Re: Caja on MATE Desktop Not Loading/Launching on 7.6-current #501

2025-01-11 Thread Antoine Jacoutot
On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 11:40:55AM -0500, Claudio Miranda wrote: > On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM Claudio Miranda wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > As of OpenBSD 7.6-current, Caja on MATE Desktop does not load the > > desktop nor does it load when the Caja i

Re: Caja on MATE Desktop Not Loading/Launching on 7.6-current #501

2025-01-10 Thread izzy Meyer
Subject: Re: Caja on MATE Desktop Not Loading/Launching on 7.6-current #501 On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM Claudio Miranda wrote: > > Hello, > > As of OpenBSD 7.6-current, Caja on MATE Desktop does not load the > desktop nor does it load when the Caja icon is selected. > &g

Re: Caja on MATE Desktop Not Loading/Launching on 7.6-current #501

2025-01-10 Thread Claudio Miranda
On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM Claudio Miranda wrote: > > Hello, > > As of OpenBSD 7.6-current, Caja on MATE Desktop does not load the > desktop nor does it load when the Caja icon is selected. > > Checking .xsession-errors shows the following: > ld.so: caja: can'

Caja on MATE Desktop Not Loading/Launching on 7.6-current #501

2025-01-10 Thread Claudio Miranda
Hello, As of OpenBSD 7.6-current, Caja on MATE Desktop does not load the desktop nor does it load when the Caja icon is selected. Checking .xsession-errors shows the following: ld.so: caja: can't load library 'libgtk-layer-shell.so.1.0' Launching Caja from the terminal show

Re: Desktop

2024-08-30 Thread olp_76
I think if you really want it, you can make it. ;) On Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 10:43:48 p.m. GMT+9, wrote: We need an XFCE desktop version of OpenBSD. Ready configured. Or alternatives to buy such a system.

Re: Desktop

2024-08-30 Thread Страхиња Радић
Дана 24/08/30 02:28AM, Karsten Pedersen написа: > Slight nitpick, but the default is fvwm(1) based on what launches if > your user account has no custom ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession. > > For cwm(1) or twm(1), these need to be specified manually. I stand partially corrected. The actual "default" in

Re: Desktop

2024-08-29 Thread Страхиња Радић
Дана 24/08/29 03:18AM, openbsd_fr...@mail2tor.com написа: > We need an XFCE desktop version of OpenBSD. > Ready configured. Or alternatives to buy > such a system. OpenBSD is not GNU/Linux. It doesn't have "versions" or "flavors" with desktop environments inst

Re: Desktop

2024-08-29 Thread Erling Westenvik
On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 03:18:10AM GMT, openbsd_fr...@mail2tor.com wrote: > We need an XFCE desktop version of OpenBSD. > Ready configured. Or alternatives to buy > such a system. Why? What's the use if you haven't gotten past your USB installation problems in your two previ

Desktop

2024-08-29 Thread openbsd_freak
We need an XFCE desktop version of OpenBSD. Ready configured. Or alternatives to buy such a system.

Re: Desktop performance

2024-05-05 Thread Kirill A . Korinsky
On Sun, 05 May 2024 21:52:11 +0200, Bodie wrote: > > openfiles is very questionable, did you measure with fstat(1) how many of > them do you have when you run Firefox or Chrome or did you have any errors > in logs regarding exhausting that limit? > I run my desktop with defaul

Re: Desktop performance

2024-05-05 Thread Bodie
with the desktop suggestion. There is the first problem for you. It's article about version 7.1. That is more then 2 years ago, is not supported anymore and there were a LOT of changes. Including quite specific one like disabling of Soft updates for filesystems. Second problem is that he doe

Re: Desktop performance

2024-05-05 Thread Manfred Koch
Hello list, thank you for all your replies to this subject. Manfred On 5/5/24 03:29, Chris Petrik wrote: Hello, The best docs I've seen are the ones in OpenBSD they praise to provide very nice docs, Linux by fare sucks in this regard the issue is most people who provide howtos are just kid

Re: Desktop performance

2024-05-04 Thread Chris Petrik
Hello, The best docs I've seen are the ones in OpenBSD they praise to provide very nice docs, Linux by fare sucks in this regard the issue is most people who provide howtos are just kids who try to setup a web server and document how they did it, as well as you get 45 people replying the same o

Re: Desktop performance

2024-05-04 Thread Kirill A . Korinsky
On Sat, 04 May 2024 22:32:46 +0200, Chris Bennett wrote: > > My luck with web searches is about zero. Even swapping to different > search engines just gives me crap that's too old or ridiculously wrong. > I have a strong feeling that LLM models adds too much "new" text that makes the OpenBSD co

Re: Desktop performance

2024-05-04 Thread Chris Bennett
On Sat, May 04, 2024 at 06:19:54PM +0200, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: > Hm. Back in the day I did some conference tutorials on "transition to the most > recent OpenBSD release", with some desktop/laptop oriented tweaks I had found > useful myself. Some of those tweaks may still

Re: Desktop performance

2024-05-04 Thread Manfred Koch
Hi, There is no problems with performance, only tested the settings, nevertheless I will undo the changes to the default . I appreciate your recommendations. By the way the website https://www.nechtan.io/articles/openbsd_minimalist_desktop.html comes with the desktop suggestion. By then and

Re: Desktop performance

2024-05-04 Thread Peter N. M. Hansteen
most recent OpenBSD release", with some desktop/laptop oriented tweaks I had found useful myself. Some of those tweaks may still apply, but some are likely to be outdated or just plain wrong to start with. But perhaps an updated version would be useful to somebody? -- Peter N. M. Hansteen, memb

Re: Desktop performance

2024-05-04 Thread Brian Conway
On Sat, May 4, 2024, at 8:41 AM, Manfred Koch wrote: > Hi community, > > I'm a newbie and have a few questions according performance in > workstation. The following changes I've made in sysctl.conf: > kern.maxproc=4096 > kern.maxthread=4096 > kern.maxfiles=32768 > > further in the login.conf: > > s

Desktop performance

2024-05-04 Thread Manfred Koch
Hi community, I'm a newbie and have a few questions according performance in workstation. The following changes I've made in sysctl.conf: kern.maxproc=4096 kern.maxthread=4096 kern.maxfiles=32768 further in the login.conf: staff:\     :datasize-cur=4096M:\     :datasize-max=infinity:\     :maxp

Re: how to transmit desktop sound on xenodm.

2023-03-22 Thread Edward Ahlsen-Girard
Subject: Re: how to transmit desktop sound on xenodm. From: Jan Stary Date: 2023-03-21 18:27:19 Message-ID: ZBn3B33q/zIDg/lR () www ! stare ! cz [Download RAW message or body ] On Mar 21 16:56:51, openbsd_s...@protonmail.com wrote: > How to conv

Re: how to transmit desktop sound on xenodm.

2023-03-21 Thread Jan Stary
On Mar 21 16:56:51, openbsd_s...@protonmail.com wrote: > How to convert "sndiod data stream" to "RTP(rtmp/rtsp) data stream". > mplayer and vlc can recive the "RTP(rtmp/rtsp) data stream". "sndio data stream" is linear PCM audio data. That can be played in any audio player out there. Why do you wa

Re: how to transmit desktop sound on xenodm.

2023-03-21 Thread openbsd_send
wrote: > > > > > Dear everyone. > > > I have any Questions for sndiod and pulseaudio. > > > > > > I tried [OpenBSD Remote] to [Windows Local]... > > > but, I was never to get success... > > > how can i do it... > > > > >

Re: how to transmit desktop sound on xenodm.

2023-03-21 Thread Omar Polo
On 2023/03/21 05:41:37 +, openbsd_send wrote: > Thanks for Replay > > I think "I have any miss understanding for sndiod with -L- flag" correct ? Yes, I think you got it backward on your previous mail; it's easy to confuse one end for the other in these cases ;-) > and, pulseaudio "native-pr

how to transmit desktop sound on xenodm.

2023-03-20 Thread openbsd_send
Thanks for Replay I think "I have any miss understanding for sndiod with -L- flag" correct ? and, pulseaudio "native-protocol-tcp or RTP" doesn't work on The OpenBSD ? [OpenBSD remote: 192.168.2.5] ## x11vnc with fvwm runnning on Xvfb by xenodm ## and could browsing the internet by firefox-esr ##

Re: how to transmit desktop sound on xenodm.

