[SLUG] print image across multiple pages?

2006-08-24 Thread Del
Hi, Does anyone know of a convenient way of printing a large image across multiple pages (on a standard A4 printer)? I've tried the various dialogs in GIMP, etc, and drawn a blank. -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

Re: [SLUG] print image across multiple pages?

2006-08-24 Thread Joseph Goncalves
Does anyone know of a convenient way of printing a large image across multiple pages (on a standard A4 printer)? I've tried the various dialogs in GIMP, etc, and drawn a blank. I know that KDE has it as one of the tabs in the print dialog but I never got it to work. There is a utility called

Re: [SLUG] print image across multiple pages?

2006-08-24 Thread Joseph Goncalves
On Friday 25 August 2006 00:03, Joseph Goncalves wrote: Does anyone know of a convenient way of printing a large image across multiple pages (on a standard A4 printer)? I've tried the various dialogs in GIMP, etc, and drawn a blank. I know that KDE has it as one of the tabs in the print

[SLUG] Hard Drive Problem - Advice Pls

2006-08-24 Thread bill
My PC dual boots XP and Kubuntu. While trying to reformat a 1 gb Memory Stick/Flash Drive under XP I somehow stuffed a SATA HD by apparently renaming it and formatting it, though as it didn't sit there forever formatting, I'm guessing that I just wiped the partition table somehow. When I

[SLUG] Due date for LCA paper proposals?

2006-08-24 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Hi all, Since I know that there are LCA people here and I'm too lazy to find the appropriate email address, I was wondering it someone could verify the correct closing date for LCA paper proposals. The CFP web page : http://www.linux.conf.au/cfp says Sept 1st, but I distinctly remember an

Re: [SLUG] Due date for LCA paper proposals?

2006-08-24 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Erik de Castro Lopo The CFP web page : http://www.linux.conf.au/cfp says Sept 1st, but I distinctly remember an earlier version with a due date of Sept 30th. Can someone clarify please? Until you see an announcement that says otherwise (*hint*), the due date is what the

Re: [SLUG] Best Linux soft-phone?

2006-08-24 Thread Simon Wong
On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 07:48 +1000, Alan L Tyree wrote: Ekiga is the king of them all. It allows registration with multiple servers and I have found it very reliable. I use it with an iMic usb sound card. Ekiga is also particularly good at maintaining STUN connections with no drama. I have

Re: [SLUG] Hard Drive Problem - Advice Pls

2006-08-24 Thread Scott Ragen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 25/08/2006 07:47:58 AM: My PC dual boots XP and Kubuntu. While trying to reformat a 1 gb Memory Stick/Flash Drive under XP I somehow stuffed a SATA HD by apparently renaming it and formatting it, though as it didn't sit there forever formatting, I'm guessing

Re: [SLUG] Hard Drive Problem - Advice Pls

2006-08-24 Thread David Lloyd
Scott et al, My PC dual boots XP and Kubuntu. While trying to reformat a 1 gb Memory Stick/Flash Drive under XP I somehow stuffed a SATA HD by apparently renaming it and formatting it, though as it didn't sit there forever formatting, I'm guessing that I just wiped the partition table

Re: [SLUG] Hard Drive Problem - Advice Pls

2006-08-24 Thread Martin Pool
On 25 Aug 2006, Scott Ragen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My PC dual boots XP and Kubuntu. While trying to reformat a 1 gb Memory Stick/Flash Drive under XP I somehow stuffed a SATA HD by apparently renaming it and formatting it, though as it didn't sit there forever formatting, I'm