one month without Windows!

[gusl]

One month ago, I got Jeff to install Kubuntu 10.04 LTS for me. I haven't booted to Windows since!

This is definitely the longest I've been away from Windows, and I really don't miss it that much. Of course, there are skills that don't transfer easily between OS's and little programs that will take some work to find replacements for (e.g. FormatFactory, WinSplit Revolution) or learn how to use (e.g. KolourPaint).

But I am very happy.


Technical notes:
* the tablet is working. But in a dual monitor setup, the pen writes like one of those mechanical things that amplifies whatever you draw (name?), pointing in the proportional place rather than where you point.
* apparently I can only use 'sshfs' as root (because directories inside /mnt aren't accessible to normal users), which is annoying.
* accents still only work in GTK apps, and half the time Emacs seems to not be using GTK; There is an occasional bug in Firefox/GMail in which accented key combinations are ignored.

Comments

[visgoth.livejournal.com]

I think the word you are looking for is pantograph.

[altamira16.livejournal.com]

This gibberish may help.

[edanaher.livejournal.com]

As mentioned in the linked post above, adding 'user' to the fstab line lets you mount fixed mount points as a user.

But this isn't the best solution for sshfs, since it tends to be used more dynamically. As you note, you can't do it "because directories in /mnt aren't accessible to normal users". Well, that's easy enough to fix with a simple chown as root.

The solution I tend to use, though, is to just not use /mnt - yeah, it's a convention, but not a requirement. It's easy enough to 'mkdir mountpoint; sshfs host:dir mountpoint' in your homedirectory, and it tends to be a more convenient spot anyway.

[stepleton.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

Did Linux ever give you that absolutely critical, no compromise possible, I-must-hit-only-this-key-and-then-only-that-key-to-make-for-example-ã method of generating accented characters... or did you adapt to a different method?

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

yup, thanks!

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

yeah, at first, I was using 3-key combos... which besides being awkward and RSI-inducing, was also way too general, since the list of accented characters I use is pretty small.

I fixed this by editing the GTK Compose file by hand. Forums tell me that Qt uses a similar file, .XCompose, but that never worked.

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

I tried to mount to ~/stat.ubc , but what I get is:

gusl@gusl-laptop:~$ sudo sshfs gusl@stat.ubc.ca: stat.ubc 
[sudo] password for gusl: 
Password: 
fuse: mountpoint is not empty
fuse: if you are sure this is safe, use the 'nonempty' mount option

Which is bizarre because the only thing I ever used it for was mounting with the exact same sshfs command.

And I can't delete this directory either... sudo rm -r stat.ubc never returns.

[wjl.livejournal.com]

sounds like the kind of bug that triggers sometimes with AFS, where you're left with a directory in some sort of inconsistent and irreparable state. what do you see if you ls -al stat.ubc? maybe there's some stale lockfile left that the OS somehow thinks you shouldn't remove, and so it spins..

Unfortunately...

[ffejery.wordpress.com (from livejournal.com)]

...I don't know if this is something that could be easily fixed. With a stand-alone tablet, you can just set it up to work the way you desire, and adjust your movements to a different aspect ratio with some experience. However, with a touch panel on just one screen, you're stuck with one of the following: using it across both monitors, but not having the pointer track your pen, or using it on one monitor only (confusing), and having to use the mouse/touchpad for the other (lame). I assume it might be possible to make it work with a separate touch overlay for your standalone monitor as well, but that wouldn't be cheap.

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

gusl@gusl-laptop:~$ sudo ls -al stat.ubc
[sudo] password for gusl: 
total 8
drwx------  1 20119 13000 4096 2010-07-04 10:13 .
drwxr-xr-x 39 gusl  gusl  4096 2010-07-04 02:23 ..
gusl@gusl-laptop:~$ sudo rm -r stat.ubc
rm: cannot remove directory `stat.ubc': Device or resource busy
gusl@gusl-laptop:~$ 

Re: Unfortunately...

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

<< using it on one monitor only (confusing), and having to use the mouse/touchpad for the other (lame). >>

This is what happens on WinXP Tablet Edition, and I don't find it confusing OR lame at all.

[edanaher.livejournal.com]

Yeah... looks like that directory is broken somehow - that sometimes happens with FUSE filesystems when the disconnect unexpectedly. You might want to try 'fuser -mv stat.ubc' - it'll tell you if anything is using it (or else give some random error message), or 'fusermount -u stat.ubc' or 'umount -f stat.ubc' to try to umount it. If both fail... well, I've currently got a directory that I can't do anything with because s3backer broke. I figure it'll fix itself next time I reboot.

Also, why are you using sudo? One of the the things I like best about sshfs is that you *don't* have to do it as root. It's conceivable that your installation doesn't allow regular users to use FUSE filesystems, but I'd hope that'd be easy enough to fix by looking at /etc/fuse.conf.

Totally unrelated comment!

[widdertwin.livejournal.com]

You should definitely report that hole in the road by the park to public works. I was thinking about it, and it's quite capable of killing a cyclist. Considering that I'm a frequent cyclist, and so are you, that's not a risk I'd like to take.

[wjl.livejournal.com]

interesting. i bet it's still opened by some process; you could use a tool like lsof to figure out which one, but i'm not familiar with the appropriate options. just lsof stat.ubc might do it..

if that turns up nothing, i'm out of ideas :)