Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-23 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Fri, 24 Nov 2017, arne wrote: https://extensions.libreoffice.org/templates/1cm-squared-paper hi Arne, thank you. I made the almost same grid with latex, but this one is also interesting best regards, -- Pierre Frenkiel

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

2017-11-23 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 03:39:58AM +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Doug wrote: > > > I do not disparage the hard work some devs > > have put into Linux CAD routines, but I don't > > think that's the way to go if you're going to > > do some serious CAD wo

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

2017-11-23 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 12:29:06AM +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote: [...] > http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/figures/pic/llc :-) Now write an Elisp-to-pic compiler (seq (circle :radius 0.5 :label "best effort core") (arrow :size 0.2) ...) Chee

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-23 Thread arne
On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 10:56:37 +0100 (CET) Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, Jape Person wrote: > > > Which GNU/Linux? Debian? If so, you should specify whether > > you're using a release or testing or unstable. It could make a > > difference, particularly with respect to the drivers a

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-23 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 23/11/17 22:37, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: On Thu, 23 Nov 2017, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: Mine works fine with these CUPS settings on my WLAN: http://192.168.1.11/ipp Name: Brother_MFC-L2740DW Description: Brother MFC-L2740DW Driver: Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic/pxlcolor (recommended) Af

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-23 Thread arne
On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 10:56:37 +0100 (CET) Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, Jape Person wrote: > > > Which GNU/Linux? Debian? If so, you should specify whether > > you're using a release or testing or unstable. It could make a > > difference, particularly with respect to the drivers a

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-23 Thread arne
On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 10:56:37 +0100 (CET) Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, Jape Person wrote: > > > Which GNU/Linux? Debian? If so, you should specify whether > > you're using a release or testing or unstable. It could make a > > difference, particularly with respect to the drivers a

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

2017-11-23 Thread Emanuel Berg
Doug wrote: > I do not disparage the hard work some devs > have put into Linux CAD routines, but I don't > think that's the way to go if you're going to > do some serious CAD work over the course > of time. ... why not? -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

2017-11-23 Thread Doug
On 11/23/2017 05:06 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote: Joe wrote: What you won't be given is a dialog box with X and Y size and coordinates, and invited to edit them, it doesn't work that way. That's how an object-oriented drawing program would work. Well, this is certainly a first that I'm an OO guy by

hp laptop with stretch/xfce: screen blanks but won't "wake up"

2017-11-23 Thread Jaime T
Hi all. I'm running stable (stretch)/xfce on an hp/compaq nx6110 laptop, and when the screen blanks, I can't get it to wake up again (nothing appears on the screen when I press the keys on the keyboard and move the mouse). The closest debian bug report that I've seen is: https://bugs.debian.org/c

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

2017-11-23 Thread Emanuel Berg
t wrote: > The more I read your musings the more I think > you are looking for OpenSCAD. > > Here is a snippet out of some random .scad > file, the things OpenSCAD stores its data in: > > module strip(startpoint=[0, 0, 0]) { > translate(startpoint) > difference() { > cube([60,

gocryptfs?

2017-11-23 Thread dekks herton
Hello, Has anyone used gocryptfs to create an encrypted folder in ones home directory? any opinions good or bad? signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

2017-11-23 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 11:37:30PM +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Is there a piece of software that works like > gnuplot or pic/troff were you feed the program > a script with instructions and data and then > the program generates the drawing? That would

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

2017-11-23 Thread Emanuel Berg
Is there a piece of software that works like gnuplot or pic/troff were you feed the program a script with instructions and data and then the program generates the drawing? That would be simpler and more to the point as I'm not designing anything, I'm just want a computer representation of what alre

[solved]Re: Sound with Intel Baytrail device (Lenovo Ideapad 100S)

2017-11-23 Thread Michael Lange
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 11:25:16 +0100 Michael Lange wrote: (...) > I also tried to use pulseaudio with the ucm files from > https://github.com/plbossart/UCM/tree/master/bytcr-rt5640 > that have been reported to do the trick, but still no luck uh oh, never mind. I somehow managed to accidentally in

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

2017-11-23 Thread Emanuel Berg
Joe wrote: > What you won't be given is a dialog box with > X and Y size and coordinates, and invited to > edit them, it doesn't work that way. > That's how an object-oriented drawing program > would work. Well, this is certainly a first that I'm an OO guy by intuition, because yes, that is how I

Re: Debian 9 tftp issue

2017-11-23 Thread Catalin Soare
Thanks for the hints, however, I am trying to learn how to setup an iPXE boot menu with Debian, some utilities (maybe some .ISO) and possibly windows. To be honest, I've only setup a simple PXE server which worked before, but this seems very much uncharted territory for me. Pretty hard to find all

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

2017-11-23 Thread Joe
On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 21:26:12 +0100 Emanuel Berg wrote: > Cousin Stanley wrote: > > > You might find useful information at the > > LibreCAD site [...] > > OK, thanks Cousin Stanley and Farmer Joe, so > the short answers to my question "how do I draw > an approximate rectangle and then set the

Re: HTML5 problem

2017-11-23 Thread Maureen L Thomas
On 11/23/2017 02:10 AM, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: On 11/23/2017 12:05 AM, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I cannot view any HTML 5 video in Firefox.  I have the latest version from just a few days ago and still no HTML 5.  I am so tired of this crap.  I have tried various ad ons with no luck.  I have t

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

2017-11-23 Thread Emanuel Berg
Cousin Stanley wrote: > You might find useful information at the > LibreCAD site [...] OK, thanks Cousin Stanley and Farmer Joe, so the short answers to my question "how do I draw an approximate rectangle and then set the properties to the measured values" is 1. don't do it, and 2. use the comman

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

2017-11-23 Thread Joe
On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 10:07:54 -0600 David Wright wrote: > On Thu 23 Nov 2017 at 09:05:51 (+), Joe wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 02:05:14 +0100 > > Emanuel Berg wrote: > > > > > Librecad seems good and I got it working > > > instantly on a Debian box. > > > > > > Only how do I draw a box

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

2017-11-23 Thread David Wright
On Thu 23 Nov 2017 at 09:05:51 (+), Joe wrote: > On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 02:05:14 +0100 > Emanuel Berg wrote: > > > Librecad seems good and I got it working > > instantly on a Debian box. > > > > Only how do I draw a box and then change the > > properties to specific side lengths? > > > > For e

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

2017-11-23 Thread Cousin Stanley
Emanuel Berg wrote: > Librecad seems good and I got it working > instantly on a Debian box. > > Only how do I draw a box and then change the > properties to specific side lengths? > You might find useful information at the LibreCAD site http://librecad.org/cms/home.html

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

2017-11-23 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 12:46:46PM +0100, hdv@gmail wrote: > On 2017-11-23 09:08, Weaver wrote: > > > I don't think you'll find LibreCad is `dead'. > > I think you'll find it just takes a little more than five minutes to get > > on top of a programme.

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

2017-11-23 Thread hdv@gmail
On 2017-11-23 09:08, Weaver wrote: > I don't think you'll find LibreCad is `dead'. > I think you'll find it just takes a little more than five minutes to get > on top of a programme. > The traffic on a mailing list is also no indication of usage or how > `good' a package is. > Traffic may well be

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-23 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, Jape Person wrote: Which GNU/Linux? Debian? If so, you should specify whether you're using a release or testing or unstable. It could make a difference, particularly with respect to the drivers available in CUPS. I was not aware that it was so important. My release is St

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-23 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Thu, 23 Nov 2017, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: Mine works fine with these CUPS settings on my WLAN: http://192.168.1.11/ipp Name: Brother_MFC-L2740DW Description: Brother MFC-L2740DW Driver: Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic/pxlcolor (recommended) After configuration, the CUPS page reads:

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

2017-11-23 Thread Joe
On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 02:05:14 +0100 Emanuel Berg wrote: > Librecad seems good and I got it working > instantly on a Debian box. > > Only how do I draw a box and then change the > properties to specific side lengths? > > For example, if I want to picture a building > that is rectangular (from abo

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

2017-11-23 Thread Anil Duggirala
> > For example, if I want to picture a building > > that is rectangular (from above) with one side > > 10m and the other 5m? > > > > I managed to make an approximate rectangle with > > the "rectangle" tool but how do I bring up > > properties so that I can assign the > > exact values? > > > > I

Re: HTML5 problem

2017-11-23 Thread Jeroen Mathon
Do you have the required codecs installed? On 11/22/2017 11:05 PM, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > I cannot view any HTML 5 video in Firefox.  I have the latest version > from just a few days ago and still no HTML 5.  I am so tired of this > crap.  I have tried various ad ons with no luck.  I have the