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The instructions you gave me had no effect on mpv. They did for me: mpv played a video and I could adjust the contrast, etc. MrEen's instructions...I didn't know about hitting the number keys (!), and re. that post https://askubuntu.com/questions/1053084/mpv-player-keys-dont-work-on-video , FWIW, I...

jon65436 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 22, 2020 6:51 pm

hi...
thanks but my problem don't concern smplayer but MPV.

smplayer can run mpv and do the adjustments you want - why is that not good enough?

sudo kill -9 PID
Also: xkill, pick a window to kill.

I'd just install mint 19.3 on a samsung nc 210 (intel atom n550) and concern mpv player, I can't adjust brightness, contrast, color...(only sound adjustment works) :? I did manage to do it with smplayer,though. (by choosing xv as output driver) How about smplayer -> Options -> Prefs -> General tab ...

pulseaudio (pauvcontrol), when installed, can't see my devices Realtek ALC887-VD and usb headset H390. Uninstalling it allows both to work as expected. ?? I don't "see" any actual devices listed at all in pavucontrol, just stuff like "Headphones", or "7.1 output". My motivation for using pulseaudio...

AndyMH wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 21, 2020 3:00 pm

Flemur wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 21, 2020 11:16 am

What does sometihng like, "Partition Magic" do when you create an ext4 partition?

It's windows software????

It's also a bootable dvd. I used to use it years ago.

I'm not sure, what I exactly did, but removing an old .config/gtk-2.0/ was part of it. Now changing the Appearance -> Style in qt5ct had an effect, which it did not have before. No idea, if some other magic was involved, but it works for me. That sounds about right since the various desktops don't ...

So how to make the filename by default not show the " Link to " text? When I dragged the lock icon from firefox into pcmanfm, nothing happened (the drag window bounced back). When I dragged it into thunar, it asked me for the file name, I enter "mint" and get a file named "mint.desktop" with this c...

Hi members, on my shiny new Tricia install, Qt applications don't look that nice for now. Font are too big and look clumsy. I wonder if there is a proper way to make Qt look just like they are in xfce/GTK? Install and run qt5ct "This utility allows users to configure Qt5 settings (theme, font, icon...

They are, and being very successful at it! Came up with a few use cases on the margin that I hadn't thought of that crashed my software, like trying to write to a partition owned by root. That sounds more like a bug in your software than a gparted issue. What does sometihng like, "Partition Magic" ...

pbear wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:19 pm

Flemur wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 20, 2020 1:47 pm

I had it happen, but that was long ago ...

The interesting question is: Do you remember whether it was Grub2 (vs. legacy Grub or even LILO)?

Nope, but now I have the old computer to mess with, so maybe I'll try an experiment: install mint and move the partition containing /boot.

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After years on an old computer I just got one that uses EFI...it's basically a good thing, I think, but unnecessarily confusing, and you really don't have to do much to use it. Question. Do I now NEED to create an "EFI system partition" or "UEFI system partition" where-as before I did not? Sort of -...

LennartL wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 20, 2020 1:58 pm

My tools have disappeared in Gimp.
Here's how it suddenly looks:
Skärmavbild vid 2020-02-20 18-57-42.png

On the main menu: Windows -> (check the 'dock' and 'dialog' entries)

I use grsync, which is rsync + a GUI, to backup data and OSs, keeping the latest copy of each file; IIRC rsync can save updated copies, but I've never tried it. grsync also provides a very useful preview.
(click to make it look better)

... with MBR booting ... if you move the beginning of the partition containing /boot/grub/grub.cfg you can't boot without some major repairs. I've always understood that to be the case, but tried it recently and couldn't reproduce the problem. I had it happen, but that was long ago and it might've ...

How to reinstall article says:

"When the installation is complete, remove the Live USB thumb drive or Live CD and reboot. Now it’s time to re-install your applications to your new OS."

Could you login at that point? ...before reinstalling the programs?

Hi All: In reinstalling a system while preserving user settings, etc, à la How To Reinstall Linux Mint Without Losing Your Data & Settings. https://helpdeskgeek.com/linux-tips/how ... -settings/ That's a link to "How Do HDMI Splitters Work & Best Ones To Buy" Edit: "How To Reinstall Linux Mint With...

One more update on this - I installed Linux Mint 19.3 XFCE with kernel 5.3 on that NUC and its working pretty well. No SD card reader and suspend won't resume properly (had the same issues with Fedora 30 and 31 on its as well), but other wise seems to run fine with 8 GB of RAM and booting from a US...

I just got a computer with UEFI and discovered that you can move your boot partition without any fiddling around because the grub.cfg file in /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu refers to the boot partition by UUID, (the partition holds the grub.cfg files with the actual kernel information), rather than an offset ...