Re: Swap space not used
On 02/05/12 09:00, Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I am running Debian 6. When I installed it, I had a swap partition of about 40GB set up, as is shown by gparted. But, for some strnge reason, Debian 6will not use the swap space, even though gparted shows it to be "Active". Instead of Debian 6 using the swap[ partition, it just runs out of memory, progressively, requiring rebooting every few days. Why is this so? Thank you in anticipation. Your swap partition is, very likely, too large. As a rule, your swap partition should be the same size as your RAM. Do you have 40GB RAM? Sincerely -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jnr4qu$hag$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Backup backup backup -- sound problem SOLVED using a backup
On 28/04/12 03:10, Chris Bannister wrote: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 10:50:40AM +0100, Sian Mountbatten wrote: I then did the usual sid upgrade commands: apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade reboot After the reboot, I logged in and ran speaker-test: speaker-test -tsine -c2 Sound from both speakers! played some music using Deadbeef (Audio player) So there you are: a backup saved my bacon. It could easily have been the "apt-get update" followed by the "apt-get dist-upgrade" which solved it? Did you try "speaker-test -tsine -c2" **BEFORE** upgrading but **AFTER** restoring the backup? Yes. -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jnflth$d7h$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Is 1600x1200 screen better than 1440x900? YES
On 25/04/12 15:30, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:39:54 +0100, Sian Mountbatten wrote: When I replaced my desktop with a new computer, I kept my TFT screen. It has the non-standard size of 1440x900. Recently, I have been wondering if it would be better for me to have 1600x1200 screen. Would this be better for Linux software? What about HD TV? And movies? Any comments welcome A higher resolution provides you with additional space to locate windows or viewing more content in them. I will pay additional €€€ for that, it's worth of it, IMO, and not for the software (HD and videos will be accomodated to fit whatever resolution you have) but for you :-) Greetings, Well, I was asking my friendly computer consultant something about networking and spotted a large screen on the shelf. It was an iiyama ProLite E2208HDD. Just unboxed and definitely new. The asking price was £125 which I thought reasonable since that obviously included delivery. Removed my 1440x900 monitor, connected up the 1920x1080 monitor using the same cables (mains and DVI-D) and now I have an excellent screen: more space on-screen, sharp letters and the HD TV is truly excellent. This is the best reproduction I've ever had. Definitely a good buy. -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jnc89g$6tv$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Backup backup backup -- sound problem SOLVED using a backup
On 26/04/12 16:10, Indulekha wrote: Sian Mountbatten wrote: Without knowing the cause of the original problem one cannot really call it "solved" though... Or am I missing something? I was doing something with xbmc (just trying things out), but why it muted sound is beyond me. Because I'm willing to use DeadBeef for playing music and Kaffeine for Digital TV and DVDs, I don't really need xbmc. So I'll steer clear of it. -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jnc816$6ag$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Backup backup backup -- sound problem SOLVED using a backup
I was playing a music track while using XBMC when suddenly the sound stopped. I tried everything I could to restore sound. None of my multimedia programs produced sound. Even speaker-test produced nothing. I tried rebooting, purge xbmc from the system: nothing. Well, this morning, I unpacked my latest backup of my directory tree into /var/tmp and issued the command diff -q -u -r /home/sian /var/tmp/home/sian >/tmp/sian.diff The command ran for a few seconds. Looking at /tmp/sian.diff showed no obvious reason why I no longer had sound. So, I logged out of KDE4 Plasma Desktop, keyed Ctrl-Alt-F1 and, at the VT, logged in as root. Then I issued the commands init 3# that stopped kdm and X rm -rf /home/sian # deleted all my files rm -rf /var/tmp/home # deleted the files I had put into /var/tmp tar -xjf /opt/cdrw/bd21319-04-25/Phoenicia.sian.tar.bz2 --directory / # That tar command extracted all the files from the backup and put them # into their proper places (each file was preceded by home/sian because # tar removes the initial / I then did the usual sid upgrade commands: apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade reboot After the reboot, I logged in and ran speaker-test: speaker-test -tsine -c2 Sound from both speakers! played some music using Deadbeef (Audio player) So there you are: a backup saved my bacon. -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jnb5pf$46j$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: USB harddisk problem
On 24/04/12 23:00, Josep Llauradó wrote: Hello, I have a serious problem with external usb hard drives and a new debian squeeze on a laptop. The symptoms are What it works: - When I mount a previously an usb hard drive formatted using another computer (linux or windows) the first time it mounts well, either by command line as root or using user-space mounting under gnome, but when I dismount it and mout again the partiition is unusable - When I partition an usb hard drive I get all the disc corrupted despite gparted or fdisk works well without error. If I try to mount again on another computer it says that there is not partition table. - When I try to format a partition already created on another computer on command line it says nothing (the usual stuff with no errors) but it doesn't work. If I do it using Disk Utility (graphical tool) I get an error at the end saying the following: I have just bought a 2TB USB HDD and, after copying 19GB files to it and unplugging it, I connected it again and the partition is still there and the backup files are there as well. No problems. It is a USB hard disk drive. Buffalo Systems. I am running siduction distro (based on Debian sid) with a 3.3 kernel. -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jn9i4v$bik$2...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up
On 25/04/12 00:58, debian-user@lists.debian.org wrote: Drive has now arrived. Creating a single partition and formatting it to ext4 was a doddle. Have now backed up 15GB of films and over 4GB of music. Just used the commands cp -av /opt/music /mnt cp -av /opt/iso /mnt Now I shall copy the compressed tarballs of my daily backup using the command cp -av /opt/cdrw /mnt Simple really. __ Type your response ABOVE THIS LINE to reply Re: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up *1QA4xxx2a* | APR 24, 2012 | 11:57PM UTC Thank you for submitting your request. We have received your request and are working on responding to you as soon as possible. If you have any additional information to add to this case, please reply to this email. Thanks in advance for your patience and support. This message was sent to poenik...@fastmail.co.uk in reference to Case #79728. [[d05c73fe3a70dd2b1f417f53be3258203ab0563f-1700709]] -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist
Re: Is 1600x1200 screen better than 1440x900?
On 25/04/12 02:40, Richard Hector wrote: On 25/04/12 08:02, Gary Dale wrote: 1440 x 900 is a standard 16:9 ratio Sorry, that just jumps out at me, and I can't ignore it :-) 1600 x 900 is 16:9; 1440 x 900 is clearly 14.4:9, or 16:10. Richard Well said. 1920x1080 is 16:9 (aspect ratio of 1.78) -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jn9049$n97$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up
On 24/04/12 22:10, Ellwood Blues wrote: If you want to be happy and trouble-free, try to avoid «Advanced Format» disks. I have 2TB disks and 1.5TB too that work perfectly but I've made the mistake to buy a 3TB WD Caviar Green («Advanced Format») which I can only use on Windows as a 3TB disk, Linux only detects about 780MB if I remember well. Try to not make the same mistake. 2012/4/21 Sian Mountbatten: I am going to buy a big USB hard drive to backup films, music and photos. In fact, I might backup the system (at least, the list of packages installed). Anybody out there tried a 2TB USB hard drive? What did you use as filing system. I am intending to use ext4. Any comments? -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jmunm9$90r$2...@speranza.aioe.org The 2TB HDD is not mentioned as an Advanced Format drive. I gather that it will probably have a VFAT file system on it which I should be able to remove by repartitioning the drive. Thank you for your comment. I don't use Windows in any shape or form, so Windows access is not for me. Regards -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jn7dia$6bp$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Is 1600x1200 screen better than 1440x900?
