Re: Where are the launchers?

2021-09-26 Thread Joe Zeff
On 9/26/21 10:02 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: So, what does that environment variable contain on your system? /home/joe/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/usr/share ___ users mailing list -- users@l

Re: Where are the launchers?

2021-09-26 Thread Joe Zeff
On 9/26/21 9:55 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: What DE are you using? Xfce4 AFAIK, no DE places files in a user's Desktop directory.  That would simply be a wrong thing to do. Why? If you want to make sure that it appears on the user's desktop, that's the easiest way to do it. __

Re: Where are the launchers?

2021-09-26 Thread Ed Greshko
On 27/09/2021 12:02, Ed Greshko wrote: You need to look a the specifications for XDG. Forgot to include the link... https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html -- Nothing to see here ___ users mailing list -- users@l

Re: Where are the launchers?

2021-09-26 Thread Ed Greshko
On 27/09/2021 11:08, Joe Zeff wrote: On 9/26/21 8:03 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi Joe, I was looking for the data that goes into those desktop icons. They reside in /usr/share/applications ~/.local/share/application I looked into the launcher for Firefox in ~/Desktop and he

Re: Where are the launchers?

2021-09-26 Thread Ed Greshko
On 27/09/2021 11:10, Joe Zeff wrote: On 9/26/21 8:09 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: ~/Desktop/*.desktop files are files that have been placed by the user. Interesting.  I never created a launcher for ~/home, Firefox, Thunderbird or my File System but they were on my desktop the first time I booted Fedo

Re: Where are the launchers?

2021-09-26 Thread Joe Zeff
On 9/26/21 8:09 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: ~/Desktop/*.desktop files are files that have been placed by the user. Interesting. I never created a launcher for ~/home, Firefox, Thunderbird or my File System but they were on my desktop the first time I booted Fedora and logged in. _

Re: Where are the launchers?

2021-09-26 Thread Joe Zeff
On 9/26/21 8:03 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi Joe, I was looking for the data that goes into those desktop icons. They reside in     /usr/share/applications     ~/.local/share/application I looked into the launcher for Firefox in ~/Desktop and here's what I found: #!/usr/bin/env xdg

Re: Where are the launchers?

2021-09-26 Thread Ed Greshko
On 27/09/2021 10:03, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 9/26/21 6:49 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 9/26/21 6:14 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: When I right click on the desktop and select "Create Launcher", Xfce lists various launchers already installed in the system.  Where are these launchers locat

Re: Where are the launchers?

2021-09-26 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 9/26/21 6:49 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 9/26/21 6:14 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: When I right click on the desktop and select "Create Launcher", Xfce lists various launchers already installed in the system.  Where are these launchers located?  .config?  .local? I run xfce, and on my syste

Re: Where are the launchers?

2021-09-26 Thread Joe Zeff
On 9/26/21 6:14 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: When I right click on the desktop and select "Create Launcher", Xfce lists various launchers already installed in the system.  Where are these launchers located?  .config?  .local? I run xfce, and on my system they're in ~/Desktop. _

Re: Where are the launchers?

2021-09-26 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 9/26/21 5:20 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Sun, 26 Sep 2021 17:14:13 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Where are these launchers located? I presume these are the .desktop files which can be installed in several places, but mostly reside in /usr/share/applications I believe per-user ones can

Re: Where are the launchers?

2021-09-26 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sun, 26 Sep 2021 17:14:13 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > Where are these > launchers located? I presume these are the .desktop files which can be installed in several places, but mostly reside in /usr/share/applications I believe per-user ones can live somewhere under ~/.local/share/app

Where are the launchers?

2021-09-26 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, Xfce 4.14 When I right click on the desktop and select "Create Launcher", Xfce lists various launchers already installed in the system. Where are these launchers located? .config? .local? Many thanks, -T ___ users mailing list -- users@list

Re: Add items to rt click menu in MATE??

2021-09-26 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 9/26/21 1:18 PM, Richard wrote: Date: Sunday, September 26, 2021 10:25:19 -0700 From: ToddAndMargo via users How do I add items to the right click (on the desktop) context menu in MATE? You may want to look at available documentation to try to address your questions. Searching for "mat

Re: Add items to rt click menu in MATE??

2021-09-26 Thread Richard
> Date: Sunday, September 26, 2021 10:25:19 -0700 > From: ToddAndMargo via users > > How do I add items to the right click (on > the desktop) context menu in MATE? > You may want to look at available documentation to try to address your questions. Searching for "mate desktop documentation" bri

Re: How do I set foreground and background in mate terminal?

2021-09-26 Thread Ed Greshko
On 27/09/2021 01:59, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 9/26/21 10:45 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/09/2021 00:48, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, In xfce-terminal, in Edit--> preferences, I can set my forgoudnand background colros anas well as font size. In mate-terminal, I have edit profi

Re: How do I set foreground and background in mate terminal?

2021-09-26 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 9/26/21 10:45 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/09/2021 00:48, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, In xfce-terminal, in Edit--> preferences, I can set my forgoudnand background colros anas well as font size. In mate-terminal, I have edit profiles, etc.  Seems like it would affect other things t

Re: How do I set foreground and background in mate terminal?

2021-09-26 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 9/26/21 10:43 AM, Jon LaBadie wrote: On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 09:48:57AM -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, In xfce-terminal, in Edit--> preferences, I can set my forgoudnand background colros anas well as font size. In mate-terminal, I have edit profiles, etc.  Seems like it would

Re: How do I set foreground and background in mate terminal?

