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How to fix: Squid cache_dir (13) Permission denied

I was configuring a newly installed Squid cache on newly installed CentOS 5.2 to use a new partition for it’s cache dir. Squid version: [root@localhost ~]# squid -v Squid Cache: Version 2.6.STABLE6 configure options: ‘–build=i686-redhat-linux-gnu’ ‘–host=i686-redhat-linux-gnu’ ‘–target=i386-redhat-linux-gnu’ ‘–program-prefix=’ ‘–prefix=/usr’ ‘–exec-prefix=/usr’ ‘–bindir=/usr/bin’ ‘–sbindir=/usr/sbin’ ‘–sysconfdir=/etc’ ‘–includedir=/usr/include’ ‘–libdir=/usr/lib’ ‘–libexecdir=/usr/libexec’ ‘–sharedstatedir=/usr/com’ ‘–mandir=/usr/share/man’ ‘–infodir=/usr/share/info’ ‘–exec_prefix=/usr’ ‘–bindir=/usr/sbin’ ‘–libexecdir=/usr/lib/squid’ ‘–localstatedir=/var’ ‘–datadir=/usr/share’ ‘–sysconfdir=/etc/squid’ ‘–enable-epoll’ ‘–enable-snmp’ ‘–enable-removal-policies=heap,lru’ ‘–enable-storeio=aufs,coss,diskd,null,ufs’ ‘–enable-ssl’…

How to fix: XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity

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I noticed the following error message while checking RSS feeds belongs to a client. XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity Location: http://www.domain.com/file.rss Line Number 2, Column 1: ^ This is what the XML output: Ron Weasley 8 yes Notice the extra white line just before the

How to fix: Drupal “user warning: Unknown column…” error

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Exact error message: … user warning: Unknown column ‘page’ in ‘where clause’ query: [function_name] /* [username] : [function_name] */ SELECT n.nid FROM node n WHERE n.type = page AND n.status = 1 ORDER BY n.created DESC LIMIT 0, 5 in /home/user/public_html/path/to.module on line 294. … Th query in question: $result = db_query(‘SELECT n.nid FROM {node} n WHERE n.type = %s…

Uninstall Hellgate London without HGL_x86.msi

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This game (Hellgate London) ask for HGL_x86.msi (which is located in game CD) when uninstalling. Well, if you don’t have the CD in hand, you could just click the cancel button when it ask for HGL_x86.msi file. The uninstaller will still uninstall the game. This is the first time I found a game which ask for game CD when uninstalling,…

How to fix buffer_get_ret: trying to get more bytes 4 than in buffer

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I got this error after adding new user to the system (CentOS). The user key is generated using PuTTY Key Generator (PuTTYgen for short). Exact error (in /var/log/secure): … Apr 3 08:57:13 hostname sshd[28041]: error: buffer_get_ret: trying to get more bytes 4 than in buffer 0 Apr 3 08:57:13 hostname sshd[28041]: fatal: buffer_get_int: buffer error Apr 3 08:58:23 hostname sshd[29722]:…

How to: Play Perfect World International using proxy server

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Perfect World International (PWI) is an MMORPG developed by Beijing Perfect World. It has been released in several different areas in different versions already. The Malaysian version has now been released worldwide in an English-language format. Perfect World International opened its teaser site on July 15, 2008 and launched its closed beta August 19, 2008. The open beta began on…