Re: Logon loop after upgrade

2024-04-04 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, maybe the keyboard layout used by the display manager's greeter doesn't fit the used keyboard. Perhaps the used greeter has got a panel that allows to change the keyboard layout at login and it might be that this can be changed by accident with the mouse wheel. Some GUI designs are tricky.

Re: Brother MFC L2700DW an MX-Linux libsane-extras

2023-09-06 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, auf Deutsch, das Paket gibt es offen sichtlich nicht mehr, die lange Antwort in englischer Sprache: Hi, On Thu, 2023-08-31 at 20:14 +0200, Norbert Nowicki wrote: > sudo apt-get install -y libsane-extras ^^The computer god has been kind to you and

Re: Suggest enhancement to cp utility.

2023-06-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2023-06-27 at 15:31 -0400, Steven Friedrich wrote: > I want to know transfer statistics, i.e., max speed, min speed, avg > speed when I copy to/from a usb device to/from hdd/ssd. > Please enhance cp utility to provide this info. A cmdline switch could > request this report. Hi, the

Re: ekiga not found

2023-06-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, do you have a question? Obviously this software hasn't been updated for 10 years, which could possibly be the reason why it isn't made available through any repository. Regards, Ralf -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe

Re: Icons on desktop

2023-03-03 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2023-03-03 at 10:18 -0800, Coburn Ingram wrote: > I found it, but I'm not telling you where, because I'm afraid that > you'll delete it, too. Hi, my first guess is dconf. $ gsettings list-recursively | grep gnome | grep icons org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false [snip]

Re: [si] Modify pre-installed keyboard layouts for specific language

2023-02-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
off topic Unfortunately, very aesthetic native lettering invite problems in the context of modern technology. Reminds me of the Turkish alphabet revolution anticipating future benefits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Turkish_alphabet. IMOH aesthetic native scripts or phonetic mixed forms

Re: Tomcat9 - Ubuntu 20.04 x64

2022-11-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2022-11-14 at 16:00 +, Brad Turnbough wrote: > Can someone look into getting this package updated in order to resolve > this vulnerability? Hi, why should a release model distro, especially a long term support release model distro, update to another software version? This doesn't

Re: Package Update for Ubuntu

2022-08-30 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2022-08-30 at 22:45 +0200, Maxime Pietrucci-Blacher wrote: > Good evening, I have come to contact you to find out if the nginx- > common and nginx-core packages are going to be updated soon, as there > are many problems with the use of TLS on these two packages as they > are no longer up

Re: Ubuntu-drivers-common

2022-05-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 19 May 2022 23:25:19 -0400, Isaac Encina wrote: >Hello I was wondering if you guys knew where it would be possible to >download a specific Ubuntu-drivers-common package? Hi, starting points are probably https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common

Re: Missiing bacula-fd for 9.6.7-3 Ubuntu 2204

2022-05-03 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 3 May 2022 10:48:21 -0400, Ken Mandelberg wrote: >All the other packages for bacula (director, sd) are available but not >bacula-fd. bacula cannot run without it. Hi, what Ubuntu release are you using? Did you run "sudo apt update" before trying to install it? Oops, while writing I

Re: Increasing user base of Ubuntu desktop.

2022-03-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 08:24:33 +0530, Amit wrote: >There is no menu in the default Ubuntu desktop GUI. Hi, I suspect that still several Ubuntu flavours have got an application menu by default, much likely even for the latest release. At least Xubuntu 20.04 has got an application menu by default,

Re: Increasing user base of Ubuntu desktop.

2022-03-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 23:44:03 +0530, Amit wrote: >I have used both windows and linux gui systems a lot. So you should be able to describe what from your point of few are the pitfalls of a Linux desktop environment and the pros of Windows. As already pointed out, I suspect Jane the elementary

Re: Increasing user base of Ubuntu desktop.

2022-03-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 19:06:39 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >no WM at all Oops, I at least should correct this typo. It should read "no DE (desktop environment) at all". Of course, openbox is a WM (window manager). However, most new users nowadays are likely in favour of a deskto

Re: Increasing user base of Ubuntu desktop.

