On Sunday 24 May 2020 11:21:16 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Anno domini 2020 Sun, 24 May 10:59:51 -0400 > > Gene Heskett scripsit: > > On Sunday 24 May 2020 08:11:34 Uwe Brauer wrote: > > > Hi thanks for this detailed answer > > > > > > > For the time being (till R14.1.0 is out - possibly end of > > > > 2020) you have the following choices: > > > > > > > > 1) you can mute/unmute from the KMix slider LED, this should > > > > work fine with PA already > > > > > > This works but it is inconvenient since you have to fiddle with > > > controls > > > > > > > 2) you can open KMix mixer windod -> Settings -> Configure > > > > global shortcuts and remap the "toggle mute" keyboard > > > > shortcut to some other key combination. Do not use > > > > "XF86AudioMute" key, since this is normally used by KMilo and > > > > therefore may not work > > > > > > Thanks for this but: it does *not work*. > > > > > > I just bound it to Win+F1 for testing: > > > this �Toogle mute� only switches the > > > master but not the speaker, so it does the same as does Fn-F1 > > > > > > > 3) you can create a script that calls "dcop kmix Mixer-1 > > > > toggleMasterMute", this will mute/unmute the PA master > > > > channel. You can add an input action tied to a keyboard > > > > shortcut to call this easy. > > > > > > The script works, nicely > > > > > > > 4) if you are on debian-like distro, you could switch to > > > > Slavek's PTB packages and get the latest R14.1.0-dev packages > > > > at regular intervals. This will bring you the complete fix in > > > > a few days > > > > > > does that mean Ubuntu included? > > > > > > Would you mind telling me the ppa? > > > > > > Thanks again > > > > > > Uwe > > > PS I signed this message, since you did the same, some people do > > > complain, though > > > > Thats because the key issuer is some sort of all caps, 3 line > > swahili we never heard of before. All of a sudden we're getting > > popups from pientry-gnome3 asking us to swear that this key signer > > is legit. How theheck are wwe to know? > > > > And it doesn't copy-paste, blocks all other input while its present > > on screen. Being the paranoid old fart I am, I am not about to > > click ok on such a mystery message. click on close or cancel changes > > the main, yellow kmail warning to click this for details, I click > > and it then says no details available. Is there a switch to shut > > this stuff off? > > I have a filter for kmail that handles anoying stuff. Signed mails are > not in this group for me, so it's missing this feature ... but feel > free to extend it :) > > Nik > I've no clue how Nik. And the procmail gauntlet I run all this stuff past finds and quarantines megabytes of virii and phishing stuff a year, hasn't a clue how to deal with this. Please get rid of the popup, its not informative in the least, and being an input blocker, it qualifies as a pain in the ass. kmails one line color highlighted advisory message is more than enough of a warning. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett 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) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>