By default most unix boxes now come with dynamic IP enabled for all its networking needs. This is a very useful configuration but at times it helps to know that a system’s IP will remain the same no matter what changes occur around it. A classic example of this case can be a server.
In any case if you want to change your unix box to use static IP the following simple steps will get your task done:
Wifi routers usually specify the regulatory rules for all devices connected to their network. In rare cases a router may go rouge and specify the wrong regulatory domain, which might effect the quality of the connection and at times may make the network unreachable even if the network says that its connected.
Below are the debug messages from the command “dmesg” in one such case:
Sometimes when websites are updated,they tend to change the way they manage cookies. What happens then is that there is a small possibility of certain parts of the website not functioning as the old cookies remain in the browser. In those cases the best approach is to remove the errant cookie and let the website recreate the cookies.
Here is a quick tutorial on how to do that:
Firefox:
After a crash Firefox, when restarted gives a page with the option of Restoring the session or Starting a new session. Sometimes in haste we might hit the “New Session” option and feel a bit stupid that all those open tabs are now gone…
Well there is a simple way to undo that. Simply point your browser to “about:sessionrestore” and you will get back to the page with the option of restoring your previous session again!
Kdenlive is a wonderful opensource program for video editing that I have off late become a huge fan of. The software is little tough to initially understand but once you get used to it, its very easy to make pleasing videos on it.
One of the recent problems I faced in Kdenlive was to add a watermark to a video I had created. One of the ways to create a watermark on a kdenlive project is as follows:
