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Do you have a password-protected spreadsheet and need to remove the password from it?
Yes? Then this post will be helpful to you.
There are some posts on the net suggesting that you can just open the .xls file as a zip archive and then edit the contents but I was unable to do that […]
Assuming that a) using the email to request the new password isn’t an option AND b) you have access to mysql or phpMyAdmin you may use the following methods to recover the password for your drupal root user:
drupal 6:
In drupal 6 the password is stored as a simple MD5 hash of your plain […]
Symptom:
– Your default File Manager is e.g. Thunar but Firefox uses Nautilus when saving files which is driving you bananas.
Solution (for XFCE):
1. Firstly make sure that your default Applilcation for that particular mime type (in this case it is the ‘inode/directory’ mime type) is actually setup properly. Open the “Preferred […]
1. Edit file /etc/my.cnf.d/mariadb-server.cnf and add these 3 lines to the [mysqld] section:
innodb_large_prefix=true
innodb_file_format=barracuda
innodb_file_per_table=true
This will enable usage of Multi-byte (in particular – 4-byte) UTF-8 support in Drupal 7.
2. mysqli: If you have problems with mysqli/mysql change the mysqli to mysql (or vice versa – whatever […]
Old way:
Examine list of DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf:
$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
– – –
New way:
May not work on newer Linuxes since resolving may be setup via (not only DNS, but also) various other services: DDNS, LDAP, Avahi, Bonjour, ZeroConf and God knows what else.
So…
To check up […]
To make your web-page fonts increase/decrease as the browser window dimensions change use viewport-based values instead of %, ems, pxs or pts.
1vw = 1% of viewport width
1vh = 1% of viewport height
1vmax = 1vw or 1vh, whichever is larger
1vmin = 1vw or 1vh, whichever is smaller
Example:
[…]
This issue looks very much like a bug to me:
You start a brand new Linux installation You select wired Internet connection during install Your brand new Linux has no wireless connectivity (not even the drivers!) upon first boot.
This is what I did to fix it (on my Toshiba satellite with Fedora 24 and […]
