Re: Configuring sound output on Lubuntu 14.4

2014-11-18 Thread farinet
On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 01:25:55 + Aere Greenway wrote: > Walter, and All: > > Working with MIDI Music applications, I start (on Lubuntu) by installing > pulseaudio and pavucontrol. > > Part of the reason I do this, is the Java Sound (Gervill) Synthesizer > assumes if the distribution is an U

Re: Subject: Fwd: [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-08 Thread farinet
On Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:28:52 + wrote: > I know most of you really like command-line-interface tools. Oh, don't get me wrong. It was not a criticism but just an idea which came up to my mind when i read your post. Indeed, checking the systeminfos with the classical cli tools, which are s

Re: Subject: Fwd: [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

2014-11-06 Thread farinet
On Thu, 06 Nov 2014 05:28:46 + lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > Subject: Fwd: [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to > xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen Just a side note. Looking at how Aere posted the relevant sysinfos came up to my mind it m

Re: Subject: Fwd: .... system boots to a black screen

2014-11-06 Thread farinet
On Thu, 06 Nov 2014 05:28:46 + lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > Subject: Fwd: [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to > xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen Just a side note. Looking at how Aere posted the relevant sysinfos came up to my mind it m

Re: [Off-Topic] ToriOS Alpha is here!

2014-09-01 Thread farinet
Ali Linx schrieb: > Currently, we only have 32-bit. > As with most of FOSS Projects, the lack of manpower is the main reason > why this is not a full option project :) nothing is prefect and we have > had defeated lots of challenges. Our developers got busy with real life > and Israel had to take t

Re: [Off-Topic] ToriOS Alpha is here!

2014-08-31 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com schrieb: > Hi, > > The reason I am sending this email to this list is because the idea of > ToriOS Project was born right from this place :) > Without going into the history of the project, I'd like to share the > latest news: > > ToriOS Alpha is here: >

Re: problem with minimize

2014-08-25 Thread farinet
An add-on on the above problem: In ubuntuusers.de i got this advice ~$ pkill lxpanel ~$ lxpanel -p Lubuntu Effectively, that makes minimize working. After 'lxpanel -p Lubuntu' i get this msg in the terminal: ** (lxpanel:20936): WARNING **: terminal lxsession-default-terminal isn'

Re: Problem with minimize

2014-08-24 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com schrieb: > Hi, > I would try to use the default configuration file and see if the problem > persists. > This will give us a better idea of where to start looking. > It could be some small change somewhere has effected this. > I know there have been some change

Re: problem with minimize

2014-08-19 Thread farinet
Leszek Lesner schrieb: > Is alt+tab bringing the app in the foreground again? Yes. In inverted order of starting the programs ... -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users

Re: problem with minimize

2014-08-19 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com schrieb: > Hi, > I am have not heard of this problem yet. Don't you have a pretty > modified interface? > You might simply check and make sure the order of buttons is still what > you want it to be. > You could also move your configuration file to a backup an

Problem with minimize

2014-08-19 Thread farinet
I was not on my computer for a month. Back home, i upgraded what there was new and now i encounter the following problem: When i minimize a program it quits instead (which is annoying ;) ). I'm underway to read all the digests of the last weeks but i did not find anything related (yet?) ... Than

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 30, Issue 63

2014-06-29 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com schrieb: > Has anyone tried booting this as a USB yet? > For some reason, I am completely unable to boot it. > I have been trying various open firmware commands, but it simply cannot > boot. > I downloaded the Alpha the other day, with no success on booting. >

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ppc and amd64+mac testers needed

2014-06-27 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com schrieb: > Does this specifically use the amd64+mac image or does the usual amd64 > image work fine? Generally a specific number of early Intel Macs require > this and only for CDs. Rarely do standard AMD machines need it. On the Samsung (amd64) i've running

Re: blueman problem

2014-06-26 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com schrieb: > Hi, the program might be looking for "obex://[%d]" in the string of > characters, > so you might add that in > i.e. > > blueman-browse-helper obex://[%d] > > But you may have to modify some things in your script as well. Just > test it to see if

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 30, Issue 59

2014-06-26 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com schrieb: > that's all that's left for our thursday alpha1. > > if you are a ppc/amd64+mac user and would like to have alpha1 images, > your help is requested. > > more info here: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing/14.10Alpha1 > > wxl I've both, a sa

Lubuntu and usb wireless cards

2014-06-26 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com schrieb: > Friends, > > My experience so far with Lubuntu has been excellent. It's very fast > and responsive, and has all of the features I need. > > I am having some trouble, however, setting up a wireless card. This > is a Belkin USB wireless plug-in ca

Re: No Desktop Manager

2014-06-26 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com schrieb: > Hello All, > > I've just installed Lubuntu 14.04 (32 bit) on an old Pentium III machine > and get an error on login, "Desktop manager is not active". Any helpful > thoughts will be most welcome. > > I have full access to the machine via the comm

blueman problem

2014-06-26 Thread farinet
I've a problem with blueman: Since blueman by default uses nautilus (may the latest version will use thunar instead?) for obexfs file transfer i turned back to a neat script to make cooperate blueman with other file managers as well i found here: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=54

umts/3g modem configuration problem

2014-06-20 Thread farinet
Since for the moment, i do not have a cable line i got a 3g/umts/hdspa+ usb modem, a tp-link ma180 but i'm unable to get it to work. network-manager or wicd do not recognize it at all, apparently. Ceni sees a wwan0 but is unable to set it up. I found a thread in askubuntu (https://askubuntu.com/qu

Thermal management (John Hupp)

2014-06-20 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > This is a fresh attempt to summarize what I've been looking at the past > few weeks, with a nod to Phill W's request. People with more > specialized expertise will likely want to correct this in any number of > ways. Better knowledge is very much welc

Re: Good ol' UNRELIABLE Lubuntu (Israel)

2014-06-14 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > I have never had this exact problem before... however, I am going to > guess that it is related to your power management issue. I, for one, had this issue too. After suspend (to ram) the screen rest dead. It was (still is, with the default setup) on a Sam

Re: LXQt desktop, xfce4-clipman and LibreOffice

2014-06-09 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > The thing is I could not find Qlipper in the repos but think with lxqt and > maybe even unity eventually moving to Qt based it maybe should be. +1 There is always: http://qt-project.org/downloads as a source. Cheers. -- Lubuntu-users mailing

Re: sources.list problem

2014-06-09 Thread farinet
Hi Rafael! Thanks a lot, your suggestion worked!!! Cheers! Rafael Laguna: > Try: > > sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf > sudo apt-get update > > > -- > Rafael Laguna > Lubuntu Artwork Team > > > 2014-06-09 9:32 GMT+02:00 : > >> I always had in my sources.list the ubuntu extras section >> >>

lubuntu-qt

2014-06-09 Thread farinet
First of all: Is this the right place to ask about LXDE-qt and lubuntu-qt? If not, please point me to the right place. Anyway, here comes my first problem: I installed lubuntu-qt/LXQT (and installed the ppa as well). Now, from the lightdm login i can choose LXQT or lubuntu-qt. LXQT starts. lubu

qupzilla tweaking

2014-06-09 Thread farinet
Anyone knows a good site/link where to learn about tweaking qupzilla. I'd like to try to get as close as possible to the FF tweakings (from a a privacy point of view). E.g. user_agent, prefetching, referer etc. pp. Some can be done within privoxy and/or squid, but not all. Thanks in advance! --

sources.list problem

2014-06-09 Thread farinet
I always had in my sources.list the ubuntu extras section deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main Now, since recent it creates trouble: E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/extras.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_i18n_Tr

Re: Lu 12.04 "Network Manager is not working"?? YT is not working, either . . .

