[SLUG] Re: High res tiffs in a LaTeX document
D'oh insert forehead slapping sound I did not know you could do loss-less conversion to eps. ImageMagick does the trick (for anyone interested) covert pretty_pic.tif pretty_pic.eps (Then wait - it takes a while on my old P233) Stephen -- Time was invented so that everything in the universe would not happen at once. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] High res tiffs in a LaTeX document
Howdy. Has anyone had experience with putting high resolution graphics (tiff files) into a latex document? I am having no joy at the moment. I need to keep the images (pretty rendered ones) at as high a res as possible... TIA Stephen -- Time was invented so that everything in the universe would not happen at once. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] XFree86 badness
Hey, Two days ago I apt-got the latest (woody) version of XFree86: XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510) I can now no longer run X. When I try to kick off xdm or startx I get the following message: snip - the output is large and I will forward it to people on request (II) Setting vga for screen 0. (EE) VGA(0): Driver can't support depth 24 (II) UnloadModule: vga (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found Now the odd thing is that (a) my XFree86Config file has not changed at all, and (b) my default colour depth is 16 bit. Below is a copy of my relevant definitions in /etc/X11/XFree86Config: Section Module Loaddbe # Double buffer extension SubSection extmod Optionomit xfree86-dga # don't initialise the DGA extension EndSubSection Loadtype1 Loadfreetype Load glx EndSection Section Files RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ EndSection Section ServerFlags EndSection Section InputDevice IdentifierKeyboard1 DriverKeyboard Option AutoRepeat 500 30 Option XkbRules xfree86 Option XkbModel pc101 Option XkbLayoutus EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol ExplorerPS/2 Option Device /dev/mouse Option Buttons 7 Option ZAxisMapping 6 7 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier My Monitor HorizSync 31.5 - 64.3 VertRefresh 50-90 EndSection Section Device Identifier Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 PRO Driver s3virge #VideoRam4096 #Option xaa_benchmark #Option fifo_moderate #Option pci_burst_on #Option pci_retry # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen 1 Device Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 PRO Monitor My Monitor DefaultDepth 16 Subsection Display Depth 8 Modes 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 16 Modes 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 640x480 ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 24 Modes 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection EndSection Section ServerLayout Identifier Simple Layout Screen Screen 1 InputDevice Mouse1 CorePointer InputDevice Keyboard1 CoreKeyboard EndSection Help? Stephen -- Time was invented so that everything in the universe would not happen at once. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] XFree86 badness
Well tickle me pink, I am a moron... It is the XF86Config-4 file (even though I had been using v4 earlier, I had only a XF86Config file...) Thanks Stephen This one time, at band camp, Mike Holland said: On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Stephen Graham wrote: Two days ago I apt-got the latest (woody) version of XFree86: XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System Were you running V3 or V4 before? if V3 then its a major upgrade and you should reconfigure. Now the odd thing is that (a) my XFree86Config file has not changed at all, and (b) my default colour depth is 16 bit. Below is a copy of my relevant definitions in /etc/X11/XFree86Config: Wrong name. Old file is XF86Config, new one is XF86Config-4, with a new format. Its supposed to fall back to the old one if needed. (if typo, best to cut paste names) ciao, -- Mike Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] --==-- Everybody is talking about the weather but nobody does anything about it. -- Mark Twain -- Time was invented so that everything in the universe would not happen at once. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] How does Firewire stack up?
Hey I will heed to be getting a bunch of new external devices over the next couple of months, and was wondering how firewire stacks up against SCSI. I would rather not invest in something which is to be obscelete in 6 months (former Amstrad owner here...). Firewire compares quite favourable with SCSI devices in terms of price. (Am I wrong on this? Is there a reason for this?) How well is it supported by Debian / Linux? How well does it perform, especially when you start a bit of chaining? Anyone's experience or a pointer to a good review would be much appreciated. Stephen PS - To any multia owners out there. The onboard SCSI device on a multia is SCSI-II, is it not? Also, does anyone know where you can pick up internal/external SCSI adapters, as neither Jaycar (Gore Hill) or Harris have them... -- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember, it did not help the rabbit much -- R.E. Shay -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Kernel Compile and Debian
You have tried make modules_install have you not? You have also make sure to keep modules support in the kernel? (Dumb questions I know, but I have screwed up on them before) Stephen -- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember, it did not help the rabbit much -- R.E. Shay -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Quick bash/ps question
Hey I am in the middle of writing a tiny bash script (so that I can use mpage to make my HP DeskJet500C print double sided and two per page). I was just wondering if anyone knew how to divine the number of pages contained in a postscript file (a script-friendly way, ie without looking at the file in ghostview). I need that for padding with blank pages (to get the write number of pages for the double sided thing). Thanks Stephen -- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember, it did not help the rabbit much -- R.E. Shay -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Printing woes
