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#76 Re: Off-topic » Xfwm4 (and Openbox) Window Themes » 2017-06-01 13:45:23
Are gParted and Synaptic overdue for a Qt (or X-apps?) re-skin, or some such? I've often wondered. Sad a few gtk-fronted apps drag so much around. I remember a brief fling with an Enlightenment (?) presentation of parted - more beautifully done than gParted, better GUI. Meanwhile I'll try to use those themes while testing ISOs.
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(Shouldn't this be under Desktop?)
#77 Re: Off-topic » Xfwm4 (and Openbox) Window Themes » 2017-06-01 04:58:18
Ooo! Do these affect Synaptic too? (I read somewhere it needs GTK2 or GTK3 theme files or something) - depending on version.
#78 Re: Installation » Minimal bare bone Devuan installation (<50Mb) ? » 2017-05-31 21:42:03
OP reminds me of StaticLinux … and SliTAZ, now that I think on it … and TinyCore. (For cloud bot?)
#79 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Is It safe to use linux libre on devuan ascii or devuan jessie? » 2017-05-31 06:53:38
(Don't all those links lead to the same repo?)
Would the latest of each LTS series make excellent starting points in searching for hardware?
#80 Re: Off-topic » OSS, ALSA, pulseaudio, JACK, ... » 2017-05-31 03:37:45
This speaker system only does AC3/5.1 via optical cable or RCA … and sometimes surround sound is significant.
The computer's 3.5mm jacks do simple stereo (and mic) only; no digital-out RCA jack.
(Some time ago I remember a nice writeup that noted dmix is useful for ALSA …)
On other systems,
I may want one app to send AC3/5.1 to speakers while another brings stereo to headphones.
Can ALSA handle that?
(note - my original post was about ordinary users' accessibility to controls, not a promotion of PA.)
#81 Re: DIY » automatically disable screensaver during video (incl. web browser) » 2017-05-30 00:54:08
Yes, screensaver made sense back when it saved a CRT from phosphor burnout. Generally obsoleted by modern screen tech.
Now I only use one to keep a screen active.
#82 Re: Other Issues » Libreoffice causes Mate main menu to freeze. Openbox slows down too. » 2017-05-29 01:33:41
One nice thing about using lower-spec systems is the revelation of poor practices.
#83 Re: Devuan » The future of 32bit and Devuan? » 2017-05-29 01:30:30
Perhaps the motivation to deprecate support of older hardware comes from (new) hardware vendor "contributions"?
#84 Re: DIY » automatically disable screensaver during video (incl. web browser) » 2017-05-29 01:12:33
On one system, I have to use a screensaver to keep the LED+LCD display from shutting down due to boredom.
Otherwise it suspends while I'm watching a movie!
If a video is playing fullscreen, I'd think suppressing the screensaver makes sense - provided someone's watching.
Pausing the video as well might be a way to save electrical energy ... tradeoff for human energy, of course ... hey, wake up! Aw...
#85 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » No configuration options when (re)installing lirc » 2017-05-28 17:00:59
I just installed lirc in devuan, and the messages I get at the end of the install say that there is no /etc/lircd.conf and to configure it manually. …
I assumed the configuration file should have been produced by the installation script from the options presented. That's how I remember it working in the past. Apparently that's changed.
Was there any indication of how to configure manually, or where to find a closest-match configuration?
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(posted and frequently revised to avoid logout during composition)
#86 Re: Off-topic » OSS, ALSA, pulseaudio, JACK, ... » 2017-05-28 16:56:06
Say a user has a speaker system that accepts digital audio over optical cable, or RCA cable from HDMI-fed display.analog stereo via RCA from HDMI device (sorry!)
(My headphones handle analog stereo via 3.5mm; just not the same.)
What does ALSA (with or without apulse) offer?
Hotplug auto-sense?
Format selection (FLAC, AAC, DTS, AC3 … 5.1, stereo)?
List-and-select sound-circuits, source/sink connections?
A fully-functional GUI or Full Manual?
Easily-edited self-documenting plain-text scripts?