When I replaced my desktop with a new computer, I kept my TFT screen. It has the non-standard size of 1440x900. Recently, I have been wondering if it would be better for me to have 1600x1200 screen. Would this be better for Linux software? What about HD TV? And movies? Any comments welcome -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jn6oh6$e8p$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up
On 24/04/12 14:30, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:20:05 +0200, Alberto Fuentes wrote: On 21/04/12 19:34, Camaleón wrote: Yes, and I'm against partitioning too much but considering the big sizes of the actual hard disks it has become a must, also to minimize a filesystem corruption in a partition that can affect the whole data. I'm also against partitioning too much. I've had very little trouble with hard disk drives over the years; I've certainly had no crashes or file corruption. Not so long ago, my new SSD failed and I had to re-install the system. Unfortunately, I had not backed up all my data, so I lost some. While I wait for the new 2 TB HDD, I am copying data across my home LAN to my laptop which has a 120 GB HDD. I was using the WiFi network provided by the computer consultants downstairs: it gave me 1.2 MB/s transfer rate. When I succeeded in getting the Ethernet working, I got 9 MB/s. I've now checked the ethernet NICs at both ends and they are both Gigabit devices. So I've ordered a 5m Cat5e ethernet cable from Amazon which should give me 120 MB/s transfer rate. That would certainly make it convenient for security backups. I've also installed ukopp which looks as though it will do incremental backups. I intend using the 2 TB HDD for three purposes:- 1. Full security backups 2. Incremental security backups 3. Archival backups Last night, I split two film files into 4 GB pieces and used Brasero to write the pieces to 4 DVD+RW discs. So that's another, safe, way of backing up my data. I am now going to write my 4.3 GB music collection to another DVD+RW disc. Greetings -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jn6apu$760$1...@speranza.aioe.org
2TB USB hard drive for backing up
I am going to buy a big USB hard drive to backup films, music and photos. In fact, I might backup the system (at least, the list of packages installed). Anybody out there tried a 2TB USB hard drive? What did you use as filing system. I am intending to use ext4. Any comments? -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jmunm9$90r$2...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: siduction distribution - KDE4 desktop - Default browser problem - SOLVED
On 20/04/12 22:00, Gary Dale wrote: Within KDE, you can go into System Settings | File Associations | Text to change the default application for html files. On my system, it was set to Konqueror, so I changed it to Iceweasel. System Settings | Default Applications also lets you change the default web browser. Thank you for your help. Problem now solved. -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jmsu0n$9vi$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: siduction distribution - KDE4 desktop - Default browser problem - SOLVED
On 20/04/12 17:50, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:05:43 +0100, Sian Mountbatten wrote: On 20/04/12 16:50, Camaleón wrote: Try with "update-alternatives" but remember the leading "x". I found that I could tell icedove to Use firefox for http and https links and that solved the problem. But what happens when you open a link from an application other than Icedove?>;-P The only applications I use which have links are firefox, which is, of course, a browser, and icedove which is an email/news client (reader). The other applications I use don't usually have links. Sometimes the Help->About window has a link which, if clicked, runs firefox. I've noticed that before and wondered whether that's a standard KDE function. Regards -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jmsctm$2hf$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: siduction distribution - KDE4 desktop - Default browser problem - SOLVED
On 20/04/12 16:50, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:43:30 +0100, Sian Mountbatten wrote: When I clicked on an http link in an email message in icedove, firefox was started and the link appeared on a tab. Fine. Then I discovered that my firefox stopped working. Click on firefox: no action. So I deleted firefox from the /usr/local tree and deleted ~/.mozilla in case that was the problem (a duff plugin perhaps). Wow, that was too radical... how about finding first what the problem can be? :-) Yes, I must admit that I am not very good at solving computer problems on my own. Even though I've been using Linux since 1993, I still lean on other people. I've found that posting in linux.debian.user get's results usually. And recently, a very helpful person has been helping me get Digital TV in the alt.os.linux.debian newsgroup. Then again, the siduction IRC channel can help. Today, I got onto #debian-kde and someone solved this browser problem. Took about 5 minutes. I bet that Windows users do not get so much help, but I may be wrong, not knowing anything about it. Then, using elinks, I downloaded firefox version 11.0 from www.mozilla.org and installed the contents of the tarball in /usr/local/share/firefox. I then put a link to the firefox binary in my own binary directory which is on my PATH. I then clicked on KDE Settings->System Settings->Default Applications and made sure that firefox was the default browser. Then I logged out in case that was needed. Now, when I click on a link in an email message in icedove, nothing happens. No web-browser loaded. I noticed that /etc/alternatives/www-browser pointed to /usr/bin/elinks. For an X browser should be "update-alternatives --list x-www-browser". So I tried the command sudo apt-get purge elinks-lite Wowow, sir, you're a compulsive remover ;-D Yes, it's so easy to purge and install packages under Debian. but that purged elinks-lite and install konqueror which I definitely do not want to use, 'cos I'm happy with firefox.Does clicking on a link now load a web browser? No. Neither Konqueror? :-? The problem was in icedove (see below). How can I get the web-browser loaded when I click on an email message link? Anybody any ideas? Sincerely Try with "update-alternatives" but remember the leading "x". I found that I could tell icedove to Use firefox for http and https links and that solved the problem. -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jms1gl$2kp$1...@speranza.aioe.org
siduction distribution - KDE4 desktop - Default browser problem
When I clicked on an http link in an email message in icedove, firefox was started and the link appeared on a tab. Then I discovered that my firefox stopped working. Click on firefox: no action. So I deleted firefox from the /usr/local tree and deleted ~/.mozilla in case that was the problem (a duff plugin perhaps). Then, using elinks, I downloaded firefox version 11.0 from www.mozilla.org and installed the contents of the tarball in /usr/local/share/firefox. I then put a link to the firefox binary in my own binary directory which is on my PATH. I then clicked on KDE Settings->System Settings->Default Applications and made sure that firefox was the default browser. Then I logged out in case that was needed. Now, when I click on a link in an email message in icedove, nothing happens. No web-browser loaded. I noticed that /etc/alternatives/www-browser pointed to /usr/bin/elinks. So I tried the command sudo apt-get purge elinks-lite but that purged elinks-lite and install konqueror which I definitely do not want to use, 'cos I'm happy with firefox.Does clicking on a link now load a web browser? No. How can I get the web-browser loaded when I click on an email message link? Anybody any ideas? Sincerely -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jmq4ej$nki$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Hauppauge Nova-T USB stick -- now what?
On 16/04/12 16:50, Rob Owens wrote: On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 04:13:36PM +0100, Sian Mountbatten wrote: On 16/04/12 15:00, Dom wrote: On 16/04/12 13:02, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Dear All This morning I received a second-hand USB stick which consisted of the stick a USB extension cable plus USB plug/socket a mini antenna No instructions of any sort. I plugged the USB stick into a USB slot on the front of the computer and checked dmesg which gave the following: -- ... [67244.676831] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 50 msecs. [67244.676835] dvb-usb: Hauppauge Nova-T Stick successfully initialized and connected. [67244.676971] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700 - I have a number of questions:- 1. With NO remote control, how do I control the device? With great easy. The remote control is configured as an input device and mapped to predefined key presses - pressing "1" on the remote is the same as pressing "1" on your keyboard. It doesn't control the device directly. Under what circumstances does "1" on my keyboard correspond to "1" on a remote? I've tried me-tv, which just hangs, mplayer, which cannot be configured correctly, vlc and kaffeine. So far, no joy. No TV at all. What am I doing wrong? What device is created for the usb stick? Is it /dev/video0? Check out the permissions and make sure your user has access to it. Are you a member of the "video" group? Yes, I am a member of the video group. I've checked /dev and there is no video0 or any other video device. The kernel does not mention any device. Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jmhfdn$6dj$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Hauppauge Nova-T USB stick - installed but not working
On 16/04/12 16:20, Indulekha wrote: Sian Mountbatten wrote: On 16/04/12 14:20, Indulekha wrote: on the first try: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-NOVA-T-Stick Yes, I've read that web page, but it does not help me. I've tried Kaffeine and VLC, but neither of them produces any TV input. Kaffeine does have the option for digital TV, but I have not been able to get any TV data. xbmc does not have any TV input: it does not recognise the Nova-T as input. Futhermore, I do not understand MythTV setup. I have not been able to install the mythtv MySQL initial file because I'm denied access to the MySQL database. This is all very confusing. In the first instance, I'd simply like to watch TV on my Linux PC without sophisticated DVR functions. Can anybody help me? I've heard people say good things about tvtime, which you can install from the debian repos I've installed tvtime, but it does not get any input from my Nova-T USB stick. No /dev device is mentioned by the kernel. It said "registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC) and the kernel issued the message "DVB: registering new adapter (Hauppauge Nova-T Stick)". The kernel also refers to "input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci:00/:00:1a.0/usr1/1-1/1-1.5/rc/rc1/input7" whatever all that means. The final kernel message is "dvb-usb: Hauppauge Nova-T Stick successfully initialized and connected." So, the kernel recognises the device, but I am unable to get information from the device to any programs. What now? Sincerely -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jmhf1i$57k$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Hauppauge Nova-T USB stick -- now what?
On 16/04/12 15:00, Dom wrote: On 16/04/12 13:02, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Dear All This morning I received a second-hand USB stick which consisted of the stick a USB extension cable plus USB plug/socket a mini antenna No instructions of any sort. I plugged the USB stick into a USB slot on the front of the computer and checked dmesg which gave the following: -- > ... [67244.676831] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 50 msecs. [67244.676835] dvb-usb: Hauppauge Nova-T Stick successfully initialized and connected. [67244.676971] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700 - I have a number of questions:- 1. With NO remote control, how do I control the device? With great easy. The remote control is configured as an input device and mapped to predefined key presses - pressing "1" on the remote is the same as pressing "1" on your keyboard. It doesn't control the device directly. I've tried me-tv, which just hangs, mplayer, which cannot be configured correctly, vlc and kaffeine. So far, no joy. No TV at all. What am I doing wrong? I've never used the remote that came with my DVB-T card until this morning, and I've been using that card happily for over 5 years. 2. What do I have to do to get TV reception? This is a good question. I use MythTV, which recognises my card (and should be fine with your stick, as the kernel presents it properly), but that is a bit over the top for just watching TV. 3. Do I have to buy any more hardware? eg, should I buy the device new so that I get all the relevant h/w? You shouldn't need any other hardware, although I'd recommend connecting to a proper antenna, as those little ones don't have good reception. I have removed the mini-antenna and plugged the USB stick into an amplified indoor aerial. Unfortunately, I have no software which recognises the device apart from the kernel which loads the proper firmware. Can anybody give me some simple instructions for getting TV reception? I'm quite happy using the CLI. What I need is some guide on how to get TV reception. Sincerely -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jmhcuv$v71$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Hauppauge Nova-T USB stick -- now what?
On 16/04/12 14:20, Indulekha wrote: In linux.debian.user, you wrote: Dear All This morning I received a second-hand USB stick which consisted of the stick a USB extension cable plus USB plug/socket a mini antenna No instructions of any sort. I plugged the USB stick into a USB slot on the front of the computer and checked dmesg which gave the following: --8< snip snip>8 As you can see, the Nova-T stick was recognised by the kernel and an IR Remote Control driver registered. Unfortunately, I have not received a remote control. I have a number of questions:- 1. With NO remote control, how do I control the device? 2. What do I have to do to get TV reception? 3. Do I have to buy any more hardware? eg, should I buy the device new so that I get all the relevant h/w? Any help would be appreciated. I have no experience with the Nova-T, but google found this on the first try: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-NOVA-T-Stick Yes, I've read that web page, but it does not help me. I've tried Kaffeine and VLC, but neither of them produces any TV input. Kaffeine does have the option for digital TV, but I have not been able to get any TV data. xbmc does not have any TV input: it does not recognise the Nova-T as input. Futhermore, I do not understand MythTV setup. I have not been able to install the mythtv MySQL initial file because I'm denied access to the MySQL database. This is all very confusing. In the first instance, I'd simply like to watch TV on my Linux PC without sophisticated DVR functions. Can anybody help me? Regards -- Sian Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f8c2940.2060...@fastmail.co.uk
Hauppauge Nova-T USB stick -- now what?
