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Re: Setting up new monitor

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: Tim> It's been my experience that dual, tri and even quad monitor Tim> setups just "work" these days. Though I did hit a funny one the Tim> other day, I had a co-worker who discovered that the the maximum Tim> number of xterms he could have running was ~240. Was that because he's hit some sort of limit on the number of open file descriptors for his login, or something like that? Can you give us more details on this issue? First I've ever heard of it and I'm a big big xterm user. :-) I like minimal terminals that don't waste screen real estate. Tim> I pointed out that gterm/mterm or any of the other tabable Tim> terminals don't suffer this limitation but he's old school and Tim> wants to use xterm... It should be noted he also actively uses Tim> more than 36 desktop pages as well where these windows were Tim> strewn across. He must cry when his session gets logged out and he has to rebuild all his setup work, even if it does snapshot all those terminal windows, etc. I'm just amazed at that level of keeping track of windows....

May 30, 2019

Re: Setting up new monitor

by Tim Keller

It's been my experience that dual, tri and even quad monitor setups just "work" these days. Though I did hit a funny one the other day, I had a co-worker who discovered that the the maximum number of xterms he could have running was ~240. I pointed out that gterm/mterm or any of the other tabable terminals don't suffer this limitation but he's old school and wants to use xterm... It should be noted he also actively uses more than 36 desktop pages as well where these windows were strewn across. On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 6:47 AM Richard Klein via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Restarting the display manager fixed it. > > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 8:26 PM Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> > wrote: > >> I picked up a free monitor today, a Samsung S24C230L. The native >> resolution is 1920x1080, and it's connected via DVI. The existing monitor >> has a native resolution of 1680x1050 and is plugged into the analog VGA >> port. The NVIDIA X Server Settings seem to agree, so what's up with the >> display on the second monitor? >> https://photos.app.goo.gl/M1R9MQnDMCaD7qca6 >> When I try saving the X Configuration File, it warns me that I should use >> relative positioning for the second display, instead of absolute >> positioning. Maybe that's the problem, but I can't find that setting >> anywhere. >> >> Got any ideas? >> >> -- >> Rich >> > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

May 30, 2019

Re: Setting up new monitor

by Richard Klein

Restarting the display manager fixed it. On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 8:26 PM Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> wrote: > I picked up a free monitor today, a Samsung S24C230L. The native > resolution is 1920x1080, and it's connected via DVI. The existing monitor > has a native resolution of 1680x1050 and is plugged into the analog VGA > port. The NVIDIA X Server Settings seem to agree, so what's up with the > display on the second monitor? > https://photos.app.goo.gl/M1R9MQnDMCaD7qca6 > When I try saving the X Configuration File, it warns me that I should use > relative positioning for the second display, instead of absolute > positioning. Maybe that's the problem, but I can't find that setting > anywhere. > > Got any ideas? > > -- > Rich >

May 29, 2019

Setting up new monitor

by Richard Klein

I picked up a free monitor today, a Samsung S24C230L. The native resolution is 1920x1080, and it's connected via DVI. The existing monitor has a native resolution of 1680x1050 and is plugged into the analog VGA port. The NVIDIA X Server Settings seem to agree, so what's up with the display on the second monitor? https://photos.app.goo.gl/M1R9MQnDMCaD7qca6 When I try saving the X Configuration File, it warns me that I should use relative positioning for the second display, instead of absolute positioning. Maybe that's the problem, but I can't find that setting anywhere. Got any ideas? -- Rich

