Charlie Kester wrote:
> Can PowerPoint save to PDF, which is what almost
> everyone else seems to be using for presentations?
Just about any app, including PPT, can print to PDF if Acrobat
is installed. Without Acrobat, print-to-file specifying a
PostScript printer (e.g. an Apple LaserWriter) w
Hi!
I recently had the chance to play with a Foxconn NetBox-nT330i. It's
based off an Atom 330 CPU and an nForce MCP79 chipset. All aspects of
this device appear to function quite well with 8.1-BETA1, and it's
diminutive stature is quite cute.
The only issue I have encountered with it thus far is
On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 07:57:51 -0400, Jerry wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:19:08 +0300
> Giorgos Keramidas articulated:
>> You can always install bash with "pkg_add". The default package is
>> not built as a static binary, but you can compile a static bash
>> binary from its port:
>>
>> # cd /
Hi,
OK, the next day the TAB was OK again after the recompile of kdebase (part
of the necessary recompiles specified in /usr/ports/UPDATING - 20090309)
This was on a system already on 8.0 (upgraded from 7.2)
But I have another issue with that libusb on another system, which is stil
7.2.
I want to d
After an upgrade FreeBSD72 -> 80, Xorg doesn't work
looking in /var/log/Xorg.0.log tells
Build Operating System: FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p7
Current O S FreeSBD-8.0-RELEASE-p2
I have done a portupgrade -af after upgrading, but somehow if seems not to
have done this for Xorg ??
How can I reinstall anyt
On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:34:16 -0700
Chip Camden wrote:
> This might not be the right list for this question -- if so, please
> slap me over to the right one.
>
> Does anyone have a recommendation for a lighter-weight office suite?
> OOo is such a pig. It takes a good minute to start it up and ope
Hello fellow freebsd users.
I'am installing openssl from ports on freebsd 8.0. In the process it
complains and stops. here is the error:
make: don't know how to make /usr/local/ssl/fips-1.0/lib/fipscanister.o. Stop
Will be grateful for help on this error.
cheers! :)
--
Pamela Pomary
ICT Ass
On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 10:00:23 +0200 Antonio Vieiro wrote:
> fetch:
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/../releases/10/Everything/i386/os/Packages/gtk2-2.14.7-7.fc10.i386.rpm:
> Not Found
I've just updated the port to gtk2-2.14.7-9.fc10.
Give it a try, please.
Thanks for the report!
--
WBR,
On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 07:50:04 +0200
Harry Matthiesen Jensen articulated:
> On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 12:20:08AM +, Márcio C.G. wrote:
> >
> > As this link (http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=10570)
> > says, JAVA PLUGIN WONT WORK WITH FIREFOX 3.6. I tried to use
> > linux-sun-jdk16 port
Thanks, I never realised thttpd could run cgi. Looks simple to configure too.
Cheers,
Peter.
-Original Message-
From: andrew clarke
Sent: 07 June 2010 11:08
To: peter harrison
Cc: questi...@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Small webserver recommendations
On Sun 2010-06-06 18:44:10 UTC+0100
On Sun 2010-06-06 18:44:10 UTC+0100, peter harrison
(four.harris...@googlemail.com) wrote:
> I'm looking for a small webserver to add to a nanobsd image, so preferably
> with few dependencies too. Needs to be able to run Perl cgi's as well.
> Anyone willing to make a recommendation?
thttpd?
htt
On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 06:08:24AM -0400, Jerry wrote:
> >
> > I just "portinstall firefox3", which right now will give you Firefox
> > 3.5.9, and java works ;-)
>
> The OP requested help with Firefox-3.6, not with older deprecated
>
I am fully aware of that...
The short answer would be "not ye
Hello!
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 7:44 PM, peter harrison
wrote:
> I'm looking for a small webserver to add to a nanobsd image, so preferably
> with few dependencies too. Needs to be able to run Perl cgi's as well.
