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Many thanks. That works just fine. I have never needed to access USB sticks that way before, they have always been more directly 'available' for example in "Files" and the Libre Office applications. Wth 20/20 hindsight, I have seen that sort of File Open dialog in some other applications, ...

Thank you, that made me think again. I did not explain the problem very well, and in fact I can open a file on a USB stick. Using 'Files', I can find a file on a USB stick, then right-mouse-button on the file, Open with and I can select qpdfview. If however I start qpdfview, and select File-Open, th...

LMDE5 64bit Cinnamon I just installed QPDFVIEW. Seems to do to PDF files what I want it to do. But the file open dialog appears to only allow files on the hard drive to be opened. In general, I do not keep data files on my hard drive, but on USB sticks. How do I get QPDFVIEW to open a file on a USB ...

But it looks like QPDFVIEW will only open files from the hard drive. I can't work out how to make it open a file on a USB stick.

Ron

It looks like QPDFVIEW will do the job

Ron

LMDE5 64bit Cinnamon There's a PDF form I need to complete that is supplied with fillable fields. What I want to be able to do is open the PDF, complete some of the fillable fields, then save at that point so I can come back later and complete more of the fields. And maybe even a 3rd go. And I'm goi...

My old TV just died. I bought a new Samsung 24" monitor, and it has OSD adjustments. So, even though the screen was displaced a few pixels, I have been able to adjust things so it is now OK.

Ron

Just installed a Cinnamon update using Update Manager. Cinnamon now 5.4.12. The pixel displacement at the top of the screen has gone as far as I can see, but I am still losing a couple of pixels at the bottom of the panel.

Ron

If you mean the OSD of the display itself, I have not found anything in its menu that adjusts the positioning of the output from the PC. There are no physical adjustment buttons. It's an oldish TV, and I see no point in going to an electronics store.

Ron

Glad to see I'm not the only one to have this problem -er- symptom. I looked at the man pages for xrandr. It was not obvious to me which option I could use to move the screen. Not saying it isn't there :) but it's a bit above my pay grade. If there is such an option, would it need to be executed eve...

I booted Windows 10. Screen not displaced.

How do I get LMDE5 to act like LMDE4 or Windows 10 ?

Ron

For what it's worth xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1440 x 900, maximum 8192 x 8192 VGA-1 connected primary 1440x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 410mm x 256mm 1440x900 59.89*+ 1280x1024 75.02 60.02 1360x768 59.95 1024x768 75.03 70.07 60.00 800x600 72.19 75.00 60.32 56....

I used Timeshift to restore my last LMDE4 snapshot. I can confirm that with LMDE4 the screen is *not* displaced down by 4 pixels in VGA mode. However, DP/HDMI mode gave the same unusable result as with LMDE5. I tried to use Timeshift to restore my last Timeshift snapshot from LMDE5, but I ended up w...

you will notice an immediate improvement in the crispness of the image along with it being properly positioned and sized on the display. It's worth the small outlay I did get a Displayport to HDMI adapter for a very small outlay. Yes, nice crisp image. No, not properly sized and positioned. As best...

LMDE5 I updated the default PDF viewer to my choice, Okular, by Menu-Preferences-Preferred Applications-PDF and choosing Okular ETA I had 2 different 'Document Viewer' apps in the drop down, xreader and evince, but I prefer Okular ETA 2 I switched to Google Chrome today :-) because it gives me easie...

Many thanks. Yes, definitely Displayport. I looked up the TechRef Manual for the PC, and it says that 'legacy' VGA and Displayport video interfaces are provided and that DP to VGI or DP to HDMI adapters are available.

Ron

Thanks for that. My old desktop PC has the full size Displayport. Amazon Australia has a DP-to-HDMI adapter available and if I get really p*ssed off with the pixel offset, I'll probably get one.

Ron

Yes, it does have a Displayport. I have no idea what it is, that is I have never used one. Does not appear to be the same shape as an HDMI port, and I don't have any Displayport cables/adapters in my stock of odds-and-ends. So I ignored it.

Ron

Well, I installed a second copy of LotusNotes using PlayonLinux. Works fine. No idea why the copy that ran OK on LMDE4 will not run on LMDE5.

Ron

Just upgraded from LMDE4 to LMDE5 using mintupgrade. I have been running an old Windows app, Lotus Notes, on LMDE since I was running LMDE2. Worked fine on LMDE2, then on LMDE3 and LMDE4. The last time I updated one of the LotusNotes databases was 28 July 2022, although I have accessed them since th...