2023-03-20 Thread Alexandre Ratchov
r to get success... > > how can i do it... > > > > I am using X11VNC by Xvfb... > > I want to get Desktop sound... > > > > have any ideas? > > I might be wrong but firefox shouldn't be using pulseaudio on OpenBSD, > so tunnelling it doesn't

Re: how to transmit desktop sound on xenodm.

2023-03-20 Thread Omar Polo
On 2023/03/19 18:11:29 +, openbsd_send wrote: > Dear everyone. > I have any Questions for sndiod and pulseaudio. > > I tried [OpenBSD Remote] to [Windows Local]... > but, I was never to get success... > how can i do it... > > I am using X11VNC by Xvfb... >

how to transmit desktop sound on xenodm.

2023-03-19 Thread openbsd_send
Dear everyone. I have any Questions for sndiod and pulseaudio. I tried [OpenBSD Remote] to [Windows Local]... but, I was never to get success... how can i do it... I am using X11VNC by Xvfb... I want to get Desktop sound... have any ideas? ##[OpenBSD Remote:192.168.2.5] sndiod -L- mkdir

Re: hw.perfpolicy behavior on desktop/server

2022-05-12 Thread Mihai Popescu
This short movie explains everything for the users: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BmhHyyzh9o

Re: hw.perfpolicy behavior on desktop/server

2022-05-12 Thread Mike Larkin
On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 01:16:01AM +0200, f.holop wrote: > Stuart Henderson - Mon, 09 May 2022 at 17:17:57 > > Currently, you can either set it manually to low speed > > (hw.perfpolicy=manual, hw.setperf=0), modify the kernel (e.g. with the > > diff below), or use obsdfreqd from packages. The latte

Re: hw.perfpolicy behavior on desktop/server

2022-05-12 Thread Theo de Raadt
f.holop wrote: > Theo de Raadt - Wed, 11 May 2022 at 18:08:53 > > f.holop wrote: > > > > > Stuart Henderson - Mon, 09 May 2022 at 17:17:57 > > > > Currently, you can either set it manually to low speed > > > > (hw.perfpolicy=manual, hw.setperf=0), modify the kernel (e.g. with the > > > > diff b

Re: hw.perfpolicy behavior on desktop/server

2022-05-12 Thread f.holop
Theo de Raadt - Wed, 11 May 2022 at 18:08:53 > f.holop wrote: > > > Stuart Henderson - Mon, 09 May 2022 at 17:17:57 > > > Currently, you can either set it manually to low speed > > > (hw.perfpolicy=manual, hw.setperf=0), modify the kernel (e.g. with the > > > diff below), or use obsdfreqd from pa

Re: hw.perfpolicy behavior on desktop/server

2022-05-11 Thread Theo de Raadt
f.holop wrote: > Stuart Henderson - Mon, 09 May 2022 at 17:17:57 > > Currently, you can either set it manually to low speed > > (hw.perfpolicy=manual, hw.setperf=0), modify the kernel (e.g. with the > > diff below), or use obsdfreqd from packages. The latter is only in > > -current packages not 7

Re: hw.perfpolicy behavior on desktop/server

2022-05-11 Thread f.holop
Stuart Henderson - Mon, 09 May 2022 at 17:17:57 > Currently, you can either set it manually to low speed > (hw.perfpolicy=manual, hw.setperf=0), modify the kernel (e.g. with the > diff below), or use obsdfreqd from packages. The latter is only in > -current packages not 7.1, but it could be built f

Re: hw.perfpolicy behavior on desktop/server

2022-05-09 Thread Atanas Vladimirov
On 2022-05-09 20:17, Stuart Henderson wrote: Currently, you can either set it manually to low speed (hw.perfpolicy=manual, hw.setperf=0), modify the kernel (e.g. with the diff below), or use obsdfreqd from packages. The latter is only in -current packages not 7.1, but it could be built from

Re: hw.perfpolicy behavior on desktop/server

2022-05-09 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2022-05-09, Atanas Vladimirov wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I'm running -current. > Recently I noticed (not sure when it changed) that my CPU is not > throttling anymore. The `hw.perfpolicy` is set to auto and `hw.setperf` > is always at 100%. I red that there was a change in 7.1: > > - Changed the p

hw.perfpolicy behavior on desktop/server

2022-05-09 Thread Atanas Vladimirov
Hi Guys, I'm running -current. Recently I noticed (not sure when it changed) that my CPU is not throttling anymore. The `hw.perfpolicy` is set to auto and `hw.setperf` is always at 100%. I red that there was a change in 7.1: - Changed the power management sysctl(8) hw.perfpolicy to "auto" at

Re: New desktop CPU/chipset recommendation

2022-02-14 Thread Andre Smagin
to legacy interrupts didn't work. That > was about 1.5 years ago; it currently serves as a Windows box ... > > It would be good to know if that issue went away... I wouldn't mind > putting a better OS on my machine again *cough*. Thomas, I play music all day long on the des

Re: New desktop CPU/chipset recommendation

2022-02-13 Thread Thomas Frohwein
On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 19:16:55 -0500 Andre Smagin wrote: > Replying to my own thread from months ago. Took some time to get > this done, buying one part per paycheck, but I have a new desktop now. > Ryzen 9 5950x on x570 chipset motherboard, should last ten years at > least. Everything

Re: New desktop CPU/chipset recommendation

2022-02-13 Thread Andre Smagin
On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 20:55:26 +0200 Mihai Popescu wrote: > > ... Ryzen 9 5950x on x570 chipset motherboard ... > > Can you post the output of > sysctl | grep hw. > please? Here, with smt disabled and smt enabled: HAMLET: /home/andre $ sysctl | grep hw hw.machine=amd64 hw.model=AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Re: New desktop CPU/chipset recommendation

2022-02-13 Thread Mihai Popescu
> ... Ryzen 9 5950x on x570 chipset motherboard ... Can you post the output of sysctl | grep hw. please?

Re: New desktop CPU/chipset recommendation

2022-02-03 Thread Andre Smagin
On Mon, 20 Sep 2021 14:56:31 -0400 Andre Smagin wrote: > I am looking for a hardware advice. > I don't upgrade my desktop very often - last one was about ten > years ago (AMD FX-8350 CPU), which I recently made my home server > running -current, no issues. Now I am looking for a

Re: New desktop CPU/chipset recommendation

2021-09-21 Thread Andre Smagin
On Mon, 20 Sep 2021 18:59:11 -0400 Daniel Wilkins wrote: > On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 02:56:31PM -0400, Andre Smagin wrote: > > Good day. > > > > I am looking for a hardware advice. > > I don't upgrade my desktop very often - last one was about ten > > years a

Re: New desktop CPU/chipset recommendation

2021-09-21 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2021-09-20, srfsh wrote: > Thomas Frohwein wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 02:56:31PM -0400, Andre Smagin wrote: >> > Good day. >> > >> > I am looking for a hardware advice. >> > I don't upgrade my desktop very often - last one was a

Re: New desktop CPU/chipset recommendation

2021-09-20 Thread srfsh
Thomas Frohwein wrote: > On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 02:56:31PM -0400, Andre Smagin wrote: > > Good day. > > > > I am looking for a hardware advice. > > I don't upgrade my desktop very often - last one was about ten > > years ago (AMD FX-8350 CPU), which I re

Re: New desktop CPU/chipset recommendation

2021-09-20 Thread Daniel Wilkins
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 02:56:31PM -0400, Andre Smagin wrote: > Good day. > > I am looking for a hardware advice. > I don't upgrade my desktop very often - last one was about ten > years ago (AMD FX-8350 CPU), which I recently made my home server > running -current, no issue

Re: New desktop CPU/chipset recommendation

2021-09-20 Thread Thomas Frohwein
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 02:56:31PM -0400, Andre Smagin wrote: > Good day. > > I am looking for a hardware advice. > I don't upgrade my desktop very often - last one was about ten > years ago (AMD FX-8350 CPU), which I recently made my home server > running -current, no i

New desktop CPU/chipset recommendation

2021-09-20 Thread Andre Smagin
Good day. I am looking for a hardware advice. I don't upgrade my desktop very often - last one was about ten years ago (AMD FX-8350 CPU), which I recently made my home server running -current, no issues. Now I am looking for a new desktop that will last another ten years, hence the question:

Re: Sharing desktop with Jitsi and pledge

2021-06-30 Thread Jonathan Drews
On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 08:02:51AM -, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > To use screen sharing, you'll need to disable pledge, it is specifically > mentioned in the pkg-readme for firefox. Stuart thanks so much for the insight. I should have been more perceptive and consulted the pkg_readme. I am go

Re: Sharing desktop with Jitsi and pledge

2021-06-30 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2021-06-29, Jonathan Drews wrote: > Hi Folks: > > I am running OpenBSD 6.9 GENERIC.MP#4 amd64 and have Jitsi working > well here on OpenBSD. The audio and video work fine. So do the typing > of comments in Jitsi > > However when I attempt to share my desktop, through

Re: Sharing desktop with Jitsi and pledge

2021-06-29 Thread Uwe Werler
;of comments in Jitsi > >However when I attempt to share my desktop, through Jitsi, then >Firefox crashes. I get this message in my dmesg output: > >firefox[17370]: pledge "", syscall 289 > >It looks like pledge is stopping Jitsi, as it should. Any suggestions >at to

Re: Sharing desktop with Jitsi and pledge

2021-06-29 Thread Jonathan Drews
On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 01:36:35PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: > Jonathan Drews wrote: > > > However when I attempt to share my desktop, through Jitsi, then > > Firefox crashes. I get this message in my dmesg output: > > > > firefox[17370]: pledge "", s

Re: Sharing desktop with Jitsi and pledge

2021-06-29 Thread Theo de Raadt
Jonathan Drews wrote: > I am running OpenBSD 6.9 GENERIC.MP#4 amd64 and have Jitsi working > well here on OpenBSD. The audio and video work fine. So do the typing > of comments in Jitsi > > However when I attempt to share my desktop, through Jitsi, then > Firefox crashes. I g

Sharing desktop with Jitsi and pledge

2021-06-29 Thread Jonathan Drews
Hi Folks: I am running OpenBSD 6.9 GENERIC.MP#4 amd64 and have Jitsi working well here on OpenBSD. The audio and video work fine. So do the typing of comments in Jitsi However when I attempt to share my desktop, through Jitsi, then Firefox crashes. I get this message in my dmesg output: firefox

X hangs on 3d accel'd desktop (X1C3)

2020-09-29 Thread David Dahlberg
Hi all, I am not sure, whether this is a problem of a graphics driver (for bugs@) or whether I messed up my config (ports@). So I am asking here, where I am definitively off-topic: Starting with a sysupgrade and pkg_add -u to last weeks -snapshot, GDM became unresponsive. Symptoms: * I see the

desktop hardware that supports OpenBSD?

2020-09-14 Thread swrangsar
i am planning to buy a desktop in the near future and i would definitely like to run openbsd on it. so what about a dell optiplex, intel nuc or some assembled core i5 with tp link 802.11 ac wifi card? any other suggestions Sent from vivo smartphone

fullscreen iridium stops me scrolling to another fvwm virt. desktop!

2020-07-14 Thread Luke Small
fullscreen iridium browser often stops letting me scroll to another fvwm virtual desktop, but I never have that problem with firefox! Whats the deal? On iridium, I either have to click on the browser window border or I have to unmaximize the browser window to leave space between the browser window

Re: Trinity desktop environment

2020-05-11 Thread Chris Cappuccio
i...@aulix.com [i...@aulix.com] wrote: > Is it possible to run TDE by trinitydesktop.org on OpenBSD? > Or is it going to be possible in the future? You'd have to ask Trinity. Trinity doesn't maintain their own compatibility for BSDs as a priority, so it's not a trivial effort for an outsider. T

Trinity desktop environment

2020-05-11 Thread info
Is it possible to run TDE by trinitydesktop.org on OpenBSD? Or is it going to be possible in the future?

Re: Useful cwm patch [was: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?]

2020-04-23 Thread Walter Alejandro Iglesias
In article <20200415193758.csp3wtf4hnhdc...@gmx.com> Dumitru Moldovan wrote: > On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 10:43:26AM +0100, Walter Alejandro Iglesias wrote: > >This second one is still pending (no response from the maintainer so > >far): > > > > https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=155931484124288&w

Useful cwm patch [was: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?]

