Archive: ubuntu

I rely on multiple desktops in order to keep my workflow organised. However each time I start up my computer I have to move these windows onto the correct desktop, which is a pain. Thankfully there is a way to place each window onto it's own desktop when your computer starts. This will explain the [...]

If you want or need sun java for your Linux Ubuntu desktop, perhaps for running Netbeans, then you will like this link http://blog.flexion.org/2012/01/10/updated-sun-java6-packages-for-ubuntu/ There is a PPA for sun java. Problem solved. More Reading:Ubuntu Git Install 1.7.5 and WhyUbuntu 10.04 Sun JavaNetbeans Disable Transparent Undocked WindowsStart windows on a specified workspacePath Tools Netbeans Open File [...]

If you are building something that is opening a terminal, perhaps a fancy URL handler or something similar but there are errors causing the terminal to instantly close, then this is the solution for you. It's actually really simple! Create a new profile Select the "Title and Command" tab at the bottom there is an [...]

Due to our load-balancing router being a little "harsh" on closing connections that appear to be unused, ssh often sits and hangs. Using a standard ssh config option though we can set a server keep-alive (on the ssh client, which also keeps sshfs alive) In the "~/.ssh/config" file, simply adding the following keeps the connection [...]

One of the things that can catch you out if you have a paranoid server admin is that various magento extensions will contact external servers (such as SagePay or Mailchimp). If the server admin has blocked outbound web traffic (to avoid DDoS attacks and other malicious traffic), these extensions will slow you down at every [...]

When migrating one server to another you often hit bumps in the road. Todays was transferring a database from one server to another. During this standard procedure I found that the restored database was missing a few tables. Irritating as Magento doesn't like missing tables. Digging down into the backup and extracting the first missing [...]

If you use Linux on a regular basis, you'll probably know just how useful a symlink is. This makes things extremely annoying when a program refuses to work with them - treats them as a file or just refuses to work. Enter: mount --bind mount --bind is a special type of mount that will mount [...]

After a bunch of digging around trying to find out how to get my internal SD card reader working in Ubuntu 10.10 I have found this solution: Looking at dmesg, the error I was getting was this: PLAIN TEXT CODE: mmc0: ADMA error mmc0: error -5 whilst initialising SD card I found the solution here: [...]

The for command The for command is extremely useful for working with a group of files, it can be used with a glob (e.g. "*.jpg"), the output of a command (e.g. grep) or an internal command such as expr. Two examples :- Combining with imagemagic's convert command to convert a directory's png files to jpegs [...]

If you've ever had that annoying problem where someone has asked you to put a flash banner on a site and it covers up your nice dropdown or pop-out menus, you'll be glad to know that the current versions of flash don't do that if you set the right parameter! Yes that even includes flash [...]