[DNG] New Chimaera torrent file needs seeders.

2022-09-11 Thread fsmithred via Dng
/devuan_chimaera.torrent There's a magnet link at the bottom of this page: https://www.devuan.org/get-devuan fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] connman missing from system menu

2022-08-17 Thread fsmithred via Dng
In xfce go to Settings, Session and Startup, Application Autostart and add connman-ui-gtk There should be something similar in lxqt. In lxde, it's under Preferences, Default applications for LXSession, Core applications, Network GUI. fsmithred __

Re: [DNG] booting devuan minimal live on MSI laptop

2022-04-23 Thread fsmithred via Dng
Here's a devuan chimaera minimal-live iso with grub-efi-amd64-signed. Please let me know if it works with secure boot. Thanks. fsmithred https://get.refracta.org/files/experimental/devuan_chimaera_4.0.0-signed_amd64_minimal-live.iso ___ Dng mailing

Re: [DNG] booting devuan minimal live on MSI laptop

2022-04-23 Thread fsmithred via Dng
, I just saw this today. I have no experience with secure boot, but I can make a minimal-live iso that has the signed version of grub-efi-amd64 and post the link for you. You can let me know if it works. Thanks, fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dy

Re: [DNG] Chimaera installation issue (regulatory.db)

2022-04-19 Thread fsmithred via Dng
n to download the actual firmware. The firmware package in the repo is just an installer. A laptop without an ethernet port would require the user to supply the firmware at the beginning of the install, so we can't remove that question. fsmithred __

[DNG] Daedalus minimal-live sneak preview

2022-04-15 Thread fsmithred via Dng
. The live system has grub-efi-amd64 installed, but if you boot in bios mode, the installer will find grub-pc and install it. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] vdev in chimaera

2022-02-07 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 2/7/22 06:35, Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 07/02/2022 à 08:29, aitor a écrit : >> I've uploaded new iso images fixing a bug related to the last change in >> simple-netaid for >> compatibility with static ip addresses, that involved the response to >> routing table netlink >> events triggered by

[DNG] test message

2021-12-29 Thread fsmithred via Dng
Sorry for the noise. Don't reply. I made other arrangements, thanks. fsr ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] EFI boot not found, partially solved in gnuinos (Was: 1st boot failed but repaired OK)

2021-12-22 Thread . fsmithred via Dng
lue of this > argument has > preference over the value defined in os-release. > > Cheers, > > Aitor. > > > Another way to fix it in the installed system is to remove grub-efi-amd64-signed if you don't use Secure Boot. Then you don't need /boot/efi/EFI/debian. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] grub-efi-amd64-signed bug: hardcoded link -> unbootable system

2021-08-08 Thread fsmithred via Dng
else add '--no-install-recommends' to a command-line install. I can't think of any clean ways for us to do this for the end user. Maybe someone else has a better idea. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] grub-efi-amd64-signed bug: hardcoded link -> unbootable system

2021-08-05 Thread fsmithred via Dng
). This problem > also exists on fresh installs of beowulf, as it seems. Is there some effort > under way to fix the problem? > > Best regards, Adrian. > > > Work-around (thanks to fsmithred): > > # apt purge grub-efi-amd64-signed > ... > # apt install --reinstall gr

Re: [DNG] RFC: minimal-live iso changes for chimaera

2021-07-20 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 7/20/21 11:15 AM, terryc wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:46:09 -0400 > fsmithred via Dng wrote: > >> The following packages are not in chimaera. I'm removing them from the >> minimal-live isos so that they will build successfully. >> >> Suggestions for

[DNG] RFC: minimal-live iso changes for chimaera

2021-07-20 Thread fsmithred via Dng
The following packages are not in chimaera. I'm removing them from the minimal-live isos so that they will build successfully. Suggestions for replacement packages are welcome. bittornado termsaver Thanks, fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng

Re: [DNG] desktop-live chimaera isos

2021-07-16 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 7/16/21 3:55 PM, fsmithred wrote: > Chimaera desktop-live isos are ready for testing. They can be downloaded > from files.devuan.org or from your favorite iso mirror. > https://www.devuan.org/get-devuan > > Let me know if the desktop does not look like this. > https://t

