Re: Read OpenXML Excel file in OpenOffice.org?
On 5/23/07, Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dusty Wilson wrote in Article [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted I have data that was exported from MySQL Query Browser to what appears to be an OpenXML-formatted Excel document. I can't seem to get OpenOffice.org to open it. Do you guys know how to go about opening this document? Might try saving it in the traditional Excel format and see if OpenOffice can open that. Contrary to the name, OpenXML is not open. Nobody but Microsoft supports it, and only in recent versions of MS Office. The real problem is that I have files already stored in this non-binary format and I can't open them. I didn't see a way to export from MySQL Query Browser to Excel in any other format, but I could be wrong. But really, that's not the issue. I just wanted to be able to open these (or any other) files that are formatted in this format. Regarding OpenXML's openness, it seems like it should be easier for us to develop for since we don't (or shouldn't at least!) have to reverse-engineer it. I'm hoping someone is working to get code into upstream OOo so we can start reading those files. I refuse to install Novell's special version of OOo, so unless there is a nice way to go about reading these files, I'll just do without. Dusty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Read OpenXML Excel file in OpenOffice.org?
I have data that was exported from MySQL Query Browser to what appears to be an OpenXML-formatted Excel document. I can't seem to get OpenOffice.org to open it. Do you guys know how to go about opening this document? I'm sure I could have MySQL Query Browser export in a different format, but I have a few other documents that appear to be in the same format that I'd also like to open. Thanks, Dusty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Read OpenXML Excel file in OpenOffice.org?
On 5/22/07, Greg Folkert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 12:39 -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote: I have data that was exported from MySQL Query Browser to what appears to be an OpenXML-formatted Excel document. I can't seem to get OpenOffice.org to open it. Do you guys know how to go about opening this document? I'm sure I could have MySQL Query Browser export in a different format, but I have a few other documents that appear to be in the same format that I'd also like to open. What version of MySQL? Are you querying a MySQL DB? I doubt it is OpenXML, unless you are getting it from some kind of a Microsoft product. $ mysql-query-browser --version Gnome mysql-query-browser 1.2.5beta If it is truly OOXML then you get to open it with a Microsoft Product. The first few lines of the file look like this: --- $ head boxtypes.xls ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8? Workbook xmlns=urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet xmlns:x=urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel xmlns:ss=urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet xmlns:html=http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40; Worksheet ss:Name=Table1 Table --- I don't know my MS file formats, but it's XML and isn't binary, so that lead me to believe it was OpenXML, though I may be wrong, of course. Neither OOo or Gnumeric are willing to open it. FYI: $ openoffice --version This is OpenOffice.org built with ooo-build-2.0.4.9 $ gnumeric --version gnumeric version '1.6.3' datadir := '/usr/share/gnumeric/1.6.3' libdir := '/usr/lib/gnumeric/1.6.3' Thanks! Dusty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Read OpenXML Excel file in OpenOffice.org?
On 5/22/07, Dusty Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/22/07, Greg Folkert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 12:39 -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote: I have data that was exported from MySQL Query Browser to what appears to be an OpenXML-formatted Excel document. I can't seem to get OpenOffice.org to open it. Do you guys know how to go about opening this document? I'm sure I could have MySQL Query Browser export in a different format, but I have a few other documents that appear to be in the same format that I'd also like to open. What version of MySQL? Are you querying a MySQL DB? I doubt it is OpenXML, unless you are getting it from some kind of a Microsoft product. $ mysql-query-browser --version Gnome mysql-query-browser 1.2.5beta And I forgot to mention that I'm querying a MySQL DB as well. I don't use Microsoft products on my workstations or my laptops and definitely not on my servers (or anywhere else if I can help it). If it is truly OOXML then you get to open it with a Microsoft Product. The first few lines of the file look like this: --- $ head boxtypes.xls ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8? Workbook xmlns=urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet xmlns:x=urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel xmlns:ss=urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet xmlns:html=http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40; Worksheet ss:Name=Table1 Table --- I don't know my MS file formats, but it's XML and isn't binary, so that lead me to believe it was OpenXML, though I may be wrong, of course. Neither OOo or Gnumeric are willing to open it. FYI: $ openoffice --version This is OpenOffice.org built with ooo-build-2.0.4.9 $ gnumeric --version gnumeric version '1.6.3' datadir := '/usr/share/gnumeric/1.6.3' libdir := '/usr/lib/gnumeric/1.6.3' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Read OpenXML Excel file in OpenOffice.org?
On 5/22/07, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 05/22/07 17:58, Dusty Wilson wrote: [snip] I don't know my MS file formats, but it's XML and isn't binary, so that lead me to believe it was OpenXML, though I may be wrong, of course. Neither OOo or Gnumeric are willing to open it. If it's in a relatively simple format, you could parse it yourself. True, but I really would love to be able to simply open it, edit it, and pass it on. What I did to solve it was to send it to someone that had Microsoft Excel who then converted the file to the binary Excel file format that I then could open with Gnumeric. Basically, I was hoping someone had a magical solution (like installing another package, ticking a configuration option, or something) so I wouldn't have to rely on someone that had Excel (nor parsing it myself). Is there a file format converter or something? Thanks, Dusty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Recommend inexpensive MP3 player?
