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

2018-11-21 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 04:12:23AM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote: > On 21/11/18 at 20:56, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 05:24:24PM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote: > >> On 21/11/18 at 16:59, KatolaZ wrote: > >>> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 07:

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

2018-11-21 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 05:24:24PM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote: > On 21/11/18 at 16:59, KatolaZ wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 07:32:22AM -0800, Rick Moen wrote: > >> Quoting Roger Leigh (rle...@codelibre.net): > >> > >>> I've been following the discussion with interest. > >> For values of 'f

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

2018-11-21 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 12:17:21PM +, Roger Leigh wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've been following the discussion with interest. It's certainly not a new > discussion, since I remember debating it a good few years back, but there > are still the same opinions and thoughts on the topic that I rememb

Re: [DNG] yet another case of silly Lennartism :p [Fwd: Our build system may be broken: /bin vs /usr/bin]

2018-11-21 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 05:19:03PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > > just for your amusement ... > > > Forwarded Message > Subject: Our build system may be broken: /bin vs /usr/bin > Resent-Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 15:01:46 + (UTC) > Resent-From: debian-de..

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

2018-11-21 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 06:47:09PM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 18/11/2018 à 01:21, Miroslav Skoric a écrit : > > On 11/17/18 3:18 PM, Didier Kryn wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The advantage of separating /usr is it can be mounted after > > > boot. /bin and /sbin (and /lib) contain

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

2018-11-21 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 01:29:53AM -0500, James Cloos wrote: > > *Everything* currently in /usr should instead be in /. Things that are essential for system startup, and for system diagnosis and recovery (in case it doesnt start properly) should be in the root partition, whatever it is called.

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

2018-11-20 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 12:03:37PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 09:40:14 +0100 > KatolaZ wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 04:51:43PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > > > [cut] > > > > > > > > ACK. Just like to point out that Devuan might run into packages > > > that hav

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

2018-11-20 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 11:04:42AM -0800, Rick Moen wrote: > > As to the rest, I'm not in the habit of posting to public mailing lists > detailed information about how often and precisely how I carry out > security-sensitive maintenance at the very core of my systems. I'm just > fickle and unreas

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

2018-11-20 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 02:32:28AM -0800, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Didier Kryn (k...@in2p3.fr): > > > And what kernel source do you use, kernel.org or Debian? > > I'm unclear on what possible use you would have for that information. It might help those wanting to try it themselves. -- hendrik

Re: [DNG] no-usr-merged: let's get concrete

2018-11-19 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 04:08:19PM +0100, KatolaZ wrote: > > P.S.: I am not so sure about the "unmerge" being so difficult, to be > honest, but I might be wrong... For unmerging you'd just have to know which files belong where in the unmerged system. That information is should be in the unmerge

[DNG] English grammar.

2018-11-18 Thread Hendrik Boom
Changed the subject to a more appropriate one. On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 01:52:01PM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote: > On 18/11/18 at 13:36, Rowland Penny wrote: > > On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 13:24:51 +0100 > > Alessandro Selli wrote: > > > >> On 18/11/18 at 10:46, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > >> > >>> The

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

2018-11-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 02:28:25AM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 01:21:05 +0100, Miroslav wrote in message > <075cb09d-9f17-1610-ced5-7ad556f5e...@uns.ac.rs>: > > > On 11/17/18 3:18 PM, Didier Kryn wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > >     The advantage of separating /usr is

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

2018-11-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 08:31:33PM +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > Daniel Reurich: > ... > > So... for Devuan, do we want to default to a merged /usr in our coming > > release of Beowulf or are we going to resist another pointless > > rearranging of the deck chairs... > > I don't want it. > My vi

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

2018-11-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 01:43:14PM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote: > >   A separate /usr might have been introduced for the silliest an maybe > even wrongest of the reasons, fact is that it turned out to be a very > good filesystem layout concept that introduced flexibility and the > possibility of

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

2018-11-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 02:02:17PM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote: > > > > Just like */bin and */sbin are useful to distinguish between programs > > intended for general use and system administration use, the distinction > > between / and /usr is useful to tell critical and non-critical programs > >

[DNG] initramfs?

