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#11
Applications / Re: Bengali / Bangla / Indic L...
Last post by AxL - April 10, 2024, 04:59:16 PMQuote from: duststuff on April 07, 2024, 08:56:18 AMWith a Sparky 7.3 Xfce system, I've run into a problem of some Bangla ligatures* not rendering correctly when using a non-Bangla font like 'Liberation Sans'. From what I can tell, it's possible there are a variety of reasons for this type of font rendering problem and also a variety of solutions. Probably the easiest solution for some use cases is to just use a Bangla font. However, my use case is typing both English and Bangla in the same file. Thus, it is more efficient to be able to use the same font for both languages, and so far I've found that this works best with non-Bangla fonts. While using Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 6 (Xfce) (based on Debian 12 like Sparky 7) I had settled on the Liberation Sans font as the best solution I knew of. However, I'm migrating from LMDE 6 to Sparky 7, and I've noticed that for some reason this font does not work in the same way with Sparky -- it's broken in the sense of some ligatures not appearing correctly or appearing as just representations of the individual keystrokes rather than converting into the appropriate ligature. I am using the same input method (ibus) and keyboard layout (Bangla m17n 'Unijoy') on both systems.
* Ligatures are sometimes referred to as conjunct letters or combined letters, and are a one-character representation produced by two or more keystrokes (eg. a single character for the 'English' consonant cluster 'spr').
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Check this link, to see if it helps you to solve the problem you are suffering from: - Fix broken Bangla font in GNU/Linux
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#12
Installation / Re: public key is not availabl...
Last post by duststuff - April 08, 2024, 01:03:08 AMHey David, glad to hear you got it working. :-) It would be great if you would edit the title of this topic / thread to include '[Solved]' at the beginning or end, as this may help others who are searching the forum for a similar problem.
#13
Suggestions / Re: Text Installer with Consol...
Last post by djringjr - April 07, 2024, 11:49:53 PMI made a list of the applications installed from that system and was trying to install those packages. I figured out. Except for getting the keys in the keyring, I did this (I forgot to write the steps down.) I think it was sudo apt-get add [keyid]
To get an installed package list:
dpkg --get-selections > ~/Package.list
sudo cp -R /etc/apt/sources.list* ~/
sudo apt-key exportall > ~/Repo.keys
To restore the package list on my talking Debian.
sudo apt-key add ~/Repo.keys
sudo cp -R ~/sources.listtc/apt/
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dselect
sudo dselect update
sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade
BINGO!
Everything works!
Thank you,
David
To get an installed package list:
dpkg --get-selections > ~/Package.list
sudo cp -R /etc/apt/sources.list* ~/
sudo apt-key exportall > ~/Repo.keys
To restore the package list on my talking Debian.
sudo apt-key add ~/Repo.keys
sudo cp -R ~/sources.listtc/apt/
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dselect
sudo dselect update
sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade
BINGO!
Everything works!
Thank you,
David
#14
Installation / Re: public key is not availabl...
Last post by djringjr - April 07, 2024, 11:48:07 PMQuote from: duststuff on April 06, 2024, 05:51:28 AMSomeone may be able to help you if you provide more information. For instance, what were you doing or trying to do when you got this message? I think there may be a signing key for verifying Sparky isos and perhaps a different one that is used by system upgrade tools and repos. On the Sparky wiki, there are instructions about verifying isos, but the key ID referenced there is different than the one you posted.
If this key you've referenced is one that is accessed online rather than locally on your system, then I guess there's always the chance that the server your system is trying to access is temporarily down; if so, then it might work as expected later if you try again.
When you're looking for help on this or other similar forums, it would be good for you to mention what version of OS (i.e. Sparky here) you're using along with the window manager (WM) and/or desktop environment (DE). You can use the command-line tool 'inxi' and its various options to generate general / specific / relevant information about your system that you can then copy from the terminal (Shift + Ctrl + C) and paste into your post here using the code markers for easier readability. (Hover over the icons above where you're writing till you see the one marked 'Code', click on that and it should give you code markers like this: "code""/code" except with bracket markers in place of the quote markers. Then just paste the inxi output from the terminal between the code markers so it will show up correctly [you can use the preview option to check it's working as expected].) The 'inxi' tool has lots of different options -- here is just one example: 'inxi -Frz'. The '-F' option includes basic information for quite a few parts of your system, the '-r' option provides details on your repos, and the '-z' option filters out some things for privacy / security, which is probably a good idea when posting in public spaces like this forum.
I am trying to take a minimal installation of Debian which includes espeakup and brltty for blind access. I'm using the latest Debian, and I want to get the Sparky Linux repos on this system.
I copied the /etc/apt/* files to a USB stick from a working Sparky Linux system.
I made a list of the applications installed from that system and was trying to install those packages. I figured out. Except for getting the keys in the keyring, I did this (I forgot to write the steps down.)
To get an installed package list:
dpkg --get-selections > ~/Package.list
sudo cp -R /etc/apt/sources.list* ~/
sudo apt-key exportall > ~/Repo.keys
To restore the package list on my talking Debian.
sudo apt-key add ~/Repo.keys
sudo cp -R ~/sources.listtc/apt/
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dselect
sudo dselect update
sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade
BINGO!
Everything works!
Thank you,
David
#15
Applications / Bengali / Bangla / Indic Ligat...
Last post by duststuff - April 07, 2024, 08:56:18 AMWith a Sparky 7.3 Xfce system, I've run into a problem of some Bangla ligatures* not rendering correctly when using a non-Bangla font like 'Liberation Sans'. From what I can tell, it's possible there are a variety of reasons for this type of font rendering problem and also a variety of solutions. Probably the easiest solution for some use cases is to just use a Bangla font. However, my use case is typing both English and Bangla in the same file. Thus, it is more efficient to be able to use the same font for both languages, and so far I've found that this works best with non-Bangla fonts. While using Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 6 (Xfce) (based on Debian 12 like Sparky 7) I had settled on the Liberation Sans font as the best solution I knew of. However, I'm migrating from LMDE 6 to Sparky 7, and I've noticed that for some reason this font does not work in the same way with Sparky -- it's broken in the sense of some ligatures not appearing correctly or appearing as just representations of the individual keystrokes rather than converting into the appropriate ligature. I am using the same input method (ibus) and keyboard layout (Bangla m17n 'Unijoy') on both systems.
* Ligatures are sometimes referred to as conjunct letters or combined letters, and are a one-character representation produced by two or more keystrokes (eg. a single character for the 'English' consonant cluster 'spr').
One idea I had is that perhaps there are one or more packages installed in LMDE that are not installed in Sparky. So I did some searches to try to come up with a list of all the relevant packages I could think of, but when I compared them, each system had them all installed. Here's the list I came up with: gir1.2-ibus-1.0 ibus ibus-data ibus-gtk ibus-gtk3 ibus-gtk4 ibus-m17n im-config libibus-1.0-5 python3-ibus-1.0 libgraphite2-3 libgraphite2-dev libm17n-0 m17n-db gir1.2-pango-1.0 libotf1 libpango-1.0-0 libpango1.0-dev libpangocairo-1.0-0 libpangoft2-1.0-0 libpangoxft-1.0-0 . Any ideas on other packages that might be relevant that I should check out? (I installed 'task-bengali', but that didn't help with this. I'm pretty sure 'task-bengali-desktop' wouldn't help either.)
The other idea I had is that the two systems have different settings related to languages, fonts, etc. In LMDE 6 (and other Ubuntu-based distros I've used) there is often a Region & Language settings section in the apps menu and this often prompts you to install extra language-related packages, if necessary, and might also have some options related to other types of language / fonts settings. However, I haven't been able to find any type of language-related settings in Sparky. Any ideas on where I could find and potentially edit these types of settings?
For now, because the need is time-sensitive, I'll probably look for another font that might be able to handle both English and Bangla without this problem, and if that fails, will revert back to using a Bangla font. But I thought I'd go ahead and post this on here in case anyone has any ideas about what I'm missing in regards to trouble-shooting this.
* Ligatures are sometimes referred to as conjunct letters or combined letters, and are a one-character representation produced by two or more keystrokes (eg. a single character for the 'English' consonant cluster 'spr').
One idea I had is that perhaps there are one or more packages installed in LMDE that are not installed in Sparky. So I did some searches to try to come up with a list of all the relevant packages I could think of, but when I compared them, each system had them all installed. Here's the list I came up with: gir1.2-ibus-1.0 ibus ibus-data ibus-gtk ibus-gtk3 ibus-gtk4 ibus-m17n im-config libibus-1.0-5 python3-ibus-1.0 libgraphite2-3 libgraphite2-dev libm17n-0 m17n-db gir1.2-pango-1.0 libotf1 libpango-1.0-0 libpango1.0-dev libpangocairo-1.0-0 libpangoft2-1.0-0 libpangoxft-1.0-0 . Any ideas on other packages that might be relevant that I should check out? (I installed 'task-bengali', but that didn't help with this. I'm pretty sure 'task-bengali-desktop' wouldn't help either.)
The other idea I had is that the two systems have different settings related to languages, fonts, etc. In LMDE 6 (and other Ubuntu-based distros I've used) there is often a Region & Language settings section in the apps menu and this often prompts you to install extra language-related packages, if necessary, and might also have some options related to other types of language / fonts settings. However, I haven't been able to find any type of language-related settings in Sparky. Any ideas on where I could find and potentially edit these types of settings?
For now, because the need is time-sensitive, I'll probably look for another font that might be able to handle both English and Bangla without this problem, and if that fails, will revert back to using a Bangla font. But I thought I'd go ahead and post this on here in case anyone has any ideas about what I'm missing in regards to trouble-shooting this.
#16
Installation / VirtualBox guest additions
Last post by grahamperrin - April 06, 2024, 07:34:18 PMSince the link above is 404, where can I find advice on installing the guest additions alone?
I do see VirtualBox, but not its (separate) additions, in aptus.
I do see VirtualBox, but not its (separate) additions, in aptus.
#17
Hardware / Re: SOLVED [KDE Version] How t...
Last post by duststuff - April 06, 2024, 08:58:39 AMHey, glad to hear it! :-)
#18
Sparky Linux kernel / Re: Vulnerable eIBRS with unpr...
Last post by rektal - April 06, 2024, 08:37:09 AMI have noticed that my info About System shows only 8 × Intel® Core™ i5-10400F CPU @ 2.90GHz processor now. This is on kernel 6.8.4. My system monitor widget do not show ssd disks' temperature.
When I use 6.6.15 kernel widget shows these sensors and info About System shows 12 × Intel® Core™ i5-10400F CPU @ 2.90GHz processor.
This is strange but it is for another topic.
When I use 6.6.15 kernel widget shows these sensors and info About System shows 12 × Intel® Core™ i5-10400F CPU @ 2.90GHz processor.
This is strange but it is for another topic.
#19
Hardware / Re: [KDE Version] How to Insta...
Last post by ENTPRESTIGIOUS - April 06, 2024, 08:01:03 AMQuote from: duststuff on April 04, 2024, 03:21:37 PMI just noticed on my Sparky 7.3 system that the 'APTus AppCenter' (accessible through the apps / 'start' menu) has a package called 'Nvidia Settings' (under 'System'-'Others'). If that's also available on your system, it might be worth checking out, if you haven't already. There's a chance that it's only useful if you already have the correct driver(s) installed, but I thought I'd mention it anyway in case it's helpful. I think there are also one or more general Linux packages 'out there' that were developed to identify the hardware of a system and then search online for a matching driver. I haven't ever used one of these, but I've heard others reference them who were facing situations roughly similar to yours.
Yeah I already have that. It turns out that it was installed successfully as I was able to seek help from the NVIDIA discord.
#20
Newbie questions / Re: How do I connect to the in...
Last post by duststuff - April 06, 2024, 05:59:39 AMSomeone may be able to help you if you provide more information. For instance, how are you trying to connect to the internet? LAN cable? Wireless? USB dongle? Do you know whether the internet connection you are trying to use works with another computer / system? What are the details (make, model, etc.) of the internet device you are trying to use? What have you tried so far and what happened when you tried it? Any error messages, warnings, or other relevant output?
When you're looking for help on this or other similar forums, it would be good for you to mention what version of OS (i.e. Sparky here) you're using along with the window manager (WM) and/or desktop environment (DE). You can use the command-line tool 'inxi' and its various options to generate general / specific / relevant information about your system that you can then copy from the terminal (Shift + Ctrl + C) and paste into your post here using the code markers for easier readability. (Hover over the icons above where you're writing till you see the one marked 'Code', click on that and it should give you code markers like this: "code""/code" except with bracket markers in place of the quote markers. Then just paste the inxi output from the terminal between the code markers so it will show up correctly [you can use the preview option to check it's working as expected].) The 'inxi' tool has lots of different options -- here is just one example: 'inxi -Frz'. The '-F' option includes basic information for quite a few parts of your system, the '-r' option provides details on your repos, and the '-z' option filters out some things for privacy / security, which is probably a good idea when posting in public spaces like this forum.
When you're looking for help on this or other similar forums, it would be good for you to mention what version of OS (i.e. Sparky here) you're using along with the window manager (WM) and/or desktop environment (DE). You can use the command-line tool 'inxi' and its various options to generate general / specific / relevant information about your system that you can then copy from the terminal (Shift + Ctrl + C) and paste into your post here using the code markers for easier readability. (Hover over the icons above where you're writing till you see the one marked 'Code', click on that and it should give you code markers like this: "code""/code" except with bracket markers in place of the quote markers. Then just paste the inxi output from the terminal between the code markers so it will show up correctly [you can use the preview option to check it's working as expected].) The 'inxi' tool has lots of different options -- here is just one example: 'inxi -Frz'. The '-F' option includes basic information for quite a few parts of your system, the '-r' option provides details on your repos, and the '-z' option filters out some things for privacy / security, which is probably a good idea when posting in public spaces like this forum.