[PLUG] CenturyLink failure
Saturday, 5/28/2017 I lost my gigabit connection to CenturyLink. It worked in the morning, but when I tried to collect e-mail about 4pm it was dead. I tried the usual stuff (resetting devices, etc.), but nada. There is a problem connecting to CL without a net connection. All I had was my phone (né T-Mobile, now MetroPCS), and the only way I could find to connect to CL was via tech support chat. Have you ever tried to chat with a phone? Worse, I had to be transferred three times, and each time I had to re-enter my account number, name and address and password. I spent an hour and a half until finally my chattee said that apparently it was an authentication failure. Then he said he could not fix it, and he disappeared from the chat. I could feel the wolverines gnawing on my arm. I tried calling the local Hollywood office, but all I got was the standard recording 'we're closed on Saturday and Sunday.' Today is Memorial Day (Monday), but not a word about that. In desperation I drove there, only to find (as I suspected) a note on the window that they would be closed on Memorial Day. Is it too much to ask them to change their standard recording for a holiday? Back home I was desperate for any kind of net connection. I knew that my phone had a 'tethering and mobile hotspot' option, but I had never used it. It took nearly two hours of finagling, but I finally got my laptop connected to it. Yay! I'm on the net! And then I was finally able to find a tech support phone number for CL. (Note: We gigabit people have to call a different number [800-247-7285] than the one on the web site.) An hour later they decided that they needed to send out a repair person (due tomorrow morning) because they were unable to connect to my modem. I'm not sure if it's really a modem, but whatever it is, that's where the problem is. If someone wants to know how to use a T-Mobile/MetroPCS android phone as a mobile hotspot, let me know under a new thread and I'll explain in detail. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Emulating scroll wheel and middle button on Trackman Marble
Perhaps the rule (MatchProduct "Logitech USB Trackball") is not matching your TrackBall thingy. If you have hwinfo in Slackware, run following command to see what is your Mouse/Trackpad advertising: hwinfo --mouse if you do not have hwinfo, you can try following to see the device info: lsusb -v or lspci If this does not help, perhaps you do not have all those buttons/gadgets on your trackpad and you need to change the mapping. -Tomas On Mon, 2017-05-29 at 16:00 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 29 May 2017, Tom wrote: > > > with init V: > > stop X: sudo init 4 > > start X: sudo init 5 > > Tomas, > >Slackware defines runlevels a bit differently: > > # 0 = halt > # 1 = single user mode > # 2 = unused (but configured the same as runlevel 3) > # 3 = multiuser mode (default Slackware runlevel) > # 4 = X11 with KDM/GDM/XDM (session managers) > # 5 = unused (but configured the same as runlevel 3) > # 6 = reboot > >When I log in it's to runlevel 3 (console mode). After logging in > I enter > 'startx', which is in ~/.bash_profile: alias startx='startxfce4' to > move to > the GUI mode. As far as I know, that does the same thing as invoking > init in > runlevel 5 in your example. Have I missed something? > > Thanks, > > Rich > > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Emulating scroll wheel and middle button on Trackman Marble
On Mon, 29 May 2017, Tom wrote: > with init V: > stop X: sudo init 4 > start X: sudo init 5 Tomas, Slackware defines runlevels a bit differently: # 0 = halt # 1 = single user mode # 2 = unused (but configured the same as runlevel 3) # 3 = multiuser mode (default Slackware runlevel) # 4 = X11 with KDM/GDM/XDM (session managers) # 5 = unused (but configured the same as runlevel 3) # 6 = reboot When I log in it's to runlevel 3 (console mode). After logging in I enter 'startx', which is in ~/.bash_profile: alias startx='startxfce4' to move to the GUI mode. As far as I know, that does the same thing as invoking init in runlevel 5 in your example. Have I missed something? Thanks, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Emulating scroll wheel and middle button on Trackman Marble
Unless someone knows better, you need to restart X for these files to be read. Logout/login is not enough. Depending on your distro and its age: stop X: sudo systemctl isolate multi-user.target start X: sudo systemctl isolate graphical.target with init V: stop X: sudo init 4 start X: sudo init 5 - Tomas On Mon, 2017-05-29 at 11:53 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: >Germane to the replacement for my deceased Logitech trackball that > had a > separate scroll wheel and used a press on it to emulate the middle > mouse > button. > >There are very few choices for a trackball with the 'marble' in > the center > where it's operated by an index or middle finger and do not have a > large > square footprint. The Logitech Trackman Marble and a Kensington > equivalent > are reasonably priced versions but both lack a scroll wheel and > pressing > both large buttons does nothing rather than emulating a middle-button > click > for pasting highlighted text. > >A web search found a script to enable scrolling and middle > -clicking. Since > xorg.conf is deprecated, the script is in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ with > the > name 10-evdev.conf: > > Section "InputClass" > Identifier "Marble Mouse" > Driver "evdev" > MatchProduct "Logitech USB Trackball" > MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" > MatchIsPointer "yes" > Option "ButtonMapping" "1 9 3 4 5 6 7 2 8" > Option "EmulateWheel" "true" > Option "EmulateWheelButton" "3" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" > EndSection > >(The author wrote this for the Gnome desktop and set > Emulate3Buttons to > false; I changed this to true.) > >My question is what is required to get the kernel to read this > file? > Logging out and back in doesn't do anything. I can't source the file > because > there are no executable commands. Is there anything short of a system > reboot > that will enable this configuration file? > > Rich > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Emulating scroll wheel and middle button on Trackman Marble
On Mon, 29 May 2017, Rich Shepard wrote: >># service xdm restart > In slackware it's /etc/rc.d/rc.gpm and restarting did nothing visible. Mea culpa! gpm is for the console; for X I enter 'startx' (an alias for start xfce4) from the console as I always log in to runlevel 3. Found the complete Arch linux page and modified /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf to their file with all its comments. Saving the file, killing X, and restarting it still does not allow the trackball to scroll when pressing the left small button (default == 'back') and moving the marble. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Emulating scroll wheel and middle button on Trackman Marble
On Mon, 29 May 2017, Paul Mullen wrote: > You shouldn't need to reboot. Just log out, restart your display manager, > and log back in. E.g., as root: ># service xdm restart In slackware it's /etc/rc.d/rc.gpm and restarting did nothing visible. Thanks, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
[PLUG] Emulating scroll wheel and middle button on Trackman Marble
Germane to the replacement for my deceased Logitech trackball that had a separate scroll wheel and used a press on it to emulate the middle mouse button. There are very few choices for a trackball with the 'marble' in the center where it's operated by an index or middle finger and do not have a large square footprint. The Logitech Trackman Marble and a Kensington equivalent are reasonably priced versions but both lack a scroll wheel and pressing both large buttons does nothing rather than emulating a middle-button click for pasting highlighted text. A web search found a script to enable scrolling and middle-clicking. Since xorg.conf is deprecated, the script is in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ with the name 10-evdev.conf: Section "InputClass" Identifier "Marble Mouse" Driver "evdev" MatchProduct "Logitech USB Trackball" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" MatchIsPointer "yes" Option "ButtonMapping" "1 9 3 4 5 6 7 2 8" Option "EmulateWheel" "true" Option "EmulateWheelButton" "3" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" EndSection (The author wrote this for the Gnome desktop and set Emulate3Buttons to false; I changed this to true.) My question is what is required to get the kernel to read this file? Logging out and back in doesn't do anything. I can't source the file because there are no executable commands. Is there anything short of a system reboot that will enable this configuration file? Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