2022-03-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 19:06:39 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >I'm a child of the 80th, born in 1966, so I never migrated from Windows >to Linux. I do not come from Windows, as well as a lot of Linux users >of my age or who are way older than I am. > >My first machine with something

Re: Increasing user base of Ubuntu desktop.

2022-03-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
I'm a child of the 80th, born in 1966, so I never migrated from Windows to Linux. I do not come from Windows, as well as a lot of Linux users of my age or who are way older than I am. My first machine with something Microsoft alike was an Atari ST with a 80286 hardware emulator, IOW a PCB

Re: Increasing user base of Ubuntu desktop.

2022-03-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 22:38:56 +0530, Amit wrote: >On Sun, Mar 20, 2022, 10:27 PM Ralf Mardorf > wrote: > >> >> Windows is easier available, since it's installed by default on >> almost all discounter desktop computers (and laptops...). "Available >> by de

Re: Increasing user base of Ubuntu desktop.

2022-03-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
I'm not interested in reading another market share link. I'm quite sure that most computer devices used via a GUI are smartphones and I doubt that Windows is the most used OS on smartphones. However, given that most desktop computers likely are equipped with Windows only, the market share still

Re: Increasing user base of Ubuntu desktop.

2022-03-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 21:08:01 +0530, Amit wrote: >Microsoft Windows is there on about 90% of all (computer) systems >mainly because it is very easy to use. Hi, that's complete bogus for several reasons. >Windows is not a great OS but it is so easy to use that first timers >and older people also

PS: change "/tmp" deletion from the time of boot to the time of shutting down to prevent data loss

2021-07-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 26 Jul 2021 23:19:09 +0300, Nicholas Guriev wrote: >You can pass `init=/bin/bash` as kernel boot parameter through GRUB and >then copy the temporary files to a safe place. I can't comment on GRUB. While my machine has got more than one Ubuntu install, too, I'm in favour of syslinux.

Re: change "/tmp" deletion from the time of boot to the time of shutting down to prevent data loss

2021-07-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 26 Jul 2021 23:19:09 +0300, Nicholas Guriev wrote: >However in general, /tmp is not intended to have important data which >is worth regretting. Let alone that tmp could be mounted as tmpfs, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tmpfs . However, even if it's not a tmpfs, a systemd unit might

Re: firebird3.0 install on Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

2021-04-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 17:27:30 -0400, Thomas Ward wrote: >Be aware though: 16.04.7 goes past End of Standard Support this month >- you should consider upgrading 16.04 to 18.04 before the end of >standard support happens. Doesn't do-release-upgrade after April work anymore? I suspect that it at

Re: [NEWS]: "Katarina Rostova"

2021-04-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, this is a misuse of protonmail, as well as of the Ubuntu mailing lists. Please remove the accounts from this individual, who acts under a faked name. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2021-April/303874.html

Re: Power problem with Radeon 7750 card and Nouveau driver

2021-02-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 9 Feb 2021 16:51:51 -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >Does anyone have suggestions how to troubleshoot this further? Hi, it's probably not a driver related issue. At least you don't care for the correct driver. The Radeon driver is pre-installed and used for your Radeon graphics. The

Re: Feature request: Better start up time of Ubuntu like on version 16.04

2020-11-11 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2020-11-12 at 08:19 +0100, Damian wrote: > > some versions ago (16.04) a cold start to me 16 seconds. > > With all later versions even with SSD harddrives it takes over a > > minutes. > > Which time frame do you measure that takes a minute? I measure 15 > seconds from hitting enter in

Re: install nwipe

2020-09-05 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 15:30:24 +0700, D.Bosch wrote: >Pls give me instructions how to install and run nwipe. > >what are the terminal programs. Hi, installing the package: sudo apt update sudo apt install nwipe https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/nwipe "/usr/sbin/nwipe" -

Re: Hot to Upgrade from Linux-Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to 20.04 LTS

2020-07-11 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 11 Jul 2020 10:26:45 -0400, Santosh K. Saha wrote: >*How can I upgrade from Linux-Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to 20.04 LTS* ? Hi, your request belongs to https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users . If you should have questions related to the following howto, please use the above

Re: Jolly Jumper as of Lucky Luke

2020-04-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 22:08:46 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 21:25:57 +0200, André Pirard wrote: >>Jolly Jumper. It would make a delicious Ubuntu mascot. > >I suspect you are thinking of an Ubuntu codename (release name) and a >mascot for this Ubuntu release

Re: Jolly Jumper as of Lucky Luke

2020-04-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 21:25:57 +0200, André Pirard wrote: >Jolly Jumper. It would make a delicious Ubuntu mascot. I suspect you are thinking of an Ubuntu codename (release name) and a mascot for this Ubuntu release. This most likely would cause a legal issue. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list

Re: Cydia/APT(M): x11proto-xext-dev (7.3.0-1)

2020-01-02 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2020-01-02 at 20:25 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2 Jan 2020 19:00:55 +, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: > > On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 at 06:41, David Carissimi wrote: > > > I have been installing all debs for Ubuntu on my iPhone with > > > terminal and it seems to

Re: Cydia/APT(M): x11proto-xext-dev (7.3.0-1)

2020-01-02 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2 Jan 2020 19:00:55 +, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: >On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 at 06:41, David Carissimi wrote: >> I have been installing all debs for Ubuntu on my iPhone with >> terminal and it seems to magically work. Didn’t know if you had >> anything else that could modify deep in the system

Re: The alternative implementation of Ubuntu user statistics

2019-12-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 21 Dec 2019 21:56:54 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >/proc/cmdline provides some information about pitfalls such as >"mitigations=off audit=off" which might vs a new kernel in combination >with a new microcode, by still using

Re: The alternative implementation of Ubuntu user statistics

2019-12-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 21 Dec 2019 23:23:41 +0300, Andrey Ponomarenko wrote: >Hello, > >I've recently initiated a new statistical project based on anonymously >collected outputs of hwinfo, smartmontools and dmidecode utilities >called "Linux Hardware Trends". The report for Ubuntu is now here:

Re: Enhancement: Make "Keyboard settings" (keyboard layout) easier accessible

2019-12-06 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 7 Dec 2019 04:32:55 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >To cut a long story short, different desktop environments provide >different keyboard layout related GUI dialogs. Some of them follow your >logic, other don't. In then end all of them just steer kind of a middle ^ this sh

Re: Enhancement: Make "Keyboard settings" (keyboard layout) easier accessible

2019-12-06 Thread Ralf Mardorf
PS: In theory Ubuntu developers could change it for Ubuntu only, but you better report your concern against upstream. Keep in mind that portability might be important, too. A user might migrate from one Linux distro to another, or even might migrate from Linux to FreeBSD, or vice versa.

Re: Enhancement: Make "Keyboard settings" (keyboard layout) easier accessible

2019-12-06 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, selecting the wanted keyboard layout is tricky. A single user machine vs a multi-user system where each user might use a different language and/or keyboard. There are different levels on how to set up the wanted keyboard layout, let alone that some apps are more or less smart. An example,

[Bug 1845874] Re: Screen blotches/flickering on XFCE (Ubuntu Studio) Eoan 19.10

2019-10-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Apart from mentioning the graphics and the used driver, keep in mind that recording the desktop with vokoscreen or any other tool like this, does not record what is displayed. To show what is displayed consider to record the screen with an external camera. The video definitely doesn't show

Re: Announcing release 3.48 of reposurgeon

2019-10-03 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 12:22:16 -0400, Jeremy Bicha wrote: >If every developer sent this list an email every time there was a new >release, this email list would become usable. ^^^ ^^ a Freudian slip ;) or

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Ubuntu Studio 19.10 and Xubuntu 19.04 and dual quad core Xeon E5335 CPUs

2019-10-03 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Not-OT: IIRC there were several 5.2 and/or 5.3 kernel issues related mails on the Arch general mailing list. Arch is a rolling release, however, it provides a LTS kernel, that at the moment is at 4.19.76 and actually Ubuntu's 16.04 lowlatency is [root@archlinux moonstudio]# systemd-nspawn apt