[DNG] desktop-live chimaera isos

2021-07-16 Thread fsmithred via Dng
different results with the i386 isos on different machines booting in qemu. One is amd64 hardware, other is i386. Thanks, fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Script to migrate buster desktop to beowulf v1.6

2021-04-14 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 4/14/21 10:15 AM, tito wrote: > On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:57:38 -0400 > fsmithred via Dng wrote: > >> >> It's currently opt-out. You must select Expert install to avoid >> non-free and to choose your sources. Something about how the >> installer works makes i

Re: [DNG] Script to migrate buster desktop to beowulf v1.6

2021-04-14 Thread fsmithred via Dng
re-soc project. > > -- hendrik > ___ It's currently opt-out. You must select Expert install to avoid non-free and to choose your sources. Something about how the installer works makes it easier to do it this way rather than the reverse. And it's also easier for the non-experts to get their hardware working this way. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] BUG in desktop-base

2021-04-13 Thread fsmithred via Dng
___ Devuan. We fork desktop-base. You could file a bug report, or you could just tell me. I have control over line 30 and all the others. What should I do with it? Where and how can the script get the preferred value? Thanks, fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Default logins for ARM images?

2021-04-03 Thread fsmithred via Dng
o be > anywhere on pkgmaster.devuan.org as far as I can tell. > > Greg > > The linked thread is about the installer images, not the embedded images. I think we need to do two simple things. - Link arm-files.devuan.org from the main site as Greg suggests. - Make a sticky thread in th

Re: [DNG] Strange behaviour with last version of grub

2021-03-06 Thread fsmithred via Dng
at package for over a year because it has caused this problem in the past. If you don't need secure boot, just use grub-efi-amd64. I could not reproduce the problem on a system that boots legacy bios and uses grub-pc. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Devuan Beowulf 3.1.0 point release

2021-02-16 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 2/16/21 1:43 AM, spiralofhope wrote: > On Sun, 14 Feb 2021 20:36:58 -0500 > fsmithred via Dng wrote: > >> Devuan Beowulf 3.1.0 point release > > > However, > > devuan_beowulf_3.1.0_amd64_minimal-live.iso does NOT work with > ventoy-1.0.35 (inst

[DNG] Devuan Beowulf 3.1.0 point release

2021-02-14 Thread fsmithred via Dng
Devuan Beowulf 3.1.0 point release Dear Init Freedom Lovers Once again the Veteran Unix Admins salute you on this day commemorating six years since the first Devuan pre-alpha Valentine's Day release in 2015! Devuan Beowulf 3.1.0 point release installer ISOs, desktop-live, and minimal-live isos

Re: [DNG] install in private partition scheme ?

2021-02-04 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 2/3/21 4:43 PM, Radisson via Dng wrote: > > Am 03.02.21 um 02:59 schrieb fsmithred via Dng: >> >> You can have a separate /home or /boot, but if you want to  re-use an old >> /home partition, you must do that manually after the install. > I would like to setup a

Re: [DNG] install in private partition scheme ?

2021-02-02 Thread fsmithred via Dng
ve isos just copies the running live system to hard drive. Take a look at the install guide (also on the desktop). There's a help page you can access from inside the installer. You can have a separate /home or /boot, but if you want to re-use an old /home partition, you must do

Re: [DNG] TB and Enigmail

2020-10-23 Thread fsmithred via Dng
switch over to using claws full-time. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Complete system HDD encryption w/o LLVM.

2020-10-01 Thread fsmithred via Dng
er is to use a swap file on the root partition, so that will be part of the encrypted filesystem. One thing I find annoying with having /boot encrypted is that grub is very slow to respond to the passphrase. And then you have to enter it again for the root partition. fsmithred 0xA73823D3

Re: [DNG] Failed run live usb iso

2020-09-28 Thread fsmithred via Dng
output: > > Error : cannot run Apparmor ... failed > ... > ... > (Other errors) > > how to solve ? Thanks before. Check sha256sum on the iso to make sure it downloaded correctly. Make sure the boot command contains apparmor=0 Maybe try it on a different usb stick.

