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#326 Re: Devuan » Learned something new about devuan, after foolishness » 2023-08-22 03:43:35
I feel for ya. I've tried on many distros and found the same to be true.
#327 Re: News & Announcements » Daedalus is stable » 2023-08-15 20:54:43
Thank you for the email this morning... (Australia)
I'm excited.
#328 Re: Freedom Hacks » [SOLVED] HOWTO make pysolfc work in Daedalus » 2023-08-15 20:40:40
I don't use it (yet) but thanks for the hack.
regards, Glenn
#329 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Deleted top window bar » 2023-08-14 22:47:56
also, Alt+F3 may bring up the menu to set the bar, etc.
#330 Re: Installation » How/what is at step "Detect and mount installation media" » 2023-08-03 23:27:03
Hi, Thank you for your post.
at step "Detect and mount installation media" ...
this is a filesystem check of the installation media (cdrom, usb, ...) and could take a while, but from my experience only about 20 to 40 seconds.
I hope this helps.
#331 Re: Installation » Strange netinstall.iso behaviour » 2023-07-30 20:52:08
The installer has been picking up swap files from any attached drive. since I remember, but also other distros I have used.
When I had windows I put the swap on a separate HDD and really noticed (benchmark-able) a speed increase.
That's all I got for now. Devuan is good.
(the second swap on my system is from a ubuntu-studio install that I'm playing with)
Thank you
#332 Re: Installation » Strange netinstall.iso behaviour » 2023-07-29 22:48:15
It takes a few minutes to go through that part of the install session, and fstab (my files) will be ready ready for access.
I remember with one of the installers I used (ascii ?) you could cut and paste the directories.
It comes out Like this,
/etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# systemd generates mount units based on this file, see systemd.mount(5).
# Please run 'systemctl daemon-reload' after making changes here.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sdc2 during installation
UUID=2f62f5a2-14f6-405d-8849-9fa7e3210d08 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sdc7 during installation
UUID=0bd195fc-4031-4b5c-a4c9-c807a749c60e /home ext4 defaults 0 2
# /tmp was on /dev/sdc5 during installation
UUID=f6c50808-b2c7-4ece-8d5a-52e1fc520771 /tmp ext4 defaults 0 2
# /usr/src was on /dev/sdc6 during installation
UUID=56eb9205-18e7-43b7-89dd-60f55a8c60cc /usr/src ext4 defaults 0 2
# /var was on /dev/sdc3 during installation
UUID=ab8dfd96-4930-42d8-b07a-3212ab1bc60d /var ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sdc4 during installation
UUID=f0eccce4-0bf9-4238-a477-c13d46a0814d none swap sw 0 0
# swap was on /dev/sdd3 during installation
UUID=e1d942bf-0f66-4294-980f-293c3815ef31 none swap sw 0 0
# /home/glenn/local/archive was on /dev/sdb6 during installation
UUID=e5747e43-525b-4311-b53b-f66fc7b81809 /home/glenn/local/archive ext4 defaults 0 2
# /home/glenn/local/data was on /dev/sdb2 during installation
UUID=4a130c74-c9a0-4369-af07-3f6954939073 /home/glenn/local/data ext4 defaults 0 2
# /home/glenn/local/free was on /dev/sdb5 during installation
UUID=7c682119-06c5-4f9d-bdc2-a7c6bbddb2f7 /home/glenn/local/free ext4 defaults 0 2
# /home/glenn/local/media/circus was on /dev/sdb7 during installation
UUID=913582e9-3f2d-40f6-8494-7136a81db07d /home/glenn/local/media/circus ext4 defaults 0 2
# /home/glenn/local/media/movies was on /dev/sdb9 during installation
UUID=d02d15fb-b266-4fe1-bc49-d341b1984610 /home/glenn/local/media/movies ext4 defaults 0 2
# /home/glenn/local/media/music was on /dev/sdb8 during installation
UUID=bf2c2b46-6cb1-4677-b613-b6763be457ea /home/glenn/local/media/music ext4 defaults 0 2
# /home/glenn/local/other was on /dev/sdb1 during installation
UUID=fcf78297-e13b-4b96-9acf-8f6a5465a3eb /home/glenn/local/other ext4 defaults 0 2
# /home/glenn/local/spare was on /dev/sdb3 during installation
UUID=d2a98357-069d-420c-9722-904268da1538 /home/glenn/local/spare ext4 defaults 0 2
# mount install.iso as a directory
# /mnt/storage/debian-8.2.0-i386-CD-1.iso /mnt/debian-cd/ udf,iso9660 loop 0 0
/home/glenn/My_system/system-isos/devuan/devuan_daedalus_5.0.preview-20230601_amd64_desktop.iso /home/glenn/local/archive/debs/iso/devuan_daedalus_5.0.preview-20230601_amd64_desktop udf,iso9660 loop 0 0
/home/glenn/My_system/system-isos/devuan/devuan_daedalus_5.0.preview-20230601_i386_desktop.iso /home/glenn/local/archive/debs/iso/devuan_daedalus_5.0.preview-20230601_i386_desktop udf,iso9660 loop 0 0
# DVD burner.
/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,auto 0 0a pet hate on a (brand) new SSD drive the installer auto matically selects "dos mbr" .
So I did the partitioning before the installation with a live devuan session.
I prefer GPT and using UUIDs. My drives change order all the time, UUIDs help.
Next... every time you format a partition it get a new UUID. So you should get one for that "swap" that was reformatted.
It adds a quite a bit of time to the install (and sometimes wont start) if I don't format / and /var.
This is a single user PC.
I used to have more separate system partitions, /usr /boot /usr/src /var /home
all the best.
#333 Re: Installation » How to get a deployable full install media set » 2023-07-23 03:20:23
I use synaptic package manager to save the packages (there's a "file" setting)
and then when restoring a backup, I have a list of packages to go along with the config files.
( keep the packages too, in case I can't connect to the networks.)
This speeds up my recovery time.
I clean the cache after a clean install, or at the beginning of an install I want to monitor.
There is also a list of packages you can generate with dpkg
dpkg --listsee how you go.
#334 Re: Installation » Install with Runit as the init » 2023-07-12 22:58:37
Hi, you'll have to install runit after you setup all the sources for upgrades etc. /etc/apt/sources.list
#335 Re: Installation » Synaptic suddenly won't start on Chimeara » 2023-07-05 22:01:15
At first I thought it may be caused by the gtk package(s) but it maybe a permission test.
#336 Re: Devuan » Devuan 5 Daedalus Release (Debian 12 - Bookworm) | Looking for info » 2023-07-04 19:15:50
Thank you
#337 Re: Installation » Synaptic suddenly won't start on Chimeara » 2023-07-04 19:06:38
Hi, I was getting the same error for a few days on Daedalus.
I think it lasted a week, but eventually began to work again.
I have no solution.
#338 Re: Off-topic » Doas and Sudo - Bash-Completions » 2023-06-30 03:24:31
Great!
I'd call that a "Freedom Hack", because you have restored your freedom to use doas.
Thank you for sharing.
#339 Re: Other Issues » gets stuck on shutdown or restart, have to manually force shutdown » 2023-06-27 19:07:11
Hi, my system is no longer using the login/out screens as well.
I find shutdown by staying logged-in, and away from those screens...
open a terminal/console and type with sudo or as root...
shutdown -h now # -h=halt (-r = reboot)
If I do it this way I only have to do it once. (I don't have sudo)
#340 Re: Other Issues » Update manager? » 2023-06-24 04:10:09
I thought discover does that, I use plasma5 (kde)
There is a hardware assistant with a similar name...
#341 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » So what's the right way to install Steam and GOG in 2023? » 2023-06-24 03:54:36
Hi, I have steam running ok.
I think it still needs 32bit libraries.
Enable multiarch:
dpkg --add-architecture i386
apt-get updatethen install steam with...
apt install steamthat'll get you started.
#342 Re: Installation » Updating from ASCII » 2023-06-22 05:42:04
you could edit your /etc/apt/sources.list
but it's a long way, reboots and dependency hell could arrise.
get a new source here and write it to a flash drive with dd
https://files.devuan.org/devuan_chimaer … esktop.iso
there are updates available for it after you've booted a couple of times.
