Posts by GlennW

GlennW · Installation

There is a good chance that during the install the uuid of the swap partition had been renewed/changed.

I know that can cause problems, slow start to the system.

You can check this with blkid and /etc/fstab, that the references are the same, and if not correct them and reboot.

As for changing configs, you may need to change or set a root password, A quick web search may give you a solution.

All the best.

GlennW · Hardware & System Configuration

Thank you for the replies.

The motherboard battery is fine, except time and date all the other config changes remain.

To add more info to the time problem...

it seems when I correct the time in bios the system time increments (or decrements) by the amount of change, not the actual time.

So even though this has been bugging me for quite a long time, since I've been using my iPhone as a modem (2 1/2 years)

I figured... change the time on the desktop, the logout and log in, then run

hwclock --systohc

It seems to stick, so far, since I posted this query.

Head_on_a_Stick, I pulled out ntp as a knee-jerk reaction while I was trying to figure it out.

There is no network untill I connect or reconnect the iPhone, and restart squid (proxy firewall, mostly for add blocking and reduced bandwidth usage when reloading static info from recently viewed webpages)... so at boot the service fails

I might put it back, but I'm not sure I need it, now.

chris2be8, As far as the dust in the fans, I do a regular clean, usually 2 times a year, and have had no other problems of over heating, unless the fans are suddenly stopped. I have a fan in the psw, 2 front fans blowing over the drive stack, 1 fan in the rear, one fan in the top (Fractal case) , the cpu has a noctua dual fan heatsink, and the gpu has a fan that rarely spins (except for very hot days under a heavy load (game, music, web browser and system activities) It's not the fans, although I can see it's ready for that next cleanup.

I get suss at times and I think it maybe poisoned media files... but I don't know for sure.

I try to keep control of open ports, especially for apps I don't use and I turn off services I (feel I) don't require.

The torrents are generally week old motorsports, motogp, F1.

I remember buying a new music cd, in the late 90's and 2k's that poisoned the computer when inserted into the cd tray to play through my PC entertainment system(s) and maybe that type of think is recurring... any thoughts on that?

The battery could be borderline, but surely it would have failed totally by now, I remember changing it once.

The Mobo is about 4 years in my possession, but it was the generation older (X470-F) than the newest release (X570-F) at the time. (which was much cheaper and more than likely to run with GNU/Linux)

I certainly feel that if the fans were failing there would be some kind of residue... like fans not working at all.

Thank you for the replies, but I'm still searching. It's a long journey, but I am enjoying the ride. :-)

GlennW · Hardware & System Configuration

Hi Rolfie, thank you for the reply.

I have had experience with bios batteries in the past, usually the time and date resets to the earliest available.

I haven't physically changed the battery, mostly because of my past experience.

The time issue is a pain but nowhere near the fear induced from overheating. Thankfully, the Mobo is robust enough, and quick to shutdown.

Another point... I don't use any power saving schemes either in bios or desktop.

I have a few batteries here for my snark guitar tuner that are the same type, so I will give it a change tomorrow and report back.

Thank you.

GlennW · Hardware & System Configuration

Hi, I have this recurring problem when I boot up my computer.

The time is usually wrong (+/-10hrs).

I have a ASUS ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming Motherboard.

All the other settings, like drive order, memory and cpu settings remain as I have set them but the time/date changes it seems at whim,

And sometimes the fans turn off and the PC shuts down due to over heating. Sometimes this coincides with torrent downloads, playing downloaded videos, playing Graphics Accelerated games (Openttd, Counterstrike-Source).

I have conky setup to show fan speeds, temps and network useage but only sometimes do I see the read-out and reboot before the computer shuts down automagically.

I run Plasma desktop... and when I correct the time with the "adjust date and time" applet (from the task-bar) It seems to change the motherboard time as well (expeleted deleted!).

I use iPhone tethering for my network conections so I have, and to try and get around the time and date settings being incorrect I have removed ntp-client/server.

I'm not really sure if this is the cause of the motherboard changes, so I ask here for your assistance and guidence.

I am aware of hwclock command... Some examples I keep close...

Set the Hardware Clock to the current System Time.

# hwclock --systohc

Set the System Time from the Hardware Clock.

# hwclock --hctosys

# hwclock --set --date="8:20:05"

but, idealy I wish I didn't have this problem to begin with.

Thank you for any questions and guidence, regards Glenn

ps, I live on a border of daylight-saving time changes (nsw/queensland, Australia). I try to set it to a constant, rather than changing it every 6 months. ;-)

GlennW · Desktop and Multimedia

apt install task-kde-desktop

you might add - kde-plasma-desktop plasma-nm

GlennW · Installation

have you installed "nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver" package?

Then use dkms to build the module

GlennW · Installation

rolfie wrote:

If I remember correctly about my recent experiences with the installer, that when you select a mirror to install from you will be asked several questions what to add to the sources.list. Then you get the full story. If you do an offline installation you end up with the install media and the simple chimaera main.
Very short to dave's question:
main: free software only
contrib: SW with other than the Debian/Devuan licence, typical example Virtual Box
non-free: propriatary stuff - you want to enable this when you need firmware for your hardware to work
rolfie

Perfectly succinct reply. The sources recorded in sources.list are different depending on "ON line" and "Off line" installation media.

GlennW · Other Issues

Hi, for what it's worth, I used to use an old 4 port modem/routrer as a switch.

I found, without the external phone line connected (I can't remember if it was adsl or dsl) it acted as though it was not a modem.

giving me 4 extra eth ports (it was some time ago)

all the best.

GlennW · Hardware & System Configuration

I have done this.
Type in a console terminal... as root

 rc-update

you should get a list of services and their start-up status. like sysinit, default, off, recovery. (sorry it looks messy)

root@GlennsPref:/root  rc-update
           alsa-utils |                                              sysinit
              anacron |      default                                        
         avahi-daemon |                        off                          
            bluetooth |      default                                        
             bootlogd |                                              sysinit
             bootlogs |      default               recovery                 
          bootmisc.sh |                                              sysinit
           brightness |                                              sysinit
              cgroups |                                              sysinit
           checkfs.sh |                                              sysinit
 checkroot-bootclean.sh |                                              sysinit
         checkroot.sh |                                              sysinit
     clamav-freshclam |      default                                        
     console-setup.sh |      default                                        
                 cron |      default                                        
                 dbus |      default                                        
              elogind |      default                                        
                eudev |                                              sysinit
                exim4 |                        off                          
             fail2ban |      default                                        
            fwautorun |                                              sysinit
           fwlogwatch |      default                                        
                  gpm |      default                                        
              hddtemp |      default                                        
          hostname.sh |                                              sysinit
           hwclock.sh |                                              sysinit
    keyboard-setup.sh |                                              sysinit
            killprocs |                            recovery                 
                 kmod |                                              sysinit
              lightdm |      default                                        
           lm-sensors |                                              sysinit
       mount-configfs |                                              sysinit
 mountall-bootclean.sh |                                              sysinit
          mountall.sh |                                              sysinit
     mountdevsubfs.sh |                                              sysinit
       mountkernfs.sh |                                              sysinit
 mountnfs-bootclean.sh |                                              sysinit
          mountnfs.sh |                                              sysinit
       nethack-common |                        off                          
      network-manager |      default                                        
           networking |                                              sysinit
             openntpd |      default                                        
              privoxy |      default                                        
               procps |                                              sysinit
 pulseaudio-enable-autospawn |      default           off                          
             rc.local |      default                                        
            rmnologin |      default                                        
                rsync |      default                                        
              rsyslog |      default                                        
            savecache |                        off                          
       screen-cleanup |                                              sysinit
             sendsigs |                        off                          
               single |                            recovery                 
                 slim |      default                                        
                squid |      default                                        
                  ssh |                        off                          
        stop-bootlogd |      default                                        
 stop-bootlogd-single |                                              sysinit
                 sudo |                        off                          
              sysstat |      default                                        
             umountfs |                        off                          
         umountnfs.sh |                        off                          
           umountroot |                        off                          
              urandom |                                              sysinit
           x11-common |                                              sysinit
                  xdm |      default

Also you can use this to see the status of the services.

service --status-all

root@GlennsPref:/root  service
Usage: service < option > | --status-all | [ service_name [ command | --full-restart ] ]
root@GlennsPref:/root  service --status-all
 [ ? ]  alsa-utils
 [ - ]  anacron
 [ - ]  avahi-daemon
 [ + ]  bluetooth
 [ + ]  bootlogd
 [ - ]  bootlogs
 [ - ]  bootmisc.sh
 [ - ]  brightness
 [ + ]  cgroups
 [ - ]  checkfs.sh
 [ - ]  checkroot-bootclean.sh
 [ - ]  checkroot.sh
 [ + ]  clamav-freshclam
 [ - ]  console-setup.sh
 [ + ]  cron
 [ + ]  dbus
 [ + ]  elogind
 [ + ]  eudev
 [ - ]  exim4
 [ + ]  fail2ban
 [ ? ]  fwautorun
 [ + ]  fwlog.sh
 [ - ]  fwlogwatch
 [ + ]  gpm
 [ - ]  hddtemp
 [ - ]  hostname.sh
 [ ? ]  hwclock.sh
 [ - ]  iwd.initd
 [ - ]  keyboard-setup.sh
 [ - ]  killprocs
 [ ? ]  kmod
 [ + ]  lightdm
 [ - ]  lm-sensors
 [ ? ]  mount-configfs
 [ - ]  mountall-bootclean.sh
 [ - ]  mountall.sh
 [ - ]  mountdevsubfs.sh
 [ - ]  mountkernfs.sh
 [ - ]  mountnfs-bootclean.sh
 [ - ]  mountnfs.sh
 [ - ]  nethack-common
 [ + ]  network-manager
 [ ? ]  networking
 [ - ]  openntpd
 [ + ]  privoxy
 [ - ]  procps
 [ - ]  pulseaudio-enable-autospawn
 [ - ]  rc.local
 [ - ]  rmnologin
 [ - ]  rsync
 [ + ]  rsyslog
 [ - ]  savecache
 [ - ]  screen-cleanup
 [ - ]  sendsigs
 [ - ]  slim
 [ + ]  squid
 [ - ]  ssh
 [ + ]  stop-bootlogd
 [ + ]  stop-bootlogd-single
 [ - ]  sudo
 [ - ]  sysstat
 [ - ]  umountfs
 [ - ]  umountnfs.sh
 [ - ]  umountroot
 [ - ]  urandom
 [ - ]  x11-common
 [ - ]  xdm

If your service is not listed to start you can add or del it from the list and run it, like this (for example)

rc-update add nftables default
rc-service nftables start

for the oposite, change add to del, and change start to stop.

I hope I got the question right, all the best. Glenn

GlennW · Other Issues

Updated Flashpeak-Slimjet Web-Browser to ver 34.0.2.0(amd64.deb) and when ever I tried to start it failed.

Running it from a console there was an error about "symbols".

It seems to be the version of libffmpeg.so being too old.

I haven't found a replacement in my usual haunts but came accross this solution on the slimjet web site forum.

Here are some links to newer versions (I'm using 0.62.1)

Slimjet forum...
https://www.slimjet.com/en/forum/viewto … dts#p11888

the github link...

All the best.

Regards Glenn

GlennW · Other Issues

I have a BT mouse (Logitech M-185) Works flawlessly, might as well be cable... (bluez amd64 5.55-3.1)

The trouble I have is the Headset connection is dropping audio far too much,

and pulse audio won't show or switch to it on connect after the very first time.

I'm trying a few hacks but have no joy yet.

<edit>
this page... https://askubuntu.com/questions/366032/ … omatically
and this page... http://askubuntu.com/questions/366032/p … omatically
but it's still really flakey
the BT icon shows up in the system tray, and connects when paired, but pulse won't change over. I have also blacklisted
manually at each boot with rmmod in rc.local "rmmod -f snd_hda_codec_hdmi" to get rid of the useless hdmi audio connection (seems to be set for laptops) on my desktop system . Thank you</edit>

GlennW · Other Issues

Hi, thank you for your effort. I am currently interested in this subject to get BT headset running "connect and glitch free".

...watching with interest. (although I am running devuan_chimaera)

<edit>
I'm trying this with Pulse-audio... on a desktop with outboard usb-audio and hdmi module removed through rc.local

</edit>

GlennW · Installation

I also use the bpo kernel.

Generally I have to search for upgrades for it, linux-image... and if found grab the kernel headers packages too.

Currently,

glenn@GlennsPref ~ $ uname -a
Linux GlennsPref.net 5.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 5.16.12-1~bpo11+1 (2022-03-08) x86_64 GNU/Linux

GlennW · Installation

deepforest wrote:

A step by step description and a printout of the terminal as the job progresses would be ideal.
I follow this instructions and broke my Devuan((
https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php … 77#p745277
Please post the link.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nvidia-340xx

Hi, What was the out-come of the "broken" nvidia-340xx install?

I have some experience... Maybe I can help. :-)

GlennW · Off-topic

T-Bone Walker, Complete Imperial Recordings 1950-1954, Alimony Blues.

Dreamy bliss to Blues. Warning... contains horns! :-)

GlennW · Installation

yes

GlennW · Off-topic

My condolences to you zephyr, Dogs are the best people!

GlennW · Other Issues

Hi, if you want a newer version of the kernel you might consider upgrading to chimaera

I have kernel ver 5.15.x from backports (bpo).

/etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged/ chimaera main non-free contrib  
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged/ chimaera-proposed-updates contrib non-free main    
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged/ chimaera-updates contrib non-free main  
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged/ chimaera-backports main non-free contrib  
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged/ chimaera-security main non-free contrib

The kernel you have may be stable, but slow turn-over to newer versions.

<edit> since posting this remark I just installed kernel 5.16... bpo chimaera.</edit>

GlennW · Off-topic

biting the clouds By fiona foley

"...nationally renowned visual artist Fiona Foley addresses the inherent silences, errors and injustices from the perspective of her people, the Badtjala of K’gari (Fraser Island). She shines a critical light on the little-known colonial-era practice of paying Indigenous workers in opium..."

GlennW · Desktop and Multimedia

Hi, the apt cache is in /var/cache/apt/

In Synaptic (package manager) there is a switch (tick box) for keeping cached items, settings/preferences/files/temporary-files.

It won't empty the cache automagically.

So if your /var folder is large enough you may leave the cached packages there or copy them for archiving.

I hope this helps you. All the best.

<edit>
If you use aptitude (package manager) in the file: /etc/apt/apt.conf

there is 2 lines you could toggle to false...

Aptitude::Autoclean-After-Update "true";
Aptitude::Clean-After-Install "true";

I have little experience with aptitude. ymmv
</edit>

GlennW · Hardware & System Configuration

What if I just upgrade from a GT 1650 to a GT 1660? Do I have to completely remove and reinstall the drivers when simply upgrading in the same series?

It's been a while since I upgraded my video card, but...

I remember I changed the card (both nVidia) and booted to see if it broke. It didn't.

But I remember changing from a 9800 and it used an earlier driver (V340.x)
the 1060 uses 495.x

I think "you'll be right".

GlennW · Other Issues

This kind of thing happened to me with my last motherboard system, but I found that it was corrosion in the motherboard slots that caused spurious ram errors. All quallity parts but bad location to live without air-cond.

GlennW · Installation

I'm using openrc as well, since ascii. I find it easy to manage.

GlennW · Hardware & System Configuration

Altoid wrote:

Hello:
For whatever reasons (from carelesness to a USB drive with ID issues) I ended up dd'ing an *.iso image on to a 300Gb HDD containing relatively important stuff. I say relatively because I cannot exactly recall what was there.
[Please don't ask about the backup ...]
So I went to see what the testdisk 7.0 utility had to say with respect to the screwed up drive (/dev/sdf):
---
TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org

TestDisk is free software, and
comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.

Select a media (use Arrow keys, then press Enter):
--- snip ---
> Disk /dev/sdf - 300 GB / 279 GiB - HITACHI HUS153030VLS300
---
As expected TestDisk detected an Intel/PC partition which I selected:
Disk /dev/sdf - 300 GB / 279 GiB - HITACHI HUS153030VLS300

Please select the partition table type, press Enter when done.
>[Intel  ] Intel/PC partition
--- snip ---

Disk /dev/sdf - 300 GB / 279 GiB - HITACHI HUS153030VLS300
     CHS 36472 255 63 - sector size=512
I then selected Analyse but it found this:
Disk /dev/sdf - 300 GB / 279 GiB - CHS 36472 255 63
Current partition structure:
     Partition                  Start        End    Size in sectors

No ext2, JFS, Reiser, cramfs or XFS marker
 1 * Linux                    0  32 33 36472 225 41  585934848
 1 * Linux                    0  32 33 36472 225 41  585934848
I then selected [Quick Search] and waited as it found the only partition (primary/300Gb) the drive had:
Disk /dev/sdf - 300 GB / 279 GiB - CHS 36472 255 63
     Partition               Start        End    Size in sectors
>* Linux                    0  32 33 36472 225 41  585934848 [300Gb]   <- black fg on green bg ...   =^D

Structure: Ok.  Use Up/Down Arrow keys to select partition.   <-- Says it is OK ...   =^D
Use Left/Right Arrow keys to CHANGE partition characteristics:
*=Primary bootable  P=Primary  L=Logical  E=Extended  D=Deleted
Keys A: add partition, L: load backup, T: change type, P: list files,
     Enter: to continue
ext4 blocksize=4096 Large_file Sparse_SB Backup_SB, 299 GB / 279 GiB
I did not go for the [Deeper Search] option because I knew it was only one partition on the drive.
So I went ahead and selected [Write] to write the partition structure to the disk, confirming with (Y).
It (apparently) wrote the partition and informed me that I had to reboot:
You will have to reboot for the change to take effect.

>Ok
After rebooting I see that the drive is still an isoimage and that nothing was written to the drive.
Maybe because *.iso images are RO?
So I went to [Advanced] Filesystem Utils to see what it was about.
Disk /dev/sdf - 300 GB / 279 GiB - HITACHI HUS153030VLS300
     CHS 36472 255 63 - sector size=512

 [ Analyse  ] Analyse current partition structure and search for lost partitions
>[ Advanced ] Filesystem Utils
--- snip ---
I got this:
Disk /dev/sdf - 300 GB / 279 GiB - CHS 36472 255 63

     Partition                  Start        End    Size in sectors
> 1 * Linux                    0  32 33 36472 225 41  585934848

 [  Type  ] >[Superblock]  [*ist]  [Image Creation]  [  Quit  ]
                    Locate ext2/ext3/ext4 backup superblock
I first tried the [*ist] option but that went badly:
 [  Type  ]  [Superblock] >[ *ist ]  [Image Creation]  [  Quit  ]
                              List and copy files

Support for this filesystem hasn't been enable during compilation.
So I tried with the [Superblock] option and got this:
Disk /dev/sdf - 300 GB / 279 GiB - CHS 36472 255 63

     Partition                  Start        End    Size in sectors

  Linux                    0  32 33 36472 225 41  585934848 [300Gb]
superblock 819200, blocksize=4096 [300Gb]
superblock 884736, blocksize=4096 [300Gb]
superblock 1605632, blocksize=4096 [300Gb]
superblock 2654208, blocksize=4096 [300Gb]
superblock 4096000, blocksize=4096 [300Gb]
superblock 7962624, blocksize=4096 [300Gb]
superblock 11239424, blocksize=4096 [300Gb]
superblock 20480000, blocksize=4096 [300Gb]
superblock 23887872, blocksize=4096 [300Gb]
superblock 71663616, blocksize=4096 [300Gb]

To repair the filesystem using alternate superblock, run
fsck.ext4 -p -b superblock -B blocksize device
This is where I loose footing, way out of my depth.
Anyone know how to solve this problem?
I assume (?) that the partition and it's contents is recoverable by writing the partiton structure to the drive.
But TestDisk was not able to do that and I have no idea as to what to do to get it done.
Not to mention all that superblock/alternate superblock stuff.
I'd appreciate some input on this.
Thanks in advance,
A.

Hi, I've done this once or twice,

Generally just chose the last superblock before the trouble began.

superblock 884736, blocksize=4096 [300Gb]

I have also used photorec to recover files... but the names are all machine-like.

regards, Glenn

GlennW · Installation

Thank you for the info HoaS and Marjorie,

I didn't know that about (g)ufw and I'll be implementing your suggestions later today.

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