tde-users October 2014

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Small Bug in kdm configuration
by rolf 28 Oct '14

28 Oct '14

Hi, I found, that the management tool (login configuration from within control center) for config kdm, creates the wrong user "Root" (with upper case "R") in kdmrc, if one selects, that only root can shut down the computer. Than the computer just stops with a console I have to login as root and powerdown the machine. So it is at least only a typo. System: Debian wheezy with trinity 3.5.13 Rolf

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PCLinuxOS non-official remaster, version Oct 3, 2014 now on trinitydesktop.org
by Alexandre 26 Oct '14

26 Oct '14

Hi, For those who might be interested in it, the new release of my remaster is now uploaded on the website, allowing easier download than the multi-part zip archive I had on the release mail. Here it is: https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/LiveCDs Thank you! -Alexandre

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kbuildsycoca hangs --- no login
by Jagged O'Neill 21 Oct '14

21 Oct '14

High all, now again an active post from me, obviously with a problem report. Basic info: I'm running OpenSuse 13.1 with TDE 3.5.13.2-3.oss131.opt.x86-64 Because somehow I couldn't get TDE's display manager to run, the one in use is KDE4's, kdm-4.11.9-111.1.x86_64. Today I was hinted to quassel for an IRC client, checked the Suse repos, found and installed it. The installer reported as the only unresolved dependency for quassel-mono (monolithic/stand-alone package, nothing to do with the Mono runtime) the evenly provided quassel-base package, which I confirmed to also install. During the installation process, kicker crashed and when it was attempted to be respawned, the CPU load increased to 50% overall (2core HT current i5-M). The load was partially from kicker, partially from kbuildsycoca. After killing both, I tried to manually run kicker again, but the same happened, just with only one thread worth of CPU load occupied. "init 3" (I know it's not the same with systemd, but...) didn't even kill kbuildsycoca. After manually killing it, I switched back to RL 5, and I got the greeter screen (background), but no entry fields or menus or whatever --- the CPU load was again at 25%. After uninstalling the two quassel packages, I switched to RL 3 and back to 5 again, but there was no difference. I rebooted the box, and was prompted with the usual greeter, including the user/passwd fields etc., entered the password and the same happened again: 25% CPU load, in kbuildsycoca. I attached gdb to it, without really knowing what I should look for, but maybe one of you can read some valuable information from the backtrace: (gdb) bt #0 0x00007f462f734980 in __read_nocancel () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007f462f6d0338 in __GI__IO_file_underflow () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #2 0x00007f462f6cf678 in __GI__IO_file_xsgetn () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #3 0x00007f462f6c5418 in fread () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #4 0x00007f46319525f7 in QFile::readBlock(char*, unsigned long) () from /usr/lib64/libqt-mt.so.3 #5 0x00007f463195c6df in QDataStream::operator>>(int&) () from /usr/lib64/libqt-mt.so.3 #6 0x00007f463265e1c8 in KSycoca::kfsstnd_prefixes() () from /opt/trinity/lib64/libkdecore.so.4 #7 0x00007f463265e3c8 in KSycoca::language() () from /opt/trinity/lib64/libkdecore.so.4 #8 0x00007f462d0aa20a in kdemain () from /opt/trinity/lib64/libkdeinit_kbuildsycoca.so #9 0x00000000004090ff in ?? () #10 0x000000000040a008 in ?? () #11 0x000000000040a552 in ?? () #12 0x00000000004063be in main () gdb has also complained about plenty of missing debuginfo files for many libraries involved with kbuildsycoca. /proc/$(pidof kbuildsycoca)/maps lists 00400000-0040d000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 821948 /usr/local/opt/trinity/bin/kdeinit which covers all three unknown functions in the backtrace. If you want me to install it to exactly see which functions these are, just let me know. (Just btw: /opt is a symbolic link to /usr/local/opt.) Thanks in advance, Jagged -- valgrind python -c 'for i in range(1,1): print(i)' 2>&1 | grep error

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New french user
by Dobigeon Nicolas 19 Oct '14

19 Oct '14

Hello all TDE users, I want to introduce myself tu TDE mailing list. I'm Nicolas, a TDE user for 1 or 2 years. I never used TDE for my main computer, but TDE is me favorite linux DE. I want to join the mailing list because i wish to help other users and to contribute to TDE living. See you soon !! Dobigeon Nicolas Messagerie : dobigeon(a)gmail.com

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What is the value of a HP ProLiant ML370 G4 server?
by Alexandre 19 Oct '14

19 Oct '14

Hi, I have at home a HP ProLiant ML370 G4 server that I bought in a garage sale at the beginning of the summer. It is in fully working condition with Debian 7.5 on it. Here are the specs: Year: approx 2004 CPU: 2 physical Intel Xeon 3.20Ghz CPU with Hyper-Threading, so the OS sees 4 cores Ram: 2gb, with many free memory slots Network: 2 server-grade EtherNet cards Graphic card: Ati Rage XL HDD: 3x Ultra320 SCSI 72.8gb 10000rpm, now in hardware RAID 0 Optical drive: DVD reader/burner: I replaced the original CD drive. Other: Tape backup drive, floppy drive, 3 USB 2.0, fully redundant fans, double power supply Weight: approx 90-100lbs This server is very fast, but I don't have much use for it. I'd like to know if it still has a money value, and how much would it still worth in production? I want to sell it, but I have no idea of what could be a fair/good price for it. Could it be useful for this project? Thank you for the info! -Alexandre