2014-06-08 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > @farinet: I tried your suggestion, typing "linux old" at second yaboot > prompt . . . and then I typed "uname -r" and it showed "3.2.0-63" . . . so > you must have "locked" your kernel some time ag

Re: Lu 12.04 "Network Manager is not working"?? YT is not working either . . . .

2014-06-07 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > Since the Kernel is upgraded on your system you could always try rolling > back to an earlier kernel (like the version just before this one where > everything broke) That's what i did: kernel 3.2.0-4 detects the sound card. And it works even in a 14.04 env

Re: privacy & lubuntu

2014-06-05 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > Be aware that privacy, security and anonymity are different issues. I > don't think there is anonymous browsing of the internet any more. But > you can protect your computer from intrusion. Sure, and probably you're right. Anyway, i'd say it's worth the p

privacy & lubuntu

2014-06-04 Thread farinet
I'd like to see, somewhere in the help files for the installation of lubuntu a paragraph pointing to privacy/anonymity in the net. In the ubuntuforums there is (was?) bodhizazen who seems to me an an excellent advisor (cfr. bodhizazen.net). Since we're left more or less alone in this regard either

RE: Mozilla SeaMonkey

2014-06-04 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > Agreed. I stick with Firefox for the same reasons. For the same reasons, i use thunderbird (with the torbirdy add-on). I'm not aware claws-mail or sylpheed could do the same ... (?) Cheers. -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: Laptop ACPI fan control

2014-06-04 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > I installed acpitool just to test-drive it. 'acpitool -e' reports > everything, but it shows Fan and Thermal info as . It > also reports concerning Show_CPU_Info: "could not read > /proc/acpi/processor/. Make sure your kernel has ACPI processor supp

Re: Mozilla SeaMonkey

2014-06-03 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > Unfortunately I think Seamonkey is GTK (is this correct?), not Qt, so in > the future you may need to look for a Qt browser >From a siduction/razor-qt installation i know qupzilla which is not that bad, though i really prefer firefox. Just for its configu

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 30, Issue 8

2014-06-03 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > What to do? Several other symbols are also missing! If you're able to get that characters using another keyboard map (norvegian e.g.) with your -physically- spanish keyboard, then you could define a special key to switch between thatkeyboard maps. May b

lxde-qt for ppc?

2014-06-03 Thread farinet
Does the lxde-qt already exist for ppc? TIA -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users

Re: lubuntu toolkit (?)

2014-06-03 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > Also do read up about swap and why the kernel will swap stuff to it even > though there is sufficient RAM > > http://askubuntu.com/questions/157793/why-is-swap-being-used-even-though-i-have-plenty-of-free-ram Thanks, interesting. On a Samsung (with 8

Re: lubuntu toolkit (?)

2014-06-02 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > Using the alternate install, press F4 and choose minimal install. > This will install the basic ubuntu no gui system. > Then install lubuntu-core with: > apt-get install lubuntu-core --no-install-recommends > I also recommend installing policykit-1 to get

lubuntu toolkit (?)

2014-06-02 Thread farinet
Just a thought: I'm trying to strip down as much as possible the environment for my powerbook (to keep it still functional in this times of large and ram eating applications). Now, i thought it would be nice, if lubuntu would offer something like a toolkit how to strip down - but keeoing the lubu

Re: keyboard backlight not active by default on pb g4 (ppc)

2014-06-01 Thread farinet
Phill Whiteside: > +1 > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ is the page, if you are fearful of > editing, then give myself or Sergio a poke in the ribs and we'd be happy to > assist you. (The instructions are quite good on that page). I'll do that when i'll have back my cable line. Actually, bec

Re: Lubuntu 14.10 and after (c. marlow)

2014-06-01 Thread farinet
Just a question: are there other mailprograms than thunderbird/icedove able to do socks forwarding? If not, to "torify" your mails would require a systemwide transparent tor proxy (which creates some trouble elsewhere, possibly ... ;-) ). Cheers. -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lis

keyboard backlight not active by default on pb g4 (ppc)

