[Dorset] Window positioning and Android permanently Awake. (Was: Next Meeting - One Week Tonight)

2023-05-03 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Peter, > why does Gkrellm sometimes come up in the centre of the screen when > I start the computer, and mostly in the top left where I want it and > always move it to. Windows are normally placed by the window manager. These days, the WM comes as part of the desktop environment. I think you

Re: [Dorset] Window positioning and Android permanently Awake. (Was: Next Meeting - One Week Tonight)

2023-05-03 Thread Tim
In regards to gkrellm look in your home folder from .gkrellm2. open this folder and look for user-config file, there is a setting in there called "save_position" (about line 16), remove the numerical value, reboot or log out the desktop, move Gkrellm to the required location, right click on the

Re: [Dorset] Window positioning and Android permanently Awake. (Was: Next Meeting - One Week Tonight)

2023-05-03 Thread Peter Merchant
On 03/05/2023 17:15, Tim wrote: In regards to gkrellm look in your home folder from .gkrellm2. open this folder and look for user-config file, there is a setting in there called "save_position" (about line 16), remove the numerical value, reboot or log out the desktop, move Gkrellm to the requ

Re: [Dorset] Window positioning and Android permanently Awake. (Was: Next Meeting - One Week Tonight)

2023-05-03 Thread Peter Merchant
I didn't make last night.  My problem is the Android phone which I use for Jitsi now stays permanently ‘Awake’, burning through 100% of battery in about four hours.  The battery chart's detail has ‘Media’ as one of the top two users, but the percentage of all those that are listed is well under

Re: [Dorset] Window positioning and Android permanently Awake. (Was: Next Meeting - One Week Tonight)

2023-05-03 Thread Hugh Frater
Ah, the joys of USB charging protocols. It’s taken nearly 20yrs and they still haven’t got a reliable, performant solution. USB-pd gets it nearly correct, but it’s still not perfect. Slow charging speeds are also very much caused by the cable type. Back when I was charging micro-usb based smartpho

Re: [Dorset] Window positioning and Android permanently Awake. (Was: Next Meeting - One Week Tonight)

2023-05-04 Thread Peter Merchant
I am just an ancient retired Electronics Engineer, but I cannot see how a QC3/4/5 charger is going to help my charging. My tests were done with the same charger and cable and three different devices that needed to be charged. The only parameter that was changed was the devices, and they charged

Re: [Dorset] Window positioning and Android permanently Awake. (Was: Next Meeting - One Week Tonight)

2023-05-04 Thread Hugh Frater
If you want to push more than 500mA into your phones then you need a charger that supports one of the quick charge protocols that are used in your phones. Given that most phones are built on Qualcomm SOCs, a charger with their QC protocol is a good starting point. I suspect that the tablet and cha

Re: [Dorset] Window positioning and Android permanently Awake. (Was: Next Meeting - One Week Tonight)

2023-05-09 Thread Peter Merchant
On 03/05/2023 17:40, Peter Merchant wrote: On 03/05/2023 17:15, Tim wrote: In regards to gkrellm look in your home folder from .gkrellm2. open this folder and look for user-config file, there is a setting in there called "save_position" (about line 16), remove the numerical value, reboot or lo