2018-11-16 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 05:11:01AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > > Well, maybe because initramfs is a PITA many people choose to avoid. > When things go wrong, it's the ultimate black box. And I'm very scared > that one day Poettering/Redhat/Freedesktop.org will corner the market > on initramfs maker

Re: [DNG] "Sloppy" backports

2018-11-07 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Nov 01, 2018 at 12:15:35AM +0100, Antony Stone wrote: > On Wednesday 31 October 2018 at 23:59:33, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > > > What do they mean by sloppy? > > https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/#index4h2 So the sloppy distributions are not not required to be cleanly upgraded? --

Re: [DNG] Red Hat ends KDE support

2018-11-06 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 08:32:59AM -0500, Clarke Sideroad wrote: > I bounced to Mandrake briefly then Suse for an even shorter time before > realizing that apt was better than rpm and became a Debian user. It was the janitor at my local church that told me to switch form Mandrake to Debian. Good

Re: [DNG] Devuan on a Purism

2018-11-02 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Nov 01, 2018 at 08:02:26PM +, Daniel Abrecht wrote: > On 31/10/2018 15.00, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 09:44:48AM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > > Hendrik Boom - 31.10.18, 01:49: > > > > Now they're working on a Purism p

Re: [DNG] Devuan on a Purism

2018-10-31 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 09:44:48AM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Hendrik Boom - 31.10.18, 01:49: > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 11:53:03PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:01:03 -0400, Hendrik wrote in message > > > > > > <2018103

Re: [DNG] Devuan on a Purism

2018-10-31 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 11:53:03PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:01:03 -0400, Hendrik wrote in message > <20181030180103.7xwhnvyqbs6zn...@topoi.pooq.com>: > > > I use Devuan on a Purism laptop. Purism's OS is based on Debian, and > > has become contaminated with systemd.

Re: [DNG] Devuan on a Purism

2018-10-30 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 11:53:03PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:01:03 -0400, Hendrik wrote in message > <20181030180103.7xwhnvyqbs6zn...@topoi.pooq.com>: > > > I use Devuan on a Purism laptop. Purism's OS is based on Debian, and > > has become contaminated with systemd.

[DNG] Devuan on a Purism

2018-10-30 Thread Hendrik Boom
I use Devuan on a Purism laptop. Purism's OS is based on Debian, and has become contaminated with systemd. So, naturally, I replaced it with Devuan. It works very well, except for a problem with the touchpad. I can move the mouse pointer around by stroking the touch pad and I can do the usua

Re: [DNG] How to get CERES

2018-10-28 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 02:24:12PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > Ceres is the unstable branch and changes on a daily basis. There is no > installer for it (that I know of). If you want to create a Ceres VM, > start with an Ascii one and > > sed -i 's/ascii/ceres/' /etc/apt/source.list >

Re: [DNG] XFCE : can't open xsession-errors anymore (invalid UTF-8)

2018-10-28 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 11:31:56AM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > # I never understand why folks use an editor to just look at a file. Maybe because muscle memory know the editor commands for finding things in it. -- hendrik ___ Dng mailing list Dng

Re: [DNG] XFCE : can't open xsession-errors anymore (invalid UTF-8)

2018-10-27 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 07:55:33PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 08:21:11PM +0200, Michael K. wrote: > > Hey List readers, > > > > i use, under Dev1, XFCE and "geany 1.29" as my default IDE / Text editor. > > > > I observe my xsession-errors on this way also, long time ago.

Re: [DNG] Speak now, or forever hold your peace

2018-10-27 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 12:26:11AM +0200, KatolaZ wrote: > On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 06:09:38PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:40:45 +0200 > > KatolaZ wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 06:58:32PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I'm about to star

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

2018-10-23 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 08:27:25PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > Hi, > > Bruce Ferrell writes: > > > [...] > > > > If I understand the original question "how to I get sysV init to not > > start a process present in the init system", There is a command, > > chkconfig: > > Make that: "there *was

Re: [DNG] Devuan + remote desktop of Ubuntu = how?

2018-10-22 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 11:10:35PM +0200, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > On 10/20/2018 04:31 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > > > > It's a seniors club, 70-75 at average. Some of them are more-less fluent > > > in > > > (pirated) Window$ -based mouse clic

Re: [DNG] Devuan + remote desktop of Ubuntu = how?

2018-10-22 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 11:01:01PM +0200, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > On 10/20/2018 02:42 PM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > > ..http://www.pclinuxos.com/ has a reputation for being the easiest > > distro for your kinda newbie users. But it is not Devuan. ;o) > > > > ..https://www.qubes-os.org/ is a

Re: [DNG] Devuan + remote desktop of Ubuntu = how?

2018-10-22 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 01:39:41PM +1100, terryc wrote: > On Sat, 20 Oct 2018 13:07:19 +0200 > Miroslav Skoric wrote: > > > > It's a seniors club, 70-75 at average. > > Err, how old do you think the people who developed the "Internet" are? > Don't assume they don't have capable minds. We live in

Re: [DNG] Devuan + remote desktop of Ubuntu = how?

2018-10-22 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 01:07:19PM +0200, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > On 10/17/2018 03:18 PM, terryc wrote: > > > > Machines can > > > ping each other now, so besides introducing Devuan, I also want to > > > introduce Ubuntu via Devuan by some kind of remote GUI access or > > > like. Suggestions? Ple

Re: [DNG] Stop the madness!

2018-10-21 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 10:14:56AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Sun, 21 Oct 2018 10:04:22 -0400 > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > Sounds good. So the runit package would wrap the directory with > > boilerplate packageing info, including an installation-time shutdown &g

Re: [DNG] Stop the madness!

2018-10-21 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 08:59:12AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Sun, 21 Oct 2018 08:48:14 -0400 > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > Or make one package for each daemon's runit directory and make that > > package depend on the daemon's own package. > > Tha

Re: [DNG] Stop the madness!

2018-10-21 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 11:17:24AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Sat, 20 Oct 2018 07:19:49 +0200 > KatolaZ wrote: > > > > Unfortunately, pointing to a bunch of scripts is not enough: > > It's a starting point. Power-user individuals can start using runit > today, with no action by any develope

Re: [DNG] Devuan + remote desktop of Ubuntu = how?

2018-10-20 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 01:14:25PM +0200, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > On 10/17/2018 09:10 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > > You may end up with network delays for systems that are designed with > > the speed of a local video display in mind. > > > > Well I am n

Re: [DNG] Devuan + remote desktop of Ubuntu = how?

2018-10-20 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 01:07:19PM +0200, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > On 10/17/2018 03:18 PM, terryc wrote: > > > > Machines can > > > ping each other now, so besides introducing Devuan, I also want to > > > introduce Ubuntu via Devuan by some kind of remote GUI access or > > > like. Suggestions? Ple

Re: [DNG] automatic init script generation

2018-10-19 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 05:05:07PM +, zeitgeisteater wrote: > On 2018-10-17 11:29, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 06:05:21PM +0200, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult > > wrote: > > > > > > I personally, got tired of inventing yet another ini

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

2018-10-18 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 09:17:13AM -0300, Fernando M. Maresca wrote: > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 04:20:36PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > Multiseating? When's the last time you had serial cables to monitors? > > We have much more efficient Gigabit Eternet. Over serial lines? 1979. With text-on

Re: [DNG] Devuan + remote desktop of Ubuntu = how?