2014-05-31 Thread farinet
Re: pb g4 17" (ppc) related For some reason my msg about the keyboard backlight *NOT* working by default did not pass thru to the list. Anyway, i found out a solution for that problem that might be of interest for other - remaining ;-) - ppc users: Ad i2c-dev to /etc/modules and keyboa

Re: Box icons

2014-05-30 Thread farinet
Am 30.05.2014 03:54, schrieb lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: Hi, I have noticed those errors also. I wonder if this is related to GTK2 and GTK3? Some of those programs might be GTK2 and some of the things are not supported quite as well since GTK3 is where things are going... just a th

keyboard backlight on pb g4 not activated

2014-05-29 Thread farinet
The keyboard backlight on my powerbook g4 does not work. In powerprefs keyboard backlight (and automatical adaption of lcd backlight to ambiance light) are greyed out. Anyone knows how to correct this? TIA! -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubs

Re: Box icons

2014-05-29 Thread farinet
Am 29.05.2014 10:34, schrieb lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: I like the Lubuntu community very much! Many people helped me when I first started using Lubuntu, and GNU/Linux in general. I try to help people, even if I do not know all the answers, but there is always more to learn. It is m

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 29, Issue 80

2014-05-28 Thread farinet
Am 28.05.2014 03:48, schrieb lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: I agree. I'm sorry if I wasn't clear but I'm only interested in LXQt on Lubuntu and not about razor-qt on Debian. I know that qlipper exists but to be really accessible, it should be in the repos (even as a ppa). Ok. But, si

Re: LXQt desktop, xfce4-clipman and LibreOffice

2014-05-27 Thread farinet
Am 26.05.2014 06:56, schrieb lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: Eric, thanks for responding. I'll look at Diodon but I was more hoping that the LXQt desktop would have the equivalent of the very minimalist clipboard that is part of lxsession. For those of us who just wanted the last copied i

Re: powerbook keyboard configuration (fari...@arcor.de)

2014-05-26 Thread farinet
Am 26.05.2014 06:56, schrieb lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: I already tried 'dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration' but to no extent. I re-did it; exiting i get this msg: update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults Wha

powerbook keyboard configuration

2014-05-25 Thread farinet
Hi you all! Is there out there someone, who could guide me - or point me to a good instruction - how to configure the (my - GERMAN!) powerbook keyboard, to have access to the 3rd level chars (like square- and programmer brackets, at-sign, Euro sign etc. pp.). I already tried 'dpkg-reconfigur

Re: lubuntu ppc: no sound in newer kernels (@Israel)

2014-05-24 Thread farinet
Small add-on: Neither snd-aoa-codec-onyx nor *-codec-toonie worked for me. Not with kernel 3.2.0-4 nor with kernel 3.13.* So, for the moment i'll still stick with snd-powermac *PLUS* the modules you suggest. It's far beyond my capabilities to hack something in the kernel. I'm already happy t

pcmanfm built-in search vs. catfish

2014-05-24 Thread farinet
Always on a powerbook g4 (no other device here in this moment, because i'm moving ;) ): Recently i had some problems using the built-in Search feature of pcmanfm. Therefore, i newly tried out catfish (there is a nice instruction how to use it integrated to pcmanfm as a right-click menu). And

Re: lubuntu ppc: no sound in newer kernels (@Israel)

2014-05-24 Thread farinet
Am 25.05.2014 06:57, schrieb lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: Hi, You might need snd-aoa-codec-onyx This is an issue I am still trying to fully understand myself. There are some models that wont work at all, without hacking things... but since yours works, then you must be very close to ge

Re: lubuntu ppc: no sound in newer kernels (@Israel)

