Category Archives: Linux
Pidgin MSN Certificate Error
Recently, I couldn’t connect to MSN using Pidgin IM, due to unable to validate certificate for omega.contacts.msn.com Here is the solution: cd $/home/.purple/certificates/x509/tls_peers rm omega.contacts.msn.com wget http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/downloadfile/cd236baf6d00f3e1561a40974ce1828b793ea187/share/ca-certs/Microsoft_Internet_Authority_2010.pem mv Microsoft_Internet_Authority_2010.pem omega.contacts.msn.com
Huawei E1762 USB modem on Fedora 12
Installing Huawei E1762 USB mobile broadband modem in Fedora Linux is not easy. The problem arises because Fedora Linux detected this E1762 as a storage device instead of a modem. Plug the E1762 into the USB port, run lsusb -vvv … Continue reading
GIMP hangs on startup
Recently, whenever I attempt to start GIMP 2.6 on my Fedora 12 system, GIMP always failed to launch. These are the error while starting the GIMP. (gimp:3428): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: specified class size for type `GimpOperationPointFilter’ is smaller than the parent … Continue reading
SciTE Text Editor for Linux
I used Notepad++ text editor at work, which running on Windows XP. Notepad++ has lots of advanced features, like edit multiple documents at the same time, auto-detection of file changes while opening the file, tabbed document interface, also support syntax … Continue reading