Re: OT: Music player with substantial speakers than can play things like mp3, wav files from an SD card or USB pendrive

On Thu, 2021-06-17 at 19:50 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > I'd like to find a fairly large (I mean not a tiny hand held thing > that uses > batteries and has tiny controls) music player that can play things > like mp3, > wav and other music files from either an SD card or a USB pendrive. > > I'

Re: MATE desktop - changing icon of a Launcher

On Tue, 2021-03-23 at 09:26 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I've been use MATE almost since it came out. > IIRC I used to use a series of mouse clicks to determine the file > name > {including path} of the current icon. > > On my current systems {one Stretch, one Buster} if I: I am using Bullseye a

Re: Unity3d apps slow

On Fri, 2021-01-08 at 14:53 +0100, Hans wrote: > > I have an older notebook with a nvidia graphics card (GF 8600M) and > usinmg the > proprietrary nvidia driver, which is *-legacy-340xx-*. > So around 2007 - 2010 ? > Most applications (i.e. games) are running fast with opengl > acceleration (60 >

Re: Backup Times on a Linux desktop

On Sat, 2019-11-02 at 20:24 +0100, Konstantin Nebel wrote: > Hi, > > > dual boot and Windows on default (for games, shame on me) and I might > switch > cause first Gaming on Linux is really becoming rly good and second I > could buy Missing out answers to your question :) Yes Gaming on Linux is b

Re: GeForce GT 710 on debian

On Sat, 2019-08-10 at 11:39 -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > On 8/10/2019 11:16 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Sb, 10 aug 19, 16:57:06, Jonas Hedman wrote: > > > Hi, my monitor (Samsung S22F350FHU 22"") doesn't play nicely with > > > my > > > with my ThinkCentre M92p. I tried to mess with setting, and

Re: Where'd lsb-compat go?

On Thu, 2019-07-11 at 13:48 -0500, Kent West wrote: > Two issues: > > > 1) I have several Debian boxes running as kiosks, and reporting to a > centralized Quest-branded "Systems Management Appliance" (SMA). With > a > recent update to the SMA, the Debian boxes stopped reporting in. > After > severa

Re: What to buy for Buster?

On Thu, 2019-05-23 at 19:24 +, Erik Josefsson wrote: > On 5/23/19 4:59 PM, Joe wrote: > > On Thu, 23 May 2019 15:17:15 + > > Erik Josefsson wrote: > > > > > Thanks all for feedback, help and answers to many of my > > > questions, > > > but I feel my available time and my skills put togethe

Re: Cannot re-install synaptic on Buster.

On Mon, 2019-04-15 at 01:24 -0400, Kieran Smyth wrote: > Hi, > > For reasons unknown to me, synaptic uninstalled itself about three > weeks ago. I am using Buster on the desktop, with MATE as my desktop > environment. > > When i open up a terminal and try to re-install it, i get the > following- >

Re: 'synaptic' removed from buster

On Sat, 2019-04-06 at 19:56 +1100, David wrote: > On Sat, 6 Apr 2019 at 19:08, Curt wrote: > > My impression from my general reading here is quite a few people > > rely on > > the synaptic package manager. I use apt-get; it's pie-like > > simplicity > > comforts me. > > Speaking in very broad term

Re: Making a modal window

On Sun, 2018-12-09 at 19:54 +, Brian wrote: > On Sun 09 Dec 2018 at 14:47:39 -0500, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > > > On 12/9/18, Brian wrote: > > > On Sun 09 Dec 2018 at 13:27:21 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > First, I fail to see why you should even be able to lock a > > > > computer away >

Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

On Sun, 2018-10-07 at 19:23 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 15:33:09 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 08:14:05 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > It was recommended that I update to Buster. > > > I started with Debian 9.1.0 installed from purchased DVD1. > > > [MATE

Re: How to react on a factually wrong Debian wiki change ?

