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#651 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Beowulf crashes often » 2020-09-13 23:09:42

GlennW

zapper...
Does your laptop function without nvidia, if so, I recommend it. proprietary blobs have unknown consequences. Security/privacy and who knows what else.

This post is about my desktop system, I play OTTD and CounterStrike Source. The Graphics driver helps with CS:S, but it's so old the other drivers work fine, I find it easier to manage kernel and nVidia updates manually.

The desktop system is my entertainment system, constant music (streaming 4zzz radio, and my enormous cd collection), videos, games and web-browsing.

My laptop runs the same OS, but I don't bother with the graphics modules as I only use it in emergencies and occasional couch surfing.
It has an intel onboard and a nVidia card, I think it's able to switch on loading... but that maybe a m$Win thing, it had win7 and 10 on it at first.

Wireless was the main reason I went to backports, to tether off my iPhone :-) (Thanks to this site I got a "reliable" connection happening)

Anyhow, I haven't seen any security probs with the nVidia .run installs, it seems simpler to me (than dkms)... But I keep my eyes open and never stop learning about our operating systems and desktops.

Thanks for everything, Your mileage, of course may vary.

Best regards, Glenn

#652 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Beowulf crashes often » 2020-09-11 22:05:17

GlennW

I'm using backports kernel, and the newest nVidia drivers in the .run package from nVidia's website.

glenn@GamesBox ~ $ inxi -F
System:    Host: GamesBox Kernel: 5.7.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.14.5 
           Distro: Devuan GNU/Linux 3 (beowulf) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX X470-F GAMING v: Rev X.0x serial: <root required> 
           UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: 5406 date: 11/13/2019 
CPU:       Topology: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
           Speed: 1913 MHz min/max: 2200/3700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1990 2: 1979 3: 2001 4: 2055 5: 1895 6: 1937 7: 2193 
           8: 2078 9: 1964 10: 1912 11: 2032 12: 1912 13: 2190 14: 2139 15: 2045 16: 2188 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] driver: nvidia v: 450.57 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: nvidia resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 450.57 
Audio:     Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Device-2: Roland EDIROL UA-25EX type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.7.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 driver: iwlwifi

I get occasional lockups in my web-browser Palemoon when using facebook.
I suspect facebook is sucking the life out of me and my computer, but I digress.

#653 Re: Freedom Hacks » package usbmuxd - used for IPhone Tethering » 2020-09-07 13:29:16

GlennW

The iPhone tethering HOWTO works for me, with my iPhone 5c and KDE/Plasma.

For the first time in 3 or 4 years I can download my pics and vids with Gwenview without having to email them to myself.

Thank you so much.

#654 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Post Your Sources List » 2020-09-07 13:24:03

GlennW

My Beowulf sources list...

/etc/apt/sources.list

# Beowulf

deb http://au.deb.devuan.org/merged/ beowulf main non-free contrib   
deb http://au.deb.devuan.org/merged/ beowulf-security main non-free contrib   
deb http://au.deb.devuan.org/merged/ beowulf-updates main non-free contrib   
deb http://au.deb.devuan.org/merged/ beowulf-backports main non-free contrib   
deb http://au.deb.devuan.org/merged/ beowulf-proposed-updates main non-free contrib   
deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/stevenpusser/Debian_10 /

seems to be working ok. Thank you very much.

#655 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Please add the 32-bit version of the vulkan library to the distributio » 2020-08-04 23:58:16

GlennW

I have a 32 bit version of vulkan installed.
libvulkan1:i386 Vulkan loader library

I only run Counterstrike... , But it is there and I have no probs.

dpkg --add-architecture i386
apt-get update

hth

p.s. I use nvidia graphics driver. I have no trace of intel... amd/ati/radeon

#656 Re: Documentation » HOWTO: Beowulf Iphone/Ipad Tethering and File Transfer via USB » 2020-08-04 04:43:44

GlennW

Thank you kind sir, this saves me wifi dropouts (due to chan sharing), and emailing my pics to myself to get them on my PC.

I have an iPhone 5c. I found ifuse was installed too.

Regards Glenn

#657 Re: Forum Feedback » New Forum Category Suggestion - Devuan systemd dependency workarounds » 2020-08-03 08:43:33

GlennW

Well, I like it. :-)
The description is accurate too.

#658 Re: Forum Feedback » New Forum Category Suggestion - Devuan systemd dependency workarounds » 2020-08-02 23:00:22

GlennW

Devuan Freedom Hacks

With respect (I wouldn't be here if it weren't for you peeps), has ownership, free as in free beer and hacking, an inspirational heading drawing forum users to look inside.

regards Glenn

#659 Re: Forum Feedback » New Forum Category Suggestion - Devuan systemd dependency workarounds » 2020-07-31 10:53:16

GlennW

Great idea, Love the iPhone stuff, so difficult to get any good info on access to these devices.

My first thought was calling it "FOSS", ...that could easily include all the pulse hints and guides as well.

#660 Re: Forum Feedback » Why Fie? » 2020-07-10 23:51:43

GlennW

When partitioning (which I find rather time consuming when the partitions are already set... ) I get an opportunity to set the mount points.

Most of my personal stuff is on other harddrives, so I don't have to risk overwriting my "stuff" by mistakenly formatting the wrong partitions.

So, I have most /home/glenn/"folders" linked from drives mounted in /home/glenn/local/... including .steam.

This actually keeps all of the files I use across 3 installs handy for immediate use after install. I am not paranoid, but I see how this may look.

I may use something like this to speed things up, if I can't do it at install time

This is the place where I use copy and paste during install, but it's just "/home/glenn/local/"...

But I miss it when I can't use it, especially when re-installing over and over in the same few hours because I haven't configured my hd for grub...

cat /home/glenn/bin/partition-mount-points >> /etc/fstab (which came first, the chicken or the egg?)

# added partition mount points to /etc/fstab
# /home/glenn/local/archive was on /dev/sde2 during installation
UUID=6e63d11b-5c17-464b-a24f-37eccf62b8a0 /home/glenn/local/archive ext3    defaults        0       2
# /home/glenn/local/data was on /dev/sdb3 during installation
UUID=b48cda1b-036c-40d9-95ff-11d293575eca /home/glenn/local/data ext3    defaults        0       2
# /home/glenn/local/free was on /dev/sdb6 during installation
UUID=50e5ae79-34ee-4b8d-882c-ec8d035c29d4 /home/glenn/local/free ext4    defaults        0       2
# /home/glenn/local/stuff was on /dev/sde5, changed hdd stuff2media,, 20200404
UUID=3526dd53-54a4-41c4-aa53-d045a31756fb /home/glenn/local/stuff ext3    defaults        0       2
# /home/glenn/local/other was on /dev/sdb2 during installation
UUID=53eacede-f187-4c51-b88f-19acf032c759 /home/glenn/local/other ext4    defaults        0       2
# /home/glenn/local/spare was on /dev/sdb4 during installation
UUID=a36886b2-abab-4e14-a6e0-e28f958a2cee /home/glenn/local/spare ext3    defaults        0       2
# /home/glenn/local/media was on /dev/sdd1 ,changed stuff to media, vis-a-vis, medfia2stuff april 2020
UUID=2ea11d82-8db0-44b0-ae48-4c05a77d6f21 /home/glenn/local/media ext4    defaults        0       2
# /home/glenn/local/videos was on /dev/sde4 during installation
UUID=8336ebbb-f6fa-4f1a-9217-1584c866fe77 /home/glenn/local/videos ext4    defaults        0       2
# /usr/src was on /dev/sdb5 during installation
UUID=9d43068e-4c32-4075-be49-fefeb5f189f7 /usr/src        ext4    defaults        0       2
# swap was on /dev/sdb1 during installation
UUID=b9482d32-3479-41c7-886a-214d22742741 none            swap    sw              0       0

then I can link my personal files...

link documents and files.sh

#!/bin/bash
# link documents and files

ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/bin /home/glenn/
ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/build /home/glenn/
ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/Documents /home/glenn/
ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/Movies /home/glenn/
ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/Music /home/glenn/
ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/My_system /home/glenn/
ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/Pictures /home/glenn/
ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/songs /home/glenn/
ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/Templates /home/glenn/
ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/Videos /home/glenn/

edit, I had 2 steam links in there that were just plain wrong...

I'm a creature of my environment, and once I become accustomed to something, like a tool or a "shortcut",
I find it difficult (or strange) to not use it. I'm lazy too. :-)

Anyhow, I've gone on enough.

I am really loving Beowulf, it's the best OS I have ever used.

I like a full install with KDE, but I have install with only openbox, but using kde apps... :-)

I have xfce4 and cinnamon versions on separate hd's for my adventures and to see what is being created by our Devs.

Thank you, and "I'll keep coming back".

#661 Re: Forum Feedback » Why Fie? » 2020-07-08 03:10:35

GlennW

I'm 57yo.

Ascii did have a nice gui installer, cut and paste options with the mouse. I didn't find that with Beowulf.

I've had to wait for after install to setup wifi (05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless-AC 9260 (rev 29)),
but had a full desktop.iso to install plasma from. Thank you.

I hear you, but I find it's well worth the persistence.

still a few things I'm working towards, mostly with sound/usb/apulse. But if I didn't have that I'd have nothing to do. :-)

I'm loving Beowulf.

#662 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » System Specifications Of Users Systems? » 2020-05-31 01:11:18

GlennW

Motherboard:Asus ROG Strix x470-F Gaming, IT-8665e sensor chip
BIOS: AMI, PC-BIOS
CPU:AMD Ryzen 7, 2700+ @3700MHz (stock) 4100MHz stable
Cooler:Noctua NH-U12 cooler.
Case:Fractual Design Define
Power supply:Antec Truepower 750W
Graphics:NVIDIA Corporation GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
Keyboard:Razer USA, Ltd BlackWidow Ultimate 2012
Audio:Edirol (Roland) UA-25EX (external usb powered interface)
Mouse:Logitech BT M185
Monitor(s):(2 x 24") Philips246E, BenQ-G2420HD (unmatched)
Speakers:Edifier stereo (?)
Power amplifier:Lvpin LP-2020A+
Wifi:Intel 9260 iwlwifi
Ram:Trident Z Royal 2x8Gig@3600MHz

</self gratuitous brag end>

#663 Re: Installation » Trouble getting internet to work. » 2020-05-17 07:40:46

GlennW

my card is an intel, I found this was a prerequisit. free firmware from git

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git

then I re-installed the iwlwifi modules, on my box. hope it helps.

#664 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » no stereo sound » 2020-05-17 07:31:02

GlennW

also in alsamixer, you may be able to set the default device. hth

#665 Re: Installation » First time install; how do I access rest of packages on DVD(on usb) » 2020-05-14 01:58:12

GlennW

you may find build-essential package on the dvd image... pool/DEBIAN/main/b/build-essential/

"build-essential - Informational list of build-essential packages"

IDK about the versioning.

#666 Re: Installation » First time install; how do I access rest of packages on DVD(on usb) » 2020-05-09 22:14:06

GlennW

you want "build-essentials" package to get started with gcc install.

When installing I also like to be offline, so I copy the pool dir from the iso to someplace safe that I can search and install from.

I have developed some dumb scripts (dpkg -i ...)that just install stuff so I can use the system to do other tasks.

ie. /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/

dpkg -i /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/a/autotools-dev/autotools-dev_20180224.1_all.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/m/m4/m4_1.4.18-2_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/a/automake-1.16/automake_1.16.1-4_all.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/a/autoconf/autoconf_2.69-11_all.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/libs/libsigsegv/libsigsegv2_2.12-2_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/b/build-essential/build-essential_12.6_amd64.deb

this is probably not going to help you unless you change the locations of the files... But, just as an example... gcc

dpkg -i --auto-deconfigure /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/cpp-8_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/g++-8_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/gcc-8-base_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/gcc-8_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/gfortran-8_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libasan5_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libatomic1_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libcc1-0_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libgcc-8-dev_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libgcc1_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libgfortran-8-dev_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libgfortran5_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libgomp1_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libitm1_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/liblsan0_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libmpx2_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libobjc4_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libquadmath0_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libstdc++-8-dev_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libstdc++6_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libtsan0_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libubsan1_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/l/linux/linux-compiler-gcc-8-x86_4.19.98-1_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/i/isl/libisl19_0.20-2_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/m/mpfr4/libmpfr6_4.0.2-1_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/b/binutils/binutils-common_2.31.1-16_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/b/binutils/binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu_2.31.1-16_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/b/binutils/binutils_2.31.1-16_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/b/binutils/libbinutils_2.31.1-16_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/m/mpfr4/libmpfr6_4.0.2-1_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/m/mpclib3/libmpc3_1.1.0-1_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.28-10_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/glibc/locales_2.28-10_all.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/glibc/locales-all_2.28-10_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/glibc/libc-bin_2.28-10_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/glibc/libc-l10n_2.28-10_all.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.28-10_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/glibc/libc-dev-bin_2.28-10_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/l/linux/linux-libc-dev_4.19.98-1_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_1.1.1d-0+deb10u2_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs-ascii2.1/amd64/libelf-dev_0.176-1.1_amd64.deb

edit... # auto-deconfigure for libmpc3

I hope this helps you.

#667 Re: Installation » Install minimal X Server with nouveau » 2020-04-07 10:06:13

GlennW

The driver modules should be ok, I would edit the xorg.conf...

where it says vesa, change it to nouveau.

...
        #Option     "DRI"                	# <i>
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "vesa"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
...

it has fallen back on to the vesa driver, but the nouveau module is loaded.

#668 Re: Other Issues » LibreOffice 6.1.5 or 6.4.2 to ASCII from Beowulf or Ceres repos? » 2020-04-01 05:55:47

GlennW

LibreOffice 6.1.5-3 from the Beowulf repos
and
LibreOffice 6.4.2-2 from Beowulf bpo (back ports)

#669 Re: Documentation » Multiple Sound Cards » 2020-03-30 07:10:15

GlennW

Thank you aus9, I did that (both /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf and /etc/asound) and it worked/s quite well. Finally Pulse free and plenty of noise when I want it. :-)

Thank you

#670 Re: Installation » Experiences with Beowulf Beta Desktop Iso » 2020-03-28 10:48:03

GlennW

I managed to get it running off the 64bit iso.
Installed KDE to a SSD. I also installed it to a spinning hd, stock standard xfce4.

I saw errors at the install of grub attempt and the installs were aborted.
I eventually deleted /boot and the efi partition. and re-partitioned the space for /boot , the install went through without a hitch.
That was when I decided to try that process on the Hdd, and it worked as well.

I setup the iwlwifi after boot, installed some other programs and the ssd system is just about where I was.
I usually install proprietary nVidia graphics driver, and steam games. I might do that later.

Thanks for the opportunity, I like Beowulf.

#671 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Nvidia warning at boot #2 » 2020-03-25 23:48:32

GlennW

Hi, I blacklist the nouveau driver, for the proprietary driver install with this in the grub line...

nokmsboot nouveau.modeset=0

I leave it there after install, but i still see the module has loaded with lsmod, but it doesn't seem to create any problems.

anyhow, it may help ...

#672 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [Solved ]Mainboard ASUS with AMD Ryzen 3: root device not found » 2020-03-15 23:49:55

GlennW

I have read that some newer firmware packages, I personally am using a git clone... that they require a late bios version. Not mentioned here... I hope it helps.

I've come this path to install a wireless card that is not supported in 4.09 kernel, which required me to install backport kernel 4.19.

One other thing, it's my understanding that uuid is most useful for systems that swap hardware frequently, and is better for security (booting).
Otherwise, I have found in a pinch that /dev/sd(x)(n) works fine.

#673 Re: Documentation » Multiple Sound Cards » 2020-03-06 12:03:21

GlennW

Thanks, this has helped me too. :-)

cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [NVidia         ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
                      HDA NVidia at 0xf6080000 irq 76
 1 [Generic        ]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
                      HD-Audio Generic at 0xf6900000 irq 78
 2 [UA25EX         ]: USB-Audio - EDIROL UA-25EX
                      Roland EDIROL UA-25EX at usb-0000:09:00.3-1, full speed

I want the usb device to be the one, but the hdmi is always there, very quietly. Thank you

#674 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » What games do you play on Devuan?? » 2019-12-10 01:22:27

GlennW

OpenTTD with zbase 32 bit, and Counter Strike through steam... I used to enjoy kpatience(?)

#675 Re: Installation » Upgrading from Ascii to Beowulf » 2019-08-25 05:52:04

GlennW

Thank you for your helpfull post(s), I am now running Beowulf/Plasma.

Regards Glenn

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