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#1 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Black screen afte boot » 2025-01-25 08:32:28
2. Not related to this sub-forum, but how do I rip my music CD's to my Music folder?
(I read something about "flac" but it apparently isn't loaded on my PC, apt-get didn't get it either)
K3b will do: https://apps.kde.org/k3b/
Using this tool yo can rip audio CD to many audio formats.
Flac is considered the best option: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAC
#2 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Mounting HDD in a USB cradle » 2025-01-11 17:48:08
LVM is out of my knowledge. Maybe this link could help:
https://superuser.com/questions/116617/ … lvm-volume
#3 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Mounting HDD in a USB cradle » 2025-01-11 12:33:27
Your USB-connected disk is recognized as /dev/sdb1. So, you can mount it typing this order as root: mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt. After that, you can access to its content through the /mnt/ directory. When finished, type as root umount /mnt, wait a bit for the prompt and unplug.
#4 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Help needed to install Devuan Beowulf on Asus Mini-PC » 2024-12-22 10:05:28
please excuse any silly questions or errors
No problem with that in this forum. Feel confident.
I have a Asus Mini-PC PN41
It seems a very sleek box. Devuan Daedalus will fly on it.
Just to us to be on the right track: do you plan to dual-boot this computer, i.e.: to maintain the original OS along Devuan?
#5 Re: Documentation » How to: Devuan 5 Daedalus an pipewire » 2024-12-15 08:53:29
Am I the only old geezer who runs pure ALSA and nothing else?
You're not 
. I keep using pure ALSA on all my desktop systems. So far, I don't need any layer on it. Sometimes I have to fiddle with configuration files, but everytime successfully.
#6 Re: Off-topic » What are you reading/want to read ? » 2024-11-27 10:26:40
it's funny the different cultural contexts of language, in the U.S. "hurling" is colloquial for vomiting
Language is such a beast! Very funny, greenjeans. Thank you.
#7 Re: Off-topic » What are you reading/want to read ? » 2024-11-26 10:14:29
I just started to read The Epic Origins of Hurling. I'm Spanish and love hurling.
#8 Re: Off-topic » A Libreoffice Writer ODT that Crashes the Devuan Desktop » 2024-11-06 10:01:04
Out of curiosity, I opened the file https://github.com/alexkemp9/Python3doc … /3_new.odt in my oooold Debian 7 (32 bits) box:
LibreOffice: 5.0.0.5
cat /etc/debian_version => 7.11
uname -srm => Linux 3.2.0-6-686-pae i686
It worked: no freezzes, no problems, fast loading times.
#9 Re: Freedom Hacks » Automounting USB Drives (NTFS, exFAT) with dmask=022,fmask=133 » 2024-09-10 08:53:11
After 20 years, at last I know how to fix this annoying behaviour. Thanks a lot!
#10 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] HP usb printer not recognized by HPLip » 2024-03-15 08:40:37
Maybe worth a go:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=140915
#11 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Stupid music player tricks » 2024-03-13 08:27:30
But if you tell me how, i can test lossless music with Audacious.
There are quite a few FLAC files readly available for you to download.
You can try this: http://pedroreina.net/desarrollos/ca/ca0010.flac
#12 Re: Off-topic » The Joke Thread » 2024-02-13 18:36:06
The number you have dialed is imaginary. Please rotate your phone 90° and try again.
Wow, this is a complex joke!
#13 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] can´t install .deb file, system then asking for insertation of cd rom » 2023-12-21 09:42:36
@PedroReina
apt-get "does not understand" the path to the file, it must be run in the directory with the file or it looks for packages from sources.list.
Thanks for the info
#14 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] can´t install .deb file, system then asking for insertation of cd rom » 2023-12-20 10:12:55
$ sudo apt-get install /home/devuan/Schreibtisch/XnViewMP-linux-x64.deb
AFAIK, this won't work. To install a local deb file you need to use dpkg, gdebi or equivalent.
#15 Re: Off-topic » [SOLVED] "A future for the i386 architecture" and other good(???) news » 2023-12-19 12:22:04
I wonder what the stats are on consumer *nix users on i386 processors nowadays. I only see them in niche cases anymore.
Quite. But there are out there very capable only-32bits computers I think wrong to just trash. One example: my Qosmio
#16 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Can't watch videos over ftp with mpv, using KDE but it worked on XFCE? » 2023-12-16 11:52:20
The bigger question might be why you're using FTP to stream from a local server to begin with, when things like NFS and SMB (or even SSHFS) exist...
Understanding that the OP could need/want some different, I would add to the range of posible solutions setting up a DLNA server:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U … nd_clients
#17 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Copy and Paste the traditional way » 2023-12-14 12:22:11
Does anyone have any ideas of what might be going on here?
First things first, I'd check the hardware (I've been there a lot of times). My first step would be checking with xev if the mouse if firing correct events.
#18 Re: DIY » So I guess there's no getting around having to use GTK3 and Wayland? » 2023-11-23 10:15:49
you can't ignore the various features that a display manager provides. For example ...
I would like to add another example, which was a must in my work: the capability to be used in a multiuser environment, like the computer lab in a high school. For this to work as I wished, I had to fiddle a bit the configuration to not show a list of users (for security) and forget last user (for convenience). Last time I did (I'm retired now), kdm checked all the boxes.
#19 Re: Freedom Hacks » Anyone know how to make a usb mouse work? » 2023-11-21 10:05:01
it said permission denied
Was it run as root?
#20 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » are you happy with all the old and new wm's for simple small distros? » 2023-11-15 10:13:15
oh! you find Linux doesn't like children (no distro includes stuff for then)! you can be right...
Not quite true. MAX (official Linux distro for K-12 education from Madrid, Spain), does include a lot of software for children.
https://www.educa2.madrid.org/web/max
Full disclosure: I worked on it (many) years ago.
#21 Re: Off-topic » Building a standard kernel for a specific computer. » 2023-10-26 08:45:52
... because eventually the kernel will have more unneeded modules than needed ones.
In my opinion, unneeded modules don't harm the system, just take up space on disk. I even do think (never did) that they can be deleted without issues if you know what you are doing.
#22 Re: Off-topic » Building a standard kernel for a specific computer. » 2023-10-24 18:07:11
My main doubt with respect to that is the eventual updating/upgrading of the kernel.
Nowadays distibutions kernels boast all the range of modules ready to install, so I don't see why a custom kernel is required anymore. Last time I did I was still young
Anyway, sometimes you need to compile your kernel tailored to your hardware at hand. As aluma said, you have to answer a lot of questions, but only if you configure from scratch. You can shortcut using a config file to start with. When upgrading, use your own config file again to recompile.
It was not much trouble, and it was trendy when I did. ¡YMMV!
#23 Re: Off-topic » Building a standard kernel for a specific computer. » 2023-10-24 09:55:31
Another question is that for this you need to have a modern computer.
On a machine with a Core 2Duo E8400/4Gb, compilation takes 3 hours
My first custom kernel needed all night to compile on a 486 with 16 MB of RAM
#24 Re: Off-topic » Google in trouble again » 2023-10-24 09:52:39
I miss Flash.
Out there are quite a few alternatives to run legacy swf files on modern OS.
#25 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Claws mail start crashing » 2023-10-16 18:55:12
Yes, that has cured the problem indeed.
Glad to know
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