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Configuring two monitors connected to the same computer
by Ken Heard 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have a box with Debian Wheezy and TDE installed in it. The GPU has three connectors, one DVI and two HDMI. I have two monitors connected to it. The diagonal measurement of one is 49 cm. It has a 1600x900 resolution and is connected to the box by a DVI cable. The other is a TV/monitor with a diagonal measurement of 124 cm (49 inches). It is connected to the box by HDMI. The box recognizes its existence, but the display on it has the same resolution as the smaller monitor. It consequently uses only about 40-45% of the screen area, nor is it centred on the screen. It starts more or less from the upper left corner and leaves an L shaped unused black space on the bottom and right sides. The left side does not correspond to the left side of the screen; a strip on the left side of the display is seen on the smaller monitor but not on the large one. Is it possible to create a display resolution larger than 1600x900 for the large monitor and properly centred on the screen, possibly using the ‘Monitor and Display’ feature of the TDE Control Centre? Regards, Ken -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlZ5CF4ACgkQlNlJzOkJmTdnSQCeJh8VQhZSvohCbt0/1l3nR9Ll 984An0Y3kHc/uEu/cREaZtH9Mct0S9Qo =bBdu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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"Xkb Options" Dialog and keyboard layout swithing
by Ilya Dogolazky 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Hi ! I defined two keyboard layouts in fresh installed TDE under Debian Stable (jessie): one for Finnish and one for Russian keyboard. I did it via "Trinity Control Center --> Regional and accessibility --> Keyboard Layout --> Layout". So now I can switch the keyboard by clicking the ru/fi flag symbol in the panel. How can I define a keyboard shortcut to switch it? On some old machines with TDE I somehow managed it, but now I just can't. Whatever I click in the "Switching Options" or "Xkb Options" --- nothing works, the only way to switch keyboard is the mouse click. Please explain, how I can do it just by TDE configuration. Thanks! Ilya D.

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Port of KDE5 Breeze window borders for TDE
by Alexandre 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Hi, I decided to port KDE Plasma 5 ''Breeze'' window borders to TDE. It uses TDE's IceWM-compatible theme engine. It is not 100% done, because for now the active and inactive windows are the same color, and for an unknown reasons, TDE does not follow the option to center the text, but it already gives a good preview of it! If you want to use it on your system, just extract the archive to /opt/trinity/share/apps/twin/(icewmtheme) Have a great 2016! -Alexandre

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saving monitor power settings
by dave 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

I've noticed that using Trusty Tahr with R14.0.2, I cannot get trinity to save the power management settings. It does create the directory "~/.trinity/share/config/tdedisplay/" directory, but it's empty. The directory can be erased, but Monitor & Display will recreate an empty directory. Happens on 2 machines. Dave

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Re: Re: [trinity-users] Port of KDE5 Breeze window borders for TDE
by Kate Draven 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

> On 16-01-04 10:02 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Monday 04 January 2016 14:49:00 Alexandre wrote: > >> Which one? KDE5? > >> KDE Plasma 5 is now default on Kubuntu 15.10 > >> > >>> on Kubuntu 15.10. After all the updates installed, it works very > >>> well on my Core 2 Duo with 2gb of ram, from the 2008 or so era. > >> I haven't tested. Perhaps Felix hasn't either. But why does it matter? > >> Why must TDE constantly compete? Why is it a competition? Each person > >> uses what her or she likes. If you prefer KDE5, I see no reason why you > >> shouldn't use KDE5. Why does TDE have to become like it?? If KDE5 is now > >> faster than TDE on similar hardware, good for it. > >> > >> Yes, everyone uses what he-she likes. I think you didn't understanded what > >> I wrote in the way I meant it. Plasma 5 is overall much faster and > >> responsive than KDE4 on the same hardware. > > Ah! From what I heard that wouldn't be difficult. But as neither an Ubuntu > > fan nor a KDE4+ fan I haven't used it. If I want/need an Ubuntu I use > > Lubuntu. > > > >> TDE is more responsive (when it > >> doesn't lockup) than KDE4 and Plasma 5, but TDE does take more time to boot > >> than Plasma 5. > > Interesting. Fast boot-up seems to be th order of the day. But does it now > > make a difference what is underneath? > > > >> MS-DOS isn't much used anymore (as in not competitive), because it does not > >> fill the needs of most computer's users out there. This is just an example. > > I would analyse its demise as being hardware related. Many of us liked it, > > but it is not up coping with to modern hardware. > > > >> Difference and individuality are part of what Open Source and Free Software > >> are all about. > >> > >> Lisi > >> > >> Yes, differences and individuality is part of open source world, but we > >> should all (all) be respectful for other's work and other individuals. > > Of course. That goes without saying. It is par for the course. > > > > Lisi > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net > > Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > > Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > > > Boot time has come up on various lists for years. > I must say I never understood the point, especially for Linux. > Does anyone boots and reboot her Linus ten times a day - or even more - ? > I think the boot time is of little interest for Linux since updates do > not require a reboot - not like an other popular OS ;-) > A power failure or a major version upgrade are the only occasions for a > reboot on my Linux boxes. > > My 2 cents, > Pascal Agreed. I think it's ego thing. Proprietary OS are claiming it as a "super useful feature" and well, sorry to be rude, but crakmonkeys are buying it as important. Somewhere along the line, some devels did as well. I think it has only a little importants and to be honest I haven't noticed any significant different in boot times over the years. It really depends on the computer. My 1.8 Duo T60 with 4g of ram boots faster with Ark Linux 2008 than it does with most other distros. It does boot after with Alexander and Ali's distros as well as UnityLinux with Enlightenment as the gui. My 2 cents, as well. Cheers and happy new year to all (as applicable) Kate

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Re: [trinity-users] Superuser rights problem
by Thierry de Coulon 31 Dec '15

31 Dec '15

On Wednesday 30 December 2015 19.59:42 Michele Calgaro wrote: (...) > > Now I've got a small problem with superuser rights with some programs. > > Until now kpackage-trinity and Gostcrypt have shown this behaviour: > > > > - if I start the program (from TDE), at some point it will ask for the > > password. Neither the root password nor the user password work. > > > > - if I modify the program "icon" by adding "tdesu" before the command, > > the password is asked first, and the program works correctly. (...) > > Thierry > > Hi Thierry, > I tried to reproduce the problem on my system but I didn't see anything > wrong. But maybe I was doing something different from you. > Could you file a bug report with detail instructions on how to reproduce > the post? Some screenshots would also be useful . > Thanks > Michele OK, I once again forgot to link the pictures... :) Hi Michele, Not so easy... There's not much showing. With kpackage, I get the same behaviour wether I start kpackage (from the TDE/kicker menu) or by right-clicking on the *.deb file and choosing "open with": kpackage opens, I choose install, kpackage asks for the password (snapshot 1). Maybe a clue? It asks for the SUDO password - I have no sudo password. Neither the root nor the user password work. The dialog box disappears, then comes back, and so on. If I modify the menu command in "tdesu kpackage", kpackage works (albeit I get a "tdeinit could not start tdesu" message...). I tried starting kpackage from the command line but all I get is: thierry@haswell:~$ kpackage TQSettings::sync: failed to open '/etc/tqt3/tqt_plugins_3.5rc.tmp' for writing TQLayout "unnamed" added to TQVBox "page", which already has a layout thierry@haswell:~$ ^C thierry@haswell:~$ No idea if this tells you something... Gostcrypt shows a similar behaviour, but with no message at all. I can select the crypted partition, but when I want to mount it this requires the root password, which is not taken, so of course gostcrypt does not get the superuser rights (snapshot 2). tdesu gostcrypt works perfectly, so this is not really a problem. I also need tdesu to start synaptic, but this is more to get a nice dialog box (otherwise some text window is used to ask for the root password. Thank you, Thierry

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Superuser rights problem
by Thierry de Coulon 31 Dec '15

31 Dec '15

I've installed a brand new "Jessie" with TDE. Globally a smooth install. Now I've got a small problem with superuser rights with some programs. Until now kpackage-trinity and Gostcrypt have shown this behaviour: - if I start the program (from TDE), at some point it will ask for the password. Neither the root password nor the user password work. - if I modify the program "icon" by adding "tdesu" before the command, the password is asked first, and the program works correctly. This is no problem with gostcrypt, but with kpackage it means that I can't use "open with" with a package, I must load the package in kpackage (not a big deal, but I wish I would understand what the problem is). I did not see this problem with openSuSE, seems to be Debian related. Thierry

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Trinity in FreeBSD
by Robert Peters 30 Dec '15

30 Dec '15

Hi - has anyone experience or recommendations re using Trinity in FreeBSD? - Robert

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kmail-1.9.10 vs signed messages
by Gene Heskett 28 Dec '15

28 Dec '15

Greetings all; I would like at some point to be able to use some sort of verification, even encryption for some of my emails. But the msg from Ken Heard displays the start of my problem, in that no matter how I configure kmail on the crypto tab, any message bearing a signature will be displayed at first with a checking signature message, then nominally 1 second later, will either change to a yellow bar say not enough information, or a red bar that says its bad. It has never, ever shown me that its a good signature. So, how do I proceed to bring this feature into the appropriate RFC compliance and properly functioning? Thanks. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

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Tde on Ubuntu 14.04 running chinese Wondermedia WM8880 netbook
by Alexandre 27 Dec '15

27 Dec '15

Hi all, I bought a few weeks ago a 10 inch android netbook, with a dual-core 1.5ghz WonderMedia WM8880 cpu and 512mb of ram, 2 regular usb 2.0 ports, wifi and ethernet. These go for around 100$ on ebay and so far, it is a great buy! It has Android 4.4 and can boot from the sd card. I found somewhere on internet (from the guys at http://androportal.github.io/linux-on-aakash/) a working Ubuntu 14.04 image for this netbook. I currently run Slavek's TDE Preliminary Stable Build on it, and TDE is very comfortable on it and responsive, even with Compton enabled. Real-life power seems to me to be almost the same as the Raspberrry Pi 2(subjectively), but in a complete and pretty laptop. Hardware support is more or less complete, as I have to use an external usb to ethernet adapter to go online, and no wifi for now under linux, but it is still a very capable machine and the quality is much better than it was in the past. If someone is interested in it, I'll be able to upload online an image of the sd card. Merry Christmas and may 2016 be a great year for you and your family! -Alexandre

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