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Nexus 7 (2012) running Lollipop 5.0.1

Google has released Lollipop 5.0.1 shortly after 5.0 release. By following the instructions from Google, it is easy to flash LP5.0.1 https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images As usual, the first boot would take a few minutes, so be patient. Very happy with a 2-year old tablet that is capable of running the latest Android platform.

Ubuntu 14.04LTS OpenLDAP setup

Following the post from Digital Ocean to get started, under a Ubuntu 14.04LTS installation with latest updates and patches through apt-get update/upgrade https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-a-basic-ldap-server-on-an-ubuntu-12-04-vps But during the creation of "Generic: User Account", the password field has shown an error. Error appears in phpldapadmin: "Error trying to get a non-existant value (appearance,password_hash)" Stackoverflow has a solution: All you need to do is change password_hash /usr/share/phpldapadmin/lib/TemplateRender.php on line 2469 to password_hash_custom http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20673186/getting-error-for-setting-password-feild-when-creating-generic-user-account-php This was due to incompatibility between phpldapadmin 1.2.2 and php 5.5.

Ubuntu + ISPConfig 3 + WordPress with Internal Server Error 500

Ubuntu: 12.04.04LTS updated ISPConfig: 3.0.5.4p1 WordPress: 3.9.1 Anyway here is how to fix it :  nano /etc/apache2/mods-available/fcgid.conf and add there (below FcgidConnectTimeout): MaxRequestLen 15728640 So now there it set request limit to 15 MB Btw. the fcgid.conf  file should after this modification look like this: AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi FcgidConnectTimeout 20 MaxRequestLen 15728640 Source: http://www.hackerway.ch/2012/11/17/how-to-fix-wordpress-running-at-ispconfig-3-giving-error-500-internal-server-error/

ISPConfig 3 + RoundCube Mail 1.0 + Password Management

Most of the articles on the web are referring to older versions. Below are the steps to get it working. Assumptions: This works on a Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS updated with the latest patches, setup by following "Perfect Server" tutorial, then installed with RoundCube 1.0 as the Webmail. (SqurrielMail installation was skipped). 1. Enable the password plugin of RoundCube - The 1.0 version comes with the plugin in the package, but not activated. Under config/config.inc.php // ---------------------------------- // PLUGINS // ---------------------------------- // List of active plugins (in plugins/ directory) $config['plugins'] = array('password'); This tells you will activate the 'password' plugin which sits inside the plugins/ directory. 2. Then edit the plugins/password/config.inc.php $config['password_db_dsn'] = 'mysql://ispconfig:password@localhost/dbispconfig'; "password" is stored in /usr/local/ispconfig/interf...

KitKat 4.4.2 has arrived at LG G2

LG has released KitKat 4.4.2 for LG G2 D802 for HKG market but yet to offer it via OTA as of today. So a direct install of KDZ file via Flashtool was done. Here is the screen shot and Antutu Benchmark. The KDZ "upgrade" has kept the user data and apps and perhaps this is the reason for failing to match the expected benchmark.