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#151 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Beowulf is broken » 2021-04-20 12:46:51
In that case, during the upgrade this new directory should have been added to $PATH for root, but clearly it hasn't on my system. Or it was removed by the upgrade, that I can't be sure of as I didn't test it before upgrading.
[edit] Found the culprit, in /etc/profile:
if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
else
PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games"
fi
export PATHSo, if the user uses su into root from your normal user, the id does not equate to 0 thus /sbin is not in your $PATH 
PS: which "bright spark" had the "luminous" idea to set terminal text as bright yellow on a bright white background? You should be clobbered into sense with a foam bat!
#152 Desktop and Multimedia » Beowulf is broken » 2021-04-20 12:36:08
- Dutch_Master
- Replies: 24
ASCII -> Beowulf upgrade
boot option: Qemu/Xen enabled
# whoami
root
# uname -a
Linux desktop 4.19.0-16-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.181-1 (2021-03-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux
# echo $PATH:
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
# modprobe -c
bash: modprobe: command not found
# halt
bash: halt: command not foundWTF! >:-{
#153 Re: Installation » Partitioning schemes separate var and usr and boot 4 unfussy root? » 2021-04-10 09:29:09
I have /boot, / and /home on separate partitions, most of the time, for simplicity/speed/convenience. For servers, /usr and /var are also separate.
#154 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Random freeze on ASCII » 2021-03-26 01:04:03
So, what a difference a few days make. It turns out the problem was of my own making, typical PEBKAC! I'd forgotten to update the BIOS and the old version didn't support he 'new' APU. (insert facepalm smiley)
#155 Re: Installation » Beowulf Beta Issues » 2021-03-25 13:38:21
I know it's a pretty old thread, but I was finally sufficiently hacked off to attempt a workaround.
Create a file ~/.bash_aliases containing the following:
alias su='su -'You'd need the single quotes as to evaluate every time the alias is used. It worked on a fresh Beowulf test install.
If it has no negative effects I may actually start consider upgrading my ASCII systems to Beowulf.
#156 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Random freeze on ASCII » 2021-03-23 17:57:47
I hadn't installed the amd64-microcode package. So that's done now.
Meanwhile, I had another crash, while avoiding playing video files. During several failed boots the kernel hung on a message complaining about ