Before attempting to reset the MySQL root password, be aware that a fresh install of Ubuntu & MySQL will often give you full access to all databases if you login as a user with the sudo privilege: If you still need to reset the MySQL root password, this post will guide you through the process.… Read More »
It’s handy to have a test server that we can use to see what will happen when we upgrade WordPress, install new plugins, or mess around with the layout and design of our blog. But how can we copy the changes we make to our test WordPress site to our live server? In this post,… Read More »
Symptom Trying to send mail through mailx, echo “Testing mailx” | mailx -s “Testing 1 2 3” test@example.com yields the following error: /usr/lib/sendmail: No such file or directory “/home/username/dead.letter” 9/261 . . . message not sent. Possible Cause Name of mailx configuration file is set incorrectly. Solution Rename mailx configuration file from /etc/mail.rc to /etc/nail.rc… Read More »
Symptom: After removing an AMD graphics card (to use onboard integrated graphics), Cinnamon crashes repeatedly after logging in. Cause: Cinnamon may still be referencing the old video drivers. Solution: Uninstall the proprietary AMD graphic card drivers. Troubleshooting Steps: List installed AMD packages -> dpkg -l *fglrx* Remove the installed AMD packages and drivers with sudo… Read More »
Symptom: LibreOffice Writer does not detect spelling errors. Misspelled words are not underlined in red and manually running spell check finds no errors. Cause: By default, the Canadian language doesn’t have a dictionary associated with it. What gives, eh? Solution: Here are two ways to solve this problem. 1. You can change Writer to use… Read More »
Symptom: When attempting to install a new package using apt, an error message regarding unmet dependencies is displayed and suggests using apt-get -f install to fix the problem. However, sudo apt-get -f install throws an error about no disk space. Cause: Updates have failed due to low disk space and resulted in dependency problems. Solution:… Read More »
This post explains how to setup a wireless HP printer (specifically the HP Envy 4500) in Linux using the hp-setup program. The hp-setup program comes pre-installed in Ubuntu and Mint Linux. Printer Network Setup Follow the instructions that came with your printer to connect it to your wireless network. Print a setup page to get… Read More »
Repeating tasks in OpenOffice Calc, or any other spreadsheet application, can be a tedious process. For example, if you want to sort a group of cells based on a custom order, you would have to do the following: Select a range of rows and columns Click Data Click Sort Select key #1 Click the options… Read More »
Symptom: Opening a new tab in Firefox and going to maps.google.com sometimes results in Firefox crashing. Firefox version: 42.0 OS: Linux Mint 17.2 Graphics card: AMD Radeon 7870 Graphics Driver: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1 (AMD/ATI display driver wrapper) Other symptoms: Sometimes small sections of text in Firefox are unreadable (blotched) until scrolling it off and back on… Read More »
It’s convenient to have a local web server where you can test changes to your website before uploading them to your live site, but how do you get your local web development files to the virtual web server? FTP or SSH? Constantly transferring files from the local host machine to the virtual server can take… Read More »