Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Experiences with gtk3-nocsd?
On 2015/09/30 at 04:27am, Grant Edwards wrote: > [Actually, I don't recall ever using evince or atril for filling out > PDF forms -- so that might be another reason I'd have to keep > acroread around.] If you are okay with KDE apps, Okular has done a great job with all the forms I have tried with it. Only issue I have noticed is that check marks (which show up fine on the screen) end up printed as another character. Still better than dealing with acroread, in my opinion. -- Chris Spackman GNU Terry Pratchett
Re: [gentoo-user] Catastrophic bug in the firefox 'ProfileManager' function
On 2015/07/21 at 02:59pm, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:09:38 +1000, wraeth wrote: Have you tried Syncthing - http://syncthing.net/ ? No I haven't, but one of the main reasons for that is because I mostly bypassed online (read: not controlled by myself) services for any sort of syncing - I eyed a couple, but my primary thought was to retain proper control of my data. Syncthing is peer-to-peer. You can use their discovery server (or run your own) for clients to find one another, but data always takes the direct route. However, it is only for syncing, if you need the extra features, ownCloud works well. I have been using Syncthing also, for maybe a year now. It works well once you get it set up. Recently, the Android app (in F-Droid) has also been working well - for a while it couldn't find any of my machines. Like Neil said, though, Syncthing has no extra features - it just syncs between devices. The machines have to be online at the same time or no syncing happens, because there is no server in the middle to keep the data. Maybe because of this, I have had far fewer issues with conflicting file versions with Syncthing than I had with Dropbox. FWIW, I tried ownCloud a couple of times and could never get it up and running properly. -- Chris Spackman GNU Terry Pratchett
Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox problem
On 2015/06/07 at 01:57pm, Philip Webb wrote: 150607 Philip Webb wrote: Before I file a bug, has anyone else seen this ? Any advice ? So again, are there any other Fluxbox users on the list ? I am a Fluxbox user, but haven't updated, so cannot comment. I have been using this for several weeks with no issues: version: Fluxbox 1.3.6-gentoo-r1 : (c) 2001-2015 Fluxbox Team eix fluxbox: [I] x11-wm/fluxbox Installed versions: 1.3.6-r1(10:56:38 AM 05/17/2015)(imlib nls slit toolbar truetype -bidi -vim-syntax -xinerama) Sorry I cannot help. When I do upgrade (probably next week), I will check for the behavior you found. -- Chris Spackman GNU Terry Pratchett
[gentoo-user] sound stuttering, breaking up, fading in and out
I have an issue with sound during music and sometimes video playback. Usually it fades out (gets quieter) and then fades back in a couple of seconds later. This happens randomly maybe a couple of times in an hour or two, but can sometimes go several hours without issue. It has happened with quodlibet and mocp (audio - mostly ogg, some mp3) and with vlc (video - mostly mp4/m4v). I don't use other music/video software enough to notice it there. During heavy load (like emerging packages), the sound will sometimes stutter or even stop and then restart a few seconds later. The computer is a few years old, but this has not happened in the past. I found somewhere the suggestion to add the following options to /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf options snd-hda-intel vid=8086 pid=8ca0 snoop=0 The fading out/in *seems to be* less frequent since doing that. But that is my subjective feeling, not based on data. Any ideas on what might be wrong and how it can be fixed? ** System ** Window Manager = PekWM kernel = Linux sys76 3.18.11-gentoo #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Apr 9 13:56:02 EDT 2015 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux ** Hardware Info ** lspci reports: Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller Modules, from lsmod | grep snd: snd_hda_codec_idt 39744 1 snd_hda_codec_generic39746 1 snd_hda_codec_idt snd_hda_intel 17007 2 snd_hda_controller 13712 1 snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec 68033 4 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller snd_hwdep 5373 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm63521 3 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller snd_timer 15422 1 snd_pcm snd49995 11 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel ** Software ** [I] media-sound/pulseaudio Installed versions: 5.0-r7(03:35:44 PM 04/08/2015)(X alsa alsa-plugin asyncns bluetooth caps dbus gdbm glib gtk ipv6 orc qt4 ssl tcpd udev webrtc-aec -doc -equalizer -gnome -jack -libsamplerate -lirc -neon -oss -realtime -system-wide -systemd -test -xen -zeroconf ABI_MIPS=-n32 -n64 -o32 ABI_PPC=-32 -64 ABI_S390=-32 -64 ABI_X86=64 -32 -x32) [I] media-plugins/gst-plugins-pulse Installed versions: 0.10.31-r1(0.10)^t(12:55:06 PM 04/11/2015)(ABI_MIPS=-n32 -n64 -o32 ABI_PPC=-32 -64 ABI_S390=-32 -64 ABI_X86=64 -32 -x32) 1.4.5(1.0)^t(04:27:00 PM 04/05/2015)(ABI_MIPS=-n32 -n64 -o32 ABI_PPC=-32 -64 ABI_S390=-32 -64 ABI_X86=64 -32 -x32) [I] media-sound/moc Installed versions: 2.5.0(05:50:51 PM 04/12/2015)(aac alsa cache ffmpeg flac mad magic unicode vorbis -curl -debug -jack -libsamplerate -modplug -musepack -oss -sid -sndfile -speex -timidity -tremor -wavpack) (I removed Quodlibet recently for unrelated reasons.) Thanks for any and all help and advice. -- Chris Spackman GNU Terry Pratchett
Re: [gentoo-user] sound stuttering, breaking up, fading in and out
On 2015/04/18 at 08:11pm, Fernando Rodriguez wrote: On Saturday, April 18, 2015 6:46:37 PM Chris Spackman wrote: I have an issue with sound during music and sometimes video playback. The Arch wiki has a lot of tips for configure pulseaudio: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Troubleshooting#Setting_the_default_fragment_number_and_buffer_size_in_PulseAudio Thanks for the information. The arch page suggested setting enable-lfe-remixing = yes in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf for analog surround - which I have. Trying that now. Music is doing much better during a big emerge (so far). Next I will set the realtime use flag; hadn't seen that before. I'll try these for a few days and see how it goes. Thanks. -- Chris Spackman GNU Terry Pratchett
