Re: [vox-tech] Advice for dealing with adobe pdf forms etc on linux?
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. It looks to me like qoappa's commercial PDF Studio is the best option for me to handle pdf documents with proprietary features/standards. On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 3:42 PM Mark's tech help wrote: > Interesting topic. Motivated me to read around for awhile, and what seems > to have most potential is DjVuLibre: > > (from http://djvu.sourceforge.net/gsdjvu.html ) > "DjVu documents download and display extremely quickly, and look > exactly the same on all platforms with no compatibility problems due to > fonts, colors, etc. DjVu can be seen as a superior alternative to PDF and > PostScript for digital documents, to TIFF (and PDF) for scanned bitonal > documents, to JPEG and JPEG2000 for photographs and pictures, and to GIF > for large palettized images. DjVu is the only Web format that is practical > for distributing high-resolution scanned documents in color. No other > format comes close. " > > There's a snag though, in that there's apparently a conflict between the > "Common Public License" (http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html) and > the GPL, under which different sub-parts are written.. upshot being that > executables (binaries) are not considered redsitributable. The Ghostscript > driver that enables PDF importing, called GSDjVu, seems the sticky > licensing issue.. > > (from http://djvu.sourceforge.net/gsdjvu.html ) > "If you are determined to compile GSDjVu, you will find much easier > to use the improved version prepared by the DjVuLibre team (after all, we > wrote this code in the first place.) " > > I've compiled quite a few packages in my time, but am not top-salary grade > in this area. Nonetheless, I hereby put myself out there as for-hire, to > set about implementing this in your environment. > But it sounds like this should present a quality Linux alternative. I'm > presuming it's plenty easy to port back out to .pdf format when desired.. > though I haven't test-driven it yet. > The software project overall sounds like the way go for someone such as > myself, who's working to migrte away from the likes of Adobe entirely. And > kudos on the foresight of planning to leave the Windows platform, Bob! > > Another up & coming possibility is something called poppler, the TODO of > which says it'll be taking on pdf annotation: > "glib frontend to: > - Sound/Movie actions support > - API to create annotations " > > (from http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/tree/TODO ) Just > noticed on the Okular page, that this is a back-end of theirs! > > > And as for getting form entries to print from Okular, which had been > entered in from other machines.. just maybe this commenter was onto > something: > "FontForge - particularly useful if someone sends you a MAC pdf & you > need to edit it ;o) " > > ( from > http://tuxradar.com/content/best-linux-applications-office-productivity ) > > > Carl: on the Okular FAQ page, there's repeated mention of when one needs > to have upgraded versions of Poppler installed, so you might check that. > > > Best of luck, > Mark > > > -- > https://twitter.com/linuxusergroup/followers > > On 8/5/2015 at 2:35 AM, "Bob Scofield" wrote: > > > >I purchased the business edition of PDF Studio: > > > >http://www.qoppa.com/ > > > >There's a version for Linux and one for Windows and Mac. > > > >It's my default pdf program and I like it, but I have to admit > >that > >Windows Foxit is better. I've seen Foxit OCR material that PDF > >Studio > >cannot. > > > >The reason that I purchased a commercial program is that I plan to > >take > >Windows off my computers when Windows 9 expires in 2019, and I'm > >experimenting with using Linux in my business. PDF Studio is one > >step > >in that direction. > > > >Bob > > > > > > > > > >On 08/04/2015 10:56 AM, Chris Jenks wrote: > >> > >> Dear Carl, > >> > >> I recently searched for a (free) PDF editor for linux to deal > >with > >> the situations you describe but couldn't find anything adequate. > >As I > >> remember there was at least one commercial linux application > >that > >> looked like it might work but I wasn't willing to buy it (I see > >a few > >> listed for sale at this time). > >> > >> What I ended up doing was opening the documents in Acrobat on > >> Windows and printing them to PDF. The read-only PDF files can >
[vox-tech] Advice for dealing with adobe pdf forms etc on linux?
Hi folks, I occasionally have to deal with Adobe pdf documents that have embedded forms at work and am looking for some suggestions on how to manage this on a Linux platform. Sometimes the files are just plain pdfs, and I can happily mark up on top of them with an editor like Xournal and export my marked-up pdf. When the document has embedded forms that already have some content entered into them (e.g. by another user on a Windows/mac platform), that content does not display in evince. I can get it to display using okular, but cannot print it from okular to a pdf output without losing the contents of the form. It appears that Adobe no longer provides support for a linux version of acroread. I can get older versions of acroread binaries to install and run just fine, but any attembpt I've made to print the output (e.g. print to file, or using CUPS pdf printer device) results in either a blank pdf or ps, or worse a document that causes any editor to segfault it when I try and open it. My current strategy has been to take a screenshot of the pdf; crop convert the png back to pdf (say, in gimp), and mark it up in xournal. Needless to say, this isn't ideal. Any suggestions on how to better handle this situation? Somewhat worse than the 'ordinary' pdf forms are pdfs that have XFA-based forms. Opening these under evince or okular just shows the text: "Please wait... If this message is not eventually replaced by the proper contents of the document, your PDF viewer may not be able to display this type of document." While these do open properly and can be edited in the dated linux binaries of acroread, I haven't found any open source editor that can handle them. (It seems there are good reasons for that, as their may be security issues etc with this format, but I don't get to choose that). Any way to deal with these? (Even an online tool would be a reasonable alternative I guess). Thanks! Carl -- http://carlboettiger.info ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Ubuntu tahr upgrade from UC Davis mirror?