May 29, 2019

Re: PCSX2

by Dennis Payne

I started to wonder if maybe I'm not thinking about this with a eye to the future. Maintaining this will be difficult. I decided to take a look on flathub.org. It does have a flatpak for pcsx2. https://flathub.org/apps/details/net.pcsx2.PCSX2 It is listed as 1.5.0-dev. The playstation 2 bios files needed to moved to a different location. It runs about the same as the regular version. Steambot Chronicles doesn't run at full speed on my computer (about ~50% PS2 speed). The flatpak version may have been a percent or two behind but hard to say for certain. I did have problems installing it. Following the instructions on the site didn't work. The repository is added in my Gnome Software but clicking on install gave an error "Failed to install file: not supported". Not sure why that is. I ended up using the command line. flatpak install flathub net.pcsx2.PCSX2 On Sat, 2019-05-18 at 14:35 -0400, Dennis Payne via WLUG wrote: > Before the meeting on games, I tested pcsx2 thinking maybe I could > show it. However, it was removed from rpmfusion in Fedora 30. PCSX2 > is playstation 2 emulator. I have a working PS2 but the He-Man game > was only released in Europe and it is region locked. The emulator > finally allowed me to try the game. Since I didn't like losing that > ability I've rebuilt the pcsx2 package for Fedora 30. > > http://identicalsoftware.com/dulsi/lzma-libs-4.32.7-21.fc30.i686.rpm > http://identicalsoftware.com/dulsi/pcsx2-1.4-11.fc30.i686.rpm > > The src rpms are exactly the same as the files from fedora and > rpmfusion. I cheated a bit in compiling the pcsx2 package. It had > some errors with system headers files. Rather than create a patch to > make it compile, I hacked the system header files. (It was a throw > away VM because pcsx2 can't compile in 64 bit.) > > Feel free to grab it if you want to play PS2 games. > > -- > Dennis Payne > dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com > https://social.freegamedev.net/channel/dulsi > > _______________________________________________WLUG mailing list -- > wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org

May 21, 2019

PCSX2

by Dennis Payne

Before the meeting on games, I tested pcsx2 thinking maybe I could show it. However, it was removed from rpmfusion in Fedora 30. PCSX2 is playstation 2 emulator. I have a working PS2 but the He-Man game was only released in Europe and it is region locked. The emulator finally allowed me to try the game. Since I didn't like losing that ability I've rebuilt the pcsx2 package for Fedora 30. http://identicalsoftware.com/dulsi/lzma-libs-4.32.7-21.fc30.i686.rpm http://identicalsoftware.com/dulsi/pcsx2-1.4-11.fc30.i686.rpm The src rpms are exactly the same as the files from fedora and rpmfusion. I cheated a bit in compiling the pcsx2 package. It had some errors with system headers files. Rather than create a patch to make it compile, I hacked the system header files. (It was a throw away VM because pcsx2 can't compile in 64 bit.) Feel free to grab it if you want to play PS2 games. -- Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com https://social.freegamedev.net/channel/dulsi

May 18, 2019

Sandbox tower defense game

by Richard Klein

This looks similar to Factorio (which Tim showed us) to me: Mindustry - https://anuke.itch.io/mindustry -- Rich

May 18, 2019

Gaming on Linux

by Richard Klein

Does anyone have a favorite tower defense game? Has anyone come across something like World of Tanks for Linux (preferably something that doesn't require WINE or Vulkan)? I was pleased to find Minecraft was in my default repositories. I installed it, but haven't tried it yet. -- Rich

May 18, 2019

Re: WLUG Meeting TODAY!! Topic: Linux Gaming!

by Levasseur, Kenneth

Yea...CC is locked as well, anyone get in? Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> ________________________________ From: Dennis Payne via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 3:02:13 PM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion Cc: Tim Keller; Dennis Payne Subject: [WLUG] Re: WLUG Meeting TODAY!! Topic: Linux Gaming! It's been a really long time since I've attended or been on WPI campus. Where should we park? On Thu, 2019-05-16 at 09:36 -0400, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: Hey Everybody! We've got a meeting today!! Date: May 16th, 2019 Time: 7pm Location: WPI Campus Center Mid Century Room (rm 331) Topic: Linux Gaming This month we'll be talking about Linux Gaming! I will be attending! I plan do demo using Lutris. If others would like to demo games on linux feel free to show them off. As usual snacks and refreshments will be provided and afterwards we'll head off for dinner. Thanks, Tim. _______________________________________________ WLUG mailing list -- <mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org> wlug(a)lists.wlug.org To unsubscribe send an email to <mailto:wlug-leave@lists.wlug.org> wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org

May 16, 2019

Re: WLUG Meeting TODAY!! Topic: Linux Gaming!

by Dennis Payne

It's been a really long time since I've attended or been on WPI campus. Where should we park? On Thu, 2019-05-16 at 09:36 -0400, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > Hey Everybody! > We've got a meeting today!! > Date: May 16th, 2019 > Time: 7pm > Location: WPI Campus Center Mid Century Room (rm 331) > Topic: Linux Gaming > > This month we'll be talking about Linux Gaming! I will be attending! > > I plan do demo using Lutris. If others would like to demo games on > linux feel free to show them off. > > As usual snacks and refreshments will be provided and afterwards > we'll head off for dinner. > > Thanks, > Tim. > > > _______________________________________________WLUG mailing list -- > wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org

May 16, 2019