Re: Off Topic - . pdf to eps (unknown switch using pdf2ps -eps)

2014-04-06 Thread Roger
On 04/07/2014 02:16 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 04/06/2014 09:05 PM, Roger wrote: Also my daughter doing her science degree suffered the same problem where Google refused to find sites she knows exist, she too now uses IXQuick with far wider results. You might consider Startpage: https://startpage.

Re: Off Topic - . pdf to eps (unknown switch using pdf2ps -eps)

2014-04-06 Thread Joe Zeff
On 04/06/2014 09:05 PM, Roger wrote: Also my daughter doing her science degree suffered the same problem where Google refused to find sites she knows exist, she too now uses IXQuick with far wider results. You might consider Startpage: https://startpage.com/ It's the only major search engine

Re: Off Topic - . pdf to eps (unknown switch using pdf2ps -eps)

2014-04-06 Thread Roger
On 04/07/2014 01:45 PM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 07 April 2014, Roger sent: google SEO pre guesses what it thinks you want especially if you have done a fair bit of searching on a topic. Google works well the first time but becomes rapidly restrictive, limiting a search to those previ

Re: Off Topic - . pdf to eps (unknown switch using pdf2ps -eps)

2014-04-06 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 07 April 2014, Roger sent: > google SEO pre guesses what it thinks you want especially if you have > done a fair bit of searching on a topic. Google works well the first > time but becomes rapidly restrictive, limiting a search to those > previous searched pages. Have you

Re: Off Topic - . pdf to eps (unknown switch using pdf2ps -eps)

2014-04-06 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Mon, 7 Apr 2014 08:57:23 +1000 Roger wrote: > My apologies for so off topic but I feel it is important to have > choice. Not intending to change the subject or start a flame war. > > >> True. But if you do a search on it online (using DuckDuckGo, but why > >> should that matter?) > > It ma

Re: pdf to eps (unknown switch using pdf2ps -eps)

2014-04-06 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Sun, 6 Apr 2014 14:25:56 -0700 "T.C. Hollingsworth" wrote: > On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Ranjan Maitra > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have been trying to convert pdf to eps using > > > > pdf2ps -eps file.pdf > > > > but I get the following: > > > > Unknown switch -eps - ignoring > > Unknown s

Re: Off Topic - . pdf to eps (unknown switch using pdf2ps -eps)

2014-04-06 Thread Roger
My apologies for so off topic but I feel it is important to have choice. Not intending to change the subject or start a flame war. True. But if you do a search on it online (using DuckDuckGo, but why should that matter?) It matters because google SEO pre guesses what it thinks you want esp

Re: pdf to eps (unknown switch using pdf2ps -eps)

2014-04-06 Thread Joe Zeff
On 04/06/2014 02:30 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: True. But if you do a search on it online (using DuckDuckGo, but why should that matter?) I find that the above should produce the desired result. Which is more likely to be right, some random web page, or the program's internal documentation? BTW,

Re: pdf to eps (unknown switch using pdf2ps -eps)

2014-04-06 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Sun, 6 Apr 2014 14:17:03 -0700 Joe Zeff wrote: > On 04/06/2014 02:02 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have been trying to convert pdf to eps using > > > > pdf2ps -eps file.pdf > > > > but I get the following: > > > > Unknown switch -eps - ignoring > > Unknown switch -eps - ignoring >

Re: pdf to eps (unknown switch using pdf2ps -eps)

2014-04-06 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Hi, On Sun, 6 Apr 2014 16:15:42 -0500 Aradenatorix Veckhom Vacelaevus wrote: > Uhm... why don't you try t compile with pdflatex and then you can directly > use the pdf files and graphics with other extensions but not eps. > ​ > I think you should ask in http://tex.stackexchange.com/ Is a site >

Re: pdf to eps (unknown switch using pdf2ps -eps)

2014-04-06 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Hi, > > I have been trying to convert pdf to eps using > > pdf2ps -eps file.pdf > > but I get the following: > > Unknown switch -eps - ignoring > Unknown switch -eps - ignoring > > I seem to think that this worked just fine a month ago, but ma

