Re: [gentoo-user] Scripting KDE?

On Saturday, 31 August 2024 20:03:45 BST Dale wrote: > I'm thinking about a PS/2 to USB adapter. Go back to my old keyboard. > ;-) Just give it a good cleaning first. It'll be the best fourpence-halfpenny you've ever spent... :) -- Regards, Peter.

Re: [gentoo-user] Scripting KDE?

On 19/08/2024 14:15, Dale wrote: I might add, I've never seen a laptop that I liked the keyboard on. It's one reason I won't buy one.  If the keyboard isn't bad enough, the little thing that replaces the mouse really turns me off. That's why I always use my laptops with an external mouse and k

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Wols Lists wrote: > On 19/08/2024 00:12, Dale wrote: >> It's annoying as heck.  I spend twice as much time correcting typos >> than I do actually typing something in.  My typing was bad enough >> already.  LOL > > I normally use an ergonomic keyboard (you know, the v-shaped version), > and when I u

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On 19/08/2024 00:12, Dale wrote: It's annoying as heck.  I spend twice as much time correcting typos than I do actually typing something in.  My typing was bad enough already.  LOL I normally use an ergonomic keyboard (you know, the v-shaped version), and when I use the normal oblong one my fi

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Waldo Lemmer wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2024, 11:12 Michael > wrote: > > > Then I end up with several of the same characters in a row.  > > The typing style for low profile keyboards is different to your > old keyboard.  > You are not meant to rest yo

Re: [gentoo-user] Scripting KDE?

On Mon, Aug 19, 2024, 11:12 Michael wrote: > > Then I end up with several of the same characters in a row. > > The typing style for low profile keyboards is different to your old > keyboard. > You are not meant to rest your hands/fingers on the keyboard and then jump > on > the keys as if it were

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On Monday, 19 August 2024 00:12:27 BST Dale wrote: > Michael wrote: > > On Sunday, 18 August 2024 19:15:32 BST Dale wrote: > >> Well, there's something different because it "feels" different. I keep > >> hitting keys to one side or the other mostly. The only difference I can > >> see, the key ca

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Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 18 August 2024 19:15:32 BST Dale wrote: >> >> Well, there's something different because it "feels" different. I keep >> hitting keys to one side or the other mostly. The only difference I can >> see, the key caps are shorter than the old Dell QuietKey. I suspect >> t

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On Sunday, 18 August 2024 19:15:32 BST Dale wrote: > Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > Am Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 02:34:31PM -0500 schrieb Dale: > >> I still don't like this small version of a keyboard. I like the size of > >> the old Dell Quietkey from my old rig. It's old, PS/2 and all but it > >> fit

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Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 02:34:31PM -0500 schrieb Dale: > >> I still don't like this small version of a keyboard.  I like the size of >> the old Dell Quietkey from my old rig.  It's old, PS/2 and all but it >> fits my fingers better.  I can't find a reasonably priced repl

Re: [gentoo-user] Scripting KDE?

Am Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 02:34:31PM -0500 schrieb Dale: > I still don't like this small version of a keyboard.  I like the size of > the old Dell Quietkey from my old rig.  It's old, PS/2 and all but it > fits my fingers better.  I can't find a reasonably priced replacement.  > They all seem to be

Re: [gentoo-user] Scripting KDE?

Am Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 02:17:13PM +0100 schrieb Peter Humphrey: > Greetings, > > I'd like to be able to shut a KDE machine down from another room, over SSH. > If > I do that with a simple 'reboot' command, I lose all my desktop contents. Not > surprising, as KDE is not shutting itself down but

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On Monday, 29 July 2024 21:12:35 BST gen...@dhaller.de wrote: > Hello, > > 29.07.2024 15:17:26 Peter Humphrey : > > I'd like to be able to shut a KDE machine down from another room, over > > SSH. > > https://superuser.com/questions/395820/how-to-properly-end-a-kde-session-fro > m-shell-without-ro

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Hello, 29.07.2024 15:17:26 Peter Humphrey : > I'd like to be able to shut a KDE machine down from another room, over SSH. https://superuser.com/questions/395820/how-to-properly-end-a-kde-session-from-shell-without-root-privileges https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78175326/how-can-i-trigger-shut

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Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Monday, 29 July 2024 16:10:10 BST Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 6:42 AM Peter Humphrey >> >> wrote: >>> On Monday, 29 July 2024 14:32:24 BST Michael wrote: On Monday, 29 July 2024 14:27:03 BST Matt Connell wrote: > On Mon, 2024-07-29 at 14:17 +01

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On Monday, 29 July 2024 16:10:10 BST Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 6:42 AM Peter Humphrey > > wrote: > > On Monday, 29 July 2024 14:32:24 BST Michael wrote: > > > On Monday, 29 July 2024 14:27:03 BST Matt Connell wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2024-07-29 at 14:17 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrot

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On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 6:42 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Monday, 29 July 2024 14:32:24 BST Michael wrote: > > On Monday, 29 July 2024 14:27:03 BST Matt Connell wrote: > > > On Mon, 2024-07-29 at 14:17 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > Is there a way to pass a shutdown command to KDE over SS

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On Monday, 29 July 2024 14:32:24 BST Michael wrote: > On Monday, 29 July 2024 14:27:03 BST Matt Connell wrote: > > On Mon, 2024-07-29 at 14:17 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > Is there a way to pass a shutdown command to KDE over SSH? Google > > > doesn't help me much, though it has a good deal o

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On Mon, 2024-07-29 at 14:32 +0100, Michael wrote: > > loginctl terminate-session > That'll exit the desktop session. I was on the right track at least. I'm accustomed to doing it with xfce-session-logout signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

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On Monday, 29 July 2024 14:27:03 BST Matt Connell wrote: > On Mon, 2024-07-29 at 14:17 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Is there a way to pass a shutdown command to KDE over SSH? Google > > doesn't help > > me much, though it has a good deal of stuff on scripting inside KDE. > > loginctl terminate

Re: [gentoo-user] Scripting KDE?

On Mon, 2024-07-29 at 14:17 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Is there a way to pass a shutdown command to KDE over SSH? Google > doesn't help > me much, though it has a good deal of stuff on scripting inside KDE. loginctl terminate-session ^ would be the first thing I would try.

[gentoo-user] Scripting KDE?

Greetings, I'd like to be able to shut a KDE machine down from another room, over SSH. If I do that with a simple 'reboot' command, I lose all my desktop contents. Not surprising, as KDE is not shutting itself down but having the rug yanked out from under it. Is there a way to pass a shutdown