Convert wav to m4a with GNU/Linux
There are probably a gazillion ways to do this. I use FAAC, Freeware Advanced Audio Coder, to do this job. It works very well: <br /> faac originalfile.wav -o outputfile.m4a<br />
debian
FIXED: extconf.rb:8:in `require’: no such file to load — mkmf (LoadError)
While reading Linux Journal Issue 181 today, I stumbled upon a section explaining about running Ruby on Rails on Apache using an Apache module called Phusion Passenger, also known as mod_rails. To install Passenger, I followed the instruction provided in the magazine: sudo gem install passenger Unxpectedly, I got the following error: ``Building native extensions. This could take a while… ERROR: Error installing passenger: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension....
Pidgin – old version of libpurple and unknown protocol
Aaaahhh… I fixed the Pidgin problem with Unknow protocol just 5 minutes after the previous post was made. I’m going to write how I found out the problem and how it has been fixed. If you’re interested, keep reading. In the previous post, I mentioned that I would removed the Pidgin package completely including its configuration file (# apt-get –purge remove pidgin.) I did and followed by re-installation of Pidgin, unfortunately, it didn’t fix anything....
Pidgin – Protocol Unknown (FIXED)
Update: The problem has been fixed. Please see the above post. A few weeks ago, Pidgin could not connect to Yahoo messenger server because Yahoo was changing its protocols. At the time, the Pidgin was at version 2.5.5. Then that Yahoo connection problem has been fixed in version 2.5.7 and newer of Pidgin. Anyway, Pidgin is acting up again. This time I’m not sure what is going on, and it didn’t seem other people are experiecing the same problem – Protocol Unknown for all types of accounts....
Remove Universal Access Preference icon from Gnome panel
One of the advantages of using GNU/Linux operating system is that you hardly have to restart it. I have Debian on my laptop and it’s been running for months, until last night. It crashed and froze. Anyway, that’s not the main point this post was written. After restarting, I saw this new icon in the Gnome top panel (the third icon from the right): Well, for the start, I don’t know what it is and I don’t think I will have a need for it either....