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#676 Re: Forum Feedback » Much ado about nothing » 2018-06-16 22:01:40

cynwulf wrote:

+1

I'm sure this has been implemented with the very best of intentions.....

WOW! It's good to "see" you cynwulf! smile

As to the troll possibilities...

All of this X and Y stuff has given me a nervous jerkdown in remembrance of high school algebra; whereas, it has conjured up memories of mathematical formulas that I use in my work today; therefore (and as a byproduct), I am reminded of basic sentence structure; as such, I am reminded of basic English punctuation and must reprimand myself for using run-on sentences; however, I like using lots of punctuation n'stuff...whether it's called for or not ('cause that's the way I roll); as such, I trust that most here are level headed enough to recognize trollism and will mark said trolls appropriately...n'stuff...n'other stuff n'such...n'stuff.

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#677 Re: Off-topic » Music » 2018-06-16 17:16:46

For those times when you just wanna sit back, relax, and stinkin' rock...

Thin Lizzy: The Boys are Back in Town

#678 Re: Off-topic » I didn't do it!!! » 2018-06-16 16:08:39

Oh dear!

Perhaps I should have called it...

AWYWWHtRWYDW-OS (Add What You Want Without Having to Remove What You Don't Want OS)

...or is OS already taken...

LOLOLOL!!! tongue

#679 Re: Off-topic » Show your desktop (rebooted) » 2018-06-16 14:58:41

Still playing with PekWM...and REALLY liking it! Why is this window manager lesser known and not more widely used? Got the right-click menu more to my liking, and I substituted the tint2 panel with fbpanel. So now, I have stinkin' dynamic menus all over the stinkin' place...and it's still light on resources! big_smile

Still more work to do and stuff to discover n'stuff. tongue

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#680 Re: Off-topic » I didn't do it!!! » 2018-06-16 14:53:03

I'm just hoping I don't get threatened with a lawsuit!

LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!! tongue

#681 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » How to install KDE using apt-get ? » 2018-06-16 12:48:24

For a very basic Plasma desktop, install...

plasma-desktop

...that doesn't install any of the normal Plasma related items; such as, Dolphin, Konqueror, Kwrite, etc... but it gives you the Plasma desktop. If you want to add Plasma related items, you'll have to install them separately.

Here's a link to where I built a very minimal Plasma. Keep in mind, this was done SEVERAL months ago...

http://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=5378#p5378

#682 Off-topic » I didn't do it!!! » 2018-06-15 21:56:25

MiyoLinux
Replies: 11

The following product is in no way associated with MiyoLinux...

LOLOLOL!!! tongue

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#683 Re: Off-topic » Show your desktop (rebooted) » 2018-06-13 22:33:37

That looks great zephyr! big_smile

Been playing around with PekWM the last couple of days... smile

PekWM with tint2...just now found time to start trying to configure it a little bit...gotta do something with that default menu. tongue

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#684 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2018-06-12 23:51:52

Just uploaded the miyo-awesome.png (wallpaper) and the slim theme used in Miyo-Awesome to Sourceforge...in case any MiyoLinux (Openbox) users would like to have them. The miyo-awesome-slim theme is a bit more subdued than what is included in MiyoLinux (Openbox)...which includes the screenlock and logout screens. Make sure to read the instructions that are included in case you want to revert back to the original. wink

EDITED TO ADD: the miyo-awesome.png (wallpaper) is in the Wallpaper folder. The miyo-awesome-slim-theme is in the Themes folder on Sourceforge. Information is sometimes helpful...as are links! tongue

https://sourceforge.net/projects/miyolinux/files/

Still debating on whether to move completely over to OSDN instead of SourceForge. tongue

#686 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [SOLVED] Something is shutting off signal to monitor after 10 minutes » 2018-06-11 23:49:22

Ron wrote:

I've deleted everything Openbox and LXDE so it can't be something from them doing this. I still have a few Xfce things: libexo-1-0, libxfce4ui-1-0, libxfce4ui-common, libxfce4util-common, libxfce4util7, libxfconf-0-2, and xfconf.

BTW, is it safe to delete the Xfce remnants left on my system?

Ron, I apologize for not addressing this earlier...got all wrapped up in the monitor situation. tongue

Yes, to my knowledge, it should be safe to delete those items. You have a list of them, so keep that list until after you delete them...just in case something goes all whack-a-doodle on you...you'll know what you deleted and can reinstall them. Since you're using Mate, I see no reason to keep them...but I'm not proficient in Mate-ism. wink

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#687 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [SOLVED] Something is shutting off signal to monitor after 10 minutes » 2018-06-11 17:42:36

Ron wrote:

Thanks MiyoLinux. Marking this thread as solved.

Out of curiosity, what does "dpms" stand for?

Sure thing! smile

dpms = Display Power Management Signaling

It's basically a "built-in" energy saver for X.

#688 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [SOLVED] Something is shutting off signal to monitor after 10 minutes » 2018-06-11 16:49:10

Ron wrote:

Thanks, that seemed to work. smile

If later I want to change it to a longer time for the signal to be shut off (instead of not at all), how would I do that? Everything in the line you had me edit is puzzling to me. hmm

Sure thing!