Re: pdf to eps (unknown switch using pdf2ps -eps)

2014-04-06 Thread Joe Zeff
On 04/06/2014 02:02 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: Hi, I have been trying to convert pdf to eps using pdf2ps -eps file.pdf but I get the following: Unknown switch -eps - ignoring Unknown switch -eps - ignoring I seem to think that this worked just fine a month ago, but maybe I used some other swit

Re: pdf to eps (unknown switch using pdf2ps -eps)

2014-04-06 Thread Aradenatorix Veckhom Vacelaevus
Uhm... why don't you try t compile with pdflatex and then you can directly use the pdf files and graphics with other extensions but not eps. ​ I think you should ask in http://tex.stackexchange.com/ Is a site specialized in TeX and friends. There was where I was asking about EBGaramond and that. I

pdf to eps (unknown switch using pdf2ps -eps)

2014-04-06 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Hi, I have been trying to convert pdf to eps using pdf2ps -eps file.pdf but I get the following: Unknown switch -eps - ignoring Unknown switch -eps - ignoring I seem to think that this worked just fine a month ago, but maybe I used some other switch. What am I doing wrong? I am on Fedora 2

Can't read CTR while initializing i8042

2014-04-06 Thread Amadeus W.M.
I have this old Dell Inspiron 2650 with a dual boot Fedora 12 and XP and I want to upgrade Fedora to 20. When I boot from the installation dvd I get this message: [ 13.167548] i8042: Can't read CTR while initializing i8042 then it continues to boot and I get to the first installer screen (welc

Re: Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit' ?? why?

2014-04-06 Thread Joe Zeff
On 04/06/2014 12:58 PM, Garry T. Williams wrote: Try it to see. If it helps, I don't have it installed and don't miss it. I use yumex every morning to keep my system updated, and for most of my package management tasks. (There are some times that using yum from a CLI is easiest, especially

Re: Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit' ?? why?

2014-04-06 Thread Garry T. Williams
On 4-6-14 13:15:58 Paul Cartwright wrote: > On 04/06/2014 12:21 PM, jarmo wrote: > >> Apr 6 10:52:39 pauls-server dbus-daemon: dbus[871]: [system] > >> > Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1' > >> > > >> > what is this, and how do you stop it?? seems like a waste of > >> > pro

Re: Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit' ?? why?

2014-04-06 Thread Max
On 04/06/2014 01:15 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 04/06/2014 12:21 PM, jarmo wrote: Apr 6 10:52:39 pauls-server dbus-daemon: dbus[871]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1' what is this, and how do you stop it?? seems like a waste of processing power & time. y

Re: Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit' ?? why?

2014-04-06 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 04/06/2014 12:21 PM, jarmo wrote: >> Apr 6 10:52:39 pauls-server dbus-daemon: dbus[871]: [system] >> > Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1' >> > >> > what is this, and how do you stop it?? seems like a waste of >> > processing power & time. >> > > yum remove PackageKit ?

Re: Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit' ?? why?

2014-04-06 Thread jarmo
Sun, 06 Apr 2014 11:21:50 -0400 Paul Cartwright kirjoitti: > I see this message in /var/log/messages over.. and over... and over. I > saw a red hat bugzilla forum from fedora 15 on up talking about this > with no resolution.. Is there a resolution?? > > the messages say: > Apr 6 11:10:12 pauls

Re: CPU / GPU fan control

2014-04-06 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 05 April 2014, Rafnews sent: > the ASUS G73SW has 2 airflow entrance, 2 FANs, nothing around till 1 > meter and air of the room is ambiant so 20-21 degrees C max. > in the same environment Windows 7 on the same hardware perform 40% > slower but much more silent :D Sounds

Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit' ?? why?

2014-04-06 Thread Paul Cartwright
I see this message in /var/log/messages over.. and over... and over. I saw a red hat bugzilla forum from fedora 15 on up talking about this with no resolution.. Is there a resolution?? the messages say: Apr 6 11:10:12 pauls-server dbus[871]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.fre