On 4/16/07, Reid Priedhorsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to get an MP3 player to use with my Lenny box. My specs are few but perhaps odd: - Cheap. - Used OK. - 512MB or larger OK. - Uses AAA or AA batteries, preferably 2. On 4/17/07, Dusty Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In addition to what everyone else already said, don't forget about the possibility of using a portable music player that has removable storage (SD, etc) and you can use that memory for multiple purposes. Plus you can upgrade your memory or swap cards whenever you feel like it if you have more than one. I use my SD card with a Treo 650 and PocketTunes as well as portable document storage and transfer. I forgot the important part of the SD card usage. You can use the SD card directly with your computer instead of needing to use sync software or anything like that. And if your computer doesn't come with an SD card reader, you can get a great multi-format USB SD/MMC/Sony/etc reader for USD$10 at Wal-Mart or online. Dusty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Idea for weekly/monthy wallpaper/themes package
On 15 Apr 2007 01:52:28 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] So my question is, would anyone be interested in something like that? Yes. I would love it. But it'd need to support both dual-monitor (1280x2048) setups as well as a single widescreen (1280x768) for me to properly enjoy it. Do you have any ideas for how to do it better, or what to include? Maybe different themes, like scenery, urban, art, Linux-related, water, sky, macro, etc. What do you think? I prefer simple and elegant with little or no (preferably) text overlaid on the image. If it seems like a programmer made the graphics, I won't want it. It'd need to be proper graphic artist/photographer-quality stuff. Note: I'm a programmer, so that's not intended as a stab at programmers. You just need to know what you're good at and admit it when you're not. Thanks, Dusty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Recommend inexpensive MP3 player?
On 4/16/07, Reid Priedhorsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to get an MP3 player to use with my Lenny box. My specs are few but perhaps odd: - Cheap. - Used OK. - 512MB or larger OK. - Uses AAA or AA batteries, preferably 2. In addition to what everyone else already said, don't forget about the possibility of using a portable music player that has removable storage (SD, etc) and you can use that memory for multiple purposes. Plus you can upgrade your memory or swap cards whenever you feel like it if you have more than one. I use my SD card with a Treo 650 and PocketTunes as well as portable document storage and transfer. Dusty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Looking for a collection of icons
Does anyone know if there is some magical Debian package out there that has a good selection of icons? There are quite a few programs I use that don't come with their own icon and it'd be great if there was a good source of icons to use for these programs on my desktop, menubars, menus, drawers, etc. I have found tarballs out there (like at http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/X11/icons/!INDEX.html for example), but they require me to manually place the files into the right places, which is okay. It just doesn't feel correct. A Debian package would be much nicer, I just don't know of any in the repository. Thanks! Dusty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Just installed lenny/sid ... wanted etch
If you're stuck with only that CD and can't burn another (I was in
this position a couple days ago), you can still use the Testing
NetInst CD to install Etch.
Just before you are about to choose the packages to install (before
you've opened the menu item in the installer to start that (if you
already have, just go back to the installer menu)), open a second
screen (CTRL-SHIFT-2, then ENTER) and do this:
chroot /target
nano /etc/apt/sources.list
#(modify this file to change testing or lenny to etch, then save)
apt-get update
exit
exit
And then go back to your installer (CTRL-SHIFT-1) and open the menu
item to choose your packages (tasksel) and it should now be in
Etch-land. Continue as normal.
(I typed this from memory. Sorry if any of it is off! But I'm pretty
sure it's right.)
Dusty
On 4/11/07, Adam Hardy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I downloaded what the http://cdimage.debian.org page
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/
stated was Etch. After running netinst successfully, I got to the login prompt
and there it said 'lenny/sid'. This came as a surprise, because I actually want
etch.
So I figure the netinst iso image at
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r0/i386/iso-cd/ is the etch one.
Now slightly too late I found the 'last minute notes' at the bottom of the page
http://www.debian.org/CD/ but only after reading the whole thing.
From a useability stand-point that 'last minute notes' should have been at the
top of the page. That's the page I landed on and I read down only as far as the
first link I needed ('download minimal bootable cd image'), so of course I
missed the message until i discovered I'd installed the wrong release.
Or you could put it on the top of the netinst page. Or on the daily builds page.
There you go.
Otherwise the lenny netinst install went quite well!
regards
Adam
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Re: SSH port 22 is invisible from the internet!! :(
On 4/9/07, gianca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You said you can ssh localhost, didn't you? nmap localhost should show port 22 is open. And can you ssh 85.222.164.13? Have any other pc in you private lan to try to ssh to yours? gc :-) Sorry if I missed it, but has anyone mentioned netstat? sudo netstat -lnp | grep ssh That should show if you have any running ssh processes listening on your server and which IP addresses/port numbers it is listening on. If you haven't already done such a thing, could you let us know the output of that command? Dusty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: firefox and iceweasel
On 4/8/07, Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's important to know that so far, everything that's been pointed out as working in Firefox but not in Iceweasel boils down to exceptionally poor web design and not any sort of failing on Iceweasel's part. This seems quite true. One of the sites I use (http://www.rhapsody.com/) won't work properly without setting my UA to Firefox through the User Agent Switcher. It claims that my browser is unsupported and recommends that I upgrade to Firefox. Funny, that. Dusty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Pronunciation of common Linux-related words
I'm re-gathering what everyone has said so far. Here's my list so far. But there are still a couple missing (chmod/chown) and others I'm not 100% sure of (lilo, passwd, chroot). named = name-dee pxe = pixie Debian = deb-ee-un bind = bynd (like find or whined, not like bindy or windy) lilo = lie-lo or ?? SQL = ess-cue-ell or sequel MySQL = My-ess-cue-ell PostgreSQL = post-gress-cue-ell FAQ = eff-ay-cue or fak etc = et-see usr = user lib = libb (short i, like LIBerty, not like LIBrary) proc = prock init = inn-it daemon = dee-mon or day-mon (http://foldoc.org/?daemon says /dee'mon/ was the original way) kde = kay-dee-ee gnu = guh-new gnome = guh-nome vi = vee-aye passwd = password or ?? irc = i-r-c chroot = shroot (like SHould), cheroot (like CHErry) chmod = ?? chown = ?? Thanks guys, Dusty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Pronunciation of common Linux-related words
On 4/1/07, dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tend to say cheroot, with the hard ch sound (like in cherry, for example). I say shroot Okay, what about chown and chmod? I don't imagine a person says shown and shmod but maybe they do? How do you guys say those? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pronunciation of common Linux-related words
In an effort to not sound like a newbie when speaking verbally about Linux-related terms, I would like to know how to properly pronounce these words. I've been training a co-worker on server management and have run into quite a few terms for which I didn't quite know the proper pronunciation. Also I think I know the correct way to say some of these but I really want to make sure, so I'll put those in the list too. named = name-dee pxe = pixie Debian = deb-ee-inn bind = bind, bin-dee, or ? lilo = lie-lo, lill-lo, lee-lo, or ? SQL = ess-cue-ell or sequel MySQL = My-ess-cue-ell (according to an old FAQ on MySQL's site) PostgreSQL = post-gress-cue-ell or ? FAQ = eff-ay-cue or fak etc = et-see usr = user lib = lib or lieb (short vs long i) proc = prock init = inn-it daemon = demon, day-mon, or ? kde = kay-dee-ee gnu = new, guh-new, or ? gnome = nome, guh-nome, or ? vi = vee-aye or vye passwd = password or pass-w-dee irc = i-r-c, irk, or ? Thanks for your help! (...and I hope I don't inadvertently start a battle. :-) Dusty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sirius radio streaming?
The solution I ended up with is at http://forums.megagram.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=6page=1#Item_7 Basically, you can install the mozilla-plugin-vlc package and it'll take care of your streams from Firefox/Mozilla/Iceweasel and pipe it through VLC. By the way, try out the SIRIUS Player Add-on for Firefox/Iceweasel: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3546/ Dusty On 3/15/07, charlie derr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snippage I'm thinking now that the file associations are maintained in the KDE control center. Does that sound right? (obviously I use KDE on my desktop) ~c It seems strange to me that if you use KDE you'd even have totem. I don't only use KDE, I have a lot of other stuff installed (I almost never login directly to gnome, but sometimes I'll use openbox instead of KDE (especially when my main purpose is to run vmware to get at a virtual machine)). So I'm not at all surprised that totem is there (it works well for a surprising number of things, but not quite everything it thinks it ought to work for). Yes, KDE holds file associations in the control center, but Iceweasel handles them too. You need to tell Iceweasel how to handle the file. Edit - Preferences, Content tab, Manage button. I don't know if there's a bug here or not, but I can't figure out how to actually add a new file association with that interface (modify and delete seem to be the only options available). Probably there's some preferences file (xml?) somewhere that could be edited directly in my .mozilla/firefox directory to fix this. But it does seem that there ought to be a GUI option for adding a new file association. In poking around, I see a pluginreg.dat file that looks like it's probably the ticket, but at the top there's a warning not to edit it, as it's a generated file. Anyone got any clues on this? If you have mplayer, you can dump totem because mplayer can play anything that totem can. You might want to look into kaffeine as well. That is a popular media player for KDE, as well as kmplayer, which is a kde front-end to mplayer. Yeah, I installed kmplayer, but konqueror won't even get the www.sirius.com homepage to load properly (perhaps because of flash?). Oh, the choices...how does one know which app is best for each task? Recommendations from others (including myself) are only so good. The best method is to try for yourself and pick your favorite. Yeah, thanks very much for the suggestions. I'm still a little baffled about how much of a grip totem seems to have on my media files. In the KDE control center I've modified the file associations so that mplayer is at the top of the list of applications for opening .asx files, and yet iceweasel still continues to try to use totem. thanks again, ~c Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF+adciXBCVWpc5J4RAr0KAKDM0Rqgg10b49HVl5OPZj1ulCZjLACeIxcm g0Btpe4ISEw6ElbIIpWEzSo= =SOKW -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