If you want it to turn off, just change the 0 (zero) to the number of MINUTES that you want to transpire before turning off the monitor. Such as, if I want it to turn off after 2 hours of inactivity, I would convert that to minutes in the command (2 x 60 = 120)...which would be...

xserver_arguments   -s 120 dpms -nolisten tcp

#689 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [SOLVED] Something is shutting off signal to monitor after 10 minutes » 2018-06-11 03:07:21

Okay...

This is actually my preferred way of stopping the monitor from turning off...don't need a power manager using resources to do the same thing. tongue

Open your terminal, and issue this command (substitute leafpad with your text editor)...

sudo leafpad /etc/slim.conf

When the file opens, the line you want to edit is close to the top. It looks like this...

xserver_arguments   -nolisten tcp

Edit that line so that it now looks like this...

xserver_arguments   -s 0 dpms -nolisten tcp

Save and close the file. Then Reboot...it might work with just a log out/log in, but I'm not sure.

Hope that helps!

#690 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [SOLVED] Something is shutting off signal to monitor after 10 minutes » 2018-06-11 02:44:25

Ron wrote:

MiyoLinux wrote:
If I remember correctly, you changed to LightDM instead of Slim.

I did, but when I reinstalled Miyo I kept Slim. So how do I change it with Slim?

Okay. It works basically the same with slim. Give me a few minutes...had to go to a store for a few items. Sorry. I'll be back soon. While I was at it, I stinkin' should've given directions for slim too... tongue LOLOLOL!

#691 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [SOLVED] Something is shutting off signal to monitor after 10 minutes » 2018-06-11 00:57:56

Hi Ron...sorry for the late reply. Our family has been out of town all day.

Anyway...let's see if this works...

If I remember correctly, you changed to LightDM instead of Slim. Open your terminal, and enter the following command...substitute leafpad with your text editor...

sudo leafpad /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

When the file opens, scroll down until you find the line [Seat Defaults]

After finding that line, look for the line #xserver-command=X

Remove the # from in front of the line, and change the line to read xserver-command=X -s 0 dpms

Save and close the file. Reboot for it to take effect...hopefully take effect.

Hope that helps!

#692 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [SOLVED] Something is shutting off signal to monitor after 10 minutes » 2018-06-10 04:20:01

Hi Ron! I'm guessing that you don't have the xfce4-power-manager installed?

Sounds like xset is what is causing the situation. Let's try this first...open your terminal and enter...

xset dpms 0 0 0

...then see if the screen turns off after 10 minutes of no activity.

#693 Re: Devuan Derivatives » crunkbong is looking for testers » 2018-06-09 18:16:48

Just gave cronkbong a "Recommend" on Distrowatch. smile

Come on folks, let's get it done! big_smile

https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=links

#695 Re: News & Announcements » Devuan 2.0 ASCII Stable » 2018-06-09 13:15:52

HOORAY!!!

Thank you to the VUAs for all of their tireless efforts! smile

#696 Re: Off-topic » Music » 2018-06-07 23:32:44

Triumph: Magic Power

Triumph: Petite Etude

...and just for fun, here's the Peanuts Gang performing Rush 2112 (full album)...SPOILER ALERT!!!...Neil Peart has nothing on Pig Pen slappin' the skins! tongue

#697 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2018-06-06 14:34:35

Wow! Thank you zephyr! That means a lot coming from you. smile

In regard to OSDN, I tried to upload there several times using their web UI, but it would always fail at various points each time. Others may have better luck with it than me. tongue I finally tried the ftp upload (using Filezilla), and it went smooth as silk on the first try. smile

Thanks again!

#698 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2018-06-06 00:43:09

I am strongly considering leaving SourceForge and Githubaloo behind and moving everything "Miyo" to OSDN...downloads, git, wiki, etc. Many thanks to mlsmith for his help in finding this and the initial setup. I will see how things go with OSDN. So far, I'm really liking what I see and what they offer. I still have a lot of work to do there, but here's a link to the MiyoLinux page on OSDN.

https://osdn.net/projects/miyolinux/

#699 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [Miyo] Question about Miyo's window managers' folder view setting » 2018-06-06 00:38:16

Ron wrote:
MiyoLinux wrote:

Well...yes and no.

The first checkmark represents the main (default) layout. It's always open (chosen). The other 3 are optional. So if you only use one pane, it's always going to be that main one...it's the one in the upper left corner.

That's not quite what I'm looking for. I can still live with Mate for the time being.

Perfectly understandable! smile

#700 Re: Off-topic » browsers ... the eternel thematic! » 2018-06-05 06:24:05

Hi oui! smile

I'm no expert, so please read my reply as such. smile

1. I've never used links2; therefore, I don't know how many resources it uses.

2. Due to the postings of two members here...siva and catprints, I eventually tried the browser surf2...which is available in the repositories. However, I can't say how it compares in resource usage to links2.

It is definitely much lighter than Firefox and Chromium, but it does take some reading on how to use it. After installing it, I was watching YouTube in just a matter of minutes (after discovering how to enable YouTube on it); however, it has been so long ago that I don't remember what I did to enable watching YouTube. tongue

Out of curiosity, I searched for the artist that you mentioned (yes, the search function works), and I watched some of her performances. She is indeed a wonderful musician, and I thoroughly enjoyed her music. Thank you for mentioning her. smile

Good luck in your search for a replacement browser! big_smile

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