Category: Linux

Menu buttons (toolbar) and status bar are missing in SMPlayer (SOLVED)

SMPlayer is a popular cross-platform video player. SMPlayer has many useful functions (crop video to fit the screen, fine-tune the appearance and location of subtitles, select the number of audio output channels) and many other settings, including those related to performance optimization and hardware acceleration of video decoding. Separately, I would like to note such a function as saving playback...

How to install and configure best video player on Linux (SMPlayer)

What is SMPlayer. Why SMPlayer is better than other video players SMPlayer is one of the most convenient video players I've ever used. In terms of its ability to play various formats, SMPlayer is no worse than another great cross-platform video player – VLC. But when it comes to ease of use, SMPlayer is ahead of VLC. SMPlayer is a...

How to check if Wayland or X11 is used?

Table of contents 1. What is Wayland and X11 2. How to find out if you are using Wayland or X11 on the command line 2.1 Using the session ID 2.2 Checking the $XDG_SESSION_TYPE variable 2.3 Checking the WAYLAND_DISPLAY and DISPLAY variables 2.4 Finding Display Server environment variables 3. How to detect whether X11 or Wayland is being used in a GUI 3.1 How to see if GNOME is...

Error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) (SOLVED)

When performing updates on Arch Linux and derivative distributions (Manjaro, BlackArch), several checks are performed before directly installing new versions of packages: checking if all necessary dependencies are present checking if there are conflicting packages The previous two checks are performed before the installation files are downloaded. Immediately after downloading the installation files (but, of course, even before installing them),...

How to fix LibreOffice stopped starting. Resetting LibreOffice without launching (SOLVED)

LibreOffice won't start LibreOffice is a free office document editor. In terms of functions, LibreOffice is similar to MS Office, but LibreOffice is open source and this office suite works on all major operating systems, including Linux. I have been using LibreOffice extensively almost every day for several hours for many years now. I am satisfied with the functionality of...

How to determine the location and name of the MySQL (MariaDB) configuration file. How to find the group name for MySQL and MariaDB configuration files

MySQL and MariaDB config files Some useful settings that improve productivity or solve problems that have arisen should be saved in configuration files. But you may encounter a situation where some online guide recommends saving the settings to a file located in a certain directory, but in your Linux this file or even the entire directory is missing. The confusion...

How to enable 10-bit color depth on Linux (and whether to enable 30-bit color)

Table of contents 1. Does my monitor (TV) use 10-bit color depth 2. Why enable 10-bit color support on Linux 3. How 10-bit color support is implemented in Windows 4. How 10-bit color support is implemented in Linux 5. How to know if my monitor (TV) supports 10-bit color depth 6. How to determine the number of colors (bits per...

How to identify content with 10-bit color depth. How to check what color depth is used in a photo and video

How can I tell if 10-bit depth is being used in a video or photo? How to determine color depth in an image First of all, if the photo is in JPG format, then it is safe to say that 10-bit color depth is not used in it, because this format simply does not support it. Examples of formats that...
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