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Re: [opensuse] Re: Lost audio while playing with icons
by Knurpht-openSUSE 18 May '20

18 May '20

Op maandag 18 mei 2020 23:08:19 CEST schreef Doug McGarrett: > On 5/18/20 4:36 PM, Knurpht-openSUSE wrote: > > Op maandag 18 mei 2020 22:28:34 CEST schreef Doug McGarrett: > >> On 5/18/20 7:55 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > >>> * Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [05-18-20 00:40]: > >>>> On 5/17/20 10:21 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote: > >>>>> OpenSuse Tumbleweed. > >>>>> > >>>>> I have tried every combination of Pulse Audio I can think of, and the > >>>>> sound is gone, even tho in some cases I can see the VU bar hopping > >>>>> along with the input audio. And the bar underneath it is reading > >>>>> silence. Well that's what I'm getting! Using YouTube as a source. This > >>>>> worked yesterday! > >>>>> someone please tell me the secret of Pulse Audio. I seem to remember > >>>>> some time ago (in a different Linux system) there were several large > >>>>> windows opening to PA, but I don't see a way to get to them anymore. > >>>>> Just two--one on the right, one on the left, not many choices > >>>>> altogether. > >>>>> > >>>>> There must be some PA Maven out there--HELP! > >>>>> > >>>>> --doug > >>>> > >>>> I found the magic combo. Close this. Thanx for watching! > >>> > >>> Doug, you present a problem and request help. And you received several > >>> responses. > >>> > >>> Plese have the courtesy to explain how you achieved and what your > >>> solution > >>> was. Someone else may come upon the same problem > >> > >> I appreciate your comment, but I really can't say what I did. I kept > >> playing with combinations of possible choices for speakers, sources, > >> sound, etc., while I had selected something from YouTube that would go > >> on for a while, and suddenly I got a rash of (too loud) sound from the > >> speakers. I would ask here how to lower the overall level, but I'm > >> afraid to mess with it again! PulseAudio is one nasty bitch! I can turn > >> it down with the available controls, even tho they are now at about 20% > >> of full scale. > >> --doug > > > > THe KDE audio applet also shows Applications and their settings. I > > recently > > has an issue with some video conferencing page in FF, and it appeared to > > be > > that setting for FF was set to full volume, overruling the master volume. > > I found a screen "Audio--System Settings" that shows what it thinks PA > is set for. I will try and attach a screen-shot of what it shows. (I turned > down the audio from a number above 100% to 100%, and hopefully that reduced > the too-loud sound as a base audio level. Possibly could lower it more. > This screen seems to be provided by PA, but is accessed thru the system. > Hope this is useful to someone. > > --doug Well, play something in f.e. FF, then look at the applications tab. But the default level is already 101% as is the mic. level. Which is very high. -- Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Forums Team -- 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] Thunderbird does seem slugish (rantish)
by Carlos E. R. 16 May '20

16 May '20

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Well, here I am with a big desktop new computer. I have 32 gigs of ram, an AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core Processor, a Radeon RX 580 graphics card, and after 8 days of use Thunderbird does seem sluggish. top output: top - 22:19:26 up 8 days, 11:12, 2 users, load average: 1,63, 1,44, 0,83 Tasks: 575 total, 1 running, 573 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie %Cpu(s): 0,6 us, 0,2 sy, 0,0 ni, 99,1 id, 0,0 wa, 0,0 hi, 0,0 si, 0,0 st KiB Mem : 32876712 total, 2216932 free, 13011280 used, 17648500 buff/cache KiB Swap: 10485760+total, 10453939+free, 318208 used. 18559720 avail Mem PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR SWAP S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 5234 cer 20 0 7705532 4,235g 163400 0 D 2,985 13,51 376:07.07 thunderbird-bin As you can see, Th is using the absurd amount of 4.2 gigs of ram. Not a problem, I have lots of it - but sometimes I type and the letters take a second to appear. Or click on a menu or option and I have to wait for it to get highlighted. Conclusion: Thunderbird is indeed slow and a memory hog. - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCXrhjThwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVXfkAn3Z/ZP7/Zh49jIE3V/x6 fO/PWMtqAJ4hdeyD84vOrYQd2Zp+MBhDHqZuHA== =WIPg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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] Re: questions about webpin
by Knurpht-openSUSE 16 May '20

16 May '20

Try zypper in opi Then f.e. opi dog -- Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Board Member openSUSE Forums Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Icons still gone
by Doug McGarrett 16 May '20

16 May '20

On 5/15/20 11:58 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > > On 5/15/20 11:06 PM, Knurpht-openSUSE wrote: >> Op zaterdag 16 mei 2020 05:01:44 CEST schreef Carlos E. R.: >>> On 16/05/2020 02.12, Doug McGarrett wrote: >>> > On 5/15/20 2:51 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: >>>> ls -la | grep roogh >>>> >>>> it should come out empty. >>>> >>>>> It doesn't, quite: doug@linux-4qnb:~> ls -la | grep root >>>>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 148 May 14 19:08 .. >>>>> drwx------ 1 root users 6 Jun 18 2019 .lightscribe >>>>> doug@linux-4qnb:~> >>>>> >>>>> But I'm not giving up lightscribe! >>> >>> Ok, but it seems that you used it at least once as root. There may be >>> other files owned as root, deeper than the first level, so we have to >>> concoct a "find" command line that searches for them in your home. I am >>> about to go to sleep, so maybe somebody else can come with it. >>> >>> >>> (The wikipedia says that its manufacturer gave up on it) >> That should be easy, it that is the issue. From a console: >> >> chown doug:isers /home/doug -R > changed "isers" to users. Ran the command: > Lotsa files, all said "Operation not permitted, except: > > chown: cannot read directory '/home/doug/.lightscribe': Permission denied > doug@linux-4qnb:~> > > I don't know why lightscribe is what it is, but I'm still not giving up > on it. (It allows me to label CDs which are made for the purpose.) > I don't know why lightscribe should be a .file--there's no reason. Further info: looking up Permissions on the icon (which is still on the desktop, btw) says "This file is a link and does not have permissions." But it does say User: root Group: root. I'll dig into this further as time and interest permit. As it happens, the system is in flux right now with the icon problem, so this will have to wait. It's not hurting anything, AFAIK. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Icons still gone
by Carlos E. R. 16 May '20

16 May '20

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday, 2020-05-15 at 13:12 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote: > On 5/15/20 6:15 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote: ... >> Are you sure your desktop is not running as root? >> >> Try using "xterm" instead of "konsole". If it doesn't exist, install it. >> >> Then run "ls -l" and post the result here. >> > I think at this moment, my "Konsole" is running as user. It comes up with > doug@linux-4qnb:~> > on a black screen--I have all my text stuff in black on white. And permissions of the directories seem correct. You could do "ls -la | less" and verify that all files are like these: drwxr-xr-x 1 doug users 3444 May 8 19:42 Downloads - -rw-r--r-- 1 doug users 383 Aug 4 2019 Epson_downloads with none that says "root". Specially those files that start with a dot. For example, if you run: ls -la | grep root it should come out empty. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCXr7kvRwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVy4YAoIoG0KfuCOWR0eEAjnvy MaOM3q75AJ9Iq43jXUzey6RugOkn8iKrXa3f5A== =P3g9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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] Icons still gone
by Doug McGarrett 16 May '20

16 May '20

As requested, I detailed the situation leading up to the loss of icons in a separate message. I don't know how the icons are attached to the application names on the KDE screen, but there should be some way to reattach them. If there is not a blanket fix, I am willing to do each one separately until I get them all back. Someone will have to tell me how. Please help. --doug -- 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] Tar not restoring symlinks
by Paul Groves 14 May '20

14 May '20

Hi all. I have had a disk failure on a server today. So I replaced the disk with a new SSD and when I am trying to tar my files back from last night's tape the symlinks are not restored. I am getting an empty file where the symlink is supposed to be!! I have run: tar -tvf /dev/st0 > tar.txt and I can see the symlinks are saved on the tape. I am restoring using: tar -xvf /dev/st0 and I have tried tar -xhvf /dev/st0 I have tried extracting with -h too as shown here but the symlinks are still restored as empty files! https://www.golinuxhub.com/2013/12/how-to-preserve-symbolic-links-with-tar.… Can anyone help me please? Thank you Paul -- 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] installing Gimp 2.10 on OS 15.1 failed (or: how to get webp for gimp?)
by Daniel Bauer 12 May '20

12 May '20

Hello, I need to be able to read and safe webp graphics in gimp. I am on Opensuse 15.1 and that comes with gimp 2.8 which doesn't support this format, it is (as I read) included from Gimp 2.9. I found oneclick install for Gimp 2.10 for OS 15.1. Tried it. It failed because libmypaint-1.4 cant be found. I installed without, but then Gimp doesn't start. I searched for libmypaint - found oneclick 1.5.1 - tried, but it didn't install because of an rpm error. 1.4.0 is only available for OS 15.2 (haven't tried to install it, should I - on 15.1?) my questions: - How can I install Gimp 2.10 on 15.1 and resolve the missing libmypaint-1.4? - or alternatively: how can I make Gimp 2.8 to handle webp graphics? Thanks for your help! Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Málaga https://www.patreon.com/danielbauer https://www.daniel-bauer.com -- 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] Icons gone!
by Doug McGarrett 11 May '20

11 May '20

Hi--In just a few minutes, including 2 reboots to OpenSUSE TW, I have lost my screen icons for a number of apps, to wit: Brasero, Qsynth, LMMS, QjackCtl, ConvertAll, Google Earth, FreeOffice 2018 Textmaker, FreeOffice 2018 Planmaker, Thunderbird and Firefox. Is there any easy way to get them back? Or is there a harder way? I tried sending FreeOffice 2018 Textmaker to Trash and replacing it from the task list (the black thing in the lower left corner) but that didn't work. As you can tell, the names of the apps are still in place on the screen. I am not averse to dragging the icons back one by one, if necessary, but I don't know how. (And I'm not sure what they all look like!) --doug -- 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] Firefox 60+ Input Sizing Fixes?
by David C. Rankin 10 May '20

10 May '20

All, This is a continuing frustration that I would like to find a solution for. With firefox ~60+ all the input boxes are 2-3 times there normal size. This makes for some pretty comical page renderings, e.g. https://paste.opensuse.org/86155530 Node the City, St input is roughly 3X it's normal size and bleeds over into surrounding elements. (the button is about 50% larger than it was) I know this is a Gtk+3 problem that moved the normal sizing of all widgets to the theme. However a year plus later there still isn't a fix. I have Adwaita icon theme which is about the only Gtk+3 theme in town, but still these problems persist. How can we make sure that pages render correctly with the current Firefox? For 10 years all the inputs looked like they belonged where they were put. Now the inputs on pages look like they were put together by some junior high school kiddo following his first "Intro To HTML" tutorial. What can be done to fix this? (having the user hack a special exception for every page on the internet in userContent.css isn't a solution...) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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