Yup, thanks Bill. Not sure if my R troubles were related to that kink in my update, but seems to be limited to my local environment and now resolved. Thanks again to everyone for the replies. On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Bill Broadley wrote: > On 04/21/2014 02:41 PM, Alex Mandel wrote: > > > > I assume you mean this one (I happen to know there are other ones on > > campus). > > > > http://mirror.math.ucdavis.edu/ <-contains contact email and status > > > https://code.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+mirror/mirror.math.ucdavis.edu-archive > > I believe he meant the one I run. http://mirror.cse.ucdavis.edu. It > had some corruption that was common across the 3 rsync enabled mirrors I > tried. > > It however has fixed itself and I've done a few upgrades with no problem. > > My favorite change is the ability to turn off the evil global menu. > > > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Carl Boettiger UC Santa Cruz http://carlboettiger.info/ ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] troubleshooting Ubuntu Tahr upgrade
Thanks! I just grabbed the .deb from wheezy and that installs and runs without any problem. Yes, sounds like it must be a ubuntu problem. The ubuntu .deb lists https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug for bug reports so I guess I should file the issue there. On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Richard Harke wrote: > I just installed R on debian wheezy and I don"t see this problem. Since > ubuntu derives > from debian it must be something the ubuntu folks did. You might try an > ubuntu > mailing list or help forum. > > Richard > > > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Carl Boettiger wrote: > >> Hi list, >> >> I've just upgraded my Ubuntu system to 14.04 / Tahr (thanks Alex for the >> pointer earlier). I now find that when I launch the "R" software >> environment, I immediately get a segmentation fault with no further warning >> or error message. >> >> I tried removing the relevant base package, which seemed to successfully >> remove R entirely from my system: >> >> sudo aptitude remove --purge r-base-core >> >> I then simply reinstalled r-base-core, but same error persists. >> >> my sources.list shows: >> >> deb http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/ubuntu trusty/ >> deb-src http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/ubuntu trusty/ >> >> I've never encountered this problem in an upgrade before. Any >> suggestions on how I should troubleshoot this one? Many thanks! >> >> - Carl >> >> -- >> Carl Boettiger >> UC Santa Cruz >> http://carlboettiger.info/ >> >> ___ >> vox-tech mailing list >> vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech >> >> > > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > -- Carl Boettiger UC Santa Cruz http://carlboettiger.info/ ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] troubleshooting Ubuntu Tahr upgrade
Hi list, I've just upgraded my Ubuntu system to 14.04 / Tahr (thanks Alex for the pointer earlier). I now find that when I launch the "R" software environment, I immediately get a segmentation fault with no further warning or error message. I tried removing the relevant base package, which seemed to successfully remove R entirely from my system: sudo aptitude remove --purge r-base-core I then simply reinstalled r-base-core, but same error persists. my sources.list shows: deb http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/ubuntu trusty/ deb-src http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/ubuntu trusty/ I've never encountered this problem in an upgrade before. Any suggestions on how I should troubleshoot this one? Many thanks! - Carl -- Carl Boettiger UC Santa Cruz http://carlboettiger.info/ ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] Ubuntu tahr upgrade from UC Davis mirror?
Hi list, I was just trying to upgrade my ubuntu distribution from the UC Davis mirror and keep getting errors that the download of some of the files fails as the files don't match their checksums. Has anyone else had success or hit this issue in upgrading from the UCD ubuntu mirror? -- Carl Boettiger UC Santa Cruz http://carlboettiger.info/ ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Window settings for Ubuntu Unity
Under "Appearance" (in system settings, or just type that into launcher) you can select a few different themes from the drop down menu. I think that's all you get out-of-the-box. If none of those are to your liking, you have to be more creative. This might be a place to start http://askubuntu.com/questions/86036/how-do-i-change-window-theme-in-11-10 -Carl On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Brian Lavender wrote: > Is there a way to change the colors and the settings for windows in Unity? > > brian > -- > Brian Lavender > http://www.brie.com/brian/ > > "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to > make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other > way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." > > Professor C. A. R. Hoare > The 1980 Turing award lecture > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Carl Boettiger UC Davis http://www.carlboettiger.info/ ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] [Solution] Gnome Classic on Ubuntu 11.10
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Alex Mandel wrote: > On 10/17/2011 09:31 AM, Cam Ellison wrote: > > On 11-10-17 09:10 AM, Darth Borehd wrote: > >> Yep, this is why I am still on 10.10. > >> > >> What were thinking?� Is Jono really OK with this? > >> > > This is one of the reasons I stick with Kubuntu. No sign of Unity there > > - not that is obvious, in any case. > > > > Cheers > > > > Cam > > > http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3926371/Jono-Bacon-Defends-Ubuntu-An-Insiders-Perspective.htm > > Let's not give in to that war, gave up on KDE long ago for various > obnoxious features, never liked Kubuntu to start due to it's K* suite of > stuff and other default packages, but did give it a whorl as KDE on top > of Ubuntu install. I'd say it works for some but not for the people who > have generally liked Gnome. > > So yes if you dislike unity and you've never tried KDE I do suggest to > give it a shot. > Meanwhile, I really enjoy Unity - so in the same spirit, if you've never tried it, give it a shot. simple, clean, intuitive? more native 32bit/64bit integration? intuitive search/launch for files, applications, music? automatic external monitor configuration? out-of-the-box tablet support with onscreen keyboard for login? It's not perfect, but I like seeing innovation. don't like it? linux has always had variety > > Thanks, > Alex > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Carl Boettiger UC Davis http://www.carlboettiger.info/ ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] menu for ubuntu 11.04
On login, select ubuntu-classic (aka. Gnome, instead of unity) as the session instead. -Carl On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Brian Lavender wrote: > Is there a way to use the old style menu with Ubuntu 11.04? > > brian > -- > Brian Lavender > http://www.brie.com/brian/ > > "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to > make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other > way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." > > Professor C. A. R. Hoare > The 1980 Turing award lecture > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Carl Boettiger UC Davis http://www.carlboettiger.info/ ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Laptop for linux