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New TDE site released
by Timothy Pearson 18 Oct '14

18 Oct '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA224 All, Thanks to the efforts of the TDE web development team we proudly announce the debut of our new website (https://www.trinitydesktop.org)! The new site provides a cleaner and easier to use interface without sacrificing availability of any information. In fact, several items were added, including a new FAQ page and application documentation. Additionally, per popular request we have transitioned from our old FOSWIki installation to a new MediaWiki installation, with all old content having been migrated over the course of several months. This should make it much easier to add new content to the TDE knowledge base. Let us know what you think! Timothy Pearson Trinity Desktop Project -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iFYEARELAAYFAlQ+wEIACgkQLaxZSoRZrGFSwQDgt/pHo7KvOKy6IxxH8SJ17nVk isgl+LYwVyqC4gDgvzHZ3HcncfsOUhjthyYo+ohY5SVyr93EjtkPog== =Gvvh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [trinity-users] What is the value of a HP ProLiant ML370 G4 server?
by Greg Madden 18 Oct '14

18 Oct '14

On Wednesday 08 October 2014 14:16:21 you wrote: > Hi, > > I have at home a HP ProLiant ML370 G4 server that I bought in a > garage sale at the beginning of the summer. It is in fully working > condition with Debian 7.5 on it. > > Here are the specs: > Year: approx 2004 > CPU: 2 physical Intel Xeon 3.20Ghz CPU with Hyper-Threading, so the > OS sees 4 cores Ram: 2gb, with many free memory slots > Network: 2 server-grade EtherNet cards > Graphic card: Ati Rage XL > HDD: 3x Ultra320 SCSI 72.8gb 10000rpm, now in hardware RAID 0 > Optical drive: DVD reader/burner: I replaced the original CD drive. > Other: Tape backup drive, floppy drive, 3 USB 2.0, fully redundant > fans, double power supply Weight: approx 90-100lbs > > This server is very fast, but I don't have much use for it. > > I'd like to know if it still has a money value, and how much would it > still worth in production? I want to sell it, but I have no idea of > what could be a fair/good price for it. Could it be useful for this > project? > > Thank you for the info! > -Alexandre It is compelling..great hardware..but..It is 10 years old, eons in server tech years, mostly the energy required to run such a beast. Our Linux user group has recieved one or two of these as donations..great learning tool, no one wanted to run them at home though. -- Peace, Greg -- Peace, Greg

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restoring keyboard settings after flipping kvm switch
by David Emerson 17 Oct '14

17 Oct '14

Hi all, I have made changes in kcontrol > peripherals > keyboard (repeat delay/rate). This works great when I boot up the computer. However, if I use a KVM switch to go to another computer and come back, the keyboard repeat delay and rate are messed up (probably default settings, not my settings.) What can I do about this, so that my keyboard repeat settings will be automatically applied when a (new) keyboard is plugged in / replugged? I can see that it is possible to set something up through udev, but I don't know how to script TDE changes that appear to require the GUI. How to script this? Or perhaps udev is not the right approach? Thanks! ~David.

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Re: [trinity-users] New TDE site released
by Timothy Pearson 17 Oct '14

17 Oct '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA224 > Am Mittwoch, 15. Oktober 2014 schrieb Timothy Pearson: >> All, >> >> Thanks to the efforts of the TDE web development team we proudly announce >> the debut of our new website (https://www.trinitydesktop.org)! >> >> The new site provides a cleaner and easier to use interface without sacrificing availability of any information. In fact, several items were >> added, including a new FAQ page and application documentation. >> >> Additionally, per popular request we have transitioned from our old FOSWIki installation to a new MediaWiki installation, with all old content >> having been migrated over the course of several months. This should make >> it much easier to add new content to the TDE knowledge base. >> >> Let us know what you think! >> >> Timothy Pearson >> Trinity Desktop Project > > Looks really nice in firefox, but the left menu tree breaks in konqueror ;-) > > Nik Thanks for the info; hadn't thought to check it in Konqueror. I'm not sure I can fix it; Konqueror's broken HTML rendering is a known problem but I haven't gotten around to seeing what would be required to replace KHTML with Webkit. That process will be lengthy and won't happen for R14 in any case. Tim -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iFYEARELAAYFAlQ+xgMACgkQLaxZSoRZrGEeXwDfdENzNvqkl5slOVNzhCb8l8Uu eJSf2oCnnbu+gADcD48XOjPyxXqIkq+sRdNepr5ANdX1UcKSkJUi1w== =62F1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Loss of Kontact Kalendar module after update
by Marc Chénier 17 Oct '14

17 Oct '14

Hi, I used apt-get dist-upgrade last night, as I usually do when package updates become available on R14. After the latest update, I started Kontact: KMail works fine, as usual. But when I clicked on Kalendar, I got a "Kontact Error: Impossible to load the calendar module; can't open the module". I went to Configure Kalendar and got a message saying something like : "Could not find the specified korganizer library. Diagnostic is : can't open the module. Possible reasons: *An error occured during your latest TDE update, leaving an orphan configuration module. *You have a third party module somewhere." (as far as I know, I don't). I use Ubuntu Precise with TDE-R14 nightly builds on a 64-bit system. I need to get my Korganizer working again: I am fully dependent on it for all my appointments. Any suggestions? I checked this trinity discussion site several times to see if anyone else had the same problem: seems not so. Thanks in advance, Marco

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