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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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Re: [trinity-users] desktop background
by Thierry de Coulon 30 Apr '17

30 Apr '17

On Sunday 30 April 2017 16.36:34 dave wrote: > after dumping about 4 minutes of TOP to a file I found the culprit. > Nautilus causes this background change. now the question How did this > app start in the first place? What is your default Desktop manager? Nautilus being the default file manager for gdm, I could imagine a link. I've seen Gnome 3 bloquing TDE in some distributions. Maybe there is something like that with Ubuntu? As I don't run Ubuntu and don't have nautilus installed I never saw this behaviour. Thierry

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desktop background
by dave 30 Apr '17

30 Apr '17

after dumping about 4 minutes of TOP to a file I found the culprit. Nautilus causes this background change. now the question How did this app start in the first place? Dave

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desktop background
by dave 30 Apr '17

30 Apr '17

in addition to what looks like the unity screen... the Kicker panel is still there with the proper apps present and/or running and all icons respond properly. I remember this happening before, and I ended up deleting the .trinity directory, losing all my settings,email etc. got to be an easy way. Dave

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desktop backdround
by dave 30 Apr '17

30 Apr '17

All of a sudden one of my desktops changed to what looks like the Unity display. Right click on desktop only shows new folder and organize by name.If I add a desktop it switches to new desktop, while the other desktop reverts back to TDE. If I delete the new desktop , the (unity) desktop goes back to prior DT. I can't seem to make it permanently gone. Dave

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Video card (Re: [trinity-users] Konsole issue
by Peter Laws 29 Apr '17

29 Apr '17

On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Peter Laws <plaws(a)ou.edu> wrote: > > But I can confirm that the AMD drivers aren't very good. The problem > with konsole exists when I run Opera, too, in addition to Chrome. And > I'm really tired of Firefox. :-) Oh, and while on the topic ... When this system is replaced, which graphics card should I get? I am NOT a heavy user of the video capabilities of any card, just want something that Just Works. :-) -- Peter Laws, BS, MRCP / N5UWY National Weather Center / Network Operations Center University of Oklahoma Information Technology plaws(a)ou.edu

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Re: [trinity-users] What version of Ubuntu?
by midi-pascal 27 Apr '17

27 Apr '17

On 17-04-25 02:57 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA224 > >> Among the versions 12:04, 14:04 or 16:04 which presents the best >> compatibility with the trinity and less known bugs? >> > I would recommend 14.04 at this time. 16.04 is somewhat buggy even > without TDE and 12.04 is old enough to cause problems on newer hardware / > when attempting to run modern applications. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > > iFYEARELAAYFAlj/nAQACgkQLaxZSoRZrGHA9QDZAWtYdm+YXK1ZIijDGi6ifeG5 > EER1VQP8F5z4KwDgh+mKSn/gonGBjwqHMnpIITaUWZAaNWhMIY23Rw== > =6ErN > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > Hi, I am using Trinity with Ubuntu 14.04 everyday and did not encounter any OS specific bug for two years so I would recommend 14.04 too.

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