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Ubuntu Studio 19.10 and Xubuntu 19.04 and dual quad core Xeon E5335 CPUs

2019-10-03 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 03 Oct 2019 02:41:50 +, er...@ericheickmeyer.com wrote: >The reason it's slower than the generic kernel is that the lowlatency >kernel prioritizes AUDIO, nothing else. Hi, this is completely irrelevant, if the OP suffers from a regression after an upgrade. It has got impact, but in

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] [ubuntu-studio-users] Ubuntu Studio 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) Beta Released

2019-09-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 11:49:19 -0700, Erich Eickmeyer wrote: >Ralf: Mousepad is part of the Xfce suite, so for consistency sake we >include it. Xfce includes no official GUI archiver, so we (and Xubuntu) >include File Roller from GNOME. There's your consistency. It's arguable that a distro for

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] [ubuntu-studio-users] Ubuntu Studio 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) Beta Released

2019-09-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
My impression is, that this release is a good starting point for almost all creative domains. I doubt that Luke would consider the default optimal regarding privacy and it for sure does not fit my world view related to pro audio, but I didn't notice an issue, it should be possible to tailor it to

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Ubuntu Studio 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) Beta Released

2019-09-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 18:55:03 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >Eoan Ermine (beta) released by Erich Eickmeyer :). >^^ ^ ^ > >I'll download it later and at least test it as a live-DVD when I backup >my Linux installs tonight or during the weekend. Hi, my a

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] [ubuntu-studio-users] Ubuntu Studio 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) Beta Released

2019-09-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 18:55:03 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >Eoan Ermine (beta) released by Erich Eickmeyer :). >^^ ^ ^ > >I'll download it later and at least test it as a live-DVD when I backup >my Linux installs tonight or during the weekend. Hi, my a

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Ubuntu Studio 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) Beta Released

2019-09-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Eoan Ermine (beta) released by Erich Eickmeyer :). ^^ ^ ^ I'll download it later and at least test it as a live-DVD when I backup my Linux installs tonight or during the weekend. -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] [ubuntu-studio-users] Ubuntu Studio 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) Beta Released

2019-09-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Eoan Ermine (beta) released by Erich Eickmeyer :). ^^ ^ ^ I'll download it later and at least test it as a live-DVD when I backup my Linux installs tonight or during the weekend. -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] New Live Music Control Application

2019-09-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
>On Mon, 9 Sep 2019, Elias Kesh wrote: >> WebKit Which version of webkit? Note, that Ubuntu dropped libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 for Ubuntu flavour releases >= Disco, see https://packages.ubuntu.com/cosmic/libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 . Guitarix once had a dependency to libwebkitgtk-1.0-0,

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Solution to my problem

2019-07-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 15:25:14 -0400, Mike Squires wrote: >When "grub" is installing it finds two LINUX kernels to boot but both >are labeled as "low latency" when being installed by "grub". Is the >second one really a version without the "low latency" mods? Running dpkg -l 'linux-image-*-*' |

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Studio 19.04 vs XUBUNTU 19.04 vs dual quad Xeon

2019-07-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 08:08:33 -0700 (PDT), Len Ovens wrote: >I forgot to mention: The big difference between what I have and your >setup is that I am using an Intel GPU. Hi, I wonder why anybody does run a desktop machine using RAID and I even more wonder that anybody does use RAID, if the

Re: i386 architecture will be dropped starting with eoan (Ubuntu 19.10)

2019-06-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
>On 6/23/19 12:51 PM, Mohamed Ikbel Boulabiar wrote: >> My apologies for my long mail, and the kind-of rant. Hi, while I agree on many of your statements, those are not really related to the 32-bit issue. Ubuntu still will support 32-bit for some while, Arch Linux for example has already dropped

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] i386 architecture will be dropped starting with eoan (Ubuntu 19.10)