2014-05-24 Thread farinet
Am 21.05.2014 00:58, schrieb lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: snd-powermac shouldn't be used for the iBook... snd-aoa should. If you have more questions about it ask, and I'll try to explain it as best as I can. Also you most likely need the snd-aoa-codec-tas (rather than onyx or toonie

vlc works - gnome-mplayer & audacious nicht

2014-05-22 Thread farinet
Thanks to your help i got working sound on this powerbook! Unfortunately, there are still issues with gnome-mplayer and audacious. VLC reads and plays flawlessly any audio cd. With audacious, i'm getting the following error: --- ALSA error: snd_mixer_attach failed: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 29, Issue 67 (Gary Knott)

2014-05-21 Thread farinet
Am 22.05.2014 01:15, schrieb lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: 3. How do I get a "launcher icon" on the desktop for my own executable program (stored as an executable file = /home/user/prog say) ? [For some programs, I would like to specify whether to first start an xterm, (or whatever its

Re: lubuntu ppc: no sound in newer kernels (Israel)

2014-05-20 Thread farinet
I was too fast: Sound is working now! In addition to what you suggested i also deleted *ALL* pulseaudio related stuff (save that library on which depends blueman). My /etc/modules now, looks like this: # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. # # This file contains the names

Re: lubuntu ppc: no sound in newer kernels

2014-05-20 Thread farinet
Am 21.05.2014 00:58, schrieb lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: NOTE: this is from memory, but I sent out an e-mail to this list explaining it in detail a few weeks back, when I got 14.04 G4 to have working sound. I have not figured out how to get my G3 to have working sound (yet). snd-powe

lubuntu ppc: no sound in newer kernels

2014-05-20 Thread farinet
Since there is a bug in the newer kernels, the mac (ppc) sound does not work (the MacSnapper is not even shown as an audio device). Therefore, i downgraded the kernel to a version which still works (3.2.0-4). Now, my question is: How and where can i get the information, when/if this bug is solv

Re: pcmanfm as daemon

2014-05-20 Thread farinet
Am 20.05.2014 23:56, schrieb Phill Whiteside: Hi, if you want a real stripped down lubuntu, have a read of https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/MinimalInstall and start with the 'core' image. Regards, Phill. Thanks for the pointer Phill! My main target is to strip it down

pcmanfm as daemon

2014-05-20 Thread farinet
What's the purpose of that option to start pcmanfm as a daemon? To have automatically mounted external device etc? I'm asking this since i'm underway to strip down furthermore lubuntu on a powerbook. It started that i noticed problems moving windows around the screen (was extremely slow). So

lxde-qt

2014-05-20 Thread farinet
I installed from ppa the lxde/lubuntu-qt package, just to try out. One, may be theoretical, question here: Now, i see in /etc/xdg/autostart i've a file Desktop (which practically is a starter of pcmanfm-qt --desktop --profile=lxde-qt). My question is: Was there before a similar file gtk relate

Re: change desktop-pager appearance in lxpanel?

2014-05-16 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > Hi, > Open the Openbox configuration app, and change the desktops to 4 instead > of one. Sorry for my bad explanation: What i want are 4 squares which do not take more space than one default square in the lxpanel (that the number of squares is controlled

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 29, Issue 54

2014-05-16 Thread farinet
On 16.05.2014 21:27, lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: As a middle measure you could also try sudo apt-get clean (Since synaptic is a front-end for the apt system, the problem may lie there, and the above command clears out the local repository of retrieved package files.) Thanks a

change desktop-pager appearance in lxpanel?

