[kde] Re: How do I remove the new activity item from the desktop? [OT]
Override is commonly necessary for those with imperfect vision and/or above average device density. Some X implementations are so closely tied to EDID that escape therefrom can be difficult if not impossible, e.g. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692293 -- The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive. Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ ___ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html. I had great fun with this aspect as well. It seems that distro's rely on EDID monitors that also have the correct lead and don't concern themselves with people who want to change things or have older monitors. Opensuse dumped me it 800x600. Real fun sorting that out using the machine like that and there is also the nouveau driver problem when installing prop. drivers. It usually has to be removed and replaced with something else 1st. The std vesa driver would be a good option. I will post the following link as it may help others with xorg.conf problems and this area does in a way relate to kde. http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/hardware/458632-installing-nvidia-driver-easiest-i-have-found-date.html The important aspects are the edid disables. Also the 2 power save over rides if like me you want your monitor to remain on what ever. I use the power switch. I also wish there was a desktop switch to enable and disable system power save modes at will. As things stand I have to install noacpi or it drives me up the wall. One other aspect is that xorg.conf can disappear and be replaced by separate files in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ . No signs of this happening but it would appear that it's just a case of moving the xorg.conf sections into individual files. A meaningless change really as is often the case. John ___ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.
[kde] Re: How do I remove the new activity item from the desktop? [OT]
On 2011/06/01 02:29 (GMT-0700) John Woodhouse composed: The important aspects are the edid disables. Also the 2 power save over rides if like me you want your monitor to remain on what ever. I use the power switch. I also wish there was a desktop switch to enable and disable system power save modes at will. As things stand I have to install noacpi or it drives me up the wall. 'Option DPMS off' isn't good enough for you? One other aspect is that xorg.conf can disappear and be replaced by separate files in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ . No signs of this happening but it would appear that it's just a case of moving the xorg.conf sections into individual files. A meaningless change really as is often the case. Maybe https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32430 is what you're thinking of? Individual files was implemented to facilitate minor customizations that are difficult for individual users to figure out how to make in xorg.conf, which requires a certain system of serverlayout, identifiers, screen(s) device(s) to get to actually work. Using the separate files one can implement as little as one line to implement desired customization. -- The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive. Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ ___ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.
[kde] Re: How do I remove the new activity item from the desktop? [OT]
- Original Message From: Duncan 1i5t5.dun...@cox.net To: kde@mail.kde.org Sent: Wed, 1 June, 2011 14:55:03 Subject: [kde] Re: How do I remove the new activity item from the desktop? [OT] Felix Miata posted on Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:43:09 -0400 as excerpted: On 2011/06/01 02:29 (GMT-0700) John Woodhouse composed: The important aspects are the edid disables. Also the 2 power save over rides if like me you want your monitor to remain on what ever. I use the power switch. I also wish there was a desktop switch to enable and disable system power save modes at will. As things stand I have to install noacpi or it drives me up the wall. 'Option DPMS off' isn't good enough for you? If you check his link, that's what he's referring to with power save over rides. It seems pretty basic to me, nothing worth commenting about as it's ordinary xorg.conf functionality that was there long before it was even xorg.conf (while it was still xf86config), but then, I've been handling manual X configs since I was forced to do so back in late 2001 to get my (then) triple-head setup working in Linux as I switched from MS Windows 98 instead of upgrading to eXPrivacy. But I imagine it might be worth commenting on for someone who has just discovered the manual config method after struggling with an uncooperative GUI for awhile... -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master. Richard Stallman ___ I never go down there or even into the shell unless I need to. Suse and then Opensuse were rather good on this aspect but the install has worsened with time and the desktop system utility is no longer supported so has been dropped. ;-) I posted that lot just to show that there are other ways than those suggested by the many shell bashers. The other problem on opensuse is that there are many many sets of out of date instructions and one click installs about in all areas that are sure to mess the system up. Anyway as I found web doc abounds but not really that helpful as there are zero examples I'm aware of or could find I posted it as it might help some. The reads have grown enormously since last time I looked. There are many very helpful people on that forum but most have their way of doing things and wont even consider other ways. By the way 2 dpms's in my case worked. 1 didn't. I suspect this is down to some newer graphics cards. Not sure. John ___ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.
