Re: [DNG] strange effect on overwrite

2022-06-23 Thread ael via Dng
On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 03:41:21PM +0200, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via Dng wrote: > > >> > > >> when i write to a disk: > > >> dd if=/dev/zero of=xx bs=1G count=1 > > >> > > >> reports 2.6 GB (expected) > > >> doing again speed drops to 200MB. Isn't conv=sync needed to make sure that you are not just

Re: [DNG] [OT] Flash memory testing on Windows (was: fdisk SD card partitioning question)

2022-06-14 Thread ael via Dng
On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 07:31:59PM -0700, Syeed Ali wrote: > As there was some discussion of fakes. At your own risk and if you > have access to Windows there are some good tools to low-level verify > either for a fake or bad bits on USB/SD storage: But we have already noted that f3 is such a

Re: [DNG] fdisk SD card partitioning question

2022-06-13 Thread ael via Dng
On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 09:34:32AM +0200, Andreas Messer wrote: > > However, the best way to use SD-Cards in Linux only environments is > to format them with f2fs file system. f2fs was developed by Samsung > with internal behavior of embedded MMC memory devices in mind. Which > is pretty the

Re: [DNG] fdisk SD card partitioning question

2022-06-13 Thread ael via Dng
On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 10:09:31AM +0100, ael via Dng wrote: > On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 06:33:37PM -0700, Fred wrote: > > So confirmed as a fake. Maybe worth checeking with fwrite and fread for > a more thorough check. s/fwrite/f3write and s/fread/f3read: typo corrections, of

Re: [DNG] fdisk SD card partitioning question

2022-06-13 Thread ael via Dng
On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 06:33:37PM -0700, Fred wrote: > > The f3probe utility says: > > Good news: The device /dev/sdb is the real thing > > And then it reports the same size as fdisk, 27.48GB usable even though the > card is plainly marked 64GB. So confirmed as a fake. Maybe worth checeking

Re: [DNG] fdisk SD card partitioning question

2022-06-13 Thread ael via Dng
On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 02:14:15PM -0700, Fred wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > I recall a lot of discussion about this on either this list or the > > Debian list.  If the card was an offbrand I would assume it was fraud > > and would not have even asked here.  However, the card is a SanDisk. The > >

Re: [DNG] fdisk SD card partitioning question

2022-06-12 Thread ael via Dng
On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 12:35:06PM -0700, Fred wrote: > On 6/12/22 09:18, Antony Stone wrote: > > On Sunday 12 June 2022 at 17:11:45, Fred wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have some directories I want to back up to an SD card while preserving > > > the permissions. I have tried to

Re: [DNG] Functional languages

2022-02-01 Thread ael via Dng
On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 12:01:56PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > Nikolaus Klepp via Dng said on Tue, 1 Feb 2022 17:55:30 +0100 > > >Anno domini 2022 Tue, 1 Feb 11:44:37 -0500 > > Steve Litt scripsit: > > >> In the hands of anything but a very careful and > >> security-knowledgeable programmer,

Re: [DNG] Another one bytes the dust

2022-01-22 Thread ael via Dng
On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 09:12:12PM +, ael via Dng wrote: > On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 03:01:06PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > Would it make any sense to invite Norbert Preining to become part of > > the Devuan project? > > I suggested that to him in a private

Re: [DNG] Another one bytes the dust

2022-01-22 Thread ael via Dng
On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 03:01:06PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > > Please view the following email thread by Norbert Preining and others: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2018/12/msg00032.html > > Best I can tell, because of one recent complaint and a review of his > "tone" in 2012 to

Re: [DNG] Fwd: request for assistance

2022-01-16 Thread ael via Dng
On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 10:50:18PM +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > ael: > > > > > I'm told to: > > > > > > > > > > rebuild the kernel with CONFIG_NOUVEAU_DEBUG_PUSH=y > > > > git clone > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git > > or if you want samething

Re: [DNG] Fwd: request for assistance

2022-01-16 Thread ael via Dng
On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 02:01:00PM -0600, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > -- Forwarded message - > From: o1bigtenor > Date: Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 6:14 AM > Subject: Re: [DNG] request for assistance > To: > > > On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 2:37 PM wrote: > > > > o1bigtenor: > > ... > > >

[DNG] Youtube, the systemd of video

2022-01-16 Thread ael via Dng
On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 01:38:52PM +0100, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via Dng wrote: > > Install umatrix + ublock-origin and that pestilence is gone. Be aware that > you'll have to fiddle with umatrix to get videos playing. > > yt-download is gon with the wind. Use a fork like yt-ldp >

Re: [DNG] Early Days at Bell Labs - Youtube, the systemd of video

2022-01-16 Thread ael via Dng
On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 01:38:52PM +0100, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via Dng wrote: > Anno domini 2022 Sun, 16 Jan 11:56:51 + > ael via Dng scripsit: > > But youtube has become impossible to watch with hideous intrusive > > deviant advertisements... And google seem to have f

Re: [DNG] Early Days at Bell Labs - Youtube, the systemd of video

2022-01-16 Thread ael via Dng
On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 04:12:44AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > > This was discussed on the devuan-offtopic IRC channel, so I watched the > video: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECCr_KFl41E But youtube has become impossible to watch with hideous intrusive deviant advertisements... And google

Re: [DNG] HDA AD1882 no card

2022-01-10 Thread ael via Dng
On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 11:55:19AM +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > ael: > > On Sun, Jan 09, 2022 at 07:32:13PM +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > > > I have a lenovo desktop computer which I cannot make sound work > > > on, what am I missing ? > I have used model=AD1882. > Added modinfo output to

Re: [DNG] HDA AD1882 no card

2022-01-09 Thread ael via Dng
On Sun, Jan 09, 2022 at 07:32:13PM +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > I have a lenovo desktop computer which I cannot make sound work > on, what am I missing ? > > It's a HDA AD1882 "sound card", but alsamixer says "no card". kernel Documentation/sound/hd-audio/models.rst includes AD1882 /

Re: [DNG] HDA AD1882 no card

2022-01-09 Thread ael via Dng
On Sun, Jan 09, 2022 at 07:32:13PM +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > I have a lenovo desktop computer which I cannot make sound work > on, what am I missing ? > > It's a HDA AD1882 "sound card", but alsamixer says "no card". > > alsa-info, kernel config and lenovo doc (see p.80) in: >

Re: [DNG] Pipewire and PulseAudio

2021-12-15 Thread ael via Dng
On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 11:23:07AM +, Alexis PM via Dng wrote: > > > > Main contributor is from certain company associated with color red and > > a headgear. Given the sentiment on this list, you may want to think twice. > > "pipewire" is not Red Hat's evil version of a supposedly innocent

Re: [DNG] Pipewire and PulseAudio: apulse & firefox

2021-12-14 Thread ael via Dng
On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 08:05:15PM -0700, Gregory Nowak via Dng wrote: > On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 06:57:02PM -0800, Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote: > > Next, I may take out pulseaudio and verify > > that firefox works on my system with apulse.  Then I can be rid of both of > > them. > > Firefox works

Re: [DNG] Pipewire and PulseAudio

2021-12-13 Thread ael via Dng
On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 08:04:35AM -0800, Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote: > On 12/13/21 01:05, Tomasz Torcz wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 09:40:20PM -0800, Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote: > > I am not at all sure that I want pipewire.  It was brought in by zoom, and, > at the time I had no idea what

Re: [DNG] Devuan with usr merge? initramfs

2021-11-13 Thread ael via Dng
On Sat, Nov 13, 2021 at 09:32:38AM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote: > >     I now understand the concern of Steve: it looks like the beginning > of an attempt to force initramfs on people, even if it is not effective yet. I too dislike having to use initramfs rather than having the essential modules

Re: [DNG] Chimaera Oddities

2021-10-30 Thread ael via Dng
On Sat, Oct 30, 2021 at 10:04:20AM -0400, Ken Dibble wrote: > Well, it kind of works on chimaera, but the i/o is limited to 6MB/s. > > Blacklisting it results in full speed 140MB/s +-. > > Are you getting normal i/o speeds? Well, I haven't measured, but it seems fast. Maybe I should reach for

Re: [DNG] Chimaera Oddities

2021-10-30 Thread ael via Dng
On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 12:36:19PM -0400, Ken Dibble wrote: > A couple of oddities. > > > The uas driver does not like the JMicron Sata/USB 3 bridge. > > Bus 004 Device 003: ID 152d:0578 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA > Technology Corp. JMS567 SATA 6Gb/s bridge Works here on debian

Re: [DNG] Clicking website wasRe: Announcing Devuan 4.0: Chimaera!

2021-10-25 Thread ael via Dng
On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 09:28:54AM +1100, terryc wrote: > On Sun, 24 Oct 2021 17:49:17 +0200 > > System is a pre-release installation of chimaera (about march?) but > updated. > Sound system is alsa with problem of single focus only; i.e. only one > sound program can be run at a time. So I have

Re: [DNG] 2FA via SIPP# to PC- HowTo? Under Devuan

2021-10-08 Thread ael via Dng
On Fri, Oct 08, 2021 at 09:28:08AM +1100, terryc wrote: > Hello folks > > Since it is topical:2FA > > So any recommendations for software and cluebies? > > For 2FA, all I need is a text message receiver. Others may want the > whole headset backend. Any clues/experience? In UK at least, some

Re: [DNG] HW: Which brand and model of lapto have your successfully installed Devuan on?

2020-04-12 Thread ael via Dng
On Thu, Apr 09, 2020 at 11:56:07AM +1000, terryc wrote: > > I have a strong preference to not pay the Microsoft Tax and not waste > my money on bits for which there are no linux drivers. Obviously > running Devuan is preferable. > > Unfortunately, there appears to be no local vendor of Linux