November 9th, 2008 by acmelab68
The Problem
You’ve got two .avi video files, and tovid didn’t work for you, but you need a DVD, because the person who wants to play this back only got an DVD-player.
Note:All the commands mentioned below are in the default Ubuntu Repo. I’m using Kubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex right now, but it should work for every other Distro, too. If a command does not work for you, because it’s not installed, use on Debian-systems apt-get search application-name ( aka aptitude search application-name ) to install the missing application. Continue reading ‘A simple Linux DVD HOWTO in a command line’
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November 1st, 2008 by acmelab68
Serial LIRC receiver diode with an D-Sub 9 connector
This is a little HOWTO about setting up
LIRC at another port than usual.
Nowadays most boards coming to market do only posses one serial port. Unfortunately it’s a common habit leaving away the D-Sub 9 back-panel mount. Actually there’s only a pin array on the motherboard itself.
If you only have a serial LIRC receiver you want to connect, and nothing else, like a UPS or stuff, you can just buy such a cable for a few cent. See pic:
Continue reading ‘Setting up a serial LIRC receiver at COM2′
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October 27th, 2008 by acmelab68
[NOTE]Please drop a comment, if this article solved your problem. Many people are coming to this page having printing problems on Ubuntu 8.10, but I don’t know if the solution described on this page really helps. Thanks a lot.
I’m on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) now, and wanted to set up my printer, which actually is remotely connected to my server.
The Server is an Ubuntu 7.10, but with a very old (about 4y) samba config (smb.conf) and a freshly installed CUPS server. Originally it was a set up from the
C’t Server project. I’ve tweaked the smb.conf a lot since those days, to keep this whole thing going. All was fine, even with my last client. It was an Ubuntu 8.04 installation.
Continue reading ‘Solved CUPS remote printing problem on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)’
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October 25th, 2008 by acmelab68
First of all, this is computer and Open Source related Blog, and I wasn’t and still am not sure, if this is a really good idea to mention this stuff about BlackLight Power here, since I’m trying really hard to keep this Blog above a certain level.
But a few days ago I’ve read an article at Telepolis about a “Breakthrough in Extracting Energy from Hydrogen? “. Well – knowing that Telepolis sometimes tends to report about weired stuff, I was very much astonished about what I’ve read there.
I’ve started to Google around, and read various stuff on the Internet, including the Wikipedia entries on that. I’ve ignored the BlackLight Power site itself, since I didn’t intent being brainwashed. But I’ve found also on YouTube this presentation: Continue reading ‘BlackLight Power And My Two Cents To It’
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