Archive for "Linux/Unix"
Jan24How to edit or download .htaccess from cpanel file manager where it is hidden
In my cpanel (dont know the version number) it didn’t show .htaccess file and hid it by default. If it happens and as a lazy person like me you dont want to do ftp like things to get the htaccess appeared on you, just click on a visible file and open it in cpanel editor. It will give you the url something like below. Click to continue »
Oct30Getting a way around the “No protocol specified, …cannot open display:0.0″ message
After doing sudo su - (to give myself root privileges) when I tried editing a file using gedit info.txt it would show me the following error message: Click to continue »
Oct17Finding files using ‘find’ command in Linux
Here’s a list of most useful linux “find files” commands i have summarized recently.
Finding files with filename
Find file by exact name
$ find / -name 'script.php' Click to continue »
Oct11Keyboard shortcuts to switch among split views in jEdit
Here’s the keyboard shortcuts to navigate or switch among split views or text areas or window panes (whatever you call it) in jEdit.
Alt-Page Up Send keyboard focus to previous text area. Alt-Page Down Send keyboard focus to next text area.
Sep26Flash player APT “natty-partner” installation issue fixed
For last few days i had struck with installing flash player since i had updated my system (kUbuntu) softwares through it’s “Updates Available” feature. Since then, now and then, i had been trying different things in this regard but eventually could not make flashplayer work and run flash content in any of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Rekong (included by default in kUbuntu) browsers. Being quite busy with other stuff and perhaps i didn’t feel a desperate need to run flash content in the meantime i had been just ignoring the issue altogether. Click to continue »
Sep17How to install Adobe AIR application installer in Ubuntu
I just installed Adobe AIR in my Ubuntu system and installed a AIR application thereafter . Here’s the process:
Go to http://get.adobe.com/air/ to download a Adobe AIR Installer package. I did install from a .bin package so i shall write about installing it from a .bin package. Actually, i would explain a bit about how to install it from a .deb package as well. Click to continue »
Sep15CheckGMail – troubleshooting, startup command and playing sound on new email
I am using KUbuntu 11.04 right now and today i tried to install CheckGMail and make it working. After entering correct login username(email address) and password it kept me showing “401 unauthorized request” error next to the Notifier icon in task bar along with a “Incorrect username and/or password” dialog box.
I tried solutions given here and here and only the solution that uses “-no_cookie” worked for me. Click to continue »
Sep08How to open multiple instances of gedit
In general, gedit opens new files in the same window adding a new tab to the workspace. To open a file in a separate instance or window of gedit is easy. Click to continue »
Sep07How to find or generate a SSH key on Linux system
To find or generate a SSH key on Linux system
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Check for existing SSH keys on your computer. Skip to Step 4 if you already have one and want to use that one.
First, we will check for existing ssh keys:
$ cd ~/.ssh
Sep05Gimp Image Editor not launching in KUbuntu – resolved
I recently had installed Gimp image editor in my KUbuntu through software management interface. After the installation was done i clicked the Gimp icon to launch it and the system did seem to try to load it but eventually it failed. However if i tried “gimp” command in “Konsole” it would load it (with a number of “failed” messages in the console window) but when i worked on a image for few seconds it would crash abruptly. Click to continue »
