The solution is very simple. It’s just so buried, it is hard to find. Reposted from the original article above. I was getting: Gtk-Message: Failed to load module “canberra-gtk-module”: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libcanberra-gtk-module.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64 Trying to run the new V4.0 of Skype in 64 bit Debian. The old trick of doing an LD_PRELOAD does NOT […]
22
Jun
Fixing the libcanberra wrong ELF class message in Linux
Posted by Wayno Published in howto, Misc. other devices/things, Skill Level: Easyno comment
21
Jun
It’s time to answer: Why an orange theme? Because no one else is using an orange theme. Orange is NOT my favourite colour, but orange to me is something you have to start your day. Tart. Tangy. Re-freshing. And you will notice, we changed themes. Still orange. I will be tweaking this over the next […]
20
Jun
old.pkill-9.com is now part of the Creative Commons Community
Posted by Wayno Published in Joe, loni, Misc. other devices/things, Skill Level: EasyKnowledge should ALWAYS be free. As such, I am passing all the contents of this website into the Creative Commons Community. This work is now licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Share and share alike. Thanks Joe and Loni for your wisdom, guidance, and mentoring spirit.
17
Jun
Simple bash script to re-install programmes after a fresh Linux install
Posted by Wayno Published in debian, howto, Skill Level: EasyOne of the biggest complaints I have heard about doing a fresh install versus doing an upgrade on Linux, is that you have to re-install all the programmes. Yes. You do! But, generally a fresh install of a new release is far far less problematic then doing an update from one release to another. We […]
10
Jun
How to make an HP printer print grayscale in Debian
Posted by Wayno Published in debian, howto, Printers/Printing, Skill Level: Easy, Skill Level: MediumIf you are frugal (like me), and do not do colour printing with your old HP Officejet Printer, then you print in grayscale. You will soon discover that even though black cartridge ONLY is selected, it will still try to print colour, instead of grayscale. (multiple expletives deleted!) Is there a way to fix this? […]
7
Jun
Just in case you have not recently changed your linkedin password….Now would be a good time, according to this CNN Money article. But trying to figure out how….that’s NOT so easy. 1. After signing into your linkedin account, hover over your name at the top right of any page with your mouse. LEFT clink on […]
2
Jun
how to fix: too many parameters for iface line in Linux
Posted by Wayno Published in debian, howto, Linux Networking, Skill Level: Easy, Skill Level: MediumWell — RTFM never fails! I had brought over my /etc/network/interfaces file from Ubuntu to Debian. When I tried to restart the network: sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart I got: Reconfiguring network interfaces…/etc/network/interfaces:1: too many parameters for iface line ifdown: couldn’t read interfaces file “/etc/network/interfaces” /etc/network/interfaces:1: too many parameters for iface line ifup: couldn’t read interfaces file […]
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