Postfix malfunctioning on Ubuntu 11.10
In case Postfix is complaining about /etc/postfix/main.cf missing in your Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot too, follow this link for the solution:
Google Drive is here!
Competition for Dropbox has emerged: Google Drive.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/introducing-google-drive-yes-really.html
Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot): PHP dynamic library problem
Hi,
I noticed that my Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot machine was complaining about:
$ php -v PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib/php5/20090626/idn.so' - /usr/lib/php5/20090626/idn.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib/php5/20090626/sqlite.so' - /usr/lib/php5/20090626/sqlite.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory in Unknown on line 0 PHP 5.3.6-13ubuntu3.6 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: Feb 11 2012 03:26:01) Copyright (c) 1997-2011 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2011 Zend Technologies
To resolve this issue, take a look at this thread. It works:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1610097
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1610097
Outlook for Mac: Error 19906
Just wanted to share my experience with Outlook for Mac regarding error 19906. In my case it was preventing all downloading of e-mail and sending out e-mails.
The resolution that worked for me was removing all shared calendars by selecting each of them and removing them from view.
Hope that this helps you.
Password less login on Linux
Instructions for password less authentication on Linux can be found here:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ssh-password-less-login-with-dsa-publickey-authentication/
Apt-get behind a proxy in Ubuntu 11.10
When you are behind a proxy on Ubuntu 11.10 and would like to update your system:
- Edit the file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02proxy
- Add the following line to this file (Of course replace the username, password and proxy ip address)
Acquire:http:Proxy "http://username:password@proxy:80";
- And of you go:
apt-get update apt-get upgrade
Thanks to:
http://naveenubuntu.blogspot.com/2011/09/updating-packages-behind-prxy-in-ubuntu.html
Update:
If the above does not work, you could try the above in /etc/apt/apt.conf. This sometimes works with the above doesn’t.
Google Calendar Sync with Outlook
Nice tool, but a pity that they do not offer to sync multiple calendars:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/google-calendar-sync.html
Publication in Geotechniek
Some time ago I wrote an article for Geotechniek, which they now put online.
I have also put a link in my list of publications.
Disk load monitoring tool: iotop
iotop is a nice disk monitoring tool for Linux in case your hard disk is bugging you with high load and you want to find out what it is causing it (like mine).
