Re: [DNG] new freedesktop "standard": /etc/machine-id

2019-03-08 Thread Jamey Fletcher
Rowland wrote: > On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 11:44:49 -0600 > "Jamey Fletcher" wrote: >> I have it here on my Gentoo install - and /var/lib/dbus/machine-id is >> a symlink to it. It's basically the same length as a MD5SUM - why >> not just standardiz

Re: [DNG] new freedesktop "standard": /etc/machine-id

2019-03-08 Thread Jamey Fletcher
> Anno domini 2019 Fri, 8 Mar 10:45:04 -0600 > Nate Bargmann scripsit: >> * On 2019 08 Mar 08:00 -0600, KatolaZ wrote: >>> and, IIRC, also /var/lib/dbus/machine-id is re-generated at boot >>> time. But we need to double-check. >> Not on this Debian Buster machine. Both /var/lib/dbus/machine-i

Re: [DNG] Participate to the first Devuan Conference in Amsterdam!

2018-11-29 Thread Jamey Fletcher
Quoting Rick Moen : > Quoting Jamey Fletcher (ja...@beau.org): >> Quoting Rick Moen : >> I dunno about you, but I would certainly consider $340-500 a "very >> expensive luxury". > I suppose it's a matter of perspective. I often encounter fellow > Am

Re: [DNG] Participate to the first Devuan Conference in Amsterdam!

2018-11-28 Thread Jamey Fletcher
Quoting Rick Moen : > Quoting Linux O'Beardly (linux.obear...@gmail.com): >> Thanks for the quick response. I don't know if I'll make it; airfare >> from the states to Europe is a very expensive luxury [...] > (Hi, son of a commercial airline captain, here.) > International (IAD). Round-tri

Re: [DNG] It's far from being over. Sigh!

2018-05-04 Thread Jamey Fletcher
> I'd prefer to see chips from scratch, rather than patching on features > late in the game. We can be pretty sure chip makers will only patch > problems as they are found instead of redesigning their chips to prevent > future problems. The problem with doing that is you find yourself facing all n

Re: [DNG] It's far from being over. Sigh!

2018-05-03 Thread Jamey Fletcher
> https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-intel/next-generation-flaws-found-on-computer-processors-magazine-idUSKBN1I42BZ It'll likely never be over at this point. I'm reasonably certain that if the kind of accumulated knowledge and experience we have now were applied to 386 chips, issues at thi

Re: [DNG] Install one package from Ceres

2018-02-13 Thread Jamey Fletcher
> How do I install one package from Ceres? Together with its necessary > dependencies, of course. Download the package, install locally, see what it wants? ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dn

Re: [DNG] Sakura: was ROXterm flickers in ascii

2018-01-03 Thread Jamey Fletcher
> Steve Litt [2018-01-03 22:32]: >> Yes. It's different from lxterminal, which is an advantage. IMHO, the >> more terminal emulator programs you have, the better. So: > Why, if they are all the same? Well, they're not all the same. I just found mention of one that has many features I would dear

Re: [DNG] Decent GUI FTP client for linux (not filezilla)

2017-12-07 Thread Jamey Fletcher
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 09:54:37PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote: >> Quoting KatolaZ (kato...@freaknet.org): >> >> > GNU mc. Unless by GUI you really mean something with sparks and >> > glitters :-P >> >> I've been struggling with the temptation to say 'lftp in an xterm', and >> hereby surrender to it.

Re: [DNG] Redhat CEO answers questions

2017-11-02 Thread Jamey Fletcher
>> systemd is a reality, and making sad or smart jokes about it does not >> make it more palatable, or less of a threat. > yep, you are right systemd is a reality, I just needed to vent somehow. > and making my jokes is one way of doing so... Do we need to start alt.systemdadmin.recovery? __

Re: [DNG] Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.

2017-09-15 Thread Jamey Fletcher
> mylo2594 1 0 Sep05 ?00:00:00 ssh-agent > mylo2614 1 0 Sep05 ?00:00:00 ssh-agent [...] > mylo 29792 1 0 Sep01 ?00:00:00 ssh-agent > mylo 30159 1 0 Sep11 ?00:00:00 ssh-agent I would start with $ ps axf to g

Re: [DNG] Technical overview of init systems

2017-08-10 Thread Jamey Fletcher
> Le 09/08/2017 à 22:46, Joel Roth a écrit : > Despite what the author claims, this series of pages isn't about > init. It is mostly about supervision and a little about containers. It > assumes both are usefull, with no argumentation to motivate supervision. > Confusion about init, supervisi

Re: [DNG] kernel drivers [WAS: How long should I expect to wait for openrc to be ready in devuan ascii]

2017-07-11 Thread Jamey Fletcher
> Le 11/07/2017 à 14:30, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult a écrit : > We have two detectors running. On each of them, a sophisticated > trigger logic decides when interesting data has been seen and triggers > 400 channels of waveform digitizers (like 400 synchronous oscilloscope > channels).

Re: [DNG] Linus can no longer trust "init"

2017-07-11 Thread Jamey Fletcher
> I no longer feel like I can > trust "init" > https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/7/6/577 This is getting scary - last time I remember something along these lines, something called git seemed to be the end result. And I think git has taken over the world from emacs!

Re: [DNG] [Fwd: Re: FF pulseaudio hard dependency is here]]

2017-03-14 Thread jamey
Original Message Subject: RE: [DNG] [Fwd: Re: FF pulseaudio hard dependency is here] From:ja...@beau.org Date:Tue, March 14, 2017 17:25 To: "d_pridge" Cc: ja...@beau.org ---

[DNG] [Fwd: Re: FF pulseaudio hard dependency is here]

2017-03-14 Thread jamey
>  After reading the Readme on Git, how does one launch nweb for this > specific purpose? Thanks. (retired but still learning) I added it to rc.local - something like /root/nweb_fedore5_x86 80 /root/empty > From: "ja...@beau.org" > To: Dng@lists.dyne.org > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Re: [DNG] FF pulseaudio hard dependency is here

2017-03-14 Thread jamey
> A bad idea, because your browser expects some sort of response. > It's better to replace unwanted content with a small transparent gif. I used a small tiny server called nweb for this, that only listened on localhost. Had it return nothing, so that the browser is happy.

Re: [DNG] [ann] heads 0.0 is out!

2017-03-03 Thread jamey
> And then there's what Jamie said: By all being private, we make the > truly private stand out less. I haven't yet gotten to the point of > using privacy I don't need personally, as is obvious by this unsigned > email. > SteveT A friend of mine has a bit of a conspiracy theory going - asking why

Re: [DNG] [ann] heads 0.0 is out!

2017-03-01 Thread jamey
> Quoting Christopher Clements (bcn...@gmail.com): >> I honestly can't think of any legitimate, ethically sound use of "extreme >> privacy" software apart from whistleblowing and sticking it to extremely >> aggressive advertisers like AT&T's clients. > Do you have drapes (or equivalent) in your b

Re: [DNG] how to clear DNS cache

2017-01-05 Thread jamey
> Il giorno Wed, 4 Jan 2017 15:11:36 -0800 > Rick Moen ha scritto: >> There is obviously a happy middle ground. > Yes, it's called: "let the user decide". Level (0) menu: > A) Let the install program choose all the required settings (basic, > no-frills, > automatic install, zero questions a

Re: [DNG] DocSprint Devuan, December, BXL

2016-12-06 Thread jamey
> On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 17:45:58 +0100 (CET) > k...@aspodata.se wrote: > No they are not, they are talking a load of b > Why not just say something in clear English ?? They're going to put money towards something that most every Open Source project has problems with - documentation. They s