Can not create /sys/kernel/uevent_helper Permission denied

While compiling 3.16 kernels, we might hit the error Can not create /sys/kernel/uevent_helper Permission denied. The reason for this c...Read more »

Cannot execute init (error 8)

If we hit the error Cannot execute init (error 8) while booting a freshely compiled kernel, then the possible reason could be that we ha...Read more »

error: ‘SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED’ undeclared here (not in a function)

While writing a kernel module using the spin locks in linux, we might hit the error error: ‘SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED’ undeclared here (not in a f...Read more »

Configure and connect tata photon plus in debian 7

The 3G dongle of tata photon+ (Huwaei EC1260) might not work by default in debian 7, and other linux distros. Here is how to get it working....Read more »

error: function declaration isn’t a prototype [-Werror=strict-prototypes]

While compiling kernel modules, or any c program, we might at times come across the error error: function declaration isn’t a prototype [-...Read more »

iceweasel error : Error: Platform version '24.3.0' is not compatible with

On update of iceweasel in debian we might get the error Error: Platform version '24.3.0' is not compatible with leading to failu...Read more »

dpkg: error processing oracle-java7-installer

When updating packages using synaptic package manager, in debian based systems like ubutnu etc, we might hit the following error. Oracle J...Read more »

Audio/Sound output coming from both speaker and headphones at same time

On installation of a new version of linux it might happen that the audio/sound output keeps coming from the speaker of the laptop even after...Read more »

Enabling Desktop in Gnome 3 (Debian 7)

In the default settings in the genome 3 that comes with debian 7 there are no icons on the desktop and nothing happens even when we right cl...Read more »

Unknown symbol cfg80211_scan_done

The following errors might occur while working with wireless drivers for linux. Unknown symbol cfg80211_scan_done Unknown symbol ieee80211_...Read more »

error: no such partition, grub rescue

If we come across the error in grub Error: No such partition grub rescue> It indicates that the partition on which grub was installed...Read more »

exception emask 0x0 sact 0x0 serr 0x0 action 0x0

The following error might occur while the system boots. exception emask 0x0 sact 0x0 serr 0x0 action 0x0 To get around this we will n...Read more »

10pt loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found

While using latex in debian 6.0 we might come across the following error. 10pt loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found This is because the ...Read more »

make: Nothing to be done for `default'.

While writing make files to compile kernel modules we might come across the error make: Nothing to be done for `default'. The common c...Read more »

VI error "Found a swap file by the name"

While opening files with vi editor we come across the following error at times. E325: ATTENTION Found a swap file by the name ".temp_1...Read more »

No manual entry for pthread_create

While learning pthreads, if you try to have look at the man pages of pthread and get the error $ man pthread_create No manual entry for pt...Read more »

Unknown symbol find_task_by_pid_ns

You will come across this error Unknown symbol find_task_by_pid_ns if you are trying to write a module using the function find_task_by_...Read more »

No package 'glib-sharp-2.0' found

Workaround for the error in debian lenny : No package 'glib-sharp-2.0' found Install the package libglib2.0-cil-dev sudo apt-ge...Read more »

No package 'mono-cairo' found

Workaround for the error in debian lenny : No package 'mono-cairo' found Install the package mono-devel sudo apt-get install mon...Read more »

User is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported

On using the sudo command if we see the error User is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported This means that the user a...Read more »