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Problem with medium application autostart
by Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

Hi! At last I made the transition to trinity + squeeze with the last of my boxes, the infamous office box. I saw my desktop go down in flames (which actually was the falt of som weired xorg problem) and raise from the ashes 2 days later. After all I am very satisfied, I didn't loose my kwallet nor my kmail settings and date - in fact I didn't loose anything important :-) There is only one issue left, that I was not able to correct: the medium application autostart does not work as I exect it. What I got so far: After I log in, plug in a DVD or USB storage device. Usually there should pop up a dialog asdking me what medium was found and what to do next. Now that dialog does not show up. But when I open konqueror and go to media:/ I see the plugged in device (not mounted). I can open it from there. I unplug the USB device, the icon disappears as expected. I start kcontol, go to "Peripherials/Storage Media", there select "Defaults" and "Apply", close kcontrol, plug in the USB storage device and the famouse dialogbox shows up! When I log out and log in again the dialogbox does not show up until I open kcontrol and do these steps. Now I cannot find what kcontrol does at this stage to make things work. I tried strace, but kcontol does not change the contents of any file in .trinity. It opens and reads these files, but nothing is written: .trinity/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus .trinity/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/xine-dvd.desktop .trinity/share/config/kcontrolrc .trinity/share/config/kdeglobals .trinity/share/config/khtmlrc .trinity/share/config/kio_httprc .trinity/share/config/kioslaverc .trinity/share/config/medianotifierrc xine-dvd.desktop plays DVDs, if inserted. At least when I first start kcontrol ;-) I made a diff from the ~/.trinity tree befor and after running kcontrol, but there are no changes. So, is there a way how I can get the medium autoplay to work? Nik

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/usr/bin/lzma: Decoder error
by Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

I just tried to intall trinity on a Debian squeeze, but "apt-get update" gives these errors and I cannot install trinity. Anybody an idea what's going on? Hole:5 http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze Release.gpg [316 B] Ign http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze/main TranslationIndex Hole:6 http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze/main Sources/DiffIndex [1885 B] Hole:7 http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze Release [22,1 kB] Treffer http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze/main i386 Packages Treffer http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze/main Translation-en Treffer http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze/main Sources Treffer http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze/main Sources Treffer http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze/main i386 Packages Ign http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze/main TranslationIndex Hole:8 http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze/main Translation-de_AT 95% [8 Translation-de_AT lzma 0] [Verbindung mit insbergs.lv (80.81.32.247)]/usr/bin/lzma: Decoder error Hole:9 http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze/main Translation-de 96% [9 Translation-de lzma 0] [Verbindung mit ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net]/usr/bin/lzma: Decoder error Treffer http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze/main Translation-en Hole:10 http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze/main Translation-de_DE [1885 B] Hole:11 http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze/main Translation-en_GB [1885 B] 96% [11 Translation-en_GB lzma 0] [Verbindung mit mirror.trinity.lv] 292 B/s 6 s/usr/bin/lzma: Decoder error Treffer http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze/main Translation-en_GB Hole:12 http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze/main Translation-de Hole:13 http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze/main Translation-de_DE [1885 B] Ign http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze/main Translation-de_AT Ign http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net squeeze/main Translation-en_GB 66,7 kB wurden in 45 s heruntergeladen (1465 B/s) [ ERR] Paketlisten werden gelesen E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net_trinity_trinity_debian_dists_squeeze_main_i18n_Translation-de E: Die Paketliste oder die Statusdatei konnte nicht eingelesen oder geöffnet werden. E: Konnte den Paketcache nicht neu erzeugen E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net_trinity_trinity_debian_dists_squeeze_main_i18n_Translation-de E: Die Paketliste oder Statusdatei konnte nicht gelesen oder geöffnet werden. E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net_trinity_trinity_debian_dists_squeeze_main_i18n_Translation-de E: Die Paketliste oder Statusdatei konnte nicht gelesen oder geöffnet werden. -- Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp Einnehmerstraße 14 A-4810 Gmunden Tel.: +43 650 82 11 724 email: office(a)klepp.biz

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Problems with repositories and aptitude update
by Lisi 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

I am installing (or trying to!) Trinity on a fresh minimal install of Squeeze. But I have run into problems (which I did not the other day on a full install). I have edited my sources.list as instructed on the Pearson website, and have checked and rechecked the repositories. They seem to be fine, but when I do <aptitude update> I get a lot of error messages like this one: [ ERR] Reading package lists E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net_trinity_trinity_debian_dists_squeeze_main_i18n_Translation-en E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. E: Couldn't rebuild package cache And obviously couldn't install Trinity either, with similar errors. I am completely baffled. Can anyone throw light on this? Lisi

