SOLVED xfce volume keys [was: Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues]

2017-06-26 Thread Ralph Katz
On 06/26/2017 12:54 PM, Dejan Jocic wrote: > On 26-06-17, Ralph Katz wrote: >> >> I think the workaround of using the mouse on pavucontrol or >> gkrellm-volume will have to do for sound control. Thanks! >> > > Well, not exactly solution, but as a work around, you can assign some > shortcuts to do

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-26 Thread Dejan Jocic
On 26-06-17, Ralph Katz wrote: > > I think the workaround of using the mouse on pavucontrol or > gkrellm-volume will have to do for sound control. Thanks! > Well, not exactly solution, but as a work around, you can assign some shortcuts to do your sound work in a same way volume keys would do.

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-26 Thread Ralph Katz
On 06/26/2017 12:50 AM, Floris wrote: > Op Mon, 26 Jun 2017 03:23:32 +0200 schreef Ralph Katz > : > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA512 >> >> On 06/25/2017 04:22 PM, Floris wrote: >>> >>> Op Sun, 25 Jun 2017 19:10:40 +0200 schreef Ralph Katz >>> : > 3) The sound volume u

Re: light-locker (was Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues)

2017-06-26 Thread Ralph Katz
On 06/26/2017 06:09 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 07:23:10PM -0600, Ralph Katz wrote: >> While purging xscreensaver removed 2 or 3 packages, installing now would >> bring in a host of packages, for whatever reason. I don't need a >> screensaver as much as I need the lock. > >

Re: light-locker (was Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues)

2017-06-26 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 07:23:10PM -0600, Ralph Katz wrote: > While purging xscreensaver removed 2 or 3 packages, installing now would > bring in a host of packages, for whatever reason. I don't need a > screensaver as much as I need the lock. I use i3lock, from a terminal, exactly as I used to u

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-25 Thread Floris
Op Mon, 26 Jun 2017 03:23:32 +0200 schreef Ralph Katz : -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 06/25/2017 04:22 PM, Floris wrote: Op Sun, 25 Jun 2017 19:10:40 +0200 schreef Ralph Katz : 3) The sound volume up/down function keys [Fn up/down arrow] no longer respond (xfce4). H

Re: light-locker (was Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues)

2017-06-25 Thread Mike Kupfer
Ralph Katz wrote: > While purging xscreensaver removed 2 or 3 packages, installing now would > bring in a host of packages, for whatever reason. I don't need a > screensaver as much as I need the lock. Take a look at /usr/bin/xflock4. It's just a script that runs through a fixed list of lock pr

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-25 Thread Ralph Katz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 06/25/2017 04:22 PM, Floris wrote: > > Op Sun, 25 Jun 2017 19:10:40 +0200 schreef Ralph Katz > : >> >>> 3) The sound volume up/down function keys [Fn up/down arrow] no >>> longer respond (xfce4). However the screen brightness keys >>> function

Re: light-locker (was Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues)

2017-06-25 Thread Ralph Katz
On 06/25/2017 05:18 PM, Mike Kupfer wrote: > Ralph Katz wrote: > >> Yes! apt history shows light-locker was installed by the dist-upgrade. >> I've just purged xscreensaver and can confirm that the time-out errors >> in syslog occur on resume from screen blanking. > > Did you also kill the xscre

light-locker (was Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues)

2017-06-25 Thread Mike Kupfer
Ralph Katz wrote: > Yes! apt history shows light-locker was installed by the dist-upgrade. > I've just purged xscreensaver and can confirm that the time-out errors > in syslog occur on resume from screen blanking. Did you also kill the xscreensaver daemon? You might have been getting odd behav

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-25 Thread Floris
Op Sun, 25 Jun 2017 19:10:40 +0200 schreef Ralph Katz : 3) The sound volume up/down function keys [Fn up/down arrow] no longer respond (xfce4). However the screen brightness keys function normally [Fn left/right arrow]. The mute sound function key is also ignored [Fn F8]. I can control vo

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-25 Thread Ralph Katz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 06/25/2017 02:39 PM, Mike Kupfer wrote: > Ralph Katz wrote: > >>> 2) Returning from xscreensaver screen blanking sometimes shows the >>> lightdm log in screen. Ctrl-alt-F7 once or twice can get my session >>> back after an annoying pause. This

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-25 Thread Mike Kupfer
Ralph Katz wrote: > > 2) Returning from xscreensaver screen blanking sometimes shows the > > lightdm log in screen. Ctrl-alt-F7 once or twice can get my session > > back after an annoying pause. This never happened on jessie. This is a bit of a shot in the dark, but is light-locker running? mi

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-25 Thread Ralph Katz
On 06/24/2017 09:48 AM, Ralph Katz wrote: ... > At your suggestion, I'm re-doing my firefox setup, re-install, fresh > profile, eliminate extensions, etc. Report to follow. Update report (quoting original thread post): > Since upgrading my old Acer laptop from jessie to stretch this week, I > ha

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-24 Thread Ralph Katz
On 06/24/2017 01:19 AM, Felix Miata wrote: ... > > Is firmware-misc-nonfree installed? Yes. > > https://wiki.debian.org/NewInStretch (at the bottom): > > Try 'apt install xserver-xorg-legacy'. Whether that is simply about setuid or > more I haven't figured out, and likewise, how Stretch decide

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-24 Thread Felix Miata
Ralph Katz composed on 2017-06-23 19:29 (UTC-0600): . > Felix Miata wrote: . >> apt install xserver-xorg-video-intel' and restarting X . > It was already installed. Right, upgrade, not new installation, so kept. :-p Is firmware-misc-nonfree installed? https://wiki.debian.org/NewInStretch (at the

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-23 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 06/23/2017 09:05 PM, Ralph Katz wrote: On 06/23/2017 09:19 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 06/23/2017 02:44 PM, Ralph Katz wrote: ... 2) Returning from xscreensaver screen blanking sometimes shows the lightdm log in screen. Ctrl-alt-F7 once or twice can get my session back after an annoying pa

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-23 Thread Ralph Katz
On 06/23/2017 09:19 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 06/23/2017 02:44 PM, Ralph Katz wrote: ... >> 2) Returning from xscreensaver screen blanking sometimes shows the >> lightdm log in screen. Ctrl-alt-F7 once or twice can get my session >> back after an annoying pause. This never happened on jessie.

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-23 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 06/23/2017 02:44 PM, Ralph Katz wrote: Since upgrading my old Acer laptop from jessie to stretch this week, I have several unresolved issues. Any help would be appreciated. 1) Sometimes unresponsive. In up-to-date jessie, I could have two instances of firefox-esr open with multiple tabs an

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-23 Thread Ralph Katz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 06/23/2017 07:13 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > apt install xserver-xorg-video-intel' and restarting X It was already installed. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEJQZ8vK6Bn

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-23 Thread Felix Miata
Ralph Katz composed on 2017-06-23 17:37 (UTC-0600): > Felix Miata wrote: ... >> output from 'inxi -c0 -v4' ('apt install inxi' if necessary) . > will lshw do? . Generally its overly verbose for these things. Other info you provided probably covers well enough. . > lspci -nnk | grep -A4 VGA ... > 0

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-23 Thread Ralph Katz
On 06/23/2017 04:47 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > Ralph Katz composed on 2017-06-23 15:44 (UTC-0600): > >> Since upgrading my old Acer laptop from jessie to stretch this week, I >> have several unresolved issues. Any help would be appreciated > Help us help you by providing information other than

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-23 Thread Felix Miata
Ralph Katz composed on 2017-06-23 15:44 (UTC-0600): > Since upgrading my old Acer laptop from jessie to stretch this week, I > have several unresolved issues. Any help would be appreciated Help us help you by providing information other than symptoms, e.g.: upgrade steps you took which WM/DE

Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-23 Thread Ralph Katz
Since upgrading my old Acer laptop from jessie to stretch this week, I have several unresolved issues. Any help would be appreciated. 1) Sometimes unresponsive. In up-to-date jessie, I could have two instances of firefox-esr open with multiple tabs and get reasonable response. In stretch, some