Following an upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 I wanted to install gpsim again. I was pleased to see that it was included in the standard repositories and so I duly installed the stock packages. However, as soon as tried to use it the problems started. After a bit of fiddling around it became obvious that gpsim was compiled for the stock package with the GUI disabled and so a recompile was in order.
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xauth and .Xauthority
If you are getting an error message similar to
/usr/bin/xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/username/.Xauthority
you are probably facing one of the following scenarios.
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The 16 commands you need for a fully functional WordPress installation.
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My old Ubuntu 12.04 server had serious performance problems with NFS exported home directories and the decision has been taken to use CentOS as the next server distro.
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If you have ever tried correcting the MP3 tags for many tracks in your music library, you probably have grown tired of the manual process very quickly, just like me.
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