> Anyone willing to make a recommendation?
nginx?
http://nginx.org/
Bye,
a
On 07/06/2010 12:42 μ.μ., n dhert wrote:
> After an upgrade FreeBSD72 -> 80, Xorg doesn't work
> looking in /var/log/Xorg.0.log tells
> Build Operating System: FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p7
> Current O S FreeSBD-8.0-RELEASE-p2
>
> I have done a portupgrade -af after upgrading, but somehow if seems not to
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 1:56 AM, Mike Jeays wrote:
>> Short of the full suite, how about just a spreadsheet program that supports
>> complex formulas and charting? If it could also be used without X11 when
>> charting isn't needed, that would make my day.
>
> Gnumeric provides a good spreadsheet,
On Mon, 7 Jun 2010, CyberLeo Kitsana wrote:
I recently had the chance to play with a Foxconn NetBox-nT330i. It's
based off an Atom 330 CPU and an nForce MCP79 chipset. All aspects of
this device appear to function quite well with 8.1-BETA1, and it's
diminutive stature is quite cute.
The only is
% mixer vol +4
Setting the mixer vol from 90:90 to 94:94.
% mixer vol -4
Setting the mixer vol from 94:94 to 90:90.
% mixer 95
Setting the mixer vol from 90:90 to 95:95.
% mixer 90
Setting the mixer vol from 95:95 to 90:90.
% mixer +5
>Setting the mixer vol from 90:90 to 5:5.
% mixer -5
usage:
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 314, Issue 1, Message: 33
On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 06:08:24 -0400 Jerry wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 07:50:04 +0200
> Harry Matthiesen Jensen articulated:
>
>
> > On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 12:20:08AM +, Márcio C.G. wrote:
> > >
> > > As this link (http://for
On Tue, 11 May 2010, pluknet wrote:
Hi,
That's sort of "for the record".
I faced with issue where I wasn't able to boot a box w/ kernel built
with subj scheme.
On build box with 7.3-amd64 installed:
1. prepare world/kernel in an existing chrooted 6.4-S environment =>
doesn't work (see below)
On Jun 06 2010 22:00, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 11:32:58AM -0700, Chip Camden wrote:
> > >
> > I was a tcsh user before switching to zsh. But I was raised on the
> > Bourne Shell, and used Korn shell a lot in the 90s. The C-shell versions
> > of control flow commands always tr
On Jun 06 2010 21:56, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 01:34:16PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone have a recommendation for a lighter-weight office suite?
> > OOo is such a pig. It takes a good minute to start it up and open a
> > spreadsheet.
> >
> > Short of the full
On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:46:16 -0400, Harry Matthiesen Jensen
wrote:
The short answer would be "not yet possible" or "just wait, will come
later"... which in my "world" not is an answer anyone can use..
I've been looking for some indication as to how much later "later" is..
one week, one mon
On Jun 07 2010 11:21, Anh Ky Huynh wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:34:16 -0700
> Chip Camden wrote:
>
> > This might not be the right list for this question -- if so, please
> > slap me over to the right one.
> >
> > Does anyone have a recommendation for a lighter-weight office suite?
> > OOo is
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Chip Camden
wrote:
> On Jun 07 2010 11:21, Anh Ky Huynh wrote:
>> On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:34:16 -0700
>> Chip Camden wrote:
>>
>> > This might not be the right list for this question -- if so, please
>> > slap me over to the right one.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have a r
>As this link (http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=10570) says, JAVA
>PLUGIN WONT WORK WITH FIREFOX 3.6.
>I tried to use linux-sun-jdk16 port, but the plugin didn t work too.
>Is there an workaround or anybody that knows how-to use java plugin within
>firefox 3.6?
