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Topic: Scribus install problem, libGL?

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Posted: April 27 2004,01:22

Hi John
I tried putting the lib in '/usr/X11R6/lib/', got the same error, so I tried putting it in '/usr/lib/', and it got past that error. However, I now get another one, same type of lib error but can't remember which lib off hand (something like libX... .so.2)
Fairly sure it had a capital X in there, and the extension was .so.2

I'd like to keep my HD install small, but it looks like maybe I need to install the full X server? If I do this (any pointers on how?), are there any tips on how to remove extranious bits to cut it down and keep the performance?
Actually, is the xvesa kdrive server merely a size thing, or does this have a big impact on why DSL works so well with older machines? Does the full server work as well on the old stuff?

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Posted: April 27 2004,03:01

I have a temporary solution fo mplayer. Basically, the problem is, by default, mplayer tries to use the X11 or xv driver. If you've installed mplayer try `mplayer -vo help' and it will list all of the video drivers compiled in. You'll want to specify either `vesa' or `fbdev' depending on which Xserver you used when you set up DamnSmall.

I'm such an idiot. I should've thought of this before. I'm working on compiling a static binary with just the fbdev and vesa drivers compiled in. Sorta curious as to how large it would be.

PS Rogue: I'm the supervisor of the prepress department for a commercial printing company. What kind of DTP project are you working on?

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Posted: April 27 2004,06:31

Hi Grim, need a tool for laying out presentations etc. for print, basically "prettying-up" plain documents, in a non printer-intensive(?) way - ie., vector layout, with ability to apply templates to different pages. Essentially, GNU InDesign or Quark Express! And to natively import/export pdf and eps.

Apparently Scribus is the way to go for this under Linux?

The project the other day was to lay out a word document nicely, with a cool stylised border / background, and print multiple copies on a colour laser printer. Unfortunately, I didn't have the right tools, layout was fine but because I couldn't use vector borders I stupidly used a high-res gif as the background, thinking that, hey, the file size is small, and it looks as good printed as a vector would. Unfortunately, sending a 25-page document to the printer took a good half-hour!
I HAD actually created the background as a vector, but I just didn't have any tools to quickly lay out the text over the top of it.

So I don't want to get caught unprepared again! ; )

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Posted: April 27 2004,12:36

We sometimes get 32 page magazines laid out entirely in photoshop. As long as four-color separation isn't an issue, just use the gimp. If your teacher is preaching the gospel according to vector, you can tell them I said that they are of the devil. Vector's okay for design, but the image should be rastered at the appropriate size and placed before it's sent to the printer.

Having spent the better part of two hours trying to get a 12 page, 11"x 17" weekly (composed entirely in Illustrator and InDesign) to raster through our dual-itanium server last night, just trust me. Commercial printers prefer raster images.

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Posted: April 30 2004,15:22

Maybe I just need GhostScript? The few "print-industry" people I've talked to have all said their final files are pdf...
Anyone had experiences with GS under DSL? Obviously it would defeat the purpose if you need to install tens of meg of dependancies...?

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