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#1 Re: DIY » ScrotShot, simple GUI frontend for scrot » 2025-07-13 07:59:46

Actually option #3 does that too

Excellent!

#2 Re: DIY » ScrotShot, simple GUI frontend for scrot » 2025-07-12 10:17:49

I would miss a forth option that I use very often (with the default KDE app): 4. Select window using the mouse.

#3 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Could not write to external drives after update » 2025-06-22 17:30:05

Devarch wrote:

computer science isn't an exact science. :lol

I see your smile, but can't stop myself:

It is, but we rely on damn hardware :lol

#4 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Could not write to external drives after update » 2025-06-22 08:14:18

Check the logs looking for something unusual. I came across a similar puzzling problem years ago to find that a damaged file system was put read only automatically when an error in it was detected. So, the culprit was the USB drive, not the system.

#5 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Error in an effort to run an X client in a remote X Display. » 2025-06-10 09:51:18

chomwitt wrote:

How will i restart the X server in xdm or another display manager?

Restarting the display manager restarts the X server. With SysV, service YOUR_DM restart. As I said, just logging out and in does not read the new configuration values. So, the procedure shoud be: log out, restart DM, log in again.

chomwitt wrote:

For the moment i try using network transparency without using ssh.

Understood. It will be very educational. I hope the best to you smile. By the way, I felt in love with the old X system when I succeded doing what you are trying now. Back then (circa 1998) I didn't know the very existence of ssh.

#6 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Error in an effort to run an X client in a remote X Display. » 2025-06-09 15:00:41

Logging out from XDM and llogginh again in didnt work.

It makes sense: the X server is not restarted.

Changing -nolisten to -listen it'll be effective after restarting the whole system.

No need to: just restart the X server.

Did you try to ssh -X into your remote box?

#7 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » What is the procedure for sound out of alsa without pulseaudio? » 2025-06-03 12:00:24

Preliminary strace suggests it needs a "mixer" PCM

I had this problem trying to use HDMI sound output, but when I selected analogic output (the one asked for by OP), it worked.

#8 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » What is the procedure for sound out of alsa without pulseaudio? » 2025-06-03 09:15:28

I use mocp in my only-ALSA Daedalus box; it should work regardless of DE. Have you instaled alsa-utils?

@ralph.ronnquist: mocp belongs to the moc package.

#9 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] certbot renewal cron script » 2025-04-22 06:58:16

Your cron entry misses the user field. I made the same error in my cron entry tailor-made for acme.sh smile

May be you'd need the full path of certbot, you just check it out, because I'm not sure.

#10 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » openoffice writer and impress constantly crash Xorg » 2025-04-15 09:18:52

Heavy LibreOffice user here. I ditched OpenOffice long long ago, even after writing a course to teach how to use it. If your milleage allows it, my suggestion is to give LibreOffice a try.

#11 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Desktop locking up / temp freezes » 2025-04-13 08:24:45

Maybe we couldn't get nothing from my idea, but I would run a RAM checker, such as
https://www.memtest86.com/
Sometimes odd things happen when the OS reaches some previously unused RAM areas.

#12 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] new installation with a few problems and a 'core boot file' » 2025-04-01 07:30:09

Have you tried to start libreoffice off a console to see any error messages?

#13 Re: Other Issues » Audio over HDMI not working » 2025-03-17 09:50:07

I would try to override the default system audio using VLC. This program can change audio output on the fly: Audio -> audio device (or similar, my interface is not in English). I used this method successfully to track down some similar issues in the past.

#14 Re: Off-topic » Note taking » 2025-02-20 10:30:11

I use text files too. But if I'm on the go and I only carry my phone, I take audio voice notes.

#15 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Black screen afte boot » 2025-01-25 08:32:28

Tweedlewise wrote:

2. Not related to this sub-forum, but how do I rip my music CD's to my Music folder?
    (I read something about "flac" but it apparently isn't loaded on my PC, apt-get didn't get it either)

K3b will do: https://apps.kde.org/k3b/
Using this tool yo can rip audio CD to many audio formats.
Flac is considered the best option: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAC

#17 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Mounting HDD in a USB cradle » 2025-01-11 12:33:27

Your USB-connected disk is recognized as /dev/sdb1. So, you can mount it typing this order as root: mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt. After that, you can access to its content through the /mnt/ directory. When finished, type as root umount /mnt, wait a bit for the prompt and unplug.

#18 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Help needed to install Devuan Beowulf on Asus Mini-PC » 2024-12-22 10:05:28

stevend wrote:

please excuse any silly questions or errors

No problem with that in this forum. Feel confident.

stevend wrote:

I have a Asus Mini-PC PN41

It seems a very sleek box. Devuan Daedalus will fly on it.

Just to us to be on the right track: do you plan to dual-boot this computer, i.e.: to maintain the original OS along Devuan?

#19 Re: Documentation » How to: Devuan 5 Daedalus an pipewire » 2024-12-15 08:53:29

greenjeans wrote:

Am I the only old geezer who runs pure ALSA and nothing else?

You're not smile. I keep using pure ALSA on all my desktop systems. So far, I don't need any layer on it. Sometimes I have to fiddle with configuration files, but everytime successfully.

#20 Re: Off-topic » What are you reading/want to read ? » 2024-11-27 10:26:40

it's funny the different cultural contexts of language, in the U.S. "hurling" is colloquial for vomiting

Language is such a beast! Very funny, greenjeans. Thank you.

#21 Re: Off-topic » What are you reading/want to read ? » 2024-11-26 10:14:29

I just started to read The Epic Origins of Hurling. I'm Spanish and love hurling.

#22 Re: Off-topic » A Libreoffice Writer ODT that Crashes the Devuan Desktop » 2024-11-06 10:01:04

Out of curiosity, I opened the file https://github.com/alexkemp9/Python3doc … /3_new.odt in my oooold Debian 7 (32 bits) box:

LibreOffice: 5.0.0.5
cat /etc/debian_version => 7.11
uname -srm => Linux 3.2.0-6-686-pae i686

It worked: no freezzes, no problems, fast loading times.

#23 Re: Freedom Hacks » Automounting USB Drives (NTFS, exFAT) with dmask=022,fmask=133 » 2024-09-10 08:53:11

After 20 years, at last I know how to fix this annoying behaviour. Thanks a lot!

#25 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Stupid music player tricks » 2024-03-13 08:27:30

deepforest wrote:

But if you tell me how, i can test lossless music with Audacious.

There are quite a few FLAC files readly available for you to download.

You can try this: http://pedroreina.net/desarrollos/ca/ca0010.flac

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