Hey all. I have a printing bug that I think will be dead obvious to someone else, I just can not see what it is. I am trying to print to a HP DeskJet 500C attached to a WinNT box (which is SMBed). When I print, all I get is: GSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGS on the one line, and then an almighty number of blank pages. I am using apsfilter as my filter, and the print command I am using to test is: a2ps /etc/fstab Below is an example entry in printcap: lp|lp2|cdj500-a4-auto-mono|cdj500 auto mono:\ :lp=/dev/deskjet:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/cdj500-a4-auto-mono:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/cdj500-a4-auto-mono/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/cdj500-a4-auto-mono/acct:\ :if=/usr/local/bin/netprint_lp2:\ :mx#0:\ :sh: /usr/local/bin/netprint_lp2 is just a tiny shell script: #!/bin/bash /var/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-cdj500-a4-auto-mono - $@ | \ /usr/bin/smbprint $@ (NB: I modified smbprint to get rid of the CR/LF conversion, which is why the GS prints all on 1 line I guess...) Any help would be most appreciated : ) Stephen -- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember, it did not help the rabbit much -- R.E. Shay -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Printing (Debian/Samba)
Hey SLUGers, I have a HP DeskJet 500C attached to a WinNT machine, and I am trying to set up printing from my Debian (stable) box. I have gotten a fair way down the track... I can print text files to the printer (ie 'cat /etc/fstab | lpr'). The only problem with doing this is that the file prints out but no page feed is delivered to the printer (ie the page stays in the printer at the last line). I have gs and magicfilter on my machine, but no idea for how to configure them (I know that my gs devide name is djet500c). My print spooler is LPRng. I am happy to change the magic filter if required. My /etc/printcap file is as follows deskjet:\ :cm=HP DeskJet 500C:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/deskjet:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/deskjet/acct:\ :if=/usr/bin/smbprint:\ :mx=0:\ :lp=/dev/deskjet: My /var/spool/lpd/deskjet/.config file is as follows server=charline service=DeskJet password=appropriate_password I have also created a dummy /dev/deskjet device (with permissions 622), as somewhere advised this for device locking... I would like to be able to print PS files to the printer, and to have the page feed when I print text files. Colour would be nice, but is not essential (I usually print B+W anyway). Any help (pointers to where this has been answered before?) would be appreciated. Thanks Stephen -- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember, it did not help the rabbit much -- R.E. Shay -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Visual Age for Java on Linux [Slightly OT]
Hey, I am running VAJ on linux, and am having problems exporting progams (ie I have developed an app in VAJ, but am having problems assembling a release of the code that will compile on other machines w/ javac (JDK) or the IBM java VM) I was wondering if any SLUGers had experience with this. I have hunted around the web but come up with precious little. Thanks in advance Stephen (Apologies for the slightly OT content) -- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember, it did not help the rabbit much -- R.E. Shay -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Re: Problem with partitioning SCSI drive as ext2
Thanks all, I should be able to get that running tomorrow w/out a problem. Cheers Stephen -- "I spend a lot on all the clothes that I got 'cos all the geeks that I meet, they all look cooler than me" - Mervellous 3, "Freak of the week" -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Win Networking
is it actually possible for a Windows machine to use more then one network adaptor... ie. with a modem and NIC Yeah, this should not be a problem. It is much easier with NT, but Win platforms allow it. Make sure that your DNS resolution is set up so that it uses a remote name server, and you may have to refer to machines by IP address unless you are using their WINS host name (which is assuming that all the other machines networked to afforementioned Win machine are running Samba : ) Stephen -- Who was as drunk as the Govenor General during the opening ceremony last night -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Hi (fwd)
That is the message I always used to get when I was doing an X connection over an unauthorised ssh connection. Have they tried the Xauth file to see if it exists and is correct. Is the X-Server a local or remote one? Can root get X? (Has Xconfigurator been run at any point?) Cheers Stephen -- "In a time of chimpanzees I was a monkey" - Beck -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Forwarding FTP connections to an internal server (continued)
Hey I just thought I would report the (quite unfortunate) results of my attempts so far (on Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, the firewall machine is also ip masquerading (successfully) some internal hosts for web, outbound FTP etc)... I tried simply forwarding port 21 to the internal FTP server, but this does not work since the outbound packets get lost. This is the same as what happens when I try to use an FTP redirection client or any port forwarding (or autofw) strategies I have thusfar encountered. Unfortunately, Fred Vile's patch (to allow inbound FTP) is only for the 2.0 kernel. I found a similar patch for the 2.2 kernel, but it apparently does not work as it also seems to loose the outbound data packets (specifically, the client can send the 200 (PORT) command fine, but then it hangs, and when I send ^C to the client it just says (421, connection closed by host)). The IP Masq HOWTO (which is great for most things) simply says that it can not be done, but that the new NetFilter may take care of this. Does anyone have experience with NetFilter? (Esp retro-fitting it onto a 2.2 firewall) Also, it was suggested by a friend that I use squid to proxy the FTP connections. Does anyone have experience with this option (or even know if it is possible!) Thanks Stephen -- If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would ever get done. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
