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Aug/12

Ubuntu 12.04 DVD Playback

Overview For some reason the encrypted library for playing back DVDs (libdvdcss) is not install as part of apt-get and therefore must be done manually. Install Download the library and install DVD library: sudo apt-get install libdvdread4 Then run the … Continue reading

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Aug/12

Recover MySQL Data From Files

Overview The best way to backup and restore from MySQL is using Workbench or mysqldump however this may not be possible if the system is trashed but have HDD data in tact. As a last resort the files can be … Continue reading

02

Aug/12

Server Upgrade

The server upgrade failed miserably but it is now more or less up and running bar a few bits here and there. The site is likely to be up and down whilst I clean up the left over from the … Continue reading

30

Jul/12

dvd::rip Rip Title Stays At 0%

Overview I was trying to rip a title from a personally owned DVD when I noticed the Clip & Zoom tab didn’t have any previews and later on I found it wouldn’t transcode either. I later found it was stuck … Continue reading

23

Jul/12

IBM BPM Introspection

Overview Many programming languages allow introspection to examine objects at runtime. Even Javascript has this ability but IBM BPM does not have this built in. To workaround this limitation a service can be built with an input type of ANY … Continue reading

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Jul/12

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Jul/12

Tomcat 7 Server Error 404 From Eclipse

Although the server states it has started (albeit with errors in the console) when you browser to localhost:8080 to get to the Tomcat welcome page it shows an “HTTP Status 404 – /” with the description “The requested resource (/) … Continue reading

02

Jul/12

Mounting LVM Using Ubuntu Live CD

Overview My system died recently and I needed to access the data on the hard drives. I had two 1TB drives in a logical volume which I needed to pull data off of. Luckily the drivers were in tact. Live … Continue reading