nvidia-current-295.40

2012-05-06 Thread Ralf Mardorf
My GEFORCE 7200GS has got 256 MB RAM, but NVIDIA X server settings informs that memory is 512 MB. This explains that 256 MB from my 4 GB are missing. Since there seems to be issues with 3.x kernels, I'm not working on getting this RAM issue fixed now.

[solved] new rtirq release

2012-05-06 Thread Ralf Mardorf
The truth is, that it's not completely solved, there's at least the need to switch the config script when using different kernel versions. RTIRQ STILL IS rtirq - Revision 7, resp. $ wget [snip] --2012-05-05 03:09:00-- First the drawback when using 1 config for both kernels, then

Numeric keypad

2012-05-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi I'm using English as the default language and German for the keyboard layout. The numeric keypad in German looks like this: 789 456 123 0 , -- comma To use a calculator I need 789 456 123 0 . -- dot What do I need to edit to get a . instead of a , for the numeric keypad only? Something

The Debian Administartor's Handbook

2012-05-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
I've seen this on Debian user mailing list. http://debian-handbook.info/ Read it online: http://static.debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/ I glanced through and it might be The Debian User's Handbook. It also might not fit completely to Ubuntu Studio Precise. - Ralf --

Re: dssi-vst

2012-05-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
It's the same dependency issue here. If I try to install dssi-vst:i386 0.9.2-1ubuntu5 it will remove important audio packages. Fortunately I'm not interested in dssi-vst. You need to run Reaper with wineasio, which will cause too much jitter for serious work. Reaper is Windows software. You can

Re: New to this list -

2012-05-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 08:56 +0200, bart deruyter wrote: That means a midi and audio capable DAW. All of it in Ardour? Ardour2 is for audio only and Ardour 3 for audio and MIDI. While Ardour2 is the best software for audio, Ardour3 for MIDI still has got serious lacks. I'm an old school MIDI

Re: New to this list -

2012-05-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 13:55 +0200, bart deruyter wrote: Perhaps we're getting off-topic a bit, but is there actually a midi sequencer in the open source world that one could call 'fantastic' and is as reliable as Ardour has been so far? No there's no fantastic Linux sequencer. Is there a

Re: New to this list -

2012-05-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 08:35 -0600, Daniel Worth wrote: Also to say Ardour lacks any midi functionality sounds a bit disingenuous unless you can list what you can't do with it, other than notation editor. Editing MIDI events is an issue for all Linux MIDI sequencers, but last time I used

Re: New to this list -

2012-05-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Musescore is a good alternative, though it has some limitations. 2012/5/31 Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net mailto:ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 08:56 +0200, bart deruyter wrote: Rosegarden does it all, and with a score. But I'm not a fan

Re: 12.04 and RAID

2012-05-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 21:11 -0400, Rick Green wrote: I wonder if it optimizes those background downloads by using rsync? I'm missing to set up PPPoE during installation, to be able to download packages during installation. Serious, I can live without downloading packages during installation. IMO

Screensaver settings aren't used after startup

2012-06-11 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi :) if I disable the screensaver for Xfce4 or wish to start it in 240 minutes, instead of the 10 minutes default, by xfce4-settings-manager Screensaver, it only works for the current session. After a new startup the new settings are ignored. For the GUI the settings will be kept at disabled or

Re: Screensaver settings aren't used after startup

2012-06-11 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 09:11 -0500, Daryl Haataja wrote: I've tried searching and decided to skip it. My chief suspect is EnergyStar related conformity. I'm running 10.04 and have to run a little script every reboot or resume to disable EnergyStar or my screen goes blank after some minutes.

Re: Campaign against Secure Boot

2012-06-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Sorry for crossposting and that for some lists it becomes a new thread, but on different lists people reported issues when they tried to sign http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement I used Firefox 13.0.1 Ubuntu Precise x86_64, JavaScript is enabled and cookies are

Re: Campaign against Secure Boot

2012-06-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Debian user mailing list somebody mentioned that hitting Enter instead of using the Save button did work for him to sign up at fsf.org. IIRC the Save button did work for me this morning. -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe

Screen tone

2012-07-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
I received some very nice mails off-list regarding to the thread ubuntustudio icons. We went off-topic and talked about screen tone when using a computer and printer, since Moiré patterns are a serious issue. Does anybody know FLOSS software that is able to handle this? Regards, Ralf FWIW,

OT: Screen tone

2012-07-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-07-26 at 08:06 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: I received some very nice mails off-list regarding to the thread ubuntustudio icons. We went off-topic and talked about screen tone when using a computer and printer, since Moiré patterns are a serious issue. Does anybody know FLOSS

Re: XFCE 4.10 on ubuntu studio?

