Re: Alternative to VLC

2023-04-09 Thread Tim via users
Tim: >> It really bogs down the PC, I've got little chance to open a terminal. >> You could hammer away on VLC's close gadget and not get noticed. I >> nearly always have to kill X with CTRL ALT BACKSPACE as about the only >> way to deal with it. ToddAndMargo: > Try > > do a ps and a kill -

Re: How do I do a group reinstall of Xfce?

2023-04-09 Thread Tim via users
On Sun, 2023-04-09 at 15:34 -0500, Ron Flory via users wrote: > Hopefully reactivating an old thread whose reply does not work with FC37... > > I have an x86 FC37 XFCE-spin whose GUI setups had a kind of creeping > death, then went bonkers. > > I'd like to force-reinstall XFCE completely (no

Re: Alternative to VLC

2023-04-09 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 4/9/23 18:51, Slade Watkins via users wrote: On Apr 8, 2023, at 6:04 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: VLC can play a lot of stuff, but the player has so, so many bugs in it that I am thinking it is time to give up on VLC. Parole seems to work okay. You guys have a favorite sub for VLC

Re: Alternative to VLC

2023-04-09 Thread Slade Watkins via users
> On Apr 8, 2023, at 6:04 AM, ToddAndMargo via users > wrote: > > VLC can play a lot of stuff, but the player > has so, so many bugs in it that I am thinking > it is time to give up on VLC. Parole seems to > work okay. > > You guys have a favorite sub for VLC? I use Parole in place of VLC

Re: How do I do a group reinstall of Xfce?

2023-04-09 Thread Ron Flory via users
 that would be a bad thing, but you misunderstand-   force 'install' (ala 'rpm' command), even if already installed...  I see now that dnf supports 'reinstall'. ron On 4/9/2023 6:20 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 4/9/23 14:5

Re: How do I do a group reinstall of Xfce?

2023-04-09 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 4/9/23 14:51, Ron Flory via users wrote:   (I wonder why/when dnf removed their "-force" switch (for install) ?) dnf never had a "force" option, just rpm. Why do you need it? What would it do? Do you really want it to remove itself? ___ users

Re: Alternative to VLC

2023-04-09 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 4/9/23 02:37, Tim via users wrote: Tim: I can only say I've noticed one bug with VLC: If you have repeat play on and try to play a broken file it'll deadloop with very heavy CPU use, and it's nearly impossible to make it quit. Joe Zeff: kill -9 should do it. It really bogs down the PC,

Re: How do I do a group reinstall of Xfce?

2023-04-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2023-04-09 at 15:34 -0500, Ron Flory via users wrote: >   I'd like to force-reinstall XFCE completely (no desire to save any > X/XFCE configs-  would like all that re-initialized, like a XFCE-spin > fresh-install (at least for the X-stuff only). Your per-user config won't be affected by a

Re: How do I do a group reinstall of Xfce?

2023-04-09 Thread Ron Flory via users
 yes, also tried startxfce4 (which I imagine startx also indirectly calls).  both act the same, and same xfc* processes are running.  No good.  XFCE display is just 'not right', and most gui apps refuse to allow resize, etc.  Interestingly, the xscreensaver (with password prompt) seems to loo

Re: How do I do a group reinstall of Xfce?

2023-04-09 Thread Joe Zeff
On 04/09/2023 02:34 PM, Ron Flory via users wrote:  Note: I start FC37 in text-mode (lightdm), and only run X when I need it by running 'startx'. First, you should really be using startxfce4, but if startx works, it's not important. Second, are you doing this in text mode, without ever ha

Re: How do I do a group reinstall of Xfce?

2023-04-09 Thread Ron Flory via users
Hopefully reactivating an old thread whose reply does not work with FC37...  I have an x86 FC37 XFCE-spin whose GUI setups had a kind of creeping death, then went bonkers.  I'd like to force-reinstall XFCE completely (no desire to save any X/XFCE configs-  would like all that re-initialized,

Re: Warning for KDE users with HiDPI displays

2023-04-09 Thread Francis . Montagnac
On Sun, 09 Apr 2023 14:59:43 -0400 Go Canes wrote: > According to my system, 5.27.3 is in updates, 5.27.4 is in > updates-testing (at least for Fedora 36). Right: 5.27.4 is in updates for Fedora 37, not for 36. -- francis ___ users mailing list -- us

Re: Warning for KDE users with HiDPI displays

2023-04-09 Thread Go Canes
On Sun, Apr 9, 2023 at 1:35 PM wrote: > On Sun, 09 Apr 2023 08:48:39 -0400 Go Canes wrote: >> 5.27.3 appears to fix the issue (so far). 5.27.4 is in >> updates-testing, so it should be released in the next few weeks. > > I think 5.27.4 is already in the updates, at least for the plasma-desktop >

Re: Warning for KDE users with HiDPI displays

2023-04-09 Thread Francis . Montagnac
Hi. On Sun, 09 Apr 2023 08:48:39 -0400 Go Canes wrote: > On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 10:11 AM Go Canes wrote: >> I "dnf updated" today and it took my system to KDE Plasma 5.27.1, and >> there is an issue with scaling on HiDPI displays. > 5.27.3 appears to fix the issue (so far). 5.27.4 is in >

Re: Warning for KDE users with HiDPI displays

2023-04-09 Thread Go Canes
On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 10:11 AM Go Canes wrote: > > I "dnf updated" today and it took my system to KDE Plasma 5.27.1, and > there is an issue with scaling on HiDPI displays. As near as I can > tell the issue isn't fixed until 5.27.4, but that is not yet available > in updates-testing. There are

Re: Alternative to VLC

2023-04-09 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Sat, Apr 08, 2023 at 08:38:17PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: I installed SMPlayer. It is a GUI for MPlayer, but dnf download mvp and mot mplayer, so go figure. It works though. smplayer depends on mpv/mplayer. And mpv is based on mplayer. dnf -C repoquery --deplist smplayer vlc ha

Re: Alternative to VLC

2023-04-09 Thread Tim via users
Tim: >> I can only say I've noticed one bug with VLC: If you have repeat play >> on and try to play a broken file it'll deadloop with very heavy CPU >> use, and it's nearly impossible to make it quit. Joe Zeff: > kill -9 should do it. It really bogs down the PC, I've got little chance to open a