2019-06-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 11:33:53 -0400, Luigino Bracci wrote: >I apologize for the rudeness of what I'm going to say, but stop >creating 32-bit distributions is a decision that seems taken by people >living in New York, having computers with 16 GB of RAM and 1 TB SSDs, >and believing that the rest of

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Audio Issues

2019-06-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 08:35:43 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 08:06:42 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>PS: >> >>On my machine running >> >> speaker-test >> >>works to test left and right phones channel of the default device (RME >>

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Audio Issues

2019-06-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 08:06:42 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >PS: > >On my machine running > > speaker-test > >works to test left and right phones channel of the default device (RME >HDSPe AIO), if nothing else grabs it. Unfortunately speaker-test >doesn't work for

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Audio Issues

2019-06-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
PS: On my machine running speaker-test works to test left and right phones channel of the default device (RME HDSPe AIO), if nothing else grabs it. Unfortunately speaker-test doesn't work for me, if I try to use options such as selecting a device or specifying a channel. --

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Audio Issues

2019-06-19 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2019-06-20 at 10:29 +0530, Ranjith Hegde wrote: > After the June update of ubuntu studio, several things seem to be > broken in my system. Hi, what release of Ubuntu Studio? Open xfce4-terminal and run lsb_release -a select the command and it's output with the mouse, right click and

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] no HDMI output

2019-06-04 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 15:47:38 +0200, bart deruyter wrote: >xrandr says: HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y >axis) You aren't using Wayland? There's no output mentioning HDMI2? What's the output of xrandr --verbose | grep -i hdmi ? Did you test different HDMI cables? Are

[ubuntu-studio-users] [solved] Krita view and/or export issue - Was: Migration from Gimp to Krita

2019-05-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2019-05-27 at 13:26 +0200, Tommy Hjalmarsson wrote: > Krita has App image and Flatpack also. > https://krita.org/en/download/krita-desktop/ Thank you, even if an alternate install would solve the issue, it wouldn't be a solution for me. Good maintained software should always work on

[ubuntu-studio-users] Krita view and/or export issue - Was: Migration from Gimp to Krita

2019-05-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
If somebody wants to use Krita, too ;). I asked at the Krita mailing list. On my machine Krita's view is terribly broken. https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kimageshop/2019-May/015629.html -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

[ubuntu-studio-users] Migration from Gimp to Krita

2019-05-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, due to increasing issues with Gimp, I try to migrate from Gimp to Krita. Is anybody experienced in using Krita? At the moment I'm puzzled on how to come closer to "what you see is nearly what you get", than what I experience at the moment, see https://i.imgur.com/2AySCGp.png. The wallpaper

[ubuntu-studio-users] [solved] Linux tool to convert sf2 to sfz

2019-05-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, Polyphone 2.0 is available for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. https://www.polyphone-soundfonts.com/en/download https://www.archlinux.org/packages/comm ... polyphone/ I successfully used Polyphone to convert sf2 to sfz. A free account gives access to download several usable soundfonts.

[ubuntu-studio-users] Linux tool to convert sf2 to sfz

2019-05-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, does somebody know a Linux tool for automatically converting soundfonts from sf2 to sfz? Regards, Ralf PS: I already installed 2 Windows tools, but would prefer a Linux tool. If somebody should be interested to test those, too: On Linux sforzando Version 1.933 and sfZed beta 0.9 can be

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Kali Distro

2019-05-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 8 May 2019 19:08:57 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >modern pencils for graphic tablets This should read^^^ tablet PCs :D. -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubu

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Kali Distro

2019-05-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, IMO an AIO approach always requires a rotten compromise. Not only related to the chosen Linux distro, but also to the chosen hardware. You either chose climate protection or you chose a super-computer with a super-instruction set, that anyway is not used by packages provided from

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Web design/theme contribution

2019-04-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, if you need photos of a mixing console, small, not original British, keyboards from small Bluetooth to a real synth, guitars from classic to electric, assimilated by the hex pickup Borg, airbrush from a more or less unknown brand to DeVilbiss cult, pencils, 35mm film, an analog reflex camera,

[ubuntu-studio-users] MIDI in for VirtualBox iOS guest

2019-03-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, the Synth One open-source project [ https://github.com/AudioKit/AudioKitSynthOne ], unfortunately not available for Linux, runs fine installed to an iOS 12.2 VirtualBox guest [ https://i.imgur.com/4rHkCs4.jpg ]. Audio out works and is available for usage by the Linux host.

