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Why use CUPS instead of LPRng? 10 36 (12/29/2004 2:40:42 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I installed a new system and it came with CUPS installed to handle the printer. It works. But one day I rushed to "lprm" a bogus print job to save some paper and CUPS asked me for a password and then refused ... adrian

Program to rotate AVI files? 2 48 (12/29/2004 2:09:03 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I have a bunch of 30 second AVI files generated by my Canon S30 camera: mvi_1329.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 320 x 240, ~15 fps, video: Motion JPEG, audio: uncompressed PCM (mono, 11024 Hz) Many of t... adrian

Ghostscript fonts the wrong size (printing broken) 6 39 (12/22/2004 2:40:30 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I've been trying to use ghostscript on my debian SimplyMepis 2004.04 system to print. I'm trying to print files generated by the enscript program. They print with a font that is bigger than enscript thinks so... adrian

module loading under 2.6 kernel - what controls it? 9 30 (12/21/2004 3:19:17 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I used to use a distribution with a 2.4 kernel. It came with a huge file, /etc/modules.conf, filled with aliases like char-major-xx and the like. When I needed to get my parallel port working I added an "opti... adrian

Has the behavior of "su" changed? (mozilla/firefox uses old uid, not new one) 3 38 (12/2/2004 5:54:46 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I sometimes use su under the fvwm window manager to switch to a different user who then wants to run mozilla. On an old setup (SuSE 6.3) this worked fine after I relaxed an X authorization resource. I'm tryin... adrian

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Has the behavior of "su" changed? (mozilla/firefox uses old uid, not new one) 3 38 (12/2/2004 5:54:46 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I sometimes use su under the fvwm window manager to switch to a different user who then wants to run mozilla. On an old setup (SuSE 6.3) this worked fine after I relaxed an X authorization resource. I'm tryin... adrian6445 (15)

module loading under 2.6 kernel - what controls it? 9 30 (12/21/2004 3:19:17 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I used to use a distribution with a 2.4 kernel. It came with a huge file, /etc/modules.conf, filled with aliases like char-major-xx and the like. When I needed to get my parallel port working I added an "opti... adrian6445 (15)

Ghostscript fonts the wrong size (printing broken) 6 39 (12/22/2004 2:40:30 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I've been trying to use ghostscript on my debian SimplyMepis 2004.04 system to print. I'm trying to print files generated by the enscript program. They print with a font that is bigger than enscript thinks so... adrian6445 (15)

Program to rotate AVI files? 2 48 (12/29/2004 2:09:03 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I have a bunch of 30 second AVI files generated by my Canon S30 camera: mvi_1329.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 320 x 240, ~15 fps, video: Motion JPEG, audio: uncompressed PCM (mono, 11024 Hz) Many of t... adrian6445 (15)

Why use CUPS instead of LPRng? 10 36 (12/29/2004 2:40:42 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I installed a new system and it came with CUPS installed to handle the printer. It works. But one day I rushed to "lprm" a bogus print job to save some paper and CUPS asked me for a password and then refused ... adrian6445 (15)