The Alexxoid Blog http://www.alexxoid.com/blog handy solutions from Linux geek Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:28:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 How to solve an issue in network-manager: Wired network: device is unmanaged http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/how-to-solve-an-issue-in-network-manager-wired-network-device-is-unmanaged.html http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/how-to-solve-an-issue-in-network-manager-wired-network-device-is-unmanaged.html#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 12:01:53 +0000 alexxoid http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/?p=705 There is an issue may appear in Network Manager:

Wired network : device is unmanaged

To fix the issue edit the file /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and change the following option:

[ifupdown]
managed=true
]]> http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/how-to-solve-an-issue-in-network-manager-wired-network-device-is-unmanaged.html/feed 0 How to get current page URL in JavaScript http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/dev/javascript-dev/how-to-get-current-page-url-in-javascript.html http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/dev/javascript-dev/how-to-get-current-page-url-in-javascript.html#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:55:08 +0000 alexxoid http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/?p=701 Use the document.URL property to get the current page URL.

]]> http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/dev/javascript-dev/how-to-get-current-page-url-in-javascript.html/feed 0 Unable to connect USB device in VMWare Workstation for Linux http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/unable-to-connect-usb-device-in-vmware-workstation-for-linux.html http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/unable-to-connect-usb-device-in-vmware-workstation-for-linux.html#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:22:23 +0000 alexxoid http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/?p=724 There is a solution in case you have a problems with connecting USB devices to your VMWare virtual machine – VMWare doesn’t show connected USB devices.
To solve the issue please check the service /etc/init.d/vmware-USBArbitrator should be started or just restart it:

# /etc/init.d/vmware-USBArbitrator restart
]]> http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/unable-to-connect-usb-device-in-vmware-workstation-for-linux.html/feed 0 Solving an issue with sendmail – /usr/sbin/sensible-mda unsafe http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/solving-an-issue-with-sendmail-usr-sbin-sensible-mda-unsafe.html http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/solving-an-issue-with-sendmail-usr-sbin-sensible-mda-unsafe.html#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:50:00 +0000 alexxoid http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/?p=686 There is an issue might appear with you mail server:

Warning: program /usr/sbin/sensible-mda unsafe: No such file or directory

To resolve this issue in Debian/Ubuntu Linux you need to install the sensible-mda package:

# apt-get install sensible-mda
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# update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
]]> http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/how-to-remove-google-chrome-from-being-default-web-browser-in-debian-ubuntu-linux.html/feed 0 How to get a list of recently changed files in Linux http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/how-to-get-a-list-of-recently-changed-files-in-linux.html http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/how-to-get-a-list-of-recently-changed-files-in-linux.html#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:50:22 +0000 alexxoid http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/?p=670 Use the find command to get recently changed files:

# find /etc -mtime -1
]]> http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/how-to-get-a-list-of-recently-changed-files-in-linux.html/feed 0 How to deny access to file or directory from http (Apache webserver) http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/how-to-deny-access-to-file-or-directory-from-http-apache-webserver.html http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/how-to-deny-access-to-file-or-directory-from-http-apache-webserver.html#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:03:44 +0000 alexxoid http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/?p=640 To limit access to matching files, directories (ex.: .svn folder) and redirect user to 404 page use RedirectMatch Apache directive in your .htaccess file:

RedirectMatch 404 /\\.svn(/|$)
]]> http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/how-to-deny-access-to-file-or-directory-from-http-apache-webserver.html/feed 0 Openfire: issues with search plugin – nothing found http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/openfire-issues-with-search-plugin-nothing-found.html http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/openfire-issues-with-search-plugin-nothing-found.html#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:25:34 +0000 alexxoid http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/?p=657 There is an issue with the latest version of advanced search plugin for Openfire server – members can not be found. To resolve this issue install previous version of search plugin (v1.4.0) and previous version of openfire server (v3.6.4).

]]> http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/openfire-issues-with-search-plugin-nothing-found.html/feed 0 How to resolve an issue with installing google-talkplugin in Debian/Ubuntu Linux http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/how-to-resolve-an-issue-with-installing-google-talkplugin-in-debianubuntu-linux.html http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/how-to-resolve-an-issue-with-installing-google-talkplugin-in-debianubuntu-linux.html#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:13:14 +0000 alexxoid http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/?p=663 When you are upgrading or installing 2.x+ version of google-talkplugin in to Debian/Ubuntu Linux the following error occurs:

dpkg: error processing google-talkplugin_current_amd64.deb (--install):
 unable to install new version of `/usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libnpgtpo3dautoplugin.so': No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 google-talkplugin_current_amd64.deb

To resolve this issue simply rename /usr/lib/firefox folder, install google-talkplugin and rename folder back.

]]> http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/how-to-resolve-an-issue-with-installing-google-talkplugin-in-debianubuntu-linux.html/feed 0 PGP key selection button is not available in Psi http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/pgp-key-selection-button-is-not-available-in-psi.html http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/linux/pgp-key-selection-button-is-not-available-in-psi.html#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 02:06:42 +0000 alexxoid http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/?p=665 To make available PGP select key button in Psi jabber-messenger, you should additionaly setup libqca2-plugin-gnupg package. In Debian Linux use the following command to setup it:

# apt-get install libqca2-plugin-gnupg
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