Re: [Linux-users] Strange GIMP behaviour

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On 16/07/21 10:06 pm, Andrew Packer wrote:
I'm stuck on a problem with the GIMP and have not been able to find 
any solution, or even any mention of the problem, online.


I've never encountered anything like it before adopting my current 
computing rig: Dell XPS-13 "9300" dual-booting Win10 and Linux Mint 20 
Cinnamon, kernel 5.8.0-59-generic, Cinnamon 4.6.7, running an LG 27" 
4K-res monitor (problem is similar with ASUS monitors and with no 
external monitor at all).  When connected to an external monitor, 
which is most of the time, I use an Alogic VPLUCSD3O hub.  My GIMP 
version is 2.10.18.


When I try to do anything in the GIMP involving selection, including 
placing a text box, one of two things happens:


If I'm using my favourite trackball (Logitech M570 or Logitech MX 
Ergo), I cannot do anything involving selection.  When I choose the 
tool, a cursor appears, and I can move it around, but clicking and 
dragging does nothing at all.


If I'm using the trackpad on the XPS-13, the same cursor appears, but 
a second, 'real' cursor (that places the start of the selection or 
text box) is most of a screen's height above it.  I can ignore the 
first cursor, except that if I move it down far enough, it changes 
into my usual Mint cursor and the 'real' cursor vanishes, so it's 
difficult to get at some parts of the image.


My cursor is not standard, but I've tried others and the behaviour is 
the same.


Any clues as to what's wrong and how I might investigate and fix it?




I had a similar issue with several programs using Mint  20 Mate with my 
retina screened laptop.  I tried fiddling with many things including the 
NVIDIA Xorg    settings, or to now avail.  In the end I switched to 
Ubuntu mate and the issue disappeared.



Crazy, but my 2 cents worth.

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Re: [Linux-users] PCs etc for grabs.

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On 16/07/21 10:24 am, Rik Tindall wrote:


Crikey

Something is wrong with CLUG mail server?

Or are spam filters intervening?

Below is the only part of a list email exchange that came through to 
me, making no sense at all.


Also, haven't heard back from Criggie direct yet. I hope to.

Cheers, Rik

Looks like someone hacked the email?




On 2021-07-15 20:04, Andrew Errington wrote:


That escalated quickly.

On Thu, 15 Jul 2021, 19:41 Kimberly Lewis, 
> wrote:




Okay Thanks for your reply




On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 1:41 PM criggie mailto:crig...@criggie.org.nz>> wrote:

I have ~6 PCs to pass on plus more items.


4 are Hewlett Packard 8100 SFF with i3 CPUs, 2 GB ram, and
320 GB drives.  They all booted fine when tested.
2 are Cyclone-branded core2duo SFF, and do not start, though
have HDD drives and ram etc.

All drives are blanked, at least one machine has a low
profile NIC in there too.

---

There's a box of routers, mostly DSL.  No PSUs. Condition
unknown. There's a Fortigate firewall in there too.

---

3 SCSI hard drives, ultrawide 320, two are 72GB and the third
is in one of those caddies.
Untested.


They're all in Rolleston at the moment.  If you want
something, I might be able to bring it in and deliver, or
possibly pickup from work.
Please let me know directly.


-- 
Criggie


http://criggie.org.nz/  

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Re: [Linux-users] new Firefox laggy

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On 17/06/21 2:51 pm, Rik Tindall wrote:

P.S.

5. I closed down all Google search term windows and changed Firefox to 
DuckDuckGo for its search engine.


6. Anything related to Google now runs under a Chromium tab. This 
seems to have helped reduce system load a lot.


Cheers, Rik
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Interesting  Have you tried Quant as a search engine?

Chris T

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Re: [Linux-users] new Firefox laggy

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On 15/06/21 1:08 am, Bevan wrote:
Thats not the only thing wrong with firefox. The mozilla foundation 
wants more censorship.


It will die a death very soon unless someone forks it.
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Regards, Bevan


There is already a very good fork called Palemoon,

https://www.palemoon.org


which I have been using for some years
 




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Re: [Linux-users] new Firefox laggy

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On 12/06/21 4:15 pm, Rik Tindall wrote:

Hi All,

Mozilla Firefox has been a snappy, very reliable web browser for the 
past 25 years approx, in my experience.


Version 89 though has suddenly bogged it down, badly.

a. Has anyone else struck this problem?

Yes


b. Does anyone know has to speed it up again?

No


Using a good many Firefox window-frames open at once may be a 
contributing factor, bet it never was before.


Thank you for any advice.

Cheers, Rik

(On Ubuntu-MATE 20.04, webmail via the Chromium-browser snap: ...much 
better!)

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Hi Ric,

I found no solution to this issue, so I dumped Firefox in favour of 
Palemoon which is working as Firefox v88 does.


My personal opinion is that with V89 FF has lost its way.

Sadly it is the default browser for the Ubuntu's, but Mate  also allows 
the install of Vivaldi and Brave, neither of which I like



Cheers Chris T




ff

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