I needed to edit a custom desktop file that had a typo in it on all my workstations. I used Augeas to edit the file and Puppet to automate it for me.
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Installing the 32-bit Network Connect client on a 64-bit Linux machine gives the error: Setup Failed. Please install 32 bit Java and update alternatives links using update-alternatives command. For more details, refer KB article KB25230.
When trying to edit a network connection in Network Manager, a dialog box appears where you have to input the root password.
System policy prevents modification of system settings
An application is attempting to perform an action that requires privileges. Authentication as the super user is required to perform this action
Action: org.freedesktop.network-manager-settings.system.modify
Vendor: NetworkManager
Any folder or filesystem selected in Start->Places, brings up libreoffice which then would say it could not open up the program.....Obviously.
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I created a bash script that would take a filename from the command line, then output the file with a .jpg extension.
The command line that was given in the post didn't work for me:
ffmpeg -i video.flv -an -ss 00:00:03 -an -r 1 -vframes 1 -y %d.jpg
But, the one given in the comment by Philippe Maegerman did (-minus the .exe part):
ffmpeg.exe -i stream_1146848749371.flv -y -f singlejpeg -ss 0.001 -vframes 1 -an test.jpg
Every once in awhile, some SunRay clients will stop being able to connect to a SunRay session and only display 14D.
Log messages showed: Oct 27 18:18:39 minsk utauthd: Worker4 NOTICE: SESSION_OK pseudo.00144f6f741c Oct 27 18:18:39 minsk utdevmgrd[19170]: symlink No such file or directory: /tmp/SUNWut/units/IEEE802.00144f6f741c
The SRSS software creates some directory and files in the /tmp filesystem. RedHat Linux has a cron job cleaning up /tmp daily. After a few days some of the files from SRSS were removed, causing the problem. This can be solved by adding "-x /tmp/SUNWut" to /etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch