Re: Debian stable's screen suddenly became "larger" than the actual screen

2025-06-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:08:48 -0700 Van Snyder wrote: Hello Van, >There's a "Shortcuts" page but it's a list of shortcuts to launch >applications, Here, that page has an 'Add New' button right at the top. Plasma has a submenu (with some fairly esoteric things listed) which I don't recall seing

Re: how to install debian to external USB ssd harddisk

2025-06-04 Thread Max Nikulin
On 05/06/2025 01:09, Mgr. Janusz Chmiel wrote: Unfortunately, Debian text Installer and even Camalares installer do not cooperate with my UEFI firmware. I think, installer assumes default use case with loaders for all OSes installed to the same EFI System Partition. Create another EFI System

Setting up a Thin Client System with Dell Latitude E4300 and OVH VPS

2025-06-04 Thread white-wolf
Dear Debian Users, I hope this message finds you well. I am looking to set up a system using my Dell Latitude E4300 as a thin client connected to an OVH VPS to create a decentralized desktop environment. My Dell no longer has enough power to run Debian/Linux with GNOME effectively, and instead of

Re: Debian stable's screen suddenly became "larger" than the actual screen

2025-06-04 Thread intnsred667
I have a Windows key on this keyboard (pressing it seems to do nothing). Pressing the Win key with Alt and moving the mouse and various combinations does nothing to "switch off" this mode and to restore a normal-sized desktop. Suggestions please? --   Jun 4, 2025, 16:09 by van.sny...@sbcgl

Debian locking up

2025-06-04 Thread xuser
My debian vm (running in qemu) keeps slowing down so slow that I can't do anything. Its is just a server setup, and just streaming audio with mpd and icecast2 with 512MB memory (25MB+ is free) 1 cpu core, 200MB of swap (little or no swap is in use), and qemu is taking about %3-%15 usage of one c

Re: how to install debian to external USB ssd harddisk

2025-06-04 Thread David Christensen
On 6/4/25 11:09, Mgr. Janusz Chmiel wrote: Dear advanced users and developers, Debian is making so big joy to Me that I want to install it to my USB external SSD harddisk. Unfortunately, Debian text Installer and even Camalares installer do not cooperate with my UEFI firmware. So Grub is being

Re: Debian stable's screen suddenly became "larger" than the actual screen

2025-06-04 Thread Van Snyder
On Wed, 2025-06-04 at 21:47 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:21:37 -0700 > Van Snyder wrote: > > Hello Van, > > > This isn't exactly useful if you don't have a Windoze key. I love > > my > > My thoughts, exactly. > > > Can I create a Windoze key by remapping something, say "P

Re: Debian stable's screen suddenly became "larger" than the actual screen

2025-06-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:21:37 -0700 Van Snyder wrote: Hello Van, >This isn't exactly useful if you don't have a Windoze key. I love my My thoughts, exactly. >Can I create a Windoze key by remapping something, say "Pause?" Yes, you can with remapping. It's not something I've ever had to do, b

Re: Debian stable's screen suddenly became "larger" than the actual screen

2025-06-04 Thread Van Snyder
On Wed, 2025-06-04 at 20:40 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 4 Jun 2025 21:23:24 +0200 (CEST) > intnsred...@tutamail.com wrote: > > Hello intnsred...@tutamail.com, > > > every ALT key combination I can think of -- no luck. > > In testing, KDE has moved many of Plasma's ALT key combos to the M

Re: Debian stable's screen suddenly became "larger" than the actual screen

2025-06-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 4 Jun 2025 21:23:24 +0200 (CEST) intnsred...@tutamail.com wrote: Hello intnsred...@tutamail.com, >every ALT key combination I can think of -- no luck. In testing, KDE has moved many of Plasma's ALT key combos to the META (Windows) key. Really helpfully. Without notice or warning I could

Re: Debian stable's screen suddenly became "larger" than the actual screen

2025-06-04 Thread intnsred667
Thanks Cindy! But I've tried about every ALT key combination I can think of -- no luck. Thus I'm hoping some kind soul here will notice this thread and whack me (gently) with a clue-bat. --  Celebrate the GNU/Linux "WE'RE *NEVER* GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE" by downloading an operating syste

Re: Okular PDF viewer

2025-06-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:07:17 -0700 Van Snyder wrote: Hello Van, >Where does okular keep its settings? In ~/.config/ Look for files; okularrc okularpartrc okular-generator-popplerrc -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}" / ) "The blindingly obvious is

Re: Okular PDF viewer

2025-06-04 Thread Van Snyder
On Wed, 2025-06-04 at 09:12 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 03/06/2025 05:15, Van Snyder wrote: > > I've been using okular for many years, mostly because it's part of > > the > > standard Debian install. Version 22.12.3 is the one I currently > > have. > > > > Lately when I do a search or click a

Re: tbird problem

2025-06-04 Thread gene heskett
On 6/4/25 13:27, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Jun 04, 2025 at 11:49:21 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: I'm using tbird 139, and it has grown vertically to expect the full screen of 1040 lines, meaning the bottom 2 tect lines that tbird uses for advirory msgs of attachment showing, are covered by th

Re: tbird problem

2025-06-04 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM wrote: > > > At some point, it may be worth taking a screen shot of whatever problems > > you're seeing, and putting it somewhere on the web. (Don't try to attach > > it to an email to this list; it'll be too big, and the list will probably > > reject it.) > > someo

how to install debian to external USB ssd harddisk

2025-06-04 Thread Mgr. Janusz Chmiel
Dear advanced users and developers, Debian is making so big joy to Me that I want to install it to my USB external SSD harddisk. Unfortunately, Debian text Installer and even Camalares installer do not cooperate with my UEFI firmware. So Grub is being always installed automatically to my ATA con

Re: tbird problem

2025-06-04 Thread fxkl47BF
> At some point, it may be worth taking a screen shot of whatever problems > you're seeing, and putting it somewhere on the web. (Don't try to attach > it to an email to this list; it'll be too big, and the list will probably > reject it.) someone recently pointed me to this service if you don't

Re: tbird problem

2025-06-04 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jun 04, 2025 at 11:49:21 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I'm using tbird 139, and it has grown vertically to expect the full screen > > of 1040 lines, meaning the bottom 2 tect lines that tbird uses for advirory > > msgs of attachment showing, are covered by the pager list and other such >

Re: tbird problem

2025-06-04 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I'm using tbird 139, and it has grown vertically to expect the full screen > of 1040 lines, meaning the bottom 2 tect lines that tbird uses for advirory > msgs of attachment showing, are covered by the pager list and other such > things at the bottom of my workspace. A shot in the dark: Assumin

Re: unfortunately

2025-06-04 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM gene heskett wrote: > > doing the switch from maximum to not maximum, also throws away many > > of the other settings, and I find I must relearn a different way to > > proceed. However I see that my sig has been found again, so not quite > > everything has been lost

unfortunately

2025-06-04 Thread gene heskett
doing the switch from maximum to not maximum, also throws away many of the other settings, and I find I must relearn a different way to proceed. However I see that my sig has been found again, so not quite everything has been lost. Now, if the original bookworm problem could be resolved that e

Re: tbird problems

2025-06-04 Thread Titus Newswanger
On 6/4/25 06:50, gene heskett wrote: by unchecking the "maximize" and restarting tbird I now have it the size I wanted, but have lost the upper right panel with the header info in it, and all its menu's.  And while the "hot" keys still work they work while I'm typing a MSG, so I have to glan

Re: tbird problems

2025-06-04 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM gene heskett wrote: > > by unchecking the "maximize" and restarting tbird I now have it the size > > I wanted, but have lost the upper right panel with the header info in it, > > and all its menu's. And while the "hot" keys still work they work while > > I'm typing

Re: tbird problems

2025-06-04 Thread Titus Newswanger
On 6/4/25 06:50, gene heskett wrote: by unchecking the "maximize" and restarting tbird I now have it the size I wanted, but have lost the upper right panel with the header info in it, and all its menu's.  And while the "hot" keys still work they work while I'm typing a MSG, so I have to glan

Re: clip on / flip up reading glasses

2025-06-04 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, June 03, 2025 12:32:12 PM Bret Busby wrote: > In the USA, for flip ups, are these > https://rx-safety.com/shop/master-safety-glasses/safety-readers-bifocals/cl > ip-on-magnifiers/clip-on-magnifying-reading-glasses/ Here is an example from aliexpress: BOYSEEN Glasses Clip With Presbyop

Re: parallel gnu and parallel from moreutils

2025-06-04 Thread Federico Kircheis
On 02/06/2025 3:24 pm, Anssi Saari wrote: Federico Kircheis writes: I could not find any information if something like the following has already been proposed (and eventually rejected): moreutils should also provide /usr/bin/parallel.moreutils, even if gnu parallel is not installed(!) gnu pa

Re: tbird problems

2025-06-04 Thread rhkramer
(intentionally top posting -- with reference to a slightly older post in this thread) Have you tried f? On my system, doing so toggles between full screen mode and, well, not full screen mode. (Sometimes when I'm typing and try to type an uppercase f, it seems I manage to hit both and with

Re: clip on / flip up reading glasses

2025-06-04 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, June 03, 2025 12:32:12 PM Bret Busby wrote: > I am assuming that, with the reference to the terroriffs, that you are > in the USA, with President Turd. Yes (I'll say no more :-(

tbird problems

2025-06-04 Thread gene heskett
by unchecking the "maximize" and restarting tbird I now have it the size I wanted, but have lost the upper right panel with the header info in it, and all its menu's.  And while the "hot" keys still work they work while I'm typing a MSG, so I have to glance at the screen for every character I

Re: tbird problem

2025-06-04 Thread gene heskett
On 6/4/25 05:28, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: gene heskett wrote: On 6/3/25 17:06, Darac Marjal wrote: On 03/06/2025 21:27, gene heskett wrote: I'm using tbird 139, and it has grown vertically to expect the full screen of 1040 lines, meaning the bottom 2 tect lines that tbird uses for ad

Re: tbird problem

2025-06-04 Thread debian-user
gene heskett wrote: > On 6/3/25 17:06, Darac Marjal wrote: > > On 03/06/2025 21:27, gene heskett wrote: > >> I'm using tbird 139, and it has grown vertically to expect the > >> full screen of 1040 lines, meaning the bottom 2 tect lines that > >> tbird uses for advirory msgs of attachment showing

Re: latest smartmontools in trixie

2025-06-04 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Stefan K wrote: > I'm wondering if the smartmontools 7.5 (released 30.04.2025) will be > aviable in Debian trixie? Probably not. The package tracker page says that "testing" and "unstable" Debian are on 7.4-3 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/smartmontools Have a nice day :) Thomas

Re: latest smartmontools in trixie

2025-06-04 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed Jun 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM BST, Stefan K wrote: I'm wondering if the smartmontools 7.5 (released 30.04.2025) will be aviable in Debian trixie? I'm afraid not, no. It might appear in backports. -- Please do not CC me for listmail. 👱🏻 Jonathan Dowland ✎j...@debian.org 🔗 h

latest smartmontools in trixie

2025-06-04 Thread Stefan K
Hello, I'm wondering if the smartmontools 7.5 (released 30.04.2025) will be aviable in Debian trixie? best regards Stefan