Category: ubuntu-linux

[HOWTO] Install Opera 10.6 via PPA in Ubuntu

Opera 10.6 which was released yesterday is currently one of the fastest browsers. It has beaten Chrome in javascript speed test. It also features better support for HTML5, WebM video support. You can now install it on Ubuntu via PPA. Add the PPA in your repository: sudo sh -c ‘echo “deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free” >>… Continue reading [HOWTO] Install Opera 10.6 via PPA in Ubuntu

[HOWTO] Reset MySQL root password on Ubuntu when you’ve forgotten it

To err is human. Humans forget things, MySQL root password is one of those things. However, its not very difficult to reset the root password if you have root access to the machine. The tutorial does seem a bit long because of all the alternate ways to kill and start the mysqld, but trust me… Continue reading [HOWTO] Reset MySQL root password on Ubuntu when you’ve forgotten it

[SOLVED] Error ‘dpkg: error processing (–unpack) trying to overwrite…

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 (–unpack) trying to overwrite…

[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

[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] ‘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

[SOLVED] Blank screen while booting Lucid Lynx on older ATI graphics

I had tried the beta version of Lucid Lynx few weeks back but it didn’t boot, it gave me blank screen with no cursor everytime I tried to boot up. Even the menu didn’t show. I thought there must be a bug since its beta. When final version released day before yesterday, I quickly downloaded… Continue reading [SOLVED] Blank screen while booting Lucid Lynx on older ATI graphics

[Solved] Unable to enumerate USB device (Disabling ehci_hcd)

Some hardware just don’t work with ehci_hcd on Karmic Koala. My memory stick from transcend refused to work no matter what I did. After plugging the device nothing happened, doing dmesg showed me the following error: Apr 18 10:59:04 dpac-laptop kernel: [73668.388060] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5 Apr… Continue reading [Solved] Unable to enumerate USB device (Disabling ehci_hcd)