Blender 2.59 + iCub SIM + Kinect = Movement Imitation

I basically just derive the joint angles given by the OpenNI UserTracker application and then send them via Yarp2 (iCub SIM) and LCM (Blender) to both simulations - iCub SIM and Blender GE.

Virtual (robot) Flobi - Motion Capture Playback Demo

This is the outcome of a project I am currently involved in, nevertheless Simon Schulz - one of my colleagues - realized this demo using his 'MoCap' helmet.

Convert mov, mp4, avi, flv to ogv | ffmpeg2theora

Just a short example of how to convert *.avi, *.mp4, *.mov or *.flv to *.ogv (ogg). In Ubuntu the package is called: ffmpeg2theora.

ffmpeg2theora name_of_the_target.mov

In case you need to convert multiple videos, open a shell, change to the right folder and paste the following:

for i in `ls |grep mov`; do ffmpeg2theora $i; done

Stop Disabling SELinux! | Drupal and SELinux, Drupal doesn't send mails [SOLVED]

I found a great article about SELinux and Drupal: Stop Disabling SELinux!. As the main added value I'd like to mention the setroubleshoot-server package which allows for analyzing the audit.log - and additionally provides a solutions for avc = denied entries.

So, to allow drupal using your MTA just simply run:

setsebool -P httpd_can_sendmail=1

Blender 2.59 + Kinect = Controlling Robot Arms in Game Engine

LimeSurvey | Default Password Change | Redirect to login page [SOLVED]

LImeSurvey

Just a quick note on LimeSurvey 1.91, which I am currently utilizing in my studies to create some questionnaires. When I installed LimeSurvey following these instructions and logged-in for the first time, I was suddenly redirected to the login page. Seems weird to me because everything else worked fine according to the installation routine. I then found this page which is related to install problems. A quick look in the log file of my web-server revealed the problem.

Lighttpd | Can't have more connections than fds/2: 1024

Problem:(server.c.889) can't have more connections than fds/2: 1024 1024

This is an update to my earlier post Lighttpd doesn't start here's a less complicated solution:

setsebool -P httpd_setrlimit on

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