2012-08-05 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-08-02 at 18:02 -0300, Gustavo Sansone wrote: are there any plan for update to the new xfce 4.10 on regular updates? anyone who has updated thru ppa? I'm using it on Arch Linux. It's ok. There were issues for the theme when sing Evolution (a GNOME mail client), but there are no

Re: linuxsampler on UbuntuStudio?

2012-08-06 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Douglas I forward a message from Bart to you [1]. You also could take a look at the mailing lists archives: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-studio-users/ e.g. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-studio-users/2012-August/008388.html your first mail already

Re: Linux Tools for Serious Photographers

2012-08-06 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 22:23 +0200, Set Hallström wrote: http://www3.elphel.com/index.php Make two cameras. One with a big sensor for the pros and one with a smaller sensor for us enthusiasts. - http://apertus.org/en/node/152 Perhaps good, but how much without lens and how much with lens?

Re: Linux Tools for Serious Photographers

2012-08-06 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-08-07 at 00:14 +0200, Set Hallstrom wrote: http://youtu.be/mvI7rJ_AZys Thank you. I'll watch it later. Regards, Ralf Hair Model Bomb Planter :D -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: Linux Tools for Serious Photographers

2012-08-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-08-07 at 11:14 +0300, Stuart McQuade wrote: You're right. There's aren't any specific prices for the Sony Pro range on their website, but there are plenty of Sony resellers who offer prices. You can get a rough idea of the prices from this site: creativevideo.co.uk. So Camcorders

Re: XFCE 4.10 on ubuntu studio?

2012-08-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 10:50 -0400, Mike Holstein wrote: On Aug 8, 2012 10:47 AM, Beppe Zupa be...@zupa.it wrote: hi, i've installed it on my laptop with the latest ubuntustudio, but it seems to crash a lot, and the exit button doesn't plays. how may i return to the official version of

Re: XFCE 4.10 on ubuntu studio?

2012-08-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 14:56 -0400, Mike Holstein wrote: purge-ppa is the tool.. assuming you added a ppa to upgrade XFCE... when you purge-ppa you are downgrading all packages, and removing the new source. I had a look at the PPA including purge-ppa [1]. Just install purge-ppa and then disable

Re: XFCE 4.10 on ubuntu studio?

2012-08-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
What happens if several PPAs are installed and some share dependencies that aren't from the regular repositories, when using purge-ppa? Regards, Ralf -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: linuxsampler on UbuntuStudio?

2012-08-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-08-12 at 22:21 +0200, bart deruyter wrote: Maybe an idea, if the issue is only with the gig-file libraries linuxsampler uses, and not the libraries concerning sf2, would it be possible to create a build of linuxsampler that only uses sf2? That way licensing problems could be

Re: linuxsampler on UbuntuStudio?

2012-08-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-08-12 at 22:26 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sun, 2012-08-12 at 22:21 +0200, bart deruyter wrote: Maybe an idea, if the issue is only with the gig-file libraries linuxsampler uses, and not the libraries concerning sf2, would it be possible to create a build of linuxsampler

How to use Inkscape? - objects and nodes

2012-08-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi :) today I like to continue learning vector graphics with Linux, by making an icon. I wonder if it's possible to e.g. add some nodes to a circle I already made, to transform the circle, so that the circle can become a hand. Such things are intuitively possible with the iPad's neu.Draw,

[solved] How to use Inkscape? - objects and nodes

2012-08-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2012-08-25 at 23:12 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag9N7F2friMfeature=related Apologize, by all the short and quick views I had to do, I didn't see that it's a picture drawn with what app ever and then they show how to draw the dog in a way, they all did

PS: [solved] How to use Inkscape? - objects and nodes

2012-08-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
I now understand how it works using a mouse. With a sporting injury the tons of movements and clicks do hurt too much. Even if it won't cause pain for me, IMO it has less to do with drawing. It's more constructing a picture and for me it doesn't make fun at the moment. It's easy to draw wrongly

Re: [solved] How to use Inkscape? - objects and nodes

2012-08-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 01:06 -0400, Melvin Ray Herr wrote: and this is very time consuming to learn In general, the more versatile the tool, the more time consuming it is to learn. I learned to use paint effectively in just a few minutes and after several years I'm still learning how to use

Re: [solved] How to use Inkscape? - objects and nodes

2012-08-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 08:50 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 01:13 -0400, Melvin Ray Herr wrote: example of what inkscape can create/edit. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Inkscape0.45.png No doubt about it, this isn't a deformed animal, but it's still airbrush like

Re: [solved] How to use Inkscape? - objects and nodes

2012-08-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 10:09 +0200, bart deruyter wrote: If you want a real drawing on a computer, grab a pencil and paper and draw, then scan it in. If you want digital images, use your computer, fiddle around with vector graphics or 3D graphics or even gimp, mypaint and equivalents. If you

Re: Building Calf 19, srfftw.h not found

2012-08-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Some shots in the dark, since I don't have time to compile it myself at the moment. First of all, did you run sudo ldconfig each time after installing what ever is needed? If you didn't miss to run ldconfig all the times, did you install all optional dependencies? Are the paths for LV2 and LADSPA

Re: Building Calf 19, srfftw.h not found

2012-08-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 14:10 -0400, Mac wrote: On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote: Some shots in the dark, since I don't have time to compile it myself at the moment. First of all, did you run sudo ldconfig each time after installing what ever

Re: Building Calf 19, srfftw.h not found

2012-08-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 14:10 -0400, Mac wrote: On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote: Some shots in the dark, since I don't have time to compile it myself at the moment. First of all, did you run sudo ldconfig each time after installing what ever

Re: Building Calf 19, srfftw.h not found

2012-08-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 14:51 -0400, Mac wrote: sudo checkinstall says command not found It's not installed, but you don't need it, it's just a recommendation to build a package instead of installing it without a package. It should be available by Synaptic. sudo ldconfig produces no output

Re: Ubuntu-Studio-users Digest, Vol 64, Issue 25

2012-08-30 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 15:35 -0700, Daniel Sprouse wrote: you know google+ would be a better forum for this kind of conversational interaction. Just saying, it is perfect for what this list is for. If you like to join a social network it's our business. I never ever will do. This kind of

Re: To the guy building ffado..

2012-09-11 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-09-11 at 16:49 +0200, Kaj Ailomaa wrote: I believe the package you need to build ffado from svn was libffado-dev That doesn't sound reasonable to me, since libffado-dev has to be build too. It should include headers ...

Re: To the guy building ffado..

2012-09-11 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-09-11 at 20:22 +0200, Kaj Ailomaa wrote: So, maybe you can tell us why someone was not able to build ffado after installing build dependencies for libffado? The crystal ball doesn't show the output of the configure and build processes. I suspect that apt-get build-dep libffado

Re: Change Default Settings Guest Session

2012-09-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-09-12 at 11:16 -0400, Art Slurry wrote: Good morning, What is the correct way to modify the default settings for the guest account and have those settigns used when the next account is created? Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, or a link to the correct

Re: Change Default Settings Guest Session

2012-09-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Apologize, I wasn't aware about guest accounts. I can't help, but I'm curious. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1566078 Hth, Ralf -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: help, my Jack doesn't work anymore

2012-09-16 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-09-16 at 10:19 +0200, Beppe Zupa wrote: hi friends, i don't know what's happens on my notebook, but from a day to other the Jack on my ubuntustudio 12.04 has stopped to work. i attached the log at this email, in hope someone could help me. it seems that another app is

Re: R: Audio issues in 10.04

2012-09-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Please post the output of $ /etc/init.d/rtirq status Regards, Ralf -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users

Re: Horrific jackd xrun behaviour after upgrade from US 10.04 to 12.04

2012-09-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
PS: CPU frequency scaling? -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users

Re: Horrific jackd xrun behaviour after upgrade from US 10.04 to 12.04 (Re: R: Audio issues in 10.04)

