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OAFIID:GNOME_FastUserSwitchApplet
If you Ubuntu won’t on GNOME Desktop, type startx.
A dialog appears with an error message: OAFIID:GNOME_FastUserSwitchApplet
Try run the following command:
sudo aptitude install gnome-applets
sudo aptitude install fast-user-switch-applet
Source: Ubuntu forums
Warning: Unknown: failed to open stream: Permission denied in Unknown on line 0
Error: Warning: Unknown: failed to open stream: Permission denied in Unknown on line 0
This means the current user or user the service has no read/write permission on the folder.
Type the following command to change permission
chmod a+rwx /path/to/folder
Installing LAMPP in ubuntu
Posted by: admin in Installation, Ubuntu on May 25th, 2009
- Open Accessories->Terminal.
- Type the command, sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install lamp-server^, this will install apache, mysql and php on the machine and it will start automatically on boot time.
- Also, you need to install the phpmyadmin to manage mysql database. To install phpmyadmin type the command, sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin
- Next, you also need to configure the apache. Type the command, gksudo gedit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf, this will open the apache2.conf file.
- Include the following command to the apache2.conf, Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf
- Lastly, restart the apache
- sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
mysql data path – /var/lib/mysql/
web root directory – /var/www/
How to Install .tar
Posted by: admin in Installation, Ubuntu on May 21st, 2009
TAR files are generally not compressed; simply added together into a single file. Most programs that will handle .ZIP or other archive formats will also handle .TAR files.
1. Open Terminal
2. Type the command, sudo tar -xjvf
How to Install .bin
Posted by: admin in Installation, Ubuntu on May 21st, 2009
To Install the .bin file extension in Ubuntu;
First, you have to make the .bin file executable,
1. Open Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal).
2. Change the current directory if necessary, use cd command to change the directory.
3. sudo chmod +x
Finally, run the .bin file
1. In Terminal, type sudo
How to Install .sh extension
Posted by: admin in Installation, Ubuntu on May 21st, 2009
To install the .sh file extension in ubuntu, you can use the Terminal to install.
1. Goto Applications->Accessories ->Terminal
2. Change to the directory that the .sh file located.
3. Type sudo sh
or
You have to make the .sh file to executable.
1 . Open Terminal
2. Locate the directory of file to install (.sh)
3. Typed sudo chmod +x
4. To execute, just type the filename in the Terminal,