Updatedb command by default does not include /media path for updating its database. You can change the settings in /etc/updatedb.conf so that it starts indexing other partitions too. sudo gedit /etc/updatedb.conf In the PRUNEPATHS setting, remove /media. Save the file and run sudo updatedb This will index all your files from /media folder. Make sure the partitions… Continue reading [HowTo] Use locate command and updatedb to search all partitions
Month: October 2010
[Solved] Mp3 not playing on Amarok
After upgrading to Maverick, somehow Amarok stopped playing Mp3. Same thing happened when I upgraded to Lucid from Karmic. To fix it, install libxine1-all-plugins: sudo apt-get install libxine1-all-plugins That fixed it for me! Cheers!
[Solved] apt-get “is to be installed” errors in Ubuntu
This class of error means the dependency is of different version than required. I tried to install deluge-console but it gave me the following error: deluge-console : Depends: deluge-common (= 1.3.0-0ubuntu1) but 1.3.0-1~getdeb1 is to be installed The error is not that self-explanatory. Here the deluge-common version required by deluge-console is 1.3.0-0 but 1.3.0-1 is… Continue reading [Solved] apt-get “is to be installed” errors in Ubuntu
[HowTo] Suspend Ubuntu from terminal or keyboard shortcuts
When learning to make bash scripts, at one point or other you’d like to know how to suspend your computer from terminal. Well, there are quite some methods available for Ubuntu. You can choose whatever suits your needs. I prefer method 3 (look below). Method 1: sudo sh /etc/acpi/sleep.sh force Method 2: sudo pm-suspend This… Continue reading [HowTo] Suspend Ubuntu from terminal or keyboard shortcuts
[HowTo] Open thumbs.db and extract thumbnails from it
Thumbs.db is a file used to store thumbnail data of a folder in Windows. It makes loading of thumbnails significantly faster, however it has some privacy issues. Like if you delete an image, its thumbnail might still be there in thumbs.db file which would allow you to view it. There’s an open source python script… Continue reading [HowTo] Open thumbs.db and extract thumbnails from it
[HowTo] Find number of files inside a folder in Linux
I wanted to find out the number of files inside a folder. I didn’t want the folders to be included in the result. A blog post on zimbio.com shows us how to do it with ls command which is not only downright inaccurate, it is also slower than what I am going to show you. I… Continue reading [HowTo] Find number of files inside a folder in Linux
[SOLVED] Unable to find the Jasper image conversion program in Kopete
Kopete supports yahoo webcam and it works seamlessly. Although it doesn’t work right away after installing kopete. If you try to access anyone’s webcam you’ll get the following error. Unable to find the Jasper image conversion program. Jasper is required to render Yahoo webcam images. Please see http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=Kopete%20Webcam%20Support for further information. You can fix it… Continue reading [SOLVED] Unable to find the Jasper image conversion program in Kopete
[SOLVED] TERM environment variable not set in Guake
After upgrading to Maverick Meerkat yesterday, my Guake terminal started giving the following error on executing top: TERM environment variable not set. You can fix the error by doing exactly what error says – set the TERM variable. To do that execute the following in terminal: echo -e “TERM=xterm\nexport TERM” >> ~/.bashrc Kill the guake terminal… Continue reading [SOLVED] TERM environment variable not set in Guake
[SOLVED] UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME upon booting in Windows 7
I was fixing my friend’s computer hard drive whose partition structure had gone corrupt. I restored the partition structure using testdisk. However, on booting through this hard drive, BSOD appeared. It said UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME. The hard drive was perfectly healthy, so the error looked a bit out of place. I looked into google and found that… Continue reading [SOLVED] UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME upon booting in Windows 7