DEBIAN LTSP INSTALLATION. SKOLELINUX EDU. I have tried to install it but does not go beyond select and install option during installation. Please how can i install it? and what are other sources of downloading the skolelinux edu if im wrong? I have one server computer with one NIC and 30 hp thin clients. Please help me.
---- George Charo On 14 June 2018 at 08:15, <debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org> wrote: > Content-Type: text/plain > > debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2018 : > Issue 578 > > Today's Topics: > Re: Re: combining stable and testing [ Paul Murtaugh > <murta...@science.ore ] > Re: Gtk-ERROR **: GTK+ 2.x symbols d [ Ulf Volmer <u.vol...@u-v.de> ] > Re: Mouse with extra buttons. How to [ Siard <shiems...@kpnplanet.nl> ] > Re: installing 9.4 from the dvd's is [ Patrick Bartek < > nemomm...@gmail.com ] > A newer kernel for my genesi smartbo [ Robert Pommrich > <LeProvokateur@gmx. ] > Re: USB Host-Host cables [ Richard Owlett < > rowl...@cloud85.net ] > Re: Not power off after shutdown in [ Miroslav Skoric <sko...@eunet.rs> > ] > Re: USB Host-Host cables [ Ulf Volmer <u.vol...@u-v.de> ] > Re: A newer kernel for my genesi sma [ deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> ] > Re: GCC 7 [ Georgi Naplatanov < > go...@oles.biz> ] > Re: Print Queues and KVM/virt-manage [ Stefan Monnier > <monnier@iro.umontre ] > [Solved] Re: Hardware decoding of vi [ Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> ] > NitroShare doesn't seem to work with [ Gary Dale <gary...@gmail.com> ] > Re: NitroShare doesn't seem to work [ Felmon Davis <dav...@union.edu> > ] > > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 08:46:02 -0700 > From: Paul Murtaugh <murta...@science.oregonstate.edu> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Re: combining stable and testing in sources.list > Message-ID: <cedbc1b9-569d-a3dd-d6b3-b292149d9...@science.oregonstate.edu> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="------------758962726856064AE331275D" > Content-Language: en-US > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------758962726856064AE331275D > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Many thanks for all the responses. I plan to ease out of my personal > Frankendebian by just reinstalling. And I vow to be more careful about > copy-and-pasting stuff from websites into my //system files! > > -Paul > > > > --------------758962726856064AE331275D > Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > <html> > <head> > > <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> > </head> > <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> > <p>Many thanks for all the responses. I plan to ease out of my > personal Frankendebian by just reinstalling. And I vow to be more > careful about copy-and-pasting stuff from websites into my > <i></i>system > files!<br> > <br> > -Paul</p> > <p><br> > </p> > </body> > </html> > > --------------758962726856064AE331275D-- > > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 19:18:25 +0200 > From: Ulf Volmer <u.vol...@u-v.de> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Gtk-ERROR **: GTK+ 2.x symbols detected. Using GTK+ 2.x and > GTK+ > 3 in the same process is not supported > Message-ID: <20180613171825.g6u4c7it6mhbx...@u-v.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > > On 13.06.2018 12:03, Piotr wrote: > > > When I try to open the "mate-users-admin" from the terminal on Stretch > > I am getting such error and the app does not open: > > AFAIK mate-users-admin is not available in stretch. > only in jessie (in package mate-system-tools). > Are you sure that you have an uptodate stretch system without > old packages from jessie? > > best regards > Ulf > > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 19:17:21 +0200 > From: Siard <shiems...@kpnplanet.nl> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Mouse with extra buttons. How to configure them? > Message-ID: <20180613191721.b23c307c.shiems...@kpnplanet.nl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 11:58:31 +0200, Piotr wrote: > > I got new mouse which has some extra buttons, but in standard Xfce4 > > settings there is no way to configure some functions for them. Is > > there a software to do this? Can it be done in some configuration > > files? > > xbindkeys may be used to assign any function to any mouse button, > including the 'extra' ones. > > Instructions can be found in several places, for example here: > https://blog.hanschen.org/2009/10/13/mouse-shortcuts-with-xbindkeys/ > > Emulating key presses, using xte, which is part of the xautomation > package, is mentioned here. As an example, I have Ctrl+W ('Close') > performed by an 'extra' mouse button ('button 9' in my case) by > assigning this function to the button in xbindkeys-config: > /usr/bin/xte 'keydown Control_L' 'key W' 'keyup Control_L' > > > Also how to change what clicking the wheel should do? > > Clicking the wheel = button 2, scrolling up/down = button 4/5. > > Furthermore, several mouse properties, such as the mouse cursor speed, > may be adjusted using libinput. > > man 4 libinput > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Libinput > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mouse_acceleration > > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 11:53:48 -0700 > From: Patrick Bartek <nemomm...@gmail.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: installing 9.4 from the dvd's iso. > Message-ID: <20180613115348.675c6645@debian9> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Mon, 11 Jun 2018 18:57:27 -0400 > Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > > On Monday 11 June 2018 16:50:39 Patrick Bartek wrote: > >=20 > > > On Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:07:46 -0400 > > > > > > Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: =20 > > > > Generally speaking, a big hey y'all to the developers. > > > > > > > > All of my squawks about the wheezy installer have been > > > > addressed. =20 > > > > > > Good to hear. However, I never had any problem with my custom > > > install of Wheezy 5 years ago. Nor, for that matter, with Stretch. > > > Never bothered with Jessie. > > > =20 > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > > Just one thing seems to be missing: apt nor synaptic, will go out > > > > on the net and refresh the list of repo's in the sources.list. I > > > > have no clue if its because the network interface has been > > > > renamed from eth0 to enpsomething0, but it doesn't fetch the repo > > > > contents at all. Firefox was sent to look at a few sites, worked > > > > as expected so its not a network problem IMO. > > > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > > However an admittedly cursory read of all the files in /etc/apt, > > > > does not explain apt's reticence to download the new repo lists. > > > > So thats the next thing to fix. > > > > > > > > Can someone perhaps share a clue since I don't have one? =20 > > > > > > Show /etc/apt/sources.list as well as /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ > > > files. =20 > >=20 > > Had a heck of a time, seems the 2 lower trays in the hotswap cage are=20 > > still serviced with red sata cables, which are known to have only a=20 > > 4 or 5 year life, something in that red dye eats the copper into a=20 > > rusty looking powder. And thats the only 2 red cables left in this=20 > > decade old system. All the other original build red cables are gone. > > Good to know. All my sata cables are red. Came with the motherboard. > And this system like yours is 11 years old, although it's had > various upgrades (cpus, graphic cards, hard drives, power supply) since. > Fortunately, I've had no problems. However, next time I'm at the > computer store, I'm going to get new non-red cables. Can't hurt. Or, > maybe, I should build a NEW system. Nah! Against my frugal nature. > If it ain't broke, don't fix it. ;-) > > > So I have that drive back to hanging out of the machine and mounted=20 > > on /media/sdcslash. On an orangish/tan cable. Black, blue, even green > > seem to be ok, but red may as well be tossed in the trash because you > > WILL eventually have to change it. > > I only have two hard drives, both internal and no hotswaps. In any > case, hard drives, etc. shouldn't be causing your failure to reach the > Debian repos. You said your web browsing Internet connection worked > fine. Maybe, a firewall misconfigure or the repo you were trying to > reach was "down" or being updated itself at the time. Had that happen. > > > So here is that sources.list: > > (wordwrapoff) > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD > > Binary-1 20180310-11:21]/ stretch contrib main # deb cdrom:[Debian > > GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 > > 20180310-11:21]/ stretch contrib main=20 > >=20 > > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free contrib=20 > > # deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free > > contrib=20 > >=20 > > deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ stretch/updates main > > contrib non-free # deb-src > > http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ stretch/updates main > > contrib non-free=20 > >=20 > > # stretch-updates, previously known as 'volatile' > > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib > > non-free # deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates > > main contrib non-free=20 > >=20 > > # stretch-backports, previously on backports.debian.org > > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch-backports main contrib > > non-free # deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch-backports > > main contrib non-free =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > Looks okay. Pretty much like mine at the moment. I did a clean > install of Stretch (hard drive pre-partiioned in Wheezy) a couple > weeks ago, dual boot with my now 5 year old unsupported Wheezy install > as a backup. Both on the same hard drive. > > FYI: Neither of my Debian installs are "stock' or UEFI. MBR only. And > Stretch is chainloaded from Wheezy's grub which is on the MBR. Learned a > long time ago, not to mix-n-match distro grubs or lilos. I started with > a net-install disk base terminal only system, and built up from there. > However, I have no desktop. Just a window manager (Openbox), menus, > and a single LXPanel. Network configured automatically during install. > Didn't have to do a thing. Refreshing. PS: Converted to sysvinit as > init after base install, but kept all the systemd libraries as > dependencies. No problems, so far. > > > Now the sources.list.d contents: But its empty. Will have trinity r14=20 > > in it shortly as I'm quite used to TDE, its a Just Works desktop. That > > will bring in kmail so I can copy all my custom scripts over, and=20 > > actually start making stretch do my things. > > Don't use desktops. Installs too much crap I don't need or will > ever used. Resource hogs. All of them. Have heard good things about > Trinity as desktops go. > > > /etc/apt/preferences.d is empty > > /etc/apt/trustedgpg seems to have the usual suspects for wheezy, > > jessie, and stretch. > >=20 > > Anything else you need to see while I'm trying to corral some more > > sata cables that are NOT red? > > No. My /etc/apt/ is pretty much the same as yours at the moment, > except VirtualBox's repo (I downloaded the installer directly from > VB's site) is https as is Google's chrome's under preferences.list.d. > So, I needed to install apt-transport-https for them to work. I will > eventually convert all my repos to https and httpredir those that I > can. Make sure everything works first before making a change, I say. > > > Oh, is ifconfig and route on the first dvd? Its possible theres > > something wrong with the networking but I don't have the old > > standby's to show me. ip route looks sane but I'm the old hippy who > > has not yet seen that this "ip" stuff can actually replace ifconfig. > > =46rom my reading ifconfig, etc. have been abandoned, in favor of a new, > improved technique (they say). Below are a few links to the new Debian > network configuring. Hope it helps you solve your non-responsive > repo problem. > > By the way, when you do an 'apt update' do you get any output? > Also, you are doing this as 'root', yes? Or sudo? I don't have sudo > set up on my system. Consider it a security risk. > > I know you don't want to hear this, what with all the time you've > spent trying to make things work, but have you considered just > reinstalling everything with all the hardware set up as you want it to > see if it works? > > Best of Luck. > > B > > > Informational Links: > > https://tomsalmon.eu/2017/12/debian-9-stretch-systemd- > network-interface-nam= > es/ > > https://www.serverlab.ca/tutorials/linux/administration-linux/how-to- > config= > ure-debian-9-network-settings/ > > https://tecadmin.net/setup-network-interface-on-ubuntu- > debian-and-linuxmint/ > > https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfiguration#Howto_ > use_vlan_.28dot1q.2C_802= > .1q.2C_trunk.29_.28Etch.2C_Lenny.29 > > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 21:25:36 +0200 > From: Robert Pommrich <leprovokat...@gmx.de> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: A newer kernel for my genesi smartbook > Message-ID: <0f8a6578-3558-b887-2329-3c1e7ffdd...@gmx.de> > Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; > protocol="application/pgp-signature"; > boundary="MWUQ9beMDj4MHjH8Bry7Dyev80aLM99pf" > > This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) > --MWUQ9beMDj4MHjH8Bry7Dyev80aLM99pf > Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="wqM7W2Ed4jv4rdxEJiPm1ODyN4hoav > t7M"; > protected-headers="v1" > From: Robert Pommrich <leprovokat...@gmx.de> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Message-ID: <0f8a6578-3558-b887-2329-3c1e7ffdd...@gmx.de> > Subject: A newer kernel for my genesi smartbook > > --wqM7W2Ed4jv4rdxEJiPm1ODyN4hoavt7M > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > Content-Language: en-US > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Hi, > > I am a still proud owner of a genesi smartbook. > > It is still running wheezy with a kernel in version 2.6.31 with Uboot as > boot loader. > > Someone told me, that the hardware should be supported by now by a > mainline kernel. > > I don't know how to find out, if the hardware is really supported, nor > how to build a mainline kernel and integrate it with Uboot. > > Please help me. > > Best regards, > Robert > > > --wqM7W2Ed4jv4rdxEJiPm1ODyN4hoavt7M-- > > --MWUQ9beMDj4MHjH8Bry7Dyev80aLM99pf > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" > Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature > Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2 > > iEYEARECAAYFAlshb70ACgkQAhMNa+PFqP1srACeJfYZm8pcWcVMbqRGoLFjvt2w > ETEAn3AK3NWCdz1vUU0JzKHp6Tj85/jr > =7/9P > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --MWUQ9beMDj4MHjH8Bry7Dyev80aLM99pf-- > > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 14:50:51 -0500 > From: Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> > To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Re: USB Host-Host cables > Message-ID: <41317344-3763-9b00-5ba7-2b79765ce...@cloud85.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > [I'm subscribed to list] > > On 06/13/2018 09:57 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 06:29:33AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> I have purchased a USB Host-Host cable based on the PL-25A1 chipset. > >> Where would discussion about using it be *ON TOPIC* ? > >> It is recognized by Debian Stretch. > >> I have found relevant bits-n-pieces in manpages and package info. > >> I'm retired and my avocation is learning about Linux. > >> I'm missing background in: > >> USB interfacing > >> networking (in a broad sense) > >> TIA > > > > > > The plusb driver should detect it as a network interface. > > I don't find "plusb" in man pages or list of Debian packages. > I did find it mentioned in [https://wiki.debian.org/DeviceDatabase/USB] > Do I need to know anything more at the moment? > > > > > It's > > faster than a 100Mb/s ethernet adapter and slower than a gigabit > > ethernet adapter. > > > > Plug it in to both sides and pick an IP range. Let's call it: > > > > A: > > 192.168.42.1/24 > > > > B: > > 192.168.42.2/24 > > > > So to find your adapter name, you say: > > > > ip link show > > > > and eliminate the ones you know about - lo, eth0, wlan0, > > whatever - and find the one that's new. Let's pretend it's > > called usbnet0. > > > > Assign it an address: > > > > ip address add 192.168.42.1/24 usbnet0 > > (and on B, use ...42.2 ) > > > > You should get a route on each side: > > ip 4 > > .... > > 192.168.42.1/24 dev usbnet0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.42.2 > > ... > > > > and now you can access the other side via ssh and scp and > > whatever. > > > > I've never used either "ssh" or "scp". *THEREFORE* I believe I have a > reading assignment <grin>. After all, that was essentially what I was > asking for :} > > Not going to have a chunk of time for this project until Thursday or > Friday afternoon. More later. > > THANK YOU > > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 22:47:23 +0200 > From: Miroslav Skoric <sko...@eunet.rs> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Not power off after shutdown in Jessie > Message-ID: <33689b94-be32-1591-870f-303d66a98...@eunet.rs> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > Content-Language: en-GB > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > On 06/10/2018 06:33 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > > > On 2018-05-31 at 02:01, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > > > >> After upgrading from Wheezy LTS to Jessie, one of my machines having 512 > >> MB RAM, does not power off when it reached target shutdown. It seems > >> some old issue/bug with systemd or else. In fact, everything closes down > >> properly except it does not unmount the following: > >> > >> /run/user/1000 > >> /run/user/106 > >> /var > >> /home > >> /tmp > > > > How can you tell that these are still mounted? > > > > Because the machine kept reporting 'failed unmount' for these above, > something like this: > > umounting /run/user/1000 > failed to umount /run/user/1000 > umounting /run/user/106 > failed to umount /run/user/106 > ... > ... > > (Sorry I forgot the exact syntax of how the machine reported that, > because it was last week. But it finally started to poweroff properly > after I removed all clamav -related stuff from that machine. In fact, I > noticed that all those clam* things still belonged to Wheezy, being in > versions ...deb7u1 or so, after I upgraded Wheezy LTS to Jessie.) > > > > > Could it be a kernel/BIOS incompatibility? (I.e., probably something to > > do with ACPI tables.) > > > > I don't know ... I got that machine some 6-7 years ago, as a second-hand > then. So it is probably some 10+ year old at least. > > > > > The only fix I've found for that problem, aside from reverting to the > > older kernel, is to upgrade the BIOS on the affected computers. Some of > > them had BIOS versions dating back to at least 2012, if not 2009; > > bringing them up to the manufacturer's latest BIOS release for that > > model got the new environments to shut down and reboot normally. > > > > I see. But as I said, removing some packages returned the box to normal > shutdown. > > Furthermore, what wondered me even more is that another *older* box I > have here (dated back to the beginning of the previous decade!), that > runs with only 224MB RAM on Celeron 400MHz, did not experience failure > in poweroff at all. > > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 23:01:44 +0200 > From: Ulf Volmer <u.vol...@u-v.de> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: USB Host-Host cables > Message-ID: <20180613210144.sjm7yv2vneqej...@u-v.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 02:50:51PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > On 06/13/2018 09:57 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > The plusb driver should detect it as a network interface. > > > > I don't find "plusb" in man pages or list of Debian packages. > > I did find it mentioned in [https://wiki.debian.org/DeviceDatabase/USB] > > It's a kernel module included in the debian kernel. > > > Do I need to know anything more at the moment? > > No. module should be loaded automatically if you plugin your usb > device. > > best regards > Ulf > > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 23:40:59 +0200 > From: deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: A newer kernel for my genesi smartbook > Message-ID: <pfs2t5$g1b$1...@blaine.gmane.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > Robert Pommrich wrote: > > > I don't know how to find out, if the hardware is really supported, nor > > how to build a mainline kernel and integrate it with Uboot. > > I can't speak about your genesi smartbook, but I have few rear boards and > what I usually do is go through all modules used - loaded/compiled in. > I make sure to have them enabled in the kernel config and build package for > the kernel or just build initrd. > > I found it very practical to test using PXE or similar (boot/root over > internet (nfs) - one can easily test kernel without much effort (of course > the effort goes into setting up the nfs/root boot part. > > you can compile all drivers used by the board in the kernel also to avoid > using initrd, but many would object here. > > if it is not x86 it is a bit more complicated > > regards > > Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 00:43:53 +0300 > From: Georgi Naplatanov <go...@oles.biz> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: GCC 7 > Message-ID: <3dafed06-c2c0-4094-a45c-eef150b9a...@oles.biz> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > Content-Language: en-US > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > On 06/13/2018 11:04 AM, Irek Szcześniak wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I need GCC 7 on my Debian Stretch. Previously I upgraded my Stretch to > > Testing (Buster), but I ran to some problems, and reinstalled the system > > back to Stretch. > > > > Could someone offer an advice on how to get a working GCC 7 on Debian > > Stretch, without upgrading to Testing? > > Another option could be to build GCC-7 yourself from source. Don't > forget to use appropriate prefix when you run "configure". > > Kind regards > Georgi > > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 17:57:36 -0400 > From: Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Print Queues and KVM/virt-manager virtual Windows machines > Message-ID: <jwvlgbibbfl.fsf-monnier+gmane.linux.debian.u...@gnu.org> > Content-Type: text/plain > > > Which strikes me as a bug, not a feature. I'm not familiar with the USB > > specification but it seems to me that sharing USB ports, speakers, > > microphones, network ports, etc. should all be possible. While one host, > the > > hypervisor, may control the actual port, others should be able to > > communicate with it via a virtual port that the hypervisor provides. > > Virtualization can only be done based on higher-level knowledge of > the protocol. > > But yes: you should be able to "pass" this particular USB device to one > of your virtual machines. > > > The problem there is that many (all?) printer manufacturers provide > Windows > > programs that offer more features than the CUPS drivers provide. > > And these will typically use ad-hoc proprietary protocols :-( > > > Stefan > > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 22:44:38 -0400 > From: Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: [Solved] Re: Hardware decoding of video not working in VLC > Message-Id: <20180613224438.9c858013ea3c051feadc6...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:06:32 +0200 > didier gaumet <didier.gau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Le 13/06/2018 =E0 06:00, Celejar a =E9crit=A0: > > [...] > > > --avcodec-hw vaapi > > [...] > >=20 > > launching vlc with -vvv option may be handy sometimes > > Thanks! Using -vvv, I found this [hint for anyone else trying this: > look for amber lines ;)]: > > avcodec decoder warning: thread type 1: disabling hardware acceleration > > Searching the web turned up this thread: > > https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=3D134770 > > Apparently, vlc uses ffmpeg libraries, which contain a limitation > preventing the simultaneous use of multithreading and hardware > acceleration. The workaround is to disable multithreading (although > there's a warning that this may adversely affect performance with > non-hardware-accelerated video): > > https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=3D134770#p446037 > https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=3D134770#p446154 > > Doing this reenables hardware acceleration, and CPU usage drops to > levels similar to those of mpv. > > Thanks much! > > Celejar > > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 23:40:11 -0400 > From: Gary Dale <gary...@gmail.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: NitroShare doesn't seem to work with Buster > Message-ID: <c69beb69-981e-0e98-77f1-2374126f7...@torfree.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Language: en-CA > > I note that there aren't any Buster packages available for NitroShare. > The Sid packages don't work with Buster - I get the message > "QSystemTrayIcon::setVisible: No Icon set" when I try to launch it (from > the command line - the Plasma menu launcher hides the error message). > However nitroshare is still running despite the error. It has a process > and is consuming resources (notably it grabs a port). > > However, when I try to connect to my Buster workstation from my Android > phone, the nitroshare app goes searching forever. It never finds a > machine to connect to. > > My real problem is that another thing that doesn't work with Bust is > mtp, so I can't transfer files via the USB charging cable. I was hoping > that NitroShare work give me an alternative, if less desirable, solution. > > Has anyone been able to get NitroShare to work with Buster? Does anyone > have any idea when a working Buster package will become available? > > Or on another subject, does anyone know if mtp will ever work? > > Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 00:19:07 -0400 (EDT) > From: Felmon Davis <dav...@union.edu> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: NitroShare doesn't seem to work with Buster > Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1806140015300.3132@asus2> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > On Wed, 13 Jun 2018, Gary Dale wrote: > > > Or on another subject, does anyone know if mtp will ever work? > > I don't know; there has been discussion of using: > > gmtp > go-mtpfs > jmtpfs > > I've used jmtpfs (requires) java; I've used one of the others but > forget which, whichever, it worked alright. > > I use sshdroid on the phone to and sshfs on the laptop now. > > I believe krusader is relevant in kde environments but no direct > familiarity. > > f. > > > -- > Felmon in NY > >