Consider any of the dedicated linux retailers, such as ZaReason in Berkeley? The Strata-Pro is along those lines... http://zareason.com/shop/Strata-Pro-15.html (review: http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/08/28/on-zareason/) -Carl On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Richard Harke wrote: > My laptop died so I am looking for a new one. I'm sure many people on this > list > have opinions about this. I thought an Asus N82JQ looked good -- i7 > processor with Nvidia 335M graphics but then its battery life is not too > good. Can anybody suggest something with good processing power, > Nvidia graphics and not too terrible battery life? Also, I don't want too > large, > 14" screen looks to be good. I will be installing linux, of course. > > Richard Harke > > > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > -- Carl Boettiger UC Davis http://www.carlboettiger.info/ ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] [netCDF #QCY-964177]: netcdf - 4.0.1 problems
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Jason Snyder wrote: > how do I enable the "universe" repository? > > > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Carl Boettiger wrote: > >> You shouldn't have to configure using sudo if the netcdf file is in your >> home directory, which it looks like it is, since it is on your desktop. You >> should have write access to that as an ordinary user. That said, no running >> it with sudo shouldn't hurt -- presumably that command worked without error >> and hence you have root access? >> >> The next command is usually make, sudo make install being third (just >> putting it into the binaries). That is, the command sequence is usually. >> >> ./configure >> make >> sudo make install >> >> All from the directory you specify. This compiles the package from >> source, which can be tricky to get to work. You mentioned you are on >> ubuntu. Have you tried simply issuing: >> >> sudo apt-get install netcdf-bin >> >> at the command-line instead? That should install the software, >> automatically resolve dependencies you might be missing, and be easier to >> keep it up to date. >> >> If that doesn't find anything, try enabling the "universe" repository >> >> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Jason Snyder wrote: >> >>> I did configure and install netcdf as you specified using sudo: >>> >>> i.e. >>> >>> sudo ./configure >>> sudo make install >>> >>> I also did make check and everything seems all right based on make check. >>> >>> is it because of lack of write access that I have for the directory >>> /home/snyderjm/Desktop/netcdf-4.0.1? >>> >>> How do I obtain access to /usr/local? >>> >>> Also how do I access root directory since i have permission denied here. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Unidata netCDF Support < >>> support-net...@unidata.ucar.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> Jason- >>>> The problem almost certainly is that you do not have >>>> access to /usr/local. >>>> You will need to do one of two things. >>>> 1. configure and install netcdf using sudo or logged in as root. >>>> 2. choose a different location to install netcdf; one for which you >>>> have write access. You specify that by saying >>>> ./configure -prefix= >>>> >>>> =Dennis Heimbigner >>>> >>>> >>>> Ticket Details >>>> === >>>> Ticket ID: QCY-964177 >>>> Department: Support netCDF >>>> Priority: Normal >>>> Status: Open >>>> >>>> >>> >>> ___ >>> vox-tech mailing list >>> vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >>> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Carl Boettiger >> Population Biology, UC Davis >> http://two.ucdavis.edu/~cboettig <http://two.ucdavis.edu/%7Ecboettig> >> >> ___ >> vox-tech mailing list >> vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech >> >> > > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > -- Carl Boettiger Population Biology, UC Davis http://two.ucdavis.edu/~cboettig ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] [netCDF #QCY-964177]: netcdf - 4.0.1 problems
You shouldn't have to configure using sudo if the netcdf file is in your home directory, which it looks like it is, since it is on your desktop. You should have write access to that as an ordinary user. That said, no running it with sudo shouldn't hurt -- presumably that command worked without error and hence you have root access? The next command is usually make, sudo make install being third (just putting it into the binaries). That is, the command sequence is usually. ./configure make sudo make install All from the directory you specify. This compiles the package from source, which can be tricky to get to work. You mentioned you are on ubuntu. Have you tried simply issuing: sudo apt-get install netcdf-bin at the command-line instead? That should install the software, automatically resolve dependencies you might be missing, and be easier to keep it up to date. If that doesn't find anything, try enabling the "universe" repository On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Jason Snyder wrote: > I did configure and install netcdf as you specified using sudo: > > i.e. > > sudo ./configure > sudo make install > > I also did make check and everything seems all right based on make check. > > is it because of lack of write access that I have for the directory > /home/snyderjm/Desktop/netcdf-4.0.1? > > How do I obtain access to /usr/local? > > Also how do I access root directory since i have permission denied here. > > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Unidata netCDF Support < > support-net...@unidata.ucar.edu> wrote: > >> Jason- >> The problem almost certainly is that you do not have >> access to /usr/local. >> You will need to do one of two things. >> 1. configure and install netcdf using sudo or logged in as root. >> 2. choose a different location to install netcdf; one for which you >> have write access. You specify that by saying >> ./configure -prefix= >> >> =Dennis Heimbigner >> >> >> Ticket Details >> === >> Ticket ID: QCY-964177 >> Department: Support netCDF >> Priority: Normal >> Status: Open >> >> > > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > -- Carl Boettiger Population Biology, UC Davis http://two.ucdavis.edu/~cboettig ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Fwd: [netCDF #QCY-964177]: netcdf - 4.0.1 problems
In general you have access only to your home directory, /home/yourusername unless you use sudo or su to gain root access, giving you write access to everything. View permissions with ls -l, see more details here (or just google unix permissions) http://www.dartmouth.edu/~rc/help/faq/permissions.html Are you using your own machine or a university machine with a systems adminstrator? How are you trying to install netcdf? (i.e. with apt-get or compiling?) When do you get this error? -C On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Jason Snyder wrote: > > I got the following message as to why netcdf does not install correctly: > > How do I access /usr/local? Also how do I know which directories I have > write access to? > > Thanks, > > jason > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Unidata netCDF Support > Date: Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:31 PM > Subject: [netCDF #QCY-964177]: netcdf - 4.0.1 problems > To: jmssny...@ucdavis.edu > Cc: support-net...@unidata.ucar.edu > > > Jason- > The problem almost certainly is that you do not have > access to /usr/local. > You will need to do one of two things. > 1. configure and install netcdf using sudo or logged in as root. > 2. choose a different location to install netcdf; one for which you > have write access. You specify that by saying > ./configure -prefix= > > =Dennis Heimbigner > > > Ticket Details > === > Ticket ID: QCY-964177 > Department: Support netCDF > Priority: Normal > Status: Open > > > > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > -- Carl Boettiger Population Biology, UC Davis http://two.ucdavis.edu/~cboettig ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Problems installing and running UNIX based programs