>Thanks in advance,
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On 07/06/2010 17:34:56, Chip Camden wrote:
> For most of what I need to do, it's not an issue. But I do have clients
> who send me Word docs, and one who requires that I send them specs in
> Word format. For that, I guess I'm stuck using some behemot
On Jun 07 2010 12:54, Alejandro Imass wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Chip Camden
> wrote:
> > On Jun 07 2010 11:21, Anh Ky Huynh wrote:
> >> On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:34:16 -0700
> >> Chip Camden wrote:
> >>
> >> > This might not be the right list for this question -- if so, please
> >> >
On Jun 07 2010 18:16, Matthew Seaman wrote:
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> On 07/06/2010 17:34:56, Chip Camden wrote:
> > For most of what I need to do, it's not an issue. But I do have clients
> > who send me Word docs, and one who requires that I send them specs in
> > Wo
On Mon, 7 Jun 2010, Chip Camden wrote:
For most of what I need to do, it's not an issue. But I do have clients
who send me Word docs, and one who requires that I send them specs in
Word format. For that, I guess I'm stuck using some behemoth office
tool, if only for converting from a different
On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 21:56:50 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
> There are options for one-way compatibility (e.g., catdoc for turning MS
> Word files into plain text), but for being able to interoperate to
> roughly arbitrary degrees with users of MS Office I'm not aware of
> anything other than OO.o, KOf
On Jun 07 2010 12:14, Warren Block wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Jun 2010, Chip Camden wrote:
> >
> >For most of what I need to do, it's not an issue. But I do have clients
> >who send me Word docs, and one who requires that I send them specs in
> >Word format. For that, I guess I'm stuck using some behemot
On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 22:06:07 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 10:06:28AM -1000, p...@pair.com wrote:
> >
> > I cannot say about the tcsh features.
>
> That's kind of a shame, since tcsh is what I prefer these days, having
> long since given up on bash (pretty much immediately a
On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 00:44:45 -0400, Alejandro Imass wrote:
> Latex Beamer rules!
In LaTeX, use "foils" class. Use the final product with
% xpdf -fullscreen
It just works, and additionally rules. :-)
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Gary Kline wrote:
>
> guys,
>
> my wife emptied a bunch of files onto her memory stick; the pc
> is not here. i have never used one of these devices before and
> want to know how, if it is possible, to read her dos/lose
> material from my bsd system. 7.3, dell,
Hi,
A portupgrade done today stopped with an error during the upgrade of
gstreamer-plugins-v4l2-0.10.23,3 with the following error:
-- < Cut here > --
===> Installing for gstreamer-plugins-v4l2-0.10.23,3
===> gstreamer-plugins-v4l2-0.10.2
On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 01:13:01 +1000 (EST)
Ian Smith articulated:
> In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 314, Issue 1, Message: 33
> On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 06:08:24 -0400 Jerry
> wrote:
> > On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 07:50:04 +0200
> > Harry Matthiesen Jensen articulated:
> >
> >
> > > On Mon, Jun 07, 201
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sun Jun 6 23:47:34 2010
> Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 00:44:45 -0400
> From: Alejandro Imass
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: office apps
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:38 AM, Charlie Kester wro=
> te:
> > On Sun 06 Jun 2010 at 20:56:50 PDT
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 13:34, Robert Bonomi wrote:
>> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sun Jun 6 23:47:34 2010
>> Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 00:44:45 -0400
>> From: Alejandro Imass
>> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>> Subject: Re: office apps
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:38 AM, Charlie
On Jun 06 2010 19:56, Mike Jeays wrote:
> On June 6, 2010 04:34:16 pm Chip Camden wrote:
> > This might not be the right list for this question -- if so, please slap
> > me over to the right one.
> >
> > Does anyone have a recommendation for a lighter-weight office suite?
> > OOo is such a pig. It
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote:
>> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sun Jun 6 23:47:34 2010
>> Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 00:44:45 -0400
>> From: Alejandro Imass
>> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>> Subject: Re: office apps
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:38 AM, Charl
On Jun 7, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Jerry wrote:
[ ... ]
> I honestly enjoy satire. That said, it does not change the fact that a
> serviceable version of Java, suitable for Firefox-3.6, does not exist within
> the FreeBSD framework.