2018-10-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 05:14:52PM +0200, info at smallinnovations dot nl wrote: > On 17-10-18 13:19, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I recently installed Devuan Jessie on a computer for presentations via > > large TV. And that machine is also directly wired in a small LAN to > > another

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

2018-10-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 05:51:11PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote: > On Wednesday 17 October 2018 at 17:37:14, Bruce Ferrell wrote: > > > "They" REALLY want to force the use of systemd. > > > > I REALLY don't want to use systemd. I've seen too many problems since > > it's introduction. > > > > Now t

Re: [DNG] who is working for who (was Avahi (was Weird network issue))

2018-10-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 10:37:57PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > > > So it comes down to a) try to kill the chatty discovery protocols and > > perpetuate the "geeks vs users" divide > > Was there a particular part of 'not on _my_ network' that was unclear? Maybe we need discovery protocols that

[DNG] automatic init script generation

2018-10-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 06:05:21PM +0200, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > > I personally, got tired of inventing yet another init system - did that > over 20 years ago (actually, some things not so different from *early* > systemd - before they became totally nuts). > > The problem, IM

Re: [DNG] Avahi [was Weird network issue]

2018-10-16 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 11:29:28AM +0200, Alessandro Selli wrote: > Somehow administering the printer is not > considered a facet of infrastructure sysadminship, it's instead like a > dirty floor: you don't wash it yourself if someone spilled their Double > Hot Chocolate mug on it, you call the ja

Re: [DNG] Introducing myself....

2018-10-16 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 01:42:04PM +0100, g4sra wrote: > > As an experienced systems administrator with strong gut instincts I can > 'bolt stuff together' that 'just works' 24x7x365. Unfortunately, I am > only a mediocre programmer, but despite that is my intention to > contribute to Devuan what l

Re: [DNG] Weird network issue - slow to resolve IPs

2018-10-14 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 02:45:07AM -0500, goli...@dyne.org wrote: ... > > And OT do I even need avahi installed at all? What is it needed for? > > OK. I am a complete idiot and ignored the dot in the filename so didn't > even see the resolv.conf file. This is what's in it: > > domain austin.

Re: [DNG] Weird network issue - slow to resolve IPs

2018-10-14 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 11:52:34PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting goli...@dyne.org (goli...@dyne.org): > > > Well, I picked a few names at random. netflix pops up as soon as I > > hit enter. Ditto Microsoft, outlook, Apple, twitter, instagram, > > reddit, snapchat and facebook. Redhat is in a s

Re: [DNG] How to build your own distro

2018-10-14 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 11:17:20AM +0200, KatolaZ wrote: > On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 11:05:20AM +0200, aitor_czr wrote: > > [cut] > > > On the other hand, the configuration suggested by KatolaZ: > > > > http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/devuan_mirror_walkthrough.txt > > > > that is: > > > > RewriteEng

Re: [DNG] Weird network issue - slow to resolve IPs

2018-10-13 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 05:30:56PM -0500, goli...@dyne.org wrote: > On 2018-10-13 09:05, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:21:19 -0500 > > goli...@dyne.org wrote: > > > > > Greetings everyone, > > > > > > Something funny is going on with my networking. It's taking a very > > > long ti

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Runit without SysVinit packages

2018-10-13 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 09:55:46AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 09:44:14 -0400 > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > And while we're at it, we want not to support systemd. > > But living with inert systemd scripts is at least tolerable. > > H

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Runit without SysVinit packages

2018-10-12 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 10:56:26AM +0200, KatolaZ wrote: > On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 11:55:29PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 03:24:44 + > > alecfeld...@disroot.org wrote: > > > > > > > 1. Split the runit package into separate packages with alternate > > > stage files. > > >

Re: [DNG] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: GPL version 2 is a bare license. Recind. (Regarding (future) linux Code of Conduct Bannings).

