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Movie (mov) to frames (tiff ) converter 18 85 (12/2/2009 11:21:29 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I need to convert a movie file (.mov) to a set of individual frame in tiff format for making measurements from the frames for an experiment we are running. How can I do this? (I run Mandriva if that makes any d... unruh

alpine gives "No default posting command" and refuses to mail the e 4 5428 (11/18/2009 1:32:53 AM) comp.mail.pine Alpine gives me the "No default posting command" error, which makes no sense since no config file contains a "posting command". I have no idea what this is supposed to mean. Could someone please enlighten me.... Unruh

Openoffice-- how do I remove read-only from a file? 0 84 (9/30/2009 12:30:15 AM) comp.os.linux.misc have a .doc form. I can convert it to openoffice form easily and correctly. But when I try to change it back to .doc, I get a complete mess. The file has read only sections and parts where I can insert text. U... Unruh

behaviour of ln -sf? 2 61 (12/28/2008 2:19:38 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I do not understand ln -sf It is supposed to remove the destination file >ls -l 341 lrwxrwxrwx 1 unruh games 18 2008-12-27 18:10 341 -> tex/courses/341-07/ >ln -sf tex/courses/341-09 341 >ls -l 341 lrwxrwxrw... Unruh

Speed of ntp convergence 49 197 (11/1/2008 3:17:15 AM) comp.protocols.time.ntp Just another data point on the behaviour of ntp. My ntp went down ( due to something removing the ntp user from the password file). When I brought it back up again, the time was out and I think the drift fi... Unruh

Are interrupts handled differently in newer kernels? 2 59 (9/21/2008 4:43:30 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I am having a weird problem with the parallel interrupts on both 2007.1 and 2008.1 A program which worked is now not working at all. I have a program which is supposed to be timing a pulse per second into the... Unruh

IRQ handling in the new kernels. 3 46 (9/20/2008 1:31:29 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I have just installed Mandriva 2008.1 on one of my machines only to discover that they have totally changed the irq handling. I originally adapted a routine from the Linux Device Drivers book for using the para... Unruh

alpine does not use sendmail by default 9 38 (7/28/2008 12:52:29 AM) comp.mail.pine I am trying to see if I can change from pine to alpine. My computer acts as its own mail server and under pine pine simply calls sendmail to send out the mail. The man page for alpine claims that alpine should... Unruh

following wpa_supplicant negotiations. 2 24 (6/14/2008 5:00:16 PM) comp.os.linux.networking I am having trouble hooking up to a wireless network. Unfortunately everything inthe wireless chain reports NOTHING back. One has no idea where in the chain the negotiations are failing. wpa_supplicant does not... Unruh

sshd consuming 100% of cpu 2 24 (6/12/2008 2:32:17 AM) comp.os.linux.networking I am having real problems with sshd on one of my machines. Some of the connections have sshd on the server running at max cpu rate(99% CPU) I am running of DEBUG3 and the last thing sshd reports is Jun 11 18:5... Unruh

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Way to make passwd ignore case when logging in? 22 49 (10/4/2009 2:52:52 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi Folks. At long last my wife, a confirmed luddite, is going to touch the computer. I want a way for the login function to ignore case on her password so Mom is the same as mom or MOM to make it as easy as po... pureheart2 (51)

Did I screw up with Kubuntu? 28 41 (10/5/2009 4:56:47 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi All, Help! I think I really screwed up. I am use to CentOS 5. It is a great server, but terribly out of date for a workstation. I have a customer that wanted higher security than Windows for high dollar... todd1749 (255)

mount on the same mount point 23 45 (10/9/2009 10:49:47 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hello, I'm trying to mount 2 md devices (/dev/md4 and /dev/md5) on the same mount point. I have just read that it is possible. Note : MD devices are JFS. But, altough I get no error, I do not get what I exp... climb65 (3)

What is the best OS for a server 22 31 (10/11/2009 4:46:02 AM) comp.os.linux.networking Hi all what is the best operating system for a server? it has to be able to be as a web server and use SSH (secure shell) and used for backup of data. I know of fedora11 and centos but I dont know of the best... fakeemail2 (44)

What kind of archive is a src.rpm? 5 45 (10/13/2009 3:43:17 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi All, I can open src.rpm files in file-roller and look at them. Triva question: what kind of archive is a src.rpm? I tried looking at them with tar, but they are not tarballs. And, file-roller is not coug... todd1749 (255)

fetch timezone in bash script 13 68 (10/25/2009 12:17:35 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I am writing a bash script which needs my time zone location like "America/Chicago" . Is there a command I can use to fetch timezone location. google has worn my eyes out. Did find assembly and c code but is... BitTwister2 (1230)

A good free backup progie like Rsync 31 36 (10/26/2009 5:25:26 AM) comp.os.linux.networking Hi all I need a free program to backup a ubuntu server for my school class, it has to be as good or better than Rdiff and Rsync the server will use SSH, MYSql and be a file and web server and do a couple of o... fakeemail2 (44)

recommendations on Linux friendly scanners? 12 47 (11/2/2009 3:20:45 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi All, My Epson V200 scanner just crapped out on me. I am going to order a new scanner in the AM. What do you guys like? Many thanks, -T ... todd1749 (255)

question about Linux boxes only running as root 45 53 (11/6/2009 3:27:57 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Right I got a customer who is only running one account, namely root and 1 app. I suspect this person is opening himself to trouble. yes/no? -- Member - Liberal International This is doctor@nl2k.ab.ca Ici doc... doctor14 (387)

Wireless card not working 11 73 (4/28/2011 8:10:56 AM) comp.os.linux.hardware To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,co Hi, I just downloaded and installed Ubuntu 6.10. Very nice, but the wireless connection did not work. The card is Airlink101, 802.11g, Wireless adapter. While in Windows it uses... softwarelabus (1)