I have been using Chromium Browser from Google for everyday use. But today, it completely stopped working. I tried to open it via terminal and couldn’t see any error or any log. The process seem to open but not opening the browser at all. I didn’t had any patience and closed it via terminal with command killall -9 chromium-browser . I started using Firefox, but being used to the Chromium Browser and the debug tools I had, I couldn’t resist and started to find the solution. I filtered the chromium-browser not opening in past week in the search result, but doesn’t looks like others are having any such problem. Then I had to do it on my own. Continue Reading
[HOWTO] Play/Share Minecraft with friends without buying in Ubuntu 16.04
Me and my friends were trying to play some Minecraft on our free time, but the problem is that we all didn’t had Minecraft bought. Two of us had it bought but other four still wanted to play. So, I have to look for some sort of solution so everyone can enjoy the game. We mostly work on Ubuntu so all had same platform. This version of solution shall work on Windows and MacOS. Windows version of Minecraft were easily available to download but hard to find on other platforms.
At first, I tried to copy the working version from my PC to friend’s. On Ubuntu the folder of working copy is available on ~/.minecraft i.e. Home > .minecraft folder that is hidden. After that I checked the content inside the folder. The content that looks valid and need a change was only launcher_profiles.json. Continue Reading
[SOLVED] Bluetooth 4.0 not working on Ubuntu 16.04 AthrBT_0x00000200
I bought a new MSI laptop, it had Atheros Communications, Inc. AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 hardware installed. But it was not working at all. I checked lsusb and could find that it is there. After that I checked with the command dmesg on terminal and found out that there seem to be some problem loading the Bluetooth driver. Continue Reading
[SOLVED] Huawei Mobile Broadband E1550 not working/switching to modem mode on Ubuntu 16.04
I have a 3G dongle, Huawei E1550. But I cannot change the mode from DISK to Modem mode. I just searched through the internet and with multiple places and help I found a way to switch mode and device is working perfectly. I create a new Mobile Broadband connection from the network connection and filled up the details of my mobile broadband provider.
After that I inserted the USB Modem and checked with the lsusb in the terminal. And one of the response was following:
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Bus 003 Device 006: ID 12d1:1446 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Broadband stick (modem on) |
Note the bold figures above. 12d1 and 1446 is what we need to make the modem switch perfectly. But first we need to install the modeswitch by following command[May be installed on other OS with similar command]:
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sudo apt-get install usb-modeswitch |
After the installation, you need to run to switch the dongle to modem mode by following command. *NOTE* Do not forget to change the number 12d1 and 1446 to your number from the lsusb
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sudo usb_modeswitch -J -v 0x12d1 -p 0x1446 |
Wait for few seconds and try lsusb in the terminal. And you will find the device disappeared and wait for some more time. If it didn’t disappear, you may need to try one more try. Personally doing that 2 times worked for me. And the terminal output became:
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Bus 003 Device 007: ID 12d1:140c Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E180v |
Note: this may work for any other USB dongle that is not switching from one mode to another
[NEW] What’s new on Mozilla Firefox 20.0?
Today, I just the new update on Mozilla Firefox 20.0 on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I always update my things on Ubuntu. Previously, when I used to update Firefox, I used to see no changes on the UI but this time Firefox has a UI change. Continue Reading