Chrome doesn't play wmv on websites

If you got troubles to play wmv movies direct in Chrome just put following line to console and restart chrome browser:

sudo apt-get install gecko-mediaplayer

Mysql GUI tools with LAMPP

When you run LAMPP in /opt this everything is coupled in one place. MySQL daemon puts the mysql socket file to following file:

/opt/lampp/var/mysql/mysql.sock

If you wanna run standard MySQL GUI tools like MySQL Administrator or MySQL Query Browser you should set up mentioned socket file in advanced details in connection manager. It will be work.

Xdebug for LAMPP 1.7.3a

I found good solution for include xdebug to LAMPP with compiling steps.

http://dev.digi-corp.com/2009/02/xdebug-install-with-xampp-on-ubuntu/

But better is just download as mentioned on

http://www.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?p=162080&sid=7311d338c7837dc2964f0d46bd44f978 

From Komodo site

http://code.activestate.com/komodo/remotedebugging/ 

Localhost as a server on LAN with LAMPP solution

This works on Ubuntu 10.10 64bit with Lampp 1.7.3a installed in /opt/. If you want to be your localhost computer httpd server for LAN change ServerName in /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf. First check your IP on LAN with ifconfig. If DHCP gives you IP, then it possible to fix IP by MAC address.

ifconfig wlan0

gedit /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf

ServerName 192.168.0.168:80

Xampp on Ubuntu maverick 10.10 64 bit

* downloaded development package and stable package
* extracted to /opt

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start 

causes mysql was not started with following error in /opt/lampp/var/mysql/copmuter.err

101106 20:18:59 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /opt/lampp/var/mysql

101106 20:18:59 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.

/opt/lampp/sbin/mysqld: Can't find file: './mysql/plugin.frm' (errno: 13)

101106 20:18:59 [ERROR] Can't open the mysql.plugin table. Please run mysql_upgrade to create it.

101106 20:18:59  InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file operation.

InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to

InnoDB: the directory.

InnoDB: File name /opt/lampp/var/mysql/ibdata1

InnoDB: File operation call: 'create'.

InnoDB: Cannot continue operation.

101106 20:18:59 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /opt/lampp/var/mysql/ms-HP-620.pid ended 

following helped:

 sudo chown -R nobody /opt/lampp/var/mysql

Configure LAMP on Ubuntu 10.04 to send email via PHP mail function

edited 2010-11-08 former guide doesn't work for me more (changed to ubuntu 10.10 64b lampp  1.7.3a) but this helped me http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/10/21/sending-email-from-your-system-with-ssmtp/

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Lampp comes like standalone package without need to reconfigure something. It runs out of box. But If your Ubuntu installation has no configured mail server, it is problem to send mails via PHP mail function. Here is quick solution how use Gmail SMTP server to send emails from localhost:

sudo apt-get install ssmtp

sudo gedit /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf

edit variables hostname, FromLineOverride

hostname=smtp.gmail.com
FromLineOverride=YES

sudo gedit /opt/lampp/etc/php.ini

add or change following variables in php.ini

smtp_port = 465
sendmail_path =/usr/sbin/ssmtp -t

Restart lampp

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart

create php mail testing script like:

$additional_headers = 'From: michaeljackson@heaven.org' . "\r\n";

$res = mail('recipient@domain.com','test','test body', $additional_headers);

var_dump($res);

?>

$res should be TRUE after executing and check out your mail mailbox, there should be something like this:

Thanks to this forum post.

Colorfull gnome terminal

Most popular distro Ubuntu in current version 10.04 comes with gnome terminal as default. But colors have gone. Gnome terminal uses colors for ls listing. But to less.
Edit your .bashrc

"gedit ~/.bashrc"

Allow force_color_prompt=yes, probably just remove opening #

"force_color_prompt=yes"

I altered the color schema as well. I like white on black background.

"Edit -> Profile settings -> Colors" - choose your desired built-in scheme or make your own