Category: Working

  • Remove unused Linux kernel related packages

    There is a very simple command: From “Ubuntu Cleanup: How to Remove All Unused Linux Kernel Headers, Images and Modules“

  • Get rid of watchdog error

    When waking from suspend, there are 3 error messages appear about Watchdog: [63660.938812] watchdog: only one watchdog can use /dev/watchdog. [63660.938816] watchdog: error registering /dev/watchdog (err=-16). [63660.938819] mei: unable to register watchdog device. The solution is: sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf add the line: blacklist mei Save and reboot. Reference: Watchdog Error Message?

  • Compact a VM Disk Image

    My Windows 7 desktop complained the disk space usage is near to 90%. After checked my Ubuntu VM, its virtual disk expands to around 200G although it only contains around 100G data. So I googled some posts which have instructions: Shrinking VM Disk Images How to Compact a VirtualBox Ubuntu Guest’s VDI file After compacted the…

  • XQuery syntax highlighting of Notepad++

    My favorite text editor on Windows platform is Notepad++. For current project, a XQuery syntax highlighting is better than nothing. You can find a post, “XQuery support in Notepad++ XQuery 1.0 and MarkLogic 4.1 update“, and download XQuery language definition file from a GitHub project – NotepadPlusPlus-XQuery.

  • New cubicle

    This morning, I moved to a new cubicle which is on the same floor. Just spent 30 minutes to get it done. All I need is net connection and power to get desktop working. That’s it! ha…I wrote “New seat” on Aug. 8.