Re: no pkg for apache13 in 7.2
On Mon, 18 May 2009 20:22:34 +0800 Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: In 7.1 and previous pkg_add -r apache fetched apache13. Now in release 7.2 pkg_add -r apache installs apache22. Looks like someone made apache22 the default pkg and did not point this out in the release notes or bother to create a named package for apace13 in the Latest directory. Is apache13 at end-of-life?? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org using apache13 here on 7.2.. just build it from ports ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: PDF Authoring tool, suggestions?
On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:22:08 +0100 Anton Shterenlikht me...@bristol.ac.uk wrote: On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 07:26:39AM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 08:50:44PM -0600, Modulok wrote: I'm looking for recommendations for a BSD-friendly, PDF authoring tool (Not a viewer, see below.) I have an image of a signature that I need to put into a PDF document. I converted the original, un-signed PDF document to a raster PNG, then used GIMP to place a photograph of the signature where I need it. I then converted the PNG back to a PDF using ImageMagick's 'convert' utility. The problem, is the PDF is now HUGE. Both in dimensions as well as file size. It went from 28kb to 292Kb. There must be a better way to do this. Convert the PNG to a JPEG file with the gimp, then use jpeg2ps from the graphics/jpeg2ps-a4 or graphics/jpeg2ps-letter port to convert it to PostScript. Finally, use epstopdf from print/teTeX-base or ps2pdf from print/ghostscript8 to convert to PDF. hard to get good quality because the result is likely to be a raster image. Technically I'd do this with ImageMagick's composite - overlaps one image over another, but the output pdf will be a poor quality raster image and, yes, significantly bigger in size. Don't know if I am missing the point here but why not use open office to create your pdf file with its export as PDF feature? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: PDF Authoring tool, suggestions?
On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:47:28 +0100 Ltcddata ltcdd...@nildram.co.uk wrote: On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:22:08 +0100 Anton Shterenlikht me...@bristol.ac.uk wrote: On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 07:26:39AM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 08:50:44PM -0600, Modulok wrote: I'm looking for recommendations for a BSD-friendly, PDF authoring tool (Not a viewer, see below.) I have an image of a signature that I need to put into a PDF document. I converted the original, un-signed PDF document to a raster PNG, then used GIMP to place a photograph of the signature where I need it. I then converted the PNG back to a PDF using ImageMagick's 'convert' utility. The problem, is the PDF is now HUGE. Both in dimensions as well as file size. It went from 28kb to 292Kb. There must be a better way to do this. Convert the PNG to a JPEG file with the gimp, then use jpeg2ps from the graphics/jpeg2ps-a4 or graphics/jpeg2ps-letter port to convert it to PostScript. Finally, use epstopdf from print/teTeX-base or ps2pdf from print/ghostscript8 to convert to PDF. hard to get good quality because the result is likely to be a raster image. Technically I'd do this with ImageMagick's composite - overlaps one image over another, but the output pdf will be a poor quality raster image and, yes, significantly bigger in size. Don't know if I am missing the point here but why not use open office to create your pdf file with its export as PDF feature? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
ghostscript8 fails to build
Hi I am having problems building ghostscript8-8.63 from ports with the below errorsnip : multiple definition of `gs_shared_init' ./obj/../soobj/gdevl256.o(.text+0x780): first defined here gmake[1]: *** [bin/../sobin/libgs.so.8.63] Error 1 /snip After some googling about it seems this is an old issue with a conflict between lvga256 and vgalib. The fix seems to be to build it without SVGAlib, but so far I have failed to get it to do. Ill assume I am doing something wrong here as I am not a coder. Any help with how to actually get ghostscript8 to build without SVGAlib would be much appreciated ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ghostscript8 fails to build- cheerz
On Sunday 25 January 2009, Roland Smith wrote: On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 02:38:25PM +, LtCdData wrote: Hi I am having problems building ghostscript8-8.63 from ports with the below errorsnip : multiple definition of `gs_shared_init' ./obj/../soobj/gdevl256.o(.text+0x780): first defined here gmake[1]: *** [bin/../sobin/libgs.so.8.63] Error 1 /snip After some googling about it seems this is an old issue with a conflict between lvga256 and vgalib. The fix seems to be to build it without SVGAlib, but so far I have failed to get it to do. Ill assume I am doing something wrong here as I am not a coder. Any help with how to actually get ghostscript8 to build without SVGAlib would be much appreciated As root, go to the port directory with 'cd /usr/ports/print/ghostscript8'. Type 'make config' and disable the two SVGA lib drivers. You can use the PageUp and PageDown keys to scroll through the list of drivers. Disable anything you don't need. Then issue the commands 'make clean', and 'make install clean' to build and install the software. Roland worked a charm thanks :-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Flashplugin
On Saturday 07 June 2008, Derek Graham wrote: Hey all, I have tried using swfdec-plugin to do flash, but it doesnt seem to work too well at least with firefox. One ... I prefer being able to select what flash loads automaticly and Two ... I like to be able to see the flash video but all it does is freeze I can't seem to get linux-flashplugin7 anymore due to the restricted status. Flashplugin9 locks up also, which we all know already. I have heard gnash doesnt do much better... Anyone have a solution that works halfway? Derek Yep, I have to say it too, firefox for windows under wine is now my main firefox browser on freebsd, as the other solutions just don not work well enough, or just do not work ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
small kdm fonts at login promt
After installing FreeBSD 7.0 Release i found the kdm login promt to be tiny, so much so i cant actually make out the text at all. I have since been in kcontrol as su and put the font sizes all the why upto 48, this has only made a marginal difference ( i can now only just make out what the promt says ) but cant think what else to change to bring the prompt back to a normal size? anyone seen this or have any ideas to sort it LtCdData http://www.davids-website.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
small kdm fonts at login promt
Hi... After installing FreeBSD 7.0 Release i found the kdm login promt to be tiny, so much so i cant actually make out the text at all. I have since been in kcontrol as su and put the font sizes all the why upto 48, this has only made a marginal difference ( i can now only just make out what the promt says ) but cant think what else to change to bring the prompt back to a normal size? anyone seen this or have any ideas to sort it LtCdData http://www.davids-website.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: state of flash on FreeBSD 7?
