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#3251 Re: Devuan » Which is more helpful for Devuan for me to run, Ascii or Jessie? » 2017-01-26 20:34:30

katzenmuzak wrote:

Which is more helpful for Devuan for me to run, Ascii or Jessie?  There are a lot of rough edges and thus potentially a lot of bug reports to file.  So where do the developers want us to focus attention?

You might want to check what's in jessie-proposed. Those packages may get into RC1 if the feedback is positive and bug-free.  Beware that the xfce4-settings package there was broken - I had to downgrade to stable version.  Don't know if it's been fixed yet.  After RC1 the focus will be more on ascii.

EDIT: This just posted on irc:

<Centurion_Dan> Attention should be on jessie - particularly installation testing and desktop useability issues.

#3252 Re: Forum Feedback » Discussion on possible new spam control » 2017-01-25 23:50:42

FOSSuser wrote:

Have you thought about using captcha - http://captcha.net/

Chanku says it requires JS and wants to avoid that..

#3253 Re: Forum Feedback » Discussion on possible new spam control » 2017-01-25 15:09:26

@Pick2 . . . bots are much more sophisticated now than they were back in '04.  I have not noticed any 'groups of spammers'.  It's a steady flow.  Some domains are more prominent than others but I see no pattern that would ever allow 'account activation' to be disabled.  Even if we could get a script to nuke them based on the SFS db, some would still get through.  It would however, simplify the process of activating legitimate accounts.  The only solution I can see that would be 100% effective is to 'jail' the bots at the door with account activation.

#3254 Re: Forum Feedback » Discussion on possible new spam control » 2017-01-25 03:32:30

ralph.ronnquist wrote:

Maybe https://www.stopforumspam.com could be of some use?

We've been using SFS since we went online.  The spam domains are well-known to us and we can delete them with confidence.  But it is CONSTANT manual labor and some are getting through before we can get to them.  This approach is not sustainable.  We have not yet found a way to automate deleting those registrations against the SFS database.

The question asked here is whether forum members have any thoughts about or objections to requiring activation of new accounts via admin intervention.

#3255 Forum Feedback » Discussion on possible new spam control » 2017-01-25 01:37:52

golinux
Replies: 10

UPDATE:  The mod requiring answers to questions worked for a while but now the bots are finding us again.  sad  The best solution I can think of to deal with the bots is to require account activation.  A new group with no posting privileges would contain all new registrations. An admin could then delete the bot accounts and move 'legitimate' accounts to the members group. This is distasteful because it is a type of censorship.  But it's something I can live with and as the primary 'unverified' bot hunter, would be grateful for.

Chanku and I would appreciate feedback from all of you before we consider implementing this change.  So please share your thoughts why you think this is or is not a good solution.  Perhaps some of you can come up with some better ideas.

golinux

#3256 Re: Documentation » Setting Root Terminal Icon in XFCE4 panel2 and window list » 2017-01-24 15:54:37

I can't remember if the root terminal icons weren't in sync between the menu and the panel when I set up my desktop but they are now. I might have changed it in the panel preferences, certainly never via command in the terminal. I change icons all the time in the panel by clicking on properties > edit > icon (just browse to the one you want to use).  Done.

#3257 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Sleep button doesn't work » 2017-01-18 18:23:14

sgage wrote:

I just posted a quick how-to on the sleep button fix over in the Documentation section. If you get a chance to look at it, please et me know if you think it needs anything...

Very nice!  Thanks for taking the time to write it up.

#3258 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Sleep button doesn't work » 2017-01-18 17:18:35

sgage wrote:

I will write it up soon and post in Documentation. If nothing else, you can have endless fun making the 'special buttons' do whatever you want...

Well, I won't be doing that but there are others who might want to. wink

sgage wrote:

Yes, I'd be interested in learning something about all that systemd junk...

Here are the first few nibbles. Probably more to come as I pinged jaromil, nextime and Centurion_Dan . . .

<KatolaZ> golinux: those should be systemd-related scripts installed by other packages
<muep> it is usually harmless for a package to ship a config file for something that is not installed
<golinux> muep: If a package is not installed, why would related config files be sucked in for a non-existent purpose?
<muep> golinux: because packages include those files for the cases where they are installed alongside the thing that does not happen to be present
<muep> and because devuan is using debian packages as-is where they are suitable
<KatolaZ> golinux: and because we should not make the same mistake that all the distros have done
<KatolaZ> i.e., making it impossible to use anything else
<KatolaZ> if a package has scripts for runit or openrc or systemd, why should we remove them?
<KatolaZ> those script will never be executed if runit, openrc, or systemd is not installed

The conversation continues here on botbot.

#3259 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Sleep button doesn't work » 2017-01-18 16:40:24

sgage wrote:

I was able to whip up a simple acpi event catcher and script to have the sleep button work.

Perhaps you could share your fix in Documentation?

sgage wrote:

I did notice, in my poking around, that there is a lot of systemd stuff  in /etc/systemd/system, /lib/systemd, and /var/lib/systemd. What's that all about? Or did it get sucked in by something I installed maybe?

I also have these components installed and found it 'disturbing'.  That question has been asked before  - maybe by me -  but I can't remember the answer. LOL! I'll throw it up on #devuan and see who bites . . .

#3260 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Sleep button doesn't work » 2017-01-18 03:07:13

Do you have upower installed?  That used to be the solution but may not be going forward.  There is history in the botbot logs.

#3262 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [solved] XFCE icon labels » 2017-01-18 02:39:53

ralph.ronnquist wrote:

Is there an easy way for me to have the (beta2) XFCE desktop icon labels text in black?
Just a vanilla installation with everything default.

You'll need to create a .gtkrc-2.0 file in your user directory.  Here's an example.  Pick and choose the parts you want:

style "xfdesktop-icon-view" { 

    XfdesktopIconVIew::cell-spacing = 6 
    XfdesktopIconView::cell-padding = 6 
    XfdesktopIconView::cell-text-width-proportion = 2.5

    XfdesktopIconView::label-alpha = 0
	XfdesktopIconView::selected-label-alpha = 0

    base[NORMAL] = "#626D31" 
    base[SELECTED] = "#A0A985" 
    base[ACTIVE] = "#A0A985" 

    fg[NORMAL] = "#ffffff" 
    fg[SELECTED] = "#DDDFD3" 
    fg[ACTIVE] = "#DDDFD3" 
} 

widget_class "*XfdesktopIconView*" style "xfdesktop-icon-view"

There is some additional Xfce Desktop related info in this post.

ralph.ronnquist wrote:

(and I think whoever made the "white" kernel colour be gray should have a separate talking-to)

I have no idea what your talking about . . . I didn't know a kernel had a color!!  LOL!

#3263 Re: Forum Feedback » Congratulations on a good move! » 2017-01-15 15:37:17

FOSSuser wrote:

. . . they said there was to be no other init system, but they saw people leaving, & so capitulated, to 'allow' other init systems . . .

I predict that other init systems won't be 'allowed' for much longer . . .

#3264 Re: Forum Feedback » Congratulations on a good move! » 2017-01-14 21:59:27

Thank you fanderal and welcome! It's a little quiet here.  Maybe because happy Devuan users ether don't have problems or know how to fix them on their own. Those of us who have gathered here prefer a simple and understandable format.  In your words . . . no need to "reinvent the forum wheel".   Exactly!!

#3265 Documentation » Taming Xfce 4.10 Desktop tooltips » 2017-01-14 16:45:48

golinux
Replies: 0

Here are some tips about how to deal with the humongous tooltips that popup on the xfce 4.10 desktop icons. They are incredibly annoying and distracting. There used to be an option in Settings > Desktop > Icons to toggle "Show icon tooltips" on/off but it has disappeared from xfce 4.10. I was told that option is returning in xfce 4.12.

If you want to disable ALL tooltips add this line to ~/.gtkrc-2.0. Note: Users have noted some problems with this method:

gtk-enable-tooltips = 0

If you want to keep tooltips functional, here's how to at least reduce the footprint of the desktop icon tooltips by eliminating the image in the tooltip. This also goes in ~/.gtkrc-2.0. No side effect here but YMMV:

style "xfdesktop-icon-view" {
    XfdesktopIconView::tooltip-size = 0
}
widget_class "*XfdesktopIconView*" style "xfdesktop-icon-view"

Note that if you are using the Clearlooks-Phenix-Purpy theme, this fix to match the purpy wallpaper is already included there:

style "xfdesktop-icon-view" {
XfdesktopIconView::label-alpha = 0
XfdesktopIconView::selected-label-alpha = 0
XfdesktopIconView::tooltip-size = 0
base[NORMAL] = "#000000"
base[SELECTED] = "#94928d"
base[ACTIVE] = "#b5b3ac"
fg[NORMAL] = "#ffffff"
fg[SELECTED] = "#ffffff"
fg[ACTIVE] = "#ffffff" }

# xfce4 stuff
widget_class "*XfdesktopIconView*" style "xfdesktop-icon-view"

This is a revised 'reprint' of this post to the dng list:
https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/2 … 84.en.html

#3266 News & Announcements » Signatures have been disabled » 2017-01-12 03:20:09

golinux
Replies: 1

Spammers have started to find us again.  sad  To make this forum less desirable, signatures have been disabled.

#3267 Re: Other Issues » Missing Virtual Packages » 2017-01-04 02:44:49

If there was a question there, I missed it!

Editing to provide this context from #devuan  yesterday:

<Fervi> we need to create virtual package "dbus-session-bus" i think
<Centurion_Dan> Fervi: no we don't.   Use dbus-x11
<Fervi> but xfconf require dbus-session-bus, that require dbus-x11. We should add dbus-session-bus or change dependency in xfconf to directly use dbus-x11
<Centurion_Dan> Fervi: ok.  I'll fix the dbus package in the next couple of days.

#3268 Re: Forum Feedback » Glad to see this forum. » 2017-01-02 01:22:56

Welcome, norb!  And thanks for the report on your successful Devuan upgrade and the kind words.  See you 'round!

#3270 Re: Forum Feedback » SEO / URLs » 2016-12-28 04:07:08

@bobemoe:   Well, you're just trying to improve the forum.  No apologies needed for that.  smile  I'll let Chanku sort it out - backend so isn't my thing . . .  smile

#3271 Re: Forum Feedback » SEO / URLs » 2016-12-27 03:50:18

http://forums.debian.net does not have keywords added to the URLs and it does just fine.  wink  In fact, I've never seen that done on a forum.  But blogs do often add titles to the URL . . .

#3272 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] 64bit only - Update Notifier Icon missing. » 2016-12-26 22:51:09

MiyoLinux wrote:
golinux wrote:

Does Clearlooks-Phenix-Purpy play nicely (or at all) with MiyoLinux ?

golinux,

After further consideration, I thought you might appreciate a visual to see your Purpy theme on MiyoLinux. smile

For the screenshot, I Purpy-ized MiyoLinux to show how it works in widgets, window borders, and the menu; however, instead of using the Mate icons that were included with the update, I used Fabo-Mono...I thought their purple shade might blend in well with your Purpy theme. Just click the image to enlarge it. wink

https://13707080-557519846114226283.preview.editmysite.com/uploads/1/3/7/0/13707080/editor/screenshot-12262016-05-16-27-pm_1.png?1482790756

Thank you for this!  Yes, it is nice and purpy now. Good to hear that the Mate icons were default. Where can I dl the "Fabo-Mono" icon set?  Not one hit on google for it.  I would like to recolor them to a more compatible hue (currently too pink and those bright blue ones would have to go). That would give users another option.  Was the DMZ (white) mouse icon theme also default?  Cheers for all your excellent contributions!

#3273 Re: Installation » How to downgrade from unstable to testing ... » 2016-12-26 17:35:37

It won't be empty once you add the pinning information.  Why on earth would you be running ceres when you have to ask basic questions like in this thread?  Maybe you should stick to stable . . .  smile

(Note that I have never had to pin a package so can't confirm if the above info is correct.)

#3274 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] 64bit only - Update Notifier Icon missing. » 2016-12-24 17:00:18

MiyoLinux wrote:

Just noticed that with the most recent update, the Devuan "Purpy" theme and Mate icons are included.

Oh, thanks for posting that. Centurion_Dan was working on the packaging for desktop-base but I haven't see a default install yet.  Does Clearlooks-Phenix-Purpy play nicely (or at all) with MiyoLinux ?  And . . . I don't know if MiyoLinux uses slim but if yes, that should now be purpy too.

#3275 Devuan Derivatives » [figos] Here's a figos thread » 2016-12-23 20:11:16

golinux
Replies: 0

Information about figos can be found here and here.   Download is here.

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