordpress
[SOLVED] ‘Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket’ error
Yesterday I got the error: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock’ (2) when I ran the command mysql through terminal in Ubuntu 10.10 This error can also be linked to error in phpmyadmin: Connection for controluser as defined in your configuration failed. I figured out it was due to… Continue reading [SOLVED] ‘Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket’ error
[SOLVED] Media Playing issues in VLC in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat
I had problems with playing media files in VLC in Maverick Meerkat. Other players (SMPlayer) seemed to work fine. VLC gave errors like: “No suitable decoder module: VLC does not support the audio or video format “XVID”. VLC Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.” And “No suitable decoder module: VLC does… Continue reading [SOLVED] Media Playing issues in VLC in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat
[How-To] Find windows live (hotmail) contacts on twitter
Twitter removed its hotmail/msn contact importer tool last year which was a very useful tool. However, there are few tricks which enables you to do just that. The easiest one is: Twitter allows you to import gmail contacts. Gmail allows you to import MSN contacts. Hence, you can indirectly import MSN contacts in twitter by… Continue reading [How-To] Find windows live (hotmail) contacts on twitter