Dear All This morning I received a second-hand USB stick which consisted of the stick a USB extension cable plus USB plug/socket a mini antenna No instructions of any sort. I plugged the USB stick into a USB slot on the front of the computer and checked dmesg which gave the following: -- [67243.029868] usb 1-1.5: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd [67243.115981] usb 1-1.5: New USB device found, idVendor=2040, idProduct=7060 [67243.115986] usb 1-1.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [67243.115989] usb 1-1.5: Product: Nova-T Stick [67243.115992] usb 1-1.5: Manufacturer: Hauppauge [67243.115994] usb 1-1.5: SerialNumber: 4027795686 [67243.135118] IR NEC protocol handler initialized [67243.136390] IR RC5(x) protocol handler initialized [67243.137898] IR RC6 protocol handler initialized [67243.138694] dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T Stick' in cold state, will try to load a firmware[67243.029868] usb 1-1.5: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd [67243.115981] usb 1-1.5: New USB device found, idVendor=2040, idProduct=7060 [67243.115986] usb 1-1.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [67243.115989] usb 1-1.5: Product: Nova-T Stick [67243.115992] usb 1-1.5: Manufacturer: Hauppauge [67243.115994] usb 1-1.5: SerialNumber: 4027795686 [67243.135118] IR NEC protocol handler initialized [67243.136390] IR RC5(x) protocol handler initialized [67243.137898] IR RC6 protocol handler initialized [67243.138694] dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T Stick' in cold state, will try to load a firmware [67243.139087] IR JVC protocol handler initialized [67243.140086] IR Sony protocol handler initialized [67243.141760] IR SANYO protocol handler initialized [67243.141870] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw' [67243.143254] IR MCE Keyboard/mouse protocol handler initialized [67243.144560] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 251 [67243.144814] IR LIRC bridge handler initialized [67243.343476] dib0700: firmware started successfully. [67243.843682] dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T Stick' in warm state. [67243.843735] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer. [67243.843900] DVB: registering new adapter (Hauppauge Nova-T Stick) [67244.169854] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)... [67244.176862] MT2060: successfully identified (IF1 = 1220) [67244.676288] Registered IR keymap rc-dib0700-rc5 [67244.676430] input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci:00/:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.5/rc/rc0/input6 [67244.676614] rc0: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci:00/:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.5/rc/rc0 [67244.676831] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 50 msecs. [67244.676835] dvb-usb: Hauppauge Nova-T Stick successfully initialized and connected. [67244.676971] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700 ~$ [67243.139087] IR JVC protocol handler initialized [67243.140086] IR Sony protocol handler initialized [67243.141760] IR SANYO protocol handler initialized [67243.141870] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw' [67243.143254] IR MCE Keyboard/mouse protocol handler initialized [67243.144560] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 251 [67243.144814] IR LIRC bridge handler initialized [67243.343476] dib0700: firmware started successfully. [67243.843682] dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T Stick' in warm state. [67243.843735] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer. [67243.843900] DVB: registering new adapter (Hauppauge Nova-T Stick) [67244.169854] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)... [67244.176862] MT2060: successfully identified (IF1 = 1220) [67244.676288] Registered IR keymap rc-dib0700-rc5 [67244.676430] input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci:00/:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.5/rc/rc0/input6 [67244.676614] rc0: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci:00/:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.5/rc/rc0 [67244.676831] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 50 msecs. [67244.676835] dvb-usb: Hauppauge Nova-T Stick successfully initialized and connected. [67244.676971] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700 - As you can see, the Nova-T stick was recognised by the kernel and an IR Remote Control driver registered. Unfortunately, I have not received a remote control. I have a number of questions:- 1. With NO remote control, how do I control the device? 2. What do I have to do to get TV reception? 3. Do I have to buy any more hardware? eg, should I buy the device new so that I get all the relevant h/w? Any help would be appreciated. Sincerely -- Sian Mountbatten -- To UNSUBS
Re: Linux TV tuner
On 11/04/12 10:20, David Goodenough wrote: On Tuesday 10 Apr 2012, Sian Mountbatten wrote: I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence? It dependsa. The tuner does not need a licence, the premises does. So if there is already a TV there you are fine, but if this is the only TV then yes, you do need a licence. David Thanx. I've now paid for a colour licence. So I'm covered. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jm3m7m$j88$1...@speranza.aioe.org
TV with Linux
Hi All The subject is pretty confusing. I've ordered a Hauppauge DVD-T Nova-T USB stick and I've downloaded a 7zip file with all the firmware files required. I've been able to check that the firmware for the Nova-T is now installed in /lib/firmware. What now? Ok, eventually the TV tuner will arrive and I've also ordered a small TV aerial. So, I connect the aerial to the tuner, connect the tuner to the PC via a USB port. Then what? I gather there is a remote control with 45 buttons on it. Seems a lot to me. I've found a web page about XBMC and I've succeeded in compiling xbmc for my Linux desktop. The xbmc-bin file is gigantic: 145MB of binary and it still requires 115 libraries! Do I have to have XBMC. What will it enable me to do which I couldn't do without? Has anybody on the list got TV on Linux and, if so, what did you do to get it working? Any comments would be much appreciated (I don't have room for a standalone TV set so TV on Linux is my only option). Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jm2cvl$qfc$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Linux TV tuner
On 10/04/12 22:40, Steven Jan Springl wrote: On Tuesday 10 Apr 2012 21:50:44 Sian Mountbatten wrote: I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence? Sian See: http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/understanding-your- tv-licence-top3/ Steven. Yes, well, that's clear enough. If I want to watch TV as it's being broadcast or record TV from a broadcast, I need a TV licence. It's a long time since I had a TV - been an avid Debian GNU/Linux user, but no TV. Oh well. I shall now join the vast majority! TVM for your help. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f84ae48.2000...@fastmail.co.uk
Re: Linux TV tuner
On 10/04/12 22:30, Lisi wrote: On Tuesday 10 April 2012 21:50:44 Sian Mountbatten wrote: I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence? I think so. But I also believe that you can get round it by watching iPlayer etc. over the internet. IANL of course! Lisi Thanks. I've checked with the TV Licencing authority and it appears that I have to have a licence. So here goes... -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jm2ar0$lfv$2...@speranza.aioe.org
Linux TV tuner
I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jm26f2$avi$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Icedove and Enigmail
On 01/04/12 15:00, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:07:48 +0300, Matthias Andersson wrote: > >> The latest version of enigmail isn't compatible with icedove 3.1.16. Is >> there a version that will work or another extension that will perform >> the same task (gpg encryption)? > > In what way "incompatible"? Are you getting an error? I would report it > in Debian BTS. > > Mmmm, now I say... > > enigmail: Enigmime Service not available > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=665712 > > enigmail: version 1.0.1-5 does not work with icedove 8.0 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=664427 I am using Icedove 10.0.3 and enigmail 2:1.4-1. Maybe youse guys should upgrade. -- Sian Mountbatten siduction user -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f788295.2000...@fastmail.co.uk
NFS portmap - is it really needed and if so where is it?
Hello All I is trying to set up NFS for my LAN. The NFS-HOWTO says that portmap, usually resident in /sbin or /usr/sbin, is essential as it has to be started first. Well, I don't have it and it does not appear in the Contents-i386.gz for sid on ftp.uk.debian.org. So has it been superseded? What do I need to get my NFS server working? Any help much appreciated. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 Specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jjqoof$3ht$1...@speranza.aioe.org
HTML vertical gap
I have a description list which has a number of items which document values in a program. I want to group the items such that the groups are separated by a bit of vertical space. How do I do that? That is, I want a bit of vertical space in a definition list. Do I create an empty item? Or what? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jjlkga$t9n$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Make not installing man pages
On 10/03/12 03:40, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 10:05:35PM +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Hi All. I maintain a Debian package. There are two documents (man pages) in a sub-directory. Here is the Makefile which should be installing the two manpages into the /usr/share/man/man1 directory. Pasting "installing man pages with make" into google brings up some interesting results, and that's just on the first page! Do you know about debhelper and dev-scripts? Also, debian-mentors would be a better list for questions relating to Debian package maintenance. I do know about debhelper and dev-scripts 'cos I use them. Your reply, Chris, has given me much to read and, probably, I shall solve the problem. In the meantime, TVM for your reply. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 Specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jjgfpv$641$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Menu program in KDE? SOLVED
On 10/03/12 13:00, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:10:28 +, Camaleón wrote: Debian menu is missing also in gnome-shell so maybe is something wanted. Anyway, have you tried by editing the menu? I would also ask this in debian-kde mailing list. Now is back :-? I used Alacarte (the gnome menu editor) to restore it an it works. For the KDE menu editor, this doc explains how to edit its entries: http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/Kickoff Greetings, For some reason, the Debian sub-menu is now presented. And I can successfully add new entries to the menu. Thus my own little utility providing access to small shell scripts is no longer needed because kmenueditor is finally working. Thanks to all of you who replied to my question. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 Specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jjgelm$3ch$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Make not installing man pages
Hi All. I maintain a Debian package. There are two documents (man pages) in a sub-directory. Here is the Makefile which should be installing the two manpages into the /usr/share/man/man1 directory. -- #!/usr/bin/make # #-- Documentation sources --- ctrans_doc := compl.taylour star.txt #--- Rules --- .PHONY: install all : rscompiler.dvi.gz ctrans.dvi.gz ctrans.info.gz \ a68toc.1.gz ca.1.gz $(ctrans_doc) rscompiler.dvi.gz : rscompiler.dvi gzip -9 rscompiler.dvi ctrans.info.gz : ctrans.texi makeinfo $< gzip -9 ctrans.info ctrans.dvi.gz : ctrans.dvi gzip -9 ctrans.dvi a68toc.1.gz : a68toc.1 gzip -9c $< >$@ ca.1.gz : ca.1 gzip -9c $< >$@ install : $(INSTALLDATA) -p rscompiler.dvi.gz ctrans.dvi.gz \ compl.taylour star.txt $(DOCDIR) $(INSTALLDATA) -p ctrans.info.gz $(INFODIR) $(INSTALLDATA) -p a68toc.1.gz ca.1.gz $(MANDIR) -- The last command, it seems to me, installs both a68toc.1.gz and ca.1.gz into the MANDIR. The command INSTALLDATA is defined in the toplevel Makefile as "$(INSTALL) -m 644" and INSTALL is defined as "$(shell which install) -g root -o root" MANDIR is defined in the toplevel Makefile as $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man/man1 where DESTDIR is provided by the package maker (the dh scripts). What do I have to do to get the manpages installed? Everything else gets installed properly. It's just these two files. Sincerely -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 Specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jjdurb$7fv$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Menu program in KDE?
