[scribus] lprof

[Owen]

> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 4:17 AM, Owen <rcook at pcug.org.au> wrote:
>
>>
>> > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 3:22 AM, Owen <rcook at pcug.org.au> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >> has anyone used lprof in linux to profile their hardware?  i
>> >> would
>> >> >> be
>> >> >> interested in hearing how well or not well this software
>> works.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > I have used it over the years to profile my monitors. I have
>> now
>> >> an
>> >> > LCD monitor, just tried making a profile and it crashed.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Mmmm, but it really is a fairly painless exercise. Just try it
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> It crashed because the file was not writable, made a profile
>> >> directory
>> >> in the .scribus directory and it saved into that without a
>> problem
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >>
>> > thanks for the encouragement and the additional information.  the
>> > directory
>> > that you created, did you name it iss profiles or something along
>> that
>> > line?
>>
>>
>>
>> The program actually gives you some cues. As it is my one and only
>> monitor, a Phillips at that, I called it p.icc
>>
>> But really, the name doesn't matter to the operation of things, the
>> name is mainly to help identify it. Giving it an icc extension
>> permits
>> dialog boxes filters to select icc files for you
>>
>>
> thanks again.  i understand that the file needs the .icc suffix, but
> my
> question was what name did you give the directory in your .scribus
> directory
> or does that really matter?  also, why didn't you save it to your
> /usr/share/color/icc directory?  can that be accomplished without
> being
> root?  is there a disadvantage by saving to the icc directory?



I actually saved it in ~/.scribus/prifiles

As you see, I misspelt it, but it didn't matter. And yes, because I
wasn't root, I couldn't save it in a standard directory. There are
advantages in saving to an 'icc' directory. Multiple users have access
to the profile.

All is not lost, by morphing into sudo mode, I could copy
~/.scribus/prifiles/p.icc to /usr/share/color/icc directory, but I
don't intend to because I don't have to. I am a one man band without
multiple users to care for.

Just experiment,  you are unlikely to blow anything up.





-- 
Owen


Owen