Notices by M.Vorontsov (mikhailvorontsov@baraag.net)

@cromachina
opening up multiple canvases and using the scatterbrush hasnt done anything yet...
however, on a canvas of 8000x8000 pixels drawing has no effect, and it gives a couple of errors, which seem to be of no consequence after closing that huge canvas again

the "file history..." error is one that appears when i draw the first line on a new canvas of any size, and these errors seem to have no consequence either...

@cromachina
no lol. if i can avoid it, i never turn off my computer ^_^

my record was about 80 days of continuous up-time

anyways, could you give me your best guess how to recreate the bug you were having? your bug report is way above my paygrade, i only understood something about memory allocation. should i try and open many large canvases simultaneously and then draw with a scatterbrush?

@cromachina
first of all ill never use discord 🐴

second: i am trying various thing right now... i have switched off from "windows ink" mode in OTD and my pressure still works... i have even uninstalled the windowsink plugin and the pressure still works...

it is like you said, apparently both of these are not needed in my case (a *HUGE* relief for me, i dont have to figure out how to backup niche git projects =D )

i wonder, why didnt it work in this configuration a couple hours ago lol

@cromachina
i have yet to activate this new sai instance with my certificate... after that i want to see if i have this same issue you are talking about... i remember sai ooccasionally spitting out errors on my native windows in the past... right now, sai on linux starts by throwing 3 errors talking about something "history" but nothing more... if i can, i would like to help at least reproducing the issue you are having, since you have helped me out so much

@cromachina and i dont have to spend money on a gpu! =D

by the way, could you give me your opinion on the following: i dont feel perfectly comfortable with my drawing setup depending on some obscure, niche github hosted software... should i try and save/backup all the software necessary so i can setup all of this in the future without relying on OTD, its windowsink plugin, and that vmutil driver staying online? or am i being too paranoid? do you feel similarly?

@cromachina
yeah i have yet to wrap my head around all the steps, filter out all the dead-ends and remember the proper procedure for the sake of future reproducability... you cant imagine what a huge deal this is for me. now i dont have to run a windows vm! i can alt+tab in and out of sai! i dont have to use a flash drive pass through + shutdown to move files out of my vm! (i refuse to give win10 network capabilities for file sharing to the host) and now i can draw without lag and stutter!

@cromachina
MOTHERFUCKER
i finally figured it out
i need to install the *linux* OTD on my machine
i need to run *wine* (not through lutris)
i need to install the vmutil using *wine* and then and only then does my linux OTD windowsink plugin work....

fucking hell. all of this could have been much more beginner-friendly if one of those various wiki/faq/help/doc pages mentioned any of this ;_;

it looks like i have sai2 running on linux *WITH* pen pressure!

thank you so so much!

@cromachina
okay so i downloaded OTD, it complained about wanting dotnet-runtime which i finally installed after feeling a little sick from having to interact with something microsoft :mado_vomit:
started otd, it complained about not finding a running daemon (which probably would autostart upon rebooting) had to search the website for quite some time until i found the command to start it mentioned in passing ("otd-daemon") :blobangry:

@cromachina
(sorry for using you as my tech support)
after looking at that github page and the vmulti driver i decided to go for it... however, it is a *.bat file that seems to be acting as if it were inside a windows system... and the OTD (more precisely the windows ink plugin) is explicitly asking for that driver... was i perhaps supposed to create a wine(/lutirs) windows environment, install the *windows*-OTD-version inside of it, alongside this driver? i have installed the linux OTD...

@cromachina
ive heard of that before, i only remember it wanting to spend significant time to index stuff for "better/faster search results" - never tried it. i distinctly remember being so frustrated by windows search, i once searched for a file within a folder containing only that file --- it took a while and the result was "no hits" lel

only goes to show how much better linux is (at least in that regard) it just does what a sane person expects the computer to do without any extra steps :3

@cromachina
lmao i never used blender long enough to stumble upon that feature =D

speaking of search tools, i was used to windows for all my life up until a couple years back, it STILL fills me with awe and appreciation that linux can search files

i used to spend considerable time organizing stuff for easy access, since i switched to linux i can just type in the search bar and within 1 or 2 *SECONDS* it finds what i was looking for

crazy how utterly worthless windows search is - even pre 10

@cromachina

also i hate blenders philosophy of "your keyboard is filled entirely by predefined shortcuts, if you already magically know which keys do what: you can google them :^) if you dont already know: there is no chance finding what you need by clicking through the settings or guessing the right shortcut description to google it"

i get irrationally mad at blender lol

@cromachina

i hope so too! xp-pen has never given me trouble so far =)

i use qemu and virtmanager - i think i could pass through my gpu if i wanted to, the problem is the gpu is needed by the host lest i want to run a terminal-only version of my OS - i would need a second (however shitty) gpu to give its processing to the vm (but even crappy gpus arent free)

as it stands the vm uses cpu power from my host to manage the virtual display, and no matter how much cpu i give, the fps is capped

@cromachina
youve given me more than i could have hoped for already with this new lead that is opentabletdriver! please dont feel obligated to be my tech support lol
worst case i will finally have to admit defeat and buy a cheap used gpu from somebody :/

@cromachina

i have an xp-pen tablet (similar to many chinese-off-brands)... tinkering with such under the hood stuff as custom drivers sounds intimidating lol
i will look into this opentabletdriver thing, thank you very much! and your github too, ill see what information i can gather =)

yeah the problem with the VM is the fact that i have only one gpu and its reserved for my host... which means the virtual win10 runs without a gpu and has a significant lag+low fps

@cromachina

neat! forgive the slight change of topic and using you as my search engine... does that mean you have sai2 (!) running on linux+wine ? does that also mean you have actual pen-pressure working? i did not think it was possible. i myself tried twice and it only ever registeres full pressure (=mouse click) or no pressure... i am forced to run sai2 on a windows-vm (with terrible performance penalties)

what brand of drawing tablet do you use? have you had similar issues? :cryingcat:

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