Re: [gentoo-user] cryptsetup close and device in use when it is not

2021-06-27 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Dale wrote: >> Dale wrote: >>> Dale wrote: Dale wrote: > Jack wrote: >> Is it possible it was still syncing cache out to the physical drive?  >> I wonder if iotop would show any activity for that drive if that's the >> case? >> >> Jack >> >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Smplayer adjusting PCM level in Kmix.

2021-06-27 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 27 June 2021 19:33:46 BST Dale wrote: > >> I thought mplayer was supposed to be the big dog in video players. I >> recall slightly there being a debate about it but I thought mplayer won >> the day. Am I wrong or has things changed since then?? > Random linky says mpv

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Smplayer adjusting PCM level in Kmix.

2021-06-27 Thread Michael
On Sunday, 27 June 2021 19:33:46 BST Dale wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2021-06-27, Dale wrote: > >> one thing that Smplayer does that annoys me is each time it starts a > >> new video, from either a fresh start or next video in the playlist, > >> it adjusts the PCM sound level in Kmix. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Smplayer adjusting PCM level in Kmix.

2021-06-27 Thread Dale
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2021-06-27, Dale wrote: > >> one thing that Smplayer does that annoys me is each time it starts a >> new video, from either a fresh start or next video in the playlist, >> it adjusts the PCM sound level in Kmix. > I still use mplayer a lot, and it doesn't do that.

Re: [gentoo-user] Smplayer adjusting PCM level in Kmix.

2021-06-27 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 27 June 2021 10:54:46 BST John Covici wrote: >> On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 23:52:51 -0400, >> >> Dale wrote: >>> Howdy, >>> >>> I've had this problem for a really long time. I've tried adjusting >>> settings in Smplayer to stop it but so far, I have not found the magic >>>

[gentoo-user] Re: Smplayer adjusting PCM level in Kmix.

2021-06-27 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2021-06-27, Dale wrote: > one thing that Smplayer does that annoys me is each time it starts a > new video, from either a fresh start or next video in the playlist, > it adjusts the PCM sound level in Kmix. I still use mplayer a lot, and it doesn't do that. Whenver I start mplayer the volume

Re: [gentoo-user] New install - Wayland and graphical login

2021-06-27 Thread antlists
On 27/06/2021 16:14, Jack wrote: I noticed that one post mentioned /dev/card1 and the other talked about /dev/dri/card0.  If the former was not a typo omitting /dri/ then that might be something to check out. The former was a what I remembered ... quite possibly wrong ... :-) Cheers, Wol

Re: [gentoo-user] New install - Wayland and graphical login

2021-06-27 Thread Jack
I noticed that one post mentioned /dev/card1 and the other talked about /dev/dri/card0.  If the former was not a typo omitting /dri/ then that might be something to check out.

Re: [gentoo-user] New install - Wayland and graphical login

2021-06-27 Thread Michael
On Sunday, 27 June 2021 12:52:39 BST antlists wrote: > On 27/06/2021 11:36, Michael wrote: > > You're meant to be running X11 as a non-root user. > > And if the only user on the system is root, which I'm logged in as :-) Then create a plain non-root user account and login as such. > >> As I

Re: [gentoo-user] New install - Wayland and graphical login

2021-06-27 Thread antlists
On 27/06/2021 11:36, Michael wrote: On Sunday, 27 June 2021 10:05:59 BST Wols Lists wrote: On 21/06/21 16:17, Michael wrote: Have you tried using a Display Manager? Some of my systems won't work with Wayland, but I haven't spent time to find out why all I get with them is a black screen.

Re: [gentoo-user] Smplayer adjusting PCM level in Kmix.

2021-06-27 Thread Michael
On Sunday, 27 June 2021 10:54:46 BST John Covici wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 23:52:51 -0400, > > Dale wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > I've had this problem for a really long time. I've tried adjusting > > settings in Smplayer to stop it but so far, I have not found the magic > > combination or

Re: [gentoo-user] New install - Wayland and graphical login

2021-06-27 Thread Michael
On Sunday, 27 June 2021 10:05:59 BST Wols Lists wrote: > On 21/06/21 16:17, Michael wrote: > > Have you tried using a Display Manager? Some of my systems won't work > > with > > Wayland, but I haven't spent time to find out why all I get with them is a > > black screen. > > > > Anyway, from a VT

Re: [gentoo-user] Smplayer adjusting PCM level in Kmix.

2021-06-27 Thread John Covici
On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 23:52:51 -0400, Dale wrote: > > Howdy, > > I've had this problem for a really long time.  I've tried adjusting > settings in Smplayer to stop it but so far, I have not found the magic > combination or option to change.  I don't have pulseaudio here.  Just > Alsa and friends. 

Re: [gentoo-user] New install - Wayland and graphical login

2021-06-27 Thread Wols Lists
On 21/06/21 16:17, Michael wrote: > Have you tried using a Display Manager? Some of my systems won't work with > Wayland, but I haven't spent time to find out why all I get with them is a > black screen. > > Anyway, from a VT you'd run something like: > > XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland