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OSX Lion: Postgres could not connect to database postgres (after homebrew installation)

by on October 12, 2011 in SOLUTIONS

Problem: createuser: could not connect to database postgres: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket “/var/pgsql_socket/.s.PGSQL.5432″? Solution: I tried many solutions found across the interwebs to no avail. The problem seems quite common, for me the fix was: Make sure [...]

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Dell U2711: Text is blurry at full/native resolution

by on April 21, 2011 in SOLUTIONS

Problem: Text/image appears blurry & choppy when you run your U2711 at full/native resolution (2560 x 1440).

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configure: error: Could not find libevent >= 1.4.11 when running ./configure PHP 5.33

by on November 8, 2010 in SOLUTIONS

When running ./configure to install PHP 5.33 from source receive this error:
checking for libevent >= 1.4.11 install prefix…
configure: error: Could not find libevent >= 1.4.11
The solution for me was to install libevent from source, heres how…

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Mailman: Archives not working “No messages have been posted to this list yet, so the archives are currently empty.”

by on August 24, 2010 in SOLUTIONS

After installing mailman and posting a few messages to one of your lists, the messages do not show up in the list archives.

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Java JDK Installation Error on Redhat: bad ELF interpreter

by on July 29, 2010 in SOLUTIONS

The fix for me was  to use the 64bit version of the JDK installer. You can determine if you are on 32bit or 64bit by running…

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Maxtor OneTouch 4 USB Device Not Recognized

by on July 16, 2010 in SOLUTIONS

Windows XP keeps throwing a “USB Device not recognized” error when you plug in your Maxtor Onetouch External USB Drive…

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How to install mod_fastcgi on Ubuntu “Lucid” 10.04 LTS

How to install mod_fastcgi on Ubuntu “Lucid” 10.04 LTS

by on July 12, 2010 in SOLUTIONS

When you attempt to install mod_fastcgi for apache 2.2 on Ubuntu 10.04 using “apt-get install libapache2-mod-fastcgi” you recieve the Error “E: Package libapache2-mod-fastcgi has no installation candidate.”

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Change user password within bash script on Ubuntu/Debian

Change user password within bash script on Ubuntu/Debian

by on July 8, 2010 in SOLUTIONS

I tried many different methods to no avail;  The only solution that worked for me was piping username:password into chpasswd…

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.docx file giving HTTP Error 404 within IIS6 website

by on June 7, 2010 in SOLUTIONS

When you request a file with .docx extension from an application served from IIS 6.0, you receive the following error message “HTTP Error 404 – File or directory not found”, even though the file is there & permissions are correctly set…

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Cannot connect to FTP – CentOS Godaddy using Simple Control Panel

by on May 4, 2010 in SOLUTIONS

You are setup with CentOS through GoDaddy, and are trying to FTP into the server. You have ensured that “Enable Server” is checked beneath
System Configuration > FTP within your “Simple Control Panel”.  You have verified you can SSH to the servers IP Address (elminates DNS Issues) but still cannot connect via FTP, here is why…

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