2014-05-16 Thread farinet
Is there a way to do that? I'd like to have 4 desktop in the rectangulated space which now is used to display one. -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 29, Issue 53

2014-05-16 Thread farinet
On 16.05.2014 19:49, lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: Hi, The "Speicherzugriffsfehler" is the major problem, I see a lot of those Glib-GObject WARNINGs when I run various things from the terminal. So, now for my questions... Have you changed anything major recently, or installed any

synaptic not starting

2014-05-16 Thread farinet
Since very recent, i'm unable to start synaptic I tried it out of a terminal and this are the error msgs i'm getting: (synaptic:24843): Gtk-WARNING **: Style property "border-top-left-radius" is not gettable (synaptic:24843): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: /build/glib2.0-9sMUmu/glib2.0-2.40.0

Re: and without effect

2014-05-15 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > Curiously, for brightness, 'xbacklight -inc 10' or so does not have any > effect increasing brightness ( 'xbacklight -dec 10' works as aspected). > If i use 'xbacklight -dec -10' it increases backlight brightness. Not > really logical ... ;-) Small add on:

Re: and without effect

2014-05-15 Thread farinet
Andre Rodovalho: > You might try the commands manually (on lxterminal)... > > To increase volume:* amixer -q sset Master 3%+ unmute* > To decrease: *amixer -q sset Master 3%- unmute* > > It seems you have two audio cards, you may need to specify it on the > command... > > Try also: *amixer -c 1

Re: and without effect

2014-05-15 Thread farinet
Andre Rodovalho: > You might try the commands manually (on lxterminal)... > > To increase volume:* amixer -q sset Master 3%+ unmute* > To decrease: *amixer -q sset Master 3%- unmute* > > It seems you have two audio cards, you may need to specify it on the > command... > > Try also: *amixer -c 1

Re: and without effect

2014-05-14 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > Hi, > What kind of computer is this that you are using? I am using an iBook > and the keys work out of the box for me. Do you have any special > configurations you have made? Also, did you choose the correct keyboard > layout? > I have also noticed xev d

Re: and without effect

2014-05-14 Thread farinet
John Hupp: > The file to edit is ~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml. That covers > per-user settings. I don't know of a way to solve it globally for all > users. > > The most comprehensive single resource I know about for dealing with > special keys is https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MultimediaK

and without effect

2014-05-14 Thread farinet
Ok, my Samsung is a problematic device for linux but BrightnessUp and BrightnessDown should work ;) I checked with xev and the keys show correctly F86brightnessup -down. Now, i thought that would be automatically related to xbrightness -inc respectively -dec. But obviously it isn't. Btw, i've the

Re: Installing the lxqt metapackage

2014-05-14 Thread farinet
Hitesh Shah: > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 3:19 PM, wrote: > >> > ... >> > At a first glance: It's my impression that font rendering and hinting is >> > not as brilliant as it is usually in all (*)ubuntus. Or am i wrong? >> > > It's possible but I didn't notice this time around. The reason for not >

Re: Installing the lxqt metapackage

2014-05-14 Thread farinet
Hitesh Shah: > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 3:19 PM, wrote: > >> ... >> At a first glance: It's my impression that font rendering and hinting is >> not as brilliant as it is usually in all (*)ubuntus. Or am i wrong? >> > > It's possible but I didn't notice this time around. The reason for not > noti

Re: Installing the lxqt metapackage

2014-05-14 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: >> Hi, I got the help I wanted at the github link I posted earlier. Julien > posted some pointers which I followed and now I have a functional LXQt > desktop session available on login with a proper Lubuntu 14.04 (as opposed > to trying on a mini-iso). > > N

Re: error of pcmanfm mounting a usb stick

2014-05-14 Thread farinet
Nio Wiklund: > I think it helps if you change the ownership or permissions of > > /media/ > > For example, try changing the ownership > > sudo chown farinet:root /media/farinet > > Best regards > Nio Thanks for the idea, but it did not work. The only visible resu

error of pcmanfm mounting a usb stick

2014-05-13 Thread farinet
When i push in a usb stick i'm asked Open in filemanger I say yes and i get the following error: --- Error mounting /dev/sdb4 at /media//disk: Command-line `mount -t "ufs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid" "/dev/sdb4" "/media//disk"' exited with non-zero exit status 32: mount: wrong fs t

pcmanfm does not accept/recognize anymore external devices or partitions

2014-05-09 Thread farinet
Since very recent, on a powerbook, pcmanfm does not open anymore external usb sticks. It sees them but when i try to open i'm getting: Not authorized to perform operation The same happens, when i try to open the bootstrap partition. I'm even unable to do this if starting pcmanfm as roo

