On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 10:13:32AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
>
> There *is* such a daemon. I tried it for a little while and didn't like
> it. That's why I don't remember the daemon's name.
It is /usr/bin/syndaemon and is part of xserver-xorg-input-synapti
7;t see the point of dogmatic statements without the underlying
reasoning.
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ze: 99160
Maintainer: Steven Pusser
Bugs: mailto:
Architecture: amd64
Version: 27.1.1~repack-1
...
Pale Moon requires a processor that supports the SSE2 instruction set.
...
From /var/log/dpkg:
2017-02-23 11:36:11 status installed palemoon:amd64 27.1.1~repack-1
so last updated yesterday.
It is
. I
am sure that my old chat scripts will work under devuan, but they are
pretty specific to particular models and networks. Networkmanager
(sorry) has a database of modems and networks so is more general. Is
there anything similar, cli or not, in devuan?
ael
d requirement for sound
> > > > on linux. Alsa is unsupported and alsa code will be removed in Firefox
> > > > 54." (from - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.c ... 47056#c178 )
So far no one has mentioned Palemoon: do we know if they are continuing
to support alsa?
hat about
improving your area if it is not so well mapped?
I hope this is not getting too far off topic.
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debian is trying to default to pulseadio?
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ng libpulse-simple.so
.
As of now, installing apulse breaks these programs.
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On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 11:54:46AM +0100, KatolaZ wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 11:40:51AM +0100, ael wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 01:22:52AM +0100, KatolaZ wrote:
> > > deb http://packages.devuan.org/devuan/ experimental main
> >
> > Good, but has
On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 01:08:19PM +0100, KatolaZ wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 12:44:32PM +0100, ael wrote:
>
> > This was on a system with no pulseaudio, only alsa. Maybe putting apulse
> > in its own folder will fix things.
> >
>
> My little understanding is
r options.
Thanks for finding this.
But I do wonder whether there are other programs that will seek
some pulseaudio libary before alsa without such overrides, in which
case there might be problems.
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similar. ekiga also works with apulse installed.
I compiled from source for these checks: I haven't yet looked at the
package, but I guess the build prefix setting may be important.
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On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 01:08:19PM +0100, KatolaZ wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 12:44:32PM +0100, ael wrote:
>
> [cut]
> >
> > Unhappily, I am still using debian, and my testing was done on unstable.
> > Obviously I did not invoke mpv (etc) with "apulse mpv&
On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 09:10:31PM +0100, KatolaZ wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 08:51:30PM +0100, ael wrote:
>
> [cut]
>
> >
> > However, if I use
> > cmake -DAPULSEPATH=/usr/local/lib/apulse -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
> > -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .
everything will speak at least TLS 1.2. This will be
reconsidered before the Buster release.
-- Kurt Roeckx Mon, 07 Aug 2017 01:08:45 +0200
Devuan needs to avoid importing this problem.
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On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 01:27:33PM +0200, Alessandro Selli wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 at 13:24:36 +0200
> Alessandro Selli wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 at 11:56:46 +0100
> > ael wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > Devuan needs to avoid impor
On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 12:24:46PM +0100, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:
> ael writes:
> > I am happy with that. Just as long as one can enable it when
> > *necessary*.
>
> You have a compiler and building is easy.
Are you seriously suggesting that large numbers of Devuan users
e used with the same filesystems you use on a traditionnal disk. But, as
> was said, it is better if the filesystem is aware of the storage being on
> flash.
I am surprised that f2fs has not been mentioned in this thread. I use it
on several usb flash driv
On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 07:09:27PM -0300, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote:
> Is there in Devuan a text editor that will do find/replace on a regexp ?
Almost every non trivial editor will do that: my favorite is vim.
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allation to work using nm and ldd.
ldd is a pretty fundamental tool in development and is in the libc-bin
package. From the man page:
"ldd prints the shared objects (shared libraries) required by each program
or
shared object specified on the command line."
ael
the right edge is tapped, a
> right mouse click should be generated. Tapping the other remaining
Not a developer, but if it is a synaptics, then man synaptics and man synclient
should help.
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exceptonal thermal isolation in the
motherboard. Most multilayer boards need a bit more than
just a fine tipped iron. I would expect to need at least a hot air
"hotplate" and a beefy temperature controlled soldering iron.
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On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 11:19:02AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:11:53 +
> ael wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 05:24:26PM +1300, Daniel Reurich wrote:
> > > They're all thru-hole and can be done with a fine tipped soldering
> > &
ed.
Sorry, but some current and next generation laptops still have CD/DVD/BD
drives. You do seem to have a very narrow view of the diversity of
hardware currently being manufactured and sold. I am typing this on a
Clevo laptop purchased (without operating system, so linux friendly)
within the last co
On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 09:37:26AM +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> It is time for true excellence again.
It was on offer for several years, but too few understood: the
transputer family.
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But it went away after a software upgrade, so that couldn't have been
the explanation.
