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#1 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Can't connect to repos » 2024-02-12 02:00:02

@The-Amnesiac-Philosopher , Thanks ol' buddy, your solution worked for me! Finally was able to update after changing sources.list. Would like to see why this whole issue occurred in the first place.

One thing I noted, it did a kernel update for me, but did not automatically swap to the new kernel on re-boot, went to delete the old kernel after re-boot, got warnings from Synaptic which I foolishly ignored, then wouldn't boot back up, had to go into advanced options on the grub screen and manually enter new kernel, first time i've ever had to do this, wonder why?

#2 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Can't connect to repos » 2024-02-08 17:35:07

Got this same problem as of two days ago. Nothing else has changed in my system, will check on that resolv.conf.

#3 Re: Installation » Got sound in Firefox with only alsa and JACK! » 2024-01-07 18:01:06

@kapqa, I use an appimage of Firefox ESR on my devuan1 installs, works pretty well with only an occasional glitch.

https://appimage.github.io/Firefox/

#4 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Not getting thumbnails in Mate » 2023-12-26 18:20:31

Haven't checked phone, will do so. Only found one other reference to this behavior (MATE-specific) and it went unanswered: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=395817

And one in Ubuntu using Thunar, also unanswered: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … ug/1779571

I tried gphotofs which had worked for me in the past, but still no luck.

Wonder if there's some setting in one of the polkits that changed that's doing this?

ETA: Okay, changed my search term on this issue from "camera" to "phone" and got multiple hits, apparently a lot of people are having this problem since just the last two years or so. And all these hits are coming from Mint and Ubuntu mostly, so something upstream from Debian likely changed?

#5 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Not getting thumbnails in Mate » 2023-12-25 23:03:14

On another note, I get thumbnails for everything in Mate except for when I attach my digital camera via cable, as opposed to just taking out the memory card and using the reader which gives me thumbnails just fine.

Problem is my machine is old and the contacts in the media card reader are declining in quality giving me repeated dropouts as i'm trying to work with the contents.

Cam/cord to machine works fine, but no thumbnails so I can't see the pics i'm working with until I copy them to my pics folder. Tried settings in caja with no joy, wondering if i need some gphoto package I don't have?

#7 Re: Off-topic » Nvidia vs nouveau for old card. » 2023-12-25 22:28:10

Interesting.

Way back in the day I absolutely despised Nouveau, it was buggy as it could be and always caused me headaches, so I used the generic driver unless I needed to run a dual-screen setup on a desktop system, and in that case I would use the Nvidia driver out of necessity...man, it really did require patience.

But the last time I tried Nouveau it surprised me greatly as it worked pretty well with none of the old bugginess, really has come a long way.

There's an old XKCD cartoon that explains the old days of fighting with video drivers.

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#8 Re: Devuan » New Devuan user here » 2023-12-19 21:20:18

golinux wrote:

@greenjeans . . . It's looking like there won't be any more Devuan custom themes for you to bitch about . . . so you can do a happy dance . . .   wink

What? Need more info!

But first let me explain about the gentlemanly art of curmudgeonry, you see, we would be miserable if we DIDN'T have something to bitch about, what good is a lawn if not for yelling at hippies to get the hell off it?

Perhaps a visual aid, this is me and The-Amnesiac-Philosopher recently, taunting Lennart Pothead as he left Redhat, telling him not to let the door hit him in the a**, just look at how happy we are:

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Now what's all this about no Devuan theme?

#9 Re: Installation » how to get a team work between refractasnapshot and refracta2usb? » 2023-12-19 18:59:51

Well all it takes is some of those billions of folks getting the gumption up to make a distro in their native language, lol, and many already have, there's like two dozen of them in Spanish alone.

Having all the translations available in a given distro is a freakin mountain of stuff I will never use, I delete all of it, and I would expect a non-english speaker to do the same on their machine.

It's Linux, completely configurable, and priced right too! wink

#10 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » A lightweight irc client??? » 2023-12-19 18:34:05

Hexchat is what i've been using for years, works great!

#11 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Upcoming browser changes » 2023-12-19 18:30:49

Micronaut wrote:

* If this does not occur, it may be 'fork time' again. Someone ought to copy the Firefox code base and start a new project to have a browser genuinely free of corporate control.

Is that not what Palemoon has already done? Installed the latest version last night, working better than current Firefox does on my machine.

#12 Re: Devuan » New Devuan user here » 2023-12-19 18:02:26

uggh...purpy....

Now maybe if there was a Package: meanlooks-dark-ornery-curmudgeon-monochromatic-theme I could get on board with that. wink

#13 Re: DIY » Announcement of the OpenMATE desktop environment » 2023-12-19 17:30:09

Let us know when ready, i'll be all over it and would be happy to test and report, i'm not a dev but I am willing to do grunt work which is tedious to some folks, I actually enjoy hunting through files looking for cruft to destroy, lol.

I actually have a private repo somewhere on one of my old outboard HD's, with the entirety of the last version of gnome2 and and the kernel they worked with and various programs that I preserved so I could continue using them, which I did for years.

Gawd, I still remember it clearly, "Gnome 3, made of easy"....miserable crap.

#14 Re: DIY » Announcement of the OpenMATE desktop environment » 2023-12-17 19:51:51

Sweet! Looking forward to it! X and gtk2 FTW!

#15 Re: DIY » Crowz-Devuan-Daedalus ROOT Only Ultimate-Linux Hyper Drive Gaming Inst » 2023-12-09 23:57:16

I'm pretty sure I get better looking when I drink tequila, I have no benchmarks but i'm fairly certain.

Wife however disagrees, but she says I do get better looking when she drinks tequila.

One thing however is FACT, my computers all run better without systemd.

#16 Re: Off-topic » Say hello! » 2023-12-09 04:32:26

mustt-be-fast wrote:

Why as small project as Devuan supports 3 init systems and as big one as Debian supports only systemd? (I don't know why but it reminds me EEE strategy.)

I believe debian relented and now offers some other init systems. Regardless, Devuan and the VUA's never compromised and were the vanguard of init freedom in the big distros.

Now the systemd troll has gone to micros**t where he belongs, back under the bridge of goblin crap, there to wreak more havoc upon those who are content with script-kiddy government-accessible-for-money code.

Welcome!

#17 Re: DIY » Crowz-Devuan-Daedalus ROOT Only Ultimate-Linux Hyper Drive Gaming Inst » 2023-12-08 19:58:48

Well anything's possible I reckon.

"instantaneous performance" = Me, 18 years old. Poh-leese-man hollers "Hey you, long-hair, hold it right there"

Instantaneous world-class sprinter.

wink

#18 Re: Off-topic » The Joke Thread » 2023-12-07 21:20:49

The-Amnesiac-Philosopher wrote:

I thought things when I read groan and fertile, but I won't say what I thought...

Bwahahahaha!

tongue

Settle down Beavis.

big_smile

#19 Re: DIY » Crowz-Devuan-Daedalus ROOT Only Ultimate-Linux Hyper Drive Gaming Inst » 2023-12-07 21:16:00

golinux wrote:

There is no 'you' that can own anything. 'You' is a mental fiction and 'ownership' a delusion . . .

Cogito ergo sum

I own my thoughts, and when I die i'm taking 'em with me!

wink

#20 Re: Off-topic » The Joke Thread » 2023-12-06 16:22:34

The-Amnesiac-Philosopher wrote:

Prerequisite: I apologize if this offends anyone...but it is kinda funny...

If math is mathematical, and a quiz is quizzical, then what is a test?

tongue

Nothing if not putting up with these groaners of yours without rolling my eyes.

lol!

#25 Re: Off-topic » USA Foods » 2023-12-04 02:41:24

LOL! @steve_v, love me some motorhead, the ace of spades is a favorite!

Interesting thread y'all. Back in 2008 after years of living in the city and eating crap, met my wife and we moved to the country and started gardening and raising chickens and making/preserving a lot of our own food, and long story short, the benefits to our health were ASTOUNDING.  Health improved, allergy issues seemed to disappear, I felt 10 years younger.

Fast forward: Had to live in a city again for the last 4 years, health went to s**t, tired, aching, sinus infections and ulcers returned, we didn't even dare drink the city water that came out of our tap, it stank of chlorine and the poo they were desperately trying to cover up with the chlorine, it was just miserable.

Now: Finally bought our own place, will be installing half an acre of garden in the spring and raising more chickens, I can't tell you how excited we are, we have clean water again, clean air, and good soil and already feeling better, y'all should stop by if you're ever in the area. big_smile

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