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How to debug “There was a system error retrieving the price quotes” in Gnucash Finance::Quotes on Linux

There was a system error retrieving the price quotes. This error is a debugging nightmare as it is not specific, gives no clue as to where the error lies and there is no easy debugging mechanism to find out what went wrong. Nonetheless, all is not lost. In order to debug the problem, open a … Continue reading How to debug “There was a system error retrieving the price quotes” in Gnucash Finance::Quotes on Linux →

How to overcome erratic retrieval of stock quotes from the BSE India website in Gnucash Finance::Quotes MumbaiStock module

The below Perl code segment was used in the Finance::Quotes::MumbaiStock module which is used to retrieve stock quotes from BSE India. #Fetch the file using user_agent #$ua = $quoter->user_agent; Replaced by get_user_agent $ua = $quoter->get_user_agent(); #make user_agent as empty for conducive server response $ua->agent(''); $url = "$MSTK_URL"; $reply = $ua->mirror($url, $MSTK_ZIP); If $ua was made … Continue reading How to overcome erratic retrieval of stock quotes from the BSE India website in Gnucash Finance::Quotes MumbaiStock module →

How to fix issue if autocomplete or intellisense does not work in vscode for express.js

If the below line is used in the javascript code:const express = require(express); then autocomplete / intellisense will not work. It will not display the relevant methods as shown in the image below. This is the correct code to use:const express = require("express"); The quotation marks make the difference and the following image shows the … Continue reading How to fix issue if autocomplete or intellisense does not work in vscode for express.js →

How to convert PostScript script to a .ps file for viewing in PDF viewer or to PNG

Reading about Gerard Huet's paper on the geometry of the Shri Yantra available in PDF format at this link http://pauillac.inria.fr/~huet/SKT/sanskrit.html.orig, I was prompted to try out the Postscript code he had in and Appendix in the paper. After typing the code into a .txt file, the file did not render using Evince or a PDF … Continue reading How to convert PostScript script to a .ps file for viewing in PDF viewer or to PNG →

How to install Linux Mint or Debian 12 on Crucial MX500 SATA SSD drive on Dell Vostro 3546 laptop after BIOS upgrade

The humble Dell Vostro 3546 is an old laptop from 2014, which came with an Intel 4th Generation 4210U processor, 1 TB SATA 5400 rpm hard disk and 4 GB DDR3 (low voltage) 1.35V RAM. It worked fine till now even when it ran Linux Mint 20.3 with Blender 3D. However, everytime an Android app … Continue reading How to install Linux Mint or Debian 12 on Crucial MX500 SATA SSD drive on Dell Vostro 3546 laptop after BIOS upgrade →

Email: [Firebase] Client access to your Cloud Firestore database expiring in X day(s)

The easiest way to overcome this expiry is to change the date in the rules after logging into the account:match /{document=**} {// from previous date 2020, 11, 11 to new date 2021, 12, 11allow read, write: if request.time < timestamp.date(2021, 12, 11);} However, do note that it is important to drop access using this method … Continue reading Email: [Firebase] Client access to your Cloud Firestore database expiring in X day(s) →

How to fix initramfs-tools error when updating it

Below error appears when updating the initramfs-tools: Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3.8) …update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.1.0-15-genericI: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/dm-1I: (/dev/mapper/vg0-swap)I: Set the RESUME variable to override this. Before proceeding beyond this point, take a data backup. This error usually occurs if the computer had dual booting and a swap file that … Continue reading How to fix initramfs-tools error when updating it →

How to fix error while updating repositories in Ubuntu or Linux Mint

On entering the apt-get update command, the following errors appeared. Reading package lists… DoneW: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/InRelease Cannot initiate the connection to dl.google.com:80 (2414:6221:4109:825::210a). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) Could not connect to dl.google.com:80 (2xx.5x.2xx.2xx), connection timed outW: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. … Continue reading How to fix error while updating repositories in Ubuntu or Linux Mint →