[ubuntu-studio-users] Bluetooth headphone

2019-03-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, I'm looking for an over ear bluetooth headphone. I like semi-open headphones with unobtrusive bass. In the studio I'm using the discontinued diffuse field-equalised AKG 240 DF since decades. It's not a bluetooth headphone and for sure not the best headphone for hifi enjoyment, but it's

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Audio Handbook

2019-02-19 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:30:45 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >There were a lot of discussions related to Calf >plugins, perhaps the AudioHandbook should take them into account, for >example >http://lists.ardour.org/pipermail/ardour-users-ardour.org/2018-November/date.html. Oops, this is th

Re: Anacron/Cron needed by default anymore?

2019-02-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 09:59:01 -0800, Bryan Quigley wrote: >Subject: Anacron/Cron needed by default anymore? ^^ Oops, I missed that part :D. You don't want to drop it completely. --

Re: Anacron/Cron needed by default anymore?

2019-02-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 09:59:01 -0800, Bryan Quigley wrote: >Based on a disco desktop current jobs: >apport - clean all crash reports which are older than a week. >apt-compat - says to prefer the systemd timers >bsdmainutils - BSD mainutils calendar daily maintenance script >cracklib-runtime - make a

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Continuing problem with Ubuntu upgrade

2019-02-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:20:05 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >sudo systemd-nspawn -bqD /mount/point/ When finished you need to shutdown the install booted in the container by running shutdown -h now even while it's just running in a container, it is booted inside the container and needs a s

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Continuing problem with Ubuntu upgrade

2019-02-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, did you backup your install (not just data, but the complete install)? I would restore my install from a backup and try to upgrade the restored install. If you shouldn't have a backup, you could try to fix the install from an Ubuntu flavour live DVD. 1. Boot the live Ubuntu flavour. 2.

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Continuing problem with Ubuntu upgrade

2019-02-11 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 22:24:13 -0500, sci...@vex.net wrote: >The router knows about pppoe. What does "the router knows" mean? ^ You need to enable PPPoE pass through by the router's settings dialog. However, that it worked in the past, doesn't mean that it is still

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Continuing problem with Ubuntu upgrade

2019-02-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 08:00:36 -0500, sci...@vex.net wrote: >It suggests "apt-get -f install". I tried this but it doesn't appear >that networking is up. For connecting by DHCP run sudo dhcpcd $(basename $(ls -d /sys/class/net/enp?s0)) For establishing the Internet access via PPPoE run sudo

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Possible explanation of my problems with Ubuntu Studio 18.10 and video may require more than 768MB in some cases

2018-12-05 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 14:27:15 -0500, Mike Squires wrote: >I wonder if it might have something to do with the security updates >for the various problems like Spectre. You could disable those mitigations, but they unlikely cause that kind or performance issue. Read this thread, IOW this request and

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Possible explanation of my problems with Ubuntu Studio 18.10 and video may require more than 768MB in some cases

2018-12-05 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 14:27:15 -0500, Mike Squires wrote: >My guess is that there is something about the low-latency kernel that >causes my dual Xeon quad core to slow down dramatically. You are dual booting between two releases of Ubuntu, one is running ok, the other does cause performance issues?

