Re: [blfs-support] LibreOffice: NO audio on some pps files

2014-02-26 Thread Simon Geard
On Thu, 2014-02-27 at 03:41 +, Ken Moffat wrote: > People who think that powerpoint was a brilliant idea are probably > better-placed than I am to provide assistance. As opposed to those of us who regard it as an abomination, a plague upon workplace productivity, bringing up traumatic memories

Re: [blfs-support] Getting X-server to re-read its xorg.conf.d config files 'dynamically'.

2014-02-26 Thread Simon Geard
On Wed, 2014-02-26 at 19:47 +, akhiezer wrote: > Old ms-intellimouse-explorer-... gave > 'em lots of years of heavy use - think since 2004. Yep... whatever can be said of their software, Microsoft has a history of making good mice and keyboards. I'm typing this on the ergonomic keyboard I boug

[blfs-support] LibreOffice: NO audio (sometimes) on pps files

2014-02-26 Thread alex lupu
Hi Ken, Double apologies. Alex: > I got it in the mail sometime ago. Pretty nice. About 7 MB. > Some Germans(?) painting watermelons Christmas-egg style. > If you want a copy, let me know where to put/send it. > > Cheers, > -- Alex > Ken: If there is a publically-accessible source, so that pe

Re: [blfs-support] LibreOffice: NO audio on some pps files

2014-02-26 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 03:18:36AM +, Ken Moffat wrote: Also, please note that I was lying when I said I build LO against gstreamer-0.10 : I now see that I disable 0.10. But for my usages (no slides to play, writer and calc don't lend themselves to audio) the difference is moot. People who

Re: [blfs-support] LibreOffice: NO audio on some pps files

2014-02-26 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 09:56:54PM -0500, alex lupu wrote: > Hi Ken: > > Ken: ... where do you get this watermelons.pps file ? > > I got it in the mail sometime ago. Pretty nice. About 7 MB. > Some Germans(?) painting watermelons Christmas-egg style. > If you want a copy, let me know where to

Re: [blfs-support] LibreOffice: NO audio on some pps files

2014-02-26 Thread alex lupu
Hi Ken: Ken: ... where do you get this watermelons.pps file ? I got it in the mail sometime ago. Pretty nice. About 7 MB. Some Germans(?) painting watermelons Christmas-egg style. If you want a copy, let me know where to put/send it. Cheers, -- Alex On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 7:31 PM, Ken Mof

Re: [blfs-support] LibreOffice: NO audio on some pps files

2014-02-26 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 06:58:20PM -0500, alex lupu wrote: > Hello everybody, > > libreoffice-4.2.0.4 Built per BLFS Development Book v2014-02-21 with > --disable-gstreamer-0.10 --enable-gstreamer > > gstreamer-1.2.3 (with base-, good- and bad-1.2.3) > gst-plugins-ugly-1.2.3 (main suspect, acc

[blfs-support] LibreOffice: NO audio on some pps files

2014-02-26 Thread alex lupu
Hello everybody, libreoffice-4.2.0.4 Built per BLFS Development Book v2014-02-21 with --disable-gstreamer-0.10 --enable-gstreamer gstreamer-1.2.3 (with base-, good- and bad-1.2.3) gst-plugins-ugly-1.2.3 (main suspect, according to my intuition) This is driving me crazy: 1. 'watermelons.pps'

Re: [blfs-support] question about thunar-volman-0.8.0 / udev-extras (from systemd) (for GUdev)

2014-02-26 Thread Armin K.
On 02/27/2014 12:35 AM, Waitman Gobble wrote: > On 2/26/2014 12:05 PM, Armin K. wrote: >> On 02/26/2014 08:54 PM, Waitman Gobble wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> BLFS 2014-02-25 >>> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/xfce/thunar-volman.html >>> >>> lists a requirement of 'udev-extras (from systemd

Re: [blfs-support] question about thunar-volman-0.8.0 / udev-extras (from systemd) (for GUdev)

