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another probably stupid question
by dep 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

hi, everybody . . . one of the few applications i find absolutely essential is the gthumb image viewer. it's a gnome application, and i have for many years run it from the trinity desktop uneventfully. with my recent upgrade to ubuntu 14.04 from 12.04, gthumb has become really, really slow. things like 30 seconds to load an image, when previously i could click from image to image in a second or less. what makes it a puzzle is that on my fairly old (thinkpad x200) notebook, running 14.04, same trinity, same gthumb, it rips right along like always. i don't know whether on my desktop machine there's some battle between gnome and trinity stuff or just what -- don't even have a clue where to start looking. though i wonder if this might provide a hint. just did an apt-get dist-upgrade and hit this: Unpacking nvidia-opencl-icd-384 (384.90-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-opencl-icd-384_384.90-0ubuntu0.14.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/etc/OpenCL/vendors/nvidia.icd', which is also in package nvidia-opencl-icd-375 384.90-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) there may have been a time when i knew how to fix this, but if so i've forgotten. anybody know a fix? -- dep The shortest distance between you and playing great acoustic guitar: the great new instructional DVDs from Marjorie Thompson, available at www.MarjorieThompson.com

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Bluetooth source/sink
by deloptes 19 Oct '17

19 Oct '17

Hi all, I played yesterday a little bit with my mobnile phones and bluetooth. I tried connecting them as audio source. Both connect and interestingly I see in pavucontrol the phones as input and when I play music on the phone I see in pavucontrol the sound level indicator indicating there is music playing, but I can not hear anything. in windows it is working. I'm going to try ubuntu next. Do you have experience with it. Is it pulse problem or TDE audio problem? thanks

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[trinity-users][Mageia] xrandr in startup script ignored when 'startx /opt/trinity/bin/starttde'
by Felix Miata 19 Oct '17

19 Oct '17

With Trinity in openSUSE and Debian, I can put xrandr in a startup script some appropriate location in /etc/X11/*, and it will be obeyed. I've tried putting the same script in every subdir in /etc/X11/ on Mageia 6 and no matter where, it either does not get run, or gets overridden somehow, only for TDE sessions. It works as expected for starting an IceWM session. I use the script to set both resolution and DPI. Trinity sessions started from TDM get the desired result, I suppose because the script is run before TDM starts. What can I do to get the script obeyed on Mageia? Also, /opt/trinity/bin/starttde is not the default session type from startx. In Debian, I set this with /etc/X11/default-display-manager. In openSUSE, /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager does the deed. What is required in Mageia, something in /etc/alternatives? If so, what? If not, what? Also (if anyone knows, specific only to Mageia): how do I disable mandriva-everytime service? systemd shows it as a static service. systemd-analyze critical chain shows it delaying boot > 2minutes. Attached (wide) output seems to indicate why, but not how to fix. :-( Removing package harddrake solves the problem, but seems like swatting a fly with a sledge hammer. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/

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Ubuntu16 + Trinity 1920x1080 resolution, icons small
by Uwe Brauer 18 Oct '17

18 Oct '17

Hi I started to switch from a Thinkpad X200s with 1280x800 resolution to a X1 with 1920x1080. The resulting icons are very small for my taste. How can I increase them without lowering the resolution? Thanks Uwe Brauer

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Thinkpad X1, Ubuntu 14.04 live CD, problem (16 live CD)
by Uwe Brauer 18 Oct '17

18 Oct '17

Hi I have successfully installed trinity/Ubuntu 14.04 (from the live CD) on my old X60s and X200s. Now I got a brandnew X1 Carbon I ran the 14.04 live CD, but trinity did not find the - sound card - wireless card (o claims it is desactivaded) - wired card ifconfig does not show any of these cards. Lspci however shows: ,---- | | 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 08) | 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Integrated Graphics (rev 07) | 00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Gaussian Mixture Model | 00:13.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Intel Corporation Device 9d35 (rev 21) | 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d2f (rev 21) | 00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d31 (rev 21) | 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d3a (rev 21) | 00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d03 (rev 21) | 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d10 (rev f1) | 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d12 (rev f1) | 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d48 (rev 21) | 00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d21 (rev 21) | 00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 9d70 (rev 21) | 00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 9d23 (rev 21) | 00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I219-V (rev 21) | 02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 525a (rev 01) | 04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 (rev 3a) `---- so I am puzzled. Anybody has experience with a X1? Whats about Trinity live cd for Ubuntu 16? Any schedule? I know I can install first Ubuntu 16 and then trinity, the live CD makes everything easier though. Thanks and regards Uwe Brauer

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bitmap fonts in TDE, devuan & freebsd
by Dr. Nikolaus Klepp 15 Oct '17

15 Oct '17

Hi all! I just run into another interesting thing that I do not know how to solve - and it's most likely not connected to TDE, but anyway: Ages ago (~ 2004) there were a number of bitmap fonts available in debian. I remember epic fights to replace them with TTF fonts. Some days ago I tried to get bitmaped fonts into devuan - and failed miserably. The situation on FreeBSD is this: bitmaped fonts (e.g. gamow_08_m_r.pcf.gz frim lfpfonts-fix) and ttf fonts (as any other fonts) coexist perfectly well in X11. In any application (TDE/OpenSCAD/Scintilla/Terminator/... ) I can select e.g. "Gamow". The font "Gamow" comes from the "Linux Font Project", so I suspected it's present on devuan as well. Now the situation on devuan is quite different: There are only some bitmap fonts available, none of these are selectable in X11 for TDE/OpenSCAD/Scintilla/Terminator/... - but I can see them with "xfontsel". Also it seams that the "Linux Font Project"-fonts are not in the archives anymore. I tried to add "gamow_08_m_r.pcf.gz" by hand using TDE, but the font installation failed. I tried to install it by copying the font to ~/.fonts, but the font does not show up. "mkfontdir" in ~/.fonts creates a fonts.dir with the entry "gamow_08_m_r.pcf.gz -lfp-gamow-medium-r-normal--8-80-75-75--80-iso8859-1", but the only X11 application that sees this font is "xfontsel". So, is there a way to get bitmaped fonts back? Nik -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ...

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FVWM & TDE
by Dr. Nikolaus Klepp 10 Oct '17

10 Oct '17

Hi all! I'm using FVWM togather with TDE applications on FreeBSD. Things work quite nice for some months now (thanks Slavec!). There is just one thing I could not figure out: When starting a full TDE session with "starttde", then klicking on a *.pdf in kmail starts kpdf. "kcontrol" start with all modules. When I start kmail without "starttde" - from xterm under fvwm for example - then klicking on a *.pdf in kmail results in a dialog popping up ("What application ..."). "kcontrol" starts with an empty splitscreen window, no modules visible. I took a look into tdeinit, but I obviousely missed a vital part. This is what I tried: $ TDE_FULL_SESSION=false $ TDEHOME=$HOME/.trinity $ TDEROOTHOME=/root/.trinity $ TDE_SESSION_UID=$UID $ TDE_MULTIHEAD=false $ TDEDIR=/opt/trinity $ tdeinit_shutdown $ tdeinit $ kmail Now there is something missing, as klicking on a *.pdf does not open kpdf. When I start "starttde" with fvwm running, then the whole tde session is restored including panels, kdesktop etc., which is what I do not want in this environment. So, any idea what I could do to get kmail working whithout "starttde"? Nik -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ...

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TDE Printer error message in kmail or ps/pdf viewer
by update 02 Oct '17

02 Oct '17

Since upgrade from tde 3.5.13 (ubuntu 12.04) to 14.0.4 (ubuntu 16.04) I get the attached error message when printing from kmail or from the ps/pdf viewer. It looks like a misinterpreted linefeed after the mime type.: application/postscript\012- \012-application/octed-stream somewhere in the config files or in the tde printer driver. Ignoring the error prints the file, but preview is not possible. The print system is cups. Is this an known error? Thanks in advance Stef

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Installation questions
by D. R. Evans 26 Sep '17

