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Author: der.hans
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Subject: creating .ps or .pdf's
Am 23. Jun, 2000 schwäzte Mike Starke so:

> I have a bunch of html documents that I would like to convert
> to either postscript (prefered) or pdf format. No problem
> there, I am just using 'html2ps'. The problem I am having
> is getting images into my postscrpt documents.
>
> I have tried using .ps, .png, .jpg, and .bmp as the images
> in the html documents, but no luck.


eps is what should work, if I remember right.

It'll be mentioned somewhere in the HOWTO-HOWTO at the LDP,
www.LinuxDoc.org.

ciao,

der.hans
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From Sat Jun 24 03:02:50 2000
From: (anselrodriguez)
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 20:02:50 -0700
Subject: Turning off video power management in X on Mandrake v7.1
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Donn, it sounds like it could be the power saving mode of kcmdpms.


Donn Shumway wrote:

> I recently installed Mandrake v7.1 on a K6II-450, 128Mb RAM, Voodoo3-2000. I
> had a few strange occurances during install, but now everything (almost)
> seems to be working fine.
>
> The problem is that a few minutes after the screen saver comes on (using
> KDE), my monitor goes into a non-sync mode that I assume is some power
> saving feature of the video system. I have not experienced this with
> previous versions of Mandrake. I checked the BIOS during boot and APM
> features are turned off. Is there a setting in the XF86Config file that I
> can change to eliminate this problem?
>
> Also, the install seems to recognize my Voodoo3-2000 as a 'Voodoo 3
> (Generic). Is this normal for XFree86 v3.3.6?
>
> I looked in the XF86Config file and there is a line in the 'Graphics Device
> Section' that reads:
>
> ------------------------
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier "Generic VGA"
>     Chipset "generic"
> EndSection

>
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier "Voodoo3 (generic)"
>     VendorName "Unknown"
>     Boardname "Unknown"
> *    VideoRam    16384
>     * Clock lines

>
>     * Uncomment following option if you see a big white block
>     * instead of the cursor!
>     *Option    "sw_cursor"

>
>     Option "power_saver"
> EndSection
> ------------------------

>
> If I comment out the Option "power_saver" will this disable the option?
>
> Thanks for all your assistance.
> The Reiser FS is really impressive!
>
> Regards,
> Donn Shumway
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plug-discuss mailing list -
> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss


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Donn, it sounds like it could be the power saving mode of kcmdpms.
<br>&nbsp;
<p>Donn Shumway wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I recently installed Mandrake v7.1 on a K6II-450,
128Mb RAM, Voodoo3-2000. I
<br>had a few strange occurances during install, but now everything (almost)
<br>seems to be working fine.
<p>The problem is that a few minutes after the screen saver comes on (using
<br>KDE), my monitor goes into a non-sync mode that I assume is some power
<br>saving feature of the video system. I have not experienced this with
<br>previous versions of Mandrake. I checked the BIOS during boot and APM
<br>features are turned off. Is there a setting in the XF86Config file
that I
<br>can change to eliminate this problem?
<p>Also, the install seems to recognize my Voodoo3-2000 as a 'Voodoo 3
<br>(Generic). Is this normal for XFree86 v3.3.6?
<p>I looked in the XF86Config file and there is a line in the 'Graphics
Device
<br>Section' that reads:
<p>------------------------
<br>Section "Device"
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Identifier "Generic VGA"
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chipset "generic"
<br>EndSection
<p>Section "Device"
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Identifier "Voodoo3 (generic)"
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; VendorName "Unknown"
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Boardname "Unknown"
<br>*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; VideoRam&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 16384
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Clock lines
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Uncomment following option if you see a big white
block
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * instead of the cursor!
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *Option&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "sw_cursor"
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Option "power_saver"
<br>EndSection
<br>------------------------
<p>If I comment out the Option "power_saver" will this disable the option?
<p>Thanks for all your assistance.
<br>The Reiser FS is really impressive!
<p>Regards,
<br>Donn Shumway
<p>_______________________________________________
<br>Plug-discuss mailing list&nbsp; -&nbsp;
<br><a href="http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss">http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a></blockquote>

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