[DNG] Virtualbox-dkms configure error - kernel symlinks

-amd64' Checking I found the file in /usr/lib/linux-kbuild-5.15/scripts/ All the kernel symlinks on the pc point to /lib rather than /usr/lib eg: rob@devuan:~$ ls -l /usr/src/linux-headers-5.15.0-2-common total 76 drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Nov 28 00:56 arch drwxr-xr-x 29 root root 4096 Nov 28 00

Re: [DNG] How to install NVIDIA driver?

rsistenced but it is not installable > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. A workaround is to download the missing packages, nvidia-installer-cleanup and nvidia-legacy-checker, from packages.debian.org Then use sudo dpkg -i to install the packages or as root user if you

Re: [DNG] Multiple chromium mystery processes

hing comparable to > about:config in chromium? > > Version 57.0.2987.98 Built on 8.7 > > Thanks, > > golinux > > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng about:about will show a list of config pages. Where you go from

Re: [DNG] packages.devuan.org is not updated for a long time

gz 08-Oct-2018 10:18 > 34888021 > [28]Contents-i386.gz 08-Oct-2018 10:20 > 36720025 > [29]Contents-source.gz 08-Oct-2018 10:12 > > host packages.roundr.devuan.org > packages.roundr.devuan.org has address 5.196.38.18 > > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mail

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

glists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng Possibly might be relevant: https://serverfault.com/questions/454051/how-can-i-view-updatedb-database-content-and-then-exclude-certain-files-paths rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Devuan, Firefox and Apulse

repo for apulse but there looks like some issues about sandboxing. https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse Anyone have it working on Devuan and Firefox 55.0.3 64bit ? How about FF and Jackd? I don't use Jack myself, but a lot people do. Regards, Rob

Re: [DNG] Another problem with systemd and I will switch to devuan

probably switch to Devuan. Regards, Rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Proposed change in behaviour for ascii: eudev net.ifnames logic reversing proposal

problem pointed by Adam. AFAIK you can use any name you like in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules (provided they don't conflict). E.G. nic0, nic1, etc. Which would avoid conflicts and provide definitive names. Regards, Rob ___ Dng mailing

Re: [DNG] Adjusting LCD backlight in XFCE4

On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Lars Noodén <lars.noo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 05/17/2017 06:08 PM, Rob Owens wrote: > > On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 8:48 AM, Lars Noodén <lars.noo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> On 05/04/2017 03:42 PM, Lars Noodén wr

Re: [DNG] Adjusting LCD backlight in XFCE4

On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 8:48 AM, Lars Noodén wrote: > On 05/04/2017 03:42 PM, Lars Noodén wrote: > > I'm having trouble adjusting the backlight on my LCD screen in RC 1 with > > XFCE4. No matter what I've tried so far, it stays where it is. With > > Ubuntu 16.04, things

Re: [DNG] We need to speak up

in your list if you want. But I think for a Debian user who is currently questioning the need for systemd, knowing his alternatives is much more useful than knowing that I (some guy they don't know) stopped using Debian. -Rob On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.

Re: [DNG] FF pulseaudio hard dependency is here

. Regards, Rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] eudev status

On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 10:56:58AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > I installed jessie-beta on a disk some time ago, and off hand it boots > and runs just fine. However I didn't migrate it to from my current Debian > Wheezy because I was waiting for the eudev/vdev/udev issue to be > resolved, figuring

Re: [DNG] devuan-discuss is not useful, quite the opposite

A solution might be to: 1) rename this list if deemed necessary 2) route all devuan-discuss emails to dng This will combine the two lists without requiring users to make any changes. If the name change is deemed necessary, the new name can be promoted on the website, but the old email

Re: [DNG] sans-dbus: was Mass bug filing: use and misuse of dbus-launch (dbus-x11)

On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 3:53 AM, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Joel Roth (jo...@pobox.com): > > On my system, > > > > apt-get -s remove dbus > > > > The following packages will be REMOVED: > > And what actually breaks if you use equivs to lie and say it's still > present? > I

Re: [DNG] Openrc

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > Does OpenRC do the conditional starts? Yes, it does. See "The depend function" here: http://www.funtoo.org/Package:OpenRC ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

