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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43083.0&return_msg=43083.12"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.11">11–20</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.21">21–24</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=43083.12">Computer wont start :'(</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="43083_12_24_10"> <a name="a43083_12"></a><div class="message" id="message_43083_12"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">17 Jan 14:39</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Jan 14:43"></span></span> <span class="message_count">12 of 24</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.12">43083.12</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.11">43083.11</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Does it ... plug into notification systems or something? Cos yeah that's weird.<br /> <br /> As far as I know phonon's *only* for A/V stuff.<br /> <br /> FWIW I use mupdf and it's great (for my needs of: being able to read a pdf when I'm forced to deal with one)</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43083.12&return_msg=43083.12" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43083.12"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43083_13"></a><div class="message" id="message_43083_13"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">17 Jan 15:47</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Jan 16:11"></span></span> <span class="message_count">13 of 24</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.13">43083.13</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.12#a43083_12" target="_self">43083.12</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Apparently there's <a href="https://sources.debian.org/src/okular/4:24.12.0-2/part/videowidget.cpp/?hl=28#L27">a video widget in there</a>. Why? Who knows... <p>Main problem with Mupdf is the lack of table of contents.</p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43083.13&return_msg=43083.12" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43083.13"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43083_14"></a><div class="message" id="message_43083_14"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">17 Jan 16:14</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">14 of 24</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.14">43083.14</a></div> <div class="message_body"> So after hours of screwing and prying I managed to gain access to where the CMOS battery is - removed it and tried to boot, no change, restored it, no change. <p>So either the battery is dead, or it's the graphics card that died, or something else. </p><p>Or I undid a vital wire/ribbon that I forgot about and didn't reconnect. </p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43083.14&return_msg=43083.12" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43083.14"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43083_15"></a><div class="message" id="message_43083_15"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">17 Jan 16:25</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Jan 16:27"></span></span> <span class="message_count">15 of 24</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.15">43083.15</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.12#a43083_13" target="_self">43083.13</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Ahh, for all those video-pdfs.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43083.15&return_msg=43083.12" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43083.15"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43083_16"></a><div class="message" id="message_43083_16"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">17 Jan 16:26</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Jan 16:27"></span></span> <span class="message_count">16 of 24</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.16">43083.16</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.12#a43083_14" target="_self">43083.14</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <span class="emoticon e_hug" title="(hug)"><span class="e__">(hug)</span></span></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43083.16&return_msg=43083.12" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43083.16"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43083_17"></a><div class="message" id="message_43083_17"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">18 Jan 15:26</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 18 Jan 16:27"></span></span> <span class="message_count">17 of 24</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.17">43083.17</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.11">43083.11</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I've searched all over hells half-acre for a good Linux pdf viewer. Best I came up with so far is Foxit, which isn't open source and (AFAIK), removed their Linux binaries quite recently. I run it in Fedora 40 (buggy) and also Win 10, though Adobe reader is slightly better on that.<br /> <br /> Dunno about the video player stuff.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43083.17&return_msg=43083.12" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43083.17"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43083_18"></a><div class="message" id="message_43083_18"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">18 Jan 16:46</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 18 Jan 21:04"></span></span> <span class="message_count">18 of 24</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.18">43083.18</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.12#a43083_17" target="_self">43083.17</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I stopped using Foxit on Windows when they started included adverts. Switched to Mupdf-based Sumatra PDF, which was lightweight and did everything I needed, but is Windows only. <p>The poorly named qpdfview has fewer dependencies than Okular (is only Qt instead of KDE), but depends on Cups, which I'll need to recompile to remove Avahi crap.</p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43083.18&return_msg=43083.12" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43083.18"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43083_19"></a><div class="message" id="message_43083_19"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">18 Jan 21:05</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 18 Jan 21:15"></span></span> <span class="message_count">19 of 24</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.19">43083.19</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.12#a43083_18" target="_self">43083.18</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Now they (Foxit and Acrobat) have AI junk shoehorned into the interface.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43083.19&return_msg=43083.12" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43083.19"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43083_20"></a><div class="message" id="message_43083_20"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">19 Jan 16:04</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 19 Jan 19:34"></span></span> <span class="message_count">20 of 24</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.20">43083.20</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.12#a43083_19" target="_self">43083.19</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Please elect me leader of the world so I can bestow well-deserved punishments on every arsehole involved in all this so-called "AI" crap. <span class="emoticon e_angry" title=":@"><span class="e__">:@</span></span></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43083.20&return_msg=43083.12" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43083.20"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43083_21"></a><div class="message" id="message_43083_21"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">19 Jan 19:35</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 25 Jan 14:35"></span></span> <span class="message_count">21 of 24</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.21">43083.21</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43083.12#a43083_20" target="_self">43083.20</a></div> <div class="message_body"> It's probably the biggest grift since crypto.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43083.21&return_msg=43083.12" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43083.21"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="43083.22" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>