Media Wiki /var/www/includes/db/Database.php: DatabaseBase::factory no viable database extension found for type ‘mysql’

I just upgraded Ubuntu and unfortunately the MediaWiki installation broke. There was no debugging output on the screen (for obvious security reasons). So, I just had a blank page on the screen. The first thing that I did was show the debugging output but editing the LocalSetting.php to enabling After refreshing the page, the error … Read more

How to remove Ubuntu Landscape Client *

I have started to remove the Ubuntu / Cannonical Landscape Client from all my Ubuntu servers because otherwise it is just another service: Running in the background using power Potiential security hole with root permission I don’t actually use it It is quite simple: If Cannonical open sourced the service for Landscape then I would … Read more

Strange Conveyor User Ubuntu

I have just been looking at the processes on my laptop and noticed a python process running as a user called ‘conveyor’. I can’t remember adding a user or installing a program called conveyer. It turns out that it was a Makerbot process. So, a quick… …helped sort that out. Why Makerbot doesn’t make a … Read more