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Tom Scola - Feb 21, 2007 4:43:04 pm PST #655 of 25496
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Gudanov - Feb 21, 2007 5:03:55 pm PST #656 of 25496
Coding and Sleeping
Good point, but it will still be useful to see what happens. Does the resolution switch between KDM and KDE? I'm not really sure if it does, I kinda think not, but the screen blanking out sounds like a resolution change.
Logging in from the command line and running startx should start up KDE I think. A really odd possiblity would be that the default session is set to command line. Full root partition that makes KDE bomb out? I'm just guessing really.
I would defintely post a question at ubuntuforums.org.
Eddie - Feb 21, 2007 7:18:54 pm PST #657 of 25496
Your tag here.
Hey, I'm having a weird problem with Kubuntu
On the login page, you should see an Options button, hit that, then Select Session. Choose KDE from the list.
esse - Feb 21, 2007 11:10:39 pm PST #658 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
A really odd possiblity would be that the default session is set to command line.
It's not, because it starts up in GUI and I re-load to get to the command line.
I'll try startx--that was my next step, but I've had to much around in Windows most recently, so. Eddie, I'll try that too, but I think I tried all the different session options available and it did the same thing each time.
I'll report back.
§ ita § - Feb 22, 2007 9:57:06 am PST #659 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Does anyone use RSS with their torrenting? I'm looking at a client for Azureus and it's making me dizzy.
Worth it?
Gudanov - Feb 22, 2007 10:10:53 am PST #660 of 25496
Coding and Sleeping
I haven't tried it, but Opera has RSS and Bittorrent support built-in so it might handle it. I use Opera for my podcast client and I actually like it better than the dedicated ones I've used. It's not exactly full featured in the podcast client role though.
§ ita § - Feb 22, 2007 10:14:03 am PST #661 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I tried using Opera's torrenting, but the downloads tended to stall in a way that Azureus never had. And the configuration options are so much clearer in Azureus (well, many of them are still Greek to me, but at least I know where they are if I need to follow instructions) so I went with it.
I want to tie RSS in if it means it'll automatically grab shows without me having to go out and get them. I know it can't be that easy, though.
Gudanov - Feb 22, 2007 10:17:28 am PST #662 of 25496
Coding and Sleeping
I tried using Opera's torrenting, but the downloads tended to stall in a way that Azureus never had.
Bummer. I've never tried Opera for bittorrent so I didn't know it wasn't fully baked.
amych - Feb 22, 2007 10:19:49 am PST #663 of 25496
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
ita, I've been messing around with the combo of Democracy [link] and tvrss.net - I don't torrent enough stuff to have a good feel for whether it stalls out more or less than other options, but the "get me new eps when they're posted" part is automagical.
§ ita § - Feb 22, 2007 10:21:25 am PST #664 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, just that lead page for Democracy is giving me warm feelings in my nethers. Downloading stat.