Hello All Which program is responsible for displaying the launcher menu in KDE (version 4.7.2)? Surely, the lack of a Debian entry in the Launcher menu is the fault of that program, rather than kmenuedit which now appeaars to be working. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 Specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jjdrr2$v1c$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Timing a process
Hello All, AFAIK, there is a command which says how long a process takes to complete. Its invoked with the command to be timed as an argument. Does anybody know what it is? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jj8qku$vpr$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Desktop icons in KDE 4.7.4
On 07/03/12 17:10, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:02:16 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: The desktop icons have disappeared. What do I have to do to get them back again? Did they leave a note or something? Now seriously, did you change the desktop layout or the path where folder view was ponting to (usually "~/Desktop")? Also, check if the same happens when login with another user. Greetings, Got it. Changed the layout for Desktop Settings to Folder View, and there they are. Phew! Another problem solved. At this rate, there will be no problems to solve. Even the program I'm writing works and runs like the clappers. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jj8qqp$he$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Desktop icons in KDE 4.7.4
The desktop icons have disappeared. What do I have to do to get them back again? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jj7t9m$dht$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Compiling non-Debian package (amaya) OpenGL libraries required
On 06/03/12 15:40, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:15:45 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Does anybody know which package provides OpenGL libraries for development? I am using the siduction distribution which is based on Debian sid. http://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/AmayaWX.html#What THT. Greetings, Very useful, TVM -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jj5f22$5t0$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Compiling non-Debian package (amaya) OpenGL libraries required
Hi All! Does anybody know which package provides OpenGL libraries for development? I am using the siduction distribution which is based on Debian sid. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jj3dud$j8m$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Kshisen taking at least 5 seconds for each move
On 02/03/12 17:10, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Hi All! I have an i5-2400 running at 3.10GHz, which is a 4-core processor. I have 8GB 1600MHz RAM, a 120GB SSD and when I play kshisen, I have to wait at least 5 seconds for the game to remove a pair of tiles. It wasn't always like this. This is fairly new behaviour. I'm using KDE and the plasma desktop. So what's hogging the CPU? Running top doesn't show anything hogging the CPU. I've stopped nepomuk and strigi. When I killed the plasma-worktop process, the screen went black leaving my own app which can run a command or a number of apps which I have recorded in it. The computer has been up now for 3h 17m, which is not long (I rebooted to get the lastest kernel from the distribution kernel maker). Has anyone else had abysmally slow reactions from a KDE game? Under what circumstances? Even after killing knemo, the only process taking more than 3% CPU time is this one (icedove). I'm running top and it is taking 0.3% of the CPU, X0rg takes 0.3%, the load average is 0.03 and yet kshisen refuses to run fast. What do I have to do to get it to run at normal speed without pauses? I've tried running kshisen from the command line. It emits a lot of messages of which the following are typical: State change Moving from "ready" 1 to "paused" 4 Stream changed to file:///usr/share/sounds/kshisen/tile-touch.ogg State change Moving from "paused" 4 to "playing" 2 Transitioning to state "ready" State change Moving from "playing" 2 to "paused" 4 About to finish This continues. It looks as though the game has been deliberately slowed down, requiring 4 seconds between each play. Who's been messing about with kshisen? Is this a bug, or just a new feature? -- Sian Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jiqvc3$ivh$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Kshisen taking at least 5 seconds for each move
Hi All! I have an i5-2400 running at 3.10GHz, which is a 4-core processor. I have 8GB 1600MHz RAM, a 120GB SSD and when I play kshisen, I have to wait at least 5 seconds for the game to remove a pair of tiles. It wasn't always like this. This is fairly new behaviour. I'm using KDE and the plasma desktop. So what's hogging the CPU? Running top doesn't show anything hogging the CPU. I've stopped nepomuk and strigi. When I killed the plasma-worktop process, the screen went black leaving my own app which can run a command or a number of apps which I have recorded in it. The computer has been up now for 3h 17m, which is not long (I rebooted to get the lastest kernel from the distribution kernel maker). Has anyone else had abysmally slow reactions from a KDE game? Under what circumstances? Even after killing knemo, the only process taking more than 3% CPU time is this one (icedove). I'm running top and it is taking 0.3% of the CPU, X0rg takes 0.3%, the load average is 0.03 and yet kshisen refuses to run fast. What do I have to do to get it to run at normal speed without pauses? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jiqt9l$dav$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: VLC froze twice: so reboot
On 01/03/12 17:50, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: 01/03/2012 18:01, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Hello All! I started to watch a DVD last night with VLC when the screen froze. Nothing would work, neither the mouse nor the keyboard. I did a H/W reset and rebooted the OS and VLC. I set the film to close to where it froze and went on watching. A few minutes later, the computer froze again. This time, after I had done the H/W reset and rebooted the OS, I started using Kaffeine. No more problems. Then, this morning, I watched another DVD using Kaffeine and again no problems. The version of VLC was 2.0.0 with KDE 4.7.2 and kernel 3.2-7.towo.2-siduction-686 #1 SMP PREEMPT I am using the siduction distribution which is based on Debian unstable. Hi, what is the video driver in use (i.e. nvidia, fglrx, radeon, nouveau, intel) ? Nvidia, AFAIK. Did you try to launch vlc from the command line with "-v" option: vlc -v /path/to/video to see if it prints any error ? No, I did not. I had a freeze yesterday while using vlc, but it turned out to be a more general video driver bug. I shall try Kaffeine next time I want to watch a DVD. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jiqie9$e1l$1...@speranza.aioe.org
VLC froze twice: so reboot
Hello All! I started to watch a DVD last night with VLC when the screen froze. Nothing would work, neither the mouse nor the keyboard. I did a H/W reset and rebooted the OS and VLC. I set the film to close to where it froze and went on watching. A few minutes later, the computer froze again. This time, after I had done the H/W reset and rebooted the OS, I started using Kaffeine. No more problems. Then, this morning, I watched another DVD using Kaffeine and again no problems. The version of VLC was 2.0.0 with KDE 4.7.2 and kernel 3.2-7.towo.2-siduction-686 #1 SMP PREEMPT I am using the siduction distribution which is based on Debian unstable. Anybody else had freeze problems with VLC? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jioa1k$86p$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Audiobooks
I received a DVD from Amazon which came with a slip of paper saying Download 1 FREE AUDIOBOOK I went to the site, signed up for 30 days free membership, selected a book and downloaded two files of type .aa. I noticed that the only software available was for Windoze or MacOS. So is there a package which will play an audiobook. A search with apt-cache gives yatm, but, after installing it, I tried it one of the files and it merely produced horrible sounds. Certainly nothing intelligible. So are audiobooks only for Windoze or MacOS? Has anybody any suggestions? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jijn4l$28v$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Free movies on the Internet -- download scams
Hi All! It occurred to me that there might be free movies to download. So I did a web search with Google and got lots of sites; but there's a catch! You have to register (for free). So I give my email address and a password and discover that that email address is already used. Well, nobody else has that email address, so I must have forgotten that I had logged in. So I click on , key in my email address and told that my account has been activated and that I should contact a support site. But that needs my email address and password. And so it goes on. And when I get to a site that doesn't go through all that rigmarole, I have to download an .exe file which, of course, won't run on Linux. So it appears that Linux users cannot download free movies. So no movies for free. Anybody else had this experience? And what can be done about it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jih1hu$98l$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents
On 27/02/12 17:50, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Alberto Fuentes wrote: On 25/02/12 02:59, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents rather than in the home directory. Why is that? Where is it set? And can it be set to the HOME directory? well, its something of kde. Im using testing and it happens the same to me. i did not found where is set in kde. I asked in #debian-kde and i was told to just 'cd' at the end of my .bashrc and, you know what? it works :D But that doesn't explain why it's happening. Agreed. But I put the command in .bashrc, .bash_profile and .profile and, indeed, it does work. I don't mind having a Documents sub-directory. I just object to being put there without my permission. Who's in control here? Is it the KDE team or me? Well! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jiggdo$pki$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents
On 27/02/12 17:40, Tom H wrote: Mmm, no dice? Okay, there has to be a way to run xterm with the X server running but no KDE env in place... Maybe from a remote ssh session. Yes, you're right. You could use "ssh -Y ...; echo $DISPLAY; export DISPLAY=...; xterm" but I'd make sure that KDM/KDE isn't running to ensure that there's no interference. My knowledge of X, WMs, and DEs is minimal so my other option would be to log out of KDM/KDE, go to a vt, stop KDM, install fluxbox, start fluxbox, and launch xterm to see where it starts off. There's probably a way of starting just X and an xterm without installing fluxbox but I tried a few days ago to start X with just "X" on a Fedora install and the whole of GNOME came up; I didn't try anything else because I didn't the time to do so but I'll have to take a look at "/etc/X11" to see if there's any call to GDM there... I logged out of KDE and logged in using fluxbox. Started an Xterm and it was in $HOME. So the ~/Documents startup is definitely a KDE matter. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jigg4m$p5s$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents
On 27/02/12 17:00, Keith McKenzie wrote: On 27/02/12 16:15, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:46:38 -0500, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:37:46 -0500, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Camaleón wrote: Have you tried with falling into init 1 (no X server and so no KDE) and issue "xterm" from there? No X, no xterm. :( Ouch! Cannot be run without the X part? :-? :) Mmm, no dice? Okay, there has to be a way to run xterm with the X server running but no KDE env in place... Maybe from a remote ssh session. Greetings, Will it not run from startx on another terminal; i.e. start in console mode. I thought to start KDE you run startkde. If I login as user on a VT, I find I am in $HOME. So no problem there. Just Xterms. I shall logout and login with fluxbox as the window manager. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jigf69$msq$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents
On 26/02/12 21:30, Bob Proulx wrote: Sian Mountbatten wrote: I'm running KDE on a siduction distribution. Konsole starts in $HOME. Xterms started from the KDE Launcher->System->Uxterm or Xterm start in ~/Documents. There's nothing in the environment which mentions ~/Documents. I've been through all the KDE settings and there's no mention of it. It is definitely weird. Just a wild idea... Anything in your ~/.bashrc file? Or .profile or .bash_profile? Just in case one terminal is reading those files when the other one is not. Bob Nothing in any of the files. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jigefs$kn2$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: New computer planned. Now: New computer delivered.
Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2012-02-25 at 20:00 -0500, Celejar wrote: >> On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:22:32 +0100 >> Martin Steigerwald wrote: >> >> > Am Dienstag, 21. Februar 2012 schrieb Celejar: >> > > Curt Howland wrote: Well, I have the new computer and booting up is definitely faster. As it happened, both HDDs in my old computer were IDE, so because the new motherboard only has SATA connectors, I only have the SSD. One problem. The Wifi card is a RealTek TL-WN781ND which according to my web search for Linux drivers, is based on an Ath9K chip. Anyone know how to get Wifi working for this Wifi card? The mini-CD provided with the board has drivers for Windoze only. So my desktop, which is whisper quiet, is just sitting not being used because of the lack of a driver for the Wifi card. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jig4qh$pmq$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: DVD will not play SOLVED!
On 26/02/12 17:30, Mika Suomalainen wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, You need package libdvdcss2 to see DVDs with copy protection. You can get it from Debian multimedia repo. After you have installed it, most of videoplayers should be able to play it. Thank you for your help. I set the videolan repository into my /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list, which enabled me to get the most uptodate version of vlc and libdvdcss2. And now I've been able to see the film. Verily, linux.debian.user is a useful News group. TVM indeed. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jieh9p$a0v$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents
On 26/02/12 17:30, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:59:16 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents rather than in the home directory. Why is that? Where is it set? And can it be set to the HOME directory? Weird... are you running xterm inside GNOME or KDE session? Have you tried with another console (gnome-terminal or konsole)? Does the same happen when you go fall to init 1 from a tty and run xterm from there? It could be that some environmental variable is taking preference over xterm settings but I'm running GNOME in up-to-date testing and this is not happening here :-? Greetings, I'm running KDE on a siduction distribution. Konsole starts in $HOME. Xterms started from the KDE Launcher->System->Uxterm or Xterm start in ~/Documents. There's nothing in the environment which mentions ~/Documents. I've been through all the KDE settings and there's no mention of it. It is definitely weird. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jie652$fka$1...@speranza.aioe.org
DVD will not play
Hi All! Recently, I bought a DVD from Amazon entitled "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines". I've loaded it into a DVD drive and tried to action it. No matter which program, I use, the damn thing won't work. I even tried loading up Windows 7, but Windows Media Center wouldn't read the thing. It said it had no audio copy protection. Well, I've tried KDE Kaffeine, Bangarang, Dragon Player, Gmerlin Player, SMPlayer and vlc. All to no avail. Three times I've consigned it to the rubbish bin and three times hoiked it out again. What next should I try? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jidn29$98r$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Two sound cards. SOLVED
On 24/02/12 02:30, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 12:47 +, Brian wrote: On Thu 23 Feb 2012 at 11:42:59 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Does anybody know how I can make the CA0106 card on my m/c the default sound card? At the moment, card 0 is the Intel ICH5. I know it's something to do with modprobe. Removing the two kernel modules and then entering the CA0106 module as card 0. Does anybody know the details? This should start you off: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/09/msg00285.html If it shouldn't be outdated, I suspect directly using the link in your link is what does the job: http://alsa.opensrc.org/FAQ042 With people's help, the matter is now SOLVED. The CA0106 is card 0 and is the default sound card. TVM for all your help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jidlov$4qj$1...@speranza.aioe.org
when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents
Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents rather than in the home directory. Why is that? Where is it set? And can it be set to the HOME directory? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ji9f9k$795$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Nepomuk
On 24/02/12 20:00, baldyeti wrote: Not in my version of System Settings. No such thing as Advanced. On this here mepis system (kde 4.5.3), "desktop search" is under "workspace appearance & behaviour" K->Settings->System Settings->Desktop Search Switched Nepomuk off. At last. Many thanks for pointing me in the right direction. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ji8rij$q73$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Nepomuk
On 23/02/12 02:40, Andrew Reid wrote: I didn't ask for it and I don't want it. So why do we have to have it? It hogs the CPU and has an enormous database. I certainly do not have enough file to justify a 60Mb database. Is it possible to stop it from working in KDE? And what about nepomuk? I'd like to stop that too. Do I have to exit from KDE and use another desktop? You can kill nepomuk. To do this for one account, go to: K -> System Settings -> Advanced -> Service Manager, My K-->Settings-->System Settings does not have an Advanced tab. and in the list of start-up services, uncheck "Nepomuk Search Module." I also uncheck "Update Notifier", "Free Space Notifier", and "Network Status Daemon". Not in my version of System Settings. No such thing as Advanced. Then, in K -> System Settings -> Advanced -> Desktop Search, turn everything off in the "Basic Settings" tab. You may have to log out and log back in to have it all take effect, and of course this won't remove the database, it will just shut off the services. If you want to do it programattically, the files you want are all in ~/.kde/share/config. You want kdedrc, nepomukserverrc, and nepomukstrigirc, they're "ini-format" files with square-bracketed headers and key-value pairs, you turn stuff off by setting it to "false", of course. Where I work, we have a bunch of Debian/KDE workstations which NFS-mount user home directories -- desktop search is a network traffic disaster on the NFS server, so shutting this off is a pretty high priority for us. What we actually do is, all the clients have KDEDIRS set in /etc/profile, pointing to /usr/local/etc/kde, and in there, there's a $KDEDIRS/share/config directory with kdedrc, nepomukserverrc, and nepomukstrigirc with just enough settings to shut it off. In the KDE scheme, KDEDIRS entries override user settings, and the KDEDIRS is root-owned, so it's difficult for users to turn it back on. I think it's actually possible, though, if the users undefine KDEDIRS in their user-specific profiles, that might get around it. But, users also enjoy having the NFS server actually work, so we've been OK so far. This is why I mentioned the config-file and system-wide ways to do it... -- A. -- Andrew Reid / rei...@bellatlantic.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ji8mb2$c5i$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Flash plugin not producing sound
On 02/19/2012 03:20 PM, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 14:07:02 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: That all looks OK; the problem with flashplayer is that it blindly uses alsa card 0 to play its sound, regardless of how you configured your desktop environment and/or pulseaudio. This means that you have to reorder the cards (as far as alsa is concerned) if you want flashplayer to use the CA0106. Try this sequence of commands as root or with sudo: modprobe -r snd_intel8x0 modprobe -r snd_ca0106 modprobe snd_ca0106 index=0 modprobe snd_intel8x0 index=1 The ordering of the cards can be made persistent across reboots by creating a file in /etc/modprobe.d/ with the following content (three lines): # added by Sian on 2012-02-19 to ensure that CA0106 is card 0 options snd_ca0106 index=0 options snd_intel8x0 index=1 The first line with the comment is optional, of course. The file itself should have the same owner (root:root) and permissions (-rw-r--r--) as the rest of the files in /etc/modprobe.d/. The name of the file is up to you, as long as it ends in ".conf"; I myself would use choose a name like "local-reorder-alsa-cards.conf" to immediately identify the file as a local (non-Debian) configuration file and provide a hint about its purpose. The idea behind creating separate files for your custom module options is to protect your settings from being overwritten during package upgrades. A very useful answer and I have implemented it entirely. Now I get sound. At last. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ji5bjr$67e$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Two sound cards. How to make the CA0106 the default.
On 02/23/2012 12:10 PM, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Does anybody know how I can make the CA0106 card on my m/c the default sound card? At the moment, card 0 is the Intel ICH5. I know it's something to do with modprobe. Removing the two kernel modules and then entering the CA0106 module as card 0. Does anybody know the details? -- Sian Mountbatten www.poenikatu.co.uk It's ok, folks. Got the old message. Problem solved. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ji5b8e$5cu$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Two sound cards. How to make the CA0106 the default.