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Possible explanation of my problems with Ubuntu Studio 18.10 and video may require more than 768MB in some cases

2018-12-05 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, the described performance issues could also happen, if a disc drive is broken. Sometimes strange things also happen, if the CMOS battery is getting low. Usually, but not necessarily running sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda ^^^ gives a pointer. Replace "sda" with the

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] New version of Calf plugins (and a failed ISO build)

2018-11-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 24 Nov 2018 17:25:05 -0800 (PST), Len Ovens wrote: >I use $88CAD walmart specials on Ardour with no problem. In general I >don't even need my glasses like I do for reading. YMMV... The Ardour font and screen size issue is a CRT issue. Regarding the LCD quality the issue isn't related to

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] New version of Calf plugins (and a failed ISO build)

2018-11-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 24 Nov 2018 13:15:36 -0800 (PST), Len Ovens wrote: >I have found that the only problem with Ubuntu is that it is the >easiest Linux to access and so gets more newy users than Arch (for >example). I have found that more than 50% of all ubuntu user problems >are using Ardour/Jack with a USB

Re: blacklist pcspkr

2018-11-06 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 06 Nov 2018 11:19:07 +0100, Oliver Grawert wrote: >isnt it great that ubuntu allows you to modify the default (that >pleases the majority of users) I seriously doubt that the majority of users is pleased by a blacklisted pcspkr. It isn't great that Ubuntu defaults to something stupid, the

blacklist pcspkr

2018-11-05 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, when upgrading Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS right now I noticed something alarming. "Configuration file '/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf' ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation. ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version. What would you like to do about it ? Your

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] [off-topic] Problems installing 18.10

2018-11-04 Thread Ralf Mardorf
>On 10/31/18 1:02 PM, Mike Squires wrote: >> will try to migrate them to a MS Windows 7 VM soon I migrated from a XP guest to a Windows 7 guest, because the software I need isn't supported for XP anymore. Since we don't know how long the needed software will be supported for Windows 7, consider

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] GIMP 2.10.6 - Was: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Cosmic Release Notes

2018-10-19 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:41:35 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >For testing purpose I downgrade GIMP to 2.8.22, it can't open the >version 11 file, but despite a lot of soname issues (I didn't >downgrade the dependenicies, too), it can open the file saved with >2.10.6 ...that was saved aft

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] GIMP 2.10.6 - Was: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Cosmic Release Notes

2018-10-19 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:24:08 +, Erich Eickmeyer wrote: >this seems like stuff that belongs in a bug report The bugs do so, but not the backwards compatibility information. So here's a last related mail with some information. A package allows the user to see what XCF version is used:

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] GIMP 2.10.6 - Was: Cosmic Release Notes

2018-10-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On 18 Oct 2018, at 17:39, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> On 18 Oct 2018, at 13:20, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> I just downloaded the current daily build and will test GIMP 2.10 on >> Ubuntu Studio cosmic, too. I'll report back. > The computer was unused for a while, so I wasn't surpr

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] GIMP 2.10.6 - Was: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Cosmic Release Notes

2018-10-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On 18 Oct 2018, at 17:39, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> On 18 Oct 2018, at 13:20, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> I just downloaded the current daily build and will test GIMP 2.10 on >> Ubuntu Studio cosmic, too. I'll report back. > The computer was unused for a while, so I wasn't surpr

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] GIMP 2.10.6 - Was: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Cosmic Release Notes

2018-10-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
> On 18 Oct 2018, at 13:20, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > I just downloaded the current daily build and will test GIMP 2.10 on > Ubuntu Studio cosmic, too. I'll report back. Hi, booting 20181017.2 "Live" worked without issues, btw. nice splash screen. The desktop appeared. I

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] GIMP 2.10.6 - Was: Cosmic Release Notes

2018-10-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
> On 18 Oct 2018, at 13:20, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > I just downloaded the current daily build and will test GIMP 2.10 on > Ubuntu Studio cosmic, too. I'll report back. Hi, booting 20181017.2 "Live" worked without issues, btw. nice splash screen. The desktop appeared. I

[ubuntu-studio-users] GIMP 2.10.6 - Was: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Cosmic Release Notes

2018-10-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2018-10-17 at 20:32 -0700, Hank Stanglow wrote: > On 10/17/2018 07:55 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > just a warning regarding GIMP 2.10.6. > > > > Two days ago I used it on Arch Linux. It's more or less unusable. > Oh wow, thanks for that important first hand ac

