[xubuntu-users] Problems trying to use XDMX on Xubuntu 18.04.1

Yvo Brasseur yvo.brasseur at rendaosolutions.com
Tue Oct 9 13:59:02 UTC 2018


Hi everybody,

after some searching on the web I read a few times that xdmx on ubuntu is
broken,  but that the version
of Debian ETCH is still OK ?

Any experience with this ?

I have not been able so far to find a download for that package as all Etch
mirrors seem to have gone.

All hints more than welcome !

Brgds,

Yvo Brasseur.

2018-10-09 14:00 GMT+02:00 <xubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com>:

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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 15:20:14 +0200
> From: Mike Simms <mail at mikesimms.eu>
> To: xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: [xubuntu-users] Touchpad timeout
> Message-ID: <44c97e6c-dc02-90fe-7012-30dc7da52f1a at mikesimms.eu>
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> On my laptop, the touchpad is 'flush' with the body of the computer -
> it's not recessed liek older laptops used to be. This means that as I
> type I often touch it accidentally with say the wrist and the focus
> jumps to where the cursor is, a few words get typed into the wrong place
> on the screen!
>
> I know about the "disable touchpad while typing", I have set to 0.5
> seconds, but it still keeps happening. Is there anywhere a smarter
> method if controlling the touchpad behaviour?
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 10:59:39 -0500
> From: Victor Forberger <vforberger at fastmail.fm>
> To: Xubuntu Support and User Discussions
>         <xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>, Mike Simms <mail at mikesimms.eu>
> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Touchpad timeout
> Message-ID: <031d172c-b8b9-7048-ec65-b3e306864356 at fastmail.fm>
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> On 10/08/2018 08:20 AM, Mike Simms wrote:
> > On my laptop, the touchpad is 'flush' with the body of the computer -
> > it's not recessed liek older laptops used to be. This means that as I
> > type I often touch it accidentally with say the wrist and the focus
> > jumps to where the cursor is, a few words get typed into the wrong place
> > on the screen!
> >
> > I know about the "disable touchpad while typing", I have set to 0.5
> > seconds, but it still keeps happening. Is there anywhere a smarter
> > method if controlling the touchpad behaviour?
> >
> >
> Mike,
>
> You want to use the terminal command synclient to make adjustments. Use
>
> synclient -l
>
> to see current settings. Do some internet searching for various options.
>
> See my review of my laptop for how I used synclient to adjust the
> middle-click timing of my track-pad.
>
> https://linuxatty.wordpress.com/2018/07/23/review-galago-
> pro-from-system-76-and-xubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver/
>
> And, FWIW, I don't like to disable my track-pad when typing. I find that
> the main problem are the settings for double and triple clicking on the
> track-pad rather than its sensitivity when typing. So, I have all of
> those features turned off.
>
> - Victor
>
>
> --
> Victor Forberger
> vforberger at fastmail.fm
> blog: http://linuxatty.wordpress.com
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> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 18:17:16 +0200
> From: Ulli Horlacher <framstag at rus.uni-stuttgart.de>
> To: xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Alt+Fn switches to tty console?!
> Message-ID: <20181008161716.GA29930 at rus.uni-stuttgart.de>
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>
> I still have this problem/bug:
>
> On Fri 2018-06-15 (08:19), Ulli Horlacher wrote:
> > On Fri 2018-06-15 (08:11), Ulli Horlacher wrote:
> >
> > > > Alt+F1 switches to the tty console 1
> > > >
> > > > In the past I have had to press Control+Alt+Fn to switch the console.
> > >
> > > Another PC now has the same bug, AFTER an "apt-get upgrade"!
> >
> > After reboot (because of new kernel) the old standard behaviour with
> > Control+Alt+Fn is back again.
>
> A reboot is not necessary, restarting the X server is sufficient to bring
> back the default [Alt] [Fn] behaviour.
>
> But some time (minutes... hours...) later my keyboard layout is again
> redefined.
>
> Still, the question is: who/what is reconfiguring my X11 keyboard?!
>
> Plan B: how can I store the current keyboard layout to restore it at a
> later time?
>
> "xmodmap -pke" only shows normal keys and not the modifier keys.
>
>
> --
> Ullrich Horlacher              Server und Virtualisierung
> Rechenzentrum TIK
> Universitaet Stuttgart         E-Mail: horlacher at tik.uni-stuttgart.de
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 12:29:55 -0700
> From: MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com>
> To: Xubuntu Support and User Discussions
>         <xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Touchpad timeout
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> On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 9:00 AM Victor Forberger <vforberger at fastmail.fm>
> wrote:
> >
> > On 10/08/2018 08:20 AM, Mike Simms wrote:
> > > On my laptop, the touchpad is 'flush' with the body of the computer -
> > > it's not recessed liek older laptops used to be. This means that as I
> > > type I often touch it accidentally with say the wrist and the focus
> > > jumps to where the cursor is, a few words get typed into the wrong
> place
> > > on the screen!
> > >
> > > I know about the "disable touchpad while typing", I have set to 0.5
> > > seconds, but it still keeps happening. Is there anywhere a smarter
> > > method if controlling the touchpad behaviour?
> > >
> > >
> > Mike,
> >
> > You want to use the terminal command synclient to make adjustments. Use
> >
> > synclient -l
> >
> > to see current settings. Do some internet searching for various options.
> >
> > See my review of my laptop for how I used synclient to adjust the
> > middle-click timing of my track-pad.
> >
> > https://linuxatty.wordpress.com/2018/07/23/review-galago-
> pro-from-system-76-and-xubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver/
> >
> > And, FWIW, I don't like to disable my track-pad when typing. I find that
> > the main problem are the settings for double and triple clicking on the
> > track-pad rather than its sensitivity when typing. So, I have all of
> > those features turned off.
> >
> > - Victor
> >
> I have one of those older laptops with a recessed touchpad.  I
> disabled the touchpad altogether.
>
> When I'm typing, the last thing I need is for the mouse cursor
> suddenly to leap out of my window, or worse, to somewhere else in my
> window (i.e. document), because one of my fingers inadvertently
> touched the pad.  It destroys the continuity of my typing and
> interrupts whatever thought I might be trying to express, just to find
> the cursor and where it reappeared and undo the damage.
>
> I don't miss the touchpad at all, and my mouse is far more convenient
> to use, even if I don't have a desk to put the laptop on, or a lot of
> space for the mouse.  I prefer using the keyboard anyway, and a real
> mouse beats a touchpad any day hands down to the max.
>
> That's just me.  YMMD.
>
> Mark Richter
> Senior Staff Engineer
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 15:03:32 +0800
> From: lukshuntim at gmail.com
> To: xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Alt+Fn switches to tty console?!
> Message-ID: <d278bb40-4828-9d32-6c99-503e50f7fd36 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>
> On Tuesday, October 09, 2018 12:17 AM, Ulli Horlacher wrote:
> >
> > I still have this problem/bug:
> >
> > On Fri 2018-06-15 (08:19), Ulli Horlacher wrote:
> >> On Fri 2018-06-15 (08:11), Ulli Horlacher wrote:
> >>
> >>>> Alt+F1 switches to the tty console 1
> >>>>
> >>>> In the past I have had to press Control+Alt+Fn to switch the console.
> >>>
> >>> Another PC now has the same bug, AFTER an "apt-get upgrade"!
> >>
> >> After reboot (because of new kernel) the old standard behaviour with
> >> Control+Alt+Fn is back again.
> >
> > A reboot is not necessary, restarting the X server is sufficient to bring
> > back the default [Alt] [Fn] behaviour.
> >
> > But some time (minutes... hours...) later my keyboard layout is again
> > redefined.
> >
> > Still, the question is: who/what is reconfiguring my X11 keyboard?!
>
> See if this helps
>
> /usr/share/doc/keyboard-configuration/README.Debian
>
> Regards,
> -- st
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 09:29:53 +0200
> From: Piotr Kacprzak <sp6owb at gmail.com>
> To: xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Cosmic Cuttlefish (18.10) Beta Testing
> Message-ID: <bfe9ac0a-e746-9e34-ab84-8804787fd6a9 at gmail.com>
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>
> On 25/09/18 06:25, flocculant wrote:
> >> At some point during today we should see images arrive at the tracker
> >> [1] for the Cosmic Beta.
> >>
> >> Please help to test this milestone - everyone should be able to do
> >> something to test this for us all.
> >>
> >> Links to the Beta section on the iso tracker will be posted to this
> >> thread as soon as someone sees them.
> >>
> >> thanks all
> >>
> >> Kev
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Unsurprsingly  - we're getting respins shortly so will need to at
> > least smoketest the images again.
> >
> > Though if people haven't tested yet - and intended to - please do what
> > you already intended to do
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> >
>
>
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