F15 update: no more nvidia

2012-02-12 Thread jonetsu
Hello all, This afternoon I updated the F15 x86_64 workstation I use. There were quite a few updates in the pipe, so why not. There was properly working nvidia setup which gave high Xorg resolution. Before proceeding there was a warning from yum about the nvidia to the effect that: 1:kmod-

Re: F15 update: no more nvidia

2012-02-12 Thread jonetsu
On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:38:56 -0700, Pete Travis wrote : > yum install akmod-nvidia > > The akmod will build the module locally when there is disparity > between the kmod and kernel versions. You can install them both and > not think about it again. Super! This works very nicely. Installed it

F15: Volume level starts at almost full blast

2012-02-19 Thread jonetsu
Hello, I have one F15-64 bit machine on which the volume has to be very close to the minimum as it seems to attain full volume very, very early. Not much play in there. when pushed to the max there is some 'hardware noise' as it is very over-driven. I do not recall having this problem before a

starting konsoles in specific locations

2012-04-27 Thread jonetsu
Hello, Is it possible at all to start several konsole terminals, each in a specific location, by means of a script ? I used to do that with another type of terminal app years ago. I quickly did a search about konsole and it seems that it does not support standard X parameters like '-geometry'.

Japanese keyboard: Fedora 15 KDE

2012-04-29 Thread jonetsu
Hello all, I've seen a few softwares around to have some kind of keyboard able to either input romanji based (hiragana based ?) characters or to draw kanji, but these software seems to be age-old and not maintained anymore, like anthy. What is the preferred way to be able to use Japanese char

Re: Japanese keyboard: Fedora 15 KDE

2012-04-29 Thread jonetsu
On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:06:50 -0400, jonetsu wrote : > I've seen a few softwares around to have some kind of keyboard able > to either input romanji based (hiragana based ?) characters or to draw > kanji, but these software seems to be age-old and not maintained > anymore, lik

Re: Japanese keyboard: Fedora 15 KDE

2012-04-29 Thread jonetsu
Le Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:14:30 +0900, nomnex a écrit : > > On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:06:50 -0400 > > jonetsu wrote: > > > I've seen a few softwares around to have some kind of keyboard > > able to either input romanji based (hiragana based ?) characters or >

Re: Japanese keyboard: Fedora 15 KDE

2012-04-29 Thread jonetsu
On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:21:40 -0400, jonetsu wrote : > The following is installed: > > mozc-1.4.1033.102-1.fc15.x86_64 > scim-mozc-1.4.1033.102-1.fc15.x86_64 > > I'm using KDE. How is Japanese text entered using mozc ? Also the following is installed: ibus-mozc-1.4

Re: Japanese keyboard: Fedora 15 KDE

2012-04-29 Thread jonetsu
On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:20:57 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote : > On 04/30/2012 08:17 AM, jonetsu wrote: > > I do have the following packages installed, but do not know how to > > use them in KDE (nor Gnome for that matter) : > > > > anthy-9100h-16.fc15.x86_64 > > ibus-a

Re: Japanese keyboard: Fedora 15 KDE

2012-04-29 Thread jonetsu
On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:35:02 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote : > On 04/30/2012 08:34 AM, jonetsu wrote: > > OK, I see. It's getting somewhere. I've added Japanese (Japanese, > > Kana, Kana 86) and it asks me to restart ibus. I've sent the > > ibus daemon a HUP si

Re: Japanese keyboard: Fedora 15 KDE

2012-04-29 Thread jonetsu
On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:45:30 -0400, jonetsu wrote : > On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:35:02 +0800, > Ed Greshko wrote : > > Right Click on the icon and pick "Preferences". Then go to the > > "Input Method" Tab and select and Input Method and "Add&quo

Re: Japanese keyboard: Fedora 15 KDE

2012-04-29 Thread jonetsu
Le Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:55:32 +0800, Ed Greshko a écrit : > On 04/30/2012 08:45 AM, jonetsu wrote: > > OK, got it. Japanese (kana) is chosen. Keyboard is jp(kana). But > > still, looks like and types like the same keyboard as usual. > > > > カテタチトスカンイシ > >

Re: Japanese keyboard: Fedora 15 KDE

2012-04-30 Thread jonetsu
Le Lundi, 30 Avril 2012 22:37:36 +0900, nomnex a écrit : > Glad you got it working. > Ctrl+Space switch i-bus on/off > Alt+Shift switch the input language (I use French/Japanese on a en_US > OS) I've tried the Anthy German keyboard that I use to write French although it's not at all like the reg

Adding fonts

2012-09-08 Thread jonetsu
Hello, I'd like to know now to add fonts so that LibreOffice and Gimp can use them. For instance, I have downloaded a HGRSKP.TTF file which is a Japanese font. What is the procedure to make available that font in the system ? Also, some fonts are .exe files. Are these also installable in Fed

Re: Adding fonts

2012-09-10 Thread jonetsu
Le Dimanche, 09 Sep 2012 18:32:57 +0200, François Patte a écrit : > If you want to have any chances to make the difference between what > comes from the distribution and what you have added, you should create > your local font directories in /usr/local/share/fonts and be shure > that you have a f

Japanese fonts for romaji input

2012-09-10 Thread jonetsu
Hello, There are many nice fonts for rendering kanji characters. Unfortunately the ones that I got so far does not work with the standard ibus anthy romaji input. Many render the resulting kanji as a square, no matter what. They are mapped directly to the keyboard keys and so are useless. Als