Malcolm's Tech Tips

Using cpio

Some files that you get from Oracle download come in cpio format.
Here’s what to do with them.
First unzip the files:

gunzip lnx_920_disk1.cpio.gz
gunzip lnx_920_disk2.cpio.gz
gunzip lnx_920_disk3.cpio.gz

Next unpack the contents of the files:

cpio -idmv < lnx_920_disk1.cpio
cpio -idmv < lnx_920_disk2.cpio
cpio -idmv < lnx_920_disk3.cpio

Try running it as root.
If this works then check the permisions on /var/run/picld_door

The permisions should be set to 444
ie:

ls -l /var/run/picld_door
Dr--r--r--   1 root     root           0 Aug 27 07:40 /var/run/picld_door

This is the fix:

shell> chmod 444 /var/run/picld_door

A good program to resize a bunch of photos all at once.

How you set the options is a bit odd, you rename the execuatable file, but otherwise a good program.

There is a “Renaming Wizard” of the site to show you how to rename the file to get different outputs.

Here’s a few Q&As on time-shifting: recording from TV to watch later from the Australian Copyright Council. Its an interesting read, if you’re concerned about copyright law. Which we all should be.