26 Sep '17

When I run: sudo apt-get update and then sudo aptitude install tde-trinity to install TDE on my 64-bit stretch system, some of the things I see are sufficiently concerning that I don't want to go ahead and allow the installation without further guidance and confirmation that I'm not about to break something important. The output is: ---- [HN:apt] sudo aptitude install tde-trinity The following NEW packages will be installed: <lots of new packages> but then: The following packages will be REMOVED: chromium-inspector{u} libgsoap5{u} libwebp5{u} libwebpdemux1{u} virtualbox-dkms{u} The following packages will be upgraded: libart-2.0-2 1 packages upgraded, 328 newly installed, 5 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 222 MB/225 MB of archives. After unpacking 593 MB will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies: desktop-base-trinity : Conflicts: desktop-base but 9.0.2 is installed The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: 1) desktop-base [9.0.2 (now, stable)] Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q ---- So: 1. Looking at the packages that will be removed, will I still be able to run virtualbox if virtualbox-dkms is removed? [I think that the answer is yes, but I would like some assurance from someone who is more certain than am I.] 2. And then what about desktop-base? The version that is currently installed is from the official debian stable repository, so I don't think that I should be removing it. So what should I do about this conflict? Doc -- Web: http://enginehousebooks.com/drevans

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gpg key problem
by D. R. Evans 24 Sep '17

24 Sep '17

I am trying to install trinity for the first time on my stretch system[*], following the instructions at https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/DebianInstall. I added the Preliminary Stable Builds sources to sources.list. The GPG key was added OK: ---- sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.quickbuild.io --recv-keys F5CFC95C Executing: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.STqKpDhXXj/gpg.1.sh --keyserver keyserver.quickbuild.io --recv-keys F5CFC95C gpg: key 96C95152F5CFC95C: public key "QuickBuild Trinity Desktop Environment" imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 ---- But then: [HN:apt] sudo apt-get update Ign:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease Hit:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease Hit:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch Release Get:4 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease [62.9 kB] Hit:6 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian stretch InRelease Get:7 ftp://ftp.deb-multimedia.org stretch InRelease [33.4 kB] Get:8 http://mirror.xcer.cz/trinity-sb stretch InRelease [46.3 kB] Ign:8 http://mirror.xcer.cz/trinity-sb stretch InRelease Get:9 http://mirror.xcer.cz/trinity-sb stretch/deps-r14 Sources [8,082 B] Get:10 http://mirror.xcer.cz/trinity-sb stretch/main-r14 Sources [58.3 kB] Get:11 http://mirror.xcer.cz/trinity-sb stretch/deps-r14 i386 Packages [17.0 kB] Get:12 http://mirror.xcer.cz/trinity-sb stretch/deps-r14 amd64 Packages [17.0 kB] Get:13 http://mirror.xcer.cz/trinity-sb stretch/deps-r14 amd64 Contents (deb) [9,590 B] Get:14 http://mirror.xcer.cz/trinity-sb stretch/deps-r14 i386 Contents (deb) [9,580 B] Get:15 http://mirror.xcer.cz/trinity-sb stretch/main-r14 i386 Packages [201 kB] Get:16 http://mirror.xcer.cz/trinity-sb stretch/main-r14 amd64 Packages [201 kB] Get:17 http://mirror.xcer.cz/trinity-sb stretch/main-r14 i386 Contents (deb) [655 kB] Get:18 http://mirror.xcer.cz/trinity-sb stretch/main-r14 amd64 Contents (deb) [654 kB] Fetched 1,972 kB in 8s (238 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done W: GPG error: http://mirror.xcer.cz/trinity-sb stretch InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 608F5293A04BE668 W: The repository 'http://mirror.xcer.cz/trinity-sb stretch InRelease' is not signed. N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. ---- I don't want to install anything that can't be verified. What do I need to do proceed? Doc [*] Anyone who has tried to use the KDE 5 that is included with stretch will know why I've finally given up on the KDE death-spiral and want to get back to something that works properly. I would have been here long ago if TDE were an official part of debian, but KDE 5 is so painful and bug-ridden that I am now forced to overcome my deep-rooted distrust of software that is not in the official debian repositories. -- Web: http://enginehousebooks.com/drevans

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