Re: [DNG] OT: true read-only disk

taching the drive via USB and sitting the drive in the freezer during recovery can help in situations like this. Also, besides ddrescue you can also take a look at photorec (part of the testdisk package). Good luck! -Rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] vdev - udev is a dead end

On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 8:34 AM, Simon Hobson wrote: > There was one other thing that came to mind earlier ... > If ${company} decided to do that, and they had previously distributed > binaries ... doesn't the GPL mean they are required to provide the sources > to anyone

Re: [DNG] Ugly, ugly news

emd to make itself a requirement was the first thing that made me suspicious about the project. I've since become more informed on the issue of init systems and now have many technical reasons to dislike it as well. -Rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Open-RC on devuan - some questions

anjaro: with the to essential directories: > > /etc/conf.d (where all the scripts for openrc are configured) > /etc/init.d (where the scripts that are configured in /etc/conf.d sit) > I see I have no /etc/conf.d. To me this means I really do not have OpenRC, as conf.d is one of the key be

Re: [DNG] F1 and special usernames on the login screen

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 10:53 PM, Adam Borowski wrote: > Nowadays to find a regular person who doesn't own multiple computers, you > need to go to Africa or rural India. > > I'd say it's safe to assume that a person authorized to login on the > console > (either text or

Re: [DNG] resolved

bullet. AFAIK one can run systemd without resolvd. Or did I miss something? BTW, I run a Debian Jessie server without systemd and it works just fine. I still have to upgrade my GUI box. Regards, Rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https

Re: [DNG] adblocking using /etc/hosts

. In my thinking that is a very elegant and easy way to keep the browsers itself small and efficient. But very likely, i'm missing some cons ... (?) The webbrowser wants an object. So the thing to do is to replace the ad with your own content. A small transparent gif is often used. Regards, Rob

Re: [DNG] Signature verification

ontains both the downloaded iso and the SHA256SUMS file, run this command: sha256sum --check SHA256SUMS That will output a check for each checksum in that file, so you will get a lot of "file not found" messages. Look for the one for your downloaded iso, which will hopefully say "OK". -Rob

Re: [DNG] booting old system on a different partition

- Original Message - > From: "Peter Olson" > So, I installed the Devuan beta a few days ago and it is great, rather it > almost > mostly works. I probably need an audio driver installed. I want to see what > the old system had installed. > > So I cleared out another

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

- Original Message - > From: "Steve Litt" <sl...@troubleshooters.com> > On Tue, 3 May 2016 10:06:07 -0400 (EDT) > Rob Owens <row...@ptd.net> wrote: > >> I agree with putting each init in its own directory, but sysvinit >> should not own

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

- Original Message - > From: "Didier Kryn" <k...@in2p3.fr> > Le 03/05/2016 19:10, Rob Owens a écrit : >> Yes, but then when an openrc user wants to start/stop a service, he >> cannot do '/etc/init.d/myservice start' like he could do on any other >>

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

ch that it is difficult to change that in the future. So put sysvinit stuff in its own directory just like all the other inits. -Rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Blackbox: was: For all you automounter programmers

Control Mod1 x :Exec /usr/bin/xterm 3) Not sure about this one. You can set the toolbar to show all windows on all desktops. In that case I believe clicking one will bring you to that desktop. But I prefer to have the toolbar show only the windows on the current desktop. -Rob ___

Re: [DNG] For all you automounter programmers

, also has this functionality but it allows the use of different backends for performing the mounts. As I recall, the choices were pmount, udevil, udisks, udisks2, and possibly others. -Rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] For all you automounter programmers

- Original Message - > From: "Steve Litt" > Do you happen to know a corresponding utility to read/write the label > on an ext4 formatted thumb drive partition? > e2label /dev/sdXY my_label ___ Dng mailing list

[DNG] Which desktops work without systemd

Hi there Which desktops work without systemd? A list would be nice. Regards, Rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] devuan-ascii: apt-get warning re weak key

Original Message Subject: [DNG] devuan-ascii: apt-get warning re weak key Local Time: 6 April 2016 7:16 PM UTC Time: 6 April 2016 18:16 From: a...@webafrica.org.za To: dng@lists.dyne.org Does that mean that one of these days I won't be able to update ascii? W:

Re: [DNG] A lot of packages missing from repository

Original Message Subject: Re: [DNG] A lot of packages missing from repository Local Time: 26 March 2016 8:37 PM UTC Time: 26 March 2016 20:37 From: mitt_gr...@riseup.net To: dng@lists.dyne.org Rob wrote: > Looking at http://packages.devuan.org/merged/pool/ > there is n

[DNG] A lot of packages missing from repository

non-free deb http://packages.devuan.org/devuan/ceres main contrib non-free Rob Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.ch), encrypted email based in Switzerland.___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman

Re: [DNG] audio died again

Original Message Subject: [DNG] audio died again Local Time: 22 March 2016 9:12 PM UTC Time: 22 March 2016 21:12 From: hend...@topoi.pooq.com To: dng@lists.dyne.org My system is an old ASUS netbook. I installed devuan alpha 2 when it was current, and have upgraded it regularly.

Re: [DNG] The repository has old OpenSCAD package.

Original Message Subject: [DNG] The repository has old OpenSCAD package. Local Time: 11 March 2016 5:11 PM UTC Time: 11 March 2016 17:11 From: janpeng...@riseup.net To: dng@lists.dyne.org Hi, The latest stable version of OpenSCAD is 2015.03-3. When I installed openscad, it was

Re: [DNG] initscripts-2.88dsf-59.3+devuan2

Original Message Subject: Re: [DNG] initscripts-2.88dsf-59.3+devuan2 Local Time: March 6, 2016 9:09 PM UTC Time: March 6, 2016 9:09 PM From: dan...@centurion.net.nz To: dng@lists.dyne.org On 07/03/16 06:39, Rob wrote: > 1:)Saturday (5th mar) dist-upgrade, which inclu

[DNG] initscripts-2.88dsf-59.3+devuan2

on a spare disk, debootstrap ceres failed on configuration with update-rc.d not found (problem package initscripts?). debootstrap jessie installed ok. Rob Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.ch), encrypted email based in Switzerland.___ Dng mailing

Re: [DNG] Digital camera management borked

funny, have you tried switching the camera off then on again whilst it is connected to your pc. Then Camera/Add camera, auto-detect. I have a canon SX40 that requires this procedure occasionally. Rob *in gtkam*___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https

Re: [DNG] Digital camera management borked

Original Message Subject: [DNG] Digital camera management borked Local Time: March 2, 2016 8:50 pm UTC Time: March 2, 2016 8:50 PM From: goli...@yahoo.com To: dng@lists.dyne.org I am having trouble finding a way to browse thumbnails of the photos on my old canon camera. gtkam

Re: [DNG] Speaking of Window Managers

no longer do without are: Move window 1 pixel: Ctrl-Alt-Shift-{arrow key} Move window 10 pixels: Ctrl-Alt-{arrow key} Resize window 1 pixel: Ctrl-Alt-Shift-{Home/End/PgUp/PgDown} Resize window 10 pixels: Ctrl-Alt-{Home/End/PgUp/PgDown} -Rob - Original Message - > From: "Steve L

Re: [DNG] what is sssd?

for offline LDAP authentication. -Rob - Original Message - > From: "Dr. Nikolaus Klepp" <dr.kl...@gmx.at> > To: dng@lists.dyne.org > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 8:23:46 AM > Subject: [DNG] what is sssd? > Does anybody know what sssd is good for? I was a bit s

Re: [DNG] what is sssd?

- Original Message - > From: "Rowland Penny" <rpenny241...@gmail.com> > On 22/01/16 16:02, Rob Owens wrote: >> One thing it can be used for is offline authentication for LDAP users. I am >> currently using sssd on a Funtoo laptop for this purpose.

Re: [DNG] Does dunst require dbus?

Original Message Subject: [DNG] Does dunst require dbus? Local Time: January 16 2016 5:02 pm UTC Time: January 16 2016 5:02 pm From: sl...@troubleshooters.com To: dng@lists.dyne.org Hi all, dunst is a notification daemon that temporarily gui-prints whatever is specified by

Re: [DNG] FW: support for merged /usr in Debian

ned this syntax for ease of use. The systemd developers did not do this, presumably because they do not have to type these commands several times a day. Same goes for the /usr merge. They do not understand the usefulness of this "historical mistake" because they are inexperienc

Re: [DNG] FW: support for merged /usr in Debian

- Original Message - > From: "Didier Kryn" <k...@in2p3.fr> > Le 05/01/2016 15:59, Rob Owens a écrit : >> I have customers who use a shared /usr among several zLinux >> systems, and the reason is cost savings. > For my information: They don't share

Re: [DNG] FW: support for merged /usr in Debian

- Original Message - > From: "richard lucassen" <spamt...@xaq.nl> > On Tue, 5 Jan 2016 09:51:22 -0500 (EST) > Rob Owens <row...@ptd.net> wrote: > > [too much typing] > >> An experienced sysadmin who has to do this type of thing several

Re: [DNG] FW: support for merged /usr in Debian

zLinux systems, and the reason is cost savings. I don't blame anybody on this list for not knowing about this, but I find it amazing that Red Hat doesn't know better. They are a major supplier of Linux for mainframes. (FYI, that's the s390 and s390x architecture that you s

Re: [DNG] upgrade 16/10/2015 xorg fails to start [resolved]

Xorg failed to start with "xf86OpenConsole cannot open Virtual Console 7 ( permisson denied.) How to resolve? Xorg.log below Thanks Rob -- apt-listchanges 28/10/2015: xorg-server (2:1.17.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium The Xorg server is

Re: [DNG] upgrade 16/10/2015 xorg fails to start

...@protonmail.com CC: dng@lists.dyne.org On 2015-10-16 22:44, Rob wrote: > After upgrade tonight came out of Xorg to restart openbox. > > I tried to start Xorg but it failed with "xf86OpenConsole cannot open /dev/tty0 ( no such file or directory) > > /dev/tty0 was there so assume

Re: [DNG] upgrade 16/10/2015 xorg fails to start

Original Message Subject: Re: [DNG] upgrade 16/10/2015 xorg fails to start Time (UTC): October 17 2015 8:19 am From: aitor_...@gnuinos.org To: dng@lists.dyne.org Hi Rob, By default, Devuan uses the seventh tty for X sessions. The permision is denied because xserver-xorg

[DNG] upgrade 16/10/2015 xorg fails to start

Xorg failed to start with "xf86OpenConsole cannot open Virtual Console 7 ( permisson denied.) How to resolve? Xorg.log below Thanks Rob [ 5450.132] X.Org X Server 1.17.2 Release Date: 2015-06-16 [ 5450.132] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 [ 5450.132] Build Operating System: Linux 4.2

Re: [DNG] Purpose of an OS: was network device naming

h your new network card installed, you may have another option. If you only have a single network card, just delete /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and reboot. It will be re-created with your single network card defined as eth0. -Rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] OpenRC: was s6-rc, a s6-based service manager for Unix systems

over other inits. I only intended to point out some things that I consider strong points. -Rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] [announce] s6-rc, a s6-based service manager for Unix systems

e assertion that NFS should handle this situation better. Note that the "bg" option seems like it should handle this situation, but my experience says it does not. I also appreciate the assertion that this can be addressed by the init system. In any case, I'm mentio

[DNG] report: upgrade Debian Wheezy to Devuan Jessie

This test is on a non-gui system. 'apt-get update' 'apt-get upgrade' 'apt-get remove libsystemd-login0' # Not sure why this was installed on my Wheezy system. This operation also removed dbus. 'wget

Re: [DNG] upgrade wheezy to devuan jessie instead of ceres

- Original Message - > From: "Didier Kryn" <k...@in2p3.fr> > Le 14/09/2015 21:48, Rob Owens a écrit : >> I only chose ceres because that was the default when I installed >> devuan-baseconf. Which would be a more sensible upgrade path from Wheezy? >&