Does anybody know how I can make the CA0106 card on my m/c the default sound card? At the moment, card 0 is the Intel ICH5. I know it's something to do with modprobe. Removing the two kernel modules and then entering the CA0106 module as card 0. Does anybody know the details? -- Sian Mountbatten www.poenikatu.co.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ji58o1$ul1$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Nepomuk
I didn't ask for it and I don't want it. So why do we have to have it? It hogs the CPU and has an enormous database. I certainly do not have enough file to justify a 60Mb database. Is it possible to stop it from working in KDE? And what about nepomuk? I'd like to stop that too. Do I have to exit from KDE and use another desktop? Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ji3us2$3a8$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: New computer planned
Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Ma, 21 feb 12, 22:58:03, Sian Mountbatten wrote: It will have Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz Socket LGA1155, MSI Z68S REV B3 motherboard, 8GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM, Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 256MB PCI-Express graphics, an SSD OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA instead of a hard disk drive, a Samsung DVD-RW SATA, Onboard 7.1 channel HD Audio, Onboard 10/100/1000 Mbps Lan, 802.11B/G/N WiFi, an ATX + Cooler Master 450W PSU and NO OS. He knows I use Linux. He's going to charge me £599 and I think it's worth the money, because if anything goes wrong, he's just downstairs. Just two comments: - "only" 256 MB seems low by todays standards - do you need WiFi? Kind regards, Andrei Wifi: yes. I do not have broadband. The consultant has a Wifi network which I can pick up in my living room. So I get broadband access for only £6/month. Pretty good considering that there are no download limitations. And unless the internet is really busy, I get as much as 1.8MB/sec download speed. Considering that I do not download films, I reckon that my online usage is reasonable. I'm a pretty small player in the internet stakes. Apart from downloading ISOs to install Linux from, and packages from Debian, I don't do much downloading. I don't even have a landline telephone. Just a mobile. So broadband access is very cheap for me. I have no complaints about the setup. And my mobile phone is not on a contract: I just pay for my calls by direct debit. My monthly mobile phone payment is usually less than £10. So I can't complain! Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist (www.poenikatu.co.uk) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ji2bv5$q17$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: New computer planned
Tom H wrote: On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Celejar wrote: On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:15:13 -0500 Curt Howland wrote: It is my understanding that the Intel-based graphics cards work perfectly well with the standard Linux drivers, if you want to stay purely open-source. Well, the comments on this thread have made interesting reading. The computer consultant has actually printed out on a piece of A5-sized paper just what he's offering. I'm going to ignore the Intel Core i3-2100 with 4GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM and get the higher spec. machine. It will have Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz Socket LGA1155, MSI Z68S REV B3 motherboard, 8GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM, Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 256MB PCI-Express graphics, an SSD OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA instead of a hard disk drive, a Samsung DVD-RW SATA, Onboard 7.1 channel HD Audio, Onboard 10/100/1000 Mbps Lan, 802.11B/G/N WiFi, an ATX + Cooler Master 450W PSU and NO OS. He knows I use Linux. He's going to charge me £599 and I think it's worth the money, because if anything goes wrong, he's just downstairs. It's quite possible I could get a lower price on the Internet, but I wouldn't have the service and backup. Anyway, I'm not so skint that I cannot give some cash for a good computer. My present desktop is over 7.5 years old and is still going strong. Its power-supply blew up with a bang last year, and I bought a big thin TFT screen to replace the one that came with the computer. I'll be keeping my keyboard and the display, and very likely, the mouse. So no change there. What do you think, guys? Do you reckon it will drive Linux like the clappers? Nothing like a bit of oomph to liven one's days, eh? On the software development front, I use the programming language Algol 68, which is a high-level language. C is a medium-level language. I have spent years in porting an old compiler to Linux, providing a decent run-time system and even writing a 600-page book to teach the language from scratch. I have developed my own Literate Programming System which I shall be completing during the coming months. I have written an Algol 68 binding to the Xforms library so that it is possible to write GUI programs without any bother. And, more recently, I now have a web-site with more than 150 pages for the book, as well as a manual for the software development system I use. The site is in my signature. Thanks for all your comments. -- Sian Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ji17hm$7h2$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: ISO for wheezy
Bob Proulx wrote: Sian Mountbatten wrote: Can anybody point me to a site where I can download an ISO for wheezy? First go to: http://www.debian.org/ Many thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ji1616$39h$2...@speranza.aioe.org
ISO for wheezy
Dear All Can anybody point me to a site where I can download an ISO for wheezy? Any help appreciated. Regards -- Sian Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ji0uro$dtc$1...@speranza.aioe.org
New computer planned
My desktop computer is nearly 7 years old and I'm thinking that a new computer using some of the hardware improvements would be a good thing. So I'm going to ask my friendly computer consultant, who is only downstairs from me, to build me a computer with hardware 3d acceleration, solid-state drive, 8Gb RAM. What else should I ask for and what works with Linux? He's going to give me a list of the hardware he is going to install, so I can check Linux compatibility. Although I am not a gamer, I would like to run tuxracer which really needs 3d acceleration to work. Any suggestions will be welcome. Keyboard: for many years now, I have used a keyboard which is not membrane-based. It has individual key switches, is properly dished and is a joy to use. No keyboard click, but I don't use that anyway. The keyboard is connected to the PS/2 socket. Would a wireless keyboard do as good a job? I suppose it would probably be USB, but I shall listen to advice on that. The keyboard is an essential peripheral and I am willing to spend money on a good keyboard. Maybe I should keep the keyboard I am using. It's not overly clean, but I can live with it. I'm not in my twenties anymore and I have no agression to work off with snazzy games (which probably only work on Windoze anyway). Software development and software development support are my forte. Some of the simple games available on Linux provide sufficient entertainment for me, but I think that a new computer is one new year gift I could do with. I shall be interested to hear what people suggest. Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jhtkpk$irl$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Setting the compose key without KDE
Clive Standbridge wrote: Indeed it does, and I asked for the Left-Logo key. In the file /etc/default/keyboard I notice that the environment string XKBOPTIONS is set to "lv3:ralt_switch,compose:lwin,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" so obviously the configuration has done something. But what programs read that file? I tried pressing the left windows key, holding it down and pressing ^ and then c, but I still don't get the accented character. So what am I doing wrong? Hi Sian, Holding down the compose key is what you're doing wrong. Just press and release it before typing your compose sequence. It's also worth noting that the compose sequences in Debian work only one order, i.e. "Compose ^ c" works but "Compose c ^" doesn't (unlike at least some versions of Unix which work in either order). Yes! Thank you for your help: ĉ ĝ ĵ ŝ ŭ. The only one that doesn't work is h with a circumflex, but it's rarely used in Esperanto. And capital letters: Ĉ Ĝ Ĥ Ĵ Ŝ Ŭ. Nearly alright now. What a relief. It just shows that KDE is not indispensible. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jht8ef$gcd$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Setting the compose key without KDE
Mika Suomalainen wrote: Hi, Try running dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration as root. It will ask you what key you want to use as compose-key/multi-key. Indeed it does, and I asked for the Left-Logo key. In the file /etc/default/keyboard I notice that the environment string XKBOPTIONS is set to "lv3:ralt_switch,compose:lwin,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" so obviously the configuration has done something. But what programs read that file? I tried pressing the left windows key, holding it down and pressing ^ and then c, but I still don't get the accented character. So what am I doing wrong? -- Sian Mountbatten On 19.02.2012 16:28, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Dear All I have expunged KDE from my computer and am using xdm and fvwm as display manager and window manager respectively. Under KDE, I had a Compose key (Multi-key?) which enabled me to produce characters with accents used in Esperanto. I no longer have KDE, so I tried using the xkeycaps program to change a key to be a Multi-key. Unfortunately, xkeycaps failed with a segmentation fault. - -- Mika Suomalainen Hotmail: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jhrc9r$t2k$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Setting the compose key without KDE
Dear All I have expunged KDE from my computer and am using xdm and fvwm as display manager and window manager respectively. Under KDE, I had a Compose key (Multi-key?) which enabled me to produce characters with accents used in Esperanto. I no longer have KDE, so I tried using the xkeycaps program to change a key to be a Multi-key. Unfortunately, xkeycaps failed with a segmentation fault. Does anybody know what is wrong with xkeycaps? What should I give to the program xmodmap to enable might left window key as a key which will enable me to key the special characters? I have a file in my home directory which rejoices in the name of .XCompose. Which X program uses such a file such that I can have the specially accented characters. .XCompose contains # UTF-8 (Unicode) compose sequence # david.monni...@ens.fr # # Keys for Esperanto : "Ĉ" U0108 # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CIRCUMFLEX : "ĉ" U0109 # LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CIRCUMFLEX : "Ĝ" U011C # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G WITH CIRCUMFLEX : "ĝ" U011D # LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH CIRCUMFLEX : "Ĥ" U0124 # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H WITH CIRCUMFLEX : "ĥ" U0125 # LATIN SMALL LETTER H WITH CIRCUMFLEX : "Ĵ" U0134 # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J WITH CIRCUMFLEX : "ĵ" U0135 # LATIN SMALL LETTER J WITH CIRCUMFLEX : "Ŝ" U015C # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CIRCUMFLEX : "ŝ" U015D # LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CIRCUMFLEX : "Ŭ" U016C # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH BREVE : "ŭ" U016D # LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH BREVE : "ŭ" U016D # LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH BREVE My Newsgroup composer has autofilled such that the comments are wrapped onto the following line, but you can see what is supposed to happen. Any help will be appreciated. Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jhr0ur$uok$2...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Flash plugin not producing sound
Florian Kulzer wrote:
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 12:01:02 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote:
Hello All
I have the flashplugin-nonfree package installed on my system
(version 1:2.8.3)
That suggests that you are on Wheezy (testing) or Sid (unstable); which
one is it exactly? Is it fully up-to-date?
so I can get the video clips working in my
browser. Unfortunately, I am not getting any sound. The video clips
without sound are not much use.
So what do I do to get sound working? I have two sound cards on my
computer only one of which is connected to loudspeakers (the
CA0106). The Intel sound card is part of my motherboard, but I do
not have it connected to any speakers.
Any help would be appreciated.
Please post the output of:
lspci -knn | grep -iA2 audio
cat /proc/asound/cards
lsmod | awk '/snd/{print $1}'
The first command gives:
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER
(ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24d5] (rev 02)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4P800 Mainboard [1043:80f3]
Kernel driver in use: snd_intel8x0
--
03:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Creative Labs CA0106
Soundblaster [1102:0007]
Subsystem: Creative Labs SB0570 [SB Audigy SE] [1102:100a]
Kernel driver in use: snd_ca0106
The second command gives:
0 [ICH5 ]: ICH4 - Intel ICH5
Intel ICH5 with AD1985 at irq 17
1 [CA0106 ]: CA0106 - CA0106
Audigy SE [SB0570] at 0xdf80 irq 23
The lsmod command gives:
snd_ca0106
snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_codec
ac97_bus
snd_pcm_oss
snd_mixer_oss
snd_pcm
snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi
snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq
snd_timer
snd_seq_device
snd
soundcore
snd_page_alloc
So as you can see, sound reproduction modules are loaded, and I really
do have two sound cards.