2012-09-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-09-18 at 11:39 +0200, Thomas Orgis wrote: rtirq: PID CLS RTPRIO NI PRI %CPU STAT COMMAND 302 FF 90 - 130 0.6 Sirq/18-firewire 994 FF 83 - 123 0.0 Sirq/16-snd_hda_ 84 FF 80 - 120 0.0 Sirq/17-ehci_hcd 88 FF

Re: Horrific jackd xrun behaviour after upgrade from US 10.04 to 12.04 (Re: R: Audio issues in 10.04)

2012-09-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
I'm short in time and can't read your email right now, so I only take a look at the output of rtirq status. Usually you can't do anything against the shared IRQ, however it's ok, since firewire and snd_hda are head of the IRQs. But the first IRQ, before firewire has to be the timer rtc0.

alsarawmidi is missing for Jack 1.9.8 US Precise

2012-09-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi :) I tried to run the jack_midi_latency_test, but the Jack 1.9.8 package is missing alsarawmidi, IOW the package is incomplete. I need the driver for hw MIDI, because I can't stand the usual ALSA MIDI jitter. spinymouse@precise:~$ jackd --sync -Xalsarawmidi -dalsa -r48000 -p256 jackdmp 1.9.8

Re: USB interface stopped working after update

2012-09-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
If you upgraded using Synaptic, there'll be a history about the upgraded packages. Please send a copy of this list. Regards, Ralf -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: USB interface stopped working after update

2012-09-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-09-26 at 11:48 -0700, Bruno Tucunduva Ruviaro wrote: Hi, I didn't use synaptic, but I copy below the contents of history.log from /var/log/apt/ The interface was working fine until 2012-09-24. After those updates it stopped working. Thanks for any help, Bruno - - -

radeon - How to set up resoluton and frequency?

2012-10-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi :) I need information how to set up the radeon driver for Ubuntu Studio Precise (and Quantal RC) amd64. I've got working xorg.confs for Suse and Arch Linux also 64-bit installs, but until now I can't get it working properly with Ubuntu Studio. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver

Re: radeon - How to set up resoluton and frequency?

2012-10-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 09:07 -0400, Mike Holstein wrote: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI is what I have used. Either just the additonal drivers gui or the command line. I have an nvidia card where setting the resolution was problematic for me, so I use a custom

Re: radeon - How to set up resoluton and frequency?

2012-10-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 09:07 -0400, Mike Holstein wrote: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI is what I have used. Either just the additonal drivers gui or the command line. I have an nvidia card where setting the resolution was problematic for me, so I use a custom

Re: Text Display Issue

2012-10-16 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 15:58 +0200, Set Hallstrom wrote: I'd be interested in knowing any other tricks. /etc/X11/xorg.conf https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-studio-users/2012-October/008594.html The Gamma 1.0 seems to be a default, I could comment it out, but if I e.g. increase it 1.5 or

Re: Text Display Issue

2012-10-16 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 16:58 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 15:58 +0200, Set Hallstrom wrote: I'd be interested in knowing any other tricks. /etc/X11/xorg.conf https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-studio-users/2012-October/008594.html The Gamma 1.0 seems

Re: Text Display Issue

2012-10-16 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 18:07 +0200, Set Hallstrom wrote: http://sakrecoer.com/pixelerror.png I wonder how it can be, that I see all fonts on my computer as wanted, but your screenshot, does show me your distorted fonts. If it would be an issue regarding to the display mask and other monitor

Re: Text Display Issue

2012-10-16 Thread Ralf Mardorf
What about different Sub-pixel orders? -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users

Re: Ubuntu Studio 12.10 Released

2012-10-23 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-10-23 at 11:35 -0500, Tom Maynard wrote: On 10/23/2012 11:07 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: IIRC release updates can be disabled, e.g. by Synaptic. I'm not booted to Ubunutu at the moment. I found the problem: Within update-manager, on the Updates tab, the Notify me of a new update

Can I keep Quantal RC or should I install Quantal?

2012-10-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Can I expect that Ubuntu Studio Quantal RC after upgrading gets rid of possible RC bugs or is it better to make a new install instead of continuing using the RC? Regards, Ralf -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: Can I keep Quantal RC or should I install Quantal?

2012-10-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:16:17 -0500 Drmgiver drmgi...@gmail.com wrote: If you upgrade from the RC, you have nothing more to do. You would already be at the point of a new install of the final version. Thank you. Regards, Ralf -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list

Ubuntu installation

2012-11-01 Thread Ralf Mardorf
...@mail.upb.de To: Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net Subject: Re: Ubuntu-mail Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 12:35:52 +0100 (CET) Hello everyone! I have noticed certain problems with Ubuntu's accessibility (using the live DVD from 12.04). For a start, I have heard, that brltty 4.3 had problems

Re: Ubuntu installation

2012-11-01 Thread Ralf Mardorf
and see if this is an ubuntu-wide issue... unfortunately i dont have access to that hardware to test, do you? Forwarded Message From: Julien Claassen jul...@mail.upb.de To: Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Ubuntu installation] Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 16

How can I store alsamixer settings?

2012-11-04 Thread Ralf Mardorf
How can I store alsamixer settings? I've never done this before. $ sudo alsactl store -f asound.state-01 alsactl: get_control:538: Unknown control type: 0 doesn't save a file. Regards, Ralf -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe

Kernel update dependency issue

2012-11-06 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, the lowlatency kernel upadate will install GRUB. I don't have a bootloader installed for Ubuntu Studio Quantal and I don't want to have a bootloader installed. Regards, Ralf -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Jack capture

2012-11-06 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, On Ubuntu Studio Quantal and Ubuntu Studio Precise, both amd64, hdspmixer does show incoming audio signls for my HDSPe AIO from ADAT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, but if I connect to the jack capture ports only ADAT 1 and 2 do work. Regards, Ralf -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list

Re: Kernel update dependency issue

2012-11-06 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 6 Nov 2012 15:00:50 +0200 Janne Jokitalo astralj...@kapsi.fi wrote: $ sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends ...will get you where you want. Thank you :) -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: Kernel update dependency issue

2012-11-06 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-11-06 at 08:26 -0500, Andrew Huys wrote: Just wondering why you don't want to use a bootloader? I'm using a bootloader, but it's installed by another Linux. -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: What professional PCIe audio cards do work with Linux?

2012-11-11 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Oops, I replied to the wrong list first. On Mon, 2012-11-12 at 08:41 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: @ Rivera: I don't trust lists anymore ;). @ Mike: I already tested several Linux, but I'll test some live CDs too. -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users

Re: Problem burning to DVDs

2012-11-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Use K3b only! It also can fail, but still is the best free as in beer burning software for Linux. If Nero does fail, send a request to Nero support. If Brasero does fail, run it from a terminal emulation and post the output. Regards, Ralf -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list

Re: pulse audio jack

2012-11-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-11-14 at 10:27 -0500, Mac wrote: When I installed 12.04 UbStudio I was pleased to see pulse audio played nice with jack. (i.e. when qjackctl starts pulse sinks/sources show up by default). Is there any documentation or overview of how this is accomplished? I'd like to

How to disable screen blanking?

2012-11-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi :), how can I disable screen blanking for Quantal? spinymouse@qrc:/mnt/music/quantal/01song$ sudo xset -dpms [sudo] password for spinymouse: spinymouse@qrc:/mnt/music/quantal/01song$ xset s off spinymouse@qrc:/mnt/music/quantal/01song$ setterm -powersave off -blank 0 setterm: cannot (un)set

Fw: How to disable screen blanking?

2012-11-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Begin forwarded message: Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:58:11 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net To: ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: How to disable screen blanking? Hi :), how can I disable screen blanking for Quantal? spinymouse@qrc:/mnt/music/quantal/01song$ sudo

Re: How to disable screen blanking?

2012-11-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:02:38 -0500 Adam Behnke abeh...@gmail.com wrote: what kind for graphics card is it? maybe the nvidia/amd restricted driver is preventing it. I'm using the open source ATI driver, the proprietary driver for my card doesn't work with current X. spinymouse@qrc:~$ cat

Several issues with Quantal, especially with Evolution

2012-11-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi :), I'm not sure what list to join regarding to desktop environment and system issues. Until now I was subscribed to Ubuntu Studio devel and users mailing lists only, I'm unsure if I have to join Xubuntu and/or Ubuntu users too. Perhaps Xubuntu is the right choice, since IIUC Ubuntu Studio

Xubuntu mailing list - Several issues with Quantal, especially with Evolution

2012-11-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi :), https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-users/2012-November/004852.html Regards, Ralf -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users

How to automatically install packages that are used by another install?

2012-11-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
I don't get desktop issues for Ubuntu Quantal amd64 [1]. I now will install all packages I installed for Ubuntu STUDIO Quantal amd64. Any hints how to do it the easiest way are welcome. Regards, Ralf [1] From: Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net To: xubuntu-us...@lists.ubuntu.com Subject

Re: How to automatically install packages that are used by another install?

2012-11-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 15:59 -0300, Rivera Valdez wrote: Hey, nice tips for synaptic. Thanks, people! :D It works like a charm, but one time a dialog interrupted the install. I had to answer, if jack should be set up for real-time mode. I didn't reboot, I even didn't log out and in and also

Re: Text Display Issue

2012-11-22 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-11-22 at 04:03 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 21:17 -0700, Steven Grace wrote: I just installed Ubuntu Studio 12.04 and have an issue with the way text displays. The text is not sharp and some pixels have a pinkish cast. The best illustration of the latter

Re: cannot run Adobe Reader

2012-11-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 00:03 +, David King wrote: I installed Adobe Reader 9.5.1, but it will not run. The output I get from the CLI is: $ acroread /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread: error while loading shared libraries: libxml2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No

[Fwd: Re: cannot run Adobe Reader]

2012-11-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
One of trillion issues I've got, the MUA doesn't detect what account to use, doesn't filter mails correctly, for the topic see below. Forwarded Message From: Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@rocketmail.com To: ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: cannot run Adobe Reader

To fix the broken 12.10 release proposed updates might help

2012-11-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
...@gpshelp.co.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 24/11/12 18:56, Knute Johnson wrote: On 11/24/2012 10:49 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sat, 2012-11-24 at 08:53 -0800, Knute Johnson wrote: On 11/23/2012 01:36 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2012-11-23 at 20:48 +

[Fwd: Re: To fix the broken 12.10 release proposed updates might help]

2012-11-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Forwarded Message From: Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@rocketmail.com To: ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: To fix the broken 12.10 release proposed updates might help Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:33:18 +0100 On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 12:05 +0100, Hartmut Noack wrote: Am

Can't access UFS

2012-11-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi :) I try to access FreeBSD from my Ubuntu install(s), but it doesn't work. spinymouse@q:/boot$ grep CONFIG_UFS_FS config-3.6.5-rt14 CONFIG_UFS_FS=m # CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE is not set spinymouse@q:/boot$ lsmod | grep ufs spinymouse@q:/boot$ sudo modprobe ufs spinymouse@q:/boot$ lsmod | grep ufs

Boot loaders for Linux that can also boot FreeBSD

2012-11-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi :) my apologies for cross-posting this to several Linux mailing lists. I need a boot loader for Linux, that is comfortable to use for my needs, a Linux multi-boot with trillions of Linux installs, trillions ^ 2 kernels and (trillions ^ 2) * 1024 entries with different boot options, so

Re: cannot run Adobe Reader

2012-12-01 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 00:03 +, David King wrote: I installed Adobe Reader 9.5.1, but it will not run. The output I get from the CLI is: $ acroread /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread: error while loading shared libraries: libxml2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No

To fix the broken 12.10 release proposed updates might help

2012-12-01 Thread Ralf Mardorf
...@gpshelp.co.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 24/11/12 18:56, Knute Johnson wrote: On 11/24/2012 10:49 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sat, 2012-11-24 at 08:53 -0800, Knute Johnson wrote: On 11/23/2012 01:36 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2012-11-23 at 20:48 +, Andy

Re: Jettisoning Vanilla Kernel?

2012-12-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
You can purge a kernel by apt or completely remove it with synaptic, without any risk, that this will break anything of other installed packages. But as Mike already hinted, you always should keep a kernel, that does work and I'll add, you always should keep a backup of your complete install. You

Re: Jettisoning Vanilla Kernel?

2012-12-22 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2012-12-22 at 18:37 +0800, Ho Wan Chan wrote: Also, can you provide us a comparesent on the performance and audio recording on both the 3.5-lowlatency and the 3.6-rt kernel:-P My audio card does not work properly. It doesn't matter what kernel is booted, I always get xruns. Latency is

Re: How do I get Ubuntu Studio to play dvds.

