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

2009-12-13 Thread Stroller
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

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

2009-12-13 Thread Mick
2009/12/13 walt w41...@gmail.com: 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

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

2009-12-13 Thread Mick
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 image it

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

2009-12-13 Thread Dale
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?

2009-12-13 Thread Stroller
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 any way

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

2009-12-13 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
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?

2009-12-13 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
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 again as

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

2009-12-13 Thread Mick
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?

2009-12-13 Thread Mick
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 package) has

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

2009-12-13 Thread meino . cramer
Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com [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)

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

2009-12-13 Thread Mick
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 run out of

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

2009-12-13 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com [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

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

2009-12-13 Thread meino . cramer
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [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

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

2009-12-13 Thread meino . cramer
Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com [09-12-13 14:28]: On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com [09-12-13 13:40]: On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, it seems, something has screwed

[gentoo-user] libsamplerate fails to compile

2009-12-13 Thread meino . cramer
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' ... * Running aclocal

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

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

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

2009-12-13 Thread meino . cramer
Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com [09-12-13 15:24]: On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com [09-12-13 14:28]: On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann

Re: [gentoo-user] libsamplerate fails to compile

2009-12-13 Thread Arttu V.
On 12/13/09, meino.cra...@gmx.de 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?

2009-12-13 Thread felix
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?

2009-12-13 Thread Sebastian Beßler
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Trouble with weather plasmoids

2009-12-13 Thread 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 this? Just tried it here, and had the same results as you

Re: [gentoo-user] libsamplerate fails to compile

2009-12-13 Thread meino . cramer
Arttu V. arttu...@gmail.com [09-12-13 17:08]: On 12/13/09, meino.cra...@gmx.de 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

Re: [gentoo-user] libsamplerate fails to compile

2009-12-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 13 December 2009 18:46:38 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Arttu V. arttu...@gmail.com [09-12-13 17:08]: On 12/13/09, meino.cra...@gmx.de meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: * Failed Running aclocal ! * * Include in your bugreport the contents of: * *

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

2009-12-13 Thread Mick
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

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

2009-12-13 Thread Keith Dart
=== 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Trouble with weather plasmoids

2009-12-13 Thread Matthias Krebs
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 this?

[gentoo-user] Building static libraries

2009-12-13 Thread Renat Golubchyk
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?

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

[gentoo-user] Xorg-server fails to compile

2009-12-13 Thread meino . cramer
stack if relevant. * A complete build log is located at '/var/log/portage/x11-base:xorg-server-1.6.5-r1:20091213-175511.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/home/mccramer/data/portagetmp/portage/x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.5-r1/temp/environment'. 

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

2009-12-13 Thread Dale
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

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

2009-12-13 Thread Dale
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Building static libraries

2009-12-13 Thread Albert Hopkins
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 of packages

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

2009-12-13 Thread Mick
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 with as

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

2009-12-13 Thread Mike Mazur
Hi, I ran across this issue last night. On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 02:30, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com 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?

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

2009-12-13 Thread walt
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 '=', ',', ';',

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

2009-12-13 Thread Dale
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

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

2009-12-13 Thread »Q«
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:57:30 -0600 Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: »Q« wrote: On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:38:02 -0600 Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Actually, you can kill udev and restart it. Kill the process and then run /sbin/udevd --daemon and it will be started again.

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

2009-12-13 Thread Sebastian Beßler
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

2009-12-13 Thread walt
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

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

2009-12-13 Thread Dale
»Q« wrote: On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:57:30 -0600 Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: »Q« wrote: On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:38:02 -0600 Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Actually, you can kill udev and restart it. Kill the process and then run /sbin/udevd --daemon and it will be

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

2009-12-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
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 with the

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

2009-12-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
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 longer

Re: [gentoo-user] Building static libraries

2009-12-13 Thread Renat Golubchyk
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:40:34 -0500 Albert Hopkins mar...@letterboxes.org 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

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

2009-12-13 Thread Renat Golubchyk
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:47:04 -0800 walt w41...@gmail.com 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

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

2009-12-13 Thread Albert Hopkins
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

2009-12-13 Thread Renat Golubchyk
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:53:15 -0500 Albert Hopkins mar...@letterboxes.org 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

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

2009-12-13 Thread meino . cramer
walt w41...@gmail.com [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

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

2009-12-13 Thread Zeerak Waseem
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, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: walt w41...@gmail.com [09-12-14 01:08]: On 12/13/2009 10:03 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi,

[gentoo-user] building your own stage3?

2009-12-13 Thread Keith Dart
Does anybody here know how a stage3 tarball is made? I'd like to mode one myself. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~ Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz public key: ID: 19017044 http://www.dartworks.biz/

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

2009-12-13 Thread Boy Hartsuiker
Just unmerge libXext and xextproto and then emerge them again. It looks like some files have been moved from one to the other.