2018-10-11 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 09:22:19PM +0100, Rowland Penny wrote: > On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:13:57 -0700 > Bruce Perens wrote: > > > I think this discussion is now so astronomically far from the purpose > > of DNG that it serves no further purpose. Perhaps moderation is > > called for? > > It never w

Re: [DNG] How to build your own distro

2018-10-07 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Oct 06, 2018 at 09:39:42AM +0200, aitor_czr wrote: > Hi all, > > , i'll start working on a tutorial about how to build you own distro. > > This tutorial will contain three chapters: > > 1) How to build your packages using git-buildpackage, pristine-tar and > quilt. > > 2) How to build t

Re: [DNG] Upgrade from Devuan Jessie to ASCII fails with SIGILL on AMD K6

2018-09-29 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 02:49:12PM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote: > On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 01:48:01PM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have been migrating a venerable headless sytem from Debian Wheezy to > > Devuan. > > > > The migration from Debian Wheezy to Devuan Jessie was fine,

Re: [DNG] Better late than never

2018-09-19 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 08:13:24AM +0200, aitor_czr wrote: > Hi, > > El 19/09/18 a las 07:55, J. Fahrner escribió: > > > > Am 2018-09-18 11:37, schrieb aitor_czr: > > > > > Thanks for your interest on simple-netaid :) > > > > > Does simple-netaid not automatically reconnect after suspend/resume

[DNG] gtk2 vs 3

2018-09-18 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Sep 07, 2018 at 11:17:26AM +0200, aitor_czr wrote: > > I spent a lot of time downgrading the frontend from Gtk3 to Gtk2, because of > the general preference in favor of this second one. The packages for jessie > will be available in a couple of days. You seem to have experience with both

[DNG] simple netaid, connman, and Wicd

2018-09-18 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 07:56:38AM +0200, J. Fahrner wrote: > > Is there some README about simple-netaid? What is it? Is it a > replacement for wicd? Can they live together, or must wicd removed? > What's the difference between the two? I guess I could ask the same questions about "Connman UI se

Re: [DNG] Cannot find in mail archive: was Mozilla and cloudflare to hijack all your DNS requests - for your own good of course

2018-09-13 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 09:49:35AM +0200, KatolaZ wrote: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 10:10:04PM -0500, goli...@dyne.org wrote: > > On 2018-09-10 20:51, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 09, 2018 at 10:04:28AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > I was going to use thi

Re: [DNG] firefox-esr: no sound after dist-upgrade

2018-09-13 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 02:36:01PM -0500, goli...@dyne.org wrote: > On 2018-09-13 14:08, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > I just did a dist-upgrade on my ascii box. Unfortunately firefox-esr > > was upgraded to 60.2.0. Pulseaudio is installed - it was also needed > > for the last vers

Re: [DNG] Cannot find in mail archive: was Mozilla and cloudflare to hijack all your DNS requests - for your own good of course

2018-09-11 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 10:10:04PM -0500, goli...@dyne.org wrote: > On 2018-09-10 20:51, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 09, 2018 at 10:04:28AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > I was going to use this email message as a reference in some > > > documentation I'm wr

Re: [DNG] Cannot find in mail archive: was Mozilla and cloudflare to hijack all your DNS requests - for your own good of course

2018-09-10 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Sep 09, 2018 at 10:04:28AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > I was going to use this email message as a reference in some > documentation I'm writing, but this email is not in the mail archive, > or at least I can't find it there. The archive seems to contain no > messaged from 8/8/2018 through 8

Re: [DNG] Cannot find in mail archive: was Mozilla and cloudflare to hijack all your DNS requests - for your own good of course

2018-09-10 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Sep 09, 2018 at 10:07:11AM -0500, goli...@dyne.org wrote: > On 2018-09-09 09:04, Steve Litt wrote: > > I was going to use this email message as a reference in some > > documentation I'm writing, but this email is not in the mail archive, > > or at least I can't find it there. The archive s

[DNG] Discussion and bug report on Soylent News

2018-09-04 Thread Hendrik Boom
There's a discussion about Devuan on Soylent News: https://soylentnews.org/~Knowledge+Troll/journal/3470 And one of the items mentions a bug: https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=27209&page=1&cid=728648#commentwrap It seems there's a problem with icons in MATE that doesn't happen

Re: [DNG] DNG] Migrate from Debian Wheezy to Devuan ASCII

2018-09-03 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 10:40:01AM +0200, Stephane Ascoet wrote: > > And when you go wheezy->jessie->ascii, you'll end up with a lot of "undead" > > packages without upgrade candidate or things you put on hold ages ago > > Hi, what? Anyway this should happen then with everyone upgrading years aft

Re: [DNG] POWER support for devuan?

2018-09-02 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 09:37:11AM +0200, KatolaZ wrote: > On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 03:25:55AM -0400, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > > On 08/31/2018 03:03 PM, KatolaZ wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 07:09:36PM +0100, Simon Hobson wrote: > > >> taii...@gmx.com wrote: > > >> > > >>> Debian supports POW

Re: [DNG] Reply-To in this list

2018-09-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Sep 01, 2018 at 05:25:37PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote: > On Saturday 01 September 2018 at 17:21:39, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 01, 2018 at 03:27:59PM +0200, J. Fahrner wrote: > > > Hi, > > > my spam blocking rules don't allow a reply-to address

Re: [DNG] No spaces between menus in XFCE terminal.

2018-09-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Sep 01, 2018 at 06:11:04PM +0200, Alessandro Selli wrote: > On 01/09/2018 at 13:05, Harald Arnesen wrote: > > goli...@dyne.org [2018-08-31 19:10]: > > > >> Use the default Clearlooks-Phenix-DarkPurpy theme. Most other themes > >> cannot render the gtk3 properly. xfce4 terminal looks grea

Re: [DNG] Reply-To in this list

2018-09-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Sep 01, 2018 at 03:27:59PM +0200, J. Fahrner wrote: > Hi, > my spam blocking rules don't allow a reply-to address to freemail addresses. > Today I received a message from this list with a gmail.com replyto address > (which was rejected). > I'm wondering why this list allows replyto addresse

Re: [DNG] rsync variant

2018-08-26 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 06:05:39PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > Hendrik Boom writes: > > > On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 12:39:11PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > >> Is there a reason not to use `rsync -n` ? > > > > Ahhh... That's what -n is for. I missed it looking

Re: [DNG] rsync variant

2018-08-25 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 09:20:13AM +1000, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: > You might also consider using sshfs, then "diff -r", if you want to detail > the differences. That takes too much network bandwidth. Otherwise just fine. -- hendrik ___ Dng mailing list

Re: [DNG] rsync variant

2018-08-25 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 12:39:11PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > Is there a reason not to use `rsync -n` ? Ahhh... That's what -n is for. I missed it looking through the man page. -- hendrik ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne

[DNG] rsync variant

2018-08-25 Thread Hendrik Boom
Is there something like rsync that compares a local and a remote file tree and reports differences without coying or transmitting all the files? I remember once being told that md5sum had an option to recurse through a directory tree, summing every file. But I can't find such an option in the

Re: [DNG] Devuan on Panasonic FZ-G1

2018-08-23 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 01:46:14PM -0700, Bruce Perens wrote: > I put Devuan on my usual travel laptop, a Panasonic FZ-G1 fully-rugged > tablet with an iKey fully-rugged rubber keyboard with hinge which makes it > a laptop. This is specified to survive hose water from any angle and stand > signific

Re: [DNG] DSA Ascii Aug20

2018-08-20 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 09:17:04AM +1000, wirelessd...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On 21 Aug 2018, at 02:14, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > >> On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 02:31:05PM +0100, leloft wrote: > >> > >> Tue, 14 Aug 2018 21:52:19 + >

Re: [DNG] DSA Ascii Aug20

2018-08-20 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 02:31:05PM +0100, leloft wrote: > > Tue, 14 Aug 2018 21:52:19 + > [SECURITY] [DSA 4272-1] linux security update > version 4.9.110-3+deb9u2 > Confirmed: ascii-proposed-updates > Note: this update has been superseded by version 4.9.110-3+deb9u3 > confirmed present in asc

Re: [DNG] OT - LXDE themes and Palemoon widget coloring

2018-08-08 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 10:54:36PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Steve Litt (sl...@troubleshooters.com): > > > Your mileage may vary, but I kicked all Palemoon off all my computers > > after they treated a person like this: > > > > https://github.com/jasperla/openbsd-wip/issues/86 > > Hello,

Re: [DNG] This is a losing battle, against the propaganda of redhat.

