Fixes
PhotoRec Saved My Butt
So my reckless typing really got me into trouble this time. I was attempting to zero-out a usb drive when I managed to put the wrong device in the dd command – I automatically typed sda1 (the primary HD) out of habit instead of sdb1 – the usb drive. I caught my mistake and gave [...]
The REAL Way to Change Lost Passwords in Ubuntu
If you lose any of your user passwords – including root you can change your password booting into single user mode. What you aren’t likely to find off the bat is the proper instructions to do it. They are out there, but chances are you will have to dig a little after some frustration. The [...]
CentOS + Bad Plesk Update = Kernel Panic
After an unscheduled reboot (breaker went out) we had a CentOS web server running Plesk coming up with a kernel panic on boot – actual error:
Thunderbird Workarounds
Welp, had some trouble in Thunderbird recently…
Xine Playback Issues
I was trying to play some .avi files tonight with various players using the Xine engine, including Totem and xine-ui. I was getting an error like “there is no demuxer plugin available to handle … .avi” And even Amarok (which also uses xine) was complaining about playing .mp3s.
