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#3276 DIY » Resource for DIYers » 2016-12-21 16:51:08
- golinux
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Steve Litt is a tinkerer extraordinaire. His Linux experiments and experiences are collected on the troubleshooters.com website. His init discussions are relevant to Devuan's future. More reading there than I'll ever be able to get around to!!
#3277 Re: Devuan Derivatives » List of Devuan derivatives » 2016-12-21 14:33:15
Here's the link to figos. It hasn't been posted in the list because there is not one mention of Devuan on that page and Puppy/Refracta seems a little too far afield.
#3278 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » LXDE user upgrades to Devuan Jessie » 2016-12-20 17:19:51
OK. I missed that subtlety. FWIW, I have both consolekit and upower installed.
#3279 Re: Forum Feedback » Auto-logout » 2016-12-20 17:13:11
I wonder whether we can use the preview button as a sort of save/keep me logged in facility?
Geoff
Trying right now. Started this 3 hours ago and left it sitting. Preview just refreshed properly. Let's try to post!
Well, it worked here. Don't know whether being an admin had anything to do with it. Anyone else want to give it a try?
#3280 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » LXDE user upgrades to Devuan Jessie » 2016-12-20 16:36:40
golinux wrote:Do you have upower installed? Read through this for suggestions.
Yes I have "upower 1:0.9.23-2+devuan1.2" installed. I notice from the reference, which you give, that someone reports that installing upower made the shutdown options appear with logout. I also notice that lxsession depends on "consolekit | upower (<0.99) | systemd". I am not too clear on version numbers, but does that mean that lxsession will not use the version of upower that I have installed?
Geoff
I don't know about the upower version compatibility but do you really want to use an app that had a systemd dependency? Perhaps there is another option that will work with lxde?
#3281 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » LXDE user upgrades to Devuan Jessie » 2016-12-19 15:54:42
Temporary mounting of usb devices such as camera/phone. I assume that used to be handled by gvfs and I have started to look at Thunar, which I think I saw mentioned in this context.
Do you have upower installed? Read through this for suggestions. Note that I have gvfs installed also.
There is no GUI method to shutdown the system as lxde only allows logout/lock and slim does not have any options to shutdown. I have a quick kludge with xmessage and sudo.
Geoff
'man slim' offers suggestions for alternate actions. Note that I have not tried any of them. YMMV.
#3282 Re: Forum Feedback » Auto-logout » 2016-12-19 14:59:35
We have all been bit by that at one time or another. Did you check "keep me logged in" at login? Apart from that, I suggest you write longer posts in a text editor then just c/p to avoid losing work. I don't remember seeing an option to increase timeout but will double check. I hope you will take the trouble to rewrite your response.
#3283 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » LXDE user upgrades to Devuan Jessie » 2016-12-18 15:23:43
I don't use Libre Office often. When I build a desktop from scratch I only install the Writer element. But Devuan includes the whole thing. I should probably nuke it and just install the part that I need. Maybe some rainy day . . .
#3284 Re: Forum Feedback » site organization » 2016-12-18 00:31:29
Yes. DIY = Do It Yourself
#3285 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [Solved] Occasional reboot waking up from suspend » 2016-12-14 22:20:06
Thanks for your thoughts.
I got three: firstly, this is well beyond my expertise;
Mine too. It's an annoyance but nothing seems to be harmed from it except I have to reset all my desktops. 
secondly I tend to prefer using the shift key or ctrl key to wake a sleeping computer; and
I will try with those keys. figosdev also mentioned something about using a different key in a discussion elsewhere.
thirdly, the beep-beep-beep behaviour might suggest BIOS level concerns, which perhaps could be a dead battery. But again, I'm not expert on this (and I use a laptop, with acpid lid action).
This never happened with wheezy or the other OS I have installed on this board over the years so I think unlikely it's the BIOS. Battery? Why would it fail only after days/weeks of no reboots? Then be fine again for a longish time?
#3286 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [Solved] Occasional reboot waking up from suspend » 2016-12-14 22:11:11
When I looked I didn't see anything. But that was a while ago and I never thought to look again. Will do next time it happens. (If I can remember LOL!)
#3287 Hardware & System Configuration » [Solved] Occasional reboot waking up from suspend » 2016-12-14 19:34:32
- golinux
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I really, REALLY don't like to reboot my PC. Thankfully, suspend works well on Devuan Jessie. Very fast going down and coming back up (except for eth0 which takes a few seconds to find).