2020-04-15 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 10:43:26AM +0100, Walter Alejandro Iglesias wrote: I like cwm(1) but it's still a bit green and isn't getting enough attention, I had to insist to get this first patch committed: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=149182817427598&w=2 This second one is still pending (

Re: pthread_mutexattr_setpshared and Apache Guacamole remote desktop gateway

2020-03-05 Thread Steve Williams
reads library? Have you tried searching the ports tree patch files for mention of the function. You may find a real world example of a workaround. Edgar DETAILS: I wanted to see if Apache Guacamole would compile on OpenBSD to server as a remote desktop gateway. It hasn't been too hard to get

Re: pthread_mutexattr_setpshared and Apache Guacamole remote desktop gateway

2020-03-05 Thread Edgar Pettijohn
t; Have you tried searching the ports tree patch files for mention of the function. You may find a real world example of a workaround. Edgar > DETAILS: > I wanted to see if Apache Guacamole would compile on OpenBSD to server > as a remote desktop gateway. > > It hasn't been

pthread_mutexattr_setpshared and Apache Guacamole remote desktop gateway

2020-03-05 Thread Steve Williams
emote desktop gateway. It hasn't been too hard to get it to the final linking step. I am getting an "undefined reference to `pthread_mutexattr_setpshared'": ../../src/libguac/.libs/libguac.so.17.0: undefined reference to `pthread_mutexattr_setpshared' colle

Re: After sysupgrade to 6.6 from 6.5, xfce display alternates between desktop and app

2019-11-11 Thread Jon Fineman
"Jon Fineman" wrote: > So I read through the two threads below which both point to the third link > about xfwm4 composter. > I am not sure if I have the exact same issue. While you could say my screen > flickers - what it really > does is randomly (to my eyes) show

FVWM2 and alternatives [was Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?]

2019-10-30 Thread Stuart Longland
On 29/10/19 7:43 pm, Walter Alejandro Iglesias wrote: > Another long term fvwm2 user here. > > I move my hands off the keyboard (to reach arrows, Pg*, Home, End, keys > or the mouse) only when I'm forced to. That's why the first feature I > test in a window manager is its switch focus behavior fr

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

2019-10-29 Thread Walter Alejandro Iglesias
In article <20191028083820.ga43...@nausicaa.home> Marc Espie wrote: > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 05:35:27PM +, flauenroth wrote: > > Apparently not just theo is using fvwm after all. :) > > Considering all the people using it, it would be great if someone were to > look at the enhancements of

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

2019-10-28 Thread Chris Bennett
On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 04:17:00PM +0100, Marc Espie wrote: > > You got to figure out the missing features, and rewrite them "from scratch". > > You can't actually borrow the code, because the licence makes it impossible. > > Either that, or you convince the xorg project to go back on their choi

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

2019-10-28 Thread Marc Espie
On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 08:10:16AM -0700, Chris Bennett wrote: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 09:38:20AM +0100, Marc Espie wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 05:35:27PM +, flauenroth wrote: > > > Apparently not just theo is using fvwm after all. :) > > > > Considering all the people using it, it w

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

2019-10-28 Thread Chris Bennett
On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 09:38:20AM +0100, Marc Espie wrote: > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 05:35:27PM +, flauenroth wrote: > > Apparently not just theo is using fvwm after all. :) > > Considering all the people using it, it would be great if someone were to > look at the enhancements of fvwm2 (wro

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

2019-10-28 Thread Marc Espie
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 05:35:27PM +, flauenroth wrote: > Apparently not just theo is using fvwm after all. :) Considering all the people using it, it would be great if someone were to look at the enhancements of fvwm2 (wrong license, so not base) and backport some of these to our elderly fvw

also want simplicity and correctness - was: Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

2019-10-27 Thread PJ
> It's like using ed or vi over MS or Libre Office. I like to have "simple" software in the means of the software or more precise its authors don't anticipate what I want to do. Well said. I've been thrown over by every software I used so far. My most important projects last longer than any soft

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

2019-10-26 Thread slackwaree
throw gkrellm2 long ago) and then the usual programs can go on top. OpenBSD+Fluxbox = great desktop experience already! ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Friday, October 25, 2019 10:05 PM, Jonathan Drews wrote: > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > > On Wednesday, May 8, 2

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

2019-10-25 Thread Jonathan Drews
o launch > > graphical apps by typing something like this in xterm: > > > > > $ firefox > /dev/null 2>&1 & > > > I do: $ firefox I want to see the output. 0penBSD works just fine as a desktop.