2021-09-26 Thread Ed Greshko
On 27/09/2021 00:48, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, In xfce-terminal, in Edit--> preferences, I can set my forgoudnand background colros anas well as font size. In mate-terminal, I have edit profiles, etc.  Seems like it would affect other things than just mate-terminal. Also, is there

Re: How do I set foreground and background in mate terminal?

2021-09-26 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 09:48:57AM -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, In xfce-terminal, in Edit--> preferences, I can set my forgoudnand background colros anas well as font size. In mate-terminal, I have edit profiles, etc. Seems like it would affect other things than just mate-termi

Re: Problem reporting/Mate Screensaver crash/Packagekit crash. No answer ?

2021-09-26 Thread Joe Zeff
On 9/26/21 6:10 AM, Ger van Dijck wrote: Quite right this is a type error !  In the application when I choose Applications /System Tools /Problem Reporting the URL is spelled correctly .  What now ? Has it something to do with Bugzilla ?  I think it is very important to report problems so t

Add items to rt click menu in MATE??

2021-09-26 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, How do I add items to the right click (on the desktop) context menu in MATE? Many thanks, -T ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: ht

Re: Lightdm and dual DE question

2021-09-26 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 9/26/21 8:17 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 9/26/21 8:05 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 9/26/21 5:07 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 26/09/2021 19:26, Ed Greshko wrote: On 26/09/2021 19:11, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: If I install a second DE (Desktop Environment), do I need to tell

Re: NFS mount lockups since about a month ago

2021-09-26 Thread Roger Heflin
Make sure you have sar/sysstat enabled and changed to do 1 minute samples. sar -d will show disk perf. If one of the disks "blips" at the firmware level (working on a hard to read block maybe), the util% on that device will be significantly higher than all other disks so will stand out. Then you

How do I set foreground and background in mate terminal?

2021-09-26 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, In xfce-terminal, in Edit--> preferences, I can set my forgoudnand background colros anas well as font size. In mate-terminal, I have edit profiles, etc. Seems like it would affect other things than just mate-terminal. Also, is there a generic terminal I can install similar to xfce-ter

Re: NFS mount lockups since about a month ago

2021-09-26 Thread Jamie Fargen
Are there network switches under your control? It sounds similar to what happens when MTU on the systems MTU do not match or one system MTU is set above the value on the switch ports. Next time the issue occurs use ping with the do not fragment flag. ex $ ping -m DO -s 8972 ip.address This exampl

Re: Lightdm and dual DE question

2021-09-26 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 9/26/21 8:05 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 9/26/21 5:07 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 26/09/2021 19:26, Ed Greshko wrote: On 26/09/2021 19:11, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: If I install a second DE (Desktop Environment), do I need to tell lightdm tht I want a logon prompt to choose which 

Re: Lightdm and dual DE question

2021-09-26 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 9/26/21 5:07 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 26/09/2021 19:26, Ed Greshko wrote: On 26/09/2021 19:11, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: If I install a second DE (Desktop Environment), do I need to tell lightdm tht I want a logon prompt to choose which one I want to start? You can learn quite a bit b

Re: NFS mount lockups since about a month ago

2021-09-26 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sun, 26 Sep 2021 10:26:19 -0300 George N. White III wrote: > If you have cron jobs that use a lot of network bandwidth it may work > fine until some network issue causing lots of retransmits bogs it down. Which is why you should check the dumb stuff first! Has a critter chewed on the ethernet

Re: problem with thunderbird 91.1.0 folder handling

2021-09-26 Thread Eyal Lebedinsky
On 22/09/2021 23.05, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: A minor correction On 21/09/2021 16.30, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: Since the recent update to tb 91.1.0 I have the following issue. I have a folder "correspondence" which includes about 140 sub-folders. When I receive mail the message filters deliver eac

Re: NFS mount lockups since about a month ago

2021-09-26 Thread George N. White III
On Sun, 26 Sept 2021 at 01:44, Tim via users wrote: > On Sat, 2021-09-25 at 06:04 +0100, Terry Barnaby wrote: > > in the last month or so all of the client computers are getting KDE > > GUI lockups every few hours that last for around 40 secs. > > Might one of them have a cron job that's scouring

Re: Problem reporting/Mate Screensaver crash/Packagekit crash. No answer ?

2021-09-26 Thread Ger van Dijck
On 9/21/21 11:59 AM, Ger van Dijck wrote: When I want to do a Problem Reporting ( Bugzilla ? ) I get the message : https://retrace.fedoraproject .org does not excist ( server error 404 ). Well of course it doesn't. There's a space before the final .org that makes it into an invalid url. Hay

Re: Lightdm and dual DE question

2021-09-26 Thread Ed Greshko
On 26/09/2021 19:26, Ed Greshko wrote: On 26/09/2021 19:11, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: If I install a second DE (Desktop Environment), do I need to tell lightdm tht I want a logon prompt to choose which one I want to start? You can learn quite a bit by creating a VM and then trying things

Re: Lightdm and dual DE question

2021-09-26 Thread Ed Greshko
On 26/09/2021 19:11, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: If I install a second DE (Desktop Environment), do I need to tell lightdm tht I want a logon prompt to choose which one I want to start? You can learn quite a bit by creating a VM and then trying things out there before you change your actual

Lightdm and dual DE question

2021-09-26 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, If I install a second DE (Desktop Environment), do I need to tell lightdm tht I want a logon prompt to choose which one I want to start? Many thanks, -T ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to use

Is there a way to transfer Xfce's Panel 1 launchers into MATE?

2021-09-26 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Fedora 34 Xfce 4.14 Is there a way to transfer Xfce's Panel 1 launchers into MATE? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedorap