Re: Timer for X-windows?
On Sun, 24 Oct 2021 at 21:15, Edgar Pettijohn wrote: > > On 10/24/21 11:06 AM, Ignatios Souvatzis (GSG) wrote: > > > > Am 23. Oktober 2021 04:55:21 MESZ schrieb Simon Burge : > > > > #!/bin/sh > >> $* > >> > >> > >> osd_cat is in pkgsrc/x11/xosd > >> > > I've used xmessage for similar tasks (in xbase) > > > > Same here. Its easy enough to script a timer and pop up an xmessage. > ... xcowsay
Re: Timer for X-windows?
On 10/24/21 11:06 AM, Ignatios Souvatzis (GSG) wrote: Am 23. Oktober 2021 04:55:21 MESZ schrieb Simon Burge : #!/bin/sh $* osd_cat is in pkgsrc/x11/xosd I've used xmessage for similar tasks (in xbase) Same here. Its easy enough to script a timer and pop up an xmessage.
Re: Timer for X-windows?
Am 23. Oktober 2021 04:55:21 MESZ schrieb Simon Burge : #!/bin/sh > $* > > >osd_cat is in pkgsrc/x11/xosd > I've used xmessage for similar tasks (in xbase) -- GSG IfI+B-IT CIE (Chief IPv6 Enabler)
Re: Timer for X-windows?
Thanks Simon. I got the script working.
It will give me another reason to learn /bin/ksh.
So far, the only thing I learned is PERL. (just because
the syntax and power beat Apple Basic (made in 1984) )
On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 10:55 PM Simon Burge wrote:
>
> Todd Gruhn wrote:
>
> > I have a project I need to time. While I am on the computer, is there
> > an X-widget
> > that allows me to set and time a process, and has an alarm to get my
> > attention?
> > Similar to a stopwatch?
>
> I have this little script that would pop up a reminder to do something
> every 10 minutes.
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> FONT="-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-640-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1"
>
> show()
> {
> echo $* | osd_cat -A center -p middle -c red -s 1 -d 1 -f
> "$FONT"
> }
>
>
> while true; do
> sleep $((10 * 60))
> show $*
> sleep 1
> show $*
> sleep 1
> show $*
> done
>
> osd_cat is in pkgsrc/x11/xosd
>
> I haven't used this in over a decade. It doesn't have a count down
> clock, but you might be able to do something with the alarm bit.
>
> Cheers,
> Simon.
Re: RAIDframe boot issues on amd64 (BIOS boot)
On 22.10.21 07:58, Matthias Petermann wrote: ## Questions - does anyone know what the output of @'s means? I could not derive this from the source code of the bootxx_ffsv2 unfortunately, also did not find something in the error code explainations in the wiki[2] - could it be a BIOS limitation of my specific model and if so - how to explain it? - if the workaround is to have the wedges dk0/dk1 start in sector 63 - what effect does this have on the alignment? (I had read that an offset of 2048 is favorable). Actually, my third question is cleared so far. According to [1] having an offset of 63 is not desirable at all. So I guess using this offset to work around the boot issues is not a good idea. So the key to the issue might still be to find out what the @'s mean :-/ I would also be very thankful if someone could review my installation procedure (see initial mail) in case I missed some important step, or did something strange which results in arbitrary results depending on the actual hardware configuration. Kind regards Matthias [1] https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/Partition_Alignment_detailed_explanation
