[DNG] Introducing myself....

2018-10-15 Thread g4sra
Been reading the mail... Having read some of the answers given by Lennart for the reasons he has or has not implemented something I personally think the guy is a prat (or at least socially inept). Having said that there are plenty that regard me the same way. I have no opinion on the 'quality' of

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-17 Thread g4sra
> ..the systemd approach was (and still is?) convert (or "generate") > sysvinit scripts into systemd unit files. Still is. But that is only half the issue. As mentioned already, any attempt to run a sysv script is intercepted by SystemD. The corresponding unit file ('generated' or 'packaged') is

Re: [DNG] Stop the madness!

2018-10-21 Thread g4sra
> selling point was th[at] systemd is faster, SystemD has certainly been touted that way, I personally have not found it so in practice across a variety of hardware. There is a catch, one that *any* init system needs to take into consideration. Whilst a modern CPU can cope with multi-tasking most

Re: [DNG] Service directory location

2018-10-21 Thread g4sra
On 21/10/2018 16:19, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > The runit (or daemontools or s6) service directory is the directory > which is scanned for symlinks of runit directories. The Debian runit > package sets it to /etc/service, the Void package sets it > to /var/service, and both djb and runit auth

Re: [DNG] Everyone OK for using the logger program for runit logging?

2018-10-22 Thread g4sra
On 22/10/2018 21:59, Steve Litt wrote: > On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:08:57 + > Daniel Abrecht wrote: > >> On 22/10/2018 19.38, Steve Litt wrote: >>> Is logger just another sister of syslog-ng and rsyslog? >> Snip [Edited for brevity] > > Hi Daniel, > > You were so thorough giving facts that I

Re: [DNG] Command to permanently prevent sysvinit from starting daemon

2018-10-23 Thread g4sra
>> As far as I know chkconfig was never a Debian tool. I only know it >> from RPM distros. Maybe someone tried to include chkconfig in Debian, >> but gave up later. Or it never really worked. I frequently used (and liked) chkconfig because it did work well on Red Hat Distros. I can see that Debian

Re: [DNG] updatedb ignores PRUNEPATHS in updatedb.conf

2018-10-25 Thread g4sra
Did you rebuild the database *after* changing the config file ? On 25/10/2018 18:51, Joel Roth wrote: > Hi all, > > updatedb has been around for so long, I'm sure it works > as advertised, but when I add the paths of my external > devices, they still get probed. > > First I tried adding /mnt the

Re: [DNG] Well, this is interesting

2018-10-28 Thread g4sra
Bye Bye Fedora, hello Devuan On 28/10/2018 21:42, Steve Litt wrote: > On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 20:58:47 + > Rowland Penny wrote: > >> IBM is buying Red Hat. >> >> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-28/ibm-is-said-to-near-deal-to-acquire-software-maker-red-hat >> >> Rowland > > To an

Re: [DNG] Well, this is interesting

2018-10-29 Thread g4sra
No actually... Pottering is a Microsoft plant set with the mission to destroy Linux as we know it! Big Blue are stepping in to nullify him :) > ..who of the 3, has had the bigger losses from GNU/Linux qualities, > and from the impacts from the distro systemd coups d'etats? > > ..could this be

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-16 Thread g4sra
> Back in the what, 1970's, the Unix guys > split /usr/sbin, /sbin, /usr/bin, and /bin to accommodate early boot, > by separating out statically compiled stuff used in the earliest boot. Close, not restricted to statically linked, but not dependant on anything not available in /lib (which were ver

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-21 Thread g4sra
On 21/11/2018 16:24, Alessandro Selli wrote: > >   So, you agree then that: I agree from your point of view for your single specific use case. Generally I totally disagree, I manage a diskless cluster that depends on NFS mounted /usr. It doesn't matter to the cluster nodes that the package manag

[DNG] Request for comments - training room

2018-11-24 Thread g4sra
I would appreciate advice on the following situation I have several hosts of differing architectures or peripherals in a training room (several training rooms actually but each are independent of each other) which are supported by a server running the standard *NIX network services DHCP, BIND etc.

Re: [DNG] Request for comments - training room

2018-12-01 Thread g4sra
nce as the Linux server can be set up to authenticate Users. On 01/12/2018 08:16, Steve Litt wrote: > On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 21:25:00 + > Rowland Penny wrote: > >> On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 16:19:44 -0500 >> Steve Litt wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 24 Nov 2018 18:55:

Re: [DNG] Request for comments - training room

2018-12-01 Thread g4sra
Which network authentication method would you suggest ? On 01/12/2018 15:43, Rowland Penny wrote: > On Sat, 1 Dec 2018 15:21:51 + > g4sra wrote: > >> It's not an exhibition it's a room for training using simulation >> software (permanent classroom), thi

Re: [DNG] Request for comments - training room

2018-12-01 Thread g4sra
One server and 28+ workstations all to be Linux, the rest of the network is inconsequential (firewalled off). On 01/12/2018 18:04, Rowland Penny wrote: > On Sat, 1 Dec 2018 17:49:40 + > g4sra wrote: > >> Which network authentication method would you suggest ? >> &

Re: [DNG] Devuan for Raspberry Pi fried SD CARD.

2018-12-02 Thread g4sra
I have found flashybrid extremely beneficial in the past, on switching from Debian to Devuan Ascii it appears not to be in the repository, is it in Beowulf ?. I am not aware of any dependencies it has on systemd. On 02/12/2018 10:41, Edward Bartolo wrote: > Hi everyone. > > Recently I have been

Re: [DNG] Request for comments - training room

2018-12-02 Thread g4sra
Some very useful feedback from you guys already, thanks. Don't forget standard best practices, backups of system and user's data, selective updates and security patches must be manually applied following proper change control procedures. The server is RAIDed, the workstations have just a single H

Re: [DNG] Devuan for Raspberry Pi fried SD CARD.

2018-12-03 Thread g4sra
http://hacks.slashdirt.org/sw/flashybrid/ Someone with non-systemd will have to suck it and see. That someone will be me if no-one else has done it by Valentines Day. On 02/12/2018 23:11, Alessandro Selli wrote: > OnIl 02/12/18 at 22:58, g4sra wrote: >> I have found flashybrid

[DNG] RFC - Linux From Scratch

2018-12-03 Thread g4sra
No I am not trying to start a Distro flame war, I am seeking facts not opinions. As someone has already pointed out on this mailing list Linux Distros in general are taking away the freedom to customise (in particular for a specific User case). I get that maintenance is an issue, but only because

Re: [DNG] RFC - Linux From Scratch

2018-12-03 Thread g4sra
> I've not used LFS. I've talked to many people who have. Thank you for the reply, but you do not quite fit the demographic I was looking for. > If your experience with it and its > associated book is like that of pretty much everyone I've discussed it > with, once you are done with that learning

Re: [DNG] Request for comments - training room

2018-12-03 Thread g4sra
From my perspective, this topic has had some very interesting contributions. Thank you all whom have contributed. To pick out just one as an example, I had considered NIS\YP to be (or rather didn't consider because) all but defunct, and not taken it's simplicity and reliability over other methods

Re: [DNG] Devuan armhf won't boot on Raspberry 3 Model B

2018-12-05 Thread g4sra
[root@noyb devuan]# mkdir raspi2 raspi3 [root@noyb devuan]# mount -o loop,offset=$((512*8192)) devuan_ascii_2.0.0_armhf_raspi2.img raspi2 [root@noyb devuan]# mount -o loop,offset=$((512*2048)) devuan_ascii_2.0.0_arm64_raspi3.img raspi3 ^^^ Differing partitioning, doesn't matter [root@noyb devu

[DNG] What should be the tasks of the Devuan Installer

2018-12-12 Thread g4sra via Dng
Media partitioning, formatting Configure mountpoints Install Bootloader Install Kernel, Modules & Firmware Install Shell & package management software Configure console Configure network Boot Discuss... ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://ma

Re: [DNG] Drive-by critique

2018-12-12 Thread g4sra via Dng
On 12/12/2018 15:22, KatolaZ wrote: [snip] > > Please find below the stats of the actual number of downloads of each > ASCII image according to https://files.devuan.org in the last 14 days > (without taking into account the other 24 ISO mirrors): > > - netinst: 149 > - DVD ISO: 13

Re: [DNG] What should be the tasks of the Devuan Installer

2018-12-16 Thread g4sra via Dng
On 16/12/2018 12:28, KatolaZ wrote: > On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 07:08:10AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > [cut] > > > You see: in just two emails we have come from a *minimal* base > installation (a shell with a kernel, a bootloader, and a working > dpkg/apt) to a fully-functioning network server

Re: [DNG] What should be the tasks of the Devuan Installer

2018-12-16 Thread g4sra via Dng
On 16/12/2018 20:06, KatolaZ wrote: > On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 07:11:25PM +0000, g4sra via Dng wrote: > > [cut] > >> >> That is my issue, focus has been lost on what an 'Installer' should do. >> A great deal is performed at install time that falls into the

Re: [DNG] What should be the tasks of the Devuan Installer

2018-12-17 Thread g4sra via Dng
On 17/12/2018 00:41, Alessandro Selli wrote: > On 16/12/18 at 13:28, KatolaZ wrote: >> automagic disk encryption, > > >   Well, if you cannot install on an encrypted root, encrypting it later > is a real PITA. > >   The present impossibility of installing ASCII on an encrypted root is > a show-s

Re: [DNG] What should be the tasks of the Devuan Installer

2018-12-18 Thread g4sra via Dng
On 18/12/2018 13:19, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 10:51:53PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: >> On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 13:28:43 +0100 >> KatolaZ wrote: > >> Also, Hendrik is right: If the bootable installer >> finds information, it should be saved for the secondary installer to >> use. >

Re: [DNG] What should be the tasks of the Devuan Installer

2018-12-18 Thread g4sra via Dng
On 18/12/2018 03:48, Steve Litt wrote: > [snip] > Perhaps reframing it would make a difference. Perhaps renaming the > second program "Install Software" (install_software), and having it > boot into install_software, would satisfy all but the most > windows-phobic that the sum of the two programs a

[DNG] What should be the tasks of the Devuan Installer

2018-12-18 Thread g4sra via Dng
I often have difficulty with correct terminology despite having a very definite idea. The term 'Installer' applies to the first stage actions taken outside of the package manager such as partitioning, formatting, bootloader and kernel... which actually make the build host bootable. There 'may' be

Re: [DNG] What should be the tasks of the Devuan Installer

2018-12-18 Thread g4sra via Dng
[snip] > > You are confusing a simple config file that is read once and for all > during boot time (the config file on raspberry pis) with the complete > installation of a new system. They are not even comparable. There is > no thing like "oh I re-run the installer configuration to change the > la

Re: [DNG] What should be the tasks of the Devuan Installer

2018-12-18 Thread g4sra via Dng
> > I still fail understanding what you mean by "Program 2". It's called, > maybe, just "apt-get" or "synaptic". > OK, um.. take tasksel, clone it into two. In tasksel one [1], keep everything that is NOT optional (and is stateful). Partitioning, formatting, kernel, bootloader, package manager

Re: [DNG] What should be the tasks of the Devuan Installer

2018-12-21 Thread g4sra via Dng
> Here's a video showing how to create an encrypted partition using the > manual partitioning step in the installer. You probably did it wrong. > Don't feel bad - I did it wrong three times before I got it right for > the video, and I've done this before. > http://distro.ibiblio.org/refracta/misc/

Re: [DNG] Odd issue with busybox dc in beowulf

2021-04-29 Thread g4sra via Dng
ie : > brad@srv:~$ busybox dc > 2 > 2 > add > p > 4 > > On beowulf : > root@rpi31:~# busybox dc > 2 > 2 > add > p >  In case you did not try it, I observe the following on beowulf : ~$ busybox dc 2 2 + p 4 <--snip--> publickey - g4sra@pr

Re: [DNG] Odd issue with busybox dc in beowulf

2021-04-30 Thread g4sra via Dng
, add, sub, mul, div are disabled > and only %, +, -, *, / are supported. > Cannot say if simply uncommenting them restores > the previous functionality, could be worth a try. > Eventually if it works a patch for making them optional > (CONFIG_DC_LONG_OPS or the like) could be sent > to t

[DNG] Devuan eBook Reader

2021-05-24 Thread g4sra via Dng
I am shocked at the amount of 'user profiling' the OEM firmware performs which is then sent to Chinese servers. I have temporarily knobbled the network until I find a more permanent solution. Has anyone attempted to put Devuan on an eBook yet ? publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com -

Re: [DNG] Cockpit removal might make sense

2021-05-25 Thread g4sra via Dng
of all from the repos may be justified. Who is going to volunteer to be the Devuan developer that continuously performs this duty ? I see this as being the work for a downstream distribution, to take the freedom that Devuan provides and tailor it (reducing choice) for a specific target use. pu

Re: [DNG] Cockpit removal might make sense

2021-05-25 Thread g4sra via Dng
lication packages ? If so, I am sure some Users would be grateful and Devuan could add it alongside the release notes. Devuan is not a distribution for 'newbie's, there is a benefit from not stripping them out. Anyone who is really passionate about a particular broken package will

Re: [DNG] Cockpit removal might make sense

2021-05-25 Thread g4sra via Dng
nder the impression that missing dependencies from Debian packages was to be expected, and that it was not considered 'important' by some of the Debian devs. That was a while ago though (Lenny ?)...maybe opinions have changed. > > If we want/need cockpit to work in Devuan that i

Re: [DNG] exim paniclog

2021-05-31 Thread g4sra via Dng
it the double-quotes). ">/var/log/exim4/paniclog" > > Marc > > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com - 0x42E94623.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description:

Re: [DNG] exim paniclog

2021-05-31 Thread g4sra via Dng
‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, May 31, 2021 8:43 PM, Antony Stone wrote: > On Monday 31 May 2021 at 21:37:30, g4sra via Dng wrote: > > > > Is deleting the paniclog the proper way to stop receiving these e-mails? > > > > No, don't delete it, empty

Re: [DNG] halt

2021-06-10 Thread g4sra via Dng
. So instead of comparing 'halt' man pages I suggest you compare the source versions. publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com - 0x42E94623.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] USB mount problem

2021-06-11 Thread g4sra via Dng
ed use 'autofs' is for automatic mounting of network filesystems in real-time as\when you access them. It requires prior knowledge and configuration of the media to be mounted, it is not relevant to directly connected USB devices (unless that device is a network interface). publ

Re: [DNG] USB mount problem

2021-06-13 Thread g4sra via Dng
:523): WARNING **: 07:27:15.773: failed to load module > > > mdraid: libbd_mdraid.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such > > > file or directory > > > You read it in the man page, you do not start udisksd that way. what does the following command display when run with

Re: [DNG] USB mount problem

2021-06-15 Thread g4sra via Dng
<--snip--> > Unfortunately I am not able to find what package contains gvfs-udisks2-vo. <--snip--> apt-file search gvfs-udisks2-vo gvfs-daemons: /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor gvfs-daemons: /usr/lib/systemd/user/gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor.service publickey - g4sra

Re: [DNG] package search methods was ( USB mount problem)

2021-06-16 Thread g4sra via Dng
On Wednesday, June 16th, 2021 at 1:59 AM, Fred wrote: > On 6/15/21 1:24 PM, g4sra via Dng wrote: > > <--snip--> > > > Unfortunately I am not able to find what package contains gvfs-udisks2-vo. > > > <--snip--> > > > apt-file search gvfs-udisks2-v

Re: [DNG] Steam, Mumble, Valheim, Alsa and shared audio

2021-07-03 Thread g4sra via Dng
<--snip--> Configure Alsa to use the 'dmix' plugin, RT(not so)FM. publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com - 0x42E94623.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Dng mailing list Dng@list

Re: [DNG] Steam, Mumble, Valheim, Alsa and shared audio

2021-07-03 Thread g4sra via Dng
> On Sat, 03 Jul 2021 12:21:31 + > g4sra via Dng dng@lists.dyne.org wrote: > > <--snip--> > > Configure Alsa to use the 'dmix' plugin, RT(not so)FM. > Er dbmix in chimaera. Thanks. 'dmix' is part of Alsa. > RT? FM? Read The Fine Manual ~ go to

Re: [DNG] Refracta have a static IP

2021-07-14 Thread g4sra via Dng
92.168.0.199/24 ? > Thanks, > SteveT What does the following show (everythingish installed that triggers dhclient) for P in $(dpkg -l | grep dhcp); do apt-cache rdepends $P 2>/dev/null | grep '|' ; done If 'NetworkManager' rears its head.purge with prej

Re: [DNG] Refracta have a static IP

2021-07-14 Thread g4sra via Dng
ice would be my > advice. Arrgh! that command chain doesn't (distinguish between what is and isn't installed) work right. Lesson learned, test before you post... publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com - 0x42E94623.asc Description: application/pgp

Re: [DNG] desktop-live chimaera isos

2021-07-23 Thread g4sra via Dng
ver is notably buggy on 'old' hardware, twenty year old graphics hardware is positively antique. Nvidia hardware past five years old should be considered 'Legacy' and only legacy OS's should be expected to function, certainly not modern compositors. publick

Re: [DNG] Nasty Linux systemd security bug revealed

2021-07-25 Thread g4sra via Dng
write Air Traffic Control software, personally I would not trust him to write an App for my phone (but would be the first person to call if organising a party). People are going to continue to die until this change happens. publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com - 0x42E94623.asc Description: applicati

Re: [DNG] Nasty Linux systemd security bug revealed

2021-07-25 Thread g4sra via Dng
It accelerated in an uncontrolled manner until it crashed through the side of > the building and fell over in the field next door - at which point, all the > operators walked out ! > > g4sra via Dng dng@lists.dyne.org wrote: > > > There is nothing stopping me for applying

Re: [DNG] Nasty Linux systemd security bug revealed

2021-07-26 Thread g4sra via Dng
ity expert. How executing software processes what you enter into it is as much a security concern as the source code. > > SteveT publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com - 0x42E94623.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature _

Re: [DNG] Nasty Linux systemd security bug revealed

2021-07-26 Thread g4sra via Dng
Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, July 26th, 2021 at 5:39 PM, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Anno domini 2021 Mon, 26 Jul 16:33:45 + > > g4sra via Dng scripsit: > > > [...] > > > > > It takes some effort

Re: [DNG] Nasty Linux systemd security bug revealed

2021-07-26 Thread g4sra via Dng
; Rowland It wasn't my intention to be educational, my mistake ;) publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com - 0x42E94623.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org h

Re: [DNG] Nasty Linux systemd security bug revealed

2021-07-27 Thread g4sra via Dng
ith whatever design methodology you have been forced to work under, be it Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Bohemes Spiral, etc. etc. For example .. look up high-cohesion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohesion_(computer_science) Apply the concept to every line as you write it. NB. There is a lot more to

Re: [DNG] Rant: was fresh install of chimaera on an Ultrabook - no touchpad

2021-07-28 Thread g4sra via Dng
prompted! I do not ever want to have to install an OS from 31 removable media's ever again! (Windows NT anybody?). publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com - 0x42E94623.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___

Re: [DNG] Rant: was fresh install of chimaera on an Ultrabook - no touchpad

2021-07-29 Thread g4sra via Dng
On Thursday, July 29th, 2021 at 6:58 AM, tito via Dng wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jul 2021 22:26:07 + > g4sra via Dng dng@lists.dyne.org wrote: > > <--snip--> > > This is why Devuan's installer will ask\prompt you to insert additional > > installation media such

Re: [DNG] Rant: was fresh install of chimaera on an Ultrabook - no touchpad

2021-07-29 Thread g4sra via Dng
non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-ti-connectivity_20190114-2_all.deb /mnt/tmp/pool/DEBIAN/non-free/z/zd1211-firmware/firmware-zd1211_1.5-6_all.deb publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com - 0x42E94623.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Starting outline for the DNG Safe Programmer Certificate

2021-07-29 Thread g4sra via Dng
check the rules against the rules -- de-duplicate, simplify, add > > documentation, etc. :) > > > > Internal consistency? I don't know the correct term offhand. > > Huh? Apply the whole document to each individual line sequentially ... Recursive Iteration ?

Re: [DNG] Starting outline for the DNG Safe Programmer Certificate

2021-07-29 Thread g4sra via Dng
On Thursday, July 29th, 2021 at 10:00 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > g4sra via Dng said on Thu, 29 Jul 2021 20:50:02 + > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > > On Thursday, July 29th, 2021 at 9:19 PM, Steve Litt > > sl..

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-11 Thread g4sra via Dng
cute it from there. Watch the text that scrolls by in that terminal window for anything erroneous! publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com - 0x42E94623.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Dng maili

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-12 Thread g4sra via Dng
@localhost:~]$ find .config -iname "aisleriot" .config/gnome-games/aisleriot [user@localhost:~]$ rm -fr .config/gnome-games/aisleriot publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com - 0x42E94623.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-14 Thread g4sra via Dng
On Thursday, August 12th, 2021 at 11:47 AM, g4sra wrote: > <--snip-- > > The problem with mouse-drag does not occur on the other disk. > > <--snip-- > > Of note is that when I start /usr/games/sol as root the problem > > disappars---I can drag cards just f

Re: [DNG] Displaying adequately sized UTF8 characters in a terminal

2021-08-22 Thread g4sra via Dng
out' in the menu selection, so you can at least track any missing font down by name. publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com - 0x42E94623.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Dng m

Re: [DNG] Steam, Mumble, Valheim, Alsa and shared audio

2021-08-23 Thread g4sra via Dng
On Monday, August 23rd, 2021 at 5:20 PM, hal wrote: > On 7/3/21 09:59, g4sra via Dng wrote: > > 'dmix' is part of Alsa. > > > RT? FM? > > > Read The Fine Manual ~ go to the Alsa website and read up on the 'dmix' > > > plugin, then go

Re: [DNG] random sudden stops

2021-08-26 Thread g4sra via Dng
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com - 0x42E94623.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Steam, Mumble, Valheim, Alsa and shared audio

2021-08-28 Thread g4sra via Dng
e run as the "steamuser". Sharing the same device between DIFFERENT users > does NOT work though and maybe not possible I don't know (eg: using Mumble on > headset then trying to play Youtube video as "firefox" user). publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com - 0x42E94623.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

[DNG] manpages

2021-08-30 Thread g4sra via Dng
Looking for the gcc..g++ suite manpages, expected to find them in 'gcc-doc' but it's missing. Anybody point me in the right direction ? publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com - 0x42E94623.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP di

Re: [DNG] manpages

2021-08-30 Thread g4sra via Dng
‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, August 30th, 2021 at 11:36 AM, Ralph Ronnquist via Dng wrote: > On Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:42:25 + > g4sra via Dng dng@lists.dyne.org wrote: > > Looking for the gcc..g++ suite manpages, expected to find them in > > 'gcc-doc

Re: [DNG] /run/user/#

2021-08-30 Thread g4sra via Dng
catch0 local_host# ssh remote_machine 'ps -e' | awk '{print $4}' | sort | uniq >/tmp/catch1 local_host# diff /tmp/catch0 /tmp/catch1 > Thanks in advance, > Luciano. publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com - 0x42E94623.asc Descrip

Re: [DNG] /run/user/#

2021-08-31 Thread g4sra via Dng
publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com - 0x42E94623.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] /run/user/#

2021-08-31 Thread g4sra via Dng
#x27;/dev/lo' or '/dev/eth0'). A very useful utility for working with files (and the network) is 'lsof'. sudo lsof +c0 +D /run/user/ Remember to 'man lsof' first to get an idea of what you will be looking at (or any other command someone on a mailing list

Re: [DNG] Firefox, sudo and apulse (was Re: Steam, Mumble, Valheim, Alsa and shared audio)

2021-08-31 Thread g4sra via Dng
On Tuesday, August 31st, 2021 at 4:21 PM, hal wrote: > On 8/28/21 13:24, g4sra via Dng wrote: > > Install 'apulse' which are a sort of pulseaudio compatability libraries. > apulse hasn't been working for me with Firefox for at least a year now. I > don't know

Re: [DNG] Firefox, sudo and apulse (was Re: Steam, Mumble, Valheim, Alsa and shared audio)

2021-08-31 Thread g4sra via Dng
On Tuesday, August 31st, 2021 at 7:41 PM, hal wrote: > On 8/31/21 11:02, g4sra via Dng wrote > > > > > ctl.!default { > > > > > > type hw > > > > > > card 0 > > > > > > } > > > > > > Check to mak

Re: [DNG] Firefox, sudo and apulse (was Re: Steam, Mumble, Valheim, Alsa and shared audio)

2021-09-04 Thread g4sra via Dng
On Tuesday, August 31st, 2021 at 7:41 PM, hal wrote > On 8/31/21 11:02, g4sra via Dng wrote: > > > > ctl.!default { > > > type hw > > > card 0 > > > } > > > > > > Check to make sure you do not have a ~/.asoundrc overriding

Re: [DNG] KUserFeedback

2021-09-05 Thread g4sra via Dng
<--snip--> > Comments and better ideas are welcome. Apparmor publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com - 0x42E94623.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.

Re: [DNG] KUserFeedback

2021-09-05 Thread g4sra via Dng
On Sunday, September 5th, 2021 at 11:15 AM, tito wrote: > On Sun, 05 Sep 2021 08:54:14 + > g4sra via Dng dng@lists.dyne.org wrote: > > <--snip--> > > > Comments and better ideas are welcome. > > Apparmor > Hi, > the cure is worse than the disease ;-)

Re: [DNG] KUserFeedback

2021-09-05 Thread g4sra via Dng
On Sunday, September 5th, 2021 at 11:54 AM, tito via Dng wrote: > On Sun, 05 Sep 2021 10:18:15 + > g4sra via Dng dng@lists.dyne.org wrote: > > On Sunday, September 5th, 2021 at 11:15 AM, tito farmat...@tiscali.it wrote: > > > On Sun, 05 Sep 2021 08:54:14 + &g

Re: [DNG] fresh install of chimaera on an Ultrabook - no touchpad

2021-09-12 Thread g4sra via Dng
i8042.nomux" then run $ sudo update-grub and reboot When done correctly they will show on the kernel command line $cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-?.??. root=/dev/ ro quiet splash i8042.notimeout i8042.nomux publickey - g4sra@protonmail.com - 0x42E94623.asc Description: appl

Re: [DNG] Review of documentation needed

2021-09-21 Thread g4sra via Dng
r on the raw disk to get rid of > the thing. Been there, done that. Now my time is worth more than the effort to go down that road. I opt to live dangerously..(shove an '-r' in there too if you feel like it) $ rm -i .* * this way you can delete illegitimate entries without hacking t

[DNG] Living Dangerously (was: Review of documentation needed)

2021-09-23 Thread g4sra via Dng
> g4sra via Dng wrote: > > > I opt to live dangerously..(shove an '-r' in there too if you feel like it) > > $ rm -i .* * > > this way you can delete illegitimate entries without hacking the filesystem. > > That is definitely dangerous indeed. I was

Re: [DNG] I wrote IBM

2019-10-08 Thread g4sra via Dng
No the intent is not to infest GNU/Linux with bugs. RedHat's aims have not changed from when they first introduced SystemD and they are achieving them on target which is why IBM bought in. It is to become the only Distro regardless of name, in effect the SystemD Operating System. Canonical had be

Re: [DNG] Insane defaults on Raspberry Pi images - How to fix corruption/dataloss

2019-11-08 Thread g4sra via Dng
FYI: ext4 filesystem journaling (and swap) *should* be disabled by default on SD\SDHC media. On 08/11/2019 14:46, Joril via Dng wrote: > On 27/10/19 03:32, tom wrote: > >> The defaults on the linux kernel flags have the options >> rootflags=noload. This has the effect of disabling ext4 filesyste

Re: [DNG] Insane defaults on Raspberry Pi images - How to fix corruption/dataloss

2019-11-08 Thread g4sra via Dng
On 08/11/2019 15:36, Joril via Dng wrote: > On 08/11/19 16:21, g4sra via Dng wrote: >> FYI: ext4 filesystem journaling (and swap) *should* be disabled by default >> on SD\SDHC media. > > To reduce wear? There is good documentation 'out there' about how SD\SDHC F

Re: [DNG] Insane defaults on Raspberry Pi images - How to fix corruption/dataloss

2019-11-09 Thread g4sra via Dng
On 09/11/2019 20:53, tom wrote: > On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 16:55:34 +0100 > "Dr. Nikolaus Klepp" wrote: > >> Anno domini 2019 Fri, 8 Nov 16:36:24 +0100 >> Joril via Dng scripsit: >>> On 08/11/19 16:21, g4sra via Dng wrote: >>>> FYI: ext4 filesyste

Re: [DNG] Identifying or rsetting a microsd card

2019-12-09 Thread g4sra via Dng
On 09/12/2019 21:59, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Mon, Dec 09, 2019 at 10:45:46PM +0100, Antony Stone wrote: >> On Monday 09 December 2019 at 22:38:26, Hendrik Boom wrote: >> >>> I have an sd card that used to be in an android phone. >>> My usual tools tell me very little: >>> >>> root@midwinter:~# lsb

Re: [DNG] raspberry pi build - missing lines in /proc/cpuinfo

2019-12-10 Thread g4sra via Dng
On 09/12/2019 21:55, Wojtek Sawaściuk via Dng wrote: > Hello fellow Devuaners ! > Any particular reason why on raspberry PI build, in /proc/cpuinfo there > are missing information about "model name" , bigger half of "Features" > line, "Hardware" , "Revision" and "Serial". > It breaks compliance and

Re: [DNG] fifth freedom

2019-12-18 Thread g4sra via Dng
> The freedom to NOT run the software, to be free to avoid vendor lock-in > through appropriate modularization/encapsulation and minimized dependencies; > meaning any free software can be replaced with a user’s preferred > alternatives (freedom 4). Late to the party as usual FOSS and the F

Re: [DNG] Again, again: DMARC is a no-win problem for mailing lists

2019-12-29 Thread g4sra via Dng
On 29/12/2019 07:47, Rick Moen wrote: [snip] Thanks Rick, I appreciate that chain of summaries and the time it has saved now not having to dig through archives. Email has probably got to be one of my weakest areas of knowlege, I have learnt something today. When drawing my own conclusions I pay

Re: [DNG] Tried Debian Stretch with systemd out of constrainsts

2020-01-10 Thread g4sra via Dng
On 10/01/2020 17:28, Andreas Messer wrote: > On Thu, Jan 09, 2020 at 10:04:28PM +0100, Edward Bartolo via Dng wrote: >> [...] >> >> I still have yet not figured out how to avoid having to use snapd and >> install the firmware for the oscilloscope, Hantek 6000B (USB). I have >> successfully extracte

Re: [DNG] Tried Debian Stretch with systemd out of constrainsts

2020-01-11 Thread g4sra via Dng
On 11/01/2020 21:15, Florian Zieboll wrote: > On January 11, 2020 9:18:09 PM GMT+01:00, Edward Bartolo via Dng > wrote: > >> Knowing the vendor ID and the Product ID I should be able to >> communicate with the oscilloscope. Any ideas how this can be done? > > > Out of couriosity, I just websea

Re: [DNG] Update successful but video card issue

2020-01-31 Thread g4sra via Dng
1) Dont bin your video card, it is unlikely to help in the long run. On my (cough! yes I know but I did have valid reasons) Fedora system, I have been battling with Nvidia & Xorg drivers for years, they are certainly no better than AMD support wise. My system is currently broken, turns out the l

Re: [DNG] Update successful but video card issue

2020-02-01 Thread g4sra via Dng
On 01/02/2020 10:11, Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 31/01/2020 à 13:50, g4sra via Dng a écrit : >> Do not be fooled into thinking blacklisting stops a module from being >> loaded, ensure you rebuild the initrd\initramfs without the driver. > >     Dunno if graphics driver module

Re: [DNG] Help needed:[Fwd: eudev: Methods to detect if running in a container.]

2020-03-30 Thread g4sra via Dng
On 30/03/2020 16:18, aitor_czr wrote: > Hi Svante, > > On 19/2/20 15:17, Svante Signell via Dng wrote: >> Hello, >> >> No replies so far from the devuan-dev list. Maybe with a larger audience I >> can >> get some help! >> >> Thanks! > Checking� whether the *inode* number of the primary director

Re: [DNG] Beowulf Beta is here!

2020-04-06 Thread g4sra via Dng
Minimal install from CD-Rom devuan_beowulf_3.0.0_beta_i386_netinstall.iso on Pentium4 OK. Only one issue so far, had to manually run 'dpkg-reconfigure locales' after reboot. On 15/03/2020 16:22, goli...@devuan.org wrote: > Dear dev1ers, > > The Devuan 3 Beowulf Beta release is now ready for re

Re: [DNG] Beowulf Beta is here!

2020-04-07 Thread g4sra via Dng
On 06/04/2020 23:24, Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 05:10:48PM +0100, g4sra via Dng wrote: >> Only one issue so far, had to manually run 'dpkg-reconfigure locales' after >> reboot. > > You might want to add to bug 419, so the devs are aware that

Re: [DNG] A way of holding telephone-conferences with DEVUAN?

2020-04-07 Thread g4sra via Dng
On 07/04/2020 09:48, Tomasz Kundera via Dng wrote: > Zoom has dedicated clients for Debian. It works in ascii at least. Personal experiences.. zoom became more stable after upgrading from ascii to beowulf. zoom would\will not launch from firefox, no issues launching from terminal and manually ent

Re: [DNG] A way of holding telephone-conferences with DEVUAN?

2020-04-07 Thread g4sra via Dng
On 07/04/2020 14:23, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Anno domini 2020 Tue, 7 Apr 13:07:47 + > dal scripsit: >>> From: Dng [mailto:dng-boun...@lists.dyne.org] On Behalf Of g4sra via Dng >>> Sent: den 7 april 2020 14:31 >> >>> zoom is not an evil company, un

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