[gentoo-user] OT: extract an image from a .doc file?

Hi all, A .doc file contains an image. Is there any way to extract the image file in its original format, please? This may seem like a bit of an odd request, so I'll explain. The .doc file is quite large, and it seems like the image it contains must be to blame. I would like to extract th

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server-1.6.5-r1 'Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap'

2009/12/13 walt : > On 12/12/2009 04:20 PM, Mick wrote: >> >> ... >> I tried the startx trick.  I recall that this would launch my WM >> (fluxbox), but now all I get is an X session with twm!  Has something >> changed with /etc/rc.conf?  Where should I specify fluxbox? > > That twm session is the d

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: extract an image from a .doc file?

On Sunday 13 December 2009 08:46:05 Stroller wrote: > Hi all, > > A .doc file contains an image. Is there any way to extract the image > file in its original format, please? > > This may seem like a bit of an odd request, so I'll explain. The .doc > file is quite large, and it seems like the imag

Re: [gentoo-user] What magic does portage use?

Alan McKinnon wrote: On Saturday 12 December 2009 21:42:13 Dale wrote: And some would also argue that cycling power on and off is actually bad for the rig as well. Keeping things at a constant temp is better than fluctuating temps. The old expanding and contracting of material argument.

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: extract an image from a .doc file?

On 13 Dec 2009, at 10:50, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 13 December 2009 08:46:05 Stroller wrote: >> A .doc file contains an image. Is there any way to extract the image >> file in its original format, please? >> I have tried in OpenOffice on Windows and Word for Mac. In >> OpenOffice I can't see a

Re: [gentoo-user] What magic does portage use?

On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 12 December 2009 21:42:13 Dale wrote: > > And some would also argue that cycling power on and off is actually bad > > for the rig as well. Keeping things at a constant temp is better than > > fluctuating temps. The old expanding and

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge is loosing memory?

On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > it seems, something has screwed up my system. > > The symptoms are: Updateing a certain package with emerge (which > successfully compile and install that package) has no effect. > Next time exactly the same package is reported aga

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: extract an image from a .doc file?

On Sunday 13 December 2009 12:12:46 Stroller wrote: > On 13 Dec 2009, at 10:50, Mick wrote: > > On Sunday 13 December 2009 08:46:05 Stroller wrote: > If I open the file(s) I have the interest in, the first 4 entries in the > context-menu are the same, but after the first separator I get instead >

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge is loosing memory?

On Sunday 13 December 2009 12:36:35 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > it seems, something has screwed up my system. > > > > The symptoms are: Updateing a certain package with emerge (which > > successfully compile and install that

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge is loosing memory?

Volker Armin Hemmann [09-12-13 13:40]: > On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > it seems, something has screwed up my system. > > > > The symptoms are: Updateing a certain package with emerge (which > > successfully compile and install that package) has no effect

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE apps, with minimal KDE install

On Sunday 22 November 2009 20:29:02 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sunday 22 November 2009 20:37:19 Mick wrote: > > On Sunday 22 November 2009 17:28:24 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > On Sunday 22 November 2009 10:33:41 Mick wrote: > > > > I have been trying to get > > > > rid of akonadi in vane and have ru

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge is loosing memory?

On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann [09-12-13 13:40]: > > On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > it seems, something has screwed up my system. > > > > > > The symptoms are: Updateing a certain package with emerge (wh

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge is loosing memory?

Mick [09-12-13 15:04]: > On Sunday 13 December 2009 12:36:35 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > it seems, something has screwed up my system. > > > > > > The symptoms are: Updateing a certain package with emerge (which > >

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge is loosing memory?

Volker Armin Hemmann [09-12-13 14:28]: > On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Volker Armin Hemmann [09-12-13 13:40]: > > > On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > it seems, something has screwed up my system. > > > > > > > > The s

[gentoo-user] libsamplerate fails to compile

Hi, currently there are problems to compile libsamplerate. Log /var/log/portage/media-libs:libsamplerate-0.1.4:20091213-133105.log is: [ ok ] * Running eautoreconf in '/home/mccramer/data/portagetmp/portage/media-libs/libsamplerate-0.1.4/work/libsamplerate-0.1.4' ... * Runni

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge is loosing memory?

On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann [09-12-13 14:28]: > > On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Volker Armin Hemmann [09-12-13 13:40]: > > > > On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge is loosing memory?

Volker Armin Hemmann [09-12-13 15:24]: > On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Volker Armin Hemmann [09-12-13 14:28]: > > > On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > Volker Armin Hemmann [09-12-13 13:40]: > > > > > On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cr

Re: [gentoo-user] libsamplerate fails to compile

On 12/13/09, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > * Failed Running aclocal ! > * > * Include in your bugreport the contents of: > * > * > /home/mccramer/data/portagetmp/portage/media-libs/libsamplerate-0.1.4/temp/aclocal.out What does that file contain? -- Arttu V.