2018-08-07 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 10:20:04PM +, chill...@protonmail.com wrote: > > Note that I deliberately didn't call systemd GNU/Linux, as it doesn't leave > much of GNU left. Imho an important point against the propoganda is that it's > a very different OS. > I call it systemd/Linux, to distingu

Re: [DNG] OT - LXDE themes and Palemoon widget coloring

2018-08-07 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 09:08:47PM +0100, ael wrote: > 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. It's still called qupzilla in ascii. I just installed it

Re: [DNG] Devuan on Android

2018-08-03 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 08:42:22PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > Hi, > > Every so often I get a bug to see what it takes to run > terminal programs on my phone. Having just spent half an > hour looking through outdated articles about outdated apps, > I can save you some trouble: > > Termux looks dec

[DNG] Beowulf progress (WAS: donate to Slackware

2018-08-03 Thread Hendrik Boom
Nothing to say ere; just changing the subject so to make this easier to find. On Fri, Aug 03, 2018 at 08:43:29AM +0200, KatolaZ wrote: > On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 03:19:23PM -0500, goli...@dyne.org wrote: > > [cut] > > > > > All of that is true and I'm not suggesting otherwise. I just wish that

Re: [DNG] This is a losing battle, against the propaganda of redhat.

2018-07-26 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 11:07:42AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Steve Litt (sl...@troubleshooters.com): > > > Anyone thinking of dissing a nation on this *technical* list should > > look long and hard at the deficiencies of his/her own country. Let he > > who is without sin cast the first sto

[DNG] Linux Without systemd: Why You Should Use Devuan, the Debian Fork

2018-07-26 Thread Hendrik Boom
I found this article online. https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/debian-without-systemd-devuan/ It doesn't really get into the problems with systemd, unfortunately. -- hendrik ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mai

Re: [DNG] systemd and ssh-server

2018-07-26 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 06:50:43PM +0200, Irrwahn wrote: > Hendrik Boom wrote on 25.07.2018 17:59: > [cut] > > Package dependencies are of the form > > Install X if Y is installed > > Too bad it doesn't handle > > Install X it Y and Z are installed. >

Re: [DNG] systemd and ssh-server

2018-07-25 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 10:20:56PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > Katolaz wrote on March 2, 2018: > > > Most of those "alarming" files are just systemd units files, put there > by daemons/packages/utilities who "also" support systemd in a way or > another. So they are not alarming but just *totally*

Re: [DNG] I need your help or another developer's help with the project devuan with the children

2018-07-22 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 10:51:17AM +0200, aitor_czr wrote: > Hi Basati, > > El 22/07/18 a las 10:14, Basati escribió: > > I am preparing a project for children from 8 to 16 > > > > The idea is to introduce them into computing, devuan and python programming > > > > Using raspberry pi 3 B+ as a ha

[DNG] weird ping

2018-07-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
What does this mean: hendrik@midwinter:~/write/Melinda/Melinda$ ping 172.25.1.11 PING 172.25.1.11 (172.25.1.11) 56(84) bytes of data. From 169.254.2.124 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable From 169.254.2.124 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable From 169.254.2.124 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host

Re: [DNG] Unswapping interface names

2018-07-16 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 10:32:10AM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 15/07/2018 à 20:37, Hendrik Boom a écrit : > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 02:27:26PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 12:41:21PM +0200, Udo Hennig wrote: > > > > I get some

Re: [DNG] Unswapping interface namesRe: (WAS: what has gone wrong with networking in ascii?

