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How do I rid myself of this lock screen?

Started byT <T@invalid.invalid>
First post2021-10-31 16:26 -0700
Last post2021-11-06 00:22 -0400
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  How do I rid myself of this lock screen? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2021-10-31 16:26 -0700
    Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-01 04:48 +0000
    Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-11-01 15:08 +0000
      Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? John McCue <jmccue@fuzzball.mhome.org> - 2021-11-01 15:20 +0000
        Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Andrea Croci <andrea.croci@gmx.de> - 2021-11-01 20:34 +0100
          Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2021-11-01 23:24 +0100
      Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-01 16:01 -0700
        Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-01 19:06 -0400
          Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-01 19:57 -0700
            Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-02 09:49 -0400
              Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-02 14:00 +0000
                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-02 20:45 -0400
              Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-02 18:31 -0700
                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2021-11-05 19:18 +0000
                  Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-05 17:37 -0700
                  Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-06 04:02 -0400
                    Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2021-11-06 10:07 +0000
                      Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-11-06 08:01 -0700
                      Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-06 13:38 -0400
                        Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2021-11-07 10:33 +0000
                          Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-07 12:18 +0000
                          Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-07 16:04 -0500
                            Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-08 11:29 +0000
                            Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2021-11-12 16:01 +0000
                              Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-12 13:45 -0500
                                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2021-11-13 11:15 +0000
                        Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-07 12:17 +0000
                          Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-07 18:23 +0000
                            Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-08 11:22 +0000
                    Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-06 14:51 +0000
            Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-02 20:02 -0700
        Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-02 08:39 +0000
    Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? 1p166 <z24ba6.net> - 2021-11-02 01:06 -0400
      Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-01 22:36 -0700
        Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? 1p166 <z24ba6.net> - 2021-11-02 23:54 -0400
          Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-02 21:37 -0700
            Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? 1p166 <z24ba6.net> - 2021-11-05 00:01 -0400
              Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-05 03:35 -0700
                Re: How do I rid myself of this lock screen? 1p166 <z24ba6.net> - 2021-11-06 00:22 -0400

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#33607

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2021-11-07 12:18 +0000
Message-ID<sm8g7e$9do$3@dont-email.me>
In reply to#33604
On 07/11/2021 10:33, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
> Le 06-11-2021, Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> a écrit :
>> On 06 Nov 2021 10:07:41 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>>
>>> Le 06-11-2021, Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> Who was it, Shaggy?
>>>>
>>>>> Not me.
>>>>
>>>> The answer needs to be "It wasn't me". ;-)
>>>
>>> No, because it stand for both sentences at the same time: "It wasn't
>>> me." and "I'm not wondering.", there may be a better way to put it, but
>>> I'm not fluent enough in English to improve it.
>>
>> You probably don't know that SONG then - which I just notice is 21 years
>> old already! Where did the time go?
>>
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_x6QmuJdms> (might not work in all countries)
> 
> Effectively, I didn't knew this song and I'll forget it in the next few
> minutes. It's really not my kind of song.
> 

"Neither my fault,  problem, nor my concern"...



-- 
The New Left are the people they warned you about.

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#33611

FromAndreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net>
Date2021-11-07 16:04 -0500
Message-ID<877ddjy8w8.fsf@usenet.ankman.de>
In reply to#33604
On 07 Nov 2021 10:33:36 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>
> Le 06-11-2021, Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> a écrit :
>> On 06 Nov 2021 10:07:41 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>>
>>> Le 06-11-2021, Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> Who was it, Shaggy?
>>>>
>>>>> Not me.
>>>>
>>>> The answer needs to be "It wasn't me". ;-)
>>>
>>> No, because it stand for both sentences at the same time: "It wasn't
>>> me." and "I'm not wondering.", there may be a better way to put it, but
>>> I'm not fluent enough in English to improve it.
>>
>> You probably don't know that SONG then - which I just notice is 21 years
>> old already! Where did the time go?
>>
>><https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_x6QmuJdms> (might not work in all countries)
>
> Effectively, I didn't knew this song and I'll forget it in the next few
> minutes. It's really not my kind of song.

Mine neither. But was popular 2000. And when you were at a fast food
restaurant or public places they have the annoying "Adult Contemporary"
format you couldn't escape this song.
-- 
Andreas

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#33613

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2021-11-08 11:29 +0000
Message-ID<smb1lv$tu6$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#33611
On 07/11/2021 21:04, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
> On 07 Nov 2021 10:33:36 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>
>> Le 06-11-2021, Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> a écrit :
>>> On 06 Nov 2021 10:07:41 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Le 06-11-2021, Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>> Who was it, Shaggy?
>>>>>
>>>>>> Not me.
>>>>>
>>>>> The answer needs to be "It wasn't me". ;-)
>>>>
>>>> No, because it stand for both sentences at the same time: "It wasn't
>>>> me." and "I'm not wondering.", there may be a better way to put it, but
>>>> I'm not fluent enough in English to improve it.
>>>
>>> You probably don't know that SONG then - which I just notice is 21 years
>>> old already! Where did the time go?
>>>
>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_x6QmuJdms> (might not work in all countries)
>>
>> Effectively, I didn't knew this song and I'll forget it in the next few
>> minutes. It's really not my kind of song.
> 
> Mine neither. But was popular 2000. And when you were at a fast food
> restaurant or public places they have the annoying "Adult Contemporary"
> format you couldn't escape this song.
> 

I must have simply not been at a fast food place around that time. Never 
heard it and glad I never heard it.

What was it someone called Reggae, Rap and Hip Hop?

"Nursery Ryhmes for N-words".

I am sure its is all very worthy and culturally significant, but its 
about as exciting as viewing one of Jackson Pollock's drunken ejaculations.


-- 
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false face for the 
urge to rule it.”
– H. L. Mencken

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#33625

FromStéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr>
Date2021-11-12 16:01 +0000
Message-ID<slrnsot3ul.oir.sc@scarpet42p.localdomain>
In reply to#33611
Le 07-11-2021, Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> a écrit :
> On 07 Nov 2021 10:33:36 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>
>> Le 06-11-2021, Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> a écrit :
>>> You probably don't know that SONG then - which I just notice is 21 years
>>> old already! Where did the time go?
>>>
>>><https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_x6QmuJdms> (might not work in all countries)
>>
>> Effectively, I didn't knew this song and I'll forget it in the next few
>> minutes. It's really not my kind of song.
>
> Mine neither. But was popular 2000. And when you were at a fast food
> restaurant or public places they have the annoying "Adult Contemporary"
> format you couldn't escape this song.

The popularity depends on the countries. Never heard it.

-- 
Si vous avez du temps à perdre :
https://scarpet42.gitlab.io

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#33628

FromAndreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net>
Date2021-11-12 13:45 -0500
Message-ID<87v90xqkkl.fsf@usenet.ankman.de>
In reply to#33625
On 12 Nov 2021 16:01:25 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>
> Le 07-11-2021, Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> a écrit :
>> On 07 Nov 2021 10:33:36 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>>
>>> Le 06-11-2021, Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> a écrit :
>>>> You probably don't know that SONG then - which I just notice is 21 years
>>>> old already! Where did the time go?
>>>>
>>>><https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_x6QmuJdms> (might not work in all countries)
>>>
>>> Effectively, I didn't knew this song and I'll forget it in the next few
>>> minutes. It's really not my kind of song.
>>
>> Mine neither. But was popular 2000. And when you were at a fast food
>> restaurant or public places they have the annoying "Adult Contemporary"
>> format you couldn't escape this song.
>
> The popularity depends on the countries. Never heard it.

Assuming from your name and email address that you are from; the song was
number #1 there. In Canada it was #18.

The French Wikipedia page cites:

| En France, le titre est resté classé pendant 28 semaines dont 10
| semaines numéro 1.
-- 
Andreas

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#33635

FromStéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr>
Date2021-11-13 11:15 +0000
Message-ID<slrnsov7ik.4uv.sc@scarpet42p.localdomain>
In reply to#33628
Le 12-11-2021, Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> a écrit :
> On 12 Nov 2021 16:01:25 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>
>> Le 07-11-2021, Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> a écrit :
>>> On 07 Nov 2021 10:33:36 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Le 06-11-2021, Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> a écrit :
>>>>> You probably don't know that SONG then - which I just notice is 21 years
>>>>> old already! Where did the time go?
>>>>>
>>>>><https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_x6QmuJdms> (might not work in all countries)
>>>>
>>>> Effectively, I didn't knew this song and I'll forget it in the next few
>>>> minutes. It's really not my kind of song.
>>>
>>> Mine neither. But was popular 2000. And when you were at a fast food
>>> restaurant or public places they have the annoying "Adult Contemporary"
>>> format you couldn't escape this song.
>>
>> The popularity depends on the countries. Never heard it.
>
> Assuming from your name and email address that you are from; 

I'm French living in France. It's not a secret, I'm neither proud or
ashamed of it, it's just a fact. And it explains my poor English.

> the song was number #1 there. In Canada it was #18.
>
> The French Wikipedia page cites:
>
>| En France, le titre est resté classé pendant 28 semaines dont 10
>| semaines numéro 1.

In the 2000 I was mostly in Germany, even if I came back in France from
time to time. Again, I really don't remember it. Maybe I heard it once
or twice, but not enough like other songs which I heard everywhere.

-- 
Si vous avez du temps à perdre :
https://scarpet42.gitlab.io

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#33606

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2021-11-07 12:17 +0000
Message-ID<sm8g4c$9do$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#33602
On 06/11/2021 17:38, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
> On 06 Nov 2021 10:07:41 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>
>> Le 06-11-2021, Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> a écrit :
>>>
>>> Who was it, Shaggy?
>>>
>>>> Not me.
>>>
>>> The answer needs to be "It wasn't me". ;-)
>>
>> No, because it stand for both sentences at the same time: "It wasn't
>> me." and "I'm not wondering.", there may be a better way to put it, but
>> I'm not fluent enough in English to improve it.
> 
> You probably don't know that SONG then - which I just notice is 21 years
> old already! Where did the time go?
> 
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_x6QmuJdms> (might not work in all countries)
> 
Strictly, "it was not I", is the right form...

-- 
The New Left are the people they warned you about.

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#33610

FromCharlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Date2021-11-07 18:23 +0000
Message-ID<TQUhJ.19505$zF3.13892@fx03.iad>
In reply to#33606
On 2021-11-07, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> On 06/11/2021 17:38, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
>
>> On 06 Nov 2021 10:07:41 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>
>>> Le 06-11-2021, Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> a écrit :
>>>
>>>> Who was it, Shaggy?
>>>>
>>>>> Not me.
>>>>
>>>> The answer needs to be "It wasn't me". ;-)
>>>
>>> No, because it stand for both sentences at the same time: "It wasn't
>>> me." and "I'm not wondering.", there may be a better way to put it, but
>>> I'm not fluent enough in English to improve it.
>> 
>> You probably don't know that SONG then - which I just notice is 21 years
>> old already! Where did the time go?
>> 
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_x6QmuJdms>
>> (might not work in all countries)
> 
> Strictly, "it was not I", is the right form...

I have no idea what this is all about, but those from my generation
can always go back to Bob Dylan:

    But it ain't me, babe
    No, no, no, it ain't me babe
    It ain't me you're looking for, babe.

-- 
/~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  Life is perverse.
\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  It can be beautiful -
 X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  but it won't.
/ \  if you read it the right way.  |    -- Lily Tomlin

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#33612

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2021-11-08 11:22 +0000
Message-ID<smb1a6$oha$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#33610
On 07/11/2021 18:23, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2021-11-07, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On 06/11/2021 17:38, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
>>
>>> On 06 Nov 2021 10:07:41 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>>
>>>> Le 06-11-2021, Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> Who was it, Shaggy?
>>>>>
>>>>>> Not me.
>>>>>
>>>>> The answer needs to be "It wasn't me". ;-)
>>>>
>>>> No, because it stand for both sentences at the same time: "It wasn't
>>>> me." and "I'm not wondering.", there may be a better way to put it, but
>>>> I'm not fluent enough in English to improve it.
>>>
>>> You probably don't know that SONG then - which I just notice is 21 years
>>> old already! Where did the time go?
>>>
>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_x6QmuJdms>
>>> (might not work in all countries)
>>
>> Strictly, "it was not I", is the right form...
> 
> I have no idea what this is all about, but those from my generation
> can always go back to Bob Dylan:
> 
>      But it ain't me, babe
>      No, no, no, it ain't me babe
>      It ain't me you're looking for, babe.
> 
Dylan write in American, Not English.

American has lost the plural altogether.

Americans is a bunch of Cnuts.


-- 
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false face for the 
urge to rule it.”
– H. L. Mencken

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#33600

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2021-11-06 14:51 +0000
Message-ID<sm64ot$sce$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#33598
On 06/11/2021 08:02, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
> On 05 Nov 2021 19:18:25 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>
>> Le 03-11-2021, T <T@invalid.invalid> a écrit :
>>>
>>> I am wondering who turned it back on.
> 
> Who was it, Shaggy?
> 
>> Not me.
> 
> The answer needs to be "It wasn't me". ;-)
> 
Clear case of split personality

-- 
Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the 
gospel of envy.

Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

Winston Churchill

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#33525

FromT <T@invalid.invalid>
Date2021-11-02 20:02 -0700
Message-ID<slsu3l$af0$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#33509
On 11/1/21 19:57, T wrote:
> Thank you for the command line method.  Me think
> "start up" would be a good place to run it!

After thinking it through a bit, putting it into
start up would be a nightmare to find if I ever
wanted it to lock

So me thinks I will just write a start up program
that will tell me what it is.  If I get fancy, have
it allow me to select what I want.

-T

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#33519

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2021-11-02 08:39 +0000
Message-ID<slqtfk$rjq$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#33507
On 01/11/2021 23:01, T wrote:
> On 11/1/21 08:08, Rich wrote:
>> T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>> Fedora 34
>>> mate-desktop-1.26.0-1.fc34.x86_64
>>>
>>> When I am in Mate, after a period of inactivity, I
>>> get this annoying lock screen (if that is what it
>>> is called).
>>>
>>> How do I rid myself of this annoyance?
>>
>> Don't use desktop environments.
>>
>> Just launch a window manager, i.e., Fvwm2, and configure it to your
>> liking.  It won't do anything behind your back that *you* did not
>> explicitly configure it to do.
>>
> 
> Hi Rich,
> 
> For those of us that are not so adventurous, is there
> a way to tell Mate not to do this?
> 
> -T
The problem T, is that first of all Mate doesn't do this, in te first 
place, and secondly, its T for Troll.

The default option, after years of answering your posts, is that you are 
either plain lying or have done  something to make it happen and left 
out the details

Life is to short to play your games,


-- 
"I guess a rattlesnake ain't risponsible fer bein' a rattlesnake, but ah 
puts mah heel on um jess the same if'n I catches him around mah chillun".

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#33514

From1p166 <z24ba6.net>
Date2021-11-02 01:06 -0400
Message-ID<2ZqdnS6A7_3TWh38nZ2dnUU7-d-dnZ2d@earthlink.com>
In reply to#33488
Go to your local hardware store, inquire about
a tool called a "Five-Pound Sledge" ....

Guarenteed to deal with your locked screen :-)

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#33515

FromT <T@invalid.invalid>
Date2021-11-01 22:36 -0700
Message-ID<slqio1$634$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#33514
On 11/1/21 22:06, 1p166 wrote:
> Go to your local hardware store, inquire about
> a tool called a "Five-Pound Sledge" ....
> 
> Guarenteed to deal with your locked screen :-)

Swearing at it costs less  :-)

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#33526

From1p166 <z24ba6.net>
Date2021-11-02 23:54 -0400
Message-ID<LJKdnVr1vap3mh_8nZ2dnUU7-ROdnZ2d@earthlink.com>
In reply to#33515
On 11/2/21 1:36 AM, T wrote:
> On 11/1/21 22:06, 1p166 wrote:
>> Go to your local hardware store, inquire about
>> a tool called a "Five-Pound Sledge" ....
>>
>> Guarenteed to deal with your locked screen :-)
> 
> Swearing at it costs less  :-)

   But it won't listen.

   It WILL listen to the 5-pound sledge  :-)

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#33529

FromT <T@invalid.invalid>
Date2021-11-02 21:37 -0700
Message-ID<slt3m1$2ql$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#33526
On 11/2/21 20:54, 1p166 wrote:
> On 11/2/21 1:36 AM, T wrote:
>> On 11/1/21 22:06, 1p166 wrote:
>>> Go to your local hardware store, inquire about
>>> a tool called a "Five-Pound Sledge" ....
>>>
>>> Guarenteed to deal with your locked screen :-)
>>
>> Swearing at it costs less  :-)
> 
>    But it won't listen.
> 
>    It WILL listen to the 5-pound sledge  :-)

Have you ever heard new cuss ???

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#33576

From1p166 <z24ba6.net>
Date2021-11-05 00:01 -0400
Message-ID<d-Cdnfq6d7EoMRn8nZ2dnUU7-WHNnZ2d@earthlink.com>
In reply to#33529
On 11/3/21 12:37 AM, T wrote:
> On 11/2/21 20:54, 1p166 wrote:
>> On 11/2/21 1:36 AM, T wrote:
>>> On 11/1/21 22:06, 1p166 wrote:
>>>> Go to your local hardware store, inquire about
>>>> a tool called a "Five-Pound Sledge" ....
>>>>
>>>> Guarenteed to deal with your locked screen :-)
>>>
>>> Swearing at it costs less  :-)
>>
>>    But it won't listen.
>>
>>    It WILL listen to the 5-pound sledge  :-)
> 
> Have you ever heard new cuss ???

   I did some New Cussing at Deb BullsEye today.

   Decidedly NOT ready for prime time. A good
   third of the stuff I need to use either wasn't
   there or didn't work.

   Deb didn't used to release until they had a dead
   SOLID product. Now ...

   Oh, and VirtualBox said I needed to "sign" a bunch
   of kernel modules so UEFI would be happy with them -
   even though the machine wasn't UEFI (I skip that crap
   as much as possible).

   Might have to go back to Mint ... even though I don't
   really like the odd, non-standard, way 'Buntu derivs
   do things.

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#33583

FromT <T@invalid.invalid>
Date2021-11-05 03:35 -0700
Message-ID<sm31dn$qdl$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#33576
On 11/4/21 21:01, 1p166 wrote:
> Oh, and VirtualBox said I needed to "sign" a bunch
>    of kernel modules so UEFI would be happy with them -
>    even though the machine wasn't UEFI (I skip that crap
>    as much as possible).

I hate Virtual Box.

I use qemu-kvm instead

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#33597

From1p166 <z24ba6.net>
Date2021-11-06 00:22 -0400
Message-ID<lqydnQhZz6uAnhv8nZ2dnUU7-T_NnZ2d@earthlink.com>
In reply to#33583
On 11/5/21 6:35 AM, T wrote:
> On 11/4/21 21:01, 1p166 wrote:
>> Oh, and VirtualBox said I needed to "sign" a bunch
>>    of kernel modules so UEFI would be happy with them -
>>    even though the machine wasn't UEFI (I skip that crap
>>    as much as possible).
> 
> I hate Virtual Box.
> 
> I use qemu-kvm instead

   VB is handier - and often faster.

   ANYWAY, I just hosed the attempted BullsEye partition
   and installed MINT today. It, and all the software,
   works properly. Don't care for some of the weird
   'Buntu irregularities, but (a) IT WORKS and (b)
   in-place version upgrades work much better. Now
   have a nice shiny LXDE Mint LTS install.

   Brute-force copied my old home directory on top
   of the one made in Mint (minus a few touchy
   config files). All is well. Hours to re-install
   a fair selection of the apps I had before alas.
   Had to hose my old FireFox profile though.

   DID bring over the VB config files - and all my
   old 'machines' were there and waiting, didn't
   have to 'add' a single one. DID have to tweak
   the main binary though or only root could
   start VB.

   For some reason Mint came with an old, 2.0.6,
   version of Lazarus. Had to tweak a recent pgm
   in a few places - the newest way of initializing
   random-length array vars didn't work and the
   splitstring() function wasn't there (just a few
   lines to make my own though based on tStringHelper
   options that WERE there). There's always my old
   Field() function if that didn't work ... borrowed
   that idea from a PICK-OS derivative decades ago.

   READING ascii-delimited fields/subfields/subsubfields
   is EASY - but try EDITING the damned things. "Context"
   comes in big-time, the "What do you REALLY want to
   do here ?". There doesn't seem to be a "general
   purpose solution" and I tried it half a dozen ways.

   Until recently I did a lot of Python3, often using
   Tk for GUIs, but I've gone back to Delphi, so to
   speak, and you can make really good GUIs super-fast
   with Laz - fairly portable too. CodeBlocks/C for
   services and such though. I even have a VM of DOS2 -
   with the IBM Pascal compiler suite on it  :-) I like
   Pascal. Got CodeBlocks set up to use gdc and dmd
   compilers today too - try my hand at a little 'D'.

   In six months or so I'll have another go at upgrading
   Buster to BullsEye. By then they'll probably have it
   more sorted out. ACCIDENTLY went from Stretch to Buster
   (think I got the Buster repos mixed in there), and it
   went much more smoothly than my Buster->BullsEye.

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