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How to uninstall and block updates and drivers from installing in Windows 11

Posted by Alex On January 25, 2022

Windows 11 automatically downloads and installs all updates. This includes security updates, feature updates, and driver updates provided through Windows Update. This is usually fine, but if a driver or update is causing problems, you can uninstall it and block it from being installed again. Step One: See What Updates and Drivers Have Been Recently Installed If you're not sure...

error: failed to synchronize all databases (unable to lock database) (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On January 14, 2022

When trying to update Arch Linux or a distribution based on it (for example, Manjaro or BlackArch), an error “failed to synchronize all databases (unable to lock database)”" may occur. For example, when entering the command sudo pacman -Syu It can be output: :: Synchronizing package databases... error: failed to synchronize all databases (unable to lock database) This means that...

phpMyAdmin error “Deprecation Notice in .\vendor\twig\twig\src\Loader\FilesystemLoader.php#40 realpath(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($path) of type string is deprecated” (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On December 17, 2021

At the time of this writing, the latest release of phpMyAdmin (5.1) is not fully compatible with the latest PHP versions (8.1.1), so the program displays the following deprecated syntax notices: Deprecation Notice in .\vendor\twig\twig\src\Loader\FilesystemLoader.php#40 realpath(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($path) of type string is deprecated Backtrace .\vendor\twig\twig\src\Loader\FilesystemLoader.php#40: realpath(NULL) .\libraries\classes\Template.php#57: Twig\Loader\FilesystemLoader->__construct(string 'C:\\Server\\data\\htdocs\\-phpmyadmin\\\\templates\\') .\libraries\classes\Theme.php#101: PhpMyAdmin\Template->__construct() .\libraries\classes\Theme.php#174: PhpMyAdmin\Theme->__construct() .\libraries\classes\ThemeManager.php#307: PhpMyAdmin\Theme::load( string...

Error “remote: Support for password authentication was removed on August 13, 2021. Please use a personal access token instead” (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On November 28, 2021

The article “How to make and submit changes to source code on GitHub” shows you how to update files on GitHub after you have edited their local copies on your computer. The commands shown in the article are still valid, but due to changes on GitHub, now instead of a password, you need to use a token that you need...

Wine is missing from the context menu on Ubuntu (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On November 28, 2021

To run Windows applications on Linux, it is usually enough to double-click on them. But it may be that the .exe file will be opened by the archive manager or another application (usually the archive manager). If you try to select the “Open With Other Application” item in the context menu, then Wine will not be there. Even worse, it...

LibreOffice opens sftp connection (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On November 20, 2021

sftp is a utility from the OpenSSH package that combines the functions of FTP and SSH, that is, it provides convenient access to the remote file system, allowing you to edit, copy, delete files on the server in a graphical interface. In this case, the connection and data exchange takes place over a secure, encrypted channel. After connecting via sftp,...

How to repair an LVM disk using fsck

Posted by Alex On November 1, 2021

How to repair an LVM disk If, due to errors on the disk, the system cannot boot, then usually in the emergency mode console you need to check the disk partitions, approximately as follows (you need to specify your disk name and partition number): umount /dev/sda2 fsck -y /dev/sda2 But if we are talking about LVM, or LVM with encryption,...

How to determine why Linux boots into Emergency mode

Posted by Alex On November 1, 2021

How to determine the exact reason why Systemd falls in emergency mode A Linux system can go into an emergency mode shell if it encounters problems during boot. The screen prompts you to execute the command journalctl -xb to find the causes of system problems. It is also proposed to execute systemctl default or exit so that the system tries...

Why doesn’t the kill command kill the process?

Posted by Alex On October 30, 2021

The kill command is used to stop a process, the command syntax is: sudo kill PROCESS-ID Related article: What are the differences and how to use the kill, pkill and killall commands You may run into a situation when using kill does not kill the process. You can get the process ID knowing the name of the executable file with...

PowerShell with administrator rights: how to run and verify

Posted by Alex On October 28, 2021

How to run PowerShell as an administrator Some commands and cmdlets require elevated privileges. Examples of actions that require administrator rights are service management (install, start, stop, uninstall) and package management (add and remove package providers, install and remove packages). For example, the following cmdlet tries to add a new package provider: Install-PackageProvider chocolatey It will throw the following error:...