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: extract an image from a .doc file?

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 08:46:05AM +, Stroller wrote: > A .doc file contains an image. Is there any way to extract the image > file in its original format, please? My limited experience with OpenOffice is that in slideshows, right click on an image brings up a context menu with a save image

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: extract an image from a .doc file?

Am 13.12.2009 09:46, schrieb Stroller: > Hi all, > > A .doc file contains an image. Is there any way to extract the image > file in its original format, please? Open the doc file with OpenOffice, save it as a odt file. The odt is a renamed zip archive that should contain the image in on of its su

Re: [gentoo-user] Trouble with weather plasmoids

Robin Atwood wrote: > Since the massive Qt 4.6.0/KDE 4.3.4 update I have noticed that the search > widget for the various weather plasmoids always returns "Cannot find > 'London'" > or whatever. This is on two systems; anyone else notice this? > Just tried it here, and had the same results as

Re: [gentoo-user] libsamplerate fails to compile

Arttu V. [09-12-13 17:08]: > On 12/13/09, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > * Failed Running aclocal ! > > * > > * Include in your bugreport the contents of: > > * > > * > > /home/mccramer/data/portagetmp/portage/media-libs/libsamplerate-0.1.4/temp/aclocal.out > > What does that file contain?

Re: [gentoo-user] libsamplerate fails to compile

On Sunday 13 December 2009 18:46:38 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Arttu V. [09-12-13 17:08]: > > On 12/13/09, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > * Failed Running aclocal ! > > > * > > > * Include in your bugreport the contents of: > > > * > > > * > > > /home/mccramer/data/portagetmp/portage/med

[gentoo-user] Is rc.conf no longer used by Gentoo (baselayout-1.12.13)?

Hi All, I got mixed up with the various .fdi files in a previous thread, thinking that this is what killed my X GUI. However, it seems that the problem is most likely related to rc.conf. Has this file been done away with as far as Gentoo is concerned? I say this because I discovered that run

Re: [gentoo-user] What magic does portage use?

=== On Sat, 12/12, Dale wrote: === > Your mileage may vary tho. === I have an IBM hard disk (IBM DMVS09V) that has been running for 9 years non-stop. Device: IBM DMVS09V Version: 0100 Serial number: F801275875 SMART Health Status: OK Manufactured in week 01 of year 1999 Of c

Re: [gentoo-user] Trouble with weather plasmoids

Am Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009 16:44:49 schrieb sean: > Robin Atwood wrote: > > Since the massive Qt 4.6.0/KDE 4.3.4 update I have noticed that the > > search widget for the various weather plasmoids always returns "Cannot > > find 'London'" or whatever. This is on two systems; anyone else notice > >

[gentoo-user] Building static libraries

Hi everyone! I need to build a static binary of a program I wrote. The problem is that most packages only install dynamic version of the libraries. There are the "static" and "static-libs" USE flags, but only a tiny fraction of packages support them. Modifying every relevant ebuild is not really a

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge is loosing memory?

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 9:30 AM, wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann [09-12-13 15:24]: >> On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >> > Volker Armin Hemmann [09-12-13 14:28]: >> > > On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >> > > > Volker Armin Hemmann [09-12-13 13:40]:

[gentoo-user] Xorg-server fails to compile

x27;__attribute__' before 'DPMSDisable' /usr/include/X11/extensions/dpms.h:47: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'DPMSForceLevel' /usr/include/X11/extensions/dpms.h:48: error: expected '=&#x

Re: [gentoo-user] Is rc.conf no longer used by Gentoo (baselayout-1.12.13)?

Mick wrote: Hi All, I got mixed up with the various .fdi files in a previous thread, thinking that this is what killed my X GUI. However, it seems that the problem is most likely related to rc.conf. Has this file been done away with as far as Gentoo is concerned? I say this because I disco

Re: [gentoo-user] What magic does portage use?

Keith Dart wrote: === On Sat, 12/12, Dale wrote: === Your mileage may vary tho. === I have an IBM hard disk (IBM DMVS09V) that has been running for 9 years non-stop. Device: IBM DMVS09V Version: 0100 Serial number: F801275875 SMART Health Status: OK Manufactured i

Re: [gentoo-user] Building static libraries

On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 20:18 +0100, Renat Golubchyk wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I need to build a static binary of a program I wrote. The problem is > that most packages only install dynamic version of the libraries. > There > are the "static" and "static-libs" USE flags, but only a tiny fraction > o

Re: [gentoo-user] Is rc.conf no longer used by Gentoo (baselayout-1.12.13)?

On Sunday 13 December 2009 20:22:03 Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I got mixed up with the various .fdi files in a previous thread, thinking > > that this is what killed my X GUI. However, it seems that the problem is > > most likely related to rc.conf. Has this file been done away

Re: [gentoo-user] Is rc.conf no longer used by Gentoo (baselayout-1.12.13)?