[ubuntu-studio-devel] GIMP 2.10.6 - Was: Cosmic Release Notes

2018-10-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2018-10-17 at 20:32 -0700, Hank Stanglow wrote: > On 10/17/2018 07:55 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > just a warning regarding GIMP 2.10.6. > > > > Two days ago I used it on Arch Linux. It's more or less unusable. > Oh wow, thanks for that important first hand ac

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Cosmic Release Notes

2018-10-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
>On Oct 17, 2018, at 4:34 PM, Ross Gammon wrote: >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CosmicCuttlefish/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuStudio Hi, just a warning regarding GIMP 2.10.6. Two days ago I used it on Arch Linux. It's more or less unusable. It turns out that independent of the used distro GIMP 2.10.x is

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] [ubuntu-studio-devel] Fwd: Non-final, but very testable (hint, hint) Cosmic RC builds

2018-10-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 20:56:14 -0500, Glenn Holmer wrote: >I thought I might get a more relevant and complete answer >from the people actually using Ubuntu Studio. Ross and I provided the relevant and complete description. Ross Gammon wrote: "It allows you to change your audio setti

[ubuntu-studio-users] Assume good faith - Was: Non-final, but very testable (hint, hint) Cosmic RC builds

2018-10-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
n wrote: >On 24/08/18 11:38, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 11:04:40 +0100, Peter Flynn wrote: >>>>>> Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>>>>>> Please read >>>>>>> http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] [ubuntu-studio-devel] Fwd: Non-final, but very testable (hint, hint) Cosmic RC builds

2018-10-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2018-10-15 at 10:10 -0700, Erich Eickmeyer wrote: > On 10/15/2018 9:58 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:49:16 -0500, Glenn Holmer wrote: > > > On 10/14/2018 11:03 AM, Len Ovens wrote: > > > > In particular, ubuntustudio-controls ha

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] [ubuntu-studio-devel] Fwd: Non-final, but very testable (hint, hint) Cosmic RC builds

2018-10-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
PS: Also consider to read package descriptions, by e.g. using apt show 'ubuntustudio-controls' $ apt show '*studio-controls' 2>/dev/null|tail -3 Description: Ubuntu Studio Controls is a small application that enables/disables realtime privilege for users -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] [ubuntu-studio-devel] Fwd: Non-final, but very testable (hint, hint) Cosmic RC builds

2018-10-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:49:16 -0500, Glenn Holmer wrote: >On 10/14/2018 11:03 AM, Len Ovens wrote: >> In particular, ubuntustudio-controls has had the most changes. Please >> test it to death. > >What exactly is that? Hi, http://www.letmegooglethat.com/?q=man+ubuntustudio-controls There seems

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] availability of alternate DEs

2018-10-11 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 06:59:29 +, jaquil...@eagleeyet.net wrote: >On 2018-10-11 06:43, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 06:31:01 +0200, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: >>> If the below is accurate what issues could be encountered in terms >>> of configur

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] availability of alternate DEs

2018-10-11 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 06:31:01 +0200, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: >If the below is accurate what issues could be encountered in terms of >configuration? For example an incomplete "NotShowIn" list for desktop files. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ grep NotShowIn

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] availability of alternate DEs

2018-10-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 22:22:08 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >let alone of e.g. panels that might be replaced after using a file >manager of another desktop environment. this should read panels _and wallpapers_ ;) -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] availability of alternate DEs

2018-10-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2018-10-07 at 15:48 -0400, lukefro...@hushmail.com wrote: > The main issue I have seen is having to tweak startup prograns from a > session's > control panel to keep multiple copies of the desktop icons from being > displayed > by multiple file managers. I have MATE, GNOME, and Cinnamon

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] availability of alternate DEs

2018-10-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 7 Oct 2018 21:42:36 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >I would reduce it to switching between window mangers, never does cause >an issue Oops, my apologies, even this isn't true :D. -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsub

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] availability of alternate DEs

2018-10-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 15:27:25 -0400, lukefro...@hushmail.com wrote: >Most DE's are designed not to conflict with any other DE Yesno :D, for some more or less exceptional cases, regarding so called major DEs, you and I know better :p. A "conflict" might not be the right term for some issues, users

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