Re: On Lubuntu 14.04, No Wireless on 2 machines that wireless

2014-05-08 Thread farinet
lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > Hi Pierre, > > This is quite messy. How come it works better with root permissions in > some cases and without root permissions in other cases? > > Anyway I will try your solution and let you know the result. > > Best regards > Nio I had the same proble

Re: Upgrade Problem: Lubuntu PPC G3 13.04 to 13.10

2014-05-07 Thread farinet
Am 07.05.2014 14:00, schrieb lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: Two other possible solutions could be to try CrunchBang (very undemanding Debian-based distro) or LXLE which is to Lubumtu LTS more or less as Mint is to Ubuntu. These distros gllow easy access to the main Debian and Ubuntu repo

Re: keyboard configuration problem

2014-05-06 Thread farinet
I found a solution which might be useful for someone other using a Mac with a non-standard keyboard too (?): Searching the web i found this description which is very similar to my problem: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/125577/caps-lock-doesnt-take-effect-on-all-letters I

keyboard configuration problem

2014-05-05 Thread farinet
In 14.04-ppc i encounter an unexpected problem to configure the keyboard properly to use the 3rd level keys (like, in my case, german keyboard and italian os setup). When i do dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration after i, apparently, sat up correctly all (keyboard=apple laptop, 3rd leve

Re: Overhead in 14.04 Comparing Xubuntu and Lubuntu

2014-05-05 Thread farinet
Am 05.05.2014 19:42, schrieb lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: I (and others) have observed the slow window dragging on low spec iBooks. It seems to me that installing xcompmgr helped. If you could test it and report back that would be helpful, as I might just be imagining a difference bec

powerpc log error msgs

2014-05-05 Thread farinet
During the boot of my g4 pb i'm getting (several times the following error msgs: May 5 11:56:50 pbg4-debian kernel: [ 21.382596] i2c i2c-0: PMac Keywest Audio: attach_adapter method is deprecated May 5 11:56:50 pbg4-debian kernel: [ 21.427364] i2c i2c-0: Please use another way to instant

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 29, Issue 4

2014-05-03 Thread farinet
Am 04.05.2014 00:24, schrieb lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > I found that installing xcompmgr helped make my iBook seem to display > things better, so you can try that and see if it helps. Excellent idea!!! Bravo! :D -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify s

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 29, Issue 4

2014-05-03 Thread farinet
Am 04.05.2014 00:24, schrieb lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > Gents: > > Booted the LiveDVD of Lu 14.04 in my iBook last night, using "live-powerpc > video=radeonfb:1024x768-32" as boot parameters, and that got me into a > clean GUI display, so that part was fine. But, no sound was found

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 29, Issue 4

2014-05-03 Thread farinet
Am 04.05.2014 00:24, schrieb lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > Hi, > I think it has to do with the proprietary nature of the files. > Ubuntu by default tends to avoid installing anything that isn't free. > Such as Flash, or Microsoft TTF files. Even mp3 isn't installed by > default. DVD

lubuntu 14.04-ppc live iso

2014-05-03 Thread farinet
I do not understand why there aren't in the ppc installation iso inserted by default the broadcom related firmware installation files. They are in the ressources, but if you do not have hardwired wan access nearly no chance to get there. Cheers. -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.