It'll be much cleaner system as well, because many of the structural programs and libraries have evolved.
My 2c
#343 Re: Installation » post install: cdrom error - .iso image as a primary apt source » 2023-06-22 05:32:28
PS.What does non-free-firmware add? Anything described in these proposals?
There used to be a repo for non free firmware, now it's within the 'framework', not separate.
#344 Re: Devuan Derivatives » refracta Daedalus 32 bit: installations problem :-( » 2023-06-22 05:24:08
Hi, look up 'dual boot', if you have created enough free space on the windows drive,
the installer program will allow you to set up and install Daedalus.
I haven't dual booted in quite some time... drop in anyone with a newer truth.
The installer should leave you able to select which OS to start, your choice... with a time out so it will eventually boot the default.
If you are concerned about your setting on the stick, you may be able to duplicate it later.
#345 Re: Installation » post install: cdrom error - .iso image as a primary apt source » 2023-06-21 22:22:03
This is working for me as well. Saves a little bandwidth and time, And is an offline resource. Thank you to all the contributors. :-)
Just one thing, I get errors from apt-key... Which I have not seen before this week... says it's (apt-key) depreciated and superseded by another device/app.
Anyhow, it seems to work.
Hope the below looks much less a mess:
deb [trusted=yes] file:/mnt/dvn-dvd-only/ chimaera contrib main non-free deb [trusted=yes] file:/mnt/dvn-pool1-only/ chimaera main deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged/ chimaera main contrib non-free deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged/ chimaera main contrib non-free deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged/ chimaera-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged/ chimaera-updates main contrib non-free deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged/ chimaera-security main contrib non-free deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged/ chimaera-security main contrib non-freeNo apt pinning was required from my POV as this order automagically prefers file: type sources even though all of the sources above are considered as 500 priority (apt-cache policy to verify). Of course I mounted as CD-ROMs both iso files to make this setting work permanently so I dropped them in my users-disk-space, made two additional directories (under /mnt) and added to /etc/fstab:
/home/myusername/apt/devuan_chimaera_4.0.0_amd64_desktop.iso /mnt/dvn-dvd-only udf,iso9660 loop 0 0 /home/myusername/apt/devuan_chimaera_4.1_0_amd64_pool1.iso /mnt/dvn-pool1-only udf,iso9660 loop 0 0and installed devuan-keyring.
#346 Re: Devuan » Devuan 5 Daedalus Release (Debian 12 - Bookworm) | Looking for info » 2023-06-15 03:02:21
Got my workstation and a laptop running Daedalus for several months now productive at home. No major issues, just smaller topics.
I'm the same, both Laptop and Desktop running Daedalus. :-) thankyou
#347 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » libssl1.0-dev ? » 2023-06-02 21:25:28
Hi, I wonder if you can just unpack the .deb, same as a compressed archive.
there is 2 folders, data and control.
I often unpack them using the GUI and a file manager like Dolphin (kde5)
Currently I have libssl.1 libssl3 and libssl and openssl(3) At this point I do not have the -dev packag installed, so your mileage may vary.
I hope this helps, but I'm not sure about all you need for encryption...
#348 Re: Devuan » /bin vs /usr/bin » 2023-06-01 19:34:40
the /opt dir still has it's uses.
Backwards compat. is still happening. I remember being asked at install, do i want to merge the dir, /bin & /usr/bin...
I just say yes, what would I know... still works.
#349 Re: Other Issues » wget download articles linked to from a page » 2023-05-30 19:34:55
Hi, I used to download electronics pages with httrack, a webpage/site downloader. The package is in the devuan repos for Daedalus.
With the page on your computer you may move the docs you want and then clean up the left-overs to the rubbish bin.
I hope this helps you.
#350 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Can't figure out how to play DVDs » 2023-05-22 02:18:07
SMPlayer is a front-end for MPlayer and mpv, so look for those plugins if required.
make sure you have permission to use the device by being in the same group ... 'games' group, for xample.
I only use cd s in my laptop.
I hope that helps
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