[DNG] Thanks for your help

2016-05-26 Thread emninger
Hi all! I wanted to say thank you to you all for patience and your help. I've finished now, more or less, my installation with a "custom made" jwm desktop. So far, so fine. The remaining logout problem, seems to be solved by the installation of lxdm (which is not that much bigger than slim; i als

Re: [DNG] Logout problem

2016-05-26 Thread emninger
Some time ago Ozi Traveller helped me out for my logout problem sending me 2 desktop environment independent logout tools (cb-exit and oblogout, which essentially do the same, only oblogout is a bit more eye candy). I had some problems with them but solved by changing the localauthority settings of

Re: [DNG] OpenRC

2016-05-26 Thread Rob Owens
- Original Message - > From: emnin...@riseup.net > Is there a link to an instruction how to use (and setup) openrc > together with sysvinit? > > I'd like to use openrc as a tool to administrate daemons and services > since i find it a lot more "logical" (easy?). One question for example >

Re: [DNG] OpenRC: Was: Re: Dng Digest, Vol 20, Issue 138

2016-05-26 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 26 May 2016 12:50:19 +0200 Svante Signell wrote: > On Thu, 2016-05-26 at 11:28 +0200, emnin...@riseup.net wrote: > > Please keep the subject, even if you are reading the mails via the > Digest service! In addition, if you respond to a digest subjected email, please change the subject ba

Re: [DNG] OpenRC

2016-05-26 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 26 May 2016 01:53:07 +0200 Dragan FOSS wrote: > On 05/26/2016 01:23 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > capability of respawning daemons that crash? OpenRC can't do that. > > OpenRC *can* do that: > > --- > Automatic respawning crashed services > --- > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Op

Re: [DNG] Evince

2016-05-26 Thread Haines Brown
On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 02:03:26PM +0200, emnin...@riseup.net wrote: > I do not find the msg, but someone here suggested to use xpdf, possibly > with a more esthetic skin. > > I for one, would love that, since i find xpdf really very functional > and with acceptable print options too. I used xpd

Re: [DNG] Evince

2016-05-26 Thread Paweł Cholewiński
W dniu 26.05.2016 o 14:03, emnin...@riseup.net pisze: > > I for one, would love that, since i find xpdf really very functional > and with acceptable print options too. I don't like scrolbar, button and menu graphics in xpdf. Is it changeable? Paweł signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital

Re: [DNG] Evince

2016-05-26 Thread emninger
I do not find the msg, but someone here suggested to use xpdf, possibly with a more esthetic skin. I for one, would love that, since i find xpdf really very functional and with acceptable print options too. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https:

Re: [DNG] OpenRC: Was: Re: Dng Digest, Vol 20, Issue 138

2016-05-26 Thread emninger
Am Thu, 26 May 2016 12:50:19 +0200 schrieb Svante Signell : > On Thu, 2016-05-26 at 11:28 +0200, emnin...@riseup.net wrote: > > Please keep the subject, even if you are reading the mails via the > Digest service! You're right! Sorry about that, i was too fast :-( Btw, could that be corrected ex

Re: [DNG] Install a new kernel

2016-05-26 Thread Rainer Weikusat
Didier Kryn writes: > Le 25/05/2016 18:55, Rainer Weikusat a écrit : >> Linux has the nice policy of never changing a public ABI, hence, there's >> no problem in this respect > > Good to know. Although this is not true for kernel internals (if > you write or maintain a driver) and it obviously

[DNG] OpenRC: Was: Re: Dng Digest, Vol 20, Issue 138

2016-05-26 Thread Svante Signell
On Thu, 2016-05-26 at 11:28 +0200, emnin...@riseup.net wrote: Please keep the subject, even if you are reading the mails via the Digest service! ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Install a new kernel

2016-05-26 Thread Antonio Trkdz.tab
I have managed to compile and package the 4.4.11 kernel following Katolaz instructions (thank you!). It took ages to compileand I knew I would forgot to create a initrd for it: kernel panic at first boot! And yet today I saw... >Lazier: apt-get -t jessie-backports install linux-image-4.5.0.

Re: [DNG] Dng Digest, Vol 20, Issue 138

2016-05-26 Thread Irrwahn
On Thu, 26 May 2016 11:28:49 +0200, Emninger wrote: [...] > First, a question: sysvinit does > respawning? > > Personally, i'd like to *NOT* have it: I think it's better to restart a > crashed service manually. [...] KatolaZ already replied; I just like to add: It depends on context: E.g. for

Re: [DNG] Dng Digest, Vol 20, Issue 138

2016-05-26 Thread KatolaZ
On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 11:28:49AM +0200, emnin...@riseup.net wrote: > Am Thu, 26 May 2016 06:38:05 + > schrieb Steve Litt : > > > Before you do this, allow me to ask you this question: Do you want the > > capability of respawning daemons that crash? OpenRC can't do that. If > > you prefer res

Re: [DNG] Dng Digest, Vol 20, Issue 138

2016-05-26 Thread emninger
Am Thu, 26 May 2016 06:38:05 + schrieb Steve Litt : > Before you do this, allow me to ask you this question: Do you want the > capability of respawning daemons that crash? OpenRC can't do that. If > you prefer respawning, consider using s3, daemontools-encore or even > Runit to manage your dae

[DNG] Please excuse me for using a wrong smtp server

2016-05-26 Thread emninger
Please excuse me for using - sometimes - a wrong (not subscribed) smtp server. Using several mail services for different purposes, soemtimes i was too hasty sending a mail out. So, sorry for that. (I hoped, being not registered with that account, the mails wouldn't be accepted ;) ). Cheers! __

Re: [DNG] OpenRC

2016-05-26 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 26/05/2016 01:23, Steve Litt a écrit : Many people feel that respawning is a pact with the devil: If something crashes, it should stay crashed for further investigation rather than "painting over it" with a respawn. If you feel that way, OpenRC is a good bet. The arguments pro and cons a

Re: [DNG] git buildpackage simple-netaid-lightweight ERROR

2016-05-26 Thread aitor_czr
Hi Edward, El 26/05/16 a las 09:34, Edward Bartolo escribió: Hi, While running 'git buildpackage' to test building a .deb package for simple-netaid-lightweight I am receiving this error: Error: dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: package could avoid a useless dependency if debian/simple-netaid-lightweig

Re: [DNG] git buildpackage simple-netaid-lightweight ERROR

2016-05-26 Thread Paweł Cholewiński
W dniu 26.05.2016 o 09:34, Edward Bartolo pisze: > Hi, > > While running 'git buildpackage' to test building a .deb package for > simple-netaid-lightweight I am receiving this error: > > Error: > dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: package could avoid a useless dependency if > debian/simple-netaid-lightweig

Re: [DNG] Making sense of C pointer syntax.

2016-05-26 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, Thanks for the feedback. I applied the suggested changes to Makefile and git push-ed to repository. There is still a non-fatal error about linking against unnecessary libraries that has to be debugged. I will git push as soon as I find a solution. Edward On 25/05/2016, aitor_czr wrote: > >

[DNG] git buildpackage simple-netaid-lightweight ERROR

2016-05-26 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, While running 'git buildpackage' to test building a .deb package for simple-netaid-lightweight I am receiving this error: Error: dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: package could avoid a useless dependency if debian/simple-netaid-lightweight/usr/bin/sn-lightweight was not linked against libfreetype.so.6

Re: [DNG] Request for Removal of slim package from Devuan

2016-05-26 Thread KatolaZ
On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 08:56:03AM +0200, Edward Bartolo wrote: > Hi, > > I am a user of SLIM. What is wrong with it? I read that it is not > being actively developed. Does it mean a project has to be > continuously developed to be used? Aren't bug reports and bug fixes > NOT enough? > > Software