Re: [DNG] terminology

2020-08-24 Thread fsmithred via Dng
this includes directories, block and character devices (also called "special files")" fsmithred 0xA73823D3094C5620.asc Description: application/pgp-keys ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] terminology

2020-08-24 Thread fsmithred via Dng
hendrik > > From my early Linux days I remember discussion of "filesystem hierarchy".  > Aren't directories and files just part of that organizational tree? They > act as data containers. > I was told that everything in linux is a file, even your hardware. fsmi

Re: [DNG] Can't get graphic output from qemu

2020-07-13 Thread fsmithred via Dng
64 -enable-kvm -m 2048 -vga std -cdrom example.iso I did run into a situation in ascii where qemu required vnc, and I don't recall what happened to change that back to the old behavior. Maybe installing qemu-system-gui is what fixed it. fsmithred 0xA73823D3094C5620.asc Description: application

Re: [DNG] eudev-related problems after Beowulf upgrade

2020-06-15 Thread fsmithred via Dng
> > David > Yes, running 'udevadm trigger --action=add' after startup works. Adding 'sleep 10' where you put it also works. I had previously tried putting it at the end of the start case, and that didn't work. fsmithred 0xA73823D3094C5620.asc Description: application/pgp-keys _

Re: [DNG] Jessie to Beowulf?

2020-06-15 Thread fsmithred via Dng
ASCII' and 'Migrate from Debian Jessie' would work. https://devuan.org/os/install Make sure you have backups of anything important. fsmithred 0xA73823D3094C5620.asc Description: application/pgp-keys ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] eudev-related problems after Beowulf upgrade

2020-06-12 Thread fsmithred via Dng
issue I had with the desktop-live isos was sometimes having no keyboard or mouse on the destkop. That was solved by installing acpi-fakekey. fsmithred 0xA73823D3094C5620.asc Description: application/pgp-keys ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] release status, was: Re: Devuan Beowulf 3.0.0 released.

2020-06-03 Thread fsmithred via Dng
ned to continue as of now? Thanks. > > Greg > > Jessie will be supported until June 2020, or any minute now. fsmithred 0xA73823D3094C5620.asc Description: application/pgp-keys ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.o

Re: [DNG] beowulf-stable-announce 404

2020-06-02 Thread fsmithred via Dng
e more betas. I guess we failed to mention that on this list. Most of the activity was in the forum, irc and bug reports. I think we squashed all the bugs. Guess we'll find out. fsmithred 0xA73823D3094C5620.asc Description: application/pgp-keys ___ Dng m

Re: [DNG] Waterfox issues under Devuan ASCII

2020-04-12 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 4/12/20 2:32 AM, Edward Bartolo via Dng wrote: > Hi, > > I will upgrade to Beowulf. As usual, I will upgrade dpkg, apt, > aptitude and the kernel first and then reboot with the new versions. > Then, I will do an "apt-get dist-upgrade". > > If there are more critical packages which need to be

Re: [DNG] ASCII 2.1 to Beowulf: Report + questions

2020-03-22 Thread fsmithred via Dng
ngrade or not? If not, > how to disable downgrading of those packages? > Take the downgrade. It's not really a downgrade; it's an upgrade to a lower-numbered version. (We no longer need to fork upower.) That's all I've got. Hope it helps. fsmithred __

Re: [DNG] darkpurpy-grub theme on Beowulf

2020-03-22 Thread fsmithred via Dng
themes/desktop-slim-theme desktop-slim-theme \ /usr/share/slim/themes/devuan-curve-darkpurpy 20 To go back to cinnabar: update-alternatives --config desktop-grub-theme update-alternatives --config desktop-slim-theme I didn't mess with the window theme or desktop background. Th

Re: [DNG] Installer images for armel, armhf and ppc64 need testing

2020-03-07 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 3/6/20 6:30 PM, fsmithred wrote: > On 3/2/20 7:54 PM, fsmithred wrote: >> We built beowulf installer images for armel, armhf and ppc64el. If you >> have appropriate hardware, please test and report. >> >> armel (no mini.iso for these. I hope you know what to do.) >

Re: [DNG] Installer images for armel, armhf and ppc64 need testing

2020-03-06 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 3/2/20 7:54 PM, fsmithred wrote: > We built beowulf installer images for armel, armhf and ppc64el. If you > have appropriate hardware, please test and report. > > armel (no mini.iso for these. I hope you know what to do.) > https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/devuan/dists/beowulf/main/

[DNG] Installer images for armel, armhf and ppc64 need testing

2020-03-02 Thread fsmithred via Dng
/installer-ppc64el/current/images/netboot/mini.iso Thanks, fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] why is polkit needed?

2020-02-25 Thread fsmithred via Dng
uthentication agent for PolicyKit ii lxqt-policykit-l10n 0.14.1-1 all Language package for lxqt-policykit ii policykit-1 0.105-25+devuan7~beowulf1 amd64framework for managing administrative pol

[DNG] Sort directories before files!

2020-01-17 Thread fsmithred via Dng
the popup menu with the checkboxes. Check the appropriate box. Cheers, fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Beowulf, I2Pd, libboost 1.62 vs 1.67

2020-01-12 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 1/12/20 9:19 PM, 'smee via Dng wrote: > Oh I see, I'm on 2.29.0 but it is locally compiled and not installed. I > guess if I were to compile the same version again in Beowulf (since > it's the latest) it would pickup the correct version...? > If you install i2pd 2.23.0-1 from beowulf, you

Re: [DNG] Beowulf, I2Pd, libboost 1.62 vs 1.67

2020-01-12 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 1/12/20 8:40 PM, 'smee via Dng wrote: > I tried running i2pd on my recently upgraded Beowulf instance but found > it errors out looking for libboost 1.62.0 libraries, which > libboostx.xx-dev appears to be an automatic install. > > Should I expect any problems rolling libboost1.67.0 back to

Re: [DNG] When upgrading to Beowulf please test and report issues with eudev-3.2.9-2 from unstable!

2020-01-10 Thread fsmithred via Dng
script and removing all the non-free firmware, you might decide that you needed one of those packages. They are included in the desktop-live iso. (They're in /firmware on the media.) That's done in case you delete your only means of getting online to get your wir

Re: [DNG] Fonts trouble on beowulf

2020-01-08 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 1/8/20 1:07 PM, Rowland penny via Dng wrote: > On 08/01/2020 17:56, fsmithred via Dng wrote: >> On 1/8/20 11:38 AM, Rowland penny via Dng wrote: >>> On 08/01/2020 16:25, goli...@devuan.org wrote: >>>> On 2020-01-08 10:14, Rowland penny via Dng wrote: &

Re: [DNG] Fonts trouble on beowulf

2020-01-08 Thread fsmithred via Dng
land > Copy/paste from upstream git LISEZ-MOI.md - I don't know how it will look in email, but there's an accent aigu over the e in Phenix. No o in the theme name. "## À propos Le projet Clearlooks-Phénix a pour but de créer une version GTK3 de Clearlooks, thème par défaut de Gnome 2. Un s

Re: [DNG] Refracta Snapshot - Increase allowable size

2020-01-03 Thread fsmithred via Dng
t or refractasnapshot-gui xorriso -as mkisofs -r -J -joliet-long -l -iso-level 3 ${isohybrid_opt} \ Please let me know if you try that. Other option is to exclude a bunch of your data and maybe back it up in a tarball if you want it available for the live system. fsmithred _

Re: [DNG] We need upgrade reports

2020-01-01 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 1/1/20 3:48 AM, R. G. Sidler wrote: Hi fsmithred, where would you like those upgrade reports sent to? Sincerely R. G. Sidler I guess this list is best; then we can compare notes. Thanks. fsr ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https

Re: [DNG] We need upgrade reports

2020-01-01 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 12/31/19 4:49 PM, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: All upgraded since some months, no problems so far. Nik Was that with kde desktop by any chance? (One less for me to do?) fsr ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

Re: [DNG] Catching up (was Re: Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd')

2020-01-01 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 12/31/19 9:16 PM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:01:11 -0500, fsmithred wrote in message <56853e51-735a-8e18-1f44-f6ae3fb6c...@gmail.com>: CenturionDan posted this in irc a few days ago: " with the 4.19 kernel LVM requires udev to be running and /run/udev to exi

Re: [DNG] Catching up (was Re: Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd')

2019-12-31 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 12/31/19 3:16 PM, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, On 1/1/20 6:53 am, fsmithred via Dng wrote: On 12/31/19 2:16 PM, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, On 1/1/20 4:20 am, fsmithred via Dng

[DNG] We need upgrade reports

2019-12-31 Thread fsmithred via Dng
Please upgrade your highly customized and configured ascii production system to beowulf and tell us if it works. Okay, DO THIS ON A COPY, not the real thing. I've upgraded standard no-X systems, xfce and mate desktops, and those went smoothly. We need more data points. Thanks, fsmithred

Re: [DNG] Catching up (was Re: Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd')

2019-12-31 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 12/31/19 2:16 PM, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, On 1/1/20 4:20 am, fsmithred via Dng wrote: On 12/31/19 12:06 PM, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: So how long before we can expect to get stable release of Beowulf

[DNG] Refracta-10.0 (beowulf) XFCE isos

2019-12-31 Thread fsmithred via Dng
different from the last notes.) fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Catching up (was Re: Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd')

2019-12-31 Thread fsmithred via Dng
to be pretty smooth. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd'

2019-12-30 Thread fsmithred via Dng
is premature. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Fw: looking for a replacement for debian since systemd

2019-12-14 Thread fsmithred via Dng
and H). More talk is the last thing they want. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

[DNG] Refracta beowulf no-X isos

2019-12-13 Thread fsmithred via Dng
that's what you were thinking.) fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Installing devuan on newer hardware

2019-10-31 Thread fsmithred via Dng
in chroot. Remember to 'apt update' first. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Devuan as a rescue CD?

2019-10-26 Thread fsmithred via Dng
and some other relevant software installed. What is it you need to rescue? Some things are easier than others. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Devuan ASCII point release

2019-10-26 Thread fsmithred via Dng
in the Release file. I'll find someone to make the changes. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Devuan ASCII point release

2019-10-26 Thread fsmithred via Dng
en there's a point release. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Devuan ASCII point release

2019-10-25 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 10/25/19 9:48 AM, Joril via Dng wrote: On 22/10/19 06:00, . fsmithred via Dng wrote: The Devuan ASCII 2.1 point release has begun. The installer isos, desktop-live and minimal-live isos are currently available After installation lsb_release still reports 2.0, should I file a bug report

[DNG] Devuan ASCII point release

2019-10-21 Thread . fsmithred via Dng
The Devuan ASCII 2.1 point release has begun. The installer isos, desktop-live and minimal-live isos are currently available for download here: http://files.devuan.org/devuan_ascii/ Other images will be uploaded as they are ready. - The option to choose openrc is more prominent and no longer

Re: [DNG] openvpn beowulf package imssing

2019-10-20 Thread . fsmithred via Dng
/devuan/pool/main/o/openvpn/ > > This package isn't installable in beowulf as it's missing libssl1.0.2 > dependency The version of openvpn in buster (2.4.7-1) wants libssl1.1. I just installed it in beowulf (with libelogind0 to satisfy the libsystemd0 dep.) fsmithred

Re: [DNG] Gnuinos Beowulf

2019-10-20 Thread . fsmithred via Dng
_root_rights=yes fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Can't grub ignore /dev/hdb?

2019-09-13 Thread fsmithred via Dng
hope that's a typo. If the disk is dying, make sure you have everything you want off of it before you unplug it. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Migrating from Buster to Beowulf - feedback needed

2019-09-10 Thread fsmithred via Dng
libpam-systemd and then reinstall them after libpam-elogind is in place. I hope the instructions are reasonably clear. Do give feedback. Thanks Mark Would a transitional package that makes the edit to /var/lib/dpkg/status be a sane solution? fsmithred

Re: [DNG] udisks2 - who uses it? (not a poll)

2019-09-10 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 9/10/19 5:11 AM, Daniel Reurich wrote: On 08/09/19 07:37, fsmithred via Dng wrote: On 9/7/19 1:33 PM, Ismael L. Donis Garcia wrote: - Original Message - From: "fsmithred via Dng" To: "dng" Sent: Friday, September 06, 2019 9:23 AM Subject: [DNG] udisks2 - who

Re: [DNG] udisks2 - who uses it? (not a poll)

2019-09-07 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 9/7/19 1:33 PM, Ismael L. Donis Garcia wrote: - Original Message - From: "fsmithred via Dng" To: "dng" Sent: Friday, September 06, 2019 9:23 AM Subject: [DNG] udisks2 - who uses it? (not a poll) In ascii, udisks2 has been devuanized to remove a dependenc

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Migrating from Buster to Beowulf - feedback needed

2019-09-07 Thread fsmithred via Dng
. At the time, I was ready to say that it can't be done and we shouldn't support it, but I did succeed after two days of messing with it. Nice to see you have a way to make it work smoothly. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https

Re: [DNG] udisks2 - who uses it? (not a poll)

2019-09-06 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 9/6/19 5:43 PM, Alessandro Selli wrote: On 06/09/19 at 15:23, fsmithred via Dng wrote: In ascii, udisks2 has been devuanized to remove a dependency on libpam-systemd (and maybe libsystemd0, too.) The version of udisks2 in beowulf is very old compared to what's in buster.   Really?  I'm

Re: [DNG] Migrating from Buster to Beowulf - feedback needed

2019-09-06 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 9/6/19 9:05 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Fri, Sep 06, 2019 at 09:00:08AM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote: On 9/6/19 8:33 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote: I could try crossgrading to beowulf before I delete it. ... Are there instructions already? Or is it the usual change the apt-sources, update

Re: [DNG] Migrating from Buster to Beowulf - feedback needed

2019-09-06 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 9/6/19 9:34 AM, fsmithred wrote: On 9/6/19 9:05 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Fri, Sep 06, 2019 at 09:00:08AM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote: On 9/6/19 8:33 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote: I've got buster on a partition I never use and was thinking of deleting. I could try crossgrading to beowulf

Re: [DNG] Migrating from Buster to Beowulf - feedback needed

2019-09-06 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 9/6/19 9:05 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Fri, Sep 06, 2019 at 09:00:08AM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote: On 9/6/19 8:33 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote: I've got buster on a partition I never use and was thinking of deleting. I could try crossgrading to beowulf before I delete it. Would that help

[DNG] udisks2 - who uses it? (not a poll)

2019-09-06 Thread fsmithred via Dng
we have libpam-elogind and libelogind0 in the repos, we don't really need to devuanize udisks2 anymore. Do we? Does anyone use udisks2 who doesn't want libpam-elogind or libelogind0 with it? fsmithred (looking to reduce the work load) ___ Dng mailing

Re: [DNG] Migrating from Buster to Beowulf - feedback needed

2019-09-06 Thread fsmithred via Dng
, please. And maybe tee the output to a log file in case you get something "interesting". Thanks, fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] error to install gnome-disk-utility in beowulf

2019-09-05 Thread fsmithred via Dng
er/udisks2 https://packages.debian.org/buster/libudisks2-0 The other option is to wait until we either rebuild that version for devuan or move it into beowulf as it is. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Identifying an installed physical hard drive without damage

2019-08-12 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 8/11/19 8:46 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 05:17:08PM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: You could also execute a command that causes heavy load on /dev/sdb - be it a test, or a search - and then see which drive's lights flash a lot (if the drive has a light). Good idea, but

Re: [DNG] But there is a problem, but my report was wrong.

2019-08-10 Thread fsmithred via Dng
know either. But I have a vague memory of problems like this once before when I did not have time or energy to investigate properly. -- hendrik That's ok. Let it retire in dignity, before it starts clicking and sputtering. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing

Re: [DNG] But there is a problem, but my report was wrong.

2019-08-10 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 8/10/19 4:32 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 03:11:03PM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote: Perhaps that disk is defective and I have to replace it. If you have smartmontools installed, you can check: smartctl -a /dev/whatever Im not familiar with these statistice

Re: [DNG] But there is a problem, but my report was wrong.

2019-08-10 Thread fsmithred via Dng
in gparted) Give it a flag of bios_grub in gparted or type ef02 in gdisk. When it comes to grub-install, grub will know what to do with it. Some howtos say it must be the first partition. I haven't found that to be true. I've put it in the middle and at the end. It works. fsmithred

Re: [DNG] trouble with grub-pc during routine upgrade

2019-08-10 Thread fsmithred via Dng
now. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Future of gNewSense: Debian or Devuan?

2019-08-01 Thread fsmithred via Dng
where to find those drivers and firmware, 4) Know all the commands to correctly load those drivers and firmware from a thumb drive, and 5) Have enough spare time to go through all this. Anyone who thinks otherwise should search the list archives for 'broadcom'. fsmithred

Re: [DNG] Installing fresh copy of x86_64 Beowulf?

