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Android Apps Device Nexus 5

Error 70 Gapps install – Fixed

If you are encountering the following error while trying to flash Gapps with your custom rom: Error 70: Insufficient storage space available in System partition. Here is the simple fix for the problem: Flash a smaller size version of the Gapps ROM via TWRP.  Pick either Pico/Micro versions of the ram. For Nexus 5 and […]

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Linux Solutions Ubuntu Web

WordPress: Error Uploading Media Files

I recently got the following error while uploading media to my wordpress site: Unable to create directory uploads/2016/06. Is its parent directory writable by the server? Here are the steps to fix the issue: Possible Issue 1: Incorrect Directory pointed to in the settings: Open your WordPress Admin page (this is usually at /wp-admin) Hover […]

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Linux Open Source Solutions

Fixing Open Office Issue – User Installation could not be completed

Encountered this issue while trying to run Open Office from a newly installed Ubuntu box: This application could not be started. User installation could not be completed. To fix this issue you need to basically reset the config of LibreOffice. This can be done using the following command (Warning: This deletes all your settings and […]

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Linux Solutions

Kate: Not allowing to Edit Specific Files – Solution

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 […]

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Linux Open Source Solutions Web

Fixing WiFi regulatory rule in Unix

Wifi routers usually specify the regulatory rules for all devices connected to their network. In rare cases a router may go rouge and specify the wrong regulatory domain, which might effect the quality of the connection and at times may make the network unreachable even if the network says that its connected. Below are the […]