[DNG] Fwd: display manager problems

PM Olaf Meeuwissen < > paddy-h...@member.fsf.org> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> o1bigtenor via Dng writes: > >> > >> > Greetings > >> > > >> > I've been using lxdm for my display manager. > >&

[DNG] Fwd: display manager problems

sorry - - - - reply all isn't my 'normal' mode -- Forwarded message - From: o1bigtenor Date: Sun, Aug 8, 2021 at 5:10 AM Subject: Re: [DNG] display manager problems To: Olaf Meeuwissen On Sat, Aug 7, 2021 at 9:27 PM Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > Hi, >

[DNG] display manager problems

Greetings I've been using lxdm for my display manager. Yesterday evening after returning to my machine after supper the display wouldn't move out of sleep mode and I found this (see next) in /var/log/lightdm/ [+101478.18s] DEBUG: Got signal 15 from process 1 [+101478.18s] DEBUG: Caught Terminat

Re: [DNG] [OT] British vs American language

On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 1:13 PM Rowland Penny via Dng wrote: > On Fri, 2021-07-30 at 13:57 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > Hendrik Boom said on Thu, 29 Jul 2021 20:31:26 -0400> > > > > > > > And it's kind of amazing how these different versions have > > > grammatical > > > differences, not kust spel

Re: [DNG] Advice sought re: ejabberd

On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 11:44 PM Tomasz Torcz wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 12:42:15PM -0500, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > # less /var/log/ejabberd/error.log > > 2021-07-18 09:43:36.985 [error] > > <0.82.0>@ejabberd_config:validate_opts:1095 Unknown option 

Re: [DNG] Advice sought re: ejabberd

On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 10:01 AM Antony Stone wrote: > > On Sunday 18 July 2021 at 16:54:25, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > > # service ejabberd start > > [] Starting ejabberd...:root@memyself:/home/opensrf-3.2.1# service > > ejabberd status > > [] Gett

Re: [DNG] Advice sought re: ejabberd

On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 7:48 AM d...@d404.nl wrote: > > On 18-07-2021 13:17, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > Greetings > > > > I have, at least temporarily, abandoned installing 'Evergreen' - - > > library software. > > > > Far too many book

[DNG] Advice sought re: ejabberd

Greetings I have, at least temporarily, abandoned installing 'Evergreen' - - library software. Far too many books around here never mind a huge collection of papers most often pdfs. The Evergreen 'system' uses ejabberd as a communication tool and it would seem to me (new at digging under the hoo

Re: [DNG] Fwd: Installing postgresql13 on beowulf

On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 5:58 AM wirelessduck--- via Dng wrote: > > snip > >> > >> I use the buster-pgdg repositories for all of my postgresql installations, > >> following the instructions on apt.postgresql.org but substituting the > >> lsb_release part for “buster” > >> > > > > Thank you very m

Re: [DNG] Fwd: Installing postgresql13 on beowulf

On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 12:47 AM wirelessduck--- via Dng wrote: > > > > > On 18 Jul 2021, at 12:58, Gregory Nowak via Dng wrote: > > > > On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 09:38:13PM -0500, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > >> - - - - no mention of Beowulf and that means a

Re: [DNG] Installing postgresql13 on beowulf

On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 6:30 PM wirelessduck--- via Dng wrote: > > > > > On 18 Jul 2021, at 06:22, Antony Stone > > wrote: > > > > On Saturday 17 July 2021 at 17:20:40, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > > >> Greetings > >> > &

[DNG] Fwd: Installing postgresql13 on beowulf

Stone wrote: > > On Saturday 17 July 2021 at 17:20:40, o1bigtenor via Dng > wrote:___ > > > Greetings > > > > trying to install postgres 13 on beowulf > > > deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ buster-pgdg main > > &g

[DNG] Installing postgresql13 on beowulf

Greetings trying to install postgres 13 on beowulf the official instructions are using systemd ephemera I included the repository (postgresql) as suggested: deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-backports main contrib non-free deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-backports main contr

Re: [DNG] CORRECTION: Sneak peak at runit presentation materials

On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 12:41 AM Ludovic Bellière via Dng wrote: > > I was sleeping at the time. Hopefully, the recording of the presentation will > be > made available later on. > See the previous email - - - - the presentation was made available even before it 'aired'. Regards

Re: [DNG] USB mount problem

On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 5:03 AM Alessandro Vesely via Dng wrote: > > On Sat 26/Jun/2021 11:45:46 +0200 o1bigtenor wrote: > > so you're suggesting the use of > > # apt update > > # apt full-grade > > or is that > > # apt full-upgrade? > > apt-get dist-upgrade? > Methinks that's something else a

Re: [DNG] USB mount problem

On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 6:10 PM Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 11:34:32 +0200 > Alessandro Vesely via Dng wrote: > > > On Tue 15/Jun/2021 20:41:09 +0200 Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote: > > > > > > I have found that each desktop uses its own method of automounting. > > > PCMan

Re: [DNG] ntp setup

On Sat, Jun 19, 2021 at 9:36 AM R. G. Sidler via Dng wrote: > > > Am 19.06.21 um 16:33 schrieb R. G. Sidler via Dng: > > Am 19.06.21 um 16:31 schrieb o1bigtenor via Dng: > >> Greetings > >> > >> Noticed that my new Beowulf install time was not accurate.

[DNG] ntp setup

Greetings Noticed that my new Beowulf install time was not accurate. Went looking for a tips page and all I could find was information relating to using systemd and or its tools to do such. I know there is a way to do this without systemd - - - - - just - - - its been a very long time since I've

Re: [DNG] Another request for assistance

On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 4:11 PM Tim Wallace wrote: > After you boot with rEFInd, follow the directions for "Reinstalling > grub-efi on your hard drive" on this page: GrubEFIReinstall - Debian Wiki > > > GrubEFIReinstall - Debian Wiki > >

[DNG] Another request for assistance

Greetings Not to long ago I was getting assistance on either migrating a Debian buster (stable) system to Devuan Beowulf except I needed to install Devuan. Lots of room on the single hdd so was able to successfully install - - - - except . . . The present Devuan system can be booted using rEFInd

Re: [DNG] Request for assistance with install

On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 10:35 AM Tim Wallace via Dng wrote: > > I've had intermittent trouble with Devuan/EFI from day 1, when I got a new > MB/SSD and found out I had to use EFI for my hardware to work. Most recent > was a bad grub update (you may recall that was a topic of conversation here a

Re: [DNG] ifupdown laptop wired/wifi trick

On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 1:26 AM Didier Kryn wrote: > > Le 25/05/2021 à 21:43, Mason Loring Bliss a écrit : > > I've been managing network connections on my laptop by hand, and I was just > > thinking that I'd like it to bring up its NICs automatically if it's > > plugged in, but I didn't want to u

Re: [DNG] Request for assistance with install

On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 9:56 PM Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 24 May 2021 20:46:06 -0500 > o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > > On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 4:51 PM o1bigtenor > > wrote: > > > > > > Greetings > > > > > > Tried a migration fr

Re: [DNG] Request for assistance with install

On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 4:51 PM o1bigtenor wrote: > > Greetings > > Tried a migration from Debian Buster to Beowulf - - - nope. > Downloaded the DVD and got almost all the way through the install. > Got stuck when the install demands a place to install grub and this is > an EFI setup. > Thought I

[DNG] Request for assistance with install

Greetings Tried a migration from Debian Buster to Beowulf - - - nope. Downloaded the DVD and got almost all the way through the install. Got stuck when the install demands a place to install grub and this is an EFI setup. Please advise TIA ___ Dng mail

[DNG] attempting to migrate from Buster to Beowulf

Greetings For a number of reasons I would prefer to migrate (this machine is a server test bed (where I experiment)). Following the 'destrucitons' on: https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation/dev1fanboy/en/buster-to-beowulf I'm totally stuck at: If you want to use the wicd network manager this ne

Re: [DNG] Request for assistance in dealing with a nouveau problem

On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 5:43 PM aitor wrote: > > On 2/4/21 0:16, g4sra via Dng wrote: > > You literally need to execute > > NVIDIA-Linux-x86-340.108.run --extract-only > > which will extract itself creating the subdirectory > > Didn't he/she? All the steps are specified in the website: > > $ mkdir

[DNG] Request for assistance in dealing with a nouveau problem

Greetings This group has been far and above for approachability and helpfulness in comparison to the predecessor group. This is not on devuan at this point but I am working on moving my systems over - - - but aqs I've had too many joys in the past - - - - I'm a little slow - - - -e specially on my

Re: [DNG] OT"? Wanted a simple 2d plan drafting/sketching/plotting program

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 12:09 AM Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > Hi! > > Anno domini 2021 Fri, 12 Mar 16:45:07 +1100 > terryc scripsit: > > Suggestions wanted. > > > > I need to sketch a plan of a land plot for an erection by a > > contractor. the 'erection' can be described as three to five rectan

Re: [DNG] Any interest in a Devuan Meetup in Colorado Springs or Denver? (was "GNUPGP Web of trust")

On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 6:05 AM Steve Litt wrote: > > > > > >> Anyway, I'm 1500 miles away from Denver, but if it's a meeting and > >> not > >> a "meetup", I'd like to attend via Jitsi. > > > >This is incentive for me to take another crack at getting a jitsi > >instance running. It will probably ta

Re: [DNG] Any interest in a Devuan Meetup in Colorado Springs or Denver? (was "GNUPGP Web of trust")

On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 9:32 PM Rick Moen wrote: > > Quoting o1bigtenor (o1bigte...@gmail.com): > > > I, for one, p l e a s e ? (!?!) > > {sigh} > > Care to try reframing the question? Quoting: Before any asks: No, I didn't do that on Devuan because I was in a huge hurry and had a known-good Am

Re: [DNG] Any interest in a Devuan Meetup in Colorado Springs or Denver? (was "GNUPGP Web of trust")

On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 8:54 PM Rick Moen wrote: > > Quoting Gabe Stanton via Dng (dng@lists.dyne.org): > > > This is incentive for me to take another crack at getting a jitsi > > instance running. It will probably take me a couple months to get one > > working since time is limited and there are m

Re: [DNG] Very offtopic: 70's music

On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 6:27 PM Steve Litt wrote: AS there seem to be quite a number enjoying this - - - - well you've caused me to crawl down the water drains and . . . > > Here are my favorite music decades, from most to least liked: > > 1) 1990's > 2) 1980's > 3) 1960's > 4) 1970's > 5) 2000's

[DNG] info request

Greetings I understand that Devan is NOT debian! I'm trying to find a way of letting Debian know that in their present push to get testing into a freeze that they have some huge pita s happening. To briefly elucidate - - - with a 5.10.2 kernel (and all of the releases from 5.4.0.4) I get opportun

Re: [DNG] Request for assistance

On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 12:52 PM al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote: > > Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:59:34 -0600 - o1bigtenor : > > > [...] > > > > > > Your modeline will be something similar to: > > > > > > "3840x2160_30.00" 339.57 3840 4080 4496 5152 2160 2161 2164 2197 -HSync > > > +Vsync > > > > > > > 3840x2160

Re: [DNG] Request for assistance

On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 2:27 AM al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote: > > Sun, 24 Jan 2021 19:59:19 -0600 - o1bigtenor : > > > Greetings > > > > (Asking this here as so far I've seen some seriously skilled folks > > connecting in!) > > > > I've been working on getting a HiSense 50" TV (3840x2160_30) working >

Re: [DNG] Request for assistance

On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 8:13 PM Ralph Ronnquist via Dng wrote: > > On 24/01 19:59, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > Greetings > > > > (Asking this here as so far I've seen some seriously skilled folks > > connecting in!) > > > > I've been workin

[DNG] Request for assistance

Greetings (Asking this here as so far I've seen some seriously skilled folks connecting in!) I've been working on getting a HiSense 50" TV (3840x2160_30) working on a Nvidia GTX1050 Ti graphics card. I have a second graphics card (Nvidia GT (IIRC) 570) with a present stable of 4 -1920x1080 monito

Re: [DNG] vdev (was: Re: if2mac init.d service for persistent network interface names)

On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 8:18 AM o1bigtenor wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 4:34 PM Steve Litt wrote: > > > > On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 09:51:33 -1000 > > Joel Roth via Dng wrote: > snip > > One question: How does your above statement hold up when Wayland > > becomes the law of the land? > > > > Gre

Re: [DNG] vdev (was: Re: if2mac init.d service for persistent network interface names)

On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 4:34 PM Steve Litt wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 09:51:33 -1000 > Joel Roth via Dng wrote: snip > One question: How does your above statement hold up when Wayland > becomes the law of the land? > Greetings From what little I"ve been able to discern about Wayland I reall

Re: [DNG] double negative

On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 2:22 AM aitor wrote: > > On 25/12/20 9:18, Rick Moen wrote: > > Just to remind, if you forgot it. > > There's one known case where double positive means negative: C++ > >"Yeah, yeah." > > (The gag may not travel well, so: At least in some USA regions, > the phr

Re: [DNG] snapd in Devuan? Dependency on systemd...

On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 6:09 PM Bernard Rosset via Dng wrote: > > Certbot has removed support of certbot-auto for Debian-based systems > (cf. > https://github.com/certbot/certbot/blob/adacc4ab6dc63b024b17f0ec5adeb1adc9f93300/certbot-auto#L802). > > Official instructions for Debian > (https://certbo

Re: [DNG] Jessie to Ascii upgrade

On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 9:20 PM Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 20:13:15 -0600 > o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 7:29 PM Gastón via Dng > > wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 02:36:36PM -0700, Fred wrote

Re: [DNG] Jessie to Ascii upgrade

On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 7:29 PM Gastón via Dng wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 02:36:36PM -0700, Fred wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I want to upgrade from Debian Jessie to Devuan. Apparently all I need to do > > is change the sources list and do a dist-upgrade. > > > > Is this likely to go smoothl

Re: [DNG] XFCE in Beowulf confuses left and right

On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 3:36 PM terryc wrote: > > On Tue, 3 Nov 2020 11:56:33 +0100 > kernel panic! wrote: > > > Update! > > > > I "dig" through my Backup(s) - Bingo! I found a File *dualmonitor.sh* > > > > I put it back to/home/$USER/.screenlayout/dualmonitor.sh > > > > Logout from XFCE, login ba

Re: [DNG] the email universe

Greetings Found the list of MUA useful. The last time I went looking though - - - it seemed to me anyway that much more than just a MUA is needed for a complete system. Would someone be able to outline for the unknowing what all actually is required? (I am very much wanting to get away from outs

[DNG] Question

Greetings A friend and mentor in all things Linux was a proponent of Devuan. Sadly he died some months ago so I now have to ask those I don't know possibly stupid questions. I have run Debian systems for some 15 to 18 years (can't remember when I switched from Fedora Core but a long time ago). Ha

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