Re: Playing Card Symbols
Charles Curley: > Siard: > > > To type ♠ , for example: > > > > - hold Ctrl+Shift > > - type U2660 > > - release Ctrl+Shift > > Nice to know about, but it requires knowing the UTF code for the > characters you want. That's a bit like trying to navigate the Internet > with IP addresses instead of fully qualified domain names. > > I think for day-to-day use I'll stick to using the compose key. Yes, the compose key is the preferred method, but for symbols that are not available for it, the above method remains. Example: 'black heart' ♥ = compose key + <3 'white heart' ♡ = the above method with U2661 gucharmap may be used to find the codes, and I also found https://unicode-explorer.com to be very useful. And if you use a symbol like ♡ more often, you can turn it into a character to be used with the compose key yourself, like David Wright described.
Re: Playing Card Symbols
Charles Curley: > Thomas George: > > > I am amazed that the playing card symbols spade, heart, diamond and > > club don't appear any of the collections in my Debian Buster > > programs. I can insert them in the text I type by entering > > CTRL-SHIFT-Uunicode but if this text in a Thunderbird email to a > > friend he receives only the unicode. > > What do you mean by "CTRL-SHIFT-Uunicode"? To type ♠ , for example: - hold Ctrl+Shift - type U2660 - release Ctrl+Shift A slight variation, which I prefer: - type Ctrl+Shift+U , keep nothing pressed - type 2660 - type Return
Re: /boot/grub/grub.cfg menu entries
> > To re-enable this, set GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false in /etc/default/grub. > >Thanks! But I did that, ran update-grub which reported: > > > Warning: os-prober will be executed to detect other bootable partitions. > > Its output will be used to detect bootable binaries on them and create > > new boot entries. > > Found Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) on /dev/sdg1 > >Which is all way cool -- that sounds like it's going to do what I > want. > >But on reboot, I'm left with my plain old menu listing only the > existing menu entry of booting off /dev/sdf1. Do you have os-prober installed? You can also try os-prober as root and see if it detects the other partitions.
Re: /boot/grub/grub.cfg menu entries
Michel Verdier: > Intense Red: > > > Looking at /boot/grub/grub.cfg it uses a function format that I > > don't recognize and cannot make easy sense of -- I just want a simple > > text entry to give me the option of booting off sdf1 or sdg1 in the > > grub menu. > > > > Can anyone whack me with a clue-bat or ELI5 me how I can edit/add > > an entry to grub.cfg? TIA. > > You can directly change /boot/grub/grub.cfg. Entry name is the first > parameter after "menuentry" : > > menuentry 'here the name' --class debian ... > > But it will be erased if you update-grub. > Alternatively you can add full menuentry blocks in /etc/grub.d/40_custom > and you will retrieve them in you grub menu even after update-grub. Note that since June 2022, boot menu entries for other operating systems are no longer generated by default in testing and sid. To re-enable this, set GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false in /etc/default/grub. To me, this looks easier and less laborious.
Re: Detailed Leafpad manual [not just manpage]?
On Sun, 4 Dec 2022 05:29 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > I wish to document a personal project.The desired format will resemble > the outline for term papers we wrote in school in the 50's. Except some > items may be a short paragraph or two long. Like some others here, I can only guess what those outlines look like. > I did a web search for text editors with an auto-indent feature. > The only one I recognized was Leafpad. But I couldn't find appropriate > documentation or "howto". Where would I find it? Leafpad is just a simple text editor, it does not need documentation. Just check Options > Auto indent from the menu. I still have it installed in Bookworm. It was in active development from 2004 till 2010. I think it's a pity Debian removed it for that reason; it's perfect as it is, it does not need further development. I have another distro, OpenSUSE, where it is still available. > Any other suggestions for a basic text editor in the Debian repository > with an auto-indent feature. I'm not interested in a full blown word > processor. IMO, a good editor for this purpose would be the Bluefish editor. It basically supports programming and markup languages. Indentations may be tabs or spaces. The size of the indentations is configurable. The indentation of selected lines may be increased or decreased in one go.
Re: Simple HTML & CSS code.
Peter Easthope wrote: > From: Siard > Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 00:00:26 +0200 > > > >Test.html > > > > > left > right > > > > > Thanks. Yes, that puts "left" on the left and "right" on the right. After a good night's sleep, I realized that I could have answered it much simpler. Just replace 'display: inline' with 'display: flex' in your original code, that's all. > I'm interested in a further detail illustrated with this simple example. > > > >Test.html > > > > > left > right > > > > > In a sufficiently wide window, Firefox renders this. > left right > > If the right edge of the window is dragged to the left it comes to this. > leftright > > If the window is constrained further the display is trimmed on the > right and provides horizontal scrolling. > left= > > For a narrow display, such as portait on a phone, an automatic line > break avoids the scrolling. > left > right > > Here this works. > > > > Test.html > > > > left > right > > > > Comments? > > A more realistic example at http://movingaroundpender.ca/ . Your code behind those two images in that URL: You are combining flex and float here, which is useless IMO. To put the second image below the first one on narrow screens, you can add 'flex-wrap:wrap' to 'display': If you like, you can mail me off-list for further questions.
Re: gmane.linux.debian.user: Authorization required
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Re: gmane.linux.debian.user: Authorization required
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Re: Simple HTML & CSS code.
On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:14 -0500, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Off scope but I don't know a better place to ask.
>
> If this HTML text is in a file, a browser should be able to render it.
>
>
>
>
> Test.html
>
>
>body { color: black; background: white; }
>div.inline { display: inline; justify-content: space-between; }
>
>
>
> leftright
>
>
>
> In bullseye, Firefox-esr, "leftright" is rendered at the left edge of
> the window.
>
> CSS "inline" puts the two words on a line as expected.
>
> I included "justify-content: space-between" with the objective of
> putting "left" at the left of the window and "right" at the right.
>
> Why doesn't it work? How should it be fixed?
'display:inline' is only useful if you have more than one div.
However, 'display:inline' was obviously meant for 'span', not for 'div',
but 'span' _is_ already an inline element.
What's more, the 'justify-content' property belongs to the Flexbox model,
but you have not set the 'display' property to 'flex'.
This code works better:
Test.html
left
right
BTW, 'color: black' and 'background: white' is already the default for
'body', AFAIK.
More info about the Flexbox model: www.w3schools.com/css/css3_flexbox.asp
Re: question about sound
On Wed, 17 Aug 2022 20:00 +, ghe2001 wrote: > Anybody have anything to say about editing sound files? > > I started to answer the poster's question and found that, in their > infinite wisdom, the Debian designers seem to have removed Audacity from > the upcoming release, Bookworm. I heard some weird things about Audacity. It has been accused of being spyware. You can read more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity_(audio_editor)#Reception > Bad idea, IMHO. Suggestions for replacements? They are one or more > Debian users that have relied on Audacity for years. Here you'll find 19 Audacity replacements for Linux: https://alternativeto.net/software/audacity/?platform=linux Some of them are forks of Audacity. > Mick, if you're still there, it might be possible to get it from their > website: > > https://www.audacityteam.org/download/ That is an AppImage, so it will certainly work - if you still want to use it.
Re: Status of Virtualbox in debian
On Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:25 +1000, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > On 21/6/22 20:53, Siard wrote: > > I should also note that right now there appear to be problems with the > > latest > > kernel, 5.18.0. The message in the terminal where VB was started from, says: > > "WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module > > available for the current kernel (5.18.0-1-amd64) or it failed to load." > > Probably a temporary problem. When starting Debian with the previous kernel > > 5.17.0, VB still works. > > You'll need to download and install the closed source > Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack from their site to get USB3 working. > From memory USB2 will work with the guest-additions-pack; but could be > USB1. The VirtualBox version from www.virtualbox.org offers to download and install/ update the Extension Pack automatically. I also have the Guest Additions, and tried both USB2 and USB3. It does work, just not with Windows7. On the internet, I see more people having problems with W7 and USB in VB. > The USB needs to be mounted in linux for it to be recognised in vbox. My findings are that USB is recognised in vbox, whether it is mounted in linux or not. However, this text advises against it: www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#settings-usb "Be careful with USB devices that are currently in use on the host. For example, if you allow your guest to connect to your USB hard disk that is currently mounted on the host, when the guest is activated, it will be disconnected from the host without a proper shutdown. This may cause data loss."
Re: Status of Virtualbox in debian
On Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:28 -0400, Boyan Penkov wrote: > On Tue, Jun 21, 2022, 13:26 Siard wrote: > > On Tue, 21 Jun 2022 07:48 -0400, Boyan Penkov wrote: > > > ... ensuring linux-kernel-headers for 5.18 were installed, and then > > > reinstalling virtualbox and virtualbox-dkms resolved the issue for me. > > > I can confirm this is working on 5.18.0-1-amd64 right now. > > > > Is this in testing? Do you have a debian version of virtualbox (from sid??) > > Yes, vbox from Side. > > > or the version from www.virtualbox.org? And where did you find > > virtualbox-dkms? > > In Sid. Yes, this is a mixed testing/unstable install... OK, I installed virtualbox and virtualbox-dkms from Sid. Indeed, I have it working in testing with 5.18.0-1-amd64 now. In VB, I have Windows XP and Windows 7 installed. In XP, USB can be accessed. In W7, it still says: 'no devices available'. There seems to be a special USB problem with W7, which I have not sorted out yet. Anyway, made considerable progress!
Re: Status of Virtualbox in debian
On Tue, 21 Jun 2022 07:48 -0400, Boyan Penkov wrote: > ... ensuring linux-kernel-headers for 5.18 were installed, and then > reinstalling virtualbox and virtualbox-dkms resolved the issue for me. > I can confirm this is working on 5.18.0-1-amd64 right now. Is this in testing? Do you have a debian version of virtualbox (from sid??) or the version from www.virtualbox.org? And where did you find virtualbox-dkms?
Re: Status of Virtualbox in debian
On Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:05 +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > On 20/06/2022 14:55, Siard wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Jun 2022 14:21 +0200, Anders Andersson wrote: > > > Has something changed that makes virtualbox workable again, > > > > I have the Virtualbox 6.1.34 package for Debian 11, downloaded from > > www.virtualbox.org, working fine in Debian 12 (Bookworm). > > Have you succeeded in gaining support for USB? I haven't yet got past > the and guest Additions stage. Indeed, USB appears not to be working. (Never used it.) I have dkms and dh-dkms installed. The VirtualBox-6.1 deb has been installed and upgraded with 'dpkg -i'. It also puts VBoxGuestAdditions.iso into /usr/share/virtualbox. Then in the guest OS you can choose Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD image... from the menu. More about installing and maintaining the guest additions: www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#additions-linux I should also note that right now there appear to be problems with the latest kernel, 5.18.0. The message in the terminal where VB was started from, says: "WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module available for the current kernel (5.18.0-1-amd64) or it failed to load." Probably a temporary problem. When starting Debian with the previous kernel 5.17.0, VB still works.
Re: Status of Virtualbox in debian
On Mon, 20 Jun 2022 14:21 +0200, Anders Andersson wrote: > Has something changed that makes virtualbox workable again, I have the Virtualbox 6.1.34 package for Debian 11, downloaded from www.virtualbox.org, working fine in Debian 12 (Bookworm).
Re: Firmware III grub
Hans wrote: > There is also "su -p", which stands for "preserve". You need this, if you > want use graphical applications as a normal user, which need root rights > (for example wireshark or editing config files with kwrite, with owner > "root"). I accomplished the same by creating /usr/local/bin/su containing these lines: #! /bin/sh PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin /bin/su and making it executable. /usr/local/bin takes precedence over /bin/su in $PATH. In fact, su now has its old behaviour back.
Re: Permanent email address?
On Sun, 15 May 2022 16:48 -0400, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: > On Sun, 15 May 2022 18:25 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > Keep the gmail address and just forward from there to an address > > ypu control. > > If you know how to have gmail forward to some other address, I'd love > to know how. I could avoid having to fetch directly from Google. https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10957?hl=en
Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email
On Wed, 11 May 2022 20:52:22 +0200, Fero Dali wrote: > So please if there are any other working email accounts i could get tell > me. (I found http://riseup.net but I need Invite there which I do not have) Do a search for 'gmail alternatives' and you will find at least a dozen of them. Ad-free accounts with 100% privacy cannot be free (as in beer), but they don't cost much. I have a mailbox.org account myself (they are based in Berlin, Germany) and am very content with it. There are many settings you can tweak, such as the spam filter settings, and many options such as e-mail aliases, disposable addresses, incorporating external accounts and the like. And I never had any bounces from this list any more. BTW, they have an article on this: "Google announces restriction of Gmail with third-party services" https://mailbox.org/en/post/google-announces-restriction-of-gmail-with-third-party-services and you see two suggestions here to solve this problem.
Re: Suggestions for tesseract
On Thu, 20 Jan 2022, Curt wrote:
> On 2022-01-20, Siard wrote:
> > Bob Bernstein wrote:
> > > Executing 'apt-cache search tesseract' brings up a multitude of
> > > packages.
> > >
> > > My need is simple enough, I think: I like to scan (using an
> > > Epson scanner) pages of printed books -- almost one hundred per
> > > cent text -- and then use OCR to produce pages from which I can
> > > copy 'n paste snippets of text for note-taking purposes.
> > >
> > > What do the assembled multitudes suggest for a tesseract package
> > > (that's the OCR I've been encouraged to use) on my bullseye
> > > system, ...
> >
> > Once you have a PDF containing the images (img2pdf may be used for
> > that), I think the cleverest way is to use ocrmypdf.
> > It adds an OCR text layer to the PDF file, so the PDF text becomes
> > selectable and can be copied.
> > It uses the Tesseract OCR engine.
> >
> > $ ocrmypdf -f inputfile.pdf outputfile.pdf
>
> ocrmypdf has quite a few dependencies on my machine.
>
> The multitude of packages corresponds more or less to the multiple
> languages of the human multitude. I guess the OP's working in English
> ('tesseract-ocr-eng', pulled in with all the others here when installing
> the above).
With tesseract and one tesseract language package already installed,
installing ocrmypdf does not pull in more of them. At least, that's what
I see on my machine.
Re: Suggestions for tesseract
Bob Bernstein wrote: > Executing 'apt-cache search tesseract' brings up a multitude of > packages. > > My need is simple enough, I think: I like to scan (using an > Epson scanner) pages of printed books -- almost one hundred per > cent text -- and then use OCR to produce pages from which I can > copy 'n paste snippets of text for note-taking purposes. > > What do the assembled multitudes suggest for a tesseract package > (that's the OCR I've been encouraged to use) on my bullseye > system, ... Once you have a PDF containing the images (img2pdf may be used for that), I think the cleverest way is to use ocrmypdf. It adds an OCR text layer to the PDF file, so the PDF text becomes selectable and can be copied. It uses the Tesseract OCR engine. $ ocrmypdf -f inputfile.pdf outputfile.pdf
Re: How to rotate then save a PDF document?
David Wright wrote: > Finally, using a GUI doesn't scale well. [...] Clicking one's way round > a GUI can't compete. The GUI is not the problem here. But GIMP works with raster images, so everything that is vectorized, including text, is transformed to a rasterized image, causing loss of sharpness and a drastic increase in file size. So GIMP is just not suitable for this purpose.
Re: Always run apt update before clicking on synaptic ?
On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 20:45:17 +0200 (CEST), Roger Price wrote: > On Sun, 15 Aug 2021, Brian wrote: > > On Sun 15 Aug 2021 at 20:13:55 +0200, Roger Price wrote: > > > > > Does this mean that synaptic does _not_ call apt update, and that I > > > should always run apt update manually before clicking on synaptic? > > > > > > Some experiments suggest that this is the case. > > > > You would have to describe the experiments to have anywhere near a > > convincing case that merited close attention. > > 1. I added "contrib non-free" to the deb lines in /etc/apt/sources.list > 2. I ran synaptic, searched for "nvidia", and saw only 4 items. > 3. I ran apt update > 4. I ran synaptic, searched for "nvidia", and saw approximately 200 items. This is what you are missing: in synaptic, you should always run 'Edit > Reload Package Information' or Ctrl-R before upgrading. It does the same as 'apt update'.
Re: why pdf file at archive.org is so slow to open
On Sun, 04 Jul 2021 17:03 +0800, loushanguan2...@sina.com wrote: > i've found many books at archive.org in pdf formatbut reading them in > acrobat for linux is painful, it's slow > it's fast in acrobat for androidand i think it's fast in Windows > adobe has stopped upgrade for linux > i've tried evince, gnome default viewer, it crash > https://archive.org/details/historyofmodernesche file name: > historyofmodernesche.pdf > above is an example, other pdf files at archive.org have same problem, > slow! please test with example above before recommending pdf viewer As far as I can see, the download is rather slow. I guess you stop the download process too soon. If the downloaded file is less than 17 MB, then it is not complete. If I give it some time (1 or 2 minutes?), then the pdf is readable, also in Evince.
Re: x-window-manager alternative missing
The Wanderer: > What package, or packages, set(s) up the x-window-manager alternative > and define(s) symlinks for it? To set the default x-window-manager, you can use: # update-alternatives --config x-window-manager To only see the available (i.e. installed) x-window-managers: $ update-alternatives --list x-window-manager
Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal
On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 22:37 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: > On 6/22/21 9:23 AM, Siard wrote: > > In the MATE Terminal settings (Edit > Profile Preferences), > > tab 'Colors', under 'Palette', set 'Built-in schemes' to 'Custom' > > and change every color in the color palette to black. > > > > Here is a screenshot: > > https://i.postimg.cc/2yv17y3Y/mateterminalcolors.png > > Why select 'Custom'? > > Richard needs black on white, so he should select 'Black on white'. > It works for me. I have been using 'Custom', Yellow on Black, like > my first monitor many years ago. But selecting 'Black on white' > gives exactly that. Yes, but it did not work for Richard, and as 'Custom' worked for me, I came with this solution. Later, it turned out that it was caused by a glitch in MATE Terminal 1.16.3, used in Debian 9. Later versions worked fine. So 'Black on white' is indeed the most obvious way.
Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal
Richard Owlett: > Siard: > > In the MATE Terminal settings (Edit > Profile Preferences), > > tab 'Colors', under 'Palette', set 'Built-in schemes' to 'Custom' > > and change every color in the color palette to black. > > > > Here is a screenshot: > > https://i.postimg.cc/2yv17y3Y/mateterminalcolors.png > > I tried that yesterday and it didn't work. > I tried it again this morning, after a good night's sleep. > It still didn't work. BUT it finally registered that the settings I > changed were *NOT* being kept as in your screenshot. > > I am running Debian 9.13 with MATE Terminal 1.16.3 > Are you using the same? > Suggestions? > Thank you. I am running Debian 11.0 with MATE Terminal 1.24.1. This morning, the colors were still being kept and it still worked. Alas, I do not know anything about older versions.
Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal
On Tue, 22 Jun 2021 17:32:55, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 22 iun 21, 08:14:08, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I have vision problems. > > I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. > > The program I'm running gives out colored text. > > The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. > > Help please. > > This has already been addressed before: you must change the color scheme > in the setting for MATE Terminal, to have it use black/dark gray/etc. as > needed for everything related to text. > > The exact steps are different for each terminal emulator and I don't > have MATE Terminal installed here. Well, I have. In the MATE Terminal settings (Edit > Profile Preferences), tab 'Colors', under 'Palette', set 'Built-in schemes' to 'Custom' and change every color in the color palette to black. Here is a screenshot: https://i.postimg.cc/2yv17y3Y/mateterminalcolors.png
Re: More fun with Seamonkey
On Thu, 20 May 2021, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Thu, 20 May 2021, Siard wrote: > > > [Settings] > > gtk-font-name = Liberation Sans 12 > > BINGO! > > Remedied almost everything. Fixed-width fonts in the body of > text-based emails were still too small until I found > Preferences->Appearance->Fonts could set a value for 'minimum > font size,' which got majorly incremented by moi. My suggestion would be to set the message text to a fixed-width font. Preferences > Mail & Newsgroups > Message Display > set Font to Fixed Width. Preferences > Appearance > Fonts: set font size next to Monospace. And keep the minimum font size at a lower value. The browser can still display smaller text then. > [Optional extra credit paragraph -- will not be on the quiz} As is > doubtless evident to all assembled faithful, I am way past trying keep up > any pretense that I am a wicked cool clue-enabled code-jockey who falls > asleep with C snippets running through his head. I don't write device > drivers before breakfast, but I know who does. Well, I'm just an ordinary user myself. > All this just to lend context as I confess I have been trying to solve this > configuration problem liteally for years. That problem is the principal > reason I could never stay with seamonkey or thunderbird. I mean, I'm > talkin' _years_ of being stymied by this. When using Gnome, you can find this in the Gnome Control Center. Some other desktop environments seem to have their own settings for it. For example, in Mate, I found it here: System > Control Center > Look and Feel > Appearance > tab 'Fonts'. It overrides the settings in ~/.config/gtk-3.0. I have the Openbox WM myself. I did not find any setting for the GTK fonts there, so I had to resort to the arcane configuration files mentioned above. BTW, there is a similar setting for the font in gtk2 applications. Put a line like this in ~/.gtkrc-2.0: gtk-font-name = "Liberation Sans 12" > Okay, life is short and you busy folks don't have time for any more of my > blather. Interesting and humorous 'blather', nevertheless. :-)
Re: More fun with Seamonkey
Bob Bernstein:
> I downloaded the binary from seamonkey-project.org, and untarred
> the bz2 archive. Praise be to whatever Powers and Principalities
> were involved, but the thing started right up without so much as
> a hiccup. What wonders!
>
> Is it me, or does the 'Mail/Newsgroups' window sport a group of
> fonts rather different from the 'Browser' window? Is there a way
> to render the miniscule text in the former legible?
Both windows follow the gtk3 settings.
Put these lines in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini:
[Settings]
gtk-font-name =
Example:
[Settings]
gtk-font-name = Liberation Sans 12
The first line ('[Settings]') is important, it should precede the second line.
Liberation Sans is the font that I prefer for this purpose.
So fonts-liberation is installed.
Not fonts-liberation2; the former looks better, at least on my screen.
Re: No deb for seamonkey?
Bob Bernstein: > Richard Owlett: > > I've been getting SeaMonkey from there since days of Squeeze > > [now running Buster] without any problems. > > Yes. They don't distribute debs, but they do distribute binary > versions with install procedures. > > Not sure which route I should take, binary from the > seamonkey-project.org site, or deb from the repo named in > wiki.debian.org/Seamonkey. I'm leaning toward the > first-mentioned. > > Opinions? I found that taking the tarball from seamonkey-project.org is dead easy. Just unpack it in /opt and start /opt/seamonkey/seamonkey. No installation needed. You can have a look at the seamonkey-project.org site now and then to see if a new version is available, but you can also follow www.seamonkey-project.org/news via RSS, so you get notified when a new version is available. Then just delete /opt/seamonkey and put the new version there. ( RSS link: https://www.seamonkey-project.org/news-atom )
Re: No deb for seamonkey?
I wrote: > You can simply download Seamonkey deb's from here: > > https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/ Correction: those are .tar.bz2 packages. Getting older. Age takes its toll, I guess.
Re: No deb for seamonkey?
The Wanderer [about Seamonkey]: > It's also possible that some third parties may have already packaged it > into .deb form, albeit not necessarily in a way that'll work with any > particular Debian release; if you want to search for such a thing, and > risk creating a FrankenDebian to some degree with the result, you might > turn up useful results. You can simply download Seamonkey deb's from here: https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/ It works fine here in stable and testing. No installation needed, just start it.
Re: working with mp3 files
Celejar: > mick crane: > > hello, > > I am totally clueless about audio files. > > Have for example librivox recordings of "1984" split into a dozen files. > > Would like to combine them together into one file with > > ffmpeg join_together "files" some_options) out_file > > presumably each file has meta data that I only need once ? > > Anybody point to a book or resource for a numpty to discover how it > > works? > > https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Concatenate > > I concatenate mp4 video files (produced by my smartphone video > recording app, which starts a new file every 4GB) by putting them > (making sure they are named sequentially, e.g. "1.mp4", "2.mp4", etc.) > into an otherwise empty directory and running the following command > (taken from the above page): > > ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i <(for f in ./*.mp4; do echo "file '$PWD/$f'"; > done) -c copy output.mp4 The method that I know is slightly different. I once took it from https://medium.com/abraia/basic-video-editing-for-social-media-with-ffmpeg-commands-1e873801659 but that site has apparently been simplified now and concatenation has been removed. I found that it works fine for mp3's as well. Create join.txt file that contains the exact paths of the files that you want to join. All files should be same format (same codec). The path name of all files should be mentioned one by one like below. file /home/xx/myvideos/part1.mp4 file /home/xx/myvideos/part2.mp4 file /home/xx/myvideos/part3.mp4 file /home/xx/myvideos/part4.mp4 Now, join all files using command: $ ffmpeg -f concat -i join.txt -c copy output.mp4 If you get an error something like below; [concat @ 0x555fed174cc0] Unsafe file name '/path/to/mp4' join.txt: Operation not permitted add "-safe 0": $ ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i join.txt -c copy output.mp4
Re: which package can convert barcode image to url?
Long Wind wrote: > in Chinese barcode is called 2-dimension code Same as QR code? dmtx-utils should be able to do it. It contains 2 programs: dmtxread and dmtxwrite. See also http://libdmtx.sourceforge.net
Re: SANE default scanner
Nicolas George: > Siard (12020-07-27): > > It looks simple to me, or am I missing something? > > Does it add the scanner in Gimp's scanner menu? Ah, I guess I see what I was missing.
Re: SANE default scanner
On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 11:58:44 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > This may be an obvious thing, but I cannot find the answer. > > I can scan with: > > scanimage -d "hpaio:/net/deskjet_3050a_j611_series?ip=10.0.1.155" > xsane "hpaio:/net/deskjet_3050a_j611_series?ip=10.0.1.155" > > Where do I write this URL so that tools find it without having to tell > them each time? It looks simple to me, or am I missing something? Create /usr/local/bin/scanimage with these contents: #! /bin/sh /usr/bin/scanimage -d "hpaio:/net/deskjet_3050a_j611_series?ip=10.0.1.155" Then, $ cd /usr/local/bin $ chmod +x scanimage >From then on, run this command to scan: $ scanimage Because /usr/local/bin is before /usr/bin in $PATH, /usr/local/bin/scanimage takes precedence over /usr/bin/scanimage.
Re: paste.debian.net for screenshots?
rhkramer wrote: > How do I make screenshots acessible to the list? Well, there are filehosters for that, such as https://postimages.org/ , specially meant for such purposes.
Re: Mouse awfully slow on Debian 10 on certain machines
Jörg Kampmann wrote: > I installed Debian 10 on my Fujitsu TX 100 S1 (64 and 32 Bit possible) > with debian 64. After that I observed: the mouse pointer is awfully > slow. Therefore I went back to Debian 9 32-bit. > > On a HP-Pavillon 64-bit Debian 10 works just fine. > > Anybody knows about this problem? What can I do? The mouse speed is controlled by libinput. (Although Mate has its own settings for that.) You can read about it here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mouse_acceleration#Mouse_acceleration_with_libinput In short, create /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-libinput.conf . As an example, mine has these contents: Section "InputClass" Identifier "Logitech USB Laser Mouse" Driver "libinput" Option "AccelProfile" "flat" Option "AccelSpeed" "-0.5" EndSection The value of "AccelSpeed" ranges from -1 to 1. My mouse had to be slowed down, hence the negative value. The Identifier can be found in the output of 'xinput list'. So replace the above value of Identifier with yours.
Re: Mouse awfully slow on Debian 10 on certain machines
Jörg Kampmann wrote: > I installed Debian 10 on my Fujitsu TX 100 S1 (64 and 32 Bit possible) > with debian 64. After that I observed: the mouse pointer is awfully > slow. Therefore I went back to Debian 9 32-bit. > > On a HP-Pavillon 64-bit Debian 10 works just fine. > > Anybody knows about this problem? What can I do? The mouse speed is controlled by libinput. (Although Mate has its own settings for that.) You can read about it here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mouse_acceleration#Mouse_acceleration_with_libinput In short, create /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-libinput.conf . As an example, mine has these contents: Section "InputClass" Identifier "Logitech USB Laser Mouse" Driver "libinput" Option "AccelProfile" "flat" Option "AccelSpeed" "-0.5" EndSection The value of "AccelSpeed" ranges from -1 to 1. My mouse had to be slowed down, hence the negative value. The Identifier can be found in the output of 'xinput list'. So replace the above value of Identifier with yours.
Re: how to save video on web page
Long Wind wrote: > i've just installed Video DownloadHelper for jessie's firefox > but can't install an external app required by it > > no luck > i give up I have FF 75 downloaded from www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ Unpack and run, no installation needed. Menu > Add-ons > Extensions Here's a screenshot: https://ibb.co/ZfC15rp I wonder what that 'external app' could be, I am not aware of any.
Re: how to save video on web page
Anastasios Lisgaras wrote: > Video Download Helper it's a good tool but it never won me over and > it was never so effective (on all websites) so as to amaze me. > So much so that I no longer use it at all. Is it better/"stronger" > in the new versions? All I can say is that it /can/ download the video the OP wanted. It can also download videos from sites that youtube-dl reports as 'unsupported'. For me it has become a useful tool.
Re: how to save video on web page
Long Wind wrote: > i have stretch and want to save video on web page: > https://cl7v.com/html/14071/ > which tool shall i install? You can install the Video Download Helper browser extension. It exists for Firefox and Vivaldi, don't know about other browsers.
Re: [sid] xorg keymap modifying
Grzesiek Sójka wrote: > I do have sid running on tablet pc. I decided to use one of the > physical keys as F11. Its keycode is 125 (the one with windows icon). To > do it on console i put the following in /etc/rc.local: > > echo "keycode 125 = F11" | loadkeys > > And it works as expected. Unfortunately, I did not find a way to do it > on xorg. xmodmap is used for that. $ xmodmap -e "keycode 125 = F11"
Re: Mail van Sander van Trigt
On Wed, 9 Oct 2019 13:07 +0200, svantrig...@gmail.com wrote: > Hallo allemaal... > Ik hen een nieuwe laptop gekocht lenovo 330-15ibkr > Nu wil ik er Debian op zetten. > Maar welke raden jullie aan? > De keuze is erg groot bij jullie. > Alvast bedank Sander van Trigt Dit is een Engelstalige mailinglist. Vragen in het Nederlands kun je beter richten aan: debian-user-du...@lists.debian.org
Re: unsubscibe from mailing list
I wrote: > I notice that you are on Gmane. I realize that I'm probably mistaken. Please forget my previous message.
Re: unsubscibe from mailing list
Robert wrote: > Is it posible to unsubscibe me fromthe mailind list? I notice that you are on Gmane. Well, simply remove the gmane.linux.debian.user newsgroup from your news reader, I would say. You could also visit gmane.org and find out how to cancel your account (haven't found out that myself yet), but Gmane appears to be inaccessible at the moment??
Re: Arrow annotation in GIMP.
Op Sun, 15 Sep 2019 16:55 -0700, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > * From: Dan Ritter > * Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 08:26:18 -0400 > > Open a new image. > > Right. > > > Set the background to transparent. > > Haven't quite got that. File > New In the dialog 'Create a New File': Advanced Options > Fill with > Transparency > From reading a few weeks ago, I added an alpha channel > (Layer > Transparency > Add Alpha Channel). Don't see how to make > anything transparent. Then select everything you want to make transparent and delete, OR: Layer > Transparency > Color to Alpha then change any color (usually white) to 'Alpha', i.e. transparency. Note that it cannot be exported to jpg, because it does not support transparency. png does. > > Draw an arrow. Save it. Don't close it. > > I managed to choose the pencil, set the background color to white > and the forground to red, and drew an arrow with straight lines using > the shift constraint. Note that a script for drawing an arrow exists, which makes it a lot easier. It can be found in many places, e.g. here: www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Arrow-Script I have the script arrow-set-size.scm in ~/.config/GIMP/2.10/scripts Then in Gimp: Tools > Arrow-set-size > > Create a new layer on top. > > Is another layer necessary? Can't the arrow be pasted directly onto > the image? I guess that a separate layer makes it easier to position the arrow. Then Image > Flatten Image to join the layers.
Re: Problème d'installation
to...@tuxteam.de: > Astell Astellton: > > Bonjour, > > > > J'ai un problème avec l'installation d'opencv. > > Tout est expliqué ddans le fichier. > > Bonjour, > > Cette liste est en langue anglaise. Possiblement il y a plus de > personnes qui peuvent vous-aider dans la liste en français: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user-french/ > debian-user-fre...@lists.debian.org > > Cordialement > -- tomás Suspicious post, nevertheless. Strange e-mail address, strange name, and... the .tar.xz file appears to contain an executable??
Re: pdftk
Victor A. Stoichita wrote: > Le 26 Aug 2019, steef a écrit : > > > hi folks! > > > > is there a simple commandline command to get pdftk so kind to merge > > a couple of pdf-files? the explanation in the man and --help-files is > > for me in somewhat cryptic english. kind regards, Now it complains > > with 'input-errors'. > > What did you try? > > To merge file1.pdf and file2.pdf into result.pdf: > $ pdftk file1.pdf file2.pdf output result.pdf AFAIK that should be: $ pdftk file1.pdf file2.pdf cat output result.pdf
Re: Libreoffice menu font sizes
songbird wrote: > the font within the application is larger, but the menu fonts do not > change. not sure why either. i may have broken something somewhere > or the theme i'm using may not be working with that for some reason. > what theme are you using? I tried several themes in MATE, but they all work well. The LO menu font changes immediately, even without restarting LO. At the internet I see several people having the same issue. "menu fonts to small in libreoffice 6" "How to increase only LibreOffice horizontal menu font" "How do I enlarge LibreOffice menu font?" "libreoffice menu font too small" etcetera. You might find an answer there. Do you have the libreoffice-gtk3 package installed?? If not, installing it might solve the issue.
Re: Libreoffice menu font sizes
songbird: > Siard: > > [MATE] System > Preferences > Look and Feel > Appearance > tab 'Fonts'. > > Set the 'Application font' to the desired font and size. > > yes, i have that set and it does not change the office menu font size. Strange. It works here. I can show where I increased the menu font size, I have it indicated by a red arrow: https://i.postimg.cc/W4ZffzH8/menufonts1.jpg After changing 11 to 16, the difference in the menu font size in LibreOffice is clearly visible: https://i.postimg.cc/76s73MnW/menufonts2.jpg So if this does not work for you, I have no idea what the cause could be.
Re: Libreoffice menu font sizes
songbird: > Siard wrote: > > Paul Sutton: > > > [Menu fonts in Libreoffice 6.x] > > > [] I can't find the scaling option. > > > > LibreOffice 6 is a gtk3 application. It appears to be following the > > gtk3 settings now. > > You can set the menu font and font size of all gtk3 applications, > > including LibreOffice, in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini. > > Create this file if it does not exist. > > > > Mine contains this: > > > > [Settings] > > gtk-font-name = Liberation Sans 11 > > > > Note that the '[Settings]' line preceding gtk-font-name is > > mandatory. > > thank you for this, but it doesn't seem to accomplish anything > in the MATE desktop (in debian testing). not sure it can? I use Openbox, which does not affect these settings. MATE is a desktop that overrules them and uses its own. So in testing (called 'Bullseye' since a few days) I did manage to set the LibreOffice 6.x menu font and font size in MATE. System > Preferences > Look and Feel > Appearance > tab 'Fonts'. Set the 'Application font' to the desired font and size. > unfortunately this change to the office suite to remove the scaling > ability makes it pretty hard to use the menus of the applications. > luckily i don't need them that often, but it has been annoying me > since they changed it. Note that the settings mentioned here not only affect the menu font of LibreOffice, but all other gtk3 applications as well (Evince and Liferea, for example), who get exactly the same menu fonts. So in fact I do not see any need for that 'scaling' option.
Re: Libreoffice menu font sizes
Paul Sutton: > [Menu fonts in Libreoffice 6.x] > [] I can't find the scaling option. LibreOffice 6 is a gtk3 application. It appears to be following the gtk3 settings now. You can set the menu font and font size of all gtk3 applications, including LibreOffice, in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini. Create this file if it does not exist. Mine contains this: [Settings] gtk-font-name = Liberation Sans 11 Note that the '[Settings]' line preceding gtk-font-name is mandatory.
Re: PDFtoMusic installation
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > After upgrading to Sid, during PDFtoMusic re-installation, it asked me to > install the following packages: > > libasound2 > libc6 > libfontconfig1 > libx11-6 > libxrender1 All of these packages were already installed here.
Re: PDFtoMusic installation
Rodolfo Medina: > Brian: > > ./PDFtoMusic\ Pro gives me "Segmentation fault". > > To me instead it says: > > -bash: ./PDFtoMusic Pro: No such file or directory I can only say that it works fine here in Buster. >From ~ or any other directory I run this command: $ PDFtoMusic\ Pro These are all its files: ~/.config/ACAMPREF/* ~/Myriad Documents/PDFtoMusic/* /usr/bin/PDFtoMusic Pro /usr/share/PDFtoMusic Pro/* /usr/share/applications/pdftomusicpro.desktop /usr/share/fonts/truetype/myriad-online/*
Re: Can't install addons for firefox
On Sat, 4 May 2019 09:27:26 -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > Running firefox-esr on buster I don't seem to be able to install > addons. I just read that they fixed it in a new release: https://news.softpedia.com/news/mozilla-releases-firefox-66-0-4-for-pcs-and-android-to-fix-major-add-ons-issue-525888.shtml
Re: batch process jpegs
mick crane wrote: > I've got a bunch of jpgs from the camera where the bits I want are a bit > underexposed. What I'd like is a GUI that will batch process them. > [] > Any suggestions for available GUI that will batch process jpgs ? First, you could install gimp-plugin-registry. It adds, among others, DBP a.k.a. 'David's Batch processor' to Gimp. Then in Gimp, under Filters > Batch > Batch Process... > tab 'Colour', you can either check 'Auto Levels' or adjust brightness, contrast and saturation manually. Second, you could try aaphoto. It is a command-line program, but very simple. It tries to make the picture look better by setting the optimal contrast, gamma, color balance and saturation for it.
Re: OT Calibre
Jack Dangler: > Roberto C. Sánchez: > > Paul Sutton: > > > Andrea Borgia: > > > > Bob Bernstein: > > > > > Where is the 'Quit' or 'Exit' button in Calibre's gui? > > > > > > > > It seems there's no specific quit button but I can close it > > > > without problems by clicking the "X" button at the top right > > > > corner of the window (using xfce4). > > > > > > Hmm, from a UX / UI viewpoint won't new users expect a close / > > > quit button or menu option, ? > > > > I don't think so. I just started using it a few months ago and I > > actually never noticed the absence of close/quit menu options and/or > > buttons until reading this thread. I find that the toolbar layout > > works really well, and naturally supports clicking the "X" in the > > top of the window border to close/quit. > > And there's the other kill switch... kill -KILL ... that should make > it quit. Even simpler: Ctrl-Q makes it quit. (Calibre 3.39.1, testing)
Re: Looking for advise to replacy Pan newsreader
Patrick Bartek: > Siard: > > Patrick Bartek: > > > Juan R. de Silva: > > > > And may I ask you what do you use to follow this very maillist? > > > > > > Claws-mail. I don't follow it on NNTP as some do. All you have to > > > do to recieve the list via email is subscribe. > > > > Your headers, however, indicate that you follow it through newsgroup > > gmane.linux.debian.user. > > No. Use gmail IMAP'd. Receive emails directly from Debian mail list > server. I don't even have NNTP set up anywhere on this system. Or > even enabled on claws-mail. > > How are you receiving your Debian mail list emails? If you're getting > them from a NNTP newsgroup service, I would expect the headers to be > newsgroup related. Yes, my mistake. As you could have read in the posts between me and Reco, I'm on Gmane, so I see this header in every message: Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.user Which took me to the wrong conclusion that you also follow this list through Gmane.
Re: [OT] NNTP and SMTP Headers (was: Re: Looking for advise to replac Pan newsreader)
Reco: > Siard: > > Patrick Bartek: > > > Juan R. de Silva: > > > > Patrick Bartek: > > > > > Claws-mail besides being a text-based only email client can also > > > > > access NNTP news accounts, too. Although, I've never done so. > > > > > Abandoned NNTP and pan a year ago. > > > > > > > > And may I ask you what do you use to follow this very maillist? > > > > > > Claws-mail. I don't follow it on NNTP as some do. All you have to > > > do to recieve the list via email is subscribe. > > > > Your headers, however, indicate that you follow it through newsgroup > > gmane.linux.debian.user. > > Can you elaborate which SMTP headers in particular led you to this > conclusion please? > > Because all I saw in that e-mail was pretty typical for GMail user using > Claws-Mail as MUA. Oops, I guess I am mistaken. I follow this list through gmane myself. So this is one of the headers I see in Patrick's message: Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.user But that header is in _every_ message in the list...
Re: Looking for advise to replacy Pan newsreader
Patrick Bartek: > Juan R. de Silva: > > Patrick Bartek: > > > Claws-mail besides being a text-based only email client can also > > > access NNTP news accounts, too. Although, I've never done so. > > > Abandoned NNTP and pan a year ago. > > > > And may I ask you what do you use to follow this very maillist? > > Claws-mail. I don't follow it on NNTP as some do. All you have to do > to recieve the list via email is subscribe. Your headers, however, indicate that you follow it through newsgroup gmane.linux.debian.user.
Re: Scanner not working
Andrew Wood wrote: > I have a long standing problem with using my scanner (HP ScanJet 5300) > under Debian using either Simple Scan or gscantopdf. > [...] > Any suggestions on how I might identify what the problem is? You could install the newbiedoc package. Section 5, 'Help with multimedia in Debian', has a section called 'How to install a scanner in Debian GNU-Linux using Sane'. It offers step-by-step installation instructions, checking every step. It helped me install my HP ScanJet 5200C. It works fine in both stretch and buster.
Re: [OT] scanned files are large in size
deloptes wrote: > Siard wrote: > > After scanning, an image almost always needs editing. Crop, rotate > > to correct a skew horizon, remove specks, adjust light and contrast. > > Don't know about you, but I usually press the button and get the > image. Sometimes I use PDF to scan multiple pages into one document, > sometimes I scan in PNG or JPG and create a PDF out of them. > > As a user I do not want to spend time for correction. Put the image > in the scanner the way you want it to be scanned, select the options > on software side and just press a button. Very different here. I scan from within Gimp: File > Create > XSane > Device dialog... Then the image scanned with XSane opens directly in Gimp.
Re: [OT] scanned files are large in size
David Wright wrote: > So I can't understand your objection to wrapping a scanned image into > a PDF container, which makes a lot of data handling a lot easier than > would otherwise be the case. After scanning, an image almost always needs editing. Crop, rotate to correct a skew horizon, remove specks, adjust light and contrast. Gimp can open a pdf, but not in its original resolution, so there is loss of quality. Pdfimages can extract the image first, but its original format (tiff? jpg? pnm?) remains unclear then, so there is a conversion, again causing loss of quality (AFAIU). > Other examples would be postprocessing with programs like pdftk and > pdfjam. Those programs cannot edit images. > An obvious example was already mentioned: put a document into the > ADF, press the button, obtain one file containing the entire > document. [...] Would you really send a scanned document to a > company/institution as a multitude of image attachments instead of > a single PDF? That should be the final stage of the process, not the beginning! You can use img2pdf to put the images in a pdf container, without affecting the image quality.
Re: Session Recording
Nicolas George (2018-12-27): > Siard (2018-12-27): > > $ ffmpeg -f x11grab -s cif -r 24 -i :0.0 out.mpg > > [options that better comply with today's standards] Thanks, I have archived your notes. Apparently, the ffmpeg manpage could use an update.
Re: Session Recording
On Thu, 27 Dec 2018 16:45:11 +0100, Ilyass Kaouam wrote: > Please if you know any opensource tools he can recording session ? There is a nice article on that: "5 Screen Recorders for the Linux Desktop". www.linux.com/blog/intro-to-linux/2018/12/5-screen-recorders-linux-desktop Also, ffmpeg can do it. $ ffmpeg -f x11grab -s cif -r 24 -i :0.0 /tmp/out.mpg See 'man ffmpeg' and look for 'X11 grabbing'.
Re: Firefox no longer able to play videos on Facebook
Sven Joachim wrote: > the issue is that Firefox 52 is not compatible with FFmpeg 4.0 > (libavcodec58). As a result, there is no H.264 support which breaks > video playback on numerous sites. The same appears to be valid for Seamonkey. Its latest version 2.49.4 works fine in stable (FFmpeg 3.2), but in testing (FFmpeg 4.0) it has trouble with html5 audio and video. For me, this unofficial build, version 2.53, solved it: www.wg9s.com/comm-253/
Re: Print with mupdf?
Henning Follmann: > Allen Hoover: > > Brian: > > > Jason: > > > > Felipe Portales: > > > > > Glenn English: > > > > > > Anybody know of a civilized, bug-free pdf viewer? (will > > > > > > display full screen with no or thin borders, allows for > > > > > > manipulating size and position) > > > > > > > > > > May I suggest mupdf? > > > > > > > > Is there any way to print from mupdf? It's very fast for viewing > > > > PDFs but of limited use to me if it can't print. > > > > > > Using a mupdf option? No. > > > > Have you seen: > > gv, epdfview, qpdfview, xpdf > > evince, atril You could consider PDF-XChange Viewer. It is a Windows program, but works perfectly with Wine. www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer The developers would love to provide a Linux port, however, but, as they state on their site: "Developing Linux versions would be a huge undertaking and - at least presently - we do not have the resources available for it. However, it should be noted that the PDF-XChange product line received a Platinum rating from WineHQ, which means our products will operate at a very good level of functionality via Wine."
[Solved!] Re: Getting rid of Wilber
10 days ago, Brad Rogers wrote:
> We still don't appear to be able to remove Wilber from the main window,
> however.
Meanwhile, I've made considerable progress though. In Gimp 2.10 in buster
there are four styles in /usr/share/gimp/2.0/themes: Dark, Gray, Light,
System. In Light/gtkrc you'll find this code:
style "kde_hack_2"
{
bg[NORMAL] = "#DD" #Sets canvas BG
}
Changing DD to 3C3C3C makes the background color equal to the color of
the logo, so you don't see it any more.
The same goes for Gray/gtkrc, where you can change 77 into 00.
I did not find such options for the 'Dark' and the 'System' theme though.
However, I found another great solution that works for both Gimp 2.8 in
stretch and 2.10 in buster. It's the themes of the Gimp Theme Project:
https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1106530/
There are 6 themes, ranging from dark to light, inspired by the Adobe CS
Suite. Taken from the description: "Turn off Wilber Logo - small and big
logo turned off by default".
The download button does not seem to work nowadays, but in the comment
that starts with 'I think I've tracked it down' a download link is
mentioned, so put wget in front of it:
$ wget
https://web.archive.org/web/20160213025658/http://rgb4u.com/share/gimp-theme-project.zip
Note, however, that gimp-theme-project.zip is a .tar.gz file, not a .zip
file. So, rename .zip to .tar.gz and unpack:
$ tar xfz gimp-theme-project.tar.gz
In the 01_Themes folder you'll find 12 themes, that is, 6 different shades
of gray, each one of them with or without some blue added.
The creator has Gimp 2.8 for Windows in mind, so the themes folder
mentioned here is C:\Users\your-user-name\.gimp-2.8\themes\ .
For Linux, this easily translates into /usr/share/gimp/2.0/themes,
or ~/.gimp-2.8/themes in stretch, or ~/.config/GIMP/2.10/themes in buster.
In Gimp, in Edit > Preferences > Interface > Theme, you can set the new
theme.
I find it's a great professional look. And most important of all, that
annoying creature has finally gone. From several places in the internet
I find that I am not the only one that would like to get rid of it.
Re: Getting rid of Wilber
David Niklas: > James H. H. Lampert: > > Hmm. I'm all for customizing UIs (my preferred Open Office icon is a > > manual typewriter, my preferred Firefox icon is one I found with the > > eponymous fox chewing on a Microsloth Imploder logo, and my preferred > > Thunderbird icon has the eponymous bird carrying a bottle of T-Bird), > > but what have you got against Wilber? > > Quick, where can I find the "eponymous fox chewing on a Microsloth > Imploder logo"? > > Thanks! I guess it's this one: https://postimg.cc/image/n8txtg6zh/ Google's image search and Startpage's image search both point to www.youtube.com/watch?v=ockFhUf2l7c . It seems to have disappeared there, but Startpage still has it in its archives.
Re: Getting rid of Wilber
James H. H. Lampert wrote: > Hmm. I'm all for customizing UIs (), but what have you got > against Wilber? Maybe I'm overly sensitive, but that creepy critter constantly peeping at me grates on my nerves.
Re: Getting rid of Wilber
Brad Rogers wrote: > from 2.10, the user prefs file is at ~/.config/GIMP/2.10/gimprc That's good to know. I had ~/.gimp-2.8 in buster (Gimp 2.10) and stretch (Gimp 2.8) linked to the same configuration files, which is why this link still existed in buster. > We still don't appear to be able to remove Wilber from the main > window, however. For the time being, I have Gimp started up like this: $ gimp /path/to/pixel.xcf where pixel.xcf is a 1x1 pixel image. Or it could be a bigger image with a gray area. Wilber is hidden then, that is, as long as you do not close that image.
Getting rid of Wilber
There is one annoying thing about Gimp. As long as there's no picture
open, there's a nasty creature constantly peeping at me over the edge
of the window.
It appears to be Wilber, the Gimp mascot. There is a small one in the
toolbox, but that one can be removed by setting 'toolbox-wilber' to
'no' in /etc/gimp/2.0/gimprc or ~/.gimp-2.8/gimprc.
But how to get rid of the big one? The developers consider the mascot
'important' and offer no option to remove it.
Now there seem to exist themes for Gimp that offer the option to remove
the logo. For example, this one: www.gnome-look.org/p/1106530/
"Turn off Wilber Logo - small and big logo turned off by default"
But I can't find a download link??
Some people also seem to manage to make the background color equal to
the logo, so you don't see it any more. But I haven't found a theme
that offers this possibility.
By default, there are four themes in /usr/share/gimp/2.0/themes.
They have a gtkrc file in which the background color ("clr9") can be
changed. But then, the color of the logo changes with it, so it is
still visible.
Has anyone found a theme or any other option to remove that logo?
Re: viewing font samples
Felix Miata: > I thought there was, and was hoping for, one much like Windows had > 20 years ago (and still had last I looked). > > http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/Fnt/font-lsansi.gif > > Any idea if exists FOSS clone of it? Oh, but that's the style of gnome-font-viewer as well as kfontview.
Re: viewing font samples
Op Sat, 7 Jul 2018 21:22:02 -0400 schreef Felix Miata: > Can anyone name a freedesktop utility that produces font samples > such as those seen on > https://screenshots.debian.net/package/fonts-crosextra-caladea > or similar? I know one exists, but can't remember its name, or > figure out how to find its name. gucharmap looks like the utility you're looking for. And there is fontypython, allowing you to view all fonts in a folder simultaneously.
Re: [Solved, largely] Re: Latest version of X not starting in buster
On Thu, 14 Jun 2018 11:44 -0400, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 6/14/18, Siard wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Jun 2018 12:40 +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > > > Siard wrote on 06/13/18 17:28: > > > > > > > > I took a try and upgraded the xserver-*** packages in testing to > > > > version 2:1.20.0 taken from unstable. > > > > It did work; X (started with 'startx') is back, despite the > > > > systemd packages having version 238. > > > > It looks like things will be back to normal after the next > > > > upgrade of X in testing. Anyway, thanks for responding. > > > > > > Which init package do you use? On my systems it's sysvinit-core. > > > > systemd at the moment. sysvinit-core is not installed. > > Just throwing this out there. xinit is mine (on Xfce4). It's always > high on my to-do list immediately after initial debootstrap installs. > > While searching my inbox to see what had come up in the past, > xserver-xorg-legacy had a few mentions related to startx/xinit. One > person, Debian user Jason, experienced success by *removing* it > instead of installing, but I don't know the advisability of going that > route since I've never had to tinker with it myself. :) > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/07/msg00640.html > > And user Gareth discovered that their window manager had been removed > during an upgrade: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/08/msg00222.html Jörg-Volker's post prompted me to upgrade xserver-** to 1.20.0 taken from unstable, and everything is fine again. Since upgrading xserver-xorg-core caused a whole bunch of packages with 'xserver' in their name to upgrade with it, I'm somewhat reluctant to downgrade all that to 1.19.6 to sort out what was wrong. Now in some local list, I've heard someone maintain that starting X with startx is very old, untested, deprecated, certainly in a systemd environment. A display manager would control various things concerning your login session in cooperation with systemd. I've never heard of that. Is it true, should one refrain from using startx nowadays?
Re: [Solved, largely] Re: Latest version of X not starting in buster
On Thu, 14 Jun 2018 12:40 +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Siard wrote on 06/13/18 17:28: > > > > I took a try and upgraded the xserver-*** packages in testing to > > version 2:1.20.0 taken from unstable. > > It did work; X (started with 'startx') is back, despite the systemd > > packages having version 238. > > It looks like things will be back to normal after the next upgrade > > of X in testing. Anyway, thanks for responding. > > Which init package do you use? On my systems it's sysvinit-core. systemd at the moment. sysvinit-core is not installed.
Re: Mouse with extra buttons. How to configure them?
On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 11:58:31 +0200, Piotr wrote:
> I got new mouse which has some extra buttons, but in standard Xfce4
> settings there is no way to configure some functions for them. Is
> there a software to do this? Can it be done in some configuration
> files?
xbindkeys may be used to assign any function to any mouse button,
including the 'extra' ones.
Instructions can be found in several places, for example here:
https://blog.hanschen.org/2009/10/13/mouse-shortcuts-with-xbindkeys/
Emulating key presses, using xte, which is part of the xautomation
package, is mentioned here. As an example, I have Ctrl+W ('Close')
performed by an 'extra' mouse button ('button 9' in my case) by
assigning this function to the button in xbindkeys-config:
/usr/bin/xte 'keydown Control_L' 'key W' 'keyup Control_L'
> Also how to change what clicking the wheel should do?
Clicking the wheel = button 2, scrolling up/down = button 4/5.
Furthermore, several mouse properties, such as the mouse cursor speed,
may be adjusted using libinput.
man 4 libinput
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Libinput
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mouse_acceleration
[Solved, largely] Re: Latest version of X not starting in buster
Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Which version of the systemd packages (udev, libsystemd0, etc.) is > installed? 238-5. > On my testing/unstable systems X can be started using "startx" with > xorg-server version 2:1.20.0-2 but systemd packages in version 237. > systemd 238 is not working. I took a try and upgraded the xserver-*** packages in testing to version 2:1.20.0 taken from unstable. It did work; X (started with 'startx') is back, despite the systemd packages having version 238. It looks like things will be back to normal after the next upgrade of X in testing. Anyway, thanks for responding.
Latest version of X not starting in buster
A couple of months ago, xserver-common, xserver-xorg-core and xserver-xorg-legacy were upgraded from version 1.19.2 to 1.19.6 in Buster. But since then, when starting X from the console, the process soon comes to a grinding halt. These are the last lines: (==) Log file: "/home//local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Jun 12 16:18:18 2018 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d" (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" When I downgrade the three packages back to 1.19.2, same as in Stretch, then X starts without problems. Now that 1.19.6 still does not work after a few months, what could be the reason? These are the last lines in the mentioned log file: [30.968] (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/console Permission denied. [30.968] (II) console: opening input device '/dev/console' failed (Permission denied). [30.968] (II) console - failed to create input device '/dev/console'. [30.968] (EE) libinput: (unnamed): Failed to create a device for /dev/console [30.968] (EE) PreInit returned 2 for "(unnamed)" [30.968] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput" [30.968] (II) config/udev: Adding input device (unnamed) (/dev/ptmx) [30.968] (**) (unnamed): Applying InputClass "Logitech USB Laser Mouse" [30.968] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for '(unnamed)' [30.969] (EE) systemd-logind: failed to take device /dev/ptmx: No such device [30.969] (**) (unnamed): always reports core events [30.969] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/ptmx" [30.969] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........
Charlie S wrote: > It must be an idiosyncrasy of FVWM, that it doesn't show that little > spin control there? > > I just tried it again in both programs to be certain. There is nothing > there, and no matter what I point and click on, there is nothing that > will change the order of the directories and files. Well, here's a screenshot of the 'Open' dialog of Kate in FVWM in Stretch. I put a red line around the clickable area. https://s15.postimg.cc/bav2blkq3/kate.jpg If you have something different, then the reason for that is beyond me. But as far as I'm aware of, it has nothing to do with file managers.
Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........
Charlie S wrote: > But when I go Ctrl-O when in Kate or Lyx the order is reversed. I tried Kate. To reverse the order, click the 'Name' header. Note the small black triangle at the right side of the header pointing up or down.
Re: adb broken in buster?
Rainer Dorsch wrote: > on a buster system, I have trouble with adb and my Nexus 5X: > > rd@b370:~$ adb shell > error: insufficient permissions for device: verify udev rules. >From the description of adb: "This package recommends "android-sdk-platform-tools-common" which contains the udev rules for Android devices. Without this package, adb and fastboot need to be running with root permission." Is this package installed?
Re: how to use fonts-arphic-uming
On Mon, 14 May 2018 21:26 + (UTC), Long Wind wrote: > i've just installed the package, how to use it? > in firefox of stretch, click Edit -> Preferences -> Content -> Advanced > i'm unable to see the new font > how to use it in firefox? Thanks! First select it under 'Fonts & Colours', as you can see in this screenshot: https://s7.postimg.cc/njsv5thl7/arphicuming.png Then it will also appear under 'Advanced'.
Re: Chinese file name problem in xterm
On Sun, 6 May 2018 21:26 + (UTC), Long Wind wrote: > some Chinese file names are properly shown in xterm in stretch, but > other are not > all Chinese characters can be properly shown in firefox > how to solve it? Thanks! You could try uxterm. It is provided by the xterm package. Another method is to install xfonts-efont-unicode and use that font for xterm. For that purpose, I have these lines in ~/.Xdefaults: xterm*VT100.foreground: black xterm*VT100.background: white xterm*VT100.cursorColor: gray xterm*VT100.geometry: 85x40 xterm*VT100.font: -efont-fixed-medium-r-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-* As for the size (16 here) you can choose from 10, 12, 14, 16 and 24.
Re: How to shut down
solitone: > Don Armstrong: > > You can use either. `shutdown -h now` on a machine with systemd > > actually invokes systemctl with the equivalent of systemctl poweroff > > Yes, I've checked again and now 'systemctl poweroff' does power off > the machine. No idea on what changed. FYI: By default, Ctrl-Alt-Del reboots the machine. As has been pointed out once in this list (thanks to Michael Biebl), you can have Ctrl-Alt-Del power off the machine by adding a link /etc/systemd/system/ctrl-alt-del.target pointing to /lib/systemd/system/poweroff.target. # ln -s /lib/systemd/system/poweroff.target /etc/systemd/system/ctrl-alt-del.target However: if you then keep Ctrl-Alt-Del pressed for a second, the machine still reboots. That way, you could use Ctrl-Alt-Del for both poweroff and reboot.
Re: How to shut down
solitone wrote: > # systemctl poweroff > > However, with the latter the system does shut down, although the > machine does not power off (I have to physically press the off > button). Here, 'systemctl poweroff', as user or as root, does power off the machine, both in stable and testing. So the question is why it does not work in your case.
Re: Thunderbird font broken
Markus Grunwald wrote: > Thunderbird seems to handle fontsizes different than all the other > programs I'm using. In Testing, if I start Thunderbird from an x-terminal, this is what I see: $ thunderbird No protocol specified Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused Error: cannot open display: :0 There seems to be something wrong with TB in Testing at the moment. TB in Stable works fine, however. As far as I can see, the font size of the UI is determined by the settings for GTK3. If you do not use Gnome, then put the desired font and font size into ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini (create the file if it does not exist yet), like this: [Settings] gtk-font-name = Liberation Sans 11 (BTW, to use this font, install fonts-liberation.)
Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW
Pierre Frenkiel: > [...] but no way with CUPS. Did you try the CUPSwrapper driver for your model supplied by Brother itself? http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=gb=en=hll2340dw_us_eu_as=128 I have a similar driver for another Brother model, and it works fine with it.
Re: where is gmplayer in jessie
Long Wind wrote: > I can't find mplayer-gui for jessie. For jessie, only smplayer, gnome-mplayer and kmplayer appear to exist as a frontend for mplayer. https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mplayer=names=oldstable=all
Re: what package to edit colors?
Fred wrote: > Xcoloredit was available for Solaris to view system standard colors and > enter rgb values. I found this is available for some of the BSD > distributions but not Debian. All I could find is kcolorchooser which > is associated with KDE which I don't use. Is there another color > viewer/editor package for Debian (Jessie) or does anyone know where the > source code for xcoloredit is? xcolors and xcolorsel may be used to view system standard colors. To view/edit colors, there is gcolor2. BTW, kcolorchooser also works without KDE.
Re: attach a big picture This username is already in use. Stupid Yahoo mail won't let me in I am sorry, Cars Street signs etc,
arne wrote: > It would be nice to find another one other than imgur to show a > picture :) http://postimages.org/ is very suitable for this purpose. There are several other filehosters though.
Re: xsane & tesseract
Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > I scanned the document to ppm files, sent them to tesseract, put the > output of tesseract into a .txt file, and cleaned up from there. You could try gimagereader, a frontend for tesseract, making this process somewhat easier. Among others, it uses a spell checker, so errors are easily recognizable. If the resolution of the scanned image is (at least) 300 dpi, then my findings are that text recognition with tesseract is very good. There is also ocrmypdf, using tesseract, adding a text layer to a pdf consisting of scanned documents, making the pdf searchable. Also works very well.
Re: Unable to change mouse acceleration and threshold in Stretch
On Thu, 3 Aug 2017, Илья Валеев wrote: > I'm unable to change mouse acceleration and threshold in Stretch. > > It does not depend on DE. There are no error appears. For example, in > KDE settings applies correctly, ~/.kde/share/config/kcminputrc creates > and contain properly values, but mouse behavior does not changes. > 'xset m 3 1' also does not change anything. > > It does not depend on: > - Stretch 9.0 or Stretch 9.1 > - is it clean install or not > - mouse > - is it virtual machine with Jessie host or real system (Responding late because of vacation.) Starting with Stretch, mouse acceleration is controlled by libinput. It was mentioned in the Release Notes BTW. Here is a clear explanation of its possibilities: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Libinput See 'man libinput' for the available options. In short, you create the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-libinput.conf, containing something like this: Section "InputClass" Identifier "mouse" Driver "libinput" Option "AccelProfile" "flat" Option "AccelSpeed" "-0.5" EndSection Mouse acceleration is set with 'Option "AccelSpeed"'. Its value ranges from -1 to 1. Negative means slower.
Re: In Desigh
Ivan Petrov: > Is it possible to use Adobe In Desigh with crossover or wine? InDesign CS6 seems to work with the latest version of Wine. https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application=755 https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version=26506 Considering that you do not spell it correctly, I guess you're not acquainted with it yet. Note that InDesign is a professional application that will take a few months to learn. Scribus, which is in the Debian repositories, could be an alternative.
Re: Superblock last write time is in the future.
Wellington Terumi Uemura: > Michael Biebl: > > I would set the system clock from LOCAL to UTC (see /etc/adjtime) > > Just to give a feedback, this doesn't work if you have a second OS > like Windows. Did you follow this procedure? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Time#UTC_in_Windows "One reason users often set the RTC in localtime is to dual boot with Windows (which uses localtime). However, Windows is able to deal with the RTC being in UTC with a simple registry fix." Works fine for me in both Debian 9 and 10.
Re: Record audio streaming?
Rodolfo Medina: > Siard writes: > > You can use Firefox and install the Video DownloadHelper extension. > > Despite the word 'Video' in its name, it saves the audio file as an > > mp3. > > Thanks, interesting... Does it save videos as well? Obviously. Have a look at this: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/ Also, saving videos with youtube-dl works in very many sites, not just YouTube.
Re: Record audio streaming?
Rodolfo Medina: > Here: > > http://www.radio3.rai.it/dl/portaleRadio/media/ContentItem-ee5e755e-200b-4133-9a9b-da491982bf01.html > > you listen to a Liszt's ballad. I wonder if and how it is possible to > download it and/or copy it to a file. Any hint...? You can use Firefox and install the Video DownloadHelper extension. Despite the word 'Video' in its name, it saves the audio file as an mp3.
Re: Proper sources list from Jessie > Stretch
Ric Moore: > Fungi4All: > > Sorry for the top-post but I think it is appropriate > > It is not ever appropriate, no matter what you think. Ric I do not quite agree. Bottom posting and top posting are different styles of responding; choosing between them depends on your purpose. Especially in a corporate environment, the previous correspondence is usually not meant to be read first, but rather meant as a reference. That's why top posting is usually preferable there. In a technical list like this one, bottom posting is obviously by far the best method - although exceptions do exist, e.g. when for some reason it is desirable that the reply is being read first. What you *think*, your intuition, is usually a good indication for that. Maybe better not let it overrule by rigid rules?
Re: Upcoming transition to Stretch
Michael Milliman: > As I understand it, Stretch will become stable in a couple of weeks. > At that time what is now Sid (unstable) will become Testing. Is this > correct? No, that is not correct. :-) Testing will be unaffected. Depending on how you configure /etc/apt/sources.list, you can either have Testing continue as Stable, or the new Testing.