#87 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » No configuration options when (re)installing lirc » 2017-05-25 02:30:53
So ... should this question be moved to "Issues" then?
#88 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » wicd disrespect » 2017-05-20 01:59:19
Just to be clear, I had no problem with wired (with some ISOs) as long as I kept wicd up so I could toggle Connect 'manually'. Didn't try wifi.
I also test by plugging and unplugging the cable. Few derivatives I tried handle that well - two using connman did, though.
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*Sadly, some wouldn't connect at all. How can I switch from network-manager/wicd to connman?
(ed.2017JUN12-13)
#89 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Hey, I don't need help! » 2017-05-19 17:48:12
Yes, and it's especially nice that (most) changes while live don't have to be repeated post-install.
#90 Hardware & System Configuration » wicd disrespect » 2017-05-19 17:40:49
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While trying out Dev1[Jessie_1-0-0-RC2]x64-live,
wicd ignores shut-off-wifi_checkbox, and doesn't automatically restore wired connection when reconnected.
At least, on my old test box.
Is this how it's supposed to work?
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*Also applies to release, and several derivatives. Sigh. (ed.2017JUN12)
#91 Devuan Derivatives » Derived how? » 2017-05-19 17:37:09
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If the base distro is only up to RC2, how have these spins been derived? Conversion from DebIan? Are there (DIY?) scripts/checklists for that?
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#92 Hardware & System Configuration » No configuration options when (re)installing lirc » 2017-05-18 11:48:16
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While trying out Dev1[Jessie_1-0-0-RC2]x64-live, adding lirc (0.9.0~pre1-1.2 *) did not include ncurses/terminal options for specifying remote/IR-blaster etc - is this expected/normal?
(and is this the right place to ask?)
Another package ran ncurses in terminal correctly*.
*added.20170518-10:38
[question persists in release, subject line adjusted 2017-05-28]
#93 Re: Devuan Derivatives » ZephyrLinux re-branded to Crowz » 2017-04-07 17:26:13
Nothing anonymous about the Linux Foundation's Zephyr project, though it's not Linux per se.
That said, best wishes for a successful re-branding. (sigh)
#94 Re: Off-topic » OSS, ALSA, pulseaudio, JACK, ... » 2017-04-06 22:47:20
Unless someone thinks substituting apulse and/or ALSA is a better idea?
#95 Re: Other Issues » Packages from beyond Dev1 repos » 2017-04-06 22:43:46
"… Looks like libdvd-pkg might be a 'free' version of libdvdcss…"
vlc and libdvdcss have always been Freed Open-Source software, As-Far-As-I-Know.
Some cartels bribe repressive regimes to suppress them, though.
libdvd-pkg automates downloading, compiling and installing (libdvdcss2 & libdvdcss-dev) from source - and optionally updating the same way.
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I did get the libdvdcss2 binary from deb-multimedia.org to install, with whining about authentication.
#96 Other Issues » Packages from beyond Dev1 repos » 2017-04-06 07:12:00
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How should packages from other projects (outside Dev1 repositories) be brought in?
For example, (a dated version of) vlc is in-repo, but libdvdcss is (apparently) not.
[added 2017/APR/06] Other than AppImage, that is.
#97 Off-topic » OSS, ALSA, pulseaudio, JACK, ... » 2017-04-06 07:04:42
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In the early 2000's pulseaudio was under the first sound GUI that worked for HDMI connections (for me).
Nothing else (I could find) had a viable GUI, or even just accurate comprehensible documentation. Just sayin'.
#98 Re: Devuan Derivatives » distro: "Good Life Linux" (Devuan + LXDE) 32+64bit ISOs » 2017-04-06 06:58:00
The Good-Life-Linux SourceForge project was the first Devuan derivative distro that could successfully reload from repository for me.
[added 2017APR06] Could be a temporary outage issue; other ISOs are starting to work too.
[added 2014JUN13] Have all the spins updated their sources?
[added 2017APR07] First ISOs used XFCE - perhaps topic title needs update?
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