Life of Larry

OpenSUSE Boot Up Issue

Post author:larry
Post published:Feb 14, 2016
Post category:IT Linux OS System

Issue: OpenSUSE suddenly could not boot to GUI mode, but being kicked out to recovery mode with the CLI mode with the warning of something like no space to write…

Aztech Homeplug Mixed Models

Post author:larry
Post published:Jan 20, 2016
Post category:IT Network

Issue: One unit of the Homeplug pair from Aztech broke suddenly, no led, no response even pressing reset button. Buy a new one is the only option. But buying just one…

Mailbox Migration using Thunderbird

Post author:larry
Post published:Jan 1, 2016
Post category:IT Network

Issue: Mail user, actually my wife sending out emails through my zPanel hosting platform confuses recipients with the old domain name as a year ago, the quick and dirty way…

VirtualBox Delete Oldest Snapshot

Post author:larry
Post published:Dec 24, 2015
Post category:Cloud IT Software System Virtualization

Issue: Deleting the oldest snapshot of virtual machine in VirtualBox is often difficult, sometimes there is error with detail "more than one child hard disk". Solution: Open VirtualBox control panel,…

Lyx Can’t Apply Change to Document Settings

Post author:larry
Post published:Dec 20, 2015
Post category:Application IT Software

Issue: Whenever adding a new file, document->settings can't make any change as the "Apply" and "OK" button are grey out. Also, there is error: "Package keyval Error: No value specified…

Demystify iCloud Sync

Post author:larry
Post published:Dec 13, 2015
Post category:Cloud IT Network OS OSX System

Issue: Uploaded keynote file to iCloud through safari, after a day the iPad still could not see it when clicking the "+" sign at top left corner of Keynote in…

Google Chrome Not Start Only Flicking

Post author:larry
Post published:Dec 12, 2015
Post category:Application Internet Software Virtualization

Issue: Starting Chrome in Windows 7 guest from Virtualbox happens to see only flicking windows with flashing rate around 2-4 rounds per sec. Solution: Turn off hardware acceleration in Chrome…

Gmail Authentication Issue

Post author:larry
Post published:Aug 12, 2015
Post category:IT Network

Issue: Gmail Account cannot be accessed from KMail. Solution: Login to Google account from Chrome Visit Google's supporting page for less secure apps Select: Turn on Access for less secure…

iOS Plays Youtube offline

Post author:larry
Post published:May 14, 2015
Post category:Application IT Multimedia Software

Issue: Suddenly the iOS apps Watchlater which is supposed to download videos from various video sites including Youtube to device could not download any more. Then install another apps, Ultratube…

zPanel Mailbox Quota Limit

Post author:larry
Post published:Mar 28, 2015
Post category:IT Middleware Software

Issue: Email dropped silently or bounced back with notification: Your message to [<[email protected]>] was automatically rejected: Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) It happened on mailbox of zPanel. Solution:…