Re: gschem only partially works
On Saturday 09 January 2016 21:53:08 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Saturday 09 January 2016 21:42:17 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Saturday 09 January 2016 19:39:27 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > > On Sunday 10 January 2016 00:24:29 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > > I can see all that in synaptic to prove its there, and mc
> > > > agree's, but its in html and iceweasel has lost the ability to
> > > > open a file on a local filesystem. No clue why as there sure
> > > > should not be an ssl problem on a local direct access disk.
> > > >
> > > > So unless I see an iceweasel update in the next day or 2, I will
> > > > be actively searching for a browser that Just Works(TM).
> > >
> > > You are using TDE. Why on earth aren't you using Konqueror for
> > > this sort of thing?? Easiest route:
> > >
> > > Do:
> > > alt-F2
> > >
> > > type in resultant window:
> > > /home/gene
> > > or whatever you call your home directory, or route to wherever the
> > > file you want is
> > >
> > > navigate to file you want and open it.
> > >
> > > Lisi
> >
> > Konquerer and I have never made friends, Lisi, but if it works, I'll
> > try to apologize to it. But I don't have to, it just refused to open
> > gedadocs.html in the /usr/share/doc/geda/ directory. Despite being
> > set as the default browser, it handed it over to iceweasel, and
> > iceweasel of course claimed the file did not exist.
> >
> > Does it open that file on your system?
> >
> > Actually I did get it to open that file when used as an argument
> > from a console window, in the local wiki, but its a one page file
> > that points at www.gpleda.org, a site that apparently does not exist
> > or the iceweasel cannot find. But the site CAN be pinged. A new
> > ssl problem?
>
> And a PS; konqueror CAN goto that site when its given that sites
> address as $var1 from a cli. However, trying to follow a link on that
> site is handed off to iceweasel, despite konqueror being set as the
> default browser, and iceweasel is busted. And I believe its busted
> because of the game of musical chairs being played with the libssl
> right now.
>
> So why does it hand the links off to iceweasel in the first place? It
> is NOT the default browser at the moment.
>
Footnote: Apparently konqueror maintains its own table of default apps,
and html was set to iceweasel. Fixed that, and actually got to the
latest pcb.pdf and downloaded it. Whether that will lead to my trying to
us it again is debatable. I have already burned at least 2 days
screwing around with this, and running into a dead end always around the
next corner, so I will have to become re-motivated.
> > The lack of being able to access the docs for all these tools is, to
> > put it bluntly, damned frustrating. So to hell with it, I'll make
> > the 60 mile round trip to my nearest radio shack tomorrow and get
> > some of their project boards as I can build 2 each of these circuits
> > on a 2x2" project board.
> >
> > In the meantime, somewhere in this daily updating of libssl and
> > friends, maybe, if they switch chews and hold their mouth just
> > right, a browser, any browser, might actually work again. But I
> > don't recommend either of us hold our breath until that happens.
> >
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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