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Re: MIDI problem--no sound

by Doug McGarrett

On 1/14/21 10:26 PM, Ben T. Fender wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 21:39:19 -0500 > Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> wrote: > >> Tnx for your interest. This is certainly not a straight-forward setup! > Sorry, it looks like I replied to your email instead > of the list (often do that with lists) > > It isn't THAT unusual I think, have you been able > to launch qjackctl, THEN qsynth, THEN Rosegarden > and either load a midi file into rosegarden OR > compose a few notes and hear them when you play > them? Maybe starting with less would be a first > step before adding the keyboard to it all. I can > walk you through my little routine (without the > keyboard part) to see what comes loose :) Might as well try it, but the keyboard is what I really want. Altho I'm pretty rusty, I used to gig out on piano on weekends, and I can get some good sounds on a B3, so I'd like to find out what the midi can do. --doug

3 years, 11 months

[opensuse-support] Re: apps piling up in panel

by Patrick Shanahan

* Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [11-18-20 20:35]: > Two or three times recently--as recent as this afternoon--a whole batch of > apps, the icons > of which live in the panel, or systray, have piled up at the left-hand side. > They don't overlap, > but they are all to directly the right of the normal (what I consider > normal) icons, which are the > smiling ball, desktop1, system settings, YaST, Konsole terminal, and Kate. > All the other > icons --15, plus the time/date, have moved to the left. What is causing > this, and how can > I make it stop? (I have moved them back a couple of times, but they no > longer stay put.) > System is OS-TW, up to date as per 1114. (I think it also occurred before > this update.) just mouse click on the desktop and the "icons" will go back to where they previously were. you do have the icon locations locked.... -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode

4 years

KWallet--how?

by dmcgarrett＠optonline.net

I'm going somewhat crazier than usual trying to use Thuderbird Mail because Thunderbird has blown up again, lost my password, won't let me put in a new one, the on-line instructions for fixing it (using Windows) don't seem to work anymore--I think they've "updated" it. I want to use KMail, but it wants KWallet, and I have been defeated trying to install that. Trying it cold didn't work, so I just tried https://duckduckgo.com/?q=short+guide+for+pam_kwallet&ia=web, from benediktg, ran sudo zypper pam_kwallet, and very carefully modified the three files it requests--/etc/pam.d//passwd, /etc/pam.d/login, and /etc/pam.d/sddm. I checked the "new" versions carefully, and I'm really pretty sure they agree with those posted. I put an icon on the desktop that's called "KWallet/Manager," by selecting it from the bowling ball, but when I click on the icon, nothing happens. Any helpful advice welcome. --doug PS--this mail routine from optimum.com is NOT user-friendly, in my humble opinion.

3 years

Re: [opensuse-support] leap didn't make it

by Dave Howorth

On Fri, 30 Oct 2020 19:31:27 -0400 Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> wrote: > On a different computer, I installed leap, just to see what it > offered. It got very little use, > but was left in sleep mode until I tried to bring it up today. It > came up, but it was unhappy-- > things in the GUI didn't work. Rebooted. Came up black screen with > mouse cursor in center. > Long story short, nothing I tried, including rescue mode (or whatever > it's called) brought > back normal operation. Finally put install disk in and tried rescue, > but it asks for login: and password: > tried my username and my password from when the system worked, but it > doesn't want that. > If someone knows what it wants, I'll go on from there. otherwise, > maybe just put the Windows > drive back and forget it. > --doug Please put the Windows drive back and then we can all go back to sleep! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

4 years, 1 month

Re: [opensuse-support] cpu temperature

by Patrick Shanahan

* Dave Howorth <dave(a)howorth.org.uk> [09-09-20 05:42]: > On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 18:20:04 -0400 > Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> wrote: > > > On 9/8/20 2:50 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > > * Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [09-08-20 14:12]: > > >> > > >> On 9/7/20 12:49 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > >> > > >> https://github.com/olmeca/lgrep > > >> > > >> lgrep > > >> > > >> "A variation on grep, targeting log files" > > >> > > >> "lgrep is a variation on grep, developed specifically for efficient > > >> searching through application log files. Though most of the time an > > >> entry in a log file consists of one line, sometimes it spans > > >> multiple lines. A log entry usually consists of some metadata (e.g > > >> date, time, code reference) and a message. Sometimes the message > > >> part takes up multiple lines, e.g. if it contains a whole JSON > > >> object or a whole stack trace." > > >>> > > >> I already have the lgrep that I installed as above. If I install > > >> lv, then I will have > > >> two, possibly different, lgreps? Sounds too confusing to me! > > > > > > > > > yes, and you *really* need neither. better > > > zypper -v rm lgrep > > > > > > and be back where you were. > > > note: must happen as "root" and must be typed as presented here. > > > Answer "yes". > > > > > > doug@linux1:~> su - > > > Password: > > > linux1:~ # zypper -v rm lgrep > > > Verbosity: 2 > > > Non-option program arguments: 'lgrep' > > > Initializing Target > > > Reading installed packages... > > > Force resolution: Yes > > > 'lgrep' not found in package names. Trying capabilities. > > > No provider of 'lgrep' found. > > > Resolving package dependencies... > > > Force resolution: Yes > > > > > > Nothing to do. > > > linux1:~ # > > > --doug > > Unfortunately Patrick made a mistake. zypper operates on the names of > packages, rather than binary programs as he gave you. So you need to > substitute 'lv' for 'lgrep'. no, actually they both exist and lv contains it's own version of lgrep, but ... not actually sure in this case the electrons were disbursed into the ethereal. and I will not post again on this subject in this forum. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

4 years, 3 months

Re: [opensuse-support] cpu temperature

by Patrick Shanahan

* Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [09-07-20 15:55]: > > > On 9/7/20 3:27 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > * Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [09-07-20 14:31]: > > > > > > On 9/6/20 10:34 PM, Lew Wolfgang wrote: > > > > On 9/6/20 7:20 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On 9/6/20 8:02 PM, Lew Wolfgang wrote: > > > > > > On 9/6/20 4:06 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > > > > > > * Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [09-06-20 19:02]: > > > > > > > > On 9/6/20 5:47 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > > > > > > > > Lew told you in his post. It is the same file where it has been for > > > > > > > > > decades: /var/log/messages > > > > > > > > ran "locate messages" and there is no file in /var/log/ > > > > > > > > or anywhere that > > > > > > > > looks like it is related to the os. All related to some > > > > > > > > application file or other. > > > > > > > > --doug > > > > > > > > > > so maybe no syslog invocation, ie: all systemd-journal > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tell him how to find "panic" in the journal. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Good point, what version of Leap are you running, Doug? If you're > > > > > > not sure you can "cat /etc/os-release". > > > > > As someone else pointed out, the system is not Leap, it's Tumbleweed. > > > > Ah, I missed that. Some older releases of openSUSE didn't run > > > > syslog by default, which would explain why /var/log/messages was > > > > missing. Leap 15.2 does run it by default, I don't know about > > > > Tumbleweed. > > > > journalctl should be there in any case. > > > > > > > > > > Can you try "journalctl | |grep -i panic" as root and see what happens? > > > > > > > > > > > locate does not find cournalctl > > > > You don't need to "locate" journalctl, it's a program that lives in > > > > /usr/bin. > > > > > > > > You should find it by doing "which journalctl", or just typing > > > > "journalctl", > > > > assuming your paths are set correctly. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Lew > > > > > > > linux1:/home/doug # journalctl | lgrep -i panic > > > If 'lgrep' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package > > > that contains it, like this: > > > cnf lgrep > > > linux1:/home/doug # journalctl | grep -i panic > > > (return to linux1) > > > Had to install lgrep: > > > linux1:/home/doug # zypper install lv > > > Retrieving package lv-4.51-149.12.x86_64 (1/1), 424.8 KiB (620.2 KiB > > > unpacked) > > > Retrieving: lv-4.51-149.12.x86_64.rpm .................................................................................................[done] > > > > > > Checking for file conflicts: ..........................................................................................................[done] > > > (1/1) Installing: lv-4.51-149.12.x86_64 ...............................................................................................[done] > > > linux1:/home/doug # journalctl | lgrep -i panic > > > linux1:/home/doug # > > > > > > No panic anywhere. > > > Ran memtest overnite. All clean. > > Doug, it is *not* "lgrep" but "| grep", the verticle line ie: the pipe > > character. > > > > You MUST read and FOLLOW directions as presented. > If you look at the original post, it was lgrep, which didn't work. Then I > ran grep -i etc. having looked up > grep in "Linux in a Nutshell" my Linux reference book. But it turns out > there actually is an lgrep in > the system, and I installed it and ran it with the same result--nada. > > I'm beginning to wonder if this was a fluke, but it happened twice. Now for > a couple of days and all > kinds of tests, nothing shows up. guess you need to LOOK more closely. Lew did make a mistake but the character is not a small case L, he included a second pipe char, "|". ie: | |grep not | lgrep note the difference -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

4 years, 3 months

Re: [opensuse-support] Cannot complete registration with openSUSEforums

by Doug McGarrett

On 6/6/19 1:03 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: > On 06/06/2019 18.38, JigsTheorem wrote: >> Hi all >> >> I have a problem with Leap 15.1 and went to sign up with openSUSE forums. I >> received a validation email, which contained neatly ordered garbage but no >> validation code. The sender of this email is the webmaster from microfocus, >> but an email to that address just bounces. I have since discovered that >> openSUSE and microfocus are no longer associated. >> >> So, given that the validation process is broken, how do I get signed up to the >> forums? > Can you register to Bugzilla, or our wiki? It is the same login for all. > > OT: I was subscribed to (I think) this list, or some general questions list, but I forget the email address, and I can't look it up on the computer since the computer crashed badly and the disk cannot be accessed at the moment --the machine will not boot into a system. I will have to reinstall TW on some computer, and I need to get some questions answered before I do. Thanx for your assistance! --doug (dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

4 years, 6 months

Re: [opensuse-support] cpu temperature

by Lew Wolfgang

On 9/6/20 4:06 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [09-06-20 19:02]: >> >> On 9/6/20 5:47 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: >>> >>> Lew told you in his post. It is the same file where it has been for >>> decades: /var/log/messages >> ran "locate messages" and there is no file in /var/log/ or anywhere that >> looks like it is related to the os. All related to some >> application file or other. >> --doug >>>> >>>> so maybe no syslog invocation, ie: all systemd-journal >>>> >>>> tell him how to find "panic" in the journal. >>>> Good point, what version of Leap are you running, Doug? If you're not sure you can "cat /etc/os-release". Can you try "journalctl | |grep -i panic" as root and see what happens? Regards, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

4 years, 3 months

Re: [opensuse-support] Thunderbird printing previous responses in pale blue

by Patrick Shanahan

* Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [10-09-20 14:09]: > > > On 10/9/20 1:28 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > On 09/10/2020 19.21, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > > > > > That's interesting. I'd like to know how to find/reinstall a > > > previous version--maybe the upgrade to TW is why the scanner no > > > longer works--I blamed it on destructive interference from Aver > > > Media EZRecorder. > > > > I just posted it in the reply to ksusup > > > I saw that. It would seem that this would only affect Thunderbird, if I > understand this. I'm looking for a way to get scanner back. yes, you better read it again as you definitely did not understand it. Thunderbird was used only as an example as it was already being discussed. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

4 years, 2 months

Re: [opensuse-support] Re: adding missing apps via YAST or zypper, etc.

by Patrick Shanahan

* Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [07-04-20 23:14]: [...] > I would say that the latest version of the s/w is more difficult to > maneuver around than the last. If the old computer hadn't died, I'd > still be using the (updated) edition of 2019. I managed to get both > printers and the scanner working in the 2019 version; not yet working in > the 2020 edition. (The packaged lists of printers for both HP and Epson > are even older than I can remember! And HP expects me to have Windows, > MAC, or UNIX--Linux is not even on the horizon in their present > "guidance.") you would probably recognize a similarity of unix and linux. And I sincerely doubt HP cares what operating system you prefer/utilize. They are excellent in providing drivers for their printers on linux, I would hazzard to say they are the best manufacturer in providing linux drivers. your haphazard/shotgun approach to maintaining your system and following direction(s) people take the time to prvide you, appears your greatest problem. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

4 years, 5 months

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