Here is how to change filetypes of filenames to lowercase on Linux… for example ( JPG to jpg ) Continue reading
Category Archives: Debian
Visual Composer isn’t saving
What if Visual Composer for WordPress isn’t saving the updates you make, even after pressing the save button? Continue reading
List biggest Linux binaries
How to list the biggest Linux binaries?
Use the commandline to list em: Continue reading
How to get Linux and Android Shared objects (.so) function names.
On Linux or Android you can open a console and enter
nm -D /path/to/my/library.so
This will show you the functions that this shared object (.so are the .dll Dll equivalent in the Linux world.) offers.
How to set a mysql password for root
Did you forget your root password for mariadb or mysql?
Are you on plesk?
Show the password: Continue reading
How to disable the meltdown or spectre patch
Disabling the patches is different depending on the CPU and Linux distribution / version you’re using or the Windows version.
On some you can disable spectre and meltdown, on some only one of them. Continue reading
How to force linux (debian) to install a deb package file?
As debian didn’t have the most recent version of a project im using and they took ages to add it, i wanted to install the new version, but debian stopped me and told me that other packages are depending on this. (Well it was a compiler and those packages where sourcecode packs and it was a point release… so who cares…)
There is an option in linux to force the install of a .deb file. Continue reading
What if WordPress gives out strange error messages?
My WordPress didn’t run and had strange error messages.
I tried everything possible until i’ve found the reason… Continue reading
How to change Debian Firefox ESR to Latest?
Firefox on Debian is supplied in the ESR Extended Support Release which gets only a few updates and you have to wait long for anything new to be implemented.
If you want to switch to the most recent Firefox version and not the included Firefox ESR, you can do it like this: Continue reading
What if WordPress wp-cron isn’t working?
WordPress and many of its plugins need to wake up and do some work for example to shedule posts, maintenance, refresh caching and so on.
Normally it does this while a visitor or searchengine requests a page and this slows down this user or searchengine which leads to suboptimal expirience or downgrades on the ranking.
So many people disable this behavior and run a linux sheduler (cronjob) to call the wp-cron.php file by themself over HTTP. Continue reading