Monthly Archives: May 2010

HowTo Fix: The file ‘/path/file.exe’ is not marked as executable.

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Alex

The file ‘/path/file.exe’ is not marked as executable.  If this was downloaded or copied form an untrusted source, it may be dangerous to run.  For more details, read about the executable bit. While re-installing Spotify on my Desktop I came … Continue reading →

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Spotify (wine+proxy)- Connection lost. Reconnecting

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Alex

At University I am running Spotify through a proxy (and wine) which seems to result in lost of connections with 4 different error codes (shown below). What’s strange is I can usually get around 15/20 tracks at the start of … Continue reading →

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Switched RSS Feed to FeedBurner

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Alex

If you have subscribed to my feed (I have no idea if anyone actually has, and I’m not entirely sure why you would want to but anyway..) I have switched to RSS powered by FeedBurner, it was a really simple process and the … Continue reading →

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HowTo Fix: “There is a problem with your sound card. Spotify can’t play music.” (Wine)

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Alex

Quite a few times I have encountered this problem, which I think is caused when the soundcard was recently used by another program and might still be busy but it means Spotify can’t play music, so a quick fix for … Continue reading →

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HowTo: Stop Ubuntu Checking For Automatic Updates

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Alex

At work I can’t afford to have my Ubuntu system update and possibly wipe out some important libraries I need, and I get pretty tired of closing the Update Manager every time it decides I need to update so here’s … Continue reading →

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Where is this “Me Menu”? – Ubuntu Lucid (10.04)

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Alex

After updating my Ubuntu Karmic (9.10) to Lucid (10.04) I was browsing the new features, one of which I couldn’t seem to find. The “Me Menu” which has been talked about quite a lot recently and referred to on the … Continue reading →

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HowTo: Swap the Window Menu Buttons Back to the Right – Ubuntu Lucid (10.04)

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Alex

I’m not an OSX person and personally prefer my minimise, maximise and close buttons to be in that order on the right, which they are not as default on the new Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) so here’s how you can … Continue reading →

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HowTo: Fix “An error occurred while mounting” – Ubuntu Lucid (10.04)

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Alex

An error occurred while mounting /dev/bus/usb (and/or) An error occurred while mounting /proc/bus/usb Press S to skip mounting or M for manual recovery If you are seeing this error on boot an easy way to get rid: sudo gedit /etc/fstab … Continue reading →

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