Linux, Technology, Tutorial

[Solved] Mount of root filesystem failed – Ubuntu

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I `dist-upgrade` my system yesterday. And there were few issues with locale package with my terminal. I manually edited the file `/etc/default/locale` and in hasty copy pasted the few codes found online at (http://askubuntu.com/questions/33025/locale-settings-are-not-right-how-can-i-reset-them). I then saved and restarted my laptop to see the changes. Bang ! I began to receive the error. [sourcecode language=”bash”] … Continue reading “[Solved] Mount of root filesystem failed – Ubuntu” →

Linux, Technology, Tutorial

[Solved] Twitter API Changes breaking Hotot functionlity

Posted on by Sam36 Comments on [Solved] Twitter API Changes breaking Hotot functionlity

Hotot is a very popular twitter client for Linux. It has also been ported to Mac, Windows. Below is very easy fix. This instruction is for Ubuntu only and may or may not work for other distributions of linux but you can always tweak the installations and hotot has got very nice documentation on installation … Continue reading “[Solved] Twitter API Changes breaking Hotot functionlity” →

Tutorial, Wordpress

[resolved] Cannot access /wp-admin or any other page after upgrade to 3.0 (23 posts)

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If you are having the redirection loop problem while trying to access wp-admin then try this fix. change the permission of wp-admin/index.php to 755. If you have cpanel access then browse to file manager then browse to wp-admin. Then right click on index.php and then change permission and then uncheck Write checkbox Right click index.php … Continue reading “[resolved] Cannot access /wp-admin or any other page after upgrade to 3.0 (23 posts)” →

Linux, Tutorial

Change insync folder location in Linux

Posted on by Sam2 Comments on Change insync folder location in Linux

Before carrying out this operation. Please make sure that you have everything synced and quit insync. The command show below has to be passed in the terminal. For windows there is preference menu in the systray. For Linux you can follow these steps: 1. Copy the /home//Insync directory to the new location. 2. Execute “insync … Continue reading “Change insync folder location in Linux” →

Facebook, Tutorial

Get direct download link for the videos uploaded in facebook

Posted on by Sam20 Comments on Get direct download link for the videos uploaded in facebook

I often find myself download videos from facebook and I don’t use firefox, chrome extensions as they make browsing slow instead I try to find the direct download link, and in most of the cases I do find them 🙂 So, here I am sharing how you can grab the direct download link for the … Continue reading “Get direct download link for the videos uploaded in facebook” →