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, Tutorial

[Solved] Virtualbox Stopped working after ubuntu upgrade

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If you don’t know what Virtualbox is you can read about it here. If you are familiar with VMWare (Virtualization Software). Its kind of similar to that for Linux. It is also available for windows as well. Now, back to the main problem. Recently I made upgrade from Lucid to Oneiric. This upgrade broke many … Continue reading “[Solved] Virtualbox Stopped working after ubuntu upgrade” →

Linux, MySql, Tutorial, Windows

[Solved] Phpmyadmin Vs commandline mysql import

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Phpmyadmin allows GUI interface to import but it also depends on the browser because it runs on localhost, that is webserver so when importing huge amount of data the GUI of phpmyadmin seems to freeze, that browser stops responding. If the file is of small size say around 10-20 MB it wouldn’t make any difference … Continue reading “[Solved] Phpmyadmin Vs commandline mysql import” →

PHP

Xampp : Session Error

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Below are the error in php due to session. This happens usually when server is unable to save the sessions data temporarily due to the improper path settings in session.save_path = “\xampp\tmp”. Solution is to set the session.savepath correctly to point to directory where server can find it easily. [php] Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: open(\xampp\tmp\sess_nsvvoh9f5l55g063d7qka1lq72, O_RDWR) … Continue reading “Xampp : Session Error” →

Magento

[Solved] FAILED ERROR: Magento is already installed

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Explanation: We get this error when re-trying to install magento. This happens because magento stores the log of the previous installation date and before carrying out installation process again it checks for previous installations and it does so by checking the date which is stored inside the xml file → app/etc/local.xml. Code Snippet from local.xml … Continue reading “[Solved] FAILED ERROR: Magento is already installed” →