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grey_moon · 2008-12-05, 05:00

A really good blog...

http://linuxcanuck.wordpress.com/200...d-do-about-it/

grey_moon · 2008-12-05, 05:09

A really good blog...

http://linuxcanuck.wordpress.com/200...d-do-about-it/

martino · 2008-12-05, 07:30

How can I map KSnapshot to the Print Screen key on my keyboard? Ever since I've updated it always had to call the program explicitly.

WanderingKnight · 2008-12-05, 08:27

By setting it as a global shortcut?

I remember it was kinda hard to do in KDE 4, but in 3.x you can easily set this up with kcontrol. Otherwise you'll have to poke around systemsettings.

martino · 2008-12-05, 09:52

Seems like it is in System Settings, under the Advanced tab and then Input Actions; PrintScreen action that calls ksnapshot when Print is pressed, yet it does nothing. I tried mapping it to a different key (combo), but to no avail.

Epyon9283 · 2008-12-05, 19:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by grey_moon

A really good blog...

http://linuxcanuck.wordpress.com/200...d-do-about-it/

I thought it kind of sucked. The person wanted people to accept Linux the way it is. If that was the case it would not be nearly as usable as it is today. The only reason we have such a usable desktop is because companies and people out there pushed it in that direction.

If people accepted Linux as it was 10 years ago we'd still be using FVWM-95 or something just as revolting.

grey_moon · 2008-12-08, 04:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Epyon9283

I thought it kind of sucked. The person wanted people to accept Linux the way it is. If that was the case it would not be nearly as usable as it is today. The only reason we have such a usable desktop is because companies and people out there pushed it in that direction.

If people accepted Linux as it was 10 years ago we'd still be using FVWM-95 or something just as revolting.

Hmmm I thought it was more about dealing with the influx of ex windows users in a sensible way and also understanding where some of the vocal minority are coming from.

As the blokey put it, let Linux change from the inside out and not from outside in.

martino · 2009-03-15, 16:27

Here goes a strange question... I was recently re-organising my music collection, both on my desktop (ext3 partition) and my music player (FAT32) and I came across some strange behaviour. For some weird reason my player acts all weird when I transfer the files from Ubuntu to it, so I have to go through a roundabout way of dumping it onto a Windows partition and then doing the rest in Windows, unfortunately. Anyway, some of the files have characters like "?" in them, which ext3 supports, but NTFS doesn't (or at least Wikipedia seems to say so). Strange thing is though, that I can copy the files from ext3 to NTFS under Ubuntu, and then open them just fine under Ubuntu. However as soon as I boot into Windows I can't open the file at all, and not even change the filename. Anyone has some explanation of the different behaviour between the two systems, even though the filesystem used was the same? Second one is, is there some application that allows me to convert the filenames to something that Windows won't crap out on when seeing, or am I just better of writing a script to do it?

jigoku shoujo · 2009-03-15, 16:39

NTFS specifications were not disclosed by microsoft, other OS beside Windows can't handle it 100% correctly, if you have to tranfers files from windows to linux or vice-versa is better to use only FAT32/16 partitions, they are more compatible with linux.

martino · 2009-03-15, 18:59

Right... so that still applies. *sighs*

Time to write the script then...

IRJustman · 2009-03-16, 12:04

It's entirely possible those are Unicode characters. Also, which implementation of NTFS are you using under Linux? If you're using a recent release of Ubuntu, you should be using NTFS-3G which is a so-called "FUSE filesystem" in that the driver runs in userspace. ext3 and NTFS both support Unicode, I believe.

--Ian.

martino · 2009-03-16, 16:12

I'm running ntfs-3g. And yeah, I think they do support Unicode.

IRJustman · 2009-03-16, 16:15

Not to mention, I've found that hitting tab when you have enough of a filename you can actually type helps. Furthermore, if you can get into the machine using PuTTY, even better since PuTTY also supports Unicode (it also works with the IME on a Windows box).

--Ian.

npcomplete · 2009-03-19, 13:42

Like IRJustman mentioned, NTFS does support all of those characters -- it's just that the explorer file manager (and all the win32 apps using the same API) does not. I can get around this using Microsoft's SFU (services for unix) package which comes with Korn shell. Maybe MS Powershell or even Cygwin would work too.

Anyways, you wouldn't have to deal with that using ntfs-3g.. but I've heard about issues of corruption or a broken filesystem after writing and removing the device (example cited sudden power-off instead of hotplug; but it's almost equivalent) when all of the writes haven't been flushed to disk yet.

grss1982 · 2009-04-09, 08:59

Ubuntu Manga?

http://seotch.wordpress.com/ubunchu/

2008-12-05, 05:00	Link #801
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martino makes no files now Join Date: May 2006	Seems like it is in System Settings, under the Advanced tab and then Input Actions; PrintScreen action that calls ksnapshot when Print is pressed, yet it does nothing. I tried mapping it to a different key (combo), but to no avail. __________________ "Light and shadow don't battle each other, because they're two sides of the same coin"

2009-03-15, 16:27	Link #808
martino makes no files now Join Date: May 2006	Here goes a strange question... I was recently re-organising my music collection, both on my desktop (ext3 partition) and my music player (FAT32) and I came across some strange behaviour. For some weird reason my player acts all weird when I transfer the files from Ubuntu to it, so I have to go through a roundabout way of dumping it onto a Windows partition and then doing the rest in Windows, unfortunately. Anyway, some of the files have characters like "?" in them, which ext3 supports, but NTFS doesn't (or at least Wikipedia seems to say so). Strange thing is though, that I can copy the files from ext3 to NTFS under Ubuntu, and then open them just fine under Ubuntu. However as soon as I boot into Windows I can't open the file at all, and not even change the filename. Anyone has some explanation of the different behaviour between the two systems, even though the filesystem used was the same? Second one is, is there some application that allows me to convert the filenames to something that Windows won't crap out on when seeing, or am I just better of writing a script to do it? __________________ "Light and shadow don't battle each other, because they're two sides of the same coin"

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jigoku shoujo Member Join Date: Feb 2009	NTFS specifications were not disclosed by microsoft, other OS beside Windows can't handle it 100% correctly, if you have to tranfers files from windows to linux or vice-versa is better to use only FAT32/16 partitions, they are more compatible with linux.

2009-03-15, 18:59	Link #810
martino makes no files now Join Date: May 2006	Right... so that still applies. sighs Time to write the script then... __________________ "Light and shadow don't battle each other, because they're two sides of the same coin"

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IRJustman Founder, Sprocket Hole Fansubber Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Fresno or Sacramento, CA Age: 55	It's entirely possible those are Unicode characters. Also, which implementation of NTFS are you using under Linux? If you're using a recent release of Ubuntu, you should be using NTFS-3G which is a so-called "FUSE filesystem" in that the driver runs in userspace. ext3 and NTFS both support Unicode, I believe. --Ian.

2009-03-16, 16:12	Link #812
martino makes no files now Join Date: May 2006	I'm running ntfs-3g. And yeah, I think they do support Unicode. __________________ "Light and shadow don't battle each other, because they're two sides of the same coin"

2009-03-16, 16:15	Link #813
IRJustman Founder, Sprocket Hole Fansubber Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Fresno or Sacramento, CA Age: 55	Not to mention, I've found that hitting tab when you have enough of a filename you can actually type helps. Furthermore, if you can get into the machine using PuTTY, even better since PuTTY also supports Unicode (it also works with the IME on a Windows box). --Ian.

2009-03-19, 13:42	Link #814
npcomplete Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008	Like IRJustman mentioned, NTFS does support all of those characters -- it's just that the explorer file manager (and all the win32 apps using the same API) does not. I can get around this using Microsoft's SFU (services for unix) package which comes with Korn shell. Maybe MS Powershell or even Cygwin would work too. Anyways, you wouldn't have to deal with that using ntfs-3g.. but I've heard about issues of corruption or a broken filesystem after writing and removing the device (example cited sudden power-off instead of hotplug; but it's almost equivalent) when all of the writes haven't been flushed to disk yet.

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