Re: Utilities (aka, "how do you...")

On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 10:32:08AM +0200, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> *1. Screenshot.* Does anyone know a good rp-compatible screenshot program
> that doesn't require popping up a window along the way, sort of like
> "gnome-screenshot --area --clipboard" but without the gnome dependency?

i don't know what gnome-screenshot does.

> (I'd also like one that drops to a file.)

scrot might do what you want.

> *2. Audio. *Does anyone have a good rp-friendly way of dealing with sound
> (volume up/down)? I'd rather not try to get the gnome widgets working in
> stalonetray just for this. On my laptop, amixer works. On my desktop, it
> doesn't. Altogether, I'd like to get what gnome has: me not having to think
> about audio.

xterm -e alsamixer is not what you are looking for, is it? :D

> *3. Storage mounting. *When I plug in an SD card from my camera or a
> portable hard drive, I'd like it just to mount and have id mappings set so
> properly. Instead, I end up doing stuff the old fashioned way (look in
> kern.log for the device, then sudo mount, then sudo umount). I don't want
> to run nautilus at all, let alone just for this. How do others do it?

sudo is not necessary, if you use the user/users option. yes, you need
to put all your devices into /etc/fstab beforehand. i wouldn't call it
old fashioned, maybe just 'robust', or 'deterministic'.

imo mounting/umounting should be done seperately. depending on your
needs, there are various ways that use more magic (autofs, fusermount?),
still without involving window managers.

hth, cheers
felix