Op Wed, 1 Jun 2016 06:11:53 +0530
schreef Nandakumar Edamana :
> On 5/31/16, Jagadees.S wrote:
> > same issue. no clue.
> > does it has something to do with display driver?
> > there was one error: could not insert 'nouveau' no such device
Can you
Op Fri, 3 Jun 2016 04:26:06 +0530
schreef Nandakumar Edamana :
> He said it was at the boot time of the Live CD. Instead of booting and
> entering a GUI, it showed this error message. He also tried startx.
> Summing up, the X Server (am I correct?) fails to present
Op Tue, 09 Feb 2016 19:38:53 +0100
schreef m...@dimsedutter.net:
> what about Fossil (http://fossil-scm.org) as an alternative to
> Savannah? It also integrates a wiki and one could base the gnewsense
> website/wiki on Fossil instead of having one distributed version
> control system and one
Op Thu, 4 Feb 2016 10:49:57 +0100
schreef "lorde...@riseup.net" :
> what might be of interest to us, is the way they setup their system.
> i don't know all the ins 'n outs, but on their website [1] they
> have a small drawing of their continuous integration setup.
I
Op Sun, 24 Jan 2016 23:55:12 +0100
schreef "lorde...@riseup.net" :
> Is icecat an option?
I haven't tried to build it, but I expect similar issues.
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I've decided to stop working on Iceweasel. I can't even get it to build
on Wheezy, so I don't know how Debian managed it. This means that
Ucclia will not get the latest security updates.
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Op Thu, 11 Feb 2016 18:40:32 +0700
schreef Dika Setya Prayogi :
> when gnewsense ucclia released ?
>
> Im curious to see it come
> out with gui installer ready :-)
I'm working on it. I'm modifying the package repo a bit to accomodate
for live-builder.
Op Wed, 11 May 2016 19:51:11 +0200
schreef stig atle steffensen :
> I tested the installer again today - I still have the same issue as
> mentioned.
Thanks for testing. Could you open a bug report for this? We have a few
issues going on and I want to make sure we don't
I'm thinking about speeding up development for gNewSense 5 (and
beyond). I've assembled some thoughts [1] on the wiki. Other
ideas/comments are welcome.
[1] http://www.gnewsense.org/DevelopmentProjects/Gnewsense5
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Op Thu, 5 May 2016 21:42:11 +0200
schreef stig atle steffensen :
> I'm having a hard time getting things installed on a x200 with
> libreboot. It fails when I select a archive mirror, everything up
> until that point works fine.
> (I downloaded the iso from the links on
Op Tue, 03 May 2016 19:36:09 -0400
schreef dww :
> Were you able to solve the build problem with Iceweasel?
I'm afraid not. I hope the mipsel builds will go smoother with gNewSense
5, but I doubt it.
> It would be nice if some how we can automate the process of freeing
>
Op Fri, 06 May 2016 20:13:48 -0400
schreef dww :
> Would it be possible to extend the framework whereby the developer can
> fill out a data file based on a template. A script would read the
> file and attempt to create and modify appropriate files needed to
> update the
Op Sun, 8 May 2016 18:15:29 +0200
schreef "lorde...@riseup.net" :
> the website http://gnewsense.org/ seems unreachable.
The web server is under heavy load:
load average: 19.88, 16.97, 16.09
Processes are mostly in waiting state:
%Cpu(s): 1.5 us, 0.2 sy, 0.0 ni, 0.0
Op Sun, 08 May 2016 19:25:58 -0300
schreef Daniel Pimentel :
> Do you think about change apache to Nginx?
>
> Nginx work with events, Apache use threads. Nginx is faster than
> Apache.
IIRC, last time I looked at that I found that it was difficult to set
up with
Op Mon, 9 May 2016 20:30:23 +0200
schreef "lorde...@riseup.net" :
> i'm not a gnu/linux super hero but:
> - reboot server
> might clear up those waiting states
> release some of the swap?
I've rebooted and now stats are looking much nicer. But that was also
the
Op Mon, 9 May 2016 10:14:40 +0100
schreef Duncan Guthrie :
> I have experience with Python scripts and a little bit of C language
> (I learnt from the Kernigan and Ritchie book).
> I got to know the structure of Debian packages somewhat, as I packaged
> the Fira Fonts from
Op Sat, 2 Jul 2016 02:51:24 +0700
schreef Роман Горелов <79069115...@yandex.ru>:
> Gtkorphan depends on removed deborphan. As Sam wrote once, it's
> downright sloppy and unprofessional [1]. *laugh*
I've added it to the blacklist. Should be processed within 24 h.
> By the way why was deborphan
Op Tue, 17 Jan 2017 20:27:53 +0100
schreef "lorde...@riseup.net" :
> Is anyone going to Fosdem[1] this year ?
Count me in for both days.
With the Tournée Minerale [1] campaign, (iirc) non fair trade coffee
and cold drinks from megacorp I'm still on the fence about beverage
Op Wed, 31 Aug 2016 11:55:56 +0530
schreef Nandakumar Edamana :
> gnewsense.org seems to be taking forever to load. Any issue?
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnewsense-dev/2016-08/msg2.html
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Op Wed, 31 Aug 2016 01:17:13 -
schreef h...@sdf.org:
> Thanks again. I had a look through and it wasn't 100% clear which
> tasks/bugs still need working on. Would useful first step be for me
> to go through the lists and try to work out which ones are still
> relevant?
Sure. There might
Op Thu, 1 Sep 2016 04:20:18 +0530
schreef Nandakumar Edamana :
> Before that, could you please upload and share a hello world html page
> without any server-side or client-side script (without images also) so
> that we can measure the actual performance of the server?
Op Mon, 5 Sep 2016 04:34:40 +0530
schreef Nandakumar Edamana :
> An issue with the CMS can make the entire server slow, am I right?
Yes, and if it does I would like to see that in some metrics.
> Now it went back to the old state. I strongly recommend replacing the
>
Op Tue, 6 Sep 2016 04:46:05 +0530
schreef Nandakumar Edamana :
> Please see the attached file. It should load fast. However, I still
> doubt about the pictures used in it.
Thanks. I can't install it right now because ssh times out. That means
that the problem still exists
Op Sat, 3 Sep 2016 00:24:18 +0200
schreef Paul Boddie :
> OK, but as I understand it, then, gNewSense must have been supporting
> mipsel instead of mips64el and thus the distribution worked on the
> Ben. (My impression is that mips64el is a fairly new thing in Debian.)
Op Sat, 3 Sep 2016 05:13:33 +0530
schreef Nandakumar Edamana :
> Thanks for doing that. As Paul said, the new page loads instantly
> while the other pages are still unavailable. However, now we are sure
> that there is no issue with the server core. The problem seems to be
Op Sat, 3 Sep 2016 17:28:04 +0530
schreef Nandakumar Edamana :
> Thanks for taking a lot of effort! I can see the big change now -- it
> loads finally. Yes, it is not lightning-speed, but it works. The home
> page now loads withing a couple of seconds (compared to the
>
Op Sun, 28 Aug 2016 19:03:29 +0200
schreef Paul Boddie :
> It seemed that there is now a certain amount of re-architecting going
> on to make new gNewSense releases easier, but I don't see so much
> progress on the more prominent sites associated with the project.
It's still
Op Sun, 28 Aug 2016 18:10:53 -
schreef h...@sdf.org:
> I would very much like to contribute to gNewSense.
Welcome on the team.
> I thought a good first step might be to look at some of the open
> tasks/bugs on the Savannah project? To that end, I will apply for
> membership of the group.
Op Sat, 10 Sep 2016 09:08:50 +0200
schreef Sam Geeraerts <sam...@elmundolibre.be>:
> New homepage is installed.
I've also found that we used mod_rewrite for cases that can be handled
otherwise. I've tweaked the configuration and disabled mod_rewrite. It
looks like that has a positi
Op Tue, 6 Sep 2016 23:11:09 +0200
schreef Sam Geeraerts <sam...@elmundolibre.be>:
> Thanks. I can't install it right now because ssh times out.
New homepage is installed.
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Op Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:51:42 +0700
schreef Dika Setya Prayogi :
> say i have a 4 gb fdrive with guided partition will result in 3.8 GB
> ext and 200 MB swap, Meanwhile with my 120 GB drive i get 115.1 GB ext
> and 4.9 swap thats a very big waste, 1 GB more than enough
Op Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:23:13 +0100
schreef Bob Ham :
> > 1. Create branch for every contributor. Sam acts as gatekeeper to
> > master.
>
> Will you be doing this, Sam? Again, I don't want to make assumptions.
> Should I/we be waiting for an email from you to say that the
Op Fri, 28 Oct 2016 10:46:19 +0100
schreef Bob Ham :
> I'm a little confused. The first item under "Set up VCS repo" in the
> plan is "Push Builder code back to Savannah." Have you done that?
Yes. For technical reasons the Builder code lived on bzr.gnewsense.org
for a while.
Op Tue, 18 Oct 2016 19:38:37 -0400
schreef dww :
> I look forward to participating again in helping with gNewSense5.
> I imagine the kind of freedom bugs I worked in 4 are going to be a
> priority.
Great.
> Will gNewSense5 be based on Debian Jessie version 8.6?
Yes.
> On
Op Fri, 14 Oct 2016 10:07:59 +0100
schreef Bob Ham :
> > > - What are the decisions that need to be made for the planning of
> > > gNewSense 5?
>
> There's no response to this question. Should we assume that there are
> no pending decisions which need to be made?
Assuming
I've updated the project page for gNS 5 [1]. I'm replicating the plan
of approach below (wiki syntax). Those who are interested in helping
should sign up as a gNewSense member on Savannah to get VCS write
access.
We will want to have Ucclia and Ucclia+1 in a single repo, so that
users won't have
Op Tue, 18 Oct 2016 13:20:10 +0700
schreef Dika Setya Prayogi :
> I dont know the status of upstream bug, tested it using debian repo
> and the bug still there, maybe some developer had migrate developing
> in debian jessie instead.
>
> yes,for user convinience I
Op Mon, 31 Oct 2016 05:57:39 +0200
schreef Abdorhman Ayman :
> how to install Mate desktop environment in gNewsense 4?
You could install it from wheezy-backports [1]. I haven't checked the
source, but it probably doesn't have freedom issues.
Downloading and installing
Op Tue, 25 Oct 2016 08:03:17 +0200
schreef "lorde...@riseup.net" :
> Is there already a name chosen for gnewsense 5.0 ?
gNewSense 5 will be called Dunsink. It's named after the Irish Dunsink
Observatory. I chose the name in honour of gNewSense's Founding Fathers
Paul
Op Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:40:27 +0100
schreef Bob Ham :
> - Who is working on what?
Eddi expressed interest in working on Builder as part of a school
project. I'm answering any questions he has.
> - Who are the people making decisions about gNewSense 5?
Me.
> - Is Sam the only
Op Tue, 04 Oct 2016 00:02:30 +0200
schreef m...@dimsedutter.net:
> I just tried to install Ucclia on my X60 with libreboot.
> The LiveISO doesn't start at all and the netinst gives the same
> problem as described in bug #47902
> (https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?47899).
I'm finishing up my
Op Mon, 12 Dec 2016 20:15:19 +
schreef Bob Ham :
> Are there any other development decisions you've made in private that
> I should be aware of before I waste more time on pointless patches?
You're right that I said something about this on the mailing list.
In my previous
Op Sat, 10 Dec 2016 01:39:31 +1100
schreef "mcburnie.rhys" :
> I'm a student and interested in helping develop gNewSense. I read the
> October thread about the plan for development, and would be
> interested in adding my name to the list of interested contributors.
> I
Op Tue, 06 Dec 2016 13:49:32 +
schreef Bob Ham :
> 0. A lot of the environment variables used as configuration options
> are basically static data that describe possibilities in the
> structure of the upstream archive. I think a better way for the
> scripts to work would
Op Sun, 08 Jan 2017 13:24:02 -0500
schreef "Worthem, Dennis" :
> sudo chgrp www-data /media/dennis/Elements/builder/srv/gnewsense
> sudo chmod g+rwxs /media/dennis/Elements/builder/srv/gnewsense
You should run these recursively (-R) to make everything inside the
folder
Op Fri, 30 Dec 2016 22:33:45 +
schreef Bob Ham :
> > You're right that I said something about this on the mailing list.
>
> I'm confused. This doesn't make sense to me. From what I can tell
> you *didn't* say something about this.
Argh, typing too fast: "... that I
Op Fri, 30 Dec 2016 18:00:50 -0500
schreef "Worthem, Dennis" :
> The links in gnewsense.mrconfig have not been changed. Will builder
> work with the old deltah versions of this packages even though the
> folders have been changed to dunsink?
Could be, but I haven't tested
Op Fri, 30 Dec 2016 08:53:04 -0500
schreef dww :
> In step 3 of the builder process it states:
>
> apt-get install mr
> cd packages
> mkdir deltah{,-security,-updates,-backports}
> mr -c gnewsense.mrconfig checkout
>
>
> The directory names include
Op Sun, 01 Jan 2017 17:27:36 -0500
schreef "Worthem, Dennis" :
> Hello Sam,
>
> I have been working on setting up the http (Apache) setting for the
> builder environment.
>
> For example, for REPOAPT=http://127.0.0.1/$DISTRONAME_L or
> localhost/$DISTRONAME_L
>
>
Op Mon, 26 Dec 2016 10:39:07 -0500
schreef dww :
> In the instructions it says to execute:
>
> fakeroot debian/rules binary
>
> However some rules files do not have a binary target such as below
There's debhelper magic involved there. debian/rules includes
Op Mon, 26 Dec 2016 10:23:51 -0500
schreef dww :
> Why then is MIRROR needed? If the repository is created and updated on
> the same machine as MIRRORLOCAL and then pushed to a public mirror
> cannot the script that does the update use MIRRORLOCAL directly as the
> path to
Op Mon, 26 Dec 2016 10:52:46 -0500
schreef dww :
> Are any of these useful to try out? I think builder goes back to
> deltah, the last gNewSense based on Ubuntu.
>
> Is an update for Dunsink in progress?
builder_lordeddi is your best bet.
Op Sat, 24 Dec 2016 10:57:04 -0500
schreef dww :
> Regarding the instructions to only modify a package, are the
> instructions in http://www.gnewsense.org/Builder/ModifyingANewPackage
> applicable?
Yes.
> If yes, it appears that there is not an automated way to extract the
Op Fri, 23 Dec 2016 23:26:48 -0500
schreef dww :
> Is the procedure creating a local repository of upstream source code
> and build artifacts and gNewSense modified source code and build
> artifacts starting with those from an upstream mirror defined in
> MIRROR?
It creates
Op Thu, 15 Dec 2016 23:39:51 -0500
schreef Assaf Gordon :
> Web-browsing using logger-head:
>https://bzr0.savannah.nongnu.org/lh/gnewsense
Looks good.
> Web-access to raw files:
>https://bzr0.savannah.gnu.org/r/gnewsense/
This only shows the folders and not the
Op Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:48:35 -0400
schreef LEXO :
> Is gNewSense alive or there are plans to release a new version?
Yes and yes. But it's done when it's done.
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Op Sun, 23 Apr 2017 19:53:31 +0200
schreef Paul Boddie :
> Well, I rediscovered how to get access to the script and modified it
> to be somewhat more general. It is attached to this message.
Am I right that this creates a list of users that have never edited?
Op Sat, 22 Apr 2017 21:05:11 +0200
schreef Paul Boddie :
> I just wondered about this because for some organisations it is
> important to have libre GNU/Linux distributions available, and yet
> the number of such distributions seems to have fluctuated over the
> years, and
Op Mon, 05 Jun 2017 16:10:59 +0200
schreef adgiral...@openmailbox.org:
> Hi all, my name is Daniel. I would like to help gNewSense so I tell
> you some about me. I have been working as programmer using not free
> tools such as Microsoft Visual Basic but in my spare time I've
> learned myself
Op Fri, 28 Apr 2017 23:28:19 +0200
schreef Sam Geeraerts <sam...@elmundolibre.be>:
> I've merged most of the changes of both branches into trunk.
It seems my Bazaar settings were a bit off so my earlier push failed.
Fixed now, latest version is available on
Op Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:52:29 +0200
schreef Paul Boddie <p...@boddie.org.uk>:
> On Saturday 3. September 2016 00.02.47 Sam Geeraerts wrote:
> > So that's a dead end, then. So if I understand you correctly, then
> > with regards to current and near-future hardware options
tch yet?
Let's do some testing. I changed it back to the original. Please join
me in checking the website every now and then over the next few days.
We'll evaluate our findings at the end of the week.
I had also disabled creating new accounts for a while. That's now also
reverted.
Regards
something that fits you.
> And do some test ?
There are no tests or certifications required to start with gNewSense.
We're pretty easy-going about that. :)
Regards,
Sam Geeraerts
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I've assigned the task for apt [1] to myself. I wrote part of the
gen-script [2] and annotated it with comments to make it more clear what
the intention is. Let's walk through it.
Apt has 2 issues: it should have an example sources.list for gNewsense
and it points users to the non-free component
Op Sat, 18 Nov 2017 23:55:46 +0100
schreef GREen MOnster Games :
> Why the next relase doesn't based on Debian 9. It's no sense that it
> 's based on Debian Wheezy ?
>
> If you want that we can make one contest with votations, we had talk
> about that, and now do
On 16/05/19 00:45, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> Not finding a newer GNU make package in the gnewsense4 repos, I went
> ahead and built for local use a new version of GNU make on the yeeloong
> used for builds, and dropped the Makefile patches I was using or trying
> to use for 5.0-gnu and 5.1-gnu
On 31/07/19 01:05, Paul Boddie wrote:
>> 1) Copy Debian's package repository.
This is done by debmirror. Our main mirror holds a (private) copy of
Debian's repo to derive gNS's repo from.
>> 2) Identify the packages that don't align with the Free Software
>> Distribution Guidelines or that
On 29/07/19 21:48, James L Mazurek wrote:
> I'm willing to volunteer some of my time if enough people wish to
> continue forward. I'm not sure where I can best contribute. My skill
> sets lean more toward that of a systems administrator than a developer.
Potential contributions could be:
On 30/07/19 13:15, seve wrote:
> I am following up a tweet from FSF, looking for contributors to this
> project. I would be happy to start my collaboration with the Marketing
> Team, if possible.
>
> My name is Seve and I have years of experience in working with free and
> commercial software,
On 27/07/19 15:01, Glory Nong wrote:
> Don't give up.
>
> Take a break.
>
> Let me finish my Linux From Scratch training first.
>
> I can not abandon here.
I've not declared gNewSense dead and gone. If you're learning Linux From
Scratch then I'm sure you can be a valuable asset to gNewSense if
On 06/08/19 20:47, Matt Lee wrote:
> Hello, I'm Matt Lee, I've recently taken over maintaining
> gNewSense from Sam, and I'd like to share a few of my
> thoughts on the project and where I'd like to take things.
Thanks for sharing your views, Matt. These are quite ambitious goals
that will need a
After much consideration, I've decided to step down as the maintainer of
gNewSense. It was the distro I fell in love with and it would hurt me to
see it disappear. Yet I must be honest with myself and the community and
face the facts. I feel like I can't give it the attention it needs to
keep it
On 24/07/19 15:59, Paul Boddie wrote:
> Thank you for all your work on gNewSense, and please do not feel that you
> have
> disappointed anyone! Those of us who try and make things to share with others
> can often experience a sense of obligation to continue to deliver those
> things, but
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