Re: [DNG] Time sync at startup (was: vdev)

2016-08-14 Thread richard lucassen
On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 17:36:23 -0500 Nate Bargmann wrote: > > When you install a new machine? Or whenever you boot and there is a > > network problem, you will have to wait until ntp times out before > > you can do anything. Normally it doesn't bother, but when you're > > mucking about with machine

Re: [DNG] vdev

2016-08-14 Thread aitor
Sorry, On 08/15/2016 02:12 AM, aitor wrote: You can generate the initrd.img running the /root/vdev-initramfs/tools/mkinitramfs of the snapshot sent by Ralph. Running the */root/vdev-initramfs/tools/make-initramfs.sh* script :) Aitor. ___ Dng m

Re: [DNG] vdev

2016-08-14 Thread aitor
Hi fsmithred, On 08/15/2016 12:36 AM, fsmithred wrote: richard lucassen wrote on 15/08/16 06:49: >On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 15:09:54 -0400 >fsmithred wrote: > >>Moved /etc/vdev/vdev (a symlink) up one level - >> I don't think that changed anything. > >It should be at /etc/vdev > >>Changed p

Re: [DNG] Time sync at startup (was: vdev)

2016-08-14 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2016 14 Aug 13:36 -0500, richard lucassen wrote: > On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 04:18:09 -0700 > Rick Moen wrote: > > > OK, thanks for the comprehensive comparison. Oddly enough, I don't > > have my regular Linux workstation around at the moment, and cannot > > recall how I usually resolve this; pro

Re: [DNG] vdev

2016-08-14 Thread fsmithred
On 08/14/2016 04:49 PM, richard lucassen wrote: > On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 15:09:54 -0400 > fsmithred wrote: > >> Moved /etc/vdev/vdev (a symlink) up one level - >> I don't think that changed anything. > > It should be at /etc/vdev > Good. That's what I thought. >> Changed pid file to /run/vd

Re: [DNG] vdev

2016-08-14 Thread Ralph Ronnquist
richard lucassen wrote on 15/08/16 06:49: On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 15:09:54 -0400 fsmithred wrote: Moved /etc/vdev/vdev (a symlink) up one level - I don't think that changed anything. It should be at /etc/vdev Changed pid file to /run/vdevd.pid - fdisk now shows the removable drive, I c

Re: [DNG] vdev - udev is a dead end

2016-08-14 Thread richard lucassen
On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 14:47:08 -0400 "Ismael L. Donis Garcia" wrote: > Hopefully in the future we can have 2 alternatives and that the user > can decide which one to use. +1 -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/ ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne

Re: [DNG] Time sync at startup (was: vdev)

2016-08-14 Thread richard lucassen
On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 12:33:14 -0700 Rick Moen wrote: > > When you install a new machine? Or whenever you boot and there is a > > network problem, you will have to wait until ntp times out before > > you can do anything. Normally it doesn't bother, but when you're > > mucking about with machines yo

Re: [DNG] vdev

2016-08-14 Thread richard lucassen
On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 15:09:54 -0400 fsmithred wrote: > Moved /etc/vdev/vdev (a symlink) up one level - > I don't think that changed anything. It should be at /etc/vdev > Changed pid file to /run/vdevd.pid - > fdisk now shows the removable drive, I can mount and unmount it. > mouse st

Re: [DNG] vdev - udev is a dead end

2016-08-14 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Steve Litt (sl...@troubleshooters.com): > Yes. So is systemd, and so is Dracut, into which Red hat incorporated > systemd things and then emptied its older repositories, making forking > much harder. As has been noted by others, to preserve the ability to fork from other versions, wide di

Re: [DNG] Time sync at startup (was: vdev)

2016-08-14 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting richard lucassen (mailingli...@lucassen.org): > When you install a new machine? Or whenever you boot and there is a > network problem, you will have to wait until ntp times out before you > can do anything. Normally it doesn't bother, but when you're mucking > about with machines you can r

Re: [DNG] vdev - udev is a dead end

2016-08-14 Thread Edward Bartolo
Didier kryn wrote: << Le 14/08/2016 19:19, Steve Litt a écrit : But one thing's for sure: they have a pattern and practice of taking simple software and make it complex. I think I must agree on this. Eudev could be next. This would be a fully characterized agression

Re: [DNG] vdev

2016-08-14 Thread fsmithred
On 08/14/2016 01:22 PM, richard lucassen wrote: > On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 09:15:21 -0400 > fsmithred wrote: > >> I'm testing on a system that doesn't have a display manager. Things >> are working on the console. When I run startx and get to the desktop, >> touchpad and mouse don't work. Seems like th

Re: [DNG] Your computer clock

2016-08-14 Thread aitor
Hi, This server works fine for me: # ntpdate -u hora.roa.es Cheers, Aitor. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Time sync at startup (was: vdev)

2016-08-14 Thread richard lucassen
On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 04:18:09 -0700 Rick Moen wrote: > OK, thanks for the comprehensive comparison. Oddly enough, I don't > have my regular Linux workstation around at the moment, and cannot > recall how I usually resolve this; probably mostly by almost never > booting. (Why shutdown when you ca

Re: [DNG] vdev - udev is a dead end

2016-08-14 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 14/08/2016 19:19, Steve Litt a écrit : But one thing's for sure: they have a pattern and practice of taking simple software and make it complex. I think I must agree on this. Eudev could be next. This would be a fully characterized agression against free software since they hav

Re: [DNG] vdev - udev is a dead end

2016-08-14 Thread Nate Bargmann
If all of this is a concern, here is a simple mitigation strategy. This can be done by projects or individuals. First, determine the canonical (not the company) repository for the project in question. Second, clone that repository locally (dead easy with Git). Third, occasionally update the loc

Re: [DNG] Your computer clock: Was:Re: vdev

2016-08-14 Thread richard lucassen
On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 01:03:55 +0200 aitor_czr wrote: > > Of course, but for this particular purpose there is no need to make > > multiple partitions. Just use 1 partition for everything. > > I talked about this subject in the mailing list. I allways remove the > //etc/fstab/ file from the chroot

Re: [DNG] vdev

2016-08-14 Thread richard lucassen
On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 09:15:21 -0400 fsmithred wrote: > I'm testing on a system that doesn't have a display manager. Things > are working on the console. When I run startx and get to the desktop, > touchpad and mouse don't work. Seems like the keyboard doesn't work > then, except for ctrl-alt-sysrq

Re: [DNG] vdev - udev is a dead end

2016-08-14 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 09:02:59 +0200 Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 13/08/2016 19:41, Steve Litt a écrit : > > On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 12:12:04 -0400 > > "Ismael L. Donis Garcia" wrote: > > > > > >> To my mind would be a better option to opt for eudev that vdev as > >> it has greater support behind. > >> >

Re: [DNG] vdev

2016-08-14 Thread richard lucassen
On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 10:15:06 +0800 Robert Storey wrote: > OK, I use Devuan as my main get-work-done distro, so I don't want to > risk accidentally nuking it. Therefore, I just installed another copy > of Devuan into a different partition. This is my experimental Devuan > - I'm all ready to play w

Re: [DNG] vdev

2016-08-14 Thread aitor
Hi all, Somebody downloaded fskit, pstat and vdev from: http://gnuinos.org/unsystemd/ This repository is obsolete. Please, download from this other one: http://packages.gnuinos.org/ Otherwise, vdev will not build succesfully with the old version of fskit. Cheers, Aitor. __

Re: [DNG] vdev - udev is a dead end

2016-08-14 Thread karl
Edward Bartolo: > If the Perl script works, I think, there is NO need to translate it > into another language. Perl is available to the system as soon as the > kernel boots. In fact, I have successfully booted the system with a > simple skeletal PID 1 written in Perl. Possible not if you use a ini

Re: [DNG] vdev - udev is a dead end

2016-08-14 Thread karl
Didier: > Le 14/08/2016 15:09, k...@aspodata.se a écrit : > > Didier: > > ... > - Some applications need access to detailed device properties like > keyboard mapping. AFAIU, the kernel API (/sys and /proc) is always > changing and these changes are taken in charge by libudev to present a >

Re: [DNG] vdev - udev is a dead end

2016-08-14 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, If the Perl script works, I think, there is NO need to translate it into another language. Perl is available to the system as soon as the kernel boots. In fact, I have successfully booted the system with a simple skeletal PID 1 written in Perl. Edward -- If you can't explain it simply, you d

Re: [DNG] vdev - udev is a dead end

2016-08-14 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 14/08/2016 15:09, k...@aspodata.se a écrit : Didier: ... Erratum again. The devices are accessible through symlinks in /sys/dev/char and /sys/dev/block. The name of each symlink apparently duplicates the contents of the dev file in the directory it points to. Eg: /sys/dev/char/4:0 --> /

Re: [DNG] vdev

2016-08-14 Thread fsmithred
On 08/14/2016 05:31 AM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 10:38:13 +0200, aitor wrote in message > <57b02df5.6080...@gnuinos.org>: > >> >> Hi Edward, >> >> On 08/14/2016 10:20 AM, Edward Bartolo wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Does anyone know when vdev will be ready for DEVUAN 64 bit? >>> >>> Edw

[DNG] keyrings

2016-08-14 Thread Hendrik Boom
While doing a routine upgrade on my Davuan jessie system, aptitude told me that devscripts, dpkg-dev, and libdpkg-perl recommend debian-keyring. Is this still correct for Devuan, perhaps because we use many of Debian's packages? Should this be changed to devuan-keyring? Or even both keyrings

Re: [DNG] vdev

2016-08-14 Thread aitor
Hi, On 08/14/2016 04:16 PM, aitor wrote: Hi all, On 08/14/2016 10:20 AM, Edward Bartolo wrote: Hi, Does anyone know when vdev will be ready for DEVUAN 64 bit? Edward -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. Albert Einstein I don't want to upload my package

Re: [DNG] vdev

2016-08-14 Thread aitor
Hi all, On 08/14/2016 10:20 AM, Edward Bartolo wrote: Hi, Does anyone know when vdev will be ready for DEVUAN 64 bit? Edward -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. Albert Einstein I don't want to upload my packages of vdev, because my keyboard an my mouse

[DNG] bug in dhclient-script

2016-08-14 Thread Rowland Penny
OK, I was trying to get dhcp to put this line into resolv.conf: option timeout:2 attempts:4 This entails creating a small script in /etc/dhcp/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/ called 'resolvoptions' It doesn't work, I finally tracked the problem down to bug in /sbin/dhclient-script. In the script ther

Re: [DNG] vdev

2016-08-14 Thread fsmithred
On 08/13/2016 11:22 PM, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: > Robert Storey wrote on 14/08/16 12:15: >> Hi All, >> >> OK, I use Devuan as my main get-work-done distro, so I don't want to risk >> accidentally nuking it. Therefore, I just installed another copy of Devuan >> into a different partition. This is my

Re: [DNG] vdev - udev is a dead end

2016-08-14 Thread karl
Didier: ... > Erratum again. The devices are accessible through symlinks in > /sys/dev/char and /sys/dev/block. The name of each symlink apparently > duplicates the contents of the dev file in the directory it points to. Eg: > > /sys/dev/char/4:0 --> /sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty0/ > and /sys

Re: [DNG] Time sync at startup (was: vdev)

2016-08-14 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting richard lucassen (mailingli...@lucassen.org): > No. When ISC ntp is started is runs ntpdate first. When you have a > network problem, the boot process will wait until ntpdate times out. > Then, ntpd starts and is not able to resolve the servers from ntp.conf. > That takes a few minutes. Th

[DNG] GRUB shell (was: vdev)

2016-08-14 Thread fsmithred
On 08/14/2016 05:50 AM, Peter Olson wrote: >> On August 14, 2016 at 5:31 AM Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > [...] > >> ..one neat thing about grub, is its shell, once you get the menu, >> hit "e" and then the tab key twice, and play around to familiarize >> yourselves with how it works, e.g how it find

Re: [DNG] vdev - udev is a dead end

2016-08-14 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 14/08/2016 12:47, Didier Kryn a écrit : Le 10/08/2016 18:56, Didier Kryn a écrit : Le 10/08/2016 18:20, Tomasz Torcz a écrit : Current udev _cannot_ be used to populate /dev, it doesn't contain any mknod() calls enymore. Actually mknod isn't necessary since device files are created by

Re: [DNG] vdev - udev is a dead end

2016-08-14 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 10/08/2016 18:56, Didier Kryn a écrit : Le 10/08/2016 18:20, Tomasz Torcz a écrit : Current udev _cannot_ be used to populate /dev, it doesn't contain any mknod() calls enymore. Actually mknod isn't necessary since device files are created by the kernel in /sys/block/dev and /sys/char

Re: [DNG] vdev

2016-08-14 Thread Peter Olson
> On August 14, 2016 at 5:31 AM Arnt Karlsen wrote: [...] > ..one neat thing about grub, is its shell, once you get the menu, > hit "e" and then the tab key twice, and play around to familiarize > yourselves with how it works, e.g how it finds disks, files, and > how you can boot into root's sh

Re: [DNG] vdev

2016-08-14 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 10:38:13 +0200, aitor wrote in message <57b02df5.6080...@gnuinos.org>: > > Hi Edward, > > On 08/14/2016 10:20 AM, Edward Bartolo wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone know when vdev will be ready for DEVUAN 64 bit? > > > > Edward > > Today i'm working on vdev. First of all, i'

Re: [DNG] Time sync at startup (was: vdev)

2016-08-14 Thread richard lucassen
On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 01:20:58 -0700 Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting richard lucassen (mailingli...@lucassen.org): > > > I might not have been clear enough. My apologies ;-) > > No worries. As an afterthought, though, wouldn't that problem exist > equally with ntpdate, though? No. When ISC ntp is st

Re: [DNG] vdev

2016-08-14 Thread aitor
Hi Edward, On 08/14/2016 10:20 AM, Edward Bartolo wrote: Hi, Does anyone know when vdev will be ready for DEVUAN 64 bit? Edward Today i'm working on vdev. First of all, i'm working on how to restore the system if it fails. Aitor. ___ Dng m

Re: [DNG] Time sync at startup (was: vdev)

2016-08-14 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting richard lucassen (mailingli...@lucassen.org): > I might not have been clear enough. My apologies ;-) No worries. As an afterthought, though, wouldn't that problem exist equally with ntpdate, though? ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org http

Re: [DNG] vdev

2016-08-14 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, Does anyone know when vdev will be ready for DEVUAN 64 bit? Edward -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. Albert Einstein ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listin

Re: [DNG] Time sync at startup (was: vdev)

2016-08-14 Thread richard lucassen
On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 00:52:40 -0700 Rick Moen wrote: > > No, what I meant is that systemd is running startup processes in > > parallel. Starting ISC ntpd under sysv init *and* having a broken > > network connection causes the boot process to take a very long time. > > That might well be a point,

Re: [DNG] Time sync at startup (was: vdev)

2016-08-14 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting richard lucassen (mailingli...@lucassen.org): > No, what I meant is that systemd is running startup processes in > parallel. Starting ISC ntpd under sysv init *and* having a broken > network connection causes the boot process to take a very long time. That might well be a point, then. Th

Re: [DNG] vdev - udev is a dead end

2016-08-14 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 13/08/2016 19:41, Steve Litt a écrit : On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 12:12:04 -0400 "Ismael L. Donis Garcia" wrote: To my mind would be a better option to opt for eudev that vdev as it has greater support behind. I see half vdev orphan and do not think that support eudev go to decant by systemd. A