How to install and configure Django in a shared hosting account (Linux)

This post is an adaptation of the original article “How to install and configure Django on a Linux shared hosting account” from a2hosting with the following changes: 1. ‘myapp’ changed to ‘mysite’ to make the text more usable with the original django tutorials (where ‘mysite’ is used throughout the text); 2. Added the Prerequisites section; […]

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usbmuxd crashes when iPhone is plugged in or unplugged

(source: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2382108, solution provided by clapac) 1. Create a new udev rule file: cd /etc/udev/rules.d/ sudo vim 100-iphone-usbmuxd.rules ( * the file name is formed by PRIORITY-whatever.rules, you can use 99-mynewrules.rules, for example) 2. Insert the following lines into the created rules file: ENV{DEVTYPE}==”usb_device”, ACTION==”add”, SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, ATTR{idVendor}==”05ac”, ATTR{idProduct}==”129[0-9abcef]”, RUN+=”/usr/sbin/usbmuxd -u -U usbmux”ENV{DEVTYPE}==”usb_device”, ACTION==”add”, SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, ATTR{idVendor}==”05ac”, […]

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Firefox ignores Thunar as default File Manager

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 Applications” applet […]

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Setting up drupal 7 with MariaDB on Fedora

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 works for you) in /sites/default/settings.php. Alternatively […]

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TOSHIBA Satellite Bluetooth (broadcom) not working

Info from: http://askubuntu.com/questions/632336/bluetooth-broadcom-43142-isnt-working-on-ubuntu/632348#632348 Read the post which starts with “You need to install firmware.”. That’s what worked for me. I got the firmware from this link: http://devid.info/ru/68560. There is another one in that post.. don’t know if they are the same… haven’t tried it. The other suggestions in that post, including getting the firmware from […]

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