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wayland and tde ?
by trinitydesktop.9dio1＠simplelogin.com 07 May '24

07 May '24

This is related to my gnome/tde coexist question earlier, but nevertheless, a general question about tde. I am not familiar with the nuances of using the new Wayland X-window replacement that Debian and others are pushing. I noticed that some wayland-related packages are installed when gnome is installed. gnome and wayland are both the default for debian/12.5./bookworm Since I normally do not use wayland, but rather use nvidia commercial drivers for x-windows provided by debian package system, I am unsure about wayland. If I run gnome, am I also running wayland ? Related, if I run tde, will it work with wayland ?

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kmail templates
by J Leslie Turriff 07 May '24

07 May '24

In kmail, Settings => Composer contains "Templates" and "Custom Templates" tabs, and Folder => Properties also has a "Templates" tab. It seems to me I remember someone here saying that he uses templates to autofill the To field of new emails; which of these three provides that capability? The Help Center manual for kmail mentions none of them, but has information for a "Phrases" tab in Settings => Composer, which I suppose was superceded by the templates? Leslie -- Platform: Linux Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64) Desktop Environment: Trinity Qt: 3.5.0 TDE: R14.1.1 tde-config: 1.0

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where Fahrenheit?
by Hunter Graham 06 May '24

06 May '24

Forgive the blunt, almost diminuitive and memetic-sounding subject line, but for some reason -- at least on Debian bookworm -- the Fahrenheit windeco isn't showing up as an option despite even a clean install of 14.1.2 and confirmation that I did install the package. What's going on there? - hunter graham

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Problem with sound / volume control in TDE R14.1.2
by Jim Petersen 06 May '24

06 May '24

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tde-users
by J Leslie Turriff 06 May '24

06 May '24

Okay, I've upgraded to R14.1.2. Was it intentional that all of my Appearance and Themes (Colors, Fonts, etc.) be reset from my preferred settings? Leslie -- Platform: Linux Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.5 - x86_64 Desktop Environment: Trinity Qt: 3.5.0 TDE: R14.1.2 tde-config: 1.0

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pointer size adjust
by Felix Miata 06 May '24

06 May '24

Where in KControl or elsewhere does one go to make pointer and I-bar large enough to notice? In peripherals is only (4) mouse cursor themes, where exist no controls for any sizes. The pointer in TDM is about 4X as large as in TDE sessions, and appropriate for my needs. Is there a separate package to provide pointer controls that isn't required in a base installation? -- 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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Is R14.1.2 available in the openSUSE Leap 15.5 repository yet?
by J Leslie Turriff 05 May '24

05 May '24

I can't tell because the repository only says R14. | @18:52:16 root@pinto | wd=~ | ● zypper repos --uri --priority|grep -v 'openSUSE\|NVIDIA\|packman' | # | Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | URI | ---+---------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 1 | Local | Local | Yes | ( p) Yes | No | 98 | dir:/usr/local/RPMrepository | 19 | trinity-bin | trinity-bin | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 98 | http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/rpm/opensuse15.5/trinity-r14/R… | 20 | trinity-noarch | trinity-noarch | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 98 | http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/rpm/opensuse15.5/trinity-r14/R… | rc=0 Leslie -- Platform: Linux Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64) Desktop Environment: Trinity Qt: 3.5.0 TDE: R14.1.1 tde-config: 1.0

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to know my Trinity version
by ajh-valmer 04 May '24

04 May '24

Hello, I need to remember the command to know my Trinity version. Thanks, André

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tde-14.1.2 and gnome3 on debian/12.5/bookworm - package conflicts
by trinitydesktop.9dio1＠simplelogin.com 04 May '24

04 May '24

Hello. Just installed update to tde 14.1.2 and working fine. Thanks again for a wonderful desktop to use on my debian/12.5.bookworm system. I also use some commercial packages installed over the years, and all has been great. However, recently, I have one commercial package upgrade that is trying to claim because I use tde, I am seeing this problem (it won't run). BTW, if I use the previous version of said package, it works fine. Said package developer/tech support claim it works fine for him on default gnome desktop for debian/12.5. Hence, the incentive to send in this tech support question to tde conflicts that have shown up when I install gnome-3. To install gnome on debian when it is not the default, I issued "sudo apt install task-gnome-desktop". During this install, gnome decides there is a conflict, and wants me to remove "desktop-base-trinity" and "tde-trinity" in order to proceed. This I do. After the new installation, apt is telling me that the following packages are no longer needed and I can autoremove them: "arts-trinity imlib-base imlib11 kig-trinity kuickshow-trinity libarts1-audiofile-trinity libarts1-mpeglib-trinity libtqt3-integration-trinity mpeglib-trinity synaptic-trinity tde-core-trinity tdebase-trinity tdeedu-trinity tdegraphics-trinity tdemultimedia-trinity xcalib". This I do NOT do ! Everything seems to be running as normal on both tde and gnome3. I still use tdm to login, and I can choose between tde and gnome (and variants). If I try to reinstall "desktop-base-trinity" or "tde-trinity", then it looks like a large chunk of gnome packages will be removed, and gnome will not remain intact. I am concerned to also remove the trinity packages listed above for fear it might break my tde desktop. What is the best way to install/configure where tde and gnome can co-exist on debian/12.5. Not that I will slow down using tde in any way, but there might be a reason to run gnome where needed in order to comply. BTW, my said package fails exactly the same way on gnome3 as it is doing on tde, and their tech support is still trying to help. Thanks in advance if you try to help on this.

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Re: how to kill zombies
by William Morder 01 May '24

01 May '24

On Tuesday 23 April 2024 10:30:47 you wrote: > > On one occasion, when I tried to kill dozens of zombie entries marked > > only w, > > What marked these 'w' ? My `ps' man page says there is no such status. > There was 'W' in the 2.6 kernel series, but I assume your system isn't that > archaic. (Or is it?) > Hi Jim! My machine is fairly new, only a couple years old, and I am running Devuan Daedalus, upgraded within the last month. Here are some snips from top. I am only showing lines that relate to zombies or those mysterious processes with the label w. (For security reasons, I prefer not to show everything all at once about my system; such as, e.g., my user name.) Please see attachments. As you can see, I only have one zombie at present -- didn't try to track down what processes are involved -- but at times there have been as many as dozens. They seem to come in dozens or half-dozens, by the way, for reasons unknown to me: above a certain number, they always seem to come in multiples of 6 or 12, like 24, 36, 42. When it gets to be a couple dozen zombies, this irks me, and that's when I want to call in the zombie-killing experts. No, I don't think it's "good" for so many zombies to persist after their parents have quit running, but I also don't notice that my system runs any worse. When I thought that I had identified one of my zombies as one of those mysterious w processes, and tried to kill that, that's when I shut down my session and lost my work; which, obviously, was worse that putting up with zombies. It seems to me that the mysterious w is not any one process, but rather a kind of process that has become a zombie. Otherwise, there could not be, as sometimes happens, half a dozen processes named w. As for the age of my machine or system: the nature of Devuan in spirit is more deliberately set against newfangled shiny toys, and tends to rely on the more reliable stone tools used the hardcore caveman geeks. Bill P.S. Apologies if I sent some duplicate emails. For some reason, my response to Jim, with attachments, did not go through. Please consider this one to be the authorized version ... if it goes through.

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