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mount usb with the wrong user
by Uwe Brauer 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Hello I installed trinity on a PC running Ubuntu Lucid (I did not do the original installation so I am not sure if something went wrong) However when I connect in kde3 an usb device with a linux partion 2 things happen - the kde daemon pops up twice instead of only once - the device is mounted but the files belong to another user of this PC. This is very annoying because in order to copy I have to use sudo and then later the chown chgrp command. I looked up the fstab file in /etc but there I can't see the source of the problem. Uwe Brauer

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Lucid and docky
by Uwe Brauer 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Hello I finally installed successfully trinity on a PC which runs Ubuntu Lucid. However when I log in using KDE3 after some seconds, docky, a sort of gnome planel which looks like the MacIntosh planel, starts up and annoys me. So I have to kill it in order to enjoy KDE3. How can a disable docky per default. thanks Uwe Brauer

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can't install trinity in Ubuntu Lucid
by Uwe Brauer 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Hello - I have installed trinty in jaunty without a problem. - in Keramic I had a problem with the kdebib program which could be resolved. - but again in Lucid I have a different problem, anmely Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data-kde3_4%3a3.5.12-0ubuntu6+r1152788_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) What shall I do? Uwe Brauer

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K3b for Trinity
by Lisi 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

I have Trinity set up on Squeeze and now want to install K3b. I most emphatically do NOT want anything KDE4. How do I set about it? Alternatively, a search of my emails retrieves the information that many of you have K3b by default. The fact that I do not have it, suggests that I did not install Trinity correctly, although I thought that I had meticulously followed the directions on Timothy's site. What ought I to have done, to have what I would regard as the sine qua non of a functional DE? (Of which K3b forms a part.) Thanks, Lisi

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Proposal for Trinity Defaults for 3.5.13 (brainstorm)
by David C. Rankin 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

All, I have been through the kcontrol settings looking at default setting that could be changed in 3.5.13 to reduce the number of settings that would need to be changed on each new install (at least for me). The idea is to make Trinity better right out-of-the-box. I know everybody has different 'preferences' and this isn't intended to try and dictate default settings by any stretch, but after numerous installs, it is clear that the current defaults would benefit from a few changes. The goal is the come up with a default set that minimizes the number of changes that the average user would normally make and to give Trinity the good clean default looks and behavior I have taken the time to create a web page to collect input and give the developers a handy reference to look at the next time they are in the defaults section of the code. Check it out and add your comments here: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/wiki/bin/view/Specifications/Developmen… I've taken a first cut and coming up with foswiki formatting that makes it readable (I'm not sure I succeeded). If you have a better idea for distinguishing kcontrol -> entry -> tab (1,2..) and making it more readable, feel free to have at it. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Desktop/Terminal bug?
by Luciano ES 26 Feb '11

26 Feb '11

Can you please confirm this bug? Minimize all apps, so the Desktop area is visible. Right-click an empty spot in the Desktop screen and select Open Terminal Here. Firefox is launched! If Firefox is already running, a new Firefox window launches. Weird! That menu has "Ctrl+T" next to the "Open Terminal Here" option. Indeed, when all applications are minimized and the Desktop screen is visible, Ctrl+T launches Firefox. Does that happen to you too? -- Luciano ES >>

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Kmail nightmare
by Luciano ES 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

It's not that I want any special treatmente here, it's just that I do. Every time I boot/log in, I have to suffer through these bugs: http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/show_bug.cgi?id=428 http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/show_bug.cgi?id=431 Bug #431 forces me to perform two checks before I can go on. Those are bad enough, but really bad is this bug with Kmail which is forcing me to log off and log in several times a day: http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/show_bug.cgi?id=438 This has just become unacceptable. I use my computer to work, and I need to check my mail several times a day. The damn thing keeps getting jammed over and over, I have to restart my session several times a day. And this is Linux, not Windows or Mac, so restarting a session actually means closing all my currently running apps then restarting them after I log in again. They start automatically, but it takes a while for them to be ready. It's not like Windows and Mac, where we can log off, come back and everything is still there up and running just the way we left it. And I have to reconfigure my keyboard every frigging time I log in. It's driving me nuts. Another very irritating thing is to think that I had none of these problems when I was using the 9.04 Trinity distro. How can software get WORSE? I just upgraded because... Well, pure peer pressure. Everywhere I go (forums, IRC) people keep telling me "yak yak, your OS is old as dust, upgrade already, yakety-yak". Damn, do I regret upgrading! But I just have NO TIME to go back now. I've wasted too much time already fine tuning the one I have now. Please, for the love of humanity, get Kmail fixed stat. Thank you for listening. -- Luciano ES >>

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