tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.comments2023-10-16T10:35:47.595+02:00Martin's ChroniclesMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184701134359021954noreply@blogger.comBlogger722125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-58979012987400631942017-06-23T01:46:34.600+02:002017-06-23T01:46:34.600+02:00Aren't Menta/BlueMenta also available in gtk3-...Aren't Menta/BlueMenta also available in gtk3-form?ReDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-646616007393380032016-08-28T17:44:05.675+02:002016-08-28T17:44:05.675+02:00Very nice article. I used the following on Windows...Very nice article. I used the following on Windows, with quotes to hide the pipe characters "|". Just used x264/mp3 with defaults and the result was good.<br /><br />ffmpeg -i concat:"VTS_03_1.VOB|VTS_03_2.VOB|VTS_03_3.VOB" -c:v libx264 -vf yadif -c:a mp3 output.mp4Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-69151669555301253672015-11-24T15:18:01.558+01:002015-11-24T15:18:01.558+01:00Instead of transcoding the audio to flac, you can ...Instead of transcoding the audio to flac, you can use <b>-c:a copy</b>. This will copy the stream directly from the input file instead of transcoding it. You said you don't want to use a nonfree codec, but x264 is a little borderline, no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-61118698173108092852015-01-24T21:08:56.543+01:002015-01-24T21:08:56.543+01:00With your solution I found some issues. The video ...With your solution I found some issues. The video is not correctly generated even if the audio is fine. I found another website which uses tccat instead of concat'ing source VOBs, and appending ffmpeg in pipeline. I have tried with only 5 chapters of input DVD and they seems to work fine.<br />Source <a href="http://gentoovps.net/dvd-to-h264/" rel="nofollow">here</a>mickeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-69286167755446342322015-01-17T05:21:42.473+01:002015-01-17T05:21:42.473+01:00Thanks for helping me out, Martin. I like your bl...Thanks for helping me out, Martin. I like your blog.Chris Sugdennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-32272848245660799822014-10-06T12:39:32.335+02:002014-10-06T12:39:32.335+02:00@ANON 7:50 CEST: nope, it doesn't keep chapter...@ANON 7:50 CEST: nope, it doesn't keep chapters, but using mkv-tools gui it's pretty straightforward to add them back.<br /><br />@ANON 10:07 CEST: it isn't truncated, or at least it shouldn't be, it just overflows to next line, which, granted, is harder to useā¦Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184701134359021954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-26206025720530746432014-10-06T10:07:23.035+02:002014-10-06T10:07:23.035+02:00nice thanks ! But your command line is truncated o...nice thanks ! But your command line is truncated on your blog, i had to browse the source code of the HTML page to see the full command.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-29291747415903230372014-10-06T07:50:12.172+02:002014-10-06T07:50:12.172+02:00Woh, that's the post I wanted about a month ag...Woh, that's the post I wanted about a month ago, thanks !<br /><br />Does it keep the chapters ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-9585718582288984022014-06-29T15:35:00.462+02:002014-06-29T15:35:00.462+02:00You might try autofs too. https://access.redhat.co...You might try autofs too. https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/sssd-ldap-autofs.html<br /><br />There was also an sssd module that remapped windows UIDs to unix UIDs in F20. <br /><br />I would probably try the pam route first and would actually auth the users via pam. Also use like ignore root, or optional and such, so your root or management accounts don't get hung up because the AD server went down. <br /><br />This thread might help, especially the first 2 links referenced. <br />http://nixcraft.com/showthread.php/17146-AutoFS-with-CIFS-HOWTO<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-69712223178509382152014-06-29T13:19:28.920+02:002014-06-29T13:19:28.920+02:00pam_mount and mount -t cifs //example.org/testshar...pam_mount and mount -t cifs //example.org/testshare /mnt/ -o sec=krb5Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-83720557914782391582014-06-28T05:38:49.908+02:002014-06-28T05:38:49.908+02:00Even 600 permissions leaves the credentials in pla...Even 600 permissions leaves the credentials in plain text, I'd prefer them to be either in keyring or taken directly from login (as they are precisely the same), not sure if that's possible in linux, though.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184701134359021954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-5795240549150801112014-06-28T04:31:32.334+02:002014-06-28T04:31:32.334+02:00The sudo complaint is a reasonable complaint. The ...The sudo complaint is a reasonable complaint. The credentials requirement isn't necessarily so because the individual's file permissions should be 600. But, I'll be interested to find out what you end up with.LarryRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-36602057562466972822014-06-27T00:18:32.516+02:002014-06-27T00:18:32.516+02:00Hi LarryR,
thanks for the reply. Yes, I'm awa...Hi LarryR,<br /><br />thanks for the reply. Yes, I'm aware of the mount.cifs command, but it's not what I need for several reasons:<br /><br /> * Needs either root access (or being in sudoers) or entry in fstab (both not manageable for multiple normal users with their own network share dirs).<br /><br /> * Needs credentials provided in plain text format, or as CLI input. Again, not manageable for multiple normal users with their own credentials.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184701134359021954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-20621851634969039342014-06-27T00:05:27.357+02:002014-06-27T00:05:27.357+02:00I have used mount.cifs(8) to mount shared Windows ...I have used mount.cifs(8) to mount shared Windows drives with the following syntax:<br /><br />sudo mount \<br /> -t cifs \<br /> -o rw,credentials=CREDPATH,uid=UID,gid=GID \<br /> //SRVIP/PATH MOUNTPOINT<br /><br />where:<br /><br />CREDPATH is a pathname to a credentials text file with permissions set to 600 containing your username, password, and domain name for the shared server;<br /><br />UID and GID are the names or ID numbers for the user ownerships applied to the shared files, typically your own UID and GID;<br /><br />SRVIP and PATH are the IP address of the server you're mounting and the path you'd like to use as the root when it's mounted;<br /><br />MOUNTPOINT is the path name for a directory already existing that you'd like the shared drive mounted on.<br /><br />You can sudo umount these shared mount points in the usual way when you're done. I built a simple script to mount and umount the most common I use.LarryRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-78160001922720757472014-05-01T19:42:40.918+02:002014-05-01T19:42:40.918+02:00fedora 20, works fine. thanks!fedora 20, works fine. thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-39198407240690570872014-02-11T17:24:29.060+01:002014-02-11T17:24:29.060+01:00Yeah, we fixed that.
https://www.happyassassin.ne...Yeah, we fixed that.<br /><br />https://www.happyassassin.net/2014/01/29/coming-in-fedora-21-more-installer-partitioning-improvements/<br /><br />-adamw, blogger comment authentication is a disaster area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-21361895282109801412014-02-11T00:36:30.358+01:002014-02-11T00:36:30.358+01:00I remember when the new Gnome login screen appeare...I remember when the new Gnome login screen appeared (Fedora 18 or 17, I think), I clicked and clicked and clicked, and finally force-rebooted several times before I came to understand that once the login screen times out, it wants me to click and drag up.<br /><br />It's second nature to me now, but there was a period of terrible frustration in the beginning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-91801477408124257572013-08-08T06:46:03.330+02:002013-08-08T06:46:03.330+02:00Thanks VERY much for this post. Aside from the co...Thanks VERY much for this post. Aside from the cool color scheme, it helped me a great deal because I needed the shift+arrow keys for marking text in mc, which your config allows.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17736363633744148642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-48199160221832221302013-07-19T08:17:22.622+02:002013-07-19T08:17:22.622+02:00This is cool!This is cool!Valentinahttp://thesteammop.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-3358826102644151292013-03-05T17:40:03.175+01:002013-03-05T17:40:03.175+01:00Gnome is off the rails. Sadly it is not a politic...Gnome is off the rails. Sadly it is not a political problem, it is an ego problem.<br /><br />Like many I do not hate Gnome--I loath and despised the Gnome designers because they evidence the same father knows best paternalistic arrogance about the interface that Microsoft and Apple have always had.<br /><br />If we are lucky the Gnome designers will get jobs with real monopolies and stop messing up our operating system and desktop with their stubborn insistence that there is only one simple and cretinous way to use a computer.<br /><br />The political problem arises out of mediocre intellect combined with arrogance attempting to simplify a complex and useful system so it can be used by the masses to consume rather than create.<br /><br />We have Windows 8 for that.<br /><br />I too am troubled by the "simplicity" that is creeping into the installer. It again speaks of arrogance, intolerance, and, yes, intellectual deficits--village idiots are simple, too, but not in a good way.<br /><br />If the installer worked flawlessly we would forgive the arrogance, or at least some of us would. But a defective product with an designer interface is still a defective product.<br /><br />The folks at Gnome should go back to styling hair and designing frocks and stop messing around with things they do not and will never comprehend.<br /><br />Fedora is being disrupted and destroyed by designers and the programming is falling by the wayside.<br /><br />Like many I've moved on to KDE and will not be using Gnome again. Not because I hate Gnome, but because I hate the people who "designed" it. They need to go. If they creep into the core then I will abandon Fedora, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-87767083903242854942013-03-05T15:08:40.954+01:002013-03-05T15:08:40.954+01:00Hi Kevin.
Yes, before Gnome 3 my answer would be ...Hi Kevin.<br /><br />Yes, before Gnome 3 my answer would be probably no, but given what Fedora offers now, KDE is the most professional looking desktop right now and I would support it being the default one.<br /><br />I know about oxygen-gtk and tried it a couple of times, but it is always missing something. Some tiny detail. It looks wonderful in KDE, but it looks a little strange in GTK based world. One can see that oxygen theme was optimized for KDE/QT ;-)Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184701134359021954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-14708260218081179472013-03-05T15:06:49.907+01:002013-03-05T15:06:49.907+01:00even if he had the material resources, i doubt he ...even if he had the material resources, i doubt he would create outreach programs for those groups (i wouldn't) since the return of investment is low. they are pretty much PR and 'feel good', if you want code done, there are more effective ways to sponsor development. but is not our money, not our decision.nicuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11787116898361050437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-25047488080089882592013-03-05T14:27:28.349+01:002013-03-05T14:27:28.349+01:00"And why outreaching to women specifically? W..."And why outreaching to women specifically? Why not old people? Mongolian people? Muslims? Buddhists? Japanese?"<br /><br />If you want to create a program for these groups, feel free!<br />Reaching out to women is a good deal because they make up half of the population the earth and it could make sense for a project to tap into that resource. The goal of the program is of course to become irrelevant in the long term.<br /><br />- Andreas NilssonAndreas Nilssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02008787454316846800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-65713152092604622962013-03-05T14:06:03.357+01:002013-03-05T14:06:03.357+01:00(followup because of the silly 4096 character limi...(followup because of the silly 4096 character limit)<br /><br />> The image sizes are reasonable, white space is neither too big nor too small<br />> and most importantly, it shows both name and author of the wallpaper. Let's<br />> repeat it because it's important. KDE is the only Fedora desktop environment<br />> that shows both wallpaper name and its author in its Desktop Background<br />> selection app. This is how it should be done.<br /><br />That's because KDE gets things right. :-)<br /><br />> The only thing that would make it even better would be to also show the<br />> license.<br /><br />You could file an RFE (priority=wishlist) at bugs.kde.org. ;-) But there's always a tradeoff there, showing too much information wastes space.<br /><br />> You need to click Apply to change the background.<br /><br />Thankfully, KDE never went with that dangerous "instant apply" nonsense which even GNOME seems to have abandoned at least in this case.<br /><br />And finally, about Xfce, you wrote:<br />> the default config looks "bleh", but its actually highly tweakable and after<br />> some time it can be made look really good (although partly due to the lack of<br />> really professional looking GTK2/3 themes not as good as KDE).<br />Try oxygen-gtk. :-) It is what KDE uses for GTK+ apps and it's a GTK+ port of the Oxygen style KDE uses by default. So it should make your Xfce look just as professional as KDE. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-25034664116212211512013-03-05T13:58:04.813+01:002013-03-05T13:58:04.813+01:00> KDE
> This takes a lot of time to actually...> KDE<br />> This takes a lot of time to actually start, but then you are finally welcomed<br />> by a desktop that looks like designed by an artist. Yes. This is the only<br />> Fedora desktop that looks great and consistent. It can be clearly seen the<br />> theme has been designed by professionals and lots of time has been invested in<br />> it.<br /><br />So will you support making it the default desktop in Fedora? :-)<br /><br />> For my taste it has too much animations, but knowing KDE it can be probably <br />> turned off.<br /><br />You can get rid of most animations with the following 2 steps:<br />1. disable (or customize) "desktop effects":<br />...1) Start KDE System Settings<br />...2) Go to "Desktop Appearance and Behavior" / "Desktop Effects"<br />...3) Uncheck "Enable desktop effects at startup" (Alternatively, you can also keep desktop effects enabled as a whole and disable selected effects (or even all, keeping only the compositing) in the second tab. There's also an option on the first tab to disable the animation-related effects in one step.)<br />...4) Apply<br />2. disable (or reduce) "graphical effects":<br />...1) Start KDE System Settings<br />...2) Go to "General Appearance and Behavior" / "Application Appearance" / "Theme" / "Advanced"<br />...3) Set the "Graphical Effects" dropdown to the lowest setting "Low resolution and slow CPU" (or an intermediate setting if you want to keep some but fewer animations)<br />...4) Apply<br />(Note: The actual names might be slightly different, I use the German translation. In case you can't find the option, System Settings also offers a search box.)<br /><br />> UI is another story though. Not my cup of tea, but about half of linux users<br />> like this, so I'll say it's good and detailed but for me it offers too much<br />> detail, it easily becomes overwhelming. It does not usually waste space. This<br />> is a desktop I could use after a bit of customizing.<br /><br />The details are all either in settings dialogs, where they don't disturb your daily work, or can be customized away.<br /><br />> Now let's start terminal. Like many people are used to from file managers,<br />> right-click on desktop offers you to start terminal in KDE. So +1 from me.<br /><br />To be fair, that entry in the context menu is added by a Fedora patch. (It used to be there in KDE 3, but not in vanilla Plasma.)<br /> <br />> Another way is through menu. The design is similar to cinnamon, but works<br />> better. It looks like cinnamon took the idea from KDE, kept its worst parts<br />> (fixed size, scrollbars anywhere, change menus on hoover) and made it even<br />> worse by adding gnome-like bits. While it behaves menu like, it's still in the<br />> same place, things get replaced, and due to fixed size, scrollbar is not<br />> uncommon. This is one of the worst parts of KDE, from my POV, but unlike<br />> Cinnamon or GNOME it does not get on my nerves.<br /><br />Right-click, "Switch to Classic menu style", enjoy! :-) It takes literally 2 clicks to fix this. (And if it were up to me, we'd default to Classic, but the majority of KDE SIG prefers Kickoff as the default, also because it is what upstream defaults to.)<br /> <br />> To change desktop wallpaper, right-click on it and select Default Desktop<br />> Settings. I don't fathom the word Default in the name, but other then then all<br />> cool. What comes up is finally something that has done things right.<br /><br />The name of that menu entry is (name of the plasmoid) + " Settings", and the default desktop plasmoid is called "Default Desktop" to distinguish it from the other options (e.g. the folder view plasmoid, which can not only be put on the default desktop as we do by default, but also be used as a desktop in its own right). (Note that "plasmoid" is just a fancy name developers use for "Plasma widget/applet", and IMHO less confusing than just using the overloaded term "widget". The UI avoids using that term though, using "widget" or the name of the specific plasmoid instead.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com