[DNG] Find efficiency [Was: Re: mouse driver question]

2022-04-24 Thread Antony Stone
On Sunday 24 April 2022 at 04:15:35, Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng wrote: > Hi, > > Antony Stone writes: > > > > I just tried several successive searches for a few unique filenames in a > > directory tree (all files in the same directory, just in case the > > position made a difference). > > > > The

Re: [DNG] Looking for xorg.conf (was Re: mouse driver question)

2022-04-24 Thread karl
Olaf Meeuwissen: ... > As I mentioned in a previous response, nowadays Xorg gets by without > this file quite well, most of the time. It simply probes your system > and uses what it finds. ... That has never worked for serial mice, sorry. Regards, /Karl Hammar __

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-24 Thread karl
Fred: ... > If gpm only works in a virtual terminal why do I need to continue > working with it? I don't use a virtual terminal. ... Since it is such a simple test to do, e.g. you don't have to restart the X server to try another protocol. Regards, /Karl Hammar

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-24 Thread karl
Ralph Ronnquist: ... > I think all mice are supposed to be handled by the kernel and will > then get presented at /dev/input/mice ... At some level every hardware is handled by the kernel. What you are talking about is the input subsystem. To make a serial mouse work or use the input subsystem you

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-24 Thread karl
Fred: ... > I also don't like the beetle wings for buttons one and three because > I am often accidentally clicking button three. ... Yes, it is wery annoying when you accidentally press button three. Regards, /Karl Hammar ___ Dng mailing list Dng@list

[DNG] Hardware support for new Thinkpad?

2022-04-24 Thread . via Dng
I just got a Thinkpad P1 gen 4, and Chimaera doesn't recognize the audio, camera, or HDMI port (not to mention the fingerprint sensor in the power switch).  I could use some guidance in what to look for... It has a Tiger Lake-H processor, I don't know what chipset.  I think I need a command li

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-24 Thread aitor
Hi Ralph, On 23/4/22 23:32, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: Then, I think the X11 system relies on udev for setting up its inputs and load the appropriate modules. You may take over that and do things "by hand" by a) making the following file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/a.conf Section "ServerFlags" Op

Re: [DNG] Hardware support for new Thinkpad?

2022-04-24 Thread Antony Stone
On Sunday 24 April 2022 at 13:28:38, . via Dng wrote: > I just got a Thinkpad P1 gen 4, and Chimaera doesn't recognize the > audio, camera, or HDMI port (not to mention the fingerprint sensor in > the power switch). I could use some guidance in what to look for... I would start with lspci, lsusb

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-24 Thread aitor
On 24/4/22 13:52, aitor wrote: but enable it when using vdev. *disable* ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Hardware support for new Thinkpad?

2022-04-24 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via Dng
Anno domini 2022 Sun, 24 Apr 07:28:38 -0400 . via Dng scripsit: > I just got a Thinkpad P1 gen 4, and Chimaera doesn't recognize the > audio, camera, or HDMI port (not to mention the fingerprint sensor in > the power switch).  I could use some guidance in what to look for... > > It has a Tiger

Re: [DNG] Hardware support for new Thinkpad?

2022-04-24 Thread onefang
On 2022-04-24 07:28:38, . via Dng wrote: > I just got a Thinkpad P1 gen 4, and Chimaera doesn't recognize the audio, > camera, or HDMI port (not to mention the fingerprint sensor in the power > switch).  I could use some guidance in what to look for... > > It has a Tiger Lake-H processor, I don't

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-24 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 23 Apr 2022 21:11:18 +0200, Florian wrote in message <2022042328.14e36a59.f.zieb...@web.de>: > Some time ago, in a similar situation, I had been successful with > > $ find / | grep xorg.conf > > Also worth a try: > > $ man 5 xorg.conf ..also worth trying:~$ man -k xorg.conf ...a

Re: [DNG] Hardware support for new Thinkpad?

2022-04-24 Thread Gastón via Dng
On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 07:28:38AM -0400, . via Dng wrote: > I just got a Thinkpad P1 gen 4, and Chimaera doesn't recognize the audio, > camera, or HDMI port (not to mention the fingerprint sensor in the power > switch).  I could use some guidance in what to look for... > > It has a Tiger Lake-H p

[DNG] trouble with rdiff-backup

2022-04-24 Thread Hendrik Boom
I've experienced trouble using rdiff-backup when backing up a file tree onto a new backup drive. The backup drive (initially something like vfat) was reformatted by creating an ext4 file system on its first and only partition. Subsequently asking rdiff-backup to back up /farhome/hendrik onto /

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-24 Thread Fred
Hi, On 4/23/22 12:53, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: On 4/23/22 02:34, k...@aspodata.se wrote: ... So, make sure you are running in a virtual console and logged in as root, then run the gpm -b etc. thing and move the mouse around. To make the mouse to work in X11, please test the mouse with g

Re: [DNG] trouble with rdiff-backup

2022-04-24 Thread Florian Zieboll via Dng
On Sun, 24 Apr 2022 13:17:38 -0400 Hendrik Boom wrote: > OSError: [Errno 30] Read-only file system > > Is anyone else having problems like these? Is rdiff-backup busted? > Or is my new backup drive or my USB interface busted? No issues with my rdiff-backup (chimaera) here: I just moved it to a

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-24 Thread Fred
On 4/24/22 10:49, Fred wrote: Hi, On 4/23/22 12:53, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: On 4/23/22 02:34, k...@aspodata.se wrote: ... So, make sure you are running in a virtual console and logged in as root, then run the gpm -b etc. thing and move the mouse around. To make the mouse to work in X1

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-24 Thread karl
Fred: > On 4/23/22 12:53, k...@aspodata.se wrote: ... > > If so, press Ctl-Alt-F2 buttons simultaineusly to get to a console. > > There log in as root > > and then try one of > >gpm -b 1200 -m /dev/ttyUSB0 -t msc > >gpm -b 1200 -m /dev/ttyUSB0 -t sun > >gpm -b 1200 -m /dev/ttyUSB0 -t mm

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-24 Thread karl
Fred: ... > The middle button is being seen as the pointer won't move when it is > held down. It would appear the application is being told something > different than when the standard pc mouse is used. It is probably because you were forced to set the wron baudrate. Regards, /Karl Hammar ___

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-24 Thread Fred
On 4/24/22 13:56, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: On 4/23/22 12:53, k...@aspodata.se wrote: ... If so, press Ctl-Alt-F2 buttons simultaineusly to get to a console. There log in as root and then try one of gpm -b 1200 -m /dev/ttyUSB0 -t msc gpm -b 1200 -m /dev/ttyUSB0 -t sun gpm -b 12