[DNG] upgrade wheezy to ceres -- warnings, errors, and oddities

to be installed for some reason. If somebody wants to try fixing these issues, I can re-test. -Rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] upgrade wheezy to ceres -- warnings, errors, and oddities

o be > installed. Additionally, for some reason samba is going to be installed > (nothing against samba, but I don't need it on this system). Various qemu > packages are also going to be installed for some reason. > > If somebody wants to try fixing these issues, I can re-test. >

Re: [DNG] non-systemd Linux for newbies with good migration tool?

a single machine do all the compiling, and all the other machines get packages from that first machine. -Rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Devuan compared to AntiX

, and you probably won't really appreciate the distro until you have used it for a while. -Rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Devuan compared to AntiX

- Original Message - From: Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com Rob is right about the difficulty of installing Funtoo. As a matter of fact, I'd say he's understated it. I'd go so far as to say Funtoo is only for technically proficient people, and unlike *buntu, Debian, Devuan

Re: [DNG] Init scripts in packages

that it works. That said, I am doubtful that this scenario will happen. But even if it did, it would not be an insurmountable problem. It would be a big pain in the neck, though. -Rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi

Re: [DNG] automount, mount, and USB sticks

. Of course, for a single user system, this is not a problem. -Rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] automount, mount, and USB sticks

- Original Message - From: kpb k...@sohcahtoa.org.uk Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote: Before I stopped using Jessie, I had USB mounting working with the spacefm file manager and either udevil or pmount to handle the removable devices. Let me know if anybody wants instruction

Re: [DNG] Proposed defaults changes

no big deal. -Rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

[DNG] nano for beginners

I noted some people saying they were confused by nano. Here are basic instructions to get you far enough that you can install your editor of choice. I am deliberately leaving out things like cutting and pasting. If your goal is just to get a different editor installed, these instructions should

[DNG] vi for beginners

I noted some people saying they were confused by vi. Here are basic instructions to get you far enough that you can install your editor of choice. I am deliberately leaving out things like cutting and pasting. If your goal is just to get a different editor installed, these instructions should

Re: [DNG] nano for beginners

usage is limited to doing what is required to get vim installed. And for that I will re-type lines by hand if I need to. -Rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [Dng] automounting in a window manager

devices. It can be configured to use udevil, pmount, udisks1, or udisks2 to perform that function. Spacefm is currently unsupported by the developer. In the past I've used pcmanfm to perform this function, but on Jessie, it seems to require systemd stuff in order to handle mounting. -Rob

Re: [Dng] automounting in a window manager

- Original Message - From: shraptor shrap...@bahnhof.se On 2015-06-01 16:22, Rob Owens wrote: - Original Message - From: Robert Storey robert.sto...@gmail.com First, thanks to all who replied. To me, the ideal solution would be if this was a user-configurable

Re: [Dng] donations by mail?

Hi there Martijn Dekkers wrote: ... and they are also criminal groups There are 'alternative' banks. Their services are a bit limited, but they do international credit transfers. Regards, Rob -- Comet: A very large bouncy castle. ___ Dng

Re: [Dng] donations by mail?

Hi there Ста Деюс wrote: Oh NO! No deal w/ the criminal groups! Well, that just leaves (IBAN) credit transfers. Cheques where abolished in 2000. Postal money orders in 2002. Apparently some banks process some US cheques, but they charge extortionate fees. Regards, Rob -- Comet: A very

Re: [Dng] donations by mail?

and a warning about what sorts of cheques and the like are easy or too difficult to process. How about paypal? Regards, Rob -- Comet: A very large bouncy castle. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman

Re: [Dng] KDE systemd lock-in

of the Debian devs' heads are at. So note that without the existence of the 3rd party systemd-shim, Many gnome apps do in fact depend on systemd as init. -Rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [Dng] About Devuan's audience

- Original Message - From: Didier Kryn k...@in2p3.fr Considering Devuan is a major lifeboat of free Linux-based OS, I'm anxious about its destiny and therefore trying to figure out who is onboard, I mean the audience. For me, the line between desktop and server is very blurred.

Re: [Dng] Towards systemd-free packages

viable alternatives? Debian does have udevil. I'm not sure if it's a complete replacement for udev, but it allowed me to do USB automounting on Jessie without systemd. Udevil is unmaintained upstream, as far as I know. -Rob signature.asc Description: Digital signature