On Sunday 16 March 2008 00:09, C Thala wrote: Like Javascript, with regards to Flash, what was once a nuisance has more or less become a necessity. I turned off JS on my browsers for several years and avoided most popup/web issues that people had. Nowadays, I can leave it on because Firefox plus some plugins do a good job of blocking most of the crap and because it doesn't destabilize the browser like it once used to. So what's the deal with Flash? Occasionally, I will get a link on YouTube/Google Video that looks interesting, but for the most part, I've ignored them. Over the years, I have occasionally tried the mozilla flash plugin, but that has always crashed my browser within the first 10 minutes of use. So for those of you using FreeBSD 7, what is the current state of Flash? Can it be used regularly? Is it ready for the BSD desktop? Caveats? Comments? Advice? I see flash popping on this list over and over, and as yet I have not seen a solution that fully works. Yes I tried the wrappers, gnash etc. on native firefox and opera with limited success, however as others have also noted flash is now required, and as for myself, fully working flash 9 is also. Linux firefox with the linux flash did improve the situation for me a great amount up to flash 7, but then again.. trip on to a bit of flash 9 content and it is crash again I know this might not be the solution people might want, but for me at any rate it works, and works better than all the other flash solutions I have tried. After a long time of putting up with crashing browsers and lack of access to flash content I need, I am now using firefox / opera with flash for window$ under WINE, and the only thing I am thinking is, why did I not do this sooner... LtCdData oops!! posting this again due to not having the correct addy set ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: state of flash on FreeBSD 7?
On Sunday 16 March 2008 00:09, C Thala wrote: Like Javascript, with regards to Flash, what was once a nuisance has more or less become a necessity. I turned off JS on my browsers for several years and avoided most popup/web issues that people had. Nowadays, I can leave it on because Firefox plus some plugins do a good job of blocking most of the crap and because it doesn't destabilize the browser like it once used to. So what's the deal with Flash? Occasionally, I will get a link on YouTube/Google Video that looks interesting, but for the most part, I've ignored them. Over the years, I have occasionally tried the mozilla flash plugin, but that has always crashed my browser within the first 10 minutes of use. So for those of you using FreeBSD 7, what is the current state of Flash? Can it be used regularly? Is it ready for the BSD desktop? Caveats? Comments? Advice? I see flash popping on this list over and over, and as yet I have not seen a solution that fully works. Yes I tried the wrappers, gnash etc. on native firefox and opera with limited success, however as others have also noted flash is now required, and as for myself, fully working flash 9 is also. Linux firefox with the linux flash did improve the situation for me a great amount up to flash 7, but then again.. trip on to a bit of flash 9 content and it is crash again I know this might not be the solution people might want, but for me at any rate it works, and works better than all the other flash solutions I have tried. After a long time of putting up with crashing browsers and lack of access to flash content I need, I am now using firefox / opera with flash for window$ under WINE, and the only thing I am thinking is, why did I not do this sooner... LtCdData ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pIII coppermine?
On Wednesday 02 January 2008 02:20, Chris Maness wrote: I have an ABIT VP6 dual socket that I want to use as my FreeBSD server. I only have one CPU installed, and I was told that if I were to add another CPU that the serial numbers of the CPU had to be sequential. Is this true? I see these processors on e-bay for $7 it would be nice to be able to boost the power of this box. Chris Maness I have 2 PIII coppermine dual cpu boxes here, neither have sequential numbered cpus ... dont worry about it ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