That's pretty much accurate, if you don't want to consider running FF+
On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 11:49:37AM +0200, Eduardo wrote:
>
> You can use Softmaker products. They are not free but are MS-OO
> compatible, fast and linux version works fine under FreeBSD. Demo
> version works for a month.
>
> http://www.softmaker.com/english/
Interesting. It looks like SoftMake
On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 08:26:04PM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 22:06:07 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
>
> > I've never really tried using vi-mode editing in any shell, despite the
> > fact I'm a constant vi user (even a vi gangsta, one might say). Maybe I
> > should some day. Thus
On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 09:31:05AM -0700, Chip Camden wrote:
>
> I'd also like to publicly thank you on this list for encouraging me to
> try FreeBSD. I absolutely love it.
I consider it a service to mankind to encourage more people using better,
and better-licensed, software. You're welcome, a
Just an FYI here folks.
If one has gmail, we can Preview these Documents via the web browsers :)
But I believe that we are ok with the office apps that we have :)
koffice(kword,kspread, kpresenter, ...)
goffice(abiword, gnumeric, ..., )
OO(openoffice-writer,... )
There is GO OO which is a smaller
i'v been having trouble upgrading stuff for the past n weeks. i
just noticed that my web server won't build. or/when it does, it
won't start. i just fired off /usr/local/sbin/apachetl -k start
and get:
httpd: Syntax error on line 104 of
/usr/local/etc/apache22/httpd.conf: Cannot load
/usr/lo
On Mon, 7 Jun 2010, Chip Camden wrote:
[...] I do have clients who send me Word docs, and one who requires that
I send them specs in Word format. For that, I guess I'm stuck using
some behemoth office tool, if only for converting from a different
format. I'm currently doing that work on a Wi
On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 06:21:11PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
>
> i'v been having trouble upgrading stuff for the past n weeks. i
> just noticed that my web server won't build. or/when it does, it
> won't start. i just fired off /usr/local/sbin/apachetl -k start
> and get:
>
>
>
> httpd: Synta
On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 12:29:08AM +, Antonio Olivares wrote:
>
> But I believe that we are ok with the office apps that we have :)
> koffice(kword,kspread, kpresenter, ...)
> goffice(abiword, gnumeric, ..., )
> OO(openoffice-writer,... )
> There is GO OO which is a smaller version of OpenOffi
On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 10:12:44PM -0400, Chris Hill wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Jun 2010, Chip Camden wrote:
>
> >[...] I do have clients who send me Word docs, and one who requires that
> >I send them specs in Word format. For that, I guess I'm stuck using
> >some behemoth office tool, if only for con
Is there perhaps some way to get language-specific autoindent with nvi,
perhaps similar to what Vim provides? I've been scouring the manpage to
no avail, and at this point suspect that the only automatic indentation
support is a simple automatic indentation of the next line by the same
mount the c
hello,
i am trying to install vlc but i came up against this error..
===> vlc-1.0.6_3,3 depends on file:
/usr/local/live/liveMedia/libliveMedia.a - found
===> vlc-1.0.6_3,3 depends on package: v4l_compat>=1.0.20100321 - found
===> vlc-1.0.6_3,3 depends on file: /usr/local/include/X11/xpm.h
On 08/06/2010 8:16 π.μ., Giorgos Tsiapaliokas wrote:
> hello,
>
> i am trying to install vlc but i came up against this error..
>
> ===> vlc-1.0.6_3,3 depends on file:
> /usr/local/live/liveMedia/libliveMedia.a - found
> ===> vlc-1.0.6_3,3 depends on package: v4l_compat>=1.0.20100321 - found
>
On 06/07/10 19:58, Gary Kline wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 06:21:11PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
>
>> i'v been having trouble upgrading stuff for the past n weeks. i
>> just noticed that my web server won't build. or/when it does, it
>> won't start. i just fired off /usr/local/sbin/apachetl
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On 08/06/2010 03:58:13, Gary Kline wrote:
> question number one, which port builds the apache php5
> library? number two; is there one that will resolve the
> missing 'ap_user_id'?
Do you now, or did you once have apache13 installed
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