XBMC ‘Gotham’ – Network Manager is Incompatible
KB ID 0001014 Problem I’ve just replaced my XBMCbuntu media PC (an Acer Revo 3700) with a newer machine, and I was rebuilding the old one for my neighbour. I’m not sure if he has a wired connection where his TV is so I wanted to use Network Manager to setup the wireless connection. But when I tried to add it, this happened; XBMC 13.0 (Compiled May 4 2014) Solution 1. To get round this you need to install the add-on from a...
XBMC Icefilms Add-on ‘Failed to import Metahandlers’
KB ID 0000895 Problem XBMC was running quite happily, but whenever I tried to use Icefilms or navigate though the menus I was getting the following error. Icefilms Import Failure Failed to import Metahandlers A component needed by Icefilms is missing on your system Please visit www.xbmcchub.com for support Solution I did a complete remove and reinstall but the problem persisted. There are a couple of extra steps needed. 1. To...
Webmin – Read User Mail Error ‘The mail server in the module configuration was not found on your system’
KB ID 0000885 Problem While setting up and configuring a new Postfix mail server, I attempted to use the Webmin ‘Read User Mail’ module, and got this error. Module Config Read User Mail The mail server set in the module configuration was not found on your system, You will need to adjust the configuration to use the correct server. Solution At first I thought I needed to enter a servername into the config. However it seems...
Putting Textboxs on your Web Pages
KB ID 0000233 Problem I needed to this HERE, this makes it easier for visitors to copy code or commands to their clipboard. Solution You can either do this directly in the code of the webpage, or if you use Dreamweaver you can use that also. Option 1: The following code, <!– begin textbox –> <textarea name=”txtArea” cols=”70″ rows=”5″ id=”txtArea”>Heres some Text...
Posting To Facebook ‘Images Missing’ from ‘Choose a Thumbnail’
KB ID 0000288 Problem When using AddThis or by posting a URL into your facebook status, It wont show the thumbnail you want for your web page. Solution Insert the image URL into the <Head> of the web page code like so, <head> <link rel=”image_src” href=”http://www.petenetlive.com/Images/square_logo.jpg” /> </head> Then when you go to post you will see, Related Articles,...