Ubuntu grub timeout warning on update

Shortly updating to Ubuntu Trusty (14.04), I noticed the following warning on my console during updates. I finally got around to looking into it deeper and found that many users have seen this too.

Warning: Setting GRUB_TIMEOUT to a non-zero value when GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is set is no longer supported.

If you edit the ‘grub’ file, you can comment out the GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT line by adding a hash in front of it.

sudo vi /etc/default/grub

Verify that the error is fixed by executing the following:

sudo update-grub

If you are interested, you can also go and look at the updated ‘grub’ file at

/boot/grub/grub.cfg

NOTE: I’d also seen that the following command could be used, but it was of no use in my testing.

/usr/share/grub/default/grub

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DTD for logback.xml in Eclipse

After fixing the validation error in my Ant build.xml files, I got to wondering about the other common XML files in my projects. I’ve used Logback on many of my recent projects and it’s configuration has similar warnings that can be resolved in the same manner.

The simplest method to silence the warning is to add a DOCTYPE to the logback.xml files, between the XML declaration and the configuration. Official documentation seems to indicate that a DTD is not possible or likely.


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE configuration>
<configuration>

NOTE: For what it’s worth, this approach should work for any XML file to remove the error in Eclipse.

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DTD for Ant build.xml in Eclipse

I’ve seen this validation error in Eclipse for a few releases and finally got tired enough of seeing it that I did some research.

The simplest method to silence the warning is to add a DOCTYPE to the build.xml files, between the XML declaration and the project, there are a few more complicated methods, but this one works well for the cases I’ve experienced.


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE project>
<project name="Example"...>

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NetBeans jdkhome error

After updating the JDK on my development workstations, NetBeans started reporting the following at each start up.

Cannot locate java installation in specified jdkhome:
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_04
Do you want to try to use default version?
[ Yes | No ]

Thankfully, after a little searching, I found that the solution is very simple. You can change the value or comment it out with a # in:
C:\Program Files\NetBeans #.#.#\etc\netbeans.conf

netbeans_jdkhome="C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_04

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