tde-users January 2023

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22 discussions

Is Bluetooth free?
by lee892533＠gmail.com 09 Jan '25

09 Jan '25

Yes, the songs are transmitted to your headphones, but that's over a paired Bluetooth connection between the headphone and the phone. And there's no cost to that. You only pay for the data transmitted to your smart device over the phone company's network by way of using the app. https://spacebarcounter.org

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Error - Kicker; Malformed URL; system:/
by Felix Miata 21 Nov '23

21 Nov '23

I see this error popup on various installations. The instant one is a 32bit Bookworm freshly upgraded from Bullseye with 14.0.12. Bullseye does it too. The trigger is left clicking on the menu starter. On those where it ever occurs, it only happens once. Trying again after dismissing the popup always works. Anyone familiar with it, what to do to eliminate it? -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata

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Do we want to participate in social networks?
by Slávek Banko 10 Oct '23

10 Oct '23

Hi all, some time ago I was thinking about whether we want to become an active member of social networks with our project. Things like Facebook and Twitter have always been "no go" zones for me. However, I've been thinking about the Mastodon platform for a long time. Mastodon is a decentralized platform for publishing short messages and pictures. It is based on open source architecture and therefore this platform is close to our ideas. You can see profiles of other projects like @kde@floss.social, @gnome@floss.social, and others. I assume that it would help to "make us visible" and information could be published there, for example about the release of new versions, or some useful information regarding development, screenshots, solving issues and community info. Does it seem like a good idea for us to have an official communication channel for our project on Mastodon? What is your opinion on this? Cheers -- Slávek

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kpdf does not show some fonts
by Dr. Nikolaus Klepp 01 Sep '23

01 Sep '23

Hi all; Maybe somebody can reproduce this: opening the attached pdf in kpdf only shows the formulas, but not the text. Opening the same pdf in xpdf works flawless. kpdf-trinity 4:14.1.0~s218-0debian12.0.0+13~b1 Nik -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ...

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Global view properties in Dolphin
by Leskala 16 Mar '23

16 Mar '23

Hi all, quick question regarding Trinity's Dolphin: When "Save view properties for each folder" is disabled, any setting related to sort mode (by name, by date etc.) or sort order (ascending, descending) is reset as soon as the folder is changed. This also applies to the "Show Hidden Files" option. Even if "All folders" is selected in "View" > "Adjust View Properties ..." the above persists. The "Apply view properties to:" options only seem to have any effect if "Save view properties for each folder" from the settings is also enabled. So without enabling per-folder settings (and having .d3lphinview files everywhere) there is no way in Dolphin to set persistent global view properties like sort order - or am I missing something? Best regards, Leskala

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Ksnapshot
by phiebie＠drei.at 03 Mar '23

03 Mar '23

Trinity 14.0.6 preliminary. Don't know if it is a feature of ksnapshot or a misconfiguration somewhere from me, but it is getting absolutely annoying what happens. I have a website, a document or whatsoever on my screen in full A4-papersize. Now I want a printout of a small part of it. Call ksnapshot, choose "region" "new snapshot" and then draw a border around the desired part. Press "print" and then print it. Bull... I get a print in landscape, useless and even worse not even the original layout reappears. Stop ksnapshot, restart it and same procedure with again the same miserable result. Stop, restart, same procedure but no actual printing, instead I look into the printer properties. And there, big surprise, landscape was marked as to be printed BUT all 4 orientations were grayed out, so I couldn't change that. Checked in tdeprint the printersettings, nothing wrong, in "instances" "settings" all 4 orientations were available and portrait was marked as to be applied in the default printer. Checked kprinter and of course the settings of tdeprint were there also valid. But then I had an idea. If I selected in ksnapshot a larger part of the screen, say more than half A4, what would happen? Yes, some ugly words from me and there it was: portrait was marked but still all 4 possibilities grayed out. So ksnapshot decides how it wants to print and doesn't leave the user a chance to get a result, that he wants. Utterly bull.... Any suggestion, where I could look to alter this behaviour? Phiebie.

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encoding in Kmail never memorized
by ajh-valmer 22 Feb '23

22 Feb '23

Hello, The french encoding "West European 8859-15" in Kmail, is not memorized. So, I have to put it again at each mail sending, otherwise, Kmail refuses to send the mail. How to break free of tne encoding ? Thanks, Cheers, André

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Install of TDE Live Ubuntu ISO fails.
by J Leslie Turriff 03 Feb '23

