Category Archives: Linux

Read/Write NTFS in FC5

Posted on 11. January 2011 by missing_link

Download the captive-static binary (not the rpm) from Jan Kratochvil: http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/ Unpack the archiv. Be root! $ su – Run $ ./install #from the captive-static directory. Make directory $ mkdir /mnt/drive-c Finally mount the NTFS-Filesystem in r/w-mode $ mount -t … Continue reading →

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Mplayer / mencoder

Posted on 11. January 2011 by missing_link

dump a: dvd mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile filename.dump dvd://1 (or 2, or3, or…) only a chapter mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile chapter1.dump VTS_03_1.VOB real stream mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile xxx.rm rtsp://where/the/stream/is   cat avi’s cat 1.avi 2.avi | mencoder -noidx -ovc copy -oac copy … Continue reading →

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Handle sun’s java with fedora core

Posted on 11. January 2011 by missing_link

go to http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp and download Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6u2 (NOT the RPM). $ su – # yum -y install compat-libstdc++-33 # cd dir_java_downloaded_to # mv jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin /opt # cd /opt # chmod +x jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin # ./jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin # ln -s … Continue reading →

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FC6 Anaconda Kernel issue (i586/i686)

Posted on 11. January 2011 by missing_link

From: FedoraProject Anaconda installing the wrong architecture kernel in some systems. cpuspeed is not working for the same reason. This does not affect out of box functionality much but if you are compiling third party kernel drivers you might run … Continue reading →

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