On Wednesday 01 August 2018 21:43:26 William Morder wrote: > On Wednesday 01 August 2018 17:47:39 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 01 August 2018 13:49:32 Michael wrote: > > > On Wednesday 01 August 2018 10:44:07 am Pisini, John wrote: > > > > Not a fix but give MPV a try it seems a little nicer to me than > > > > mplayer especially if you are on an older distro like Jessie. > > > > > > Second that. > > > > > > I use both mplayer and mpv under SMPlayer. Open 'Preferences' to > > > switch the 'Multimedia engine.' > > > > > > Overkill but I copy/pasted the 3 aptitude show's below. > > > > > > Do note SMPlayer phones home for self update info, which you can > > > disable by following: > > > > > > https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1188099&s=73e8a8809da60f > > >5e49 641129388c7658 > > > > > > and modifying the '/usr/bin/ni' script to: > > > > > > michael@local [~]# cat /usr/bin/no-internet > > > #!/bin/bash > > > COMMAND="$1" > > > shift > > > for arg; do > > > COMMAND="$COMMAND \"$arg\"" > > > done > > > sg no-internet "$COMMAND" > > > > > > Then changing the SMPlayer menu entry to: > > > > > > no-internet smplayer %U > > > > > > * I changed 'ni' to 'no-internet' so I'd know what it was later, > > > everything else came from the Internet... > > > > > > Best, > > > Michael > > > > This is all on a 32 bit wheezy install. As this is the main machine > > for my local network, its always the last to get updated. This > > install is somewhat debian, but its been filtered thru what it takes > > to at least run the simulation of linuxcnc. > > > > I am so far, not terribly impressed with debian stretch, 99% of what > > I can do from a wheezy box to another wheezy box in flat out > > rejected by stretch, even an ssh login is problematic and despite > > using a -Y argument for the login, nothing that needs X is allowed > > to run, so if I want to write gcode from a comfortable chair, I am > > stuck with nano for an editor. Frankly thats BS thats so poor it > > can't even grow weeds. > > > > But I always install to a new drive, so I can move things I need to > > the new drive with mc. But with an invalid wife, (COPD, and broken > > bones from falling, so as the chief and only cook and potty/bottle > > washer here I don't often find the time to do a new release install > > and make it all work again. I've already done one stretch install > > and just getting networking usable is a cast iron bitch, nothing > > will take a gateway assignment until you get a wad of Kentucky Twist > > adjusted just right, and if you spit it out, the network goes away > > again. And I don't chew, haven't even had a cigarette in my face in > > 29+ years. > > > > All this is of coarse not your fault, just jeering from the > > bleachers. > > > > Summary > > 310 pkgs upgraded > > 5 new installed since smplaer wasn't > > All this will of course need a reboot, but I've 25 day uptime, so it > > about due anyway. > > > > Thanks Michael. > > > > I didn't catch the mpv, so I'll see if thats available for wheezy 32 > > bit. Then reboot. > > I've also had some problems getting into Debian Stretch (or Devuan > Ascii), but Jessie runs pretty well for me (although I still use a > couple of Wheezy packages). But if you've tried Stretch, then I assume > you've also tried Jessie, right? > > Bill > Right Bill, in fact the jessie flavored raspian on an r-pi3b is probably the most stable install on the premises in spite of a pinned ancient kernel. But its also realtime built. The r-pi is running lcnc and moving an 11x36 Sheldon lathe quite nicely. Barring power outages which exposed an order of detection of the two SSD's plugged into it (I need to convert fstab to use Label= to remove the detection order so it didn't reboot, hung at trying to mount what should have been /dev/sdb2 as /dev/sda3. Hung the boot and I finally remembered where I had written the root pw, got into that and commented those 2 lines back out of fstab, rebooted, moved cables from usb-2 jack tio usb-2 jack and rebooted till dmesg showed them in the proper order, and everythings cool again. Not having a ups on that one shows config errors when the lights go out unexpectedly. :) Pi's don't need much of a ups, 100 watts is a sublime overkill. I should get a little one for it, but if I fix the mounts, its fine. And thats about $100 cheaper. Call me cheap, I'll probably answer. ;-) Thanks Bill. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>