August 2019 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: August WLUG meeting reminder!!

by Tim Keller

Keith, If your up for it, I can pick you up at your house. Otherwise, we need to up our streaming game! In any case, I hope you feel better soon. Later, Tim. On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 2:39 PM Keith Wright via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > Hey fellow WLUG'ers! > > > > We've got a meeting this Thursday August 15th! > > Keep the faith. I had planned to be there, > but I fell and sprained my ankle. > Getting between the bed, bathroom, and armchair, > is about all the moving I want to do. > > I haven't fogotten you and I hope to see you next month. > > -- Keith > _______________________________________________ > 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".

Aug. 15, 2019

Re: August WLUG meeting reminder!!

by Keith Wright

Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Hey fellow WLUG'ers! > > We've got a meeting this Thursday August 15th! Keep the faith. I had planned to be there, but I fell and sprained my ankle. Getting between the bed, bathroom, and armchair, is about all the moving I want to do. I haven't fogotten you and I hope to see you next month. -- Keith

Aug. 15, 2019

Re: Comparing distro packages

by Dennis Payne

I know openalchemist is there. I have it installed. I maintain ostrichriders and btbuilder. I alerted the maintainer of shippy to my updated version of that program. What I'm interested in knowing, is when something is included in Fedora but not Debian. This doesn't have to be limited to Fedora and Debian. They just happen to be the ones I'm looking at. If you give a demo of say openalchemist at a user group meeting, it would be nice to be able to say it is available on Fedora and FreeBSD but not Debian. There is a PPA for Ubuntu. I stumbled on this wiki page for Debian which compared it to Fedora 20 but I have no idea how up to date it is: https://wiki.debian.org/Games/FedoraGamesNotInDebian On Tue, 2019-08-13 at 15:23 +0000, Anderson, Charles R via WLUG wrote: > openalchemist has recent builds in Fedora: > > https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=7009 > > shippy, ostrichriders, btbuilder are all there as well. > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org

Aug. 13, 2019

Re: Comparing distro packages

by Anderson, Charles R

On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 08:54:56AM -0400, Dennis Payne via WLUG wrote: > I wanted to know if OpenAlchemist is included in Debian. During my > searching I found distrowatch has the ability to compare packages from > distributions. I pull up Fedora and Debian. > > https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=compare-packages&firstlist=fedor… > > Fedora's list of packages doesn't include OpenAlchemist. Nor does it > include shippy, ostrichriders, and btbuilder. Clearly this isn't a > complete list. Am I doing something wrong on distrowatch? Is there a > different way to do the same thing? openalchemist has recent builds in Fedora: https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=7009 shippy, ostrichriders, btbuilder are all there as well.

Aug. 13, 2019

Comparing distro packages

by Dennis Payne

I wanted to know if OpenAlchemist is included in Debian. During my searching I found distrowatch has the ability to compare packages from distributions. I pull up Fedora and Debian. https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=compare-packages&firstlist=fedor… Fedora's list of packages doesn't include OpenAlchemist. Nor does it include shippy, ostrichriders, and btbuilder. Clearly this isn't a complete list. Am I doing something wrong on distrowatch? Is there a different way to do the same thing?

Aug. 13, 2019

August WLUG meeting reminder!!

by Tim Keller

Hey fellow WLUG'ers! We've got a meeting this Thursday August 15th! Space and time: WPI student center mid century room (rm 331) aka "the usual haunt" at 7pm. Topic: general discussion / using linux to drive a Curio die cut machine. San is and refreshments will be provided and afterwards we'll head off for dinner to continue the conversation. See ya there! Tim Keller WLUG President

Aug. 13, 2019

Re: Next Meeting moved to August 15th 2019

by Richard Klein

Do we know what room the meeting will be in yet? On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 5:54 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey Gang, > > I'm going to move the meeting to August 15th. > > If you've got a topic idea, let me know. Otherwise, we can either do an > open topic meeting. > > Thanks, > Tim. > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >

Aug. 12, 2019

Re: August 15th 2019 and/or GIMP resizing/crop ideas

by Doug Mildram

doug/OP> yay, ideas! Boo/delay: learning curve. Thing1: Found xnconvert is already on my linux Mint system, but havent figured out how to use it yet ( dont wanna crop via X/Y/Width/Height coordinates, i suspect if I get smarter it will let me crop via mouse.....) Thing2: Found caesium and/or caesiumPH is free compile-able software, if I knew how to compile it I'd try it, since it mentions no-pixel-loss compression in caesiumPH. I'm Qt-clueless however; ~/CaesiumPH-0.9.5-beta$ AUTHORS.md CaesiumPH.pro CHANGELOG.md icons/ icons.qrc LICENSE qss/ qt.conf README.md src/ style.qrc TODO.md translations/ doug> README says/includes...a bit more but below are the best hints: ##### REQUIREMENTS * [mozjpeg](https://github.com/mozilla/mozjpeg) * [Exiv2](http://www.exiv2.org/) ---------- ##### TESTED PLATFORMS * MacOSX El Capitan (v. 10.11.1) * Windows 10 64 bit * ArchLinux ---------- ##### INSTALLATION Binaries can be found at [GitHub]( https://github.com/Lymphatus/CaesiumPH/releases/latest) Linux source code must be compiled using Qt5.5. doug> ~/CaesiumPH-0.9.5-beta$ l src aboutdialog.cpp cimageinfo.h lossless.h* qdroptreewidget.cpp* aboutdialog.h cphlist.cpp main.cpp qdroptreewidget.h* aboutdialog.ui cphlist.h networkoperations.cpp utils.cpp caesiumph.cpp ctreewidgetitem.h networkoperations.h utils.h caesiumph.h exif.cpp preferencedialog.cpp caesiumph.ui exif.h preferencedialog.h cimageinfo.cpp lossless.cpp* preferencedialog.ui doug> Tempted to try binaries and/or learn Qt ( src/main.cpp clearly needs it w/o teaching me anything) ...................gotta run for now. Thanks ongoing. On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 10:02 AM Joseph G via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hello Richard, > > Have you taken a look at these? > > https://www.xnview.com/en/xnconvert/ > https://saerasoft.com/caesium/ > > Enjoy your weekend, > Joe > > > On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 9:37 AM Richard Klein via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > wrote: > >> How do PNG files compare? >> >> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 8:05 AM Doug Mildram via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> >> wrote: >> >>> doug> I have a topic idea and/OR question-for-list-here+now, but only >>> half a clue; >>> I seek the Grail (our group's collective mind meld) on.... >>> >>> Resizing/cropping images efficiently w/r/t >>> ( a) my time to perform the file manipuation, and >>> (b) efficient+good JPG compression/filesize-shrinking. >>> >>> In my nearly-abandoned Windows-OS world, I had/have an obscure tool >>> ACDSee >>> which I paid $10-20 for, 25 yrs ago ! (still avail for windows >>> only) which.... >>> >>> --- is very easy/quick to use in my opinion >>> --- does an easy image rotation if needed >>> --- does an easy crop-and-save (the main feature for me) >>> --- magically, without asking about quality/compression? DOES COMPRESS >>> Very Well: >>> .... I can crop most images (eg typical smartphone jpg around 4mb >>> for example, >>> ........ I can crop most of it and save with a typical result = >>> 10-20% of original file size = 400-800k >>> ........... and you wouldn't believe how good the 10%-smaller image >>> tends to look. >>> >>> GIMP can do these, except seems to lack the magical quality of ACDSee >>> for a downsize. >>> >>> while doing GIMP's Crop first, then Export to JPG, GIMP Export asks for >>> a QUALITY in the 1-100% range, >>> if I choose 10% I do get a 400k file, but it's grainy as you might >>> expect, >>> and I wonder how ACDSee does such superior compression with barely any >>> loss/grainy result. -------doug >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >> > > ) > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >

Aug. 10, 2019

Sr or Prin Linux Drivers/kernel job

by John Spencer

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Aug. 9, 2019

Re: Best place to look for webcam drivers

by Richard Klein

Output from v4l2-ctl -l: > User Controls > > brightness 0x00980900 (int) : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=128 value=128 flags=slider > contrast 0x00980901 (int) : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=128 value=128 flags=slider > gamma 0x00980910 (int) : min=1 max=6 step=1 default=3 value=3 flags=slider > gain_automatic 0x00980912 (bool) : default=1 value=1 > power_line_frequency 0x00980918 (menu) : min=0 max=2 default=0 value=0 > sharpness 0x0098091b (int) : min=0 max=3 step=1 default=2 value=2 flags=slider > > JPEG Compression Controls > > compression_quality 0x009d0903 (int) : min=50 max=87 step=1 default=75 value=75 Output from v4l2-ctl -D: > Driver Info (not using libv4l2): > Driver name : gspca_zc3xx > Card type : USB Camera (041e:4051) > Bus info : usb-0000:00:1d.3-1 > Driver version: 4.15.18 > Capabilities : 0x85200001 > Video Capture > Read/Write > Streaming > Extended Pix Format > Device Capabilities > Device Caps : 0x05200001 > Video Capture > Read/Write > Streaming > Extended Pix Format Maybe "(not using libv4l2):" is my problem? Do I need a webcam app that specifically supports gspca? Anyway, I added myself to the 'video' group and ran Cheese. Since I was already in the terminal, I ran Cheese from the command line instead of from the GUI, like I usually do, and I was rewarded with some extra output (editing out some irrelevant lines): > Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0". > (cheese:8484): cheese-CRITICAL **: 10:26:20.051: cheese_camera_device_get_name: assertion 'CHEESE_IS_CAMERA_DEVICE (device)' failed Cheese still didn't find a video device, and I got the same results running it as root. On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 4:59 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >>>>> "Richard" == Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> writes: > > Richard> Hmm... > Richard> From lsusb: > Richard> Bus 005 Device 003: ID 041e:4051 Creative Technology, Ltd Live! > Cam Notebook Pro [VF0250] > > So it sees it ok as a USB device > > Richard> And from v4l2-ctl: > Richard> USB Camera (041e:4051) (usb-0000:00:1d.3-1): > Richard> /dev/video0 > > And it finds it properly. Maybe you can do: > > v4l2-ctl -l /dev/video0 > > and see what controls is offers. Or try the -D option. See the man > page for things to try. > > Richard> But the webcam app I installed (Cheese) detects no device. > > Did you check the permissions of /dev/video? Does 'cheese' have the > permissions to open the file? Try running as root, or adding your > account to the 'video' group. > > John >

Aug. 9, 2019