On Sat, 2018-09-29 at 08:59 +, Curt wrote: > On 2018-09-28, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > This is not "unreliable" it is "clueless". > > Insofar Curt's proposal is technically more correct. > > But actually i see no improvement over my shorter statement. > > (Maybe it's better english, but it's no

Re: Distinguish instances of GUI file manager by color

On Wed, 2018-09-26 at 06:47 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 09/26/2018 06:24 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > > [...] > > > Also your phraseology joggled my thought process. Perhaps "file > > > manager" > > > hints at much more power than I need. I only wish to _move_ > > > f

Re: OT high-power radio broadcasting (was Re: red SATA cable corruption)

On Tue, 2018-09-18 at 16:13 -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > Brian - > Are you British? > Reading your reply was like reading a Monty Python script. If such > existed. > That's just normal for us Brits. In the late sixties we were somewhat miffed to discover that our excellent, serious, documenta

Re: recovering a partition table

On Fri, 2018-09-07 at 14:25 -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 09/07/2018 02:06 PM, Dominic Knight wrote: > > On Fri, 2018-09-07 at 13:02 -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > > > On 09/07/2018 12:19 PM, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > > > > On Friday, September 7, 2018 5:34:00 PM -0

Re: recovering a partition table

On Fri, 2018-09-07 at 13:02 -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 09/07/2018 12:19 PM, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > > On Friday, September 7, 2018 5:34:00 PM -04 Dominic Knight wrote: > > > Whilst trying to create one partition out of two (using disks) I > > > appear to ha

recovering a partition table

Whilst trying to create one partition out of two (using disks) I appear to have accidentally deleted the partition table of (almost) the whole drive. It still has the swap partition and an unknown partition of zero size apparently with 2tb of freespace. It was 10gb swap, 1tb, 50 gb, and two at rou

Re: [OT] Best (o better than yahoo) mail provider for malinglists

On Tue, 2018-08-28 at 21:33 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 22:23:46 +0200 > Stefan Krusche wrote: > > Hello Stefan, > > > have to log in via their website interface to free them out of the > > spam > > folder to be able to download them with my precious email client. > > I've >

Proton for Steam on Debian.

Does anyone have any knowledge or experience of this to share. Or even any thoughts on security which could be useful. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/ Under the install for Linux section it says to set up a Debian machine to run the software on as it requires latest drivers etc. Well, I

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

On Thu, 2018-08-16 at 07:41 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I've been looking for one for about a year. > I've just discovered that the Gemini PDA [ > https://www.planetcom.co.uk/] > has come to market. A key feature is "WiFi only models are > available". > > The site doesn't say anything about a

Re: [Solved, largely] Re: Latest version of X not starting in buster

On Sun, 2018-06-17 at 08:41 +1000, Charlie S wrote: > > > After contemplation, my reply is: > I suppose they still have a > twirling > thingy on the monitor while the machine boots? > > Be well, > Charlie > Sorry, there is no longer enough time for one of those to be drawn ;) systemd-an

Re: Nvidia, BOINC and Steam

On Wed, 2018-05-16 at 22:46 +0200, Nicolas FRANCOIS wrote: > Hi. > > I've been working with a stable Debian for a few years now (three > major > releases), with backports depots for a few tools I use regularly. I > need a proprietary Nvidia driver for essentially two things : Steam, > because I'm

Re: lightdm (testing): Long waiting time after login

On Wed, 2018-05-16 at 14:53 +0200, Dino wrote: > > Dino wrote: > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > --D295C2A19D414A0F9C32AEE8 > > > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > > > boundary="51A034E61483D85CC097E79C" > > > > > > > > > --51A034E

Re: Emails

On Wed, 2018-05-09 at 17:22 +0100, David wrote: > On Wed, 2018-05-09 at 21:16 +0900, likcoras wrote: > > On 05/09/2018 09:01 PM, David wrote: > > > I currently use Evolution for my emails with Debian 8. > > > > > > The version in the repository is very old, I'm currently using > > > V3.12. > > >

Re: How to use Debian for a HTPC/Gaming combination?

On Sat, 2018-03-03 at 16:24 +, Dominic Knight wrote: > On Sat, 2018-03-03 at 14:50 +0100, Markus Grunwald wrote: > > > > would like to use the same computer as a steam machine or to play > > other > > games using wine or, of course, native linux games which is not

Re: How to use Debian for a HTPC/Gaming combination?

On Sat, 2018-03-03 at 14:50 +0100, Markus Grunwald wrote: > Hello, > > Currently, I'm using libreelec as distribution for the HTPC in my > home > cinema. It does its job very good, but is inflexible. For example, I > would like to use the same computer as a steam machine or to play > other > games

Re: Using MATE's workspaces effectively

On Wed, 2018-02-28 at 06:50 -0500, songbird wrote: > > the only real negatives of the newer monitor is > that the scaling of fonts/menus/window sizes is set > so small and not easily adjustable in the program > itself that i have to change my monitor screen size > in order to be able to read the