Hi, I ran across this issue last night. On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 02:30, Mick wrote: > If this is the case, am I right to assume that the files in > /etc/X11/Sessions/* are not used anymore and the solution is to set up a local > ~/.xinitrc file for launching the desired WM? The scripts in /etc/X

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server fails to compile

On 12/13/2009 10:03 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, emerge of xorg-server-1.6.5-r1 fails while in the build process. Logfile's contents is: /usr/include/X11/extensions/dpms.h:40: error: expected ')' before '*' token /usr/include/X11/extensions/dpms.h:41: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'a

Re: [gentoo-user] Is rc.conf no longer used by Gentoo (baselayout-1.12.13)?

Mick wrote: Thanks Dale, The /etc/conf.d/xdm file, which arrived after the /etc/rc.conf days, is indeed used to set up the Display Manager, but not the Window Manager/Display Environment X session. The latter was being defined in rc.conf, but this I think is no longer the case - hence I am a

[gentoo-user] Re: What magic does portage use?

On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:57:30 -0600 Dale wrote: > »Q« wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:38:02 -0600 > > Dale wrote: > > > >> Actually, you can kill udev and restart it. Kill the process and > >> then run "/sbin/udevd --daemon" and it will be started again. > >> > > > > If you're resta

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What magic does portage use?

Am 13.12.2009 23:19, schrieb »Q«: > That looks like a bug. Heh, it would be nice if the initscripts worked > with the current stable version of baselayout. This is no bug, it is just how baselayout 1 and 2 are created. You don't need a initscript to start udev with baselayout 1 as it is started

[gentoo-user] Re: Building static libraries

On 12/13/2009 11:18 AM, Renat Golubchyk wrote: Hi everyone! I need to build a static binary of a program I wrote. The problem is that most packages only install dynamic version of the libraries. There are the "static" and "static-libs" USE flags... I'm confused (not unusual). Do you want to c

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What magic does portage use?

»Q« wrote: On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:57:30 -0600 Dale wrote: »Q« wrote: On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:38:02 -0600 Dale wrote: Actually, you can kill udev and restart it. Kill the process and then run "/sbin/udevd --daemon" and it will be started again. If you're r

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What magic does portage use?

On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:19:15 -0600, »Q« wrote: > > r...@smoker / # /etc/init.d/udev start > > * The udev init-script is written for baselayout-2! > > * Please do not use it with baselayout-1!. > > r...@smoker / # > > That looks like a bug. Heh, it would be nice if the initscripts worked > wi

Re: [gentoo-user] Is rc.conf no longer used by Gentoo (baselayout-1.12.13)?

On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:43:41 +, Mick wrote: > The /etc/conf.d/xdm file, which arrived after the /etc/rc.conf days, is > indeed used to set up the Display Manager, but not the Window > Manager/Display Environment X session. The latter was being defined in > rc.conf, but this I think is no long

Re: [gentoo-user] Building static libraries

On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:40:34 -0500 Albert Hopkins wrote: > GTK+, i believe, can't be built statically as it uses dynload for > themes, input methods, etc etc. Even most proprietary gtk-based > software that I know of (e.g. Adobe Flash and VMWare) either are > distributed with GTK+ linked dynamica

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Building static libraries

On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:47:04 -0800 walt wrote: > On 12/13/2009 11:18 AM, Renat Golubchyk wrote: > > I need to build a static binary of a program I wrote. The problem is > > that most packages only install dynamic version of the libraries. > > There are the "static" and "static-libs" USE flags... >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Building static libraries

On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 01:27 +0100, Renat Golubchyk wrote: > Since portage does not build static libraries by default... But portage *does*. I think it does build static libs for packages that provide them, it's just that I don't think many do (for the reasons I mentioned in the previous post). In

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Building static libraries

On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:53:15 -0500 Albert Hopkins wrote: > On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 01:27 +0100, Renat Golubchyk wrote: > > Since portage does not build static libraries by default... > > But portage *does*. I think it does build static libs for packages > that provide them, it's just that I don't

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server fails to compile

walt [09-12-14 01:08]: > On 12/13/2009 10:03 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > >emerge of xorg-server-1.6.5-r1 fails while in the build process. > > > >Logfile's contents is: > > >/usr/include/X11/extensions/dpms.h:40: error: expected ')' before '*' > >token > >/usr/include/X11/ext

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server fails to compile

On my system I have libXtst-1.1.0 installed but I'm running with xextproto-7.1.1 try unmasking xextproto and see if that helps. On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:27:11 +0100, wrote: walt [09-12-14 01:08]: On 12/13/2009 10:03 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >Hi, > >emerge of xorg-server-1.6.5-r1 fail

[gentoo-user] building your own stage3?

Does anybody here know how a stage3 tarball is made? I'd like to mode one myself. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 ==

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server fails to compile

Just unmerge libXext and xextproto and then emerge them again. It looks like some files have been moved from one to the other.