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

2019-10-25 Thread Chris Bennett
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 05:35:27PM +, flauenroth wrote: > Apparently not just theo is using fvwm after all. :) > I have been using it about half the time now. But that was only after copying a config posted here and then modifying it. I have had a really hard time getting accurate informatio

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

2019-10-25 Thread flauenroth
Apparently not just theo is using fvwm after all. :) I heard from many people that fvwm is clunky, old and should not be used. But I personally like fvwm a lot. It's like using ed or vi over MS or Libre Office. I like to have "simple" software in the means of the software or more precise its a

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

2019-10-24 Thread Manuel Solis
Hello Ropers I do use it to the point that i can not stand another WM, to answer your question: you could launch apps by (a) installing dmenu(1) (b) $firefox & (c) i kind of wrote a script that does what dmenu but using sh. (d) configuring &HOME/.fvwmrc to use shortcuts or a menu. ( https://github

After sysupgrade to 6.6 from 6.5, xfce display alternates between desktop and app

2019-10-21 Thread Jon Fineman
So I read through the two threads below which both point to the third link about xfwm4 composter. I am not sure if I have the exact same issue. While you could say my screen flickers - what it really does is randomly (to my eyes) show the desktop and then show any open apps I might have while

Re: Desktop full text search

2019-09-19 Thread Oriol Demaria
Recoll looks good. So I have found 70k files just in my work repos. I have been using find and grep -R. But obviously not enough. My mail is in maildir format and I use mu4e on emacs, it has all the email indexed and performing a search is pretty quick. Testing omindex and quest from xapian-om

Re: Desktop full text search

2019-09-18 Thread _
Recoll is the best I have found. I porting recoll three years ago but never submitted it. It should be easier to port now, as my patches are supposedly upstreamed or otherwise made obselete. https://thomaslevine.com/scm/openbsd-configuration/dir?ci=c7b4651cb41d5d30&name=openbsd/usr/ports/mystuff/t

Re: Desktop full text search

2019-09-18 Thread Ville Valkonen
Hi, the silver searcher and ripgrep are faster than grep for example. -- Regards, Ville On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 at 6.36, Charlie Burnett wrote: > Try pdfgrep and catdoc in ports/pkg for documents I’d say, you could > probably rig up a simple shell script to do it automatically... > unfortunately d

Re: Desktop full text search

2019-09-18 Thread Charlie Burnett
Try pdfgrep and catdoc in ports/pkg for documents I’d say, you could probably rig up a simple shell script to do it automatically... unfortunately don’t know what program(s) would be faster than grep? On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 3:26 PM Oriol Demaria wrote: > Exactly I do the same... but is falling

Re: Desktop full text search

2019-09-18 Thread Marc Chantreux
hello, > use Gnome or KDE so I was wondering what do people use for this. Been > looking at the ports and I see Xapian and others. Any advice on a nice > setup? i have the same problem with both code and documentation. i installed dezi (https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Dezi/bin/dezi) and mod

Re: Desktop full text search

2019-09-18 Thread Oriol Demaria
Something more general. Code is mostly puppet, perl, python, and some other stuff. And files like PDF, text, need to index them and find something quick from terminal. Might have a look at this, I see that we have it on ports: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-xapianomega/ --- Ori

Re: Desktop full text search

2019-09-18 Thread Edgar Pettijohn
On Sep 18, 2019 10:37 AM, Oriol Demaria wrote: > > So finding some code between large amounts of repos can be tricky. I > don't use Gnome or KDE so I was wondering what do people use for this. > Been looking at the ports and I see Xapian and others. Any advice on a > nice setup? > > Regards,

Desktop full text search

2019-09-18 Thread Oriol Demaria
So finding some code between large amounts of repos can be tricky. I don't use Gnome or KDE so I was wondering what do people use for this. Been looking at the ports and I see Xapian and others. Any advice on a nice setup? Regards, -- Oriol Demaria 2FFED630C16E4FF8

Re: PF firewall for desktop

2019-05-28 Thread James Huddle
ll. > > > > > > That's the firewall I use under Win7, OpenBSD running in a VM, out of > pure > > interest into running BSD and let it purify the network access to > > desktop (without need for additional hardware). > > > > > > Works well, love it.

