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Find Sizes of SubDirectories In One Command

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Ketan Patel

Today, I was running out of disk space on my laptop; not quite unusual to happen. However, with this situation of out of disk, I had to get rid of the directories or files which are using most space and … Continue reading →

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SQL Error: 2006: MySQL server has gone away

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Ketan Patel

So you got an error “SQL Error: 2006: MySQL server has gone away”. Like me if you were wondering where the heck did MySql go away. It was there when the script started. Ok, I am gonna tell you that … Continue reading →

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MySql Error#1005 – Can’t create table (errno: 121)

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Ketan Patel

I have been MySql Workbench for a long time now and I recommend everyone to use it for their database design needs. Today, I was exporting the mysql database design to .sql file and then importing the sql to mysql … Continue reading →

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Problem to Share Windows Media Center with PS3

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Ketan Patel

If you, like me, want to share the media from your PC/Laptop with PS3 and were unsuccessful then this blog post will help you out. Its quite simple and you don’t need to install any 3rd party software to do … Continue reading →

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OSTicket Setup Postfix Email Piping

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Ketan Patel

Yesterday, I got a new server and was setting up a Ticketing server using OSTicket for one my sites. The installation of OSTicket went smooth per the documentation. However, the tricky part was to pipe the emails to osticket so … Continue reading →

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PS3 Internet Connection Issues 80130182

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Ketan Patel

I bought a PS3 and boy, I love it no doubt. However, I was having problem with my PS3 Internet Connection. I was using Wifi on PS3 to connect to the internet. The PS3 would connect to internet and then … Continue reading →

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Unable to load dynamic library php_mysql.dll

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Ketan Patel

While trying to setup Apache, PHP and MySql on your development machine or server, you may face several hurdles and one of them would be unable to load the mysql library. On my windows development machine, I got a problem … Continue reading →

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How to limit connections per User IP in Apache 2.2 CentOs

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Ketan Patel

If you are a system admin or a webmaster, you will face this question at some point of time. How do I limit connections per user ip in Apache 2.2? Generally, you get good users visiting your site who use … Continue reading →

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Error encountered while installing Microsoft Office

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Ketan Patel

If you encounter an error while installing Microsoft Office, then you need to do the following steps to resolve it. From an administrator account, do the following: start -> run -> Type “msconfig” -> click on ok Check the box … Continue reading →

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How to sync time in Linux, Unix

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Ketan Patel

Very often, one would have seen that the server/desktop time goes off by some seconds/minutes than the standard time. It’s very easy to sync up the time in Linux/Unix. Issue the following command as ‘root’ to update the time. ntpdate … Continue reading →

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