tde-users November 2018

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Broken update
by D. R. Evans 20 Nov '18

20 Nov '18

I tried to update my debian stable TDE-based system this morning, and received this error message: E: /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-96xDOO/031-tdebase-data-trinity_4%3a14.0.6~pre21-0debian9.0.0+7_all.deb: trying to overwrite '/opt/trinity/share/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/apps/kcmdf.png', which is also in package kdf-trinity 4:14.0.6~pre5-0debian9.0.0+0 Synaptic is reporting a broken package, but the instructions as to how to proceed in this situation are exceedingly unclear. Anyway. Something is obviously wrong, and it appears to be a TDE packaging error of some kind and I thought I should post here to put the issue before people who understand this a lot better than I do. Doc -- Web: http://enginehousebooks.com/drevans

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Re: confirm unsubscribe from trinity-users@lists.pearsoncomputing.net
by zap 20 Nov '18

20 Nov '18

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Re: Re: [trinity-users] Broken update
by Kate Draven 20 Nov '18

20 Nov '18

> On Monday 19 November 2018 20:18:17 Kate Draven wrote: > > > > On Monday 19 November 2018 18:39:56 D. R. Evans wrote: > > > > I tried to update my debian stable TDE-based system this morning, > > > > and received this error message: > > > > > > > > E: > > > > /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-96xDOO/031-tdebase-data-trinity_4%3a14.0.6~p > > > >re21 -0debian9.0.0+7_all.deb: trying to overwrite > > > > '/opt/trinity/share/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/apps/kcmdf.png', which > > > > is also in package kdf-trinity 4:14.0.6~pre5-0debian9.0.0+0 > > > > > > > > Synaptic is reporting a broken package, but the instructions as to > > > > how to proceed in this situation are exceedingly unclear. > > > > > > > > Anyway. Something is obviously wrong, and it appears to be a TDE > > > > packaging error of some kind and I thought I should post here to > > > > put the issue before people who understand this a lot better than > > > > I do. > > > > > > > > Doc > > > > > > I also got that same message, and now I am stuck because of broken > > > packages held. > > > > > > -- > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > -- > > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >- > > > > Your mission, should you decide to accept it... > > > > In Synaptic, at the bottom left, click on "custom filters" > > then click on broken, to view broken packages. > > > > To fix broken packages, in the text menu, at the top, click on edit, > > then click on fix broken packages. > > > > Good luck, > > > > Kate > > > > This email will self destruct in 5 seconds > > > your timer is broken Kate, its still here after a good 5 minutes. ;-) > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hmm now where did I put that explosive? BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: [trinity-users] Re: [users] How to increase the font size in Kmail HTML text
by Kate Draven 13 Nov '18

13 Nov '18

> On 2018-11-08 19:13:04 Kate Draven wrote: > > > On Thursday 08 November 2018 19:57:15 Kate Draven wrote: > > > > > How can I increase Kmail's HTML font to a readable size? (See > > > > > attachment.) There's no line item in Settings -> Appearance -> Fonts > > > > > -> Apply to: for Message Body - HTML. > > > > > Yes, yes, I know; HTML can have multiple font sizes. What I need > > > > > is some > > > > > > > > way > > > > > > > > > to scale them all by some percentage, or something. > > > > > > > > Settings > Configure kmail > Appearance > > > > > > Seems to work here, for everything BUT the message window itself. Bummer. > > > > > > > Kate The Great and Terrible! > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > -- > > > > Scroll to message body, I think it's that one. > > Just keep playing with it, the option is there. I've set it to 14 point > > meself. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Kate > > If it's here (see attachment), it's Very well hidden. The settings here for > Message Body affect only the plain-text. > > Leslie > Leslie I was wrong, you were right. There's no html body text adjustment, that I can see. :( Kate

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Re: Re: [trinity-users] Does anyone know how to contact Tim?
by Kate Draven 13 Nov '18

13 Nov '18

> On 11/12/18 9:21 AM, Timothy Pearson wrote: > > Sorry about the long absence! The contact info was indeed correct; I've > > been away actually out of the country, out sick for part of the time, and > > generally having an abnormally busy couple of months even by my standards. > > :-) > > > Hey Tim, > > Thanks for being here and for starting this project many years ago and > for sticking with it. :) > -- > Jimmy Johnson > Well said Jimmy and very true. Kate

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Re: [trinity-users] Does anyone know how to contact Tim?
by Timothy Pearson 13 Nov '18

13 Nov '18

Sorry about the long absence! The contact info was indeed correct; I've been away actually out of the country, out sick for part of the time, and generally having an abnormally busy couple of months even by my standards. :-) Will look over the tasks passed to me -- bear in mind that there are some server migrations / updates in the works so I may not be able to address all of them immediately. > Slavek, I have passed you directly a contact information, not sure if > it is correct. > > Calvin > On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 at 07:06, Slávek Banko <slavek.banko(a)axis.cz> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> we all know that Tim is usually very busy and it's hard to get in touch >> with him. For everyday work on the project, this is not a major problem. >> However, there are tasks for which Tim's hands are necessary. For >> example, uploading ISO images for Ubuntu 18.04 with TDE 14.0.5 into the >> official mirror system, adding Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic) to QuickBuild, >> creating GIT repositories for next applications, changes to web pages, >> etc. >> >> The problem is, there has been no way to contact Tim for the past 1.5 >> months. There is no reaction to mails - neither in mailing lists nor in >> direct contact. At Trinity IRC rooms Tim is not present. Every attempt >> to >> contact Tim over the Internet is unsuccessful. >> >> Please, is there anyone in the mailing list who can get in touch with >> Tim? >> Is there, for example, someone who has personal contact with Tim and can >> tell him that there are some tasks for which he is needed? >> >> Cheers >> -- >> Slávek > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > trinity-users-unsubscribe(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net > For additional commands, e-mail: > trinity-users-help(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net > Read list messages on the web archive: > http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > >

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Firefox and kmail
by andre_debian＠numericable.fr 12 Nov '18

12 Nov '18

Hello, When I clik on a Web link in Kmail, I receive this message : "you must close Firefox to be linked to this web address". (Firefox is already open). I go to Trinity Control Center : Components of TDE => Default applications "Web navigator" I erase the information "firefox" and put it again. It works, Firefox accepts to open, even if it is already open. After some days, Firefox refuses again, and same operation above described... Bug ? Thanks, André

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Does anyone know how to contact Tim?
by Slávek Banko 12 Nov '18

12 Nov '18

Hi all, we all know that Tim is usually very busy and it's hard to get in touch with him. For everyday work on the project, this is not a major problem. However, there are tasks for which Tim's hands are necessary. For example, uploading ISO images for Ubuntu 18.04 with TDE 14.0.5 into the official mirror system, adding Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic) to QuickBuild, creating GIT repositories for next applications, changes to web pages, etc. The problem is, there has been no way to contact Tim for the past 1.5 months. There is no reaction to mails - neither in mailing lists nor in direct contact. At Trinity IRC rooms Tim is not present. Every attempt to contact Tim over the Internet is unsuccessful. Please, is there anyone in the mailing list who can get in touch with Tim? Is there, for example, someone who has personal contact with Tim and can tell him that there are some tasks for which he is needed? Cheers -- Slávek

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importing very old email into kmail
by dep 12 Nov '18

12 Nov '18

hi, everybody . . . i keep a running archive, in maildir format, of email going back to my first days using the pre-1.0 beta of KDE. it's cool to have an occasionally useful. over the weekend i was finally able to copy email even older than that from my old OS/2 drive. (in case it's of interest, here's how i was able to do it. the drive was formatted hpfs, and the data were in a logical partition of 641mb -- the old drive was only 2.1gb. using an ide-usb adapter i was able to mount the drive but even with the hpfs kernel driver loaded it would not read. so i made a dd image of the partition and was able to then mount the image and everything was tickety boo.) the email came in via the MR/2-ICE (Mail Reader /2 Internet Cruiser Edition) email client. while the messages are not in maildir format -- i'm not even sure maildir existed in 1994 -- they are in individual files as is maildir. ingoing and outgoing messages are stored in the same directory, the former having an .RCV extension and the latter with an .OUT extension. if i click on one of either type, it pops up just fine in a kmail window, all fields populated accurately. my initial thought was to make a /MR2-mail subdirectory in my KMail mail directory, copy them all into that, then sort them into my currently existing folders as appropriate. but then i hit a problem: the .OUT files show up just fine, but the .RCV files don't. (best i can tell, they differ only in the extensions -- both, when clicked on, open in a KMail message window.) before i simply do a mass rename, i thought i'd see if there's some proper, approved method for importing such messages/files into KMail. i keep thinking that the method i'm using might cause my esiating email files to blow up or something. is there? -- dep Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. Because privacy matters.

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Communications
by Baron 12 Nov '18

12 Nov '18

Hello Michael, >With all things Nix, there's probably 20 different ways to do what >you want. >First though, how do you want to access one machine form the other? >Just files? Command prompt? Full screen access? >SSH will do files and command prompts, these should give you >the .basics and you should be able to search for the rest from >there: >https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-use-linux-file-manager-to-conne… >https://www.binarytides.com/ssh-dolphin-konqueror-kde/ >For full screen access search on "How to Remote Control Linux From >linux" >The first comment on security in this is is pretty useful if you're >going that route: >https://www.linux.com/learn/intro-to-linux/2017/11/how-set-easy-remote-desk… >Best, >Michael Thank you for you reply ! First it seems that google isn't talking to me again. I had no Idea that you had replied to me until I went and looked on the web. Initially just files ! You may recall a little while ago I asked whether anyone knew if HP Elite 8300 machines were OK for Linux. Well they are, I've just bought one. i7 8 core 3.4 GHz cpu, 10 GB ram, 500 Gb HDD, DVD rom, GB Ethernet card. On board graphics and sound. Amazingly Q4OS simply installed and works with no issues at all. Yes I had to format the HDD to get rid of Win10, but I didn't want windows anyway. My old machine has four HDD, and nearly 2 Tb of data on them. So I thought rather than start buying cases for the HDD, I would just get the two machines to talk to each other, transfer any settings and carry on from there. But I have no real Idea how to go about it, hence the question. I'll go through the links that you have so kindly provided and see how I get on. Thanks again. -- Best Regards: Baron

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