2018-07-15 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 09:31:25PM +0200, Stefan Krusche wrote: > Am Sonntag, 15. Juli 2018 schrieb Hendrik Boom: > > But there is a /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules > > so I'll try editing that. > > That is the one, or at least one you can use. Just change t

Re: [DNG] Unswapping interface namesRe: (WAS: what has gone wrong with networking in ascii?

2018-07-15 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 09:31:25PM +0200, Stefan Krusche wrote: > Am Sonntag, 15. Juli 2018 schrieb Hendrik Boom: > > But there is a /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules > > so I'll try editing that. > > That is the one, or at least one you can use. Just change t

Re: [DNG] Unswapping interface namesRe: (WAS: what has gone wrong with networking in ascii?

2018-07-15 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 02:27:26PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 12:41:21PM +0200, Udo Hennig wrote: > > I get some trouble with the network after updating to ascii and > > rebooting too on two computers. I found some messages in dmesg like > > >

[DNG] Unswapping interface namesRe: (WAS: what has gone wrong with networking in ascii?

2018-07-15 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 12:41:21PM +0200, Udo Hennig wrote: > I get some trouble with the network after updating to ascii and > rebooting too on two computers. I found some messages in dmesg like > > Cannot rename eth0 to eth1, name already in use > Cannot rename eth2 to eth0, name already in use

[DNG] ethernet interface name swap (WAS: what has gone wrong with networking in ascii?

2018-07-15 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 07:03:13PM +0200, Stefan Krusche wrote: > Am Samstag, 14. Juli 2018 schrieb Hendrik Boom: > > (2) How should I go about tracking down the problem? > > > > I might add that ifconfig reports the usual interfaces of eth0, eth1, > > Have you checked

[DNG] what has gone wrong with networking in ascii?

2018-07-14 Thread Hendrik Boom
I upgraded my home serverto ascii a bit ore than a week ago, and then proceeded to make a full backup of user files (and system files in case I have to consult them on reinstallation if the system gets hoplessly broken). I finally rebooted yesterday after a week of flawless running, only to fi

[DNG] [OT] vivivi

2018-07-10 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 06:41:10AM +0200, KatolaZ wrote: > > Being a "veteran" has never been a sufficient excuse from the > obligation to support your claims with actual facts. This is not a > religion, and there has never been anything like a revealed gospel in > the free software community[1].

Re: [DNG] 1,000(?) eyes security Re: A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 01:12:58AM +1000, terryc wrote: > On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 16:48:34 +0200 > Alessandro Selli wrote: > > > > "Since the beginning of the git era (the 2.6.11 release in 2005), a > > total of 15,637 developers have contributed to the Linux kernel; > > those developers worked for a

Re: [DNG] nonexistent partition as swap drive.

2018-07-09 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 09:36:19PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 09:46:45PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > update-initramfs sets a nonexistent disk as a swap device. > > Check /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume. One line only: RESUME=/dev/hdc1 Looks like

[DNG] probably SOLVED: is there a problem with package signing?

2018-07-09 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 11:27:16AM +0200, KatolaZ wrote: > On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 09:10:41PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > During and after my upgade to ascii, > > when I try to install packages > > I consistently get messages like > > > > WARNING:

[DNG] Weird jessie to ascii upgrade issue (WAS: Re: who's tying up my ptr 80

2018-07-09 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 09:12:12PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > I can't start lighttpd because something is already bound to port 80. > > How can I find out what's attached to this port? No one was on port 80. Startup of lighttpd failed for an even stranger reason: /etc/li

[DNG] nonexistent partition as swap drive.

2018-07-08 Thread Hendrik Boom
update-initramfs sets a nonexistent disk as a swap device. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-6-amd64 W: initramfs-tools configuration sets RESUME=/dev/hdc1 W: but no matching swap device is available. There hasn't been an hdc drive for ages. The hd drives are all sd drives now.

Re: [DNG] is there a problem with package signing?

2018-07-08 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 06:17:51PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 07/08/2018 06:10 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > During and after my upgade to ascii, > > when I try to install packages > > I consistently get messages like > > > > WARNING: The following

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