03 Feb '23

I'm trying to install from the tde-14.0.9-ubuntu-20.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso onto a Dell Latitude E5410 laptop, but the installer fails to start. /var/log/installer/debug contains: | Ubiquity 20.04.15.2 | /usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py:54: PyGIWarning: Gtk was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded. | from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GObject, GLib, Atk, Gio | locale.setlocale failed: unsupported locale setting (LANG=en_US.UTF-8) | /usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_components/nmwidgets.py:5: PyGIWarning: NM was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('NM', '1.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded. | from gi.repository import NM, NMA | /usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_components/nmwidgets.py:5: PyGIWarning: NMA was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('NMA', '1.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded. | from gi.repository import NM, NMA | Exception in GTK frontend (invoking crash handler): | Traceback (most recent call last): | File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 177, in activate_name_owner | return self.get_name_owner(bus_name) | File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 361, in get_name_owner | return self.call_blocking(BUS_DAEMON_NAME, BUS_DAEMON_PATH, | File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 652, in call_blocking | reply_message = self.send_message_with_reply_and_block( | dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not get owner of name 'org.freedesktop.UPower': no such name | | During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: | | Traceback (most recent call last): | File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 660, in <module> | main(oem_config) | File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 644, in main | install(args[0], query=options.query) | File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 270, in install | wizard = ui.Wizard(distro) | File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py", line 334, in __init__ | mod.ui = mod.ui_class(mod.controller) | File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-prepare.py", line 109, in __init__ | upower.setup_power_watch(self.prepare_power_source) | File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/upower.py", line 14, in setup_power_watch | upower = bus.get_object(UPOWER, UPOWER_PATH) | File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 241, in get_object | return self.ProxyObjectClass(self, bus_name, object_path, | File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 250, in __init__ | self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name) | File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 182, in activate_name_owner | self.start_service_by_name(bus_name) | File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 277, in start_service_by_name | return (True, self.call_blocking(BUS_DAEMON_NAME, BUS_DAEMON_PATH, | File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 652, in call_blocking | reply_message = self.send_message_with_reply_and_block( | dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.UPower was not provided by any .service files | | Error in sys.excepthook: | Traceback (most recent call last): | File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py", line 557, in excepthook | self.crash_detail_label.set_text(tbtext) | AttributeError: 'Wizard' object has no attribute 'crash_detail_label' | | Original exception was: | Traceback (most recent call last): | File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 177, in activate_name_owner | return self.get_name_owner(bus_name) | File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 361, in get_name_owner | return self.call_blocking(BUS_DAEMON_NAME, BUS_DAEMON_PATH, | File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 652, in call_blocking | reply_message = self.send_message_with_reply_and_block( | dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not get owner of name 'org.freedesktop.UPower': no such name | | During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: | | Traceback (most recent call last): | File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 660, in <module> | main(oem_config) | File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 644, in main | install(args[0], query=options.query) | File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 270, in install | wizard = ui.Wizard(distro) | File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py", line 334, in __init__ | mod.ui = mod.ui_class(mod.controller) | File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-prepare.py", line 109, in __init__ | upower.setup_power_watch(self.prepare_power_source) | File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/upower.py", line 14, in setup_power_watch | upower = bus.get_object(UPOWER, UPOWER_PATH) | File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 241, in get_object | return self.ProxyObjectClass(self, bus_name, object_path, | File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 250, in __init__ | self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name) | File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 182, in activate_name_owner | self.start_service_by_name(bus_name) | File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 277, in start_service_by_name | return (True, self.call_blocking(BUS_DAEMON_NAME, BUS_DAEMON_PATH, | File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 652, in call_blocking | reply_message = self.send_message_with_reply_and_block( | dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.UPower was not provided by any .service files So, something weird about Gtk; and what are NM and NMA? Leslie -- Platform: Linux Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64) Desktop Environment: Trinity Qt: 3.5.0 TDE: R14.0.13 tde-config: 1.0

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Abrupt virtual desktop switching
by Darrell Anderson 02 Feb '23

02 Feb '23

Hi All, I use two virtual desktops. The majority of usage is with the first desktop. Occasionally any simple mouse pointer movement on the first desktop throws the focus into virtual desktop 2. The mouse is nowhere near the panel workspace switcher/pager. No data but the abrupt switch seems to occur after the desktop has been idle for a while. Screen saver is set to 10 minutes blank screen. The panel workspace switcher/pager applet scroll wheel cycling is disabled and I am certain I am not touching the scroll wheel or mouse buttons. I tried different mice. I tried different mouse pointers and currently use the System theme option until finding the root cause. Desktop-->Behavior-->Mouse Button Actions are configured to No Action/No Action/Desktop Menu. Desktop-->Taskbar-->Actions: Show Task List/Activate Task/Show Operations Menu. Desktop-->Panels-->Appearance-->Advanced Options: Applet Handles configured to Visible, Fade out, or Hide makes no difference Any insight or help appreciated. Thanks for your time! D.A

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Mouse pointer acceleration is too fast
by Darrell Anderson 30 Jan '23

30 Jan '23

Hi All, Is there a way to fine control mouse pointer movement within TDE (not with xorg.conf.d)? I have acceleration set to 1.0. The pointer begins accelerating immediately with little motion from my hand. I have tried manually editing the kcminputrc file to less than 1.0 acceleration, but that does not slow the acceleration. I'll settle for work-arounds if they exist. Thanks for your time! D.A

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