• HowTo

    How To: Fix “Failed to download repository information Check your Internet connection.”

    by  • January 7, 2011 • blog1, HowTo, Linux, Ubuntu • 22 Comments

    If you’re getting this error but you’re still connected to the internet this page might help. This error is sometimes caused by repository’s which are down or broken. Failed to download repository information Check your Internet connection. From terminal run the following command: sudo apt-get update If the output runs through a few repositorys but ends...

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    How To: Restore Default sources.list

    by  • January 7, 2011 • blog1, HowTo, Linux, Ubuntu • 0 Comments

    Having gone through several upgrades and countless repository’s added to the software sources, things can begin to get really messy really quickly and often begin to screw up when updating the system if you’re not careful. You may find yourself, like I have, wanting to restore your sources.list file back to its default in...

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    How To: Fix “Unknown keyword in configuration file.” Ubuntu USB Boot

    by  • November 27, 2010 • blog1, HowTo, Linux, Ubuntu • 62 Comments

    Attempting Boot From USB Device SYSLINUX 3.63 Debian-2008-07-15 EBIOS Copyright (C) 1994-2008 H. Peter Anvin Unknown keyword in configuration file. boot: _ After creating a USB bootable version of Ubuntu from the Startup Disk Creator (or usb-creator-gtk) and attempting to boot, I was greeted by the error above. It might look a bit scary...

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    HowTo: Take Untethered Screenshots in Froyo

    by  • November 7, 2010 • Android, blog1, HowTo • 7 Comments

    With the latest update of Android “Froyo”, it’s now possible to take screenshots/screen captures without the need to be plugged into a computer, mess around with the Android SDK or Root your phone. You are easily able to take screenshots of the home screen and while in any app. I have only been able...

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    The list of sources could not be read – Ubuntu

    by  • September 10, 2010 • blog1, HowTo, Ubuntu • 0 Comments

    E: Type ‘n’ is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bean123ch-burg-lucid.list E: The list of sources could not be read. To fix this or similar errors open the file, for example “/etc/apt/sources.list.d/bean123ch-burg-lucid.list” and check for rouge characters. In this case there was new line with the letter ‘n’ in place, removing it...

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    HowTo: Install BURG in Ubuntu Lucid (10.04)

    by  • June 13, 2010 • blog1, HowTo, Ubuntu • 1 Comment

    BURG if you didn’t notice is GRUB backwards and actually stands for “Brand-new Universal loadeR from GRUB” which was probably decided a while after picking the letters.. Basically though it’s a much nicer looking alternative to the very dated looking GRUB bootloader. Installation Until only recently it’s seemed far too much hassle of installing...

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    HowTo: Run .jar files in Ubuntu

    by  • June 7, 2010 • blog1, HowTo, Ubuntu • 13 Comments

    To run a JAR file from the command line in ubuntu using the following command: java -jar filename.jar Otherwise it is also possible to enable double clicking to run jar files too by the following simple steps: Find the .jar file in the File Browser (a.k.a Nautilus) Right click the .jar file > Properties...

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