SeaTools is a diagnostic tool to check your hard disk for errors and failure. Its an extremely useful tool to have around as hard disks fail all the time and recognizing a failing hard disk can save you a lot of trouble in the long run. You can get a copy of the bootable iso […]
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If you regularly ssh to same system, ssh-copy-id allows you to login to the system directly without having to type the password each time. ssh-copy-id is a small script which copies your ssh public-key to a remote host. It appends the key to your remote authorized_keys enabling you to login without having to type your […]
If your system regularly does ubuntu check disk or scan disks on boot up and if it often finds errors during the check, its highly possible that you have bad sectors on your hard disk. In such cases its highly recommended to do a disk check to detect if you have bad sectors on the […]
Recently I encountered an interesting problem with Kate. When ever I opened certain files it opened them in read only mode. The files had the necessary permissions to let me write and I could open them in nano or vim and edit them successfully. There can be multiple reasons for this happening: File is in […]
If you are staring at a blank space on your home screen or a generic “Problem Loading Widget” error message, your Android launcher has hit a caching or permission bottleneck. This issue is incredibly common after an app update, a system software upgrade, or when shifting apps between internal storage and an SD card. Instead […]