But every so often it goes into a spontaneous reboot accompanied by rapid system beeps when waking up. I usually use the spacebar to wake up but it seems any key will do the trick. Is there a specific key I should be using? Last failure, I had resumed with a key other than spacebar (not paying close attention) and the next time I used the spacebar, it rebooted. I only have 4 gb ram but only about half of that is ever used so can't imagine that is the problem.
figosdev has also observed this behavior but can't remember whether he's on a PC or lappy.
Thoughts anyone?
golinux
#3288 News & Announcements » We have an IRC channel too » 2016-12-13 17:08:17
- golinux
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Just to let you know that dev1galaxy has another communication venue. You can find us on freenode #d1g-users. Not much going on there yet but for a possibly quick answer, give it a try.
#3289 Re: News & Announcements » Spam begone! » 2016-12-12 13:47:19
It looks like we have indeed foiled the spammers! Not a one got through while I was sleeping!! Now let's get on with building this community and sharing our collective knowledge of Linux and Devuan.
#3290 Re: Off-topic » A little bit about me. » 2016-12-11 21:12:47
Nice to have you here FOSSuser!
#3291 Re: News & Announcements » We're live » 2016-12-11 19:54:14
#3292 News & Announcements » Spam begone! » 2016-12-11 17:09:38
- golinux
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I think the onslaught may be over!! The newly installed mod seems to be preventing bot registrations. Not one has come through in the last 30 minutes! Keeping fingers crossed . . .
golinux
#3293 Re: Forum Feedback » I'm on strike! » 2016-12-11 16:51:44
Yes, Oldmoss . . . you are right about those three. I'm watching them.
Good news is that we just got a mod installed to prevent bot registrations and it seems to be working.
Apologies to everyone for the drama. We can all have a good laugh now . . . 
#3294 Re: Forum Feedback » I'm on strike! » 2016-12-11 15:47:07
Thanks, Oldmoss . . . Unfortunately, picking off spam once it's on the board isn't the solution. We need a spam prevention mod installed to deter spammers at registration. That requires sys admin skills which I am lacking and I've been Linuxing for over 10 years! Appreciate the offer though . . .
Hmmm . . . looks like someone on the team cleared out some of the cruft. Guess I'll go in and take care of the rest of it.
#3295 Re: Forum Feedback » I'm on strike! » 2016-12-11 13:57:19
In less than 12 hours nearly 400 spammers have either newly registered or are waiting to be verified. Hunker down folks. It's a comin' . . .
#3296 Forum Feedback » I'm on strike! » 2016-12-11 02:55:03
- golinux
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I have been manually deleting spam and spam registrations since this board went live . . . hundreds every day. I've reached my limit. If the backend can't get it together to deal with it at the source, let the tsunami come! If anyone wants to help with stemming the tide at the source (not just spam hunting), shoot me an email. I probably won't be here much because it would be too distressing to see where this is headed. No need to report spam because no one will be here to do anything about it. It seemed like a good idea at the time . . .
golinux
#3297 Re: Forum Feedback » [SPLIT] URL post limitations » 2016-12-07 23:45:35
Malinas . . . we're working on that. We've only had about half a dozen spam posts since we went online because we're nuking spam registrations with a fury! The registration process will be upgraded hopefully soon.
#3298 Re: News & Announcements » Spam registrations » 2016-12-06 20:32:06
Nice to see you here Pick2 and thanks for the offer. To date there hasn't been much spam on the board itself. Just registrations that are known spammers and those with spam in their signatures. You will be enlisted when needed!!
#3299 News & Announcements » Spam registrations » 2016-12-06 17:19:11
- golinux
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Hello Users!
The Dev1Galaxy Admin collective salutes you!
Last night we culled hundreds of bot/spam registrations from the DB. In the coming days we plan on introducing some light, albeit effective, anti-spam measures - mainly the introduction of a registration question - which shouldn't affect anyone currently registered and shouldn't be too annoying for those who have yet to register. This new registration procedure will be combined with periodic purges of our database to keep the board in good order.
One or two of you might find your account missing. If you find your account was accidentally deleted during this purge, or any in the future, please contact sapein@darknedgy.net as soon as possible after deletion. You must include the following:
- The Username of the Account.
- The date you noticed it was deleted on.
- The registration date.
- The email you registered with.
- The password of the deleted account.
Some of the details will be used to verify the account that belonged to you, and some of it will be used to regenerate the account. Please note that it is best to contact us within a day or so after it is deleted to allow us to identify the account in our backups so we can restore it more easily and quickly.
For those who accidentally lost their account . . . we hope everyone understands and apologize for the inconvience.
Signed,
The Dev1Galaxy Admin collective
#3300 Re: Forum Feedback » forgiveness regarding proofreading edits » 2016-12-06 15:59:44
I just got bit by this. Yes, there should be a grace period during which users can correct typos etc. Will see if there is an option to allow for that.
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