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jhqvm4$ren$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Flash plugin not producing sound
Hello All I have the flashplugin-nonfree package installed on my system (version 1:2.8.3) so I can get the video clips working in my browser. Unfortunately, I am not getting any sound. The video clips without sound are not much use. So what do I do to get sound working? I have two sound cards on my computer only one of which is connected to loudspeakers (the CA0106). The Intel sound card is part of my motherboard, but I do not have it connected to any speakers. Any help would be appreciated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jhqo9s$9ve$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Debian menu in the KDE launcher
Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:29:55 +0000, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > >> When I invoke the editor for the launcher menu, the Debian sub-menu is >> missing. > > What Debian release (or KDE version)? siduction distribution (based on sid/unstable) KDE version 4.7.2 and version 0.8 for kmenuedit itself. Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jgmng5$2uh$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Debian menu in the KDE launcher
Hello All! When I invoke the editor for the launcher menu, the Debian sub-menu is missing. Furthermore, if I add an entry for one of my own programs, although the menu editor appears to insert it into the place I want it in, after saving the file and exiting, I find that the entry is not in the menu when I press the launcher button. Anybody else had similar experiences? And what can be done about it? Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jgm3p1$h28$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Openbox window manager
Tony Baldwin wrote: > On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 10:07:06PM +0000, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > I find that exceedingly odd. > I am using openbox on squeeze. > All I did was change the keybindings in ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml > and Alt-F4 does nothing here. > > I've pasted my rc.xml here: > http://tonybaldwin.me/hax/doku.php?id=misc:obrcxml Thank you for that. >> I've got an editor which uses the function keys and I am happy with >> it. It's openbox which has to be altered. > I understand that. > One reason I detest emacs (vi vi vi), is that bindings it uses conflict > with some that I've added to my rc.xml and use regularly for openbox. > (sort of the opposite, I reject an editor for conflicting with my wm). Problem solved. Now that openbox no longer uses that key, I've discovered that my editor uses it to end its session! Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jgjadg$i6i$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Openbox window manager
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:47:58 +0100 Michael Heerdegen wrote: > Hi, > > altering ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml should be sufficient. I use the > setup you want since many months and never had problems. > > Are you sure your rc.xml is being read and doesn't contain errors? > If you make other changes in your ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml, do they > show an effect (you can use the "Reconfigure" entry from the > root-menu (typically right mouse key) to check - you need not to > restart openbox or X). > > > - Michael > Well, after switching the machine off last night and switching it on this morning, something seems to have happened. The A-F behaviour has gone. Thank you for your help. Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120204125239.0c0dce7d@Phoenicia
Openbox window manager
I use the openbox window manager on the siduction distribution. What I want to know is how to stop openbox from killing a window when Alt-F4 is pressed. I've tried deleting A-F4 from the default key bindings in the openbox source and recompiling the Debian package and reinstalling it. I've renamed the system wide resource file in /etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml and I've removed the A-F keybinding from my local resource file (~/.config/openbox/rc.xml). It still kills a client window with that key depression. I've got an editor which uses the function keys and I am happy with it. It's openbox which has to be altered. Has anybody any idea of how to stop openbox having this behaviour? Sincerely -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jghlq6$390$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: makeinfo - which package?
Wayne Topa wrote: > On 12/26/2011 01:18 PM, Dr Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> Does anybody know in which package the program makeinfo can be found? >> >> Regards > > $ which makeinfo > /usr/bin/makeinfo > dpkg -S /usr/bin/makeinfo > texinfo: /usr/bin/makeinfo Thank you. -- Dr Sian Mountbatten User of siduction -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jdc656$p2a$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Menu Editor for KDE Launchpad on siduction is missing
Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 27/12/11 00:48, Dr Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >>> On 25/12/11 10:23, Dr Sian Mountbatten wrote: >>>> But I would like to use the menu. So what has happened to the menu >>>> editor? >>> >>> A. Ask the people who made your product (siduction.org is *not* >>> debian.org) OR >>> B. Right-click on the KMenu Icon (bottom-left of the pane) and see if >>> there's an entry there. >>> C. type "kmenuedit" at a cli >> Installed kmenuedit > > In Debian Sid kmenuedit is available as a package for Motorola CPU > (Amiga et al). > > If Siduction was identical to Sid it *would* be Sid ;-p > >> and the Edit Applications ... line appeared on the >> klauncher. Edited the menu and saved, but when I actioned the menu, my >> new entry was not there. Still, progress of some kind. > > Not sure... logout and log back in (shouldn't be necessary). > Check /var/log > > Check that it isn't a hidden menu entry. eg.:- > $ grep -i showhidden .kde/share/config/kmenueditrc > ShowHidden=true > > Then look in kmenuedit and ensure the "Hidden entry" isn't ticked. > > Backup up ~/.config/menus > then check entries beneath there - modify as necessary. > > It's possible you didn't fill out all the required fields... perhaps > retry (if your menu entry has vanished from kmenueditor) by copying an > existing menu entry and editing, then saving. Looked at the file in ~/.config/menus and the entry is there but it does not appear in the menu when actuated. Your comments are welcome. -- Dr Sian Mountbatten siduction user -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jdafes$g7h$1...@speranza.aioe.org
makeinfo - which package?
Does anybody know in which package the program makeinfo can be found? Regards -- Dr Sian Mountbatten siduction user -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jdadq7$cjc$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Menu Editor for KDE Launchpad on siduction is missing
Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 25/12/11 10:23, Dr Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> But I would like to use the menu. So what has happened to the menu >> editor? > > A. Ask the people who made your product (siduction.org is *not* > debian.org) OR > B. Right-click on the KMenu Icon (bottom-left of the pane) and see if > there's an entry there. > C. type "kmenuedit" at a cli Installed kmenuedit and the Edit Applications ... line appeared on the klauncher. Edited the menu and saved, but when I actioned the menu, my new entry was not there. Still, progress of some kind. -- Dr Sian Mountbatten siduction user -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jd9u02$ano$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Menu Editor for KDE Launchpad on siduction is missing
The menu editor for the KDE Launchpad menu on the siduction distribution is missing, so that it is impossible to add menu items for programs installed outwith the Debian package system. For example, I have installed Firefox in /usr/local/lib/firefox and have created a symbolic link in /usr/bin to the firefox binary. But the menu does not have an item to launch Firefox. I have to choose Run Command... and put firefox into the one line window, press return and up it comes. But I would like to use the menu. So what has happened to the menu editor? Regards -- Dr Sian Mountbatten siduction user -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jd5mvg$f4a$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Getting the microphone to work on Creative Audigy
Hi! I have installed siduction onto my desktop as well as installing at long last my new Creative Audigy sound card. I have the KDE desktop and my kernel is 3.1-6.towo.2-siduction-686. I am having trouble getting the microphone to work. It is plugged into the blue socket on the sound card which the manual says is for Line In or microphone. arecord does not produce any sound with the command arecord -Ddefault:CA0106 -d10 test.wav the command aplay -Ddefault:CA0106 test.wav certainly produces a background hiss, but no actual input. Can anybody help me? Regards -- Dr Sian Mountbatten siduction user -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jd5mgd$ec2$1...@speranza.aioe.org
KMenu editor not saving properly
I've been trying to delete a number of entries in the Internet subfolder. The menu editor records the items deleted and inserts a new item, but when I click on Save the program very slowly saves the menu according to the window showing the saving process progress. But when it gets to the 90% mark, it starts saving again and repeatedly does this without saving anything as is clear when I next click on the KLauncher button. What's going on? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jca85e$v2v$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Copying of web pages by Firefox
Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:04:58 +, Dr Sian Mountbatten wrote: > >> Someone in another group had a web-page in a Usenet newsgroup article >> which I clicked on. KDE loaded firefox (which is my default browser), >> but instead of giving me the web page, it copied the web-page of the >> link into >> /var/tmp/kdecache-sian/krun/13950.0.iu.html Unfortunately, most of the >> links in the page are reference a file in /var/tmp/kdecache- sian/krun/ >> which I do not have. >> >> How can I prevent Firefox copying the web-page? And why does it do it? > > That's a weird place for Firefox to save temporary files :-? I agree. > >>From what kind of client (newsreader) did you load the URL? Maybe you Knode > have to instruct your reader how to handle "http://"; protocol and links > inside it or maybe is just the URI source (.html) was embedded in the > message and thus the newsreader thought it was a file to be save > somewhere... > >> I might note that the newsgroup is soc.culture.esperanto and the web >> page is in Esperanto using UTF-8. > > Try to load the newsgroup messages with another nntp client to see if you > can mimic the same behaviour. Will try another newsreader. Thank you for your swift reply. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jc857h$8kb$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Disappearance of the Debian menu item in KDE menu
When I first loaded Debian wheezy from a NETINST CD and after packages were downloaded, the KDE menu had a Debian menu item which gave me access to those programs which did not appear in the KDE menu. For example, xkill. That menu item has disappeared. In the menu editor, the item appears, but there is nothing in it. How do I get the Debian menu item back? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jc81nb$ag$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Copying of web pages by Firefox
Someone in another group had a web-page in a Usenet newsgroup article which I clicked on. KDE loaded firefox (which is my default browser), but instead of giving me the web page, it copied the web-page of the link into /var/tmp/kdecache-sian/krun/13950.0.iu.html Unfortunately, most of the links in the page are reference a file in /var/tmp/kdecache-sian/krun/ which I do not have. How can I prevent Firefox copying the web-page? And why does it do it? I might note that the newsgroup is soc.culture.esperanto and the web page is in Esperanto using UTF-8. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jc80jn$t5q$1...@speranza.aioe.org
[SOLVED] Re: How to key Esperanto characters
Cousin Stanley wrote: > Doug wrote: > >> >> The answer is to set up your Compose key. >> > > The following link might help > to learn how to set up the Compose key > > http://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/ComposeKey > Many thanks for your help. I set the Right-Win key in the KDE System Settings->Input Devices->Keyboard window and copied the file /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF8/Compose to ~/.XCompose, logged out and in again. Used xfontsel -print to print onto an Xterm the name of a ISO10646 font and then pasted the name into the KMenuEdit window for UXterm. That is, the command for the uxterm was uxterm -fn -misc-etc-10646-1 I can now compose Esperanto characters in the Xterm using the Right Win key. Here are all the Esperanto characters keyed into kwrite: ĉĝĥĵŝŭ ĈĜĤĴŜŬ So that problem is solved. Thank you all, list, for your help. -- Sian Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jc5qch$igt$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: How to key Esperanto characters
Cousin Stanley wrote: > Doug wrote: > >> >> The answer is to set up your Compose key. >> > > The following link might help > to learn how to set up the Compose key > > http://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/ComposeKey > > On reading that web-page, I have discovered that the instructions for KDE cannot be followed because the file /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default does not exist. What is more, the directory /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d does not exist. And there is no file called xim in the /etc/X11 tree. I've tried 'setxkbmap epo' which gives esperanto accented letters on q,w,x,y,z so that I can no longer use those letters. It was not long before I executed the command 'setxkbmap gb' to get things back to normal. Clearly, I need to set the compose key (to R-Win) so that I have the usual qwerty alphabet as well as the extra characters. So what do I do next? -- Sian Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jc55lt$oqh$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: How to key Esperanto characters
Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote: > On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:40:23 + (UTC) > Cousin Stanley wrote: > >> Doug wrote: >> >> > >> > The answer is to set up your Compose key. >> > >> >> The following link might help >> to learn how to set up the Compose key >> >> http://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/ComposeKey >> > > I just have this in a login script: > > # remap keys section > setxkbmap -option compose:caps > > Then my CAPS-LOCK key is remapped as compose. > > Adiaŭ! Very pretty. What should I put after '-option' for the right win key? -- Sian Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jc55v7$oqh$2...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: How to key Esperanto characters
Cousin Stanley wrote: > Doug wrote: > >> >> The answer is to set up your Compose key. >> > > The following link might help > to learn how to set up the Compose key > > http://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/ComposeKey > > I've gone to that page, but the command given (dpkg-reconfigure) does not permit choice of the various options given. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jc542v$kpo$1...@speranza.aioe.org
How to key Esperanto characters
I have downloaded Aurora from the Mozilla web-site using the Esperanto version. When setting the preferences, aurora wants to use `elshutadoj' but it uses the Esperanto s-kun-capelo. How do I key Esperanto accented letters in KDE? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jc3bim$tb4$1...@speranza.aioe.org
Re: Creative Audigy sound card on Debian
Dom writes: > On 22/11/11 11:16, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> I've just bought a Creative Audigy sound card and I have discovered >> that the manual is stored in proprietary files for MS Windows (Vista >> and XP), so the Creative CD-ROM is no use to me. >> >> Could anybody tell me what the sockets on the Audigy are for? They are:- >> - light blue >> - light green >> - black >> - orange >> Any help would be appreciated. > > I haven't got one of those cards, but the socket colours should be > standard across most equipment. > > The boards and systems I have access to are as follows: > > - light blue = Line In > - light green = Front L/R speakers (or just L/R for 2 channel) > - black = Center / Subwoofer speakers > - orange = Rear L/R speakers > > There is also a pink socket for Mic In. Not on my Audigy. It's a 7.1 version. Quite cheap, about £20. > -- > Dom -- Dr S Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87vcqc6ij2.fsf@Phoenicia.PhoenixNet
Re: Creative Audigy sound card on Debian
Darac Marjal writes: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:16:34AM +0000, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> I've just bought a Creative Audigy sound card and I have discovered >> that the manual is stored in proprietary files for MS Windows (Vista >> and XP), so the Creative CD-ROM is no use to me. >> >> Could anybody tell me what the sockets on the Audigy are for? They are:- > > Assuming they follow the standard[1], they would be: > >>- light blue > Analog line in >>- light green > Analog line out (front speakers or headphones) >>- black > analog line out (surround/rear speakers) >>- orange > Analog line out (centre/subwoofer) >> Any help would be appreciated. Excellent help. I shall plug the microphone into the light blue socket. > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_card#Color_codes The link is very good---a lot of history of sound cards as well. A good read. Thank you. -- Dr S Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87zkfo6ine.fsf@Phoenicia.PhoenixNet
Re: Creative Audigy sound card on Debian
Pete Orrall writes: > On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 11:16 +0000, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> I've just bought a Creative Audigy sound card and I have discovered >> that the manual is stored in proprietary files for MS Windows (Vista >> and XP), so the Creative CD-ROM is no use to me. > > If *.chm is the proprietary file format to which you are referring, > check out the package xchm: > > http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/xchm > I've installed the wheezy version of xchm and it shows the first page of the manual, but the Forward button does nothing. So I am restricted to looking at the cover only which, despite being in English has words in portuguese. How do I get beyond the cover? -- Dr S Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/874nxw7xp0.fsf@Phoenicia.PhoenixNet
Creative Audigy sound card on Debian
I've just bought a Creative Audigy sound card and I have discovered that the manual is stored in proprietary files for MS Windows (Vista and XP), so the Creative CD-ROM is no use to me. Could anybody tell me what the sockets on the Audigy are for? They are:- - light blue - light green - black - orange Any help would be appreciated. -- Dr S Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/877h2sflv1@operamail.com
Re: Sound wheezy/KDE -- testing the microphone
I plugged the microphone into my laptop, ran alsamixer and made sure that the capture device was not muted and set to a reasonable figure (using alsamixer) and then issued the command arecord -V mono test.wav which gave sound file which when played with aplay test.wav, reproduced the input from the microphone. So I know the mic works. I am now getting no output from the sound card at all. I used to get stereo and then, recently, got only the right channel and, now, get nothing at all. I suspect that my (old) sound card is knackered. So I've ordered a new Creative Soundblaster from Amazon. We shall see what we shall see. -- Dr S Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87fwhmzl8i@operamail.com
Re: Sound wheezy/KDE -- testing the microphone
"Selim T. Erdogan" writes: > Sian Mountbatten, 16.11.2011: >> Curt writes: >> >> > On 2011-11-16, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> >> alsamixer with F4 gives Capture all right, but it is set to 100% and >> >> still the mic does not work. >> > >> > Well, if you don't see any input sources to select, then you're cooked, >> > because you must Capture something or other. How would "it" know to >> > record your microphone rather than the line-in on your sound card, for >> > instance? I have three choices as an input source, that I toggle with >> > the arrows on my keyboard: Front Mic (which is the one I use, on the >> > front of my machine, next to the headphone jack) Line (which must >> > correspond to the line-in) and Mic (which is the other microphone jack >> > in the back of my machine.) >> > >> > I don't know what you're seeing in alsamixer, but if all you're seeing is >> > "Capture", that ain't gonna get it, 'cause you gotta capture something, >> > as I say. >> > >> > Tell us what you see beside 'Capture' in alsamixer when you press F4. >> A vertical bar in a blue frame. The bar is red at the top, white in the >> middle and green at the bottom. >> >> At the bottom of the frame are `L' on the left-hand side and `R' on the >> right-hand side. Underneath those letters are firstly the word >> CAPTURE and underneath that the characters `100<>100'. Finally, on the >> bottom line are the characters `'. >> >> The up-down arrow keys can change the `100<>100' to lower numbers. The >> left-right arrow keys do nothing. > > Can you press F2 and choose another card. Yes, Intel ICH5 and it gives me lots more controls. > I have an intel card in this > laptop and I can choose between default and intel. The former has only > two bars but the latter has lots. (More if you keep going to the right > of the screen too!) Fiddling with these I wasn't able to "get" anything > out in alsamixer but later I tried the "arecord -V mono test.wav" (from > another message to the list. That popped up a microphone icon on my > gnome-panel (in fallback mode) that had an x, so I went and increased > that from zero to some. Yes, lots with ICH5. I remove all the MM's with the m command and changed the microphone to `mic2'. When I tried arecord -V mono test.wav, I got lots of strange characters on the screen which corresponded to the noise level in the room. However, aplay produces no noise. I might add that speaker-test produces sound from the `Right' speaker, but not from the `Left'. > That gave me sound through the mic. (Tested > using aplay.) > > BTW, in alsamixer one of the bars had MM at the bottom. Pressing M got > rid of it. Maybe mute? And there was an "auto-mute" that can be > toggled using up-down arrows. Yes, I got rid of lots of `MM's that way. No auto-mute though. I remember that when I had Windows 7, I got sound input when I chose the front microphone. Choosing Mic2 in alsamixer does not seem to work. -- Dr S Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/871ut7k9rq@operamail.com
Re: Openoffice.org - has it been replaced by LibreOffice?
Andrei Popescu writes: > On Mi, 16 nov 11, 17:37:52, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> I tried using LibreOffice Writer to print a test letter which used >> two accented characters. What was printed was garbled rubbish. No >> accented letters and other letters replaced with `a's. > > Does printing from other applications work correctly (or at least the > printer test page from CUPS)? Most of the times printing issues are not > related to one application but the entire printing system > (printer+drivers+cups) abiword prints admirably, including the accented letters. -- Dr S Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8762ijkcmx@operamail.com
Re: Sound wheezy/KDE -- testing the microphone
Curt writes: > On 2011-11-16, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> alsamixer with F4 gives Capture all right, but it is set to 100% and >> still the mic does not work. > > Well, if you don't see any input sources to select, then you're cooked, > because you must Capture something or other. How would "it" know to > record your microphone rather than the line-in on your sound card, for > instance? I have three choices as an input source, that I toggle with > the arrows on my keyboard: Front Mic (which is the one I use, on the > front of my machine, next to the headphone jack) Line (which must > correspond to the line-in) and Mic (which is the other microphone jack > in the back of my machine.) > > I don't know what you're seeing in alsamixer, but if all you're seeing is > "Capture", that ain't gonna get it, 'cause you gotta capture something, > as I say. > > Tell us what you see beside 'Capture' in alsamixer when you press F4. A vertical bar in a blue frame. The bar is red at the top, white in the middle and green at the bottom. At the bottom of the frame are `L' on the left-hand side and `R' on the right-hand side. Underneath those letters are firstly the word CAPTURE and underneath that the characters `100<>100'. Finally, on the bottom line are the characters `'. The up-down arrow keys can change the `100<>100' to lower numbers. The left-right arrow keys do nothing. -- Dr S Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87y5vg6kf6@operamail.com
Openoffice.org - has it been replaced by LibreOffice?
I tried using LibreOffice Writer to print a test letter which used two accented characters. What was printed was garbled rubbish. No accented letters and other letters replaced with `a's. I should like to try OpenOffice.org, but its packages all say they have been repackaged as LibreOffice. So what has happened to OpenOffice.org? Who has decided that we've all got to use LibreOffice? -- Dr S Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ty646k9b@operamail.com
Re: Sound wheezy/KDE -- testing the microphone
alsamixer with F4 gives Capture all right, but it is set to 100% and still the mic does not work. -- Dr S Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87zkfwth7n@operamail.com
