[DNG] Devuan sparc port

2019-10-28 Thread Fred
Hello, Will there ever be a sparc64 port of Devuan? Best regards, Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Devuan sparc port

2019-10-29 Thread Fred
On 10/28/19 8:12 PM, Adam Borowski wrote: On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 09:02:13AM -0700, Fred wrote: Hello, Will there ever be a sparc64 port of Devuan? Very very likely no. The focus of this distribution is fixing systemd caused regression, not porting. And reviving the arch would require a lot

[DNG] Beowulf: 32bit or 64 bit?

2020-11-25 Thread Fred
of previous discussion) and was told I am running a 32 bit version. uname -m i686 lspci Architecture:i686 CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit (the rest cut) So, is Beowulf 32 bit or 64 bit? Best regards, Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng

Re: [DNG] Beowulf: 32bit or 64 bit?

2020-11-25 Thread Fred
On 11/25/20 4:56 PM, Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote: On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 16:07:24 -0700 Fred wrote: Hello, I recently upgraded from Debian Jessie to Devuan Beowulf. I tried to run a program (ClipGrab-3.9.2-x86_64.AppImage) which would not run. bash: ./ClipGrab-3.9.2-x86_64.AppImage: cannot

Re: [DNG] samba/NAS box problem

2020-12-01 Thread Fred
On 12/1/20 10:03 AM, Rowland penny via Dng wrote: On 01/12/2020 16:25, Fred wrote: Hello, I have a DNS321 NAS box on my local network and samba/cifs to access it.  When I upgraded from Debian Jessie to i386 Beowulf the DNS321 was no longer accessible by samba. fred@ragnok:~$ mount /mnt

Re: [DNG] Beowulf: 32bit or 64 bit?

2020-11-26 Thread Fred
On 11/25/20 7:12 PM, wirelessduck--- via Dng wrote: On 26 Nov 2020, at 13:02, Gregory Nowak wrote: On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 05:34:16PM -0700, Fred wrote: I think Debian Jessie is 32 bit.  To upgrade to Beowulf I just followed instructions that didn't say anything about 32 or 64.  I just

Re: [DNG] Beowulf: 32bit or 64 bit?

2020-11-26 Thread Fred
On 11/26/20 10:45 AM, Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote: On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 17:34:16 -0700 Fred wrote: On 11/25/20 4:56 PM, Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote: On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 16:07:24 -0700 Fred wrote: Hello, I recently upgraded from Debian Jessie to Devuan Beowulf. I tried to run

[DNG] samba/NAS box problem

2020-12-01 Thread Fred
Hello, I have a DNS321 NAS box on my local network and samba/cifs to access it. When I upgraded from Debian Jessie to i386 Beowulf the DNS321 was no longer accessible by samba. fred@ragnok:~$ mount /mnt/dns321 Password for fred@//192.168.42.32/Volume_1: mount error(112): Host is down Refer

[DNG] Jessie to Ascii upgrade

2020-11-14 Thread Fred
and everything associated with it? Or how does one do that? Best regards, Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Jessie to Ascii upgrade

2020-11-16 Thread Fred
On 11/15/20 10:33 AM, Fred wrote: On 11/15/20 5:28 AM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 22:29:06 -0300, Gastón wrote in message <20201115012856.2w2ojom7elryj...@devuan.devuan.com.ar>: On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 02:36:36PM -0700, Fred wrote: Hello, I want to upgrade from Debian

Re: [DNG] Jessie to Ascii upgrade

2020-11-15 Thread Fred
On 11/14/20 6:29 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 smoothly? If there are any problems I

Re: [DNG] Jessie to Ascii upgrade

2020-11-15 Thread Fred
On 11/15/20 5:28 AM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 22:29:06 -0300, Gastón wrote in message <20201115012856.2w2ojom7elryj...@devuan.devuan.com.ar>: On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 02:36:36PM -0700, Fred wrote: Hello, I want to upgrade from Debian Jessie to Devuan. Apparently all

Re: [DNG] motherboard BIOS update

2021-01-08 Thread Fred
On 1/8/21 8:09 AM, Antony Stone wrote: On Friday 08 January 2021 at 15:43:37, Fred wrote: Is there a Devuan program that can update the motherboard BIOS? I don't do Windows. I can't imagine there being anything Devuan-specific for this sort of thing (ie: it'll either be standard Debian

