Brave Cobra's Hideout :: If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have got the wrong problem.

Site update [1]

Contributed by bravecobra on Sep 20, 2010 - 10:10 AM

It was about time I upgraded the website. Hope you like it! icon_smile

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Reset your MySQL root password [5]

Contributed by bravecobra on Sep 20, 2010 - 05:11 AM

So, you've lost the password for the root user of you MySQL server. How stupid! Don't do it ever again! Well, you still have to reset the password now, don't you. I'll explain how it is done. The same will go for most other systems, only the startup and shutdown procedures might be slightly different.

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Making your webcam act as a security camera with zoneminder [9]

Contributed by bravecobra on May 14, 2010 - 02:18 AM

Having some time to spare (although not as much as I wanted), I thought it’d be a nice idea to convert my webcam into a security camera. The best (free) solution I found was zoneminder [10], which runs perfectly on linux.

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Logitech QuickCam Messenger with Skype on Linux [14]

Contributed by bravecobra on Nov 10, 2009 - 01:57 AM

I finally got my webcam to work on skype (sort of). I have a Logitech QuickCam Messenger (046d:08da), which is a v4l2 (video4linux v2) device. Skype only (still) works with v4l version 1. Thus “Houston, we’ve got a problem”!

I almost solved the puzzle.

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Zikula upgrade [18]

Contributed by bravecobra on Aug 18, 2009 - 03:54 AM

After visiting Camp Zikula this last weekend, there was no other option than finally upgrading the website.

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Best music player for Windows: aTunes [22]

Contributed by bravecobra on May 15, 2009 - 11:40 PM

We all love to listen to music, right? I've been searching for a good music player for windows for a while now. I already found it in Amarok, but that one only runs natively on Linux.

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Joining movie parts is easy with mencoder [26]

Contributed by bravecobra on Oct 23, 2008 - 10:19 PM

How often does it happen that, when downloading a movie, it's all separated into chunks? You don't want to open file by file when watching that movie. You want to combine all those chunks into a single avi, wmv or mpeg. Mencoder is your solution.

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Another Windows Vista Update error: 800F0902 [30]

Contributed by bravecobra on Aug 13, 2008 - 09:43 PM

Today I got another Windows Vista update error: 800F0902.

Luckily I found a useful post @ http://itsvista.com/2008/01/windows-vista-sp1-rc-refresh-available-to-public/ [31] that proposed to change some stuff in the registry.

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NX Server on Ubuntu Hardy [35]

Contributed by bravecobra on Jul 15, 2008 - 01:09 AM

For those in need of NX Server installation guide on the latest Ubuntu (Hardy), here it is:http://www.drtek.ca/freenx-server-ubuntu-hardy#en [36]. It worked fine on my laptop.

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Vista Update gives error 80071a91 [40]

Contributed by bravecobra on Jul 13, 2008 - 12:17 AM

I recently had a Vista installation which gave me an error on every update I tried, namely 80071a91. Googleing 'round brought me to http://blog.stevex.net/index.php/2007/05/21/80071a91/ [41]. I tried the suggested solution, finding that the delete statements didn't work: The files were in use by another process. That was quickly solved with a tool from http://www.creativelement.com/ [42] and a reboot. Now I was able to continue the solution method and regain access to Windows updates on this Vista machine.

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