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On Thu, Jul 05, 2018 at 08:08:59PM +1000, terryc wrote:
> FWIW, the migration borked the static networking and shoved it over to
> dhcp.
That's horrible :-)
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e.iso
I am however doing this on a *very* new ssd, but a corrupt fs problem
doesn't seem likely.
I will check more thoroughly tomorrow, but meanwhile I thought it worth
mentioning here.
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[11238.037735] ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x107/0x1b0
[11238.037738] blkdev_get+0x12a/0x330
[11238.037741] ? bd_acquire+0xd0/0xd0
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On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:41:37PM +0100, ael wrote:
> You will all love this! I just reported a checksum failure downloading
I have just got back to this. Somehow, it seems that the iso file
that I downloaded (twice?) was truncated:
$ ls -lh devuan_ascii_2.0.0_i386_desktop-live.iso*
-rw-r
right, but perhaps may give a
clue. You will want to know how to allow an exception. As I recall that
was offered when the security problem is detected.
You problem might be different, of course.
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On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 01:12:30PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Aug 2018 06:17:59 -0500
>
> Try qupzilla. Similar browser, without the baggage.
Now Falkon, it seems. But it doesn't support NoScript or an equivalent
as far as I can see. I don't think I could live
nded to always get a newly set up environment similar
to a normal login. If you want to restore behaviour more similar to
the previous one you can add 'ALWAYS_SET_PATH yes' in /etc/login.defs.
-- Andreas Henriksson Fri, 03 Aug 2018 10:52:22 +0200
--
nnection protocols/passwords.
Checking that database might be useful for information in writing chat
scripts.
Above was on Debian. I imagine that your dongles are more recent: maybe
quite different.
I wrote some notes on getting a huwai dongle going, but I don't have
them to hand just now. I thin
and /dev/ACM2 nodes. The
corresponding ppp/chat scripts use these devices.
Again, I can probably dig out those if you really want them.
I assume that more modern dongles/modems will be similar.
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incoming cards with f3 (http://oss.digirati.com.br/f3/)
which should detect fraudulent cards. Of course it uses up one
write/erase cycle, but that can't be helped.
So do you know that you have a genuine card purcahsed from a reliable
source?
Again, apolog
now higher than for commodity SSD
sata drives, but with far lower performance and endurance.
Given that a USB-to-sata converter cable can be had for less than £5,
just use a a SSD instead. Of course, you really want USB 3 at least,
but even on USB 2, it probably
time in diagnosing such alsa
problems.
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new settings as needed.
alsactl init resets to "default" state, which may not be what you want
or expect.
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ands.
Send from a Clevo laptop, which has never been soiled by MS, running Linux...
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On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 10:35:22PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 May 2020 at 22:30:50, ael wrote:
>
> > I am hoping to install beowulf onto a new laptop in a week or two.
> > I use f2fs on several drives with good results, so I want to
> > use it on the root p
eed the f2fs module in the initramfs as well, so that might be
the problem. See also
http://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=21951#p21951
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On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 07:03:45PM +0200, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> Anno domini 2020 Thu, 21 May 13:09:32 +0100
> ael scripsit:
> > On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 05:04:57AM +0100, tux...@sapo.pt wrote:
> > > I forgot..
> > > The bootloader needs support for f2fs, bu
since zoom writes the
deb, there is no certainty that really removes everything.
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On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 03:39:53PM -0400, Haines Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 01:34:59PM +0100, ael wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 03, 2020 at 07:58:26PM -0400, Haines Brown wrote:
> > > I've been relying on zoom on a laptop runnding debian. But there's a
> &g
but even there
root has access to permanent storage.
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On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 02:23:04PM +0100, ael wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 06:52:06AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote:
> > For me security refers primarily to file access. This takes me back to
> > my question. If I craete a new user, named zoom for example, and have
> > it
ant to run Zoom via Firefox (not via external app), sound only - I don't
Just use apulse? Works here with firefox/zoom and no pulseaudio...
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help to have a full leo^H^H^Hkeyboard with a numeric keypad,
> rather than one of the built-in laptop keyboards.
Some decent laptops have full numeric keypads: Clevo for instance.
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x27;t know if other types of touchpad have similar tools. Probably.
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On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 10:55:19AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 03:36:35PM +0000, ael wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 10:20:04AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > If it is an synaptics touchpad then it is highly configurable and you
> > should be able
tion of the motherboard manufacturer.
Presumably libreboot must include a something to write the BIOS.
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ics. I believe the communication is SMBus in this
> instance, I know of no way to interrogate the touchpad itself other than by
> what is reported using Synaptics drivers for Windows.
Doesn't the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package do that and more?
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a text. No smartphone needed.
Pressure the companies to do the same?
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o with alsa configuration as
> porto=hdmi(no spreakers in screen) and port1=hw and none of the little
> fiddling I've attempted can fix that.
Just a wild guess: change hw to plughw?
$ aplay -L
will display all the alsa devices. I think that plughw allows multiple
device access.
ael
,usb_storage,uvcvideo,ehci_hcd,btusb,xhci_pci,uas
scsi_mod 262144 6 sd_mod,usb_storage,uas,libata,sg,sr_mod
# uname -srvm
Linux 5.14.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.14.9-2 (2021-10-03) x86_64
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e I should
reach for iotop next time I have that drive connected. I would
expect the drive rather than the interface to be the limiting factor.
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firmware fixes are pretty
important, not least for security.
Have I got this wrong?
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know that some people worry about Palemoon...
I occasionally use firefox, and then I need apulse - which works.
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m.
>
> Firefox works fine on my systems for playing audio without pulseaudio
> or apulse. So, I suggest verifying firefox works for you without
> apulse first.
Interesting. I only use firefox occasionally, but some versions at least
need apulse.
I have just checked with version 95.
to Redhat. I know someone who
works for them, and distrusts systemd as much as anyone on this list,
and I gather that he is not alone in that view within redhat.
It seems to be a pretty accurate rule of thumb that any company that is
publically owned cannot be trusted. Google a
rted out years ago?
It looks as if aplay (aka arecord) isn't seeing your cards, so start
there before bothering with alsamixer.
$ aplay -l
would be a good start. Once aplay can see your card(s), I suspect
all the other problems will vanish.
Look also in /proc/asound/cards
I am not
/hd-audio/models.rst
includes
AD1882 / AD1882A
3stack
3-stack mode
3stack-automute
3-stack with automute front HP (default)
6stack
6-stack mode
which I think means that these are possible "model" parameter
values for the driver.
Perhaps worth trying those?
ael
On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 11:55:19AM +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote:
> ael:
> > On Sun, Jan 09, 2022 at 07:32:13PM +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote:
> > > I have a lenovo desktop computer which I cannot make sound work
> > > on, what am I missing ?
> I have used model=AD1
and losing the will to live and all concentration
before getting to the proper topic (etc)?
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On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 01:38:52PM +0100, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via Dng wrote:
> Anno domini 2022 Sun, 16 Jan 11:56:51 +
> ael via Dng scripsit:
> > But youtube has become impossible to watch with hideous intrusive
> > deviant advertisements... And google seem to have f
ith a highly flexible player like mpv or mplayer or whatever.
Just as I was used to with youtube-dl. But Nikolaus has solved that
by pointing to yt-dl which I ought to have found myself.
Not that I want to inhibit the extended conversation about blocking
more ge
mit is d502297008142645edf5c791af424ed321e5da84
> > from 2021-01-19, so you need kernel v5.11-rc6 or later. So
> > get a suffiently new kernel and do as they say.
> >
>
> Hmm - - - - and HOW do I do that?
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/
On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 10:50:18PM +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote:
> ael:
> > > > > I'm told to:
> > > > >
> > > > > rebuild the kernel with CONFIG_NOUVEAU_DEBUG_PUSH=y
> >
> > git clone
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm
rch tells
> me his view of systemd is not positive.
>
> Would it make any sense to invite Norbert Preining to become part of
> the Devuan project?
I suggested that to him in a private email when that was current.
I don't remember how or if he replied, but it was not hostile...
ael
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On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 09:12:12PM +, ael via Dng wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 03:01:06PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> >
> > Would it make any sense to invite Norbert Preining to become part of
> > the Devuan project?
>
> I suggested that to him in a private
tical underpinings make it very
easy to learn. Extremly simple, and no hidden surprises.
Pure elegance. But yes, a fairly steep learning curve if you have
only a C-style imperative background. But the journey is exhilarating.
Python is OO, so hopelessly broken in a concurrent world. B
5 GiB.
>
> Command (m for help): d
> Selected partition 1
> Partition 1 has been deleted.
>
> Command (m for help): n
> Partition type
>p primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)
>e extended (container for logical partitions)
> Select
served blocks) so all subsequent writes need an erase cycle,
so the effective speed drops. But that is going to happen anyway
with normal use.
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Maybe worth checeking with fwrite and fread for
a more thorough check.
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On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 10:09:31AM +0100, ael via Dng wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 06:33:37PM -0700, Fred wrote:
>
> So confirmed as a fake. Maybe worth checeking with fwrite and fread for
> a more thorough check.
s/fwrite/f3write and s/fread/f3read: typo corrections, of
ar faster and cheaper: I
use usb-sata cables, and they only cost a £ or two. I do use
f2fs also on my heritage USB sticks.
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is such a tool for linux...
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ops to 200MB.
Isn't conv=sync needed to make sure that you are not just seeing buffer
effects?
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lls Clevo
laptops: you configure them yourself and you can select
"No Operating system". See, for example,
https://www.metabox.com.au/store/b268/Metabox-Alpha-X-NH58RA-Laptop
Send from a Clevo laptop running Linux...
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