If you're used to the traditional /dev/hdXX format the new Fedora/Ubuntu fstab entries may throw you. Ubuntu uses UUID* which is found / set by using the vol_id utility vol_id -u /dev/sda2 a0584727-1c8b-48df-867b-9e3b5a453ff7 The Ubuntu fstab entry for the /dev/sda2...
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Location of vmware-any-any patch
The fix download the latest vmware-any-any patch and untar it and run the runme.pl script.
Grant Access to MSDE DB using Windows Group
Trying to get an MSDE going with the SQL gui. These are my personal notes. osql -U sa -S SERVER\INSTANCE Password: ****** 1. Give the group the ability to login to the MSDE Instance use master go EXEC sp_addlogin 'DOMAIN\domainGroup' go 2. Grant Access to DB (still...
Copy a Table – MSDE
Using osql log into the database osql -S SERVERNAME\INSTANCENAME -U dbusername Password: ********* 1>use dbname 2>go 1>SELECT * INTO new_target_table FROM old_source_table 2>go
Using Knoppix and ntfsresize to enlarge a Windows XP partition
The following is useful if you have say a 10GB C: drive and it's on a larger Hard Disk and you would like to enlarge it. I don't go into the nitty gritty of using fdisk under Linux so it might be a bit abreviated if you're a newbie. Boot from Knoppix CD Once booted...
Using ImageMagick’s convert to resize all jpg’s in a directory
Using cygwin with ImageMagick installed you can resize entire directories of jpegs using the convert utility for i in `ls *.jpg`; do convert -resize 30% -quality 80 $i conv_$i; done The 30% made images with a resolution of 3072 x 2304 pixels (approx 1.6 to 2.1MB each)...
Gimp 2.4.0 is Out
Just installed it under Windows XP. Seems a lot more friendly as far as the interface goes. A good preview is located here
Changing Gnomes annoying multi-window file browse behaviour
If you don't like to open a new window (spatial mode) for each sub folder you open. Then the following change stops that behaviour and gives you the "Gnome File Browser" instead of that annoying little window (presentation mode). Open the Gnome File Browser and then...
Setup for Cross Compiling of wxWidget for Windows on Fedora 7
I haven't managed to get wxWidgets-2.8.5 to compile using MinGW and the w32 target under Fedora 7. The following was an attempt but sadly not a working one. Install MinGW Download the following from http://mirzam.it.vu.nl/mingw/packages/fc2/...
Fedora 7 – HP PSC 1610 and Xsane
I discovered you have to install hplip to getting scanning working but there are also a few dependencies that it doesn't automagically install so you need yum install hplip PyQT hplip-gui then you run /sbin/service hplip start then the setup program...