2014-02-26 Thread Armin K.
On 02/27/2014 12:35 AM, Waitman Gobble wrote: > On 2/26/2014 12:05 PM, Armin K. wrote: >> On 02/26/2014 08:54 PM, Waitman Gobble wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> BLFS 2014-02-25 >>> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/xfce/thunar-volman.html >>> >>> lists a requirement of 'udev-extras (from systemd

Re: [blfs-support] question about thunar-volman-0.8.0 / udev-extras (from systemd) (for GUdev)

2014-02-26 Thread Waitman Gobble
On 2/26/2014 12:05 PM, Armin K. wrote: > On 02/26/2014 08:54 PM, Waitman Gobble wrote: >> Hi, >> >> BLFS 2014-02-25 >> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/xfce/thunar-volman.html >> >> lists a requirement of 'udev-extras (from systemd) (for GUdev)' >> >> when i try gudev, >> >> bash-4.2#

Re: [blfs-support] question about thunar-volman-0.8.0 / udev-extras (from systemd) (for GUdev)

2014-02-26 Thread Waitman Gobble
On 2/26/2014 12:05 PM, Armin K. wrote: > On 02/26/2014 08:54 PM, Waitman Gobble wrote: >> Hi, >> >> BLFS 2014-02-25 >> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/xfce/thunar-volman.html >> >> lists a requirement of 'udev-extras (from systemd) (for GUdev)' >> >> when i try gudev, >> >> bash-4.2#

Re: [blfs-support] question about thunar-volman-0.8.0 / udev-extras (from systemd) (for GUdev)

2014-02-26 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Wed, February 26, 2014 12:05 pm, Armin K. wrote: > On 02/26/2014 08:54 PM, Waitman Gobble wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> >> BLFS 2014-02-25 >> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/xfce/thunar-volman.html >> >> >> lists a requirement of 'udev-extras (from systemd) (for GUdev)' >> >> when i try g

Re: [blfs-support] question about thunar-volman-0.8.0 / udev-extras (from systemd) (for GUdev)

2014-02-26 Thread Armin K.
On 02/26/2014 08:54 PM, Waitman Gobble wrote: > Hi, > > BLFS 2014-02-25 > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/xfce/thunar-volman.html > > lists a requirement of 'udev-extras (from systemd) (for GUdev)' > > when i try gudev, > > bash-4.2# make -f udev-lfs-208-3/Makefile.lfs gudev > mak

[blfs-support] question about thunar-volman-0.8.0 / udev-extras (from systemd) (for GUdev)

2014-02-26 Thread Waitman Gobble
Hi, BLFS 2014-02-25 http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/xfce/thunar-volman.html lists a requirement of 'udev-extras (from systemd) (for GUdev)' when i try gudev, bash-4.2# make -f udev-lfs-208-3/Makefile.lfs gudev make: *** No rule to make target 'build/gudevclient.o', needed by 'bui

Re: [blfs-support] Getting X-server to re-read its xorg.conf.d config files 'dynamically'.

2014-02-26 Thread akhiezer
> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:30:09 -0600 > From: Bruce Dubbs > To: BLFS Support List > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Getting X-server to re-read its xorg.conf.d > config files 'dynamically'. > > > > > Anyone know of a current or mooted way in which to get X-server to > > re-read its config files th

Re: [blfs-support] Getting X-server to re-read its xorg.conf.d config files 'dynamically'.

2014-02-26 Thread Bruce Dubbs
akhiezer wrote: > > Hi, > > > Anyone know of a current or mooted way in which to get X-server to > re-read its config files that are under /{usr/share,etc}/X11/xorg.conf.d/ > , dynamically and without stop/start or restart X server itself? I.e. to > absorb & use the new cfg - not just check for cor

[blfs-support] Getting X-server to re-read its xorg.conf.d config files 'dynamically'.

2014-02-26 Thread akhiezer
Hi, Anyone know of a current or mooted way in which to get X-server to re-read its config files that are under /{usr/share,etc}/X11/xorg.conf.d/ , dynamically and without stop/start or restart X server itself? I.e. to absorb & use the new cfg - not just check for correctness. Most-immediate pu