netcdf-bin is in the ubuntu universe repository. See if you can't install it with sudo apt-get install netcdf-bin should be easier than compiling the source. -Carl On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Eric Lin wrote: > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 01:32:58PM -0800, Jason Snyder wrote: > > I am having problems with installing programs on LINUX ubuntu 9.10. That > > includes having problems setting environments using setenv. Is it > possible > > to have some one go over the program webpages to help me install > > some of these programs? > > > > One such program is called GrADS on the website for this is: > > > > > > http://www.iges.org/grads/downloads.html > > > > Based on this website can you help give me guidance on how to install > > GrADS? This would help be to able to install other similar programs. > > The file on the GrADS website linked from "ubuntu-8.04 (32-bit)" is just > an archive of binaries. Just copy the files to ~/bin, /usr/bin, or > /usr/local/bin, and they'll be fine. > > > > > Another program I tried installing is NetCDF: > > > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/ > > > > when I tried running the install program make install I got the following > > message: > > > > snyde...@snyderjm-laptop:~/Desktop/netcdf-4.0.1$ make install > > Making install in f90 > > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/snyderjm/Desktop/netcdf-4.0.1/f90' > > make install-am > > make[2]: Entering directory `/home/snyderjm/Desktop/netcdf-4.0.1/f90' > > make[3]: Entering directory `/home/snyderjm/Desktop/netcdf-4.0.1/f90' > > make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. > > test -z "/usr/local/share/man/man3" || /bin/mkdir -p > > "/usr/local/share/man/man3" > > /bin/mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/share/man/man3': > Permission > > denied > > make[3]: *** [install-man3] Error 1 > > make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/snyderjm/Desktop/netcdf-4.0.1/f90' > > make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2 > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/snyderjm/Desktop/netcdf-4.0.1/f90' > > make[1]: *** [install] Error 2 > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/snyderjm/Desktop/netcdf-4.0.1/f90' > > make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 > > Try running this is as root or with superuser powers (sudo make install). > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jason > > > ___ > > vox-tech mailing list > > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > -Eric > Go Team USA! > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Carl Boettiger Population Biology, UC Davis http://two.ucdavis.edu/~cboettig ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] .jpg Mystery
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Rod Roark wrote: > On 01/21/2010 11:18 AM, Bill Kendrick wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:35:35AM -0800, Bob Scofield wrote: > >> In Linux there are a couple of different ways I can get the date and > time the > >> photo was taken. > > > > I picked a random photo I took with a Canon digital camera a few years > ago. > > The date/timestamp of the file on my laptop was from 9:05pm on the day > > the photo was taken. > > > > However, using "File->Properties..." in Gwenview, and looking at the > > metadata stored in the file itself, it was stamped as 8:05pm of that day. > > > > I'm guessing the timestamp in the metadata is off by an hour because > > I never adjusted the clock inside my camera to account for Daylight > Savings > > time change. (In other words, the camera THOUGHT it was 8:05pm, so > that's > > the metadata it stored.) > > I would think that the file's timestamp is derived from the time set in > the camera, one way or another. Either the camera creates the file on a > standard (probably win32) filesystem when the picture is taken, or the > timestamp is assigned from the metadata by some special software that > fetches images to your computer from the camera. > > Sounds like some sort of bug to me, perhaps where some piece of software > neglects to take DST into account. > Sounds plausible to me. Digital cameras attach metadata in an EXIF file, the exiv2 will let you read this file directly: http://www.exiv2.org/sample.html Perhaps the machines.software interpret this file differently (i.e. DST stettings)) Of course there's lots of reasons a timestamp won't match reality: http://www.slate.com/id/2140303/ -Carl > > Rod > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Carl Boettiger Population Biology, UC Davis http://two.ucdavis.edu/~cboettig ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] [OT] Uploading an image to Wikipedia (licensing)
Wikipedia requires the image use a free license, which they define to mean one which allows both commercial use and derivative work: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags/Free_licenses In creative commons terms, that allows licenses that require attribution (by) and the "viral" share alike (sa) clause (like GSL for software), but not creative commons licenses that require non-commercial (nc) use only or allow no derivative (nd) works to be based on the content. You should let your friend know that "to use this image on wikipedia" means others can use the image commercially and they can make derivative works based on the image. If both of those are okay, then you can upload it. So it doesn't have to be BSD style / public domain (it can require either/both attribution and share-alike), but it does have to allow commercial and derivative use. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags/Deprecated Hope that helps. -Carl On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Bill Broadley wrote: > > > Does anyone understand the Wikipedia policy and/or has a higher > > tolerance for understanding licenses than I do (which is admittedly > > very low). My sense is that the image owner wants his picture to be > > used for the Wikipedia article, but may be unwilling to allow the > > image to be used for commercial purposes. > > I believe the basic idea is that photos much be completely free to be on > wikipedia, much like the bsd license which allows a company to both use and > modify without contributing back the changes. Both commercial, non > commercial, and non wikipedia use much be allowed. So unless it's public > domain you can't use it. Thus the terrible photos for most hollywood > folks. > > So saying "Wikipedia may use it" is not enough. > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Carl Boettiger Population Biology, UC Davis http://two.ucdavis.edu/~cboettig ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] Fwd: crontab
In case it's of interest, I find that gnome-schedule is an easy to use GUI for scheduling cron jobs / automatic tasks. -Carl On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 3:04 AM, Ken Bloom wrote: > On Sun, 2009-09-06 at 20:23 -0400, Hai Yi wrote: > > > > On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Tony Cratz wrote: > > > Hai Yi wrote: > > >> this might be too simple a question to ask, however i am doing it > anyway. > > >> > > >> i want to run a cron job to back up the dump files from my database > > >> tables on a weekly basis. I've never set a cron job before. So by > > >> following the "goolge-search" result, I did these: > > >> > > >> I create a text file and add a line to set time, date and my script, > > >> name the file "cronjob.txt" > > >> 59 23 * * * /home/hai/Scripts/backup.sh > > >> > > >> from CLI: crontab cronjob.txt > > >> confirm the job: crontab -l > > >> > > >> then I sat tight waiting for the magic moment. Nothing happened. > > > > > >What do your logs show? > > >You have read your logs correct? > > kind of embarrassment, where to look? > > > > Cron emails you the output from any cronjobs that produced output > (including errors). Depending on your mail configuration, you'll find > the mails in /var/spool/mail/$USER, and you can check them with the mail > command or using mutt. > > (If mutt is configured already for checking other mail, make sure that > your .muttrc has a mailboxes line with the path to your local mail spool > in it. Then you can use mutt -y to view your mail.) > > --Ken > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Carl Boettiger Population Biology, UC Davis http://two.ucdavis.edu/~cboettig ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] sbackup question
Been exploring sbackup after an earlier discussion on this list. I have sbackup set to backup to a location on an external drive which mounts on /media/DATA. However, when that drive is not mounted, it attempts to backup onto a folder named /media/DATA, but writing the data to the internal harddisk instead. Is there a way I can prevent this? Thanks! -Carl ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] trackerd question
Hi, trackerd has been running for over 24 hours on my computer, not sure if that's normal? (I did move around some directories recently, but not a ton...) Also, can I set it up somehow so that it won't index when I am on battery power? Is trackerd a full-text indexing, or do you need beagle for that kind of thing? I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 -Carl ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] External USB webcam under Linux
I use the logitech quickcam deluxe. You can get cheaper ones, but this one works great with cheese and skype etc, including support for the built-in microphone and its noise-canceling and its auto-adjusting light/brightness. Great image (glass lens), focusing, etc. I think all the logitech cameras are supported in the major distributions. -C On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Brian Lavender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 11:07:42PM -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote: >> >> So thinking back, I was an idiot, not getting a Dell laptop with a webcam. >> I mean... I'm the author of Tux Paint, right? What better thing to do >> in Tux Paint than scribble a mustache on your own picture, right? >> >> Anyway, I'm considering purchasing something, hopefully cheap and small. >> I'm looking at Portvideo as a library to use (within Tux Paint), >> which apparently uses Video4Linux behind the scenes. (They suggest a >> "Philips ToUcam Pro", which I cannot find on Amazon, and don't see on eBay). >> >> Does anyone here have one they can recommend? And... if you have it handy, >> would you be willing to try using it with Portvideo to see if it works? :) >> >> http://reactable.iua.upf.edu/?portvideo > > You could get the Dell Mini 9 with the webcam built in. :) > > http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-9?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DellMini9 > http://www.dell.com/ > > I have one of those Phillips webcams too. It is the Logitech 4000, but > it is a Phillips underneath and uses the same driver. It doesn't quite > have a mount for the laptop though. > > brian > -- > Brian Lavender > http://www.brie.com/brian/ > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Carl Boettiger Population Biology, UC Davis http://two.ucdavis.edu/~cboettig ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] dual system
certainly it's easier if xp is installed first, since the Ubuntu installer takes care of everything, even copying bookmarks. With Linux on first, you'll just need to partition and then reload grub using the live-cd. It's described here: http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_linux_and_windows_xp_linux_installed_first.htm?page=1 -Carl On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Jimbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi: > My friend wants to give linux a shot due to the rash of viruses he has > received. > > I have been tweaking on his machine for about a week and have a nice user > friendly ubuntu system with lots of eye candy. > > I now want to add xp (gave me a disk but unsure what machine it goes to, > will probably call for it later). It is a pretty painless install for just > one OS but I have grub set up to handle the boot options and want to leave > it that way. > > Is there an easy way to install xp and still use grub? I know that if I > install this on a partition it will automatically make a bootloader. If it > does make its own bootloader can I somehow revert back to grub? > > Jimbo > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > -- Carl Boettiger Population Biology, UC Davis http://two.ucdavis.edu/~cboettig ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] vi problem: can't make back up file (add ! to override)
Could you provide a little more information: What distribution are you using? Have you installed any extra vim packages (i.e. vim-full in ubuntu/debian)? Perhaps you need to install certain extensions, since the .vimrc is just providing the configuration, not the actual support. For instance, you can turn syntax highlighting on by typing the command stynax on or by adding that line to your own .vimrc. Could you attach the .vimrc and .exrc files you are using? -C On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Hai Yi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have downloaded two configuration files for VIM, one is .exrc and > the other .vimrc > > After these two files are applied, the vi editor starts to support > color syntax (maybe other feature as well). However after I edited a > CPP file and wanted to save it, I encountered this error message: > > can't make back up file (add ! to override) > > Therefore the file is not able to be saved. > > Anyone knows how to handle this error? > > > Thanks for the suggestions! > > Hai > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Carl Boettiger Population Biology, UC Davis http://two.ucdavis.edu/~cboettig ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] streaming DNC video on linux
Hi, Any way to see the DNC video coverage from a linux machine? http://gallery1.demconvention.com/ Currently trying in firefox on ubuntu platform, no trouble watching flash/you-tube video but not sure what format this is in. Any insights or suggestions? -Carl ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] task switcher
Gnome has the same functions for Alt+Tab, Alt+F1, Alt-F2, Alt-F4. Also worth mentioning are KDE's katapult (alt-space by default), which lets you launch an application, play a song in amarok, check the spelling of a word or use as a calculator. For task switching remember the fun things in Compiz, such as the ring switcher (super+tab by default) or expose clone. In fluxbox (and related) you can install a program called skippy as a light expose clone. Binds F11 to expose function. Of course key binding can always be toggled, in gnome its all under gconf-editor. On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 10:14:42AM -0700, Brian Lavender wrote: >> On Hardy there is Alt-Tab, but in fvwm2 I remember there is a list of >> tasks that you can select from a list on the screen. Is there a way to >> do the same in Gnome? > > In KWin you can hit Alt+F5. Maybe GNOME's WM does the same? > Is there a way to configure global shortcuts somewhere in GNOME? > > FYIk, KWin also has (by default): > > Alt+F1 - Pop-up K menu > Alt+F2 - Bring up Run dialog > Alt+F3 - Pop-up currently-focused window's window controls (maximize, > minimize, resize, move, shade, and all sorts of other goodies) > Alt+F4 - close a winodw > > This may've been Windows-influenced, I'm not sure. (In which case, again, > GNOME may also mimick...) > > -- > -bill! > "Tux Paint" - free children's drawing software for Windows / Mac OS X / Linux! > Download it today! http://www.tuxpaint.org/ > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] external webcam
Hi, Does anyone know about external webcam support for linux? Will any usb web camera just work (with skype, etc), or are there things to look for? I'm running Ubuntu Hardy. -Carl ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] automatic reload in evince?
