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by Commander_X
Mon Sep 04, 2023 1:43 am
Forum: Oolite-Linux
Topic: Joystick mapping tool for Linux
Replies: 15
Views: 5894

Re: Joystick mapping tool for Linux

Disclaimer: don't use a joystick/gamepad too often, and didn't test this. Google-fu for "linux joystick button mapping app", returns AntiMicroX (https://github.com/AntiMicroX/antimicrox), which seems to cover to some extent what the Logitech app is capable of. One caveat (might or might no...
by Commander_X
Tue Aug 29, 2023 5:57 pm
Forum: Outworld
Topic: Too Many Fonts
Replies: 6
Views: 3602

Re: Too Many Fonts

[...] you can install a shortcut to the font to save space but not sure if that would speed up boot times. [...] Yes, even with font shortcuts, Windows would have to manage a "font cache" file (not sure where it resides in the later versions). Unlike the Linux counterpart, this cannot be ...
by Commander_X
Mon Aug 28, 2023 4:11 pm
Forum: Outworld
Topic: Too Many Fonts
Replies: 6
Views: 3602

Re: Too Many Fonts

My approach would be: - zip-up the whole content of the fonts folder - remove/uninstall most of the fonts (if possible leave only windows out-of-the-box fonts, and those you're really into at this time) - restart - keep the zip file handy -- when you need to use a document with fonts not installed, ...
by Commander_X
Thu Jul 20, 2023 3:33 am
Forum: Oolite-Linux
Topic: Oolite Linux 1.91 fails to run on Ubuntu 22 LTS
Replies: 10
Views: 4128

Re: Oolite Linux 1.91 fails to run on Ubuntu 22 LTS

[...] Are you familiar with git/github? Could you prepare a change? I am familiar a bit with git, but not at all with github. I don't think though the change is that complicated where the 32 bit and 64 bit of libgnustep-base.so.1.20 are retired (deleted), and libgnustep-base.so.1.28 versions added....
by Commander_X
Wed Jul 19, 2023 8:10 pm
Forum: Oolite-Linux
Topic: Oolite Linux 1.91 fails to run on Ubuntu 22 LTS
Replies: 10
Views: 4128

Re: Oolite Linux 1.91 fails to run on Ubuntu 22 LTS

[...] Number 2 may have additional caveats as I understand it. I gave a spin to an attempt to rebuild gnustep-base-1.20 in my current Slackware 15.0 version, and it won't work. I tweaked some configuration options (by excluding e.g. objc-api.h, and enforcing the linker to look into /usr/lib64), and...
by Commander_X
Wed Jul 19, 2023 12:51 pm
Forum: Oolite-Linux
Topic: Oolite Linux 1.91 fails to run on Ubuntu 22 LTS
Replies: 10
Views: 4128

Re: Oolite Linux 1.91 fails to run on Ubuntu 22 LTS

From what I can tell, there are two obvious options: 1) provide libgnustep-base.so.1.28 instead of libgnustep-base.so.1.20 as a Linux dependency 2) continue building with libgnustep-base.so.1.20 and use it as a runtime dependecy Number 2 above might require an environment with an Obj-C compiler that...
by Commander_X
Wed Jul 12, 2023 9:14 pm
Forum: Oolite-Linux
Topic: Proof: Oolite Linux 1.91 unresponsive
Replies: 16
Views: 5827

Re: Proof: Oolite Linux 1.91 unresponsive

[...] I wonder why since nowhere in the script I see something that would distinguish whether it was started from terminal or GUI. [...] Where do you get a "Run in terminal" checkbox? [...] Interesting. Yes, with such a line the notification also appears on my system. But why would the sc...
by Commander_X
Wed Jul 12, 2023 8:28 pm
Forum: Oolite-Linux
Topic: Proof: Oolite Linux 1.91 unresponsive
Replies: 16
Views: 5827

Re: Proof: Oolite Linux 1.91 unresponsive

I tested, similarly, in a VM on xubuntu 22.04 live iso. True, no reaction while trying to start it from the GUI. One notice/correction though, the (original) startup script doesn't remain stuck (together with its shell and cat command) when started from GUI. It seems that the "interactive"...
by Commander_X
Sun Jul 09, 2023 4:14 am
Forum: Outworld
Topic: Science Fiction Trivia
Replies: 7637
Views: 2358867

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

In Mass Effect 1, 2, and 3 we have Khalisah Bint Sinan al-Jilani, the most "inconvenient" journalist (reporter) of them all (there are some more around, yes).
by Commander_X
Fri Jul 07, 2023 11:31 pm
Forum: Oolite-Linux
Topic: Oolite Linux potentially unresponsive (stuck, crashed)
Replies: 15
Views: 5128

Re: Oolite Linux potentially unresponsive (stuck, crashed)

This notify-send: /home/demo/GNUstep/Applications/Oolite-trunk/oolite-deps/lib/libz.so.1: version `ZLIB_1.2.9' not found (required by /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng16.so.16) would certainly require to run the notify-send this way LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64 notify-send --app-name=Oolite --urgency=criti...
by Commander_X
Fri Jul 07, 2023 10:21 pm
Forum: Oolite-Linux
Topic: Oolite Linux potentially unresponsive (stuck, crashed)
Replies: 15
Views: 5128

Re: Oolite Linux potentially unresponsive (stuck, crashed)

Replacing this sequence (starting at line 66 from what I can tell from your github link above): if [ $? != 0 ] then echo echo "Erk. It looks like Oolite${TRUNK} died with an error. When making an error" echo "report, please copy + paste the log above into the report." echo echo &...
by Commander_X
Fri Jul 07, 2023 10:07 pm
Forum: Oolite-Linux
Topic: Oolite Linux potentially unresponsive (stuck, crashed)
Replies: 15
Views: 5128

Re: Oolite Linux potentially unresponsive (stuck, crashed)

[...] Is that idea instead or on top of my draft? Instead. The current single script will have to suppress the input command (cat or replace it with read) part when the "desktop" parameter is passed, and allow it only when run without. In the same script you'll have to also implement the ...
by Commander_X
Fri Jul 07, 2023 6:20 pm
Forum: Oolite-Linux
Topic: Oolite Linux potentially unresponsive (stuck, crashed)
Replies: 15
Views: 5128

Re: Oolite Linux potentially unresponsive (stuck, crashed)

You can always do with a command line parameter for a single script in the .desktop file, that only sends the notification and bypasses the input request when it's used, and does both when it's not.
by Commander_X
Fri Jul 07, 2023 3:07 pm
Forum: Oolite-Linux
Topic: Oolite Linux potentially unresponsive (stuck, crashed)
Replies: 15
Views: 5128

Re: Oolite Linux potentially unresponsive (stuck, crashed)

[...] Would it not make sense to use notify-send to show a graphical message? [...] Never too late to learn something (first time I hear about this command). I was going to argue that notify-send might be a desktop environment specific command, and I'm not yet 100% it's not, but it covers xfce and ...
by Commander_X
Fri Jul 07, 2023 2:08 am
Forum: Oolite-Linux
Topic: Oolite Linux potentially unresponsive (stuck, crashed)
Replies: 15
Views: 5128

Re: Oolite Linux potentially unresponsive (stuck, crashed)

From what I can tell, the " cat " command is used as a sort of " pause " command prompt batch file. Instead of advising to press " Ctrl-C to continue ", and use " cat ", we can advise to press " any key to continue " and use (e.g.) read -r -s -N 1 ju...