Re: [DNG] information request

2022-04-20 Thread tempforever
o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > I had just previously deleted the folder python3.9 but python3.10 was > right beside so thought deleting the previous would make more room (which I > desperately need!!). > > The solution *might* be as simple as creating a new symbolic link "python3" -> "python3.10"

Re: [DNG] information request

2022-04-20 Thread tempforever
o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 6:37 AM Antony Stone > wrote: >> On Wednesday 20 April 2022 at 13:17:48, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: >> >>> Greetings >>> >>> In the process of upgrading my system I now am stuck at a point where >>> I don't know how to resolve the conundrum. >>>

Re: [DNG] information request

2022-04-20 Thread tito via Dng
On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 06:58:35 -0500 o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 6:37 AM Antony Stone > wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 20 April 2022 at 13:17:48, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > > > > Greetings > > > > > > In the process of upgrading my system I now am stuck at a point where >

Re: [DNG] information request

2022-04-20 Thread Ludovic Bellière via Dng
To: x --text follows this line-- The PATH variable of your environment, or the environment that script is running in, doesn't seem populated. Presumably, you had other issues prior to that error and you may not have noticed them. Now, there is an easy way to resolve a broken update. All you have

Re: [DNG] information request

2022-04-20 Thread o1bigtenor via Dng
On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 6:37 AM Antony Stone wrote: > > On Wednesday 20 April 2022 at 13:17:48, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > > Greetings > > > > In the process of upgrading my system I now am stuck at a point where > > I don't know how to resolve the conundrum. > > > > /bin/sh: 1:

Re: [DNG] information request

2022-04-20 Thread Antony Stone
On Wednesday 20 April 2022 at 13:17:48, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > Greetings > > In the process of upgrading my system I now am stuck at a point where > I don't know how to resolve the conundrum. > > /bin/sh: 1: /usr/bin/apt-listchanges: not found > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/apt-listchanges

Re: [DNG] Information request re: wayland

2021-09-05 Thread hal
On 9/4/21 03:17, Steve Litt wrote: Bruce Perens via Dng said on Fri, 3 Sep 2021 10:30:06 -0700 Unfortunately there isn't really a good display solution for Linux that does not make use of "direct rendering", in which user-mode code talks directly to the display hardware I'm reminded of

Re: [DNG] Information request re: wayland

2021-09-04 Thread aitor
Hi, On 4/9/21 16:39, al3xu5 wrote: had to learn how to use xrandr so that I could set up the monitors so they would give my desired configuration and that needs to be entered EVERY time I restart the box! I also like to use lots of desktops and too many of the applications are quite stupid so

Re: [DNG] Information request re: wayland

2021-09-04 Thread o1bigtenor via Dng
On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 9:40 AM al3xu5 wrote: https://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=12 > Sat, 4 Sep 2021 07:17:11 -0500 - o1bigtenor via Dng : > > > On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 3:24 AM Steve Litt > > wrote: > > > > > o1bigtenor said on Fri, 3 Sep 2021 06:19:31 -0500 > > > > > > [...] >

Re: [DNG] Information request re: wayland

2021-09-04 Thread al3xu5
Sat, 4 Sep 2021 07:17:11 -0500 - o1bigtenor via Dng : > On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 3:24 AM Steve Litt > wrote: > > > o1bigtenor said on Fri, 3 Sep 2021 06:19:31 -0500 > > > > [...] > > - I > had to learn how to use xrandr so that I could set up the monitors so > they would give my desired

Re: [DNG] Information request re: wayland

2021-09-04 Thread o1bigtenor via Dng
On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 3:24 AM Steve Litt wrote: > o1bigtenor said on Fri, 3 Sep 2021 06:19:31 -0500 > > >as I plug the 5th monitor (4k) in I've got uptime down to less than 28 > >hours. > > Duude!!! > > I hereby resign from the conversation. All of my experience is with one > monitor of

Re: [DNG] Information request re: wayland

2021-09-04 Thread Steve Litt
o1bigtenor said on Fri, 3 Sep 2021 06:19:31 -0500 >as I plug the 5th monitor (4k) in I've got uptime down to less than 28 >hours. Duude!!! I hereby resign from the conversation. All of my experience is with one monitor of less than 4k capabilities. I can't even begin to understand the

Re: [DNG] Information request re: wayland

2021-09-04 Thread Steve Litt
Bruce Perens via Dng said on Fri, 3 Sep 2021 10:30:06 -0700 >Unfortunately there isn't really a good display solution for Linux >that does not make use of "direct rendering", in which user-mode code >talks directly to the display hardware I'm reminded of writing to the RAM following B800 on DOS

Re: [DNG] Information request re: wayland

2021-09-03 Thread Bruce Perens via Dng
Unfortunately there isn't really a good display solution for Linux that does not make use of "direct rendering", in which user-mode code talks directly to the display hardware - especially where 3D and video are concerned. It is simply not possible to construct a reliable system in which user-mode

Re: [DNG] Information request re: wayland

2021-09-03 Thread Tim Wallace via Dng
Yes, the AMD cards are no panacea.  I bought an AMD FirePro W4100 for $260 to drive multiple 4K monitors at the end of 2019, which was not usable as it turned out.  This was not a new card, so should have been supported.  After a ton of great help from the mailing list (tried many, many

Re: [DNG] Information request re: wayland

2021-09-03 Thread Alexander Brüning via Dng
On Thu, 2021-09-02 at 14:16 -0500, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > Greetings > > My long time mentor in things Linux (described himself as a fossil) is no > longer with us. (He suggested that I strongly consider using Devuan which > I now have on one system.)  > He was of the opinion that Wayland - -

Re: [DNG] Information request re: wayland

2021-09-03 Thread o1bigtenor via Dng
On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 2:09 AM Steve Litt wrote: > spiralofhope said on Thu, 2 Sep 2021 20:33:35 -0700 > > >On Thu, 2 Sep 2021 14:16:58 -0500 > >o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > > >> He was of the opinion that Wayland - - - whatever its exact function, > >> was really not worth running. > > >

Re: [DNG] Information request re: wayland

2021-09-03 Thread terryc
On Thu, 2 Sep 2021 15:48:08 -0400 Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 02:16:58PM -0500, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > Greetings > > > > My long time mentor in things Linux (described himself as a fossil) > > is no longer with us. (He suggested that I strongly consider using > > Devuan

Re: [DNG] Information request re: wayland

2021-09-03 Thread Steve Litt
o1bigtenor via Dng said on Thu, 2 Sep 2021 14:16:58 -0500 >Greetings > >My long time mentor in things Linux (described himself as a fossil) is >no longer with us. (He suggested that I strongly consider using Devuan >which I now have on one system.) >He was of the opinion that Wayland - - -

Re: [DNG] Information request re: wayland

2021-09-03 Thread Steve Litt
spiralofhope said on Thu, 2 Sep 2021 20:33:35 -0700 >On Thu, 2 Sep 2021 14:16:58 -0500 >o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > >> He was of the opinion that Wayland - - - whatever its exact function, >> was really not worth running.  > >I've been interested in it because of promises of eliminating screen

Re: [DNG] Information request re: wayland

2021-09-02 Thread spiralofhope
On Thu, 2 Sep 2021 14:16:58 -0500 o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > He was of the opinion that Wayland - - - whatever its exact function, > was really not worth running.  I've been interested in it because of promises of eliminating screen tearing when watching videos. I don't know if that's been

Re: [DNG] Information request re: wayland

2021-09-02 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 02:16:58PM -0500, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > Greetings > > My long time mentor in things Linux (described himself as a fossil) is no > longer with us. (He suggested that I strongly consider using Devuan which I > now have on one system.) > He was of the opinion that