Hi, So I often find myself editing a latex file while having the corresponding pdf output open. I can use a keyboard shortcut in vim to compile the latex document, and would like the pdf viewer to automatically detect the updated file and display the updates. Okular does this without a hitch, and I'd like to know if I could get Gnome default document viewer, evince, to do the same thing. -Carl ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] default pdf viewer in gnome
Hi all, I use gnome with compiz, and I find that the evince document viewer uses a lot of my memory (>100MB!) and also doesn't display fonts clearly in some pdf articles. For these and other reasons, I've started using kde4's okular, which works very well (also has nice new features). I'd like to set it to the default (of firefox, and of gnome when I double-click on a pdf for instance), but I can't figure out how to do this. Any ideas? Suggestions as to why evince uses so much memory would also be good, I worry it means something else is wrong. Stopping compiz helps a little but not a lot. While I'm complaining about memory use, firefox uses a lot of my RAM too (100-200 mb), suggestions to fix this or alternate browsers to try would be great. Thanks all for help on the C code question by the way. Carl ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] c code question
Hi, This isn't a linux question directly but I'm going to abuse the generosity and knowledge on this list and ask anyway: I'm running a c code where I'd like to print out data to a file in a matrix form. I run a loop that fills in each entry of a column, which I print to a file fprintf(file, "%.5e\n", variable). When the loop starts again, I'd like to print the next set in an adjacent column, rather than under the existing data. (currently I import the file into matlab and use reshape to convert the long vector into a matrix, but this doesn't work if the vectors are of different lengths). Hope that made sense. Any ideas? Thanks! -Carl ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] USB disk drive problem
On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Norm Matloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder if there might be a kernel issue here? Any opinions? I guess trying a live-cd running the same kernel as the mint distro would be the next step. Is the external drive vfat formatted? If you're in Gnome, I'd also check configuration editor -> system -> storage -> default_options -> vfat and see what it says under mount_options. After a recent kernel update I had to remove the option "usefree" to get my external usb drive to mount. -Carl > > > > Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 18:29:06 -0800 > > From: Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [vox-tech] USB disk drive problem > > > > I assume you're talking a USB-based floppy drive? A quick google brought > > up this, which I'm not sure if you looked at yet: > > Not, it isn't a floppy. It's a 250G hard drive. > > It's a Western Digital SATA, placed in an enclosure that converts to USB. > > > > http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x498.html > > Thanks, but I'm afraid there is nothing here which is new to me. Been > there, tried that. > > > Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:30:32 -0800 > > From: "Drew Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [vox-tech] USB disk drive problem > > > > A couple of years ago, I would sometimes find it helpful to see what > > > shows up in dmesg when the USB device is plugged in. > > Yes, I had him do extensive grep searches of the dmesg output (searching > for "usb", "Attached", "scsi emulation" etc.). It was the blind leading > the blind, though, as there's a lot in there that I don't understand. > > Certainly the OS noticed that the USB hard drive was plugged in. There > was an error message of -110, but I couldn't find any site that explains > what this error actually is. > > Norm > > > > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] Google Calendar and Evolution
Hi, Have a quick question on using evolution calendar with google calendar. I was able to add gmail calendar using the private ical address provided by google calendar as an on-the-web calendar in evolution and see my calendar. However, it shows the times as if I were viewing them from the east coast time zone, when everything (my google calendars, my computer and evolution program) are all set to west coast. The times display correctly in google calendar itself. Any ideas? Also, anyone know about add/write support for evolution to google calendars? -Carl ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] openoffice and word
Hi all, I dual-boot windows and linux and save documents to a third (vfat) partition. I began editing a file in windows on MS word. I switch to linux, open it in openoffice and edit and save the file in .doc format. I reboot into windows. Will windows give me the time I last edited it in Word or the (more recent) time I last edited it openoffice in linux? My problem is that going back to windows and opening the file, i don't see any of the changes in linux, and the time last edited according to windows is the time I last edited it in MS word. There's no record of the editing in openoffice anywhere. Any possible explanations? Carl ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Corrupted root files
I'm using ext3 which i figured should be pretty safe. I ran smartctl, didn't seem to find any errors on either my / or /home partition. -Carl On Dec 22, 2007 8:54 AM, Bill Broadley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW, in the past I've taken drives that looked pretty bad, producing tons > of > errors, etc. I ran the vendor provided (I forget it was maxtor or seagate > I think) utilities (I think they were handily found on the "ultimate boot > disk"). I ran the quick read only scan, found tons of errors. I did the > destructive write test and it spent hours finding problems and fixed them. > > I didn't trust it so I ran it again... zero errors. I figured what the > hell, > installed linux on it and ended up using it for another 1.5 years without > a > single problem despite fairly heavy use. > > Sure the risks are likely somewhat higher, but it might be worth a try. > Some areas of the drive are reserved, so once a bad block is discovered > they can be remapped (up to a certain number). > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Corrupted root files
Thanks for the feedback. Not overclocking, i do have backups, and i'm wondering if its a faulty configuration problem (from a bad/interrupted download, etc) or something else. So, what is smartctl? How do I do a short or long (or any) test of my drive? Thanks! -Carl On Dec 21, 2007 9:23 AM, Bryan Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007/12/21, Carl Boettiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, > > > > I've been having a series of problems with corrupted files owned by > root. > > (I'm running the Ubuntu Gutsy by the way, normal i386 install) The first > I > > noticed was an error whenever I ran apt-get update that turned out to be > do > > to some perl-base *.pm configuration files were corrupted into binary > mess. > > (thanks for your help earlier on this!) Most recently my > /etc/environment > > file became corrupted, this time with random ascii text inserted and the > > correct text missing. > > Put your current hard drives on ice, buy new ones, and copy to the new > ones while sacrificing chickens and old monitors to $DEITY. > > Unless you have backups, in which case, toss the old hard drives, buy > new ones, and copy to the new ones while sipping a martini. > > Take this with a grain of salt, of course, but honestly, I'd be > worried about the hardware. > > -Bryan > > -- > Bryan Richter > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] Corrupted root files
Hi, I've been having a series of problems with corrupted files owned by root. (I'm running the Ubuntu Gutsy by the way, normal i386 install) The first I noticed was an error whenever I ran apt-get update that turned out to be do to some perl-base *.pm configuration files were corrupted into binary mess. (thanks for your help earlier on this!) Most recently my /etc/environment file became corrupted, this time with random ascii text inserted and the correct text missing. In each of these cases obtaining good copies of the corrupted files and overwriting the bad ones fixed the problem at hand. Now the last round of updates included a kernel upgrade from 2.6.20-16 to 2.6.22-14. The new kernel failed to boot and I have to select the old kernel from grub just to be able to boot at all. Not sure if these problems are related, but I'm worried. I've had all this trouble with corrupted files and now this in the past month or so, which i've never had before. Any ideas what I should do? -Carl ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] installation broken packages
doing dpkg --extract perl-base and copying all the files in its usr/share/perl/5.8 directory to my /usr/share/perl/5.8 directory fixed my install problems. All the .pm files in that directory had become completely corrupted. Any idea how I could figure out what corrupted these files in the first place? -Carl On Dec 7, 2007 1:12 PM, Carl Boettiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No luck trying to download and install .deb package: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i > xine-ui_0.99.4+dfsg+cvs2006-2ubuntu2_i386.deb > [sudo] password for cboettig: > (Reading database ... 195296 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace xine-ui 0.99.5-2build1 (using > xine-ui_0.99.4+dfsg+cvs2006-2ubuntu2_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement xine-ui ... > Unrecognized character \xDE at /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1. > Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm line 3. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm line > 3. > Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54. > dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 9 > > > On Dec 7, 2007 9:16 AM, Jeff Newmiller < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Carl Boettiger wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have some broken packages which apt-get (also aptitude, synaptic, > > > adept_manager, dpkg) refuse to fix. Any idea what's wrong? > > > > > > apt-get -f install decides xine-ui is no fully installed. dpkg > > > identifes the package as being in a bad state: > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r xine-ui > > > dpkg: error processing xine-ui (--remove): > > > Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should > > > reinstall it before attempting a removal. > > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > > xine-ui > > > > > > > > > However, any attempt to remove, reinstall, or reconfigure xine-ui with > > > dpkg or any apt program fails. The error I keep getting is > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg-reconfigure xine-ui > > > Unrecognized character \xDE at /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1. > > > > Looks like at least this file is corrupted. If only a few files > > are corrupted you might be able to extract this file from the deb > > file or the deb source and manually replace this file, and repeat until > > the process starts working. > > > > Or, you can start backing up while the system still works and then > > run hardware diagnostics to insure your hard disk is functioning > > and then re-install. > > > > Or, someone else may suggest something between these extremes... > > > > > Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure line 8. > > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure line > > 8. > > > > > > Googling unrecognized character \xDE gives me nothing. (libperl5.8 is > > > installed). I'm guessing something with my perl is messed up, but > > > that's just a wild guess. > > > > > > Other packages are also not fully installed: the full output of > > apt-get > > > -f install is: > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get -f install > > > Reading package lists... Done > > > Building dependency tree > > > Reading state information... Done > > > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > > > required: > > > cvs recode > > > Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. > > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. > > > 9 not fully installed or removed. > > > Need to get 0B/1551kB of archives. > > > After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. > > > debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (Unrecognized character \xDE at > > > /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1. > > > Compilation failed in require at (eval 1) line 2. > > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 1) line 2. > > > ) -- aborting > > > Selecting previously deselected package xine-ui. > > > (Reading database ... 194787 files and directories currently > > installed.) > > > Preparing to replace xine-ui 0.99.5-2build1 (using > > > .../xine-ui_0.99.5-2build1_i386.deb) ... > > > Unpacking replacement xine-ui ... > > > Unrecognized character \xDE at /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1. > > > Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/
Re: [vox-tech] installation broken packages
No luck trying to download and install .deb package: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i xine-ui_0.99.4+dfsg+cvs2006-2ubuntu2_i386.deb [sudo] password for cboettig: (Reading database ... 195296 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace xine-ui 0.99.5-2build1 (using xine-ui_0.99.4+dfsg+cvs2006-2ubuntu2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xine-ui ... Unrecognized character \xDE at /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1. Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm line 3. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm line 3. Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54. dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 9 On Dec 7, 2007 9:16 AM, Jeff Newmiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Carl Boettiger wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have some broken packages which apt-get (also aptitude, synaptic, > > adept_manager, dpkg) refuse to fix. Any idea what's wrong? > > > > apt-get -f install decides xine-ui is no fully installed. dpkg > > identifes the package as being in a bad state: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r xine-ui > > dpkg: error processing xine-ui (--remove): > > Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should > > reinstall it before attempting a removal. > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > xine-ui > > > > > > However, any attempt to remove, reinstall, or reconfigure xine-ui with > > dpkg or any apt program fails. The error I keep getting is > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg-reconfigure xine-ui > > Unrecognized character \xDE at /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1. > > Looks like at least this file is corrupted. If only a few files > are corrupted you might be able to extract this file from the deb > file or the deb source and manually replace this file, and repeat until > the process starts working. > > Or, you can start backing up while the system still works and then > run hardware diagnostics to insure your hard disk is functioning > and then re-install. > > Or, someone else may suggest something between these extremes... > > > Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure line 8. > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure line 8. > > > > Googling unrecognized character \xDE gives me nothing. (libperl5.8 is > > installed). I'm guessing something with my perl is messed up, but > > that's just a wild guess. > > > > Other packages are also not fully installed: the full output of apt-get > > -f install is: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get -f install > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > > required: > > cvs recode > > Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. > > 9 not fully installed or removed. > > Need to get 0B/1551kB of archives. > > After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. > > debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (Unrecognized character \xDE at > > /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1. > > Compilation failed in require at (eval 1) line 2. > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 1) line 2. > > ) -- aborting > > Selecting previously deselected package xine-ui. > > (Reading database ... 194787 files and directories currently installed.) > > Preparing to replace xine-ui 0.99.5-2build1 (using > > .../xine-ui_0.99.5-2build1_i386.deb) ... > > Unpacking replacement xine-ui ... > > Unrecognized character \xDE at /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1. > > Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm line 3. > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm line > 3. > > Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54. > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54. > > dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 9 > > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > > Unrecognized character \xDE at /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1. > > Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm line 3. > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm line > 3. > > Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54. > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54. > > dpkg: error processing >
[vox-tech] installation broken packages
Hi, I have some broken packages which apt-get (also aptitude, synaptic, adept_manager, dpkg) refuse to fix. Any idea what's wrong? apt-get -f install decides xine-ui is no fully installed. dpkg identifes the package as being in a bad state: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r xine-ui dpkg: error processing xine-ui (--remove): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: xine-ui However, any attempt to remove, reinstall, or reconfigure xine-ui with dpkg or any apt program fails. The error I keep getting is [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg-reconfigure xine-ui Unrecognized character \xDE at /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1. Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure line 8. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure line 8. Googling unrecognized character \xDE gives me nothing. (libperl5.8 is installed). I'm guessing something with my perl is messed up, but that's just a wild guess. Other packages are also not fully installed: the full output of apt-get -f install is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: cvs recode Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. 9 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/1551kB of archives. After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (Unrecognized character \xDE at /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1. Compilation failed in require at (eval 1) line 2. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 1) line 2. ) -- aborting Selecting previously deselected package xine-ui. (Reading database ... 194787 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace xine-ui 0.99.5-2build1 (using .../xine-ui_0.99.5-2build1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xine-ui ... Unrecognized character \xDE at /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1. Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm line 3. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm line 3. Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54. dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 9 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... Unrecognized character \xDE at /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1. Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm line 3. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm line 3. Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xine-ui_0.99.5-2build1_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 9 Unrecognized character \xDE at /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1. Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm line 3. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm line 3. Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54. dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 9 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/xine-ui_0.99.5-2build1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Help would be very much appreciated, I'm at a loss in what to do. Carl ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] mutt and ldap
Has anyone configured mutt to work with uc davis ldap? I'm trying to get this to work using lbdb but no success. I can post my .muttrc lbdb.rc and lbdb_ldap.rc if it helps. -Carl ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Re: lynx and Google
Yup, that worked. Thanks all. (How can I change the default link that it tries to open?) Thanks! -Carl David T. Harris wrote: --- Carl Boettiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hmm, replaced lynx with lynx-cur, won't run at all. I get: lynx: Can't access startfile http://www.hsd1.pa.comcast.net/ and it won't let me attempt to do anything. bizarre. -Carl Do you get the same error when you start lynx with a url as a command line argument? Something like: 'lynx http://www.google.com' or 'lynx search.yahoo.com' ? I tried inputting the url you gave into firefox, and it didn't resolve to an actual address, as well running 'host' on the address. Hence I do not know where you'd be getting that url from. Maybe it's in one of your configuration files under /etc ? You could always try to grep for the url just to see where it is, if anywhere on your harddrive. Since the url has 'comcast' in it, though, my guess is that it has something to do with your ISP, though I could be totally wrong about that. === $host http://www.hsd1.pa.comcast.net/ Host http://www.hsd1.pa.comcast.net/ not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) === __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Re: lynx and Google
Hmm, replaced lynx with lynx-cur, won't run at all. I get: lynx: Can't access startfile http://www.hsd1.pa.comcast.net/ and it won't let me attempt to do anything. bizarre. -Carl David T. Harris wrote: --- Carl Boettiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hmm, I wonder why that is. I have this problem on every clean ubuntu distribution i've installed where lynx cannot get to google. links worked fine, but I'm not sure that I prefer it over lynx. I get this problem on the uc davis math servers too with lynx, and my rudimentary internet searches seem to indicate others have this problem, but so far no idea how to fix it for lynx. Any ideas how to troubleshoot this? -Carl Not sure offhand how to troubleshoot this. I have the same problem with the 'lynx' package in ubuntu, here in MN. Yet, I just sudo apt-get installed lynx-cur (a developement version of lynx) and that works fine at reaching google. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Re: lynx and Google
Hmm, I wonder why that is. I have this problem on every clean ubuntu distribution i've installed where lynx cannot get to google. links worked fine, but I'm not sure that I prefer it over lynx. I get this problem on the uc davis math servers too with lynx, and my rudimentary internet searches seem to indicate others have this problem, but so far no idea how to fix it for lynx. Any ideas how to troubleshoot this? -Carl Norm Matloff wrote: Works fine for me. Glad to see I'm not the only one using a text-based browser. :-) I don't like the "links" browser, by the way. I prefer lynx's features, especially the keystroke record and replay capability. I've used this for a lot of creative things. Norm ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
