Let’s assume we have a file containing lines such as this: first last one two three four five If we write a simple script to deal with each line in a turn, we would write something like this: for i in `cat file`; do echo $i; done This would echo, however, each word at its…
I’ve had a problem for a long while now configuring Xgl on my Dual-Head setup, using GLX and fglrx driver. I have been using 1280×1024 on both of my screen, so my total resolution was 2560×1024. When using Dual-Head setup in “Wide Desktop” mode (via the option Option “DesktopSetup” “horizontal” in the Device section in…
Nowadays, when LVM2 is common and is actually the default in installation of RedHat based distributions, using its snapshot capabilities can save lots of grief when files are deleted or when you need to revert to a day in the past – both for your files and for your MySQL DB. I have created a…
It is a question I’ve been asked a while back, and didn’t find the time to search for it. I have searched for an answer just now, and got to an answer given by one of the old-time gurus (most likely) in news servers (where the gurus lurk, usually). The answer is to use the…
It works for MPlayer, both on Windows and on Linux: mplayer -dumpstream mms://url.of.file.com/movie You get a file called stream.dump, which name you need to change according to its actual suffix. So we get the file type using "file" file stream.dump And then renaming it accordingly.
A copy of a post made in Ubuntu forms, with the hope it would help others in status such as I’ve been in. Available through here In afterthought, I think the header should be non-common, rahter than non-standard… Hi all. I have passed through this forum yesterday, searching for a possible cause for a problem…