2013-01-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:00:47 +0100, Set Hallstrom sakrec...@gmail.com wrote: I have the same problem. Tried several different mountig apps. In the best case, i got it mounted, but the image contained the ISO file... :/ (on 12.10 xubuntu i had no problem mounting the same file, nor to play it in

Re: Update problem..

2013-01-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:15:55 +0100, Mike Holstein mikeh...@gmail.com wrote: I think you'd need to poke around a bit more to see what the issue is/was. It can be challenging chasing those things down. For me, I just don't upgrade my production machine often. I usually have a copy running in

Re: new to Ubuntu Studio

2013-01-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi :) I'm using Ubuntu Studio 10.04 and Ubuntu 12.10, since Ubuntu Studio 12.10 does cause more issues, than Ubuntu 12.10 does. I recommend to install Ubuntu Studio 12.04. For Ubuntu Studio with Xfce you can remove pulseaudio. If you want to get rid of pulseaudio for GNOME 3, than build a dummy

Re: new to Ubuntu Studio

2013-01-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Quantal and Precise both are 64-bit on my machine. Quantal often needs to delete ./cache regarding to performance issues. If you install software that isn't default for Ubuntu Studio, in my case it's Evolution, you can expect that many of this software doesn't work. I read about office suite

Poll

2013-01-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtrwZ7irPN7TdGdNUUltUzZ2ZGpqa2RZdmtZRllIM1E#gid=0 http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-user/2013-January/089753.html My vote is Ubuntu Studio 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.12, the later is a typo and should be 12.10 ;). It seems to be, that

Re: new to Ubuntu Studio

2013-02-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi :) I'm using Ubuntu Studio 10.04 and Ubuntu 12.10, since Ubuntu Studio 12.10 does cause more issues, than Ubuntu 12.10 does. I recommend to install Ubuntu Studio 12.04. For Ubuntu Studio with Xfce you can remove pulseaudio. If you want to get rid of pulseaudio for GNOME 3, than build a dummy

Re: new to Ubuntu Studio

2013-02-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-02-09 at 23:39 -0500, Mike Holstein wrote: On Feb 9, 2013 11:28 PM, leo le...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm using Ubuntu Studio Quantal 12.10 64 bit, Kernel Linux 3.5.0-23-lowlatency,GNOME 3.6.0 and love it. My focus is photography and am using Darktable 1.1.2, Gimp 2.8.2,

Re: Jack and pulse?

2013-02-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2013-02-12 at 14:57 -0500, Mac wrote: 1.) If I start the browser content, then start qjackctrl, from that point on no audio from the jack side of the house. (The PA side still shows, in volume control that it's getting to PA.) I can avoid this by having a better memory and remembering

Western Digital external drives

2013-03-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hallo, in the German WD forms I got a reply, with the claim, that once a WD Elements is spin down, it will park, _not_ spin up again, if there's no access. For my updated Quantal, 64-bit with current kernel lowlatency from the repos and a self-build kernel-rt 3.6, running current Xfce 4 the

Re: Western Digital external drives

2013-03-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-03-15 at 11:52 -0400, Mike Holstein wrote: All drives fail. I have actually had the best luck with wd brand.. though I'm sure chance could be just as much a factor as anything else. :) I searched online and WD seems to be a good solution, but I missed a lot of information, after

Re: Western Digital external drives

2013-03-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-03-15 at 08:59 -0700, Pete Wright wrote: There are some viruses/trojans out there that make it seem that your HARDWARE is progressively failing: notifcation that drive is failing, etc. FreeBSD and Linux only here. XP in VBox. I never have seen this. so far, knock wood Done.

Re: Western Digital external drives

2013-03-16 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 16:22 -0500, Joseph Ronne wrote: install them upside down and have never had a problem Nowadays there's no difference between horizontally and vertically, it's just to avoid to mount them by an angle and the position shouldn't be changed. Is there a difference for WD

OT: Western Digital external drives

2013-03-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
I don't know Software Center, Synaptic also a GUI (perhaps the same GUI) does provide an option to show what the provided files are named and where they should be installed, but it might conflict with a dpkg-divert --rename --add foo. sudo synaptic It has got an option to show the files of the

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