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I am hunting all around - I want to change a color but I need to know the "face" that needs changing in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Ok, Now my entire ~.emacs file is:

(set-face-foreground 'mode-line "white") (set-face-background 'mode-line "blue") (set-face-foreground 'minibuffer-prompt "cyan")

I am hunting all around - I want to change a color but I need to know the "face" that needs changing in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I can't get it to accept the 'attribute' part.

set-face-foreground 'default "white" changed the text in the edit area to white, but had no effect on the text described above.

*Permanently Deleted* in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Well it either has to be 3.5" drive then Dual 5.25" drive or the other way around as both the Apple IIC+ and the Floppy Emu only have one drive connector.

[Solved] Minecraft on an i5 with 8gb of memory? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Thanks @[email protected] I responded before but It seems to take time - hope you see this one.

Bat Sashimi in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Don't give them any ideas...

What is AI good for? (derogatory) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It did add some superlatives, almost as though it had an ego.

What is AI good for? (derogatory) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Tell me more. Why?

What is AI good for? (derogatory) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

However, in the art arena AI is frustrating when you need a very specific image and not just a 'a tree a dog a bird and a farmhouse' AI art is getting better with text in the image but still makes some mistakes there. AI does poorly when you try to use it as a search engine : "What movie had a ball shaped robot" might bring back any answer. Warning though - AI is getting better at hands and spurious limbs.

What is AI good for? (derogatory) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago (7 children)

What is AI good for - Images that are suitable for screen backgrounds, Creative text work - I had chatgpt work with me on a procedure to un-mothball a starship, it suggested details I did not think of. I had chatgpt also read and suggest re-wording and correction on text for documentation. I fed it a chapter at a time and proofread the output carefully to mitigate hallucination.

Here is the text above after a chatgpt re-write:

AI excels at creating stunning screen backgrounds and tackling creative text work. For example, I worked with ChatGPT to craft a procedure for un-mothballing a starship, and it offered valuable details I hadn’t considered. It’s also a fantastic tool for refining documentation—I had it review and reword chapters, carefully proofreading to ensure accuracy. The results were efficient, insightful, and elevated the final product.

Seeking Opinion - Best TUI/CLI distro for Dual Booting with FreeDOS. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Oh, also this is not an industrial setting with a computer controlling some heavy equipment. This is a nostalgia lab. MSDOS was the thing when I was around 22 or so.

Seeking Opinion - Best TUI/CLI distro for Dual Booting with FreeDOS. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I am still figuring out DOS networking.
Update - The on-board Ethernet is a Realtec of some sort

Cool screen savers in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Anyone remember the castaway? The adventures of a guy on a one-tree desert island.

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[Answered] Is the IPV6 address I have now the one I will always have? (lemmy.one)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
3 comments fedilink
 

[Answered] IP Quail gives me my ipv6 address, can I tell it to duck.dns (a dynamic DNS provider)

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A quick question about rsync (lemmy.one)
 

I have worked on a file in Directory A. There is a file with the same name in directory B which is an older version of that same file. I rsync everything from B to A.

What happens to my work in the file in directory A?

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Please recommend a machine to run FreeDOS / MSDOS native (lemmy.one)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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What is everyone running their FreeDOS on?

Ok, right now I am running FreeDOS under DosBox on my production laptop, but it might be nice to have a small machine, preferably a desktop, that will still boot in Legacy Mode.

Is there a machine I can buy new that I might be able to outfit with a 5.25 and 3.5 floppy drive? That can boot Legacy Mode? Extra points if it can also boot Legacy mode from a USB stick or Ventoy external drive!

Btw cost is an important consideration.

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Screen Blink - what happened [Solved] (lemmy.one)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[Solved by going to X11]

I am working with my Debian 12 system and suddenly the whole screen goes blank and comes right back. I am not sure what triggers it, it seems to happen when I am exiting a program, I think when It comes back any program I had running is gone now. This is very intermittent and does not happen very often.

Here as a start have a neofetch:

OS: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) x86_64

Host: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop S5402ZA_S5402ZA 1.0

Kernel: 6.1.0-11-amd64

Uptime: 12 hours, 2 mins

Packages: 2361 (dpkg)

Shell: bash 5.2.15

Resolution: 2880x1800

DE: Plasma 5.27.5

WM: kwin

WM Theme: plastik

Theme: [Plasma], Breeze [GTK2/3]

Icons: [Plasma], breeze-dark [GTK2/3]

Terminal: konsole

Terminal Font: Hack 19

CPU: 12th Gen Intel i7-12700H (20) @ 4.600GHz

GPU: Intel Alder Lake-P Memory: 3406MiB / 11577MiB

I did journalctl -b - there is a crazy amount of detail in there.

If there is anything specific I can do, please let me know - I am more than a noob, but a lot of the time I only know just enough to be dangerous.

Thanks!

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(solved) I am not a noob, but this is confusing: dpkg/apt issue (lemmy.one)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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(Solved) Apt seems to have gotten jammed somehow

dpkg: error processing package ca-certificates-java (--configure):
 installed ca-certificates-java package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Setting up libwxbase3.2-1:amd64 (3.2.2+dfsg-2) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openjdk-17-jre-headless:amd64:
 openjdk-17-jre-headless:amd64 depends on ca-certificates-java (>= 20190405~); however:
  Package ca-certificates-java is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package openjdk-17-jre-headless:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up libwxgtk3.2-1:amd64 (3.2.2+dfsg-2) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openjdk-17-jre:amd64:
 openjdk-17-jre:amd64 depends on openjdk-17-jre-headless (= 17.0.8+7-1~deb12u1); however:
  Package openjdk-17-jre-headless:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package openjdk-17-jre:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of default-jre:
 default-jre depends on openjdk-17-jre; however:
  Package openjdk-17-jre:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package default-jre (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of minecraft-launcher:
 minecraft-launcher depends on default-jre; however:
  Package default-jre is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package minecraft-launcher (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up filezilla (3.63.0-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of geogebra:
 geogebra depends on default-jre | java7-runtime | java8-runtime | java9-runtime | java10-runtime | java11-runtime; however:
  Package default-jre is not configured yet.
  Package java7-runtime is not installed.
  Package openjdk-17-jre:amd64 which provides java7-runtime is not configured yet.
  Package default-jre which provides java7-runtime is not configured yet.
  Package java8-runtime is not installed.
  Package openjdk-17-jre:amd64 which provides java8-runtime is not configured yet.
  Package default-jre which provides java8-runtime is not configured yet.
  Package java9-runtime is not installed.
  Package openjdk-17-jre:amd64 which provides java9-runtime is not configured yet.
  Package default-jre which provides java9-runtime is not configured yet.
  Package java10-runtime is not installed.
  Package openjdk-17-jre:amd64 which provides java10-runtime is not configured yet.
  Package default-jre which provides java10-runtime is not configured yet.
  Package java11-runtime is not installed.
  Package openjdk-17-jre:amd64 which provides java11-runtime is not configured yet.
  Package default-jre which provides java11-runtime is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package geogebra (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ...
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-9+deb12u1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ca-certificates-java
 openjdk-17-jre-headless:amd64
 openjdk-17-jre:amd64
 default-jre
 minecraft-launcher
 geogebra

What must I do to unjam things?

I have tried many suggestions from various websites but they don't work because it looks like there is some sort of circular dependency going on here.

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Printing Rant! Why is this so hard? (lemmy.one)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Debian 12. HP Laserjet Professional P1606dn

If it prints at all, it prints the top inch of the test page or just random binary. I have tried the recommended driver, the driverless driver, the Generic PCL 4/5 driver, the Generic PCL 6 driver. And probably others I am not remembering.

I am trying to print over Ethernet, but I am about to drag the printer over near my desk and print via USB.

Fortunately, I don't have actual critical printing to do right now and I am only setting up a printer after installing Debian 12. BTW this means it is a fresh install of Debian 12 too.

I have been helpdesk support at a data center. I would not consider myself a dummy, but this is getting ridiculous. A task that should have taken all of 10 minutes has taken over 2 hours so far.

How are we ever going to get "The Year of Linux on the Desktop" if simple printing is and continues to be such a pain?

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Vertical spacing of icons in a vertical panel (lemmy.one)
 

Plasma 5.27.4 Icons are too far apart in icons only task manager. The only way to fix this seems to be to jam extra spacers into the panel.

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Shell point and shoot + file manager + command line (lemmy.one)
 

A dropbox link to SHELL - This is a command line shell that provides the following:

  • point and activate all kinds of files
  • Issue any command that you could type on the command line by just typing the command
  • Select many files for operations such as copy, move, delete, print, anything you could do with one file from the command line.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5n29byg1gxsb7454ekmrc/SHELLSHA.ZIP?rlkey=3rvyzyycqtu011p6r4v5uorr6&dl=0

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[solved] How do I find a community not listed in "Comunities" (lemmy.one)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
8 comments fedilink
 

Say I am looking for fellows who use FreeDOS. I open the "Comunities" tab(?) at the top of the page, right next to "Lemmy.one" and search - But these are only the communities that Lemmy.one knows about, right?

Thanks, everyone - I am gonna call this one solved.

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Tailscale quick questions (lemmy.one)
 

I have a laptop and a desktop-based-server on a 192.168.1.x segment on my network. I want to setup Tailscale between them.

Will it be bad if Tailscale connects while my laptop is local, on 192.168.1.x network?

Can I make it automatically connect via Tailscale when away and via the local network when home?

How can I best test the Tailscale network while I am at home?

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Firefox does not seem to show the "show on all virtual desktops" gadget. (lemmy.one)
 

So, I just start firefox on a virtual desktop by itself. Is there a way to move it from that virtual desktop to another?

Other programs have a gadget that puts them on all the virtual desktops at once. click that gadget go to the desktop you want the program on, and click the gadget in that window to collapse the app to that one virtual desktop.

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Drive (s) wrecked? (lemmy.one)
 

I have some drives of various sizes, 1TB, 2TB etc. I am currently working with a 2 TB drive. I place it in a powered external USB-3 drive enclosure. I can see it in lsblk as the correct size (as SDA) , but the disk manager does not see /dev/sda, and fdisk only wants to let me create a 5 GB partition.

If I dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=400K status=progress writes 5 GB and claims my 2 TB drive (In this case) is full.

Is there a way to reclaim this drive? Any information on the drive is unimportant.

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