Re: Add/Remove appication from MATE Applications drop down menu

On Sat, 2017-11-04 at 07:44 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 11/03/2017 08:22 PM, Dominic Knight wrote: > > On Fri, 2017-11-03 at 08:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > My first problem is there are too many games cluttering the Games > > > sub-menu. How to delete s

Re: Add/Remove appication from MATE Applications drop down menu

On Fri, 2017-11-03 at 08:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > My first problem is there are too many games cluttering the Games > sub-menu. How to delete selected games from the menu without > removing > the executable? > > My second problem is I do not use Firefox. I wish to replace it with > a >

Re: USB wireless keyboard in stretch

On Mon, 2017-08-21 at 21:46 -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > On 21/08/17 17:09, Alle Meije Wink wrote: > > Does anyone understand the cause of this problem > > *The USB wireless keyboard IS itself a problem*. You are > unnecessarily > contaminating the environment consuming Voltaic cells wher

Re: Fonts for widgets in Cinnamon

On Sat, 2017-08-19 at 21:04 +0200, Jeff wrote: > I have been using Cinnamon (from testing) for a couple of years with > no > problem until a couple of days ago, when suddenly the font size for > most > widgets increased. This is annoying, as certain lists in things like > Thunderbird no longer fit

Re: caja as administrator

On Sun, 2017-08-06 at 11:09 +0200, Frank wrote: > Op 06-08-17 om 01:34 schreef Dominic Knight: > > I guess this is something I have done at this end but, although it > > works fine as a normal user (right click and open new instance), > > when > > trying to o

caja as administrator

I guess this is something I have done at this end but, although it works fine as a normal user (right click and open new instance), when trying to open any folder from Caja as administrator (right click on folder in Caja, select open as administrator) I get the message: "Please start Chromium as a

Re: off topic! What is the error in this script

On Sun, 2017-06-25 at 18:30 +0300, Teemu Likonen wrote: > Dominic Knight [2017-06-25 15:35:46+01] wrote: > > > To convert a series of .flac files to .mp3 files I attempted to use > > the > > following line; > > > > > $ find -name "*.fl

off topic! What is the error in this script

To convert a series of .flac files to .mp3 files I attempted to use the following line; > $ find -name "*.flac" -exec bash -c 'ffmpeg -i "{}" -y -acodec libmp3lame -ab 320k "${0/.flac}.mp3"' {} \; which I expected to find each flac and convert it to a corresponding .mp3 however, it reads the firs

Re: Sound Problem

On Sat, 2017-03-11 at 09:39 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > Up to date Jessie. > > Sound worked until I turned power off to the external speakers.  The  > sound has not been working since I turned the speakers back on. > > If I run 'speaker-test' I get noise, but if I run 'speaker-test -c 2 > -

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

On Monday 27 February 2017 13:17:56 Richard Owlett wrote: > I looked at at LibreOffice Base. It was unusable as its "help" system > provided no intrinsic way to increase fonts to a legible size. Would temporarily changing your dpi settings work, the help is perfectly legible here, but I have incre

Re: Re: Reconfiguring grub2 UFEI system

oops, I notice it is solved now, must have missed those posts in the digest somehow, I was thinking however that maybe it was a case of 'I never installed that version of grub so I'm not going to write to it' as you probably had a slightly different version from the one on SuSE, I am no expert howe

Re: Reconfiguring grub2 UFEI system

On Sun, 2016-10-23 at 17:49 +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 22/10/2016 à 23:17, Mark Neidorff a écrit : > > On Friday, 10/21/16 10:19:47 PM Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > > > > What is the output of "os-prober" ? > > > > No output. (yes, I ran it as root) > > Then no other system was detected and

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Thu, 2016-09-22 at 16:19 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > I've edited https://wiki.debian.org/LightDM and written > https://wiki.debian.org/Xsession from scratch.  I hope this helps > other > people who were as lost and confused as I was. > > If you're still wondering what kind of documentation I

Re: cant get to desktop anymore

On Mon, 2016-09-19 at 17:01 -0400, Ric Moore wrote: > On 09/18/2016 09:42 PM, Frank McCormick wrote: > > > > On 18/09/16 07:57 PM, Ric Moore wrote: > > > > > > On 09/18/2016 06:00 PM, Kent West wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 3:28 PM, bell canada > > > il.com > > > >

Re: Jessie (8.0) slow to boot

On Wed, 2016-08-31 at 10:24 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 09:16:00AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > What's going on? > > Are the messages that scroll past preserved anywhere? > > When booting with systemd, the boot messages are stored in RAM > automatically, and can