[DNG] motherboard BIOS update

2021-01-08 Thread Fred
Hello, Is there a Devuan program that can update the motherboard BIOS? I don't do Windows. Best regards, Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] motherboard BIOS update

2021-01-08 Thread Fred
On 1/8/21 10:05 AM, ael wrote: On Fri, Jan 08, 2021 at 07:43:37AM -0700, Fred wrote: Is there a Devuan program that can update the motherboard BIOS? I don't do Windows. Maybe https://github.com/fwupd/fwupdi, https://fwupd.org/ ? From what I remember, it has a lot of limitations

Re: [DNG] motherboard BIOS update

2021-01-08 Thread Fred
On 1/8/21 1:08 PM, d...@d404.nl wrote: On 08-01-2021 20:52, Fred wrote: On 1/8/21 8:09 AM, Antony Stone wrote: On Friday 08 January 2021 at 15:43:37, Fred wrote: Is there a Devuan program that can update the motherboard BIOS?  I don't do Windows. I can't imagine there being anything Devuan

Re: [DNG] X startup error

2021-01-23 Thread Fred
On 1/23/21 4:52 PM, Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote: On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:53:15 -0700 Fred wrote: Hello, I installed Beowulf amd64 netinst and then installed Xorg and openbox with apt-get. Startx grinds for a while then exits with an error. Here is the end of the Xorg.0.log file: I'm

Re: [DNG] X startup error

2021-01-23 Thread Fred
On 1/23/21 6:02 PM, Florian Zieboll via Dng wrote: On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:53:15 -0700 Fred wrote: Hello, I installed Beowulf amd64 netinst and then installed Xorg and openbox with apt-get. Startx grinds for a while then exits with an error. Here is the end of the Xorg.0.log file

[DNG] X startup error

2021-01-23 Thread Fred
ion denied [261220.123] (EE) Fatal server error: [261220.123] (EE) AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 [261220.123] (EE) [261220.123] (EE) Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. [261220.123] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/h

Re: [DNG] X startup error SOLVED

2021-01-24 Thread Fred
On 1/24/21 1:35 AM, tito via Dng wrote: On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 18:27:13 -0700 Fred wrote: On 1/23/21 6:02 PM, Florian Zieboll via Dng wrote: On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:53:15 -0700 Fred wrote: Hello, I installed Beowulf amd64 netinst and then installed Xorg and openbox with apt-get. Startx

Re: [DNG] USB mount problem

2021-06-14 Thread Fred
On 6/13/21 9:37 PM, Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote: On Sun, 13 Jun 2021 12:37:00 -0700 Fred wrote: On 6/11/21 7:05 AM, Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote: On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:37:13 -0700 Fred wrote: On 6/10/21 1:48 PM, Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote: On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:49:24 -0700 Fred

Re: [DNG] ..udisksctl dump bug?, or just not yet started, was: USB mount problem

2021-06-14 Thread Fred
started, another '^C' did what it should have done the first time, and now 'udisksctl \ dump' appears to work just fine, responding as it should to both 'q' and to '^C'. I believe it did this for me also. At the time I thought it was my mistake somehow. Be

Re: [DNG] USB mount problem

2021-06-15 Thread Fred
On 6/15/21 12:32 PM, Fred wrote: On 6/15/21 11:28 AM, Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote: On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 07:56:39 -0700 Fred wrote: On 6/13/21 9:37 PM, Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote: [big snip] Hi, I found udisks2 installed on the computer that automatically mounts USB devices

Re: [DNG] USB mount problem

2021-06-15 Thread Fred
new install Beowulf AMD64 does not is still not known. Best regards, Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

[DNG] package search methods was ( USB mount problem)

2021-06-15 Thread Fred
search page on debian.org and devuan.org not find these? apt-file search requires entering the exact name. I may not know that. What flippin' good is it? Best regards, Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mail

Re: [DNG] USB mount problem

2021-06-15 Thread Fred
On 6/15/21 11:28 AM, Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote: On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 07:56:39 -0700 Fred wrote: On 6/13/21 9:37 PM, Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote: [big snip] Hi, I found udisks2 installed on the computer that automatically mounts USB devices but there is no man page so I would not know

[DNG] USB mount problem

2021-06-10 Thread Fred
another computer that had Debian Jessie installed then was upgraded to Beowulf x86. It has usbmount and will automatically mount USB storage devices. What do I need to install? Best regards, Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https

Re: [DNG] USB mount problem

2021-06-10 Thread Fred
On 6/10/21 10:01 AM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:49:24 -0700, Fred wrote in message : Hello, I have a new Beowulf AMD64 install and am having trouble mounting USB storage devices. The USB keyboard and mouse work ok. lsusb shows the storage device is present. The usbmount

Re: [DNG] USB mount problem

2021-06-10 Thread Fred
On 6/10/21 1:48 PM, Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote: On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:49:24 -0700 Fred wrote: Hello, I have a new Beowulf AMD64 install and am having trouble mounting USB storage devices. The USB keyboard and mouse work ok. lsusb shows the storage device is present. The usbmount

Re: [DNG] USB mount problem

2021-06-13 Thread Fred
On 6/11/21 7:05 AM, Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote: On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:37:13 -0700 Fred wrote: On 6/10/21 1:48 PM, Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote: On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:49:24 -0700 Fred wrote: Hello, I have a new Beowulf AMD64 install and am having trouble mounting USB storage

Re: [DNG] USB mount problem

2021-06-13 Thread Fred
On 6/13/21 1:01 PM, tito via Dng wrote: On Sun, 13 Jun 2021 12:37:00 -0700 Fred wrote: On 6/11/21 7:05 AM, Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote: On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:37:13 -0700 Fred wrote: On 6/10/21 1:48 PM, Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote: On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:49:24 -0700 Fred wrote

Re: [DNG] USB mount problem

2021-06-13 Thread Fred
On 6/13/21 4:24 PM, g4sra via Dng wrote: <--snip--> The udisksd man page says the daemon is started by dbus-daemon or systemd. However, it is not started by inserting a USB device. tried starting it manually (with USB device inserted) and received this: root@aragog:/home/fred

Re: [DNG] USB mount problem

2021-06-11 Thread Fred
On 6/10/21 11:29 PM, Stefan Krusche wrote: Hi Fred, Am Freitag, 11. Juni 2021 schrieb Fred: I found udisks2 installed on the computer that automatically mounts USB devices but there is no man page so I would not know how to use it if installed on the other computer. You can find man pages

Re: [DNG] network measurement

2021-05-07 Thread Fred
the internet speed at www.speedtest.net Best regards, Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] How to adjust mouse characteristics? SOLVED

2021-02-08 Thread Fred
On 2/7/21 6:36 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 18:33:12 -0700 Fred wrote: Hello, The problem was that the mouse was way too sensitive, meaning the pointer would go too far for a small mouse movement. Could you please tell me the make and model of the mouse? I love super

[DNG] How to adjust mouse characteristics?

2021-02-04 Thread Fred
Hello, Devuan Beowulf AMD64 Is there a configuration file somewhere that allows adjustment of mouse resolution and acceleration? Gpm is not installed by default and I haven't been able to find anything (USB) mouse related. Best regards, Fred

Re: [DNG] How to adjust mouse characteristics? SOLVED

2021-02-05 Thread Fred
On 2/4/21 11:20 PM, terryc wrote: On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 17:28:41 -0700 Fred wrote: Hello, Devuan Beowulf AMD64 Is there a configuration file somewhere that allows adjustment of mouse resolution and acceleration? Gpm is not installed by default and I haven't been able to find anything (USB

Re: [DNG] Priter trouble again.

2022-01-01 Thread Fred
. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng You might also check /etc/hosts Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] RGBling

2021-12-28 Thread Fred
On 12/28/21 9:09 AM, tempforever wrote: Hendrik Boom wrote: On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 01:55:34PM +1000, onefang wrote: I skimped on the graphics card, coz gamers made everyone put RGBling on everything, so I had to back up one model to get one without RGBling. I wish I could have done the same

Re: [DNG] Latex install question

2022-03-11 Thread Fred
On 3/11/22 08:16, Antony Stone wrote: On Friday 11 March 2022 at 16:02:23, Fred wrote: Hello, I am trying to compile a program which expects that Latex is installed. What specific thing does it complain cannot be found when you try to compile it? I would then search for that thing

[DNG] Latex install question

2022-03-11 Thread Fred
Hello, I am trying to compile a program which expects that Latex is installed. There are a number of Latex related packages in the repository but it is not apparent which is a base package. What package(s) should I install for more or less general usage? Best regards, Fred

Re: [DNG] [SUSPICIOUS MESSAGE] Latex install question

2022-03-11 Thread Fred
Hi Nelson, On 3/11/22 08:06, Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote: Fred asks on Fri, 11 Mar 2022 08:02:23 -0700 ... I am trying to compile a program which expects that Latex is installed. There are a number of Latex related packages in the repository but it is not apparent which is a base package

[DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-21 Thread Fred
works with this mouse. Best regards, Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-21 Thread Fred
driver. If I install gpm (or consolation) what decides where the mouse input is coming from? It appears to me that the default driver needs to be stopped but I don't know what it is called. Best regards, Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-21 Thread Fred
Hi, If I install gpm or consolation won't that conflict with whatever driver is already installed? The gpm man page says it is not allowed to have two instances of gpm running at the same time and there is an option to kill the previous instance. Best regards, Fred On 4/21/22 11:50

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-22 Thread Fred
, Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-22 Thread Fred
On 4/22/22 09:32, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: ... I need to work with a nonstandard serial three button mouse without scroll wheel. It needs a baud rate specification and gpm has an option for this. ... I know that gpm works with this mouse. Since gpm works with the mouse I wouldn't say

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-22 Thread Fred
On 4/22/22 14:21, Fred wrote: On 4/22/22 13:46, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: ... As I said in an earlier post there is an article on using a (different) Sun mouse on Linux.  The protocol used was msc.  From looking at the output with an oscilloscope that protocol does appear close

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-22 Thread Fred
On 4/22/22 13:46, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: ... As I said in an earlier post there is an article on using a (different) Sun mouse on Linux. The protocol used was msc. From looking at the output with an oscilloscope that protocol does appear close if not correct. Type-4 and -5 mice

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-22 Thread Fred
On 4/22/22 15:31, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: On 4/22/22 14:21, Fred wrote: On 4/22/22 13:46, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: ... As I said in an earlier post there is an article on using a (different) Sun mouse on Linux.  The protocol used was msc.  From looking at the output

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-23 Thread Fred
On 4/23/22 15:26, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 12:19:45PM -0700, Fred wrote: The mouse is a Sun three button mouse without the scroll wheel. I frequently use a program that makes extensive use of the middle button and the pc mouse scroll wheel is hateful. I would like a mouse

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-23 Thread Fred
On 4/23/22 12:53, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: On 4/23/22 02:34, k...@aspodata.se wrote: ... So, make sure you are running in a virtual console and logged in as root, then run the gpm -b etc. thing and move the mouse around. To make the mouse to work in X11, please test the mouse with gpm

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-23 Thread Fred
On 4/23/22 02:34, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: On 4/22/22 15:31, k...@aspodata.se wrote: ... gpm -b 1200 -m /dev/ttyS1 -t msc ... It shows up at /dev/ttyUSB0. I have tried that command line several times. Nothing happens. ps -e shows gpm is running. The pointer will not move

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-24 Thread Fred
On 4/24/22 10:49, Fred wrote: Hi, On 4/23/22 12:53, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: On 4/23/22 02:34, k...@aspodata.se wrote: ... So, make sure you are running in a virtual console and logged in as root, then run the gpm -b etc. thing and move the mouse around. To make the mouse to work

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-24 Thread Fred
Hi, On 4/23/22 12:53, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: On 4/23/22 02:34, k...@aspodata.se wrote: ... So, make sure you are running in a virtual console and logged in as root, then run the gpm -b etc. thing and move the mouse around. To make the mouse to work in X11, please test the mouse

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-24 Thread Fred
On 4/24/22 13:56, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: On 4/23/22 12:53, k...@aspodata.se wrote: ... If so, press Ctl-Alt-F2 buttons simultaineusly to get to a console. There log in as root and then try one of gpm -b 1200 -m /dev/ttyUSB0 -t msc gpm -b 1200 -m /dev/ttyUSB0 -t sun gpm -b

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-25 Thread Fred
On 4/25/22 10:17, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Nick: On 25-04-2022 16:20, Fred wrote: ... The compile went ok.  I used command line: inputattach --daemon --baud 1200 -msc /dev/ttyUSB0 It accepted the baud rate option this time however the middle button still does not work.  The pointer freezes

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-25 Thread Fred
On 4/25/22 10:17, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: ... I ran gpm-mouse-test again. That program seems to have major problems. It can't even detect the baud rate which I know to be 1200. ... I tested it here and it succesfully detected my MouseMan at 1200baud. It can be that your serial

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-25 Thread Fred
On 4/25/22 02:39, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: ... The compile fails because SDL.h can't be found. Package sd12 was not found in the pkg-config search path. It also mentions adding directory containing sd12.pc to the PKG-CONFIG_PATH environment variable. To find which package a missing file

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-05-12 Thread Fred
On 5/12/22 15:23, Florian Zieboll via Dng wrote: On May 12, 2022 9:44:39 PM GMT+02:00, Fred wrote: Hi Karl, I don't use a DE, just openbox and xterm. The regular scroll wheel mouse works correctly in both xev and the application. Button 2 is identified as 2 so I contend it has to have

Re: [DNG] window manager question

2022-05-18 Thread Fred
On 5/18/22 17:46, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 02:47:25PM -0700, Fred wrote: Hello, I normally use openbox for window manager but I would like to try fvwm. Can this be done without disrupting openbox and how to do it? Run X on a free virtual terminal, then you'll start fvwm

[DNG] window manager question

2022-05-18 Thread Fred
Hello, I normally use openbox for window manager but I would like to try fvwm. Can this be done without disrupting openbox and how to do it? best regards, Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-05-11 Thread Fred
Hi Karl, On 5/11/22 08:23, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: On 5/11/22 05:02, k...@aspodata.se wrote: You should be able to do lsinput from input-utils package to see which /dev/input/inputX file your mouse's byte stream transformed as events would appear. And then run input-events X to see

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-05-13 Thread Fred
Hi Karl, On 5/13/22 03:22, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: On 5/12/22 15:23, Florian Zieboll via Dng wrote: On May 12, 2022 9:44:39 PM GMT+02:00, Fred wrote: I don't use a DE, just openbox and xterm. The regular scroll wheel mouse works correctly in both xev and the application. Button 2

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-05-12 Thread Fred
On 5/12/22 03:15, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: ... With xev, buttons 1 and 3 are correctly identified but the middle button is randomly assigned 4,5,6 or 7. Possibly this is the problem as I know the application is expecting button 2. Maybe it is the desktop environment or the window

[DNG] fdisk SD card partitioning question

2022-06-12 Thread Fred
and what to do? Best regards, Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] fdisk SD card partitioning question

2022-06-12 Thread Fred
On 6/12/22 14:09, Fred wrote: On 6/12/22 13:48, ael wrote: 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

Re: [DNG] fdisk SD card partitioning question

2022-06-12 Thread Fred
On 6/12/22 14:33, tempforever wrote: Fred wrote: Hi, As supplied the SD cards are intended to work with Windows.  Under Linux only root can write to them and the ownership can not be changed.  I want preserve permissions of data written to the card. root@aragog:# /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdb Disk

Re: [DNG] fdisk SD card partitioning question

2022-06-12 Thread Fred
On 6/12/22 14:09, Fred wrote: On 6/12/22 13:48, ael wrote: 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

Re: [DNG] fdisk SD card partitioning question

2022-06-12 Thread Fred
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 repartition a 64GB card and write an ext4 filesystem. What is the existing partition table

Re: [DNG] fdisk SD card partitioning question

2022-06-12 Thread Fred
On 6/12/22 13:48, ael wrote: 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

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-04-27 Thread Fred
Hi Karl, On 4/25/22 15:09, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: On 4/25/22 10:17, k...@aspodata.se wrote: ... I am using the DLP-TXRX-G usb/serial adapter with a transistor to invert the mouse output. The mouse has an active high output and the dlp rx input is active low. This one: http

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-05-10 Thread Fred
On 4/27/22 15:40, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: ... In spare time I am building a board to convert mouse output to RS232. I did research on this in 2011. I found a program I wrote (for embedded controller) to watch serial port and show mouse bytes on lcd. I don't know yet if it was finished

Re: [DNG] mouse driver question

2022-05-11 Thread Fred
Hi Karl, On 5/11/22 05:02, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Fred: ... The Sun Compact 1 three button mouse is 1200 baud, 8 data bits, no parity and sends 5 bytes in Mouse Systems protocol. Byte 0 is button info. exactly the same as msc. Byte 1 is 8 bit signed X movement. Byte 2 is 8 bit signed Y

Re: [DNG] procps

2015-07-04 Thread Fred DC
On 04/07/2015 10:26, Martin Steigerwald wrote: So it seems this is not a *direct* dependency. It may be that some of the dependencies depend on libsystemd0. So it is: libprocps4 depends on libsystemd0 Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

Re: [DNG] startup scripts (was dng@lists.dyne.org)

2015-07-18 Thread Fred DC
dpkg-system does use these scripts. I fully agree with Laurent's sentiments that it is not as simple... IMHO, it is doeable to make it compatible against an init-system wich is the required default by the package-manager - but without an aggreed standard it will get out of hand. my 2cents Fred

Re: [DNG] Lumina . Was Re: Proposals for an xfce-desktop-lite

2015-12-30 Thread Fred DC
On 30/12/2015 17:16, Didier Kryn wrote: > ... > It seems, from the dependencies, as being built on top of lxde > libraries. May I suggest to visit: lumina-desktop.org It is much more illuminating as a 1000 words from me. Regards Fred __

Re: [DNG] Lumina . Was Re: Proposals for an xfce-desktop-lite

2015-12-30 Thread Fred DC
t yet ready for prime time, but it is on my watchlist. I must admit, I did like what I saw. Fred Tip: I am on Ascii: I used the usbmount-package from sid. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

[DNG] Devuan Ascii: Upgrading initramfs-tool breaks current devuan package initscripts

2016-02-23 Thread Fred DC
nel gets removed. Regards Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Devuan Ascii: Upgrading initramfs-tool breaks current devuan package initscripts

2016-02-25 Thread Fred DC
itscript needs to be re-packaged. BTW, For this box I use a Kernel with a initrd.img and the traditional sysvinit-system enhanced with runit. Regards Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Devuan Ascii: Upgrading initramfs-tool breaks current devuan package initscripts

2016-02-25 Thread Fred DC
silly me, omitted. Thank you. Regards Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

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

2016-04-06 Thread Fred DC
Does that mean that one of these days I won't be able to update ascii? W: http://packages.devuan.org/merged/dists/ascii/InRelease: Signature by key 72E3CB773315DFA2E464743D94532124541922FB uses weak digest algorithm (SHA1) Regards Fred ___ Dng mailing

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

2016-04-06 Thread Fred DC
On 06/04/2016 20:36, Rob wrote: > > Debian intend to shut off SHA1 completely on January 1, 2017. > https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Apt/Sha1Removal Ok, I don't need to panic. Thanks Rob. Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.

Re: [DNG] audio died again AND GOT RESURRECTED.

2016-03-23 Thread Fred DC
want to delete anything much as a result of deleting > pulseaudio, n=so I can't tell what seemed to need it. Maybe it was a > spurious dependency that was later corrected? > > -- hendrik xfce4...? because the sound-plugin installs pulseaudio

[DNG] Update of ascii repo

2016-04-13 Thread Fred DC
I am not sure if the Devuan-Admin is aware that packages.devuan.org_merged_dists_ascii has not seen an update since the 9th of April. Debian Stretch repos show a date of 13-04-2016 Regards Fred

[DNG] NO_PUBKEY

2016-04-26 Thread Fred DC
By updating devuan ascii I get the following error: Failed to fetch http://packages.devuan.org/devuan/dists/ascii/InRelease The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY AF49E19219D58C5D Any advise? Fred

Re: [DNG] NO_PUBKEY

2016-04-26 Thread Fred DC
pg --recv-key AF49E19219D58C5D then I get: gpg: requesting key 19D58C5D from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net gpg: keyserver timed out gpg: keyserver receive failed: keyserver error Regards Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] NO_PUBKEY

2016-04-26 Thread Fred DC
On 26/04/2016 20:15, Julien Pinon wrote: > Le mardi 26 avril 2016 à 18:00, > Fred DC <a...@webafrica.org.za> écrivait : > >> Maybe I do something wrongly, I am not too familiar with gpg. >> >> All as root >> "apt-get update" says: NO_PUBKEY

Re: [DNG] Update of ascii repo

2016-04-14 Thread Fred DC
On 13/04/2016 17:30, Jaromil wrote: > ... > So now Franco is fixing this as we speak and you should be able to > upgrade to 13-04-2016 pretty soon... > > ciao Confirmed, 142 packages to update. The joy of a rolling release ;-). Thank you and

[DNG] Devuan-ascii: Upgrading runit to 2.1.2-5 can hose your system

2016-08-12 Thread Fred DC
xecutables - no, the whole sysvinit-core with its /sbin/init had to be removed. So the alternative boot-option is gone! Be warned! BTW, there is a ready solution for making the sysv 'halt/reboot' and 'shutdown' work under 'runit as pid 1'. I use it and it works! See link: https://wiki.debian.org/runit Reg

Re: [DNG] vdev

2016-08-12 Thread Fred DC
On 13/08/2016 11:52, aitor_czr wrote: > [Snip} > > Yes, we need testers :) > > Best, > > Aitor. Oh yes, I will test it once it hits 'ascii' or perhaps even the 'unstable' branch. Sorry can't do better bacause I am just a user with a fairly good head on its sho

Re: [DNG] Off-list - upgrading runit to 2.1.2-5 can hose your system

2016-08-12 Thread Fred DC
t > doesn't provide "/sbin/halt" and friends. So it's simpler to create > runit-init and hope people using runit as pid 1 install it when > upgrading. > And in my opinion, it would be even more simpler if 'runit-init' would just divert the or

Re: [DNG] Devuan-ascii: Upgrading runit to 2.1.2-5 can hose your system

2016-08-13 Thread Fred DC
es which can be manipulated to make it conform to a Devuan-Framework. That would be the easiest way. Yes certainly. I will come back to you with some more of my thought. my2c Fred BTW, feel free to change the subject line. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.

Re: [DNG] vagrant and devuan guest

2016-09-02 Thread Fred DC
uan.org/; SUPPORT_URL="http://www.devuan.org/support/; BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.devuan.org/; Maybe in a new install of Devuan-Jessie it is already sorted out. Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Openrc

2016-09-12 Thread Fred DC
id 1 (and a bit more) and based on the result it either calls the diverted script or uses the "runit-speak". This way it does not matter if during an debian-upgrade runit-init or sysv-init is Pid 1. Regards Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.d

[DNG] On a lighter note

2017-01-06 Thread Fred DC
,. --- end of quote What is BlankOn? It is a Debian-based distribution developed by the Indonesian Linux Mover Foundation and BlankOn developer team. It's all in the eye of the beholder Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https

Re: [DNG] On a lighter note

2017-01-06 Thread Fred DC
o it again. Fred BTW: The subject-line is: On a lighter note ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] On a lighter note

2017-01-06 Thread Fred DC
list so I guess everybody can express their interest as they like. My apologies for not realizing that this is an *anti-systemd* mailinglist. Sorry about that Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman

[DNG] A suggestion for an easier upgrade of a DE from ASCII to Beowulf

2018-09-13 Thread Fred DC
Because I don't know how to file a bug-report against the whole merged/beowulf branch which presently does not allow a straight forward migration of a DE from ASCII to Beowulf I thought, if I bring up this subject in this list some of the Developers might have a look at it. It is not my

Re: [DNG] A suggestion for an easier upgrade of a DE from ASCII to Beowulf

2018-09-13 Thread Fred DC
will (mumble,mumble) ;-) Seriously, I appreciate your feedback. Thank you. Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

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