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I encountered this annoying issue today. OpenOffice.Org won't lunch at all. Clicking the OpenOffice.org icon from the GNOME panel application menu and clicking on a ODS file in nautilus had the same results. I could see the window information 'starting openoffice.org' on the bottom GNOME panel. It would soon disappear.

To troubleshoot the issue, I updated the system. There were new OpenOffice.org-* packages available. Updating the packages didn't fix the issue.

Many people think 'Zend' is the latest trend in PHP. They also think the popular PHP library out there is called Zend.

These notions are absolutely wrong. Before you start working with Zend Framework, get to know the facts.

Zend is a company that has several products - Zend engine, Zend Studio, et all. Zend develops a PHP library with community contributions. This library or framework is known as the Zend Framework.

If you find yourself saying something like , "I tried Zend and I didn't like it, so I use Cake", it is high time you read more about these:

http://www.zend.com/

In the recent past, the default keyboard shortcut, CTRL+L set to lock the screen had stopped working. I tried manually setting different keyboard shortcuts like CTRL+ALT+L. None of them would work.

To set the keyboard shortcuts

• Click System on the GNOME Panel
• Click Preferences from the drop down menu
• Click Personal and then click Keyboard Shortcuts
• Select an action and then type the keyboard shortcut
• Click Close

Is the value of your Zend_Dojo_Form_Element_DateTextBox form element set to 11/30/1899?

You want to connect to a wireless network and you can't figure out how to get the Network Manager icon to appear on the GNOME Panel. How frustrating.

Don't worry, here's how you can sort it out.

You have to make sure that

1. Network Manager service is started and
2. You have enabled the Network Manager Applet

Below are the steps you need to follow to get Network Manger icon to appear on the GNOME Panel

Step 1: Install Network Manager if not done already
yum install NetworkManager
 
Step 2: Start the Network Manager service

Do you want to copy your pidgin settings from one computer to another? Do you want to fiddle with your pidgin settings? You are likely to look for a directory called .pdigin.

Pidgin stores its files in ~/.purple

Copy that directory to copy your pidgin settings on the new computer.

So, you are trying to install phpunit/PHPUnit via pear and you got a message that PHP extension dom is required.

Here's how your resolve it.

pear channel-discover pear.phpunit.de

You would see output like:

Adding Channel "pear.phpunit.de" succeeded
Discovery of channel "pear.phpunit.de" succeeded

Next, install phpunit/PHPunit

pear install phpunit/PHPUnit

Oops. It fails. Sample message below: