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#1701 Re: Off-topic » Vivaldi: Best performing browser on Chromebook style laptop » 2020-09-18 00:36:38

Vivaldi handles jitsi better than chromium does!   Of course, that's still on jessie 32 bit.  LOL!!  FF has never been able to handle it.  Chrome did till recently then suddenly wouldn't work.  I don't care much for the layout or look (too shiny) and the community was not to my liking either.  jitsi is the only thing I'm using it for.

#1702 Re: Installation » SOLVED:Beowulf MATE: visudo path, strange logoff, hideous login screen » 2020-09-16 17:36:05

PedroReina wrote:
golinux wrote:

Seems no one reads the Release Notes anymore

Please, don't think so. A lot of people do read this and much more. Keep up!

Unfortunately, those of us on help-desk just see the ones who don't.  A few every day on average.

#1704 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] ALSA (no pulseaudio) - sound card order changes on boot » 2020-09-15 22:06:50

If the fix in the Release Notes doesn't work, you might try an .asoundrc configuration.

#1705 Re: Installation » SOLVED:Beowulf MATE: visudo path, strange logoff, hideous login screen » 2020-09-15 22:03:15

Seems no one reads the Release Notes anymore or is aware of the content of the Old English epic poem Beowulf.  It was a bloody mess.  But I guess the mind just relates to what it knows best . . .

#1707 Re: Installation » Upgrading from Ascii to Beowulf » 2020-09-06 21:12:06

@Altoid . . . perhaps you could adopt, adapt and maintain SLiM for devuan . . . or even upstream . . .

#1708 Re: Other Issues » Delete a file with corrupted attributes » 2020-09-05 20:17:30

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
golinux wrote:

Good grief, you had help from Bruce Perens? What a legend...

Yeah, he's been around the campfire since the beginning and pops in on occasion.   I have had some off-list as well as official contact with him over the years . . .

#1709 Re: Other Issues » Delete a file with corrupted attributes » 2020-09-05 17:37:04

I am currently dealing with a misbehaving external harddrive that would not mount because of this error:

Error when trying to mount:
Failed to open directory "cstwo".
Error when getting information for file '/media/xxxxxx/cstwo/600':
Input/output error.

There is currently a long thread on DNG about what I have done to get it back in shape short of the nuclear option.

Start by running SMART to get some general info about the state of your drive.

In the end an fsck fixed things for me.

#1711 Re: Forum Feedback » Best place to post a howto_? » 2020-08-31 04:53:38

Welcome! This would be a good place to post your How-To:

https://dev1galaxy.org/viewforum.php?id=7

I'm pretty sure you will be able to edit your posts.

#1712 Re: Devuan » eudev » 2020-08-29 16:30:50

OT but relevant . . . doesn't your browser have a spellcheck?

#1713 Re: Other Issues » Uploading file to email server - size vs. outgoing total discrepancy. » 2020-08-18 19:33:37

From the Pegasus Mail and Linux Open Source page

The other major issue with Pegasus Mail is that it uses a proprietary third-party product as its core editor, and I would not be able to take that product with me into an Open Source environment. The same problems do not exist with Mercury, because I have written every line of the package myself, but with Pegasus Mail, the problem is significant.

No way of knowing what that proprietary core of Pegasus is doing.  Also perhaps some wine overhead?

Stat alert . . . my 2000th post!

#1714 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Cannot install VLC » 2020-08-17 01:30:57

You shouldn't need to download any packages directly from Debian.  The "merged" designation in the devuan source line takes care of fetching packages directly from Debian.

#1715 Re: News & Announcements » Latest repositories for Devuan 3 ! » 2020-08-16 03:27:11

brday wrote:

Interesting about backports, how to proceed, which is the link or the guide to get more recent versions?

You can find that information exactly where you might expect it to be - the devuan.org website.

brday wrote:

and it would also be good to try the full "trial" version, called a chimaera.

To get to chimaera you'll have to install beowulf and upgrade.  Note that it is recommended to use the release name not the suite designation in your sources.list.

sgage wrote:

You seem to be missing the point of Devuan, which is to be a systemd-free fork of Debian, and which it accomplishes quite nicely.

And as with Debian, the goal is STABILITY not the latest shiny, shiny.

brday wrote:

I don't like systemd, either but the hardware desktop of Linux Mint in Xfce automatically detects the devices when you plug for to the  ports,

Debian/Devuan are NOT Mint or Ubuntu.

#1716 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Refracta 10 issues with » 2020-08-13 04:36:42

@ofvergara . . .

The refracta website:
https://refracta.org/

Download iso images. refracta 9 is available:
https://get.refracta.org/

You can read about creating a persistent partition on usb here:
https://refracta.org/docs/readme.refracta2usb.txt

That should get you started.

#1717 Re: Devuan » Search engines always return debian when I search for devaun » 2020-08-12 19:22:26

You have to ask the right question to get the answer you want.  Many ways to skin a cat, as they say.  smile  I use -ubuntu a LOT!  LOL!

#1718 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » dist-upgrade on ceres still wants to remove wicd » 2020-08-12 17:37:55

sgage wrote:

It's why I'm glad I just use a wired ethernet connection :-)

Amen to that!

#1720 Re: Devuan » Search engines always return debian when I search for devaun » 2020-08-12 17:32:55

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Double quote the search term: "devuan"

And use the -debian operator also.

#1722 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » High CPU by PulseAudio » 2020-08-11 18:20:40

Copper36 wrote:
larsH wrote:

Make sure your /etc/pulse/client.conf.d/00-disable-autospawn.conf looks like this:

# On linux systems, disable autospawn by default
# If you are not using systemd, comment out this line
autospawn=no

autospawn=no in /etc/pulse/client.conf nothing changed.

"Comment out" looks like this:
# autospawn=no

#1723 Re: Documentation » HOWTO: Firefox DoH (DNS over HTTPS) » 2020-08-11 17:02:30

Doesn't running unbound get rid of cloudflare?

#1724 Re: Freedom Hacks » package usbmuxd - used for IPhone Tethering » 2020-08-10 19:27:24

Tobias, you are welcome to post here.  And thank you for actually providing some possibly useful information.

#1725 Re: Freedom Hacks » package usbmuxd - used for IPhone Tethering » 2020-08-10 17:22:52

Tobias is a well-known contrarian who has not contributed his talents to Devuan.  So don't hold your breath . . .

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