tde-users May 2017

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Re: Strange clicking noise from my laptop hard drive
by Philip Ashmore 19 May '17

19 May '17

On 10/05/17 20:54, Jhoanir Torres wrote: > I think your disk is broken. > > > > On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 2:32 PM, Philip Ashmore > <contact(a)philipashmore.com <mailto:contact@philipashmore.com>> wrote: > > Hi there. > > I managed to record it using my laptops built-in microphone. > > To those who would prefer a description: > It starts fast and slows down. I opened the file with Audacity and > determined the intervals to be 0.1, 0.3, 0.6, 10, 15 seconds, then > it repeats. > > It sounds like some kind of protocol negotiation algorithm that > requires a disk sync when the polling time doubles. > > Here's a link for your listening pleasure: > https://www.dropbox.com/s/apdr1o056tam5ie/click.wav?dl=0 > <https://www.dropbox.com/s/apdr1o056tam5ie/click.wav?dl=0> > > I'm hoping it's some cron job, or DropBox, Trinity Desktop, wifi, > smart disk status monitoring, nVidia, Intel, ... not a virus trying > to phone home. > > I'm really hoping that someone reading this will go "oh that thing" > and know what it is instantly. > > Curiously it doesn't happen every day. > > Regards, > Philip Ashmore > > > > > -- > Jhoanir Torres I had suspended to ram and restored => clicking. Fresh boot today => no clicking. Also the intervals are 0.1, 0.3, 0.6, 1.0, 1.5 seconds. And, yep, I've ordered another hard drive. Philip Ashmore

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Kontact crash when adding "new event" to calendar
by Greg Madden 15 May '17

15 May '17

Testing Debian Stretch, and http://mirror.xcer.cz/trinity-sb:4:14.0.5. I install Debian base, add TDE. I use tdepim to get the full Kontact experience. A notice to the group, I filed a bug report about this. -- Greg M

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Trinity and multiple screens (in X sense)
by Nick Koretsky 13 May '17

13 May '17

Hi! I decided to connect my TV as second monitor and am trying different configurations. First i tried a "normal" xrandr approach and didnt liked the result - no negative coordinates (0x0 is always a left most screen - so i would have to learn to switch to left screen by moving mouse to the right if i want my TV located physically to the left act as an secondary monitor) and virtual desktops switching on both monitors (afaik trinity have no support for separate virtual desktops in different monitors? i hope i am wrong but doesnt looks so :( ). So i wanted to try a multiple screens (in X sense) approach but hit a roadblock. As soon as i add Screen 1 "Philips" LeftOf "ZR24w" line to my xorg.conf and do tdm-trinity restart i am greeted with "this computer is locked enter password to unlock" on a TV and there is no escape from it other than killing X. Entering password just make it blink for a second and return back. Can this be somehow avoided or trinity is incapable of working on multiple screens? -- Nick Koretsky (nick.koretsky(a)gmail.com)

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TDE on Devuan
by Dr. Nikolaus Klepp 13 May '17

13 May '17

Hi All! golinux asked me to forward this message to the TDE mailing list :-) Nik To: trinity-users(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net Subject: TDE on Devuan Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 13:37:29 -0500 From: golinux(a)dyne.org Greetings from the Devuan project! Several Devuan users have chosen TDE as their DE. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp has even customized the 'Plastic' theme to match the default Devuan desktop! Devuan Stable will be released soon and then we will turn our attention to Ascii (Stretch). If TDE is compatible with Ascii (not entangled with systemd) we are hoping to get it packaged so users will be able to install TDE directly from our repos. Thanks for providing a viable alternative! Cheers! golinux -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ...

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Re: [trinity-users] TDE on Devuan
by Kate Draven 12 May '17

12 May '17

> Hi All! > > golinux asked me to forward this message to the TDE mailing list :-) > > Nik > > > To: trinity-users(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net > Subject: TDE on Devuan > Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 13:37:29 -0500 > From: golinux(a)dyne.org > > Greetings from the Devuan project! > > Several Devuan users have chosen TDE as their DE. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp > has even customized the 'Plastic' theme to match the default Devuan > desktop! Devuan Stable will be released soon and then we will turn our > attention to Ascii (Stretch). If TDE is compatible with Ascii (not > entangled with systemd) we are hoping to get it packaged so users will > be able to install TDE directly from our repos. Thanks for providing a > viable alternative! > > Cheers! > > golinux > > -- YES!

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Strange clicking noise from my laptop hard drive
by Philip Ashmore 11 May '17

11 May '17

Hi there. I managed to record it using my laptops built-in microphone. To those who would prefer a description: It starts fast and slows down. I opened the file with Audacity and determined the intervals to be 0.1, 0.3, 0.6, 10, 15 seconds, then it repeats. It sounds like some kind of protocol negotiation algorithm that requires a disk sync when the polling time doubles. Here's a link for your listening pleasure: https://www.dropbox.com/s/apdr1o056tam5ie/click.wav?dl=0 I'm hoping it's some cron job, or DropBox, Trinity Desktop, wifi, smart disk status monitoring, nVidia, Intel, ... not a virus trying to phone home. I'm really hoping that someone reading this will go "oh that thing" and know what it is instantly. Curiously it doesn't happen every day. Regards, Philip Ashmore

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