Re: PF firewall for desktop

2019-05-28 Thread Kevin Chadwick
the machine's firewall. > > > That's the firewall I use under Win7, OpenBSD running in a VM, out of pure > interest into running BSD and let it purify the network access to > desktop (without need for additional hardware). > > > Works well, love it. I have done

Re: PF firewall for desktop

2019-05-28 Thread Kapetanakis Giannis
On 28/05/2019 11:12, Janne Johansson wrote: > Den sön 26 maj 2019 kl 10:03 skrev Walt : > >> I like having a firewall that would pretty much require someone physically >> entering the computer room in order to attack the firewall. With OpenBSD, >> your firewall can control your network traffic wit

Re: PF firewall for desktop

2019-05-28 Thread Janne Johansson
Den sön 26 maj 2019 kl 10:03 skrev Walt : > I like having a firewall that would pretty much require someone physically > entering the computer room in order to attack the firewall. With OpenBSD, > your firewall can control your network traffic without having an IP address > at all. > One thing th

Re: PF firewall for desktop

2019-05-27 Thread James Huddle
F, in virtualbox, 2 virtual network card Bridged to physical NIC, and > > building up a subnet with NAT and hence running Packet Filter as the > > machine's firewall. > > > > That's the firewall I use under Win7, OpenBSD running in a VM, out of > >

Re: PF firewall for desktop

2019-05-26 Thread Walt
t with NAT and hence running Packet Filter as the > machine's firewall. > > That's the firewall I use under Win7, OpenBSD running in a VM, out of > pure interest into running BSD and let it purify the network access to > desktop (without need for additional hardware). >

Re: PF firewall for desktop

2019-05-25 Thread James Huddle
in a VM, out of > pure interest into running BSD and let it purify the network access to > desktop (without need for additional hardware). > > > Works well, love it. > > > Jean-François > >

PF firewall for desktop

2019-05-24 Thread Jean-Francois Simon
OpenBSD running in a VM, out of pure interest into running BSD and let it purify the network access to desktop (without need for additional hardware). Works well, love it. Jean-François

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

2019-05-24 Thread Patrick Harper
So you think everyone replying to this thread is an idiot? -- Patrick Harper paia...@fastmail.com On Fri, 24 May 2019, at 18:38, Jordan Geoghegan wrote: > > On 5/24/19 10:26 AM, Patrick Harper wrote: > > Is it acceptable for third-parties to produce and distribute physical > > copies of re

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

2019-05-24 Thread Patrick Harper
Is it acceptable for third-parties to produce and distribute physical copies of releases, using official logos, similar to those made for 6.0 and prior by the project? -- Patrick Harper paia...@fastmail.com

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

2019-05-24 Thread Peter Kay
There's a very simple solution to this : create your own post install setup program and stick it in ports. If it becomes wildly popular then a line could be added to afterboot to point users at it. In the meantime I'm quite happy not answering X questions when installing OpenBSD as a firewall.

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

2019-05-23 Thread Patrick Harper
Thank you for helping me keep this thread going. -- Patrick Harper paia...@fastmail.com On Thu, 23 May 2019, at 20:04, Daniel Jakots wrote: > On Thu, 23 May 2019 19:51:45 +, "Patrick Harper" > wrote: > > > Our ideas of the setup process aren't equal so I disagree. > > Can you please s

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

2019-05-23 Thread Gustavo Rios
desktop! Never, at least that Em qui, 23 de mai de 2019 às 16:00, Patrick Harper escreveu: > > Our ideas of the setup process aren't equal so I disagree. > > -- > Patrick Harper > paia...@fastmail.com > > On Thu, 23 May 2019, at 18:16, Raul Miller wrote: > >

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

2019-05-23 Thread Daniel Jakots
On Thu, 23 May 2019 19:51:45 +, "Patrick Harper" wrote: > Our ideas of the setup process aren't equal so I disagree. Can you please stop answering to this useless thread?

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

2019-05-23 Thread Patrick Harper
Our ideas of the setup process aren't equal so I disagree. -- Patrick Harper paia...@fastmail.com On Thu, 23 May 2019, at 18:16, Raul Miller wrote: > This looks like violent agreement. (It's perhaps worth noting that if > you change the first word here from "No" to "Yes" that the idea being

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