120915 Mick wrote:
> On Saturday 15 Sep 2012 01:27:04 Philip Webb wrote:
>> (1) In Fluxbox, Gkrellm insists on starting on Desktop 1 ;
>> on my existing machine with the same config files, it starts on Desktop 8 .
>> There must be some setting somewhere which has got changed.
> Perhaps something like:
>
> [app] (name=gkrellm)
> [Workspace] {0}
> [end]
>
> instead of:
>
> [Workspace] {7}
>
> in your ~/.fluxbox/apps file ?
> Or may be you have a [Jump] {yes} command in there too ?
> Not sure if something similar in ~/.fluxbox/startup could cause this,
> so have a look in there just in case.
Yes, I looked in those places, but there doesn't seem anything odd:
[app] (name=gkrellm) (class=Gkrellm)
[Workspace] {7}
[Position] (UPPERLEFT) {0 0}
[Close] {yes}
[end]
However, I have a custom 'apps-pp' file too,
which mb getting defined in the new machine's 'init' file.
I've made a note to check tomorrow.
>> (2) Luxi Mono is not coming out cleanly in Gvim or (Xfce) Terminal :
>> IIRC there's a pkg or a setting somewhere to fix it,
>> but I can't find it in my extensive notes from the past.
I've found the note buried in my notes from the 2007 installation :
it needs a file /dev/fonts/local.conf with various settings, esp
<match target="font">
<test name="family">
<string>Luxi Mono</string>
</test>
<test name="pixelsize" compare="less">
<double>24</double>
</test>
<edit name="hinting">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
HTH anyone else who gets ugly fonts in a new box.
>> (3) I have 4 heat sensors in Gkrellm : 'k10temp' + 3 * 'it87'.
>> Can anyone suggest which bit of which device each is measuring ?
> I am guessing the k10temp is the core temperature of the CPU
> and the it87 the chip temperature sensors (3-off) from ACPI?
Well, I can guess equally well (smile). When compiling Firefox & LibreOffice,
the 'it87-3' reached 68 C once, while the other 3 were lower ;
all 4 CPUs were working at 99 % at the time.
IIRC the displayed temperatures are not very accurate: when not active,
3 of the values were well below room temperature, which sb impossible.
I have the impression that the rate of CPU work is being controlled
in order to keep the temperature safely below the cut-off point
which I've set in BIOS, ie 70 C ; also, the variable fan is very impressive.
If so, it must be due to the combination of AMD + Gigabyte (mobo).
Thanks for the advice. (1) must be fairly easy, when I find out why.
Any further info re (3) wb very welcome.
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