Re: Lubuntu 14.04 ppc errors + JWM

2014-05-01 Thread farinet
I figured it out how to make work the setup correctly: I got the kernel 3.2.-04 from debian wheezy and, voilĂ , sound and even correct sleep mode (standby, suspend, you name it) is there. Till now, i did not notice any problem. (inxi shows the correct sound card:MacSoundSnapper). May be, i should p

Re: Lubuntu 14.04 ppc errors

2014-05-01 Thread farinet
debian would mean other distros eventually wouldn't have it? Are there others than the debian based which actually still support ppc (and are not frozen at 5 or 6 years ago)? > @fairnet: I'm not fair, sometimes even unfair ;-) But it's farinet (if you're interested you

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 28, Issue 81

2014-05-01 Thread farinet
Am 01.05.2014 01:50, schrieb lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > Hi, > Actually Ubuntu inherited the no sound bug from Debian :( > So... 12.04 is probably the best bet for now. You can do a mini install > of Ubuntu, and customize it however you like. Obviously the Lubuntu > packages are not

Re: lubuntu 14.04 ppc errors

2014-04-30 Thread farinet
Since i did not really understand, where and how to go better, for the ppc problems, for the moment i continue to post here: Aside all errors (and some others as well) i discovered that sound absolutely does notwork. So, i decided to erase the lubuntu-ppc and went to try a Debian Jessie. That work

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 28, Issue 72

2014-04-29 Thread farinet
Am 29.04.2014 12:20, schrieb lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > Much of the testing and review goes on over on the QA list. It might > get better results to go through the bugs there. Sorry for the dumb question: What is the QA list?And, where is it? TIA -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lu

Re: Encryption of installation - 2 questions

2014-04-29 Thread farinet
Am 29.04.2014 09:14, schrieb Nio Wiklund: > Maybe this link will help you > > http://serverfault.com/questions/160277/ubuntu-how-to-decrypt-home-directory-swap-basically-everything-without-reins > > Rememeber to backup your system before trying, because it is risky! > > Best regards > Nio Thank

Re: lubuntu 14.04 ppc errors

2014-04-28 Thread farinet
I forgot: On boot i'm getting this error (which might be related to powermanagement settings): Failed to register i2c client keywest -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users

lubuntu 14.04 ppc errors

2014-04-28 Thread farinet
I sucessfully installed lubuntu 14.04 ppc. That's great. By far less great is the experience with. Below i list the errors i noticed at a first glance (the machine is a pb g4, 1,3 ghz + altivec with 2 gb ram): - Suspend does not work. It only blanks the screen and from that it's impossible to wak

Re: Encryption of installation - 2 questions

2014-04-28 Thread farinet
Am 29.04.2014 06:58, schrieb Nio Wiklund: > Maybe this link will help you find it (if you are using 'encrypted home') > > http://bodhizazen.net/Tutorials/Ecryptfs/ Thanks for the link! But it's not really what i need. Actually, i'm mainly preoccupated for the samsung (on which i lost the passphr

Encryption of installation - 2 questions

2014-04-28 Thread farinet
1. On a samsung whereto in installed lubuntu 13.10 (upgraded then by do-release-upgrade to 14.04) i chose encryption and i got someting like a 64 characters key. I wrote that down, as suggested. Do i understand correctly that the encryption is somewhat "silently" done? And the need of that key woul

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 28, Issue 66

2014-04-28 Thread farinet
Am 27.04.2014 14:00, schrieb lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > It's actually Firefox, but I think they ought to rename the binary. To > duplicate the effect, you set up the browser to use a SOCKS5 proxy > (tor). So it's got a few settings adjusted, such as > network.proxy.socks_remote_dns

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 28, Issue 66

2014-04-28 Thread farinet
Am 27.04.2014 14:00, schrieb lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > Fluxbox or FVWM can be added to a basic Lubuntu installation and you can > log in with that instead. I've used FVWM-Crystal on slower machines > before. I tried the installation with your additional setting for video:

Re: Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 28, Issue 64

2014-04-26 Thread farinet
Am 26.04.2014 14:00, schrieb lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com: > When booting the Live DVD, at the DVD's boot prompt where it says the > default option is 'live', try > > live video=radeonfb:1024x768-32 > > instead of letting it timeout or just plain 'live' I did that, ceteris paribu

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