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#251 Re: Off-topic » Old Dell optiplex 780 sff died » 2019-03-09 18:23:21
i will most likely get a cheap usb3 to sata 3.5 inch enclosure for the old hdd
Good idea, IMHO. Please also consider something like that:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L3W4G1I
I have two of them in my box and they are very useful to make backups on standard spinning drives.
This hdd is a 500 mb spin disk
You mean 500 GB, right? 
will probably die sooner rather than later
This is for sure. I learned the hard way how important is doing regular backups.
i will just get all the personal info off and turn it into a spare drive
Wise move, IMHO. Now, I have four backups and rotate them weekly.
ssd and newer motherboards and cpu on the horizon when i can afford it.
Money is a big constraint, of course. One of the zillion things I like with free software is that we can do a better use of the resources, money and hardware.
Good luck
#252 Re: Off-topic » Old Dell optiplex 780 sff died » 2019-03-09 11:49:15
I have my personal hard drive from the dell im hoping i can just plug in and reconfigure.
I'm sure that you can do just that and it will work.
But ten years is a long time for a hard drive. Even if the SMART info is right, I will change the hard drive for a new one, most likely an SSD one, as they are nowadays very affordable and the benefits in speed will be very notable.
#253 Re: Installation » Beowulf: Link sbin » 2019-02-19 12:50:11
I tried copying .Xauthority and that didn't work for me in beowulf. Are you using that in beowulf now?
No, in Beowulf no.
#254 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » how to completely disable laptop lid detection? [SOLVED] » 2019-02-18 20:12:06
I figured out how to disable the lid switch at kernel level.
Astounding! Well done!
#255 Re: Installation » Beowulf: Link sbin » 2019-02-18 20:07:52
But then you won't be able to start graphical apps as root from that terminal. For that, you're supposed to use pkexec.
I use an old trick for that:
cp /home/user/.Xauthority /root/#256 Re: Installation » Beowulf: Link sbin » 2019-02-18 16:23:10
Has to be something to do with systemd.
I dont think so. Just remember the history of the split:
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busy … 74114.html
#257 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » ethernet and login manager concerns » 2019-02-17 09:46:27
It seems to me that the low level staff of eth0 is right in your two systems. The relevant line of dmesg being:
r8169 0000:04:00.1 eth0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/txSo, I think that the difference could be the logical configurations. Do you have installed a network manager (network-manager, wicd,...)? In any case, please post your /etc/network/interfaces
#258 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Refacta 9.0 Released » 2019-02-10 12:53:23
was just talking about local tech stores that sell office products etc.
Sure, agreed.
#259 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » ethernet and login manager concerns » 2019-02-10 00:19:26
if you need more info
Usually we need to know the gore details. Let's start for posting the result of running the order dmesg.
#260 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Refacta 9.0 Released » 2019-02-09 20:10:32
i miss the old days of 1 and 2gb usb sticks, i think i even had a 512mb at one stage.
I drop by aliexpress.com once in a while and usually find some sticks of small capacity, although they are priced very similar to the bigger ones.
#261 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] wlan0 interface not recognized by `ifconfig' nor `ip link' » 2019-02-08 21:44:09
doesn't recognize wlan0.
Could you please post the result of the command dmesg?
#262 Re: Installation » NTFS Partitions not recognised » 2019-02-04 22:34:01
You could try this: https://superuser.com/questions/111151/ … -partition
#263 Re: Installation » NTFS Partitions not recognised » 2019-02-04 22:27:25
It would seem the problem is with non-recognition of the partitions' existence
Agreed. But it is strange that cfdisk can see them.
I'm wondering if partitions created in Windows have a different indexing or header or something, which is why Linux does not recognise them.
Very unlikely, IMHO. I've deal hundreds of times with setups like yours and your issue is new to me.
I'm scratching my head right now. But I'm confident that a solution eventually came up from this forum.
#264 Re: Devuan » Devuan Beowulf up and running and quite sweet » 2019-02-04 20:00:18
Hi all
Welcome! Gentoo is a great distro IMHO. I tried it a few times (from stage1), and (sorry) it is not for me (but I use SystemRescueCD, based on Gentoo, very often). You can tweak Devuan very deeply if you see fit. I think that you will feel at home with Devuan.
#265 Re: Installation » NTFS Partitions not recognised » 2019-02-04 19:46:57
trying to mount the Windows partitions under Devuan failed.
Could we see the exact command you tried and the error you got? I mean, from the command line.
#266 Re: Installation » Installing devuan without pulseaudio. » 2019-02-03 08:47:43
Never have taken the time to figure out how to do it correctly.
That is the right way
#267 Re: Installation » Installing devuan without pulseaudio. » 2019-01-31 17:13:58
May be there are other posibilities better than mine, but I share what I do: using netinstall.iso I choose minimal system and then install only the packages I know that I need, almost one by one at first (consuming task, but I'm used to do it and now I've some bash scripts). This way, you can see if pulseaudio try to get installed and when.
Two pieces of advice: do not install recommended packages and use apulse instead of pulseaudio when needed (I use it for Firefox).
#268 Re: Installation » Pale Moon » 2019-01-30 19:53:35
AFAIK, Steve Pusser provides Pale Moon for Debian users from his repos
Running it in my Devuan ASCII boxes without problems so far, tried both 32 and 64 bits.
I downloaded the debs form opensuse.org and installed them.
#269 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] boot up without x automatically starting » 2019-01-27 18:29:35
I don't understand exactly what you want.
I had an use case very similar. I wanted to study from the ground up the GNU/Linux system. I started from the command line. Some months later, I decided to install X Window System, but I did not want to start it automaticaly, so I used startx when I saw fit.
Maybe someone has a box with very humble hardware and he/she can use it for a lot of things just without X, but wants to have it around, just in case.
I'm sure that there are a lot more of cases.
#270 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] boot up without x automatically starting » 2019-01-26 18:27:47
The first thing I'd do is check carefully the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log looking for errors.
Further reading: https://www.x.org/wiki/FAQErrorMessages/
#271 Re: Devuan » Great OS, minor critiques » 2019-01-26 10:36:59
galculator is another nice calculator.
Agreed, I like it too. Please also consider speedcrunch; its GUI will be familiar to modern pocket calculator users.
#272 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » right click on mac » 2019-01-26 10:33:11
but cannot remember offhand its uses and advantages
I've used it a few times as a debugging tool exactly for that mouse issues. I fire xev, play with the mouse buttons and I can see what events are been actually fired.
Fun story: a relative of mine, time ago, said to me: "please update that program, it doesnt work anymore". xev said the mouse was malfunctioning; I changed the mouse and the program "worked" again
#273 Re: Other Issues » Devuan as VirtualBox host system » 2019-01-25 12:59:29
followed by # apt -f install
Thanks for the tip
#274 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » right click on mac » 2019-01-25 12:58:13
you said two-finger click 'does nothing', but double-check that a few times
Hi, Rick. Could we suggest the use of the old and good xev utility to help isolate the problem?
#275 Re: Other Issues » Devuan mailing list problem » 2019-01-24 21:09:37
When I see .aspx, I run the other way
Me too, and as fast as I can.
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