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[opensuse] command line printing question
by Istvan Gabor 03 May '20

03 May '20

Hello: I have a pdf file which is A5 paper size in landscape mode. When I open it in a pdf viewer (acroread, kdpf, okular) it is shown in landscape mode. pdfinfo shows: Producer: GPL Ghostscript 9.15 CreationDate: Wed Apr 8 23:20:35 2020 ModDate: Wed Apr 8 23:20:35 2020 Tagged: no Pages: 1 Encrypted: no Page size: 596 x 421 pts (A5) File size: 43191 bytes Optimized: no PDF version: 1.5 I would like to print this file, using lp or lpr command, onto the upper half of a portrait A4 paper, that is the A5 file is placed in landscape mode on a portrait A5 paper's upper half. Whatever I try, the document is always printed A5 portrait mode on the A4 paper with the document's lower edge close to the bottom of the A4 paper. I tried these commands, and all gives exactly the same result: lpr -P printer -o media=a4 file.pdf lpr -P printer -o media=a5 -o orientation-requested=4 file.pdf lpr -P printer -o media=a4 -o orientation-requested=4 file.pdf lpr -P printer -o media=a5 file.pdf lp -d printer -o media=a4 -o orientation-requested=4 file.pdf lp -d printer -o media=a5 -o orientation-requested=4 file.pdf lp -d printer -o media=a5 -o landscape file.pdf I'm afraid it's something trivial I'm missing. When I print the file from Okular: - setting paper size A4 portrait: the file is printed in landscape mode to the center of the A4 page (no to the upper half) - setting paper size A4 landscape: the file is printed in landscape mode relative to the A4 page and is scaled up to fit the A4 page - setting paper size A5 landscape: the file is printed in portrait mode (rotated 90 degrees to the left) and is scaled down - setting paper size A5 portrait: the file is printed in landscape mode to the center of the A4 page and is scaled down. Thanks in advance, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] mount timestamps - use as is
by Istvan Gabor 02 May '20

02 May '20

Hello: This question applies to openSUSE Leap 42.2-15.1 versions and any modern linux OSs. I would like if I could mount vfat volumes so that the time stamps would be shown 'as is' and not adjusted according to daylight saving time (DST). Some of you might remember that I had problems with vfat time stamps in linux earlier. Correct original timestamps of files are crucial for me. When I make a photo with my camera or record voice with a voice recorder or take a note on mobile phone, time stamps recorded are local timestamp. For me those time stamp have sense in local time only. If the file was saved at 3 pm, for me it is 3 pm, independently of the time zone and summer/winter timeshift. Unfortunately linux can't handle this issue, because when it uses UTC, it converts all time stamps to UTC, and adjust the time stamps according to time zone and summer/winter timeshift. Because of this I decided to change my system to use local time. I though if I use system local time I don't have to worry about timestamps shifting when I mount vfat volumes. Now it turned out, this is not the case. If I mount a vfat volume, the time stamps for the files that were made in the same timeshift are correct, but of those were made in the other timeshift are off by 1 hour. (For example in summer, timestamps of files recorded in summer are correct, but timestamps of files recorded in winter are less by an hour.) For me this has no sense, and causes plus work, because before copying the files I have to check if they were taken in summer time of winter time. I have to mount the filesystem twice, once using specific mount options, that is I can't use simple automount. This is tedious and annoying. Is there any way I can set linux to mount vfat to show the time stamps 'as is', without adjusting them according to DST winter time/summer time? Once more, my system is set to local time, that is time zones don't play here. I use openSUSE Leap 42.2 and 15.1. Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Can't get audio through USB headphones
by James Knott 02 May '20

02 May '20

First off, multimedia is not my strong suit. I'm trying to get music, from a browser or Amarok, to play through USB headphones, but can't seem to. This is on my main desktop, running 15.1. Video chat audio works fine, but not a browser or music player. On my ThinkPad (15.0) it just works fine, as expected. I have gone into the settings in Configure Desktop to check the configuration and have even set to prefer the USB headphones. While the test in the configuration works, that's all that does. Any idea what I can check? Why the big difference between desktop and ThinkPad? tnx jk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] where is stored the mountoint name
by jdd＠dodin.org 01 May '20

01 May '20

Hello, I have an usb disk that I want to use for bakckup with rsync. for this I want it to have a simple name. I chose "autres-2" (I already have "autres-1") I give it this name with e2label (it's ext4) but this disk was once mounted with an other name ("Elements"), and keep mounting (as user) to the old name. It's mounted automatically in /run/media/username I want to mount it by the present name. how can I do that. * making Leap 15.1 forget the name Elements? removing the mount point don't works, it's recreated with the same (Elements) * find where is stored this name to change it manually... * any other way thanks jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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