2019-07-31 Thread fsmithred via Dng
when I did it. Results of that are here (no-X): https://get.refracta.org/files/testing/ and here (openbox, no dbus): https://get.refracta.org/files/experimental/refracta10-nodbus_amd64-2019-04-16.iso (Blend files available on request. Modify and make your own.) fsmithred

Re: [DNG] reinstalling GRUB2

2019-07-29 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 7/27/19 2:52 PM, Haines Brown wrote: I'm installing Ascii->Beowulf on a separate hard disk, but obviously would like to make my current disk bootable as well. But still can't install GRUB: # grub-install bash: grub-install: command not found Since your su is acting like it's

Re: [DNG] reinstalling GRUB2

2019-07-25 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 7/25/19 7:46 AM, Haines Brown wrote: On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 06:59:02AM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote: On 7/24/19 4:40 PM, Haines Brown wrote: I've no idea what's going on. I think you got a non-devuanized util-linux from ascii-security. That package has been replaced. You should be able

Re: [DNG] reinstalling GRUB2

2019-07-25 Thread fsmithred via Dng
or apt-get upgrade or if those fail, apt-get install util-linux=2.29.2-1+devuan2.1 fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] reinstalling GRUB2

2019-07-24 Thread fsmithred via Dng
run/check the following: uname -r cat /etc/issue cat /etc/devuan_version apt-cache policy util-linux fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] reinstalling GRUB2

2019-07-24 Thread fsmithred via Dng
/games in the path? Probably not relevant is that every morning I get this cron error: /etc/cron.daily/apt-compat: Cache has broken packages, exiting What happens if you empty the cache with 'apt-get clean' or the equivalent? fsmithred ___ Dng

Re: [DNG] reinstalling GRUB2

2019-07-22 Thread fsmithred via Dng
don't know if it operates like that in alternate realities, and i think you might be in one. Check the size on your grub-install. It looks small. (Copy/paste error?) /usr/sbin/grub-install: ascii/uefi 1020496 Oct 28 2018 fsmithred ___ Dng mailing

Re: [DNG] reinstalling GRUB2

2019-07-22 Thread fsmithred via Dng
bove would be to mount the efi partition to /sysroot/boot/efi So now you've installed Grub(2), but then how do you configure grub? While you are still in the chroot, run: update-grub And that will make a new boot menu. fsmithred ___ Dng mailin

Re: [DNG] Systemd depends on random numbers in order to work properly

2019-07-09 Thread fsmithred via Dng
. Live-isos with openssh-server hang on boot while waiting for enough entropy to make new host keys. I get this with sysvinit (in Devuan). I made a live-config script to start haveged before openssh-server starts to fix it. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing

Re: [DNG] Firefox-esr freezes ASCII

2019-07-09 Thread fsmithred via Dng
a lot of ram, too. If I wait too long to do that, it freezes. At some point, even sysrq keys won't work. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] ..so Debian is Busting postgresql, evolution-ews inboxes and history itself?, was: Runit service depend another script not daemon

2019-07-07 Thread fsmithred via Dng
out manual # intervention. (For instance if /etc/crypttab lists two key files # /etc/keys/{root,swap}.key, you can set KEYFILE_PATTERN="/etc/keys/*.key" # to add them to the initrd.) Thanks to anyone who can shed some light on this. fsmithred ___

Re: [DNG] UEFI support in the live-sdk

2019-07-06 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 7/6/19 7:16 AM, aitor_czr wrote: First of all, are you using the latest sources: $ git clone https://git.devuan.org/aitor_czr/live-sdk.git No, I'm using the copy I cloned at the end of May. It worked for me then; I did not change anything, so I expect it should work now. On the other

Re: [DNG] UEFI support in the live-sdk

2019-07-05 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 5/30/19 4:54 PM, aitor_czr wrote: Hi fsmithred, On 30/5/19 15:30, fsmithred via Dng wrote: Reboot into the system looks good. It installed the full system from the iso (without network) :) :) :) Now I have to look at it and figure out what you did. fsmithred All these changes have

Re: [DNG] installing Ascii on ryzen 7 1800x machine

2019-05-31 Thread fsmithred via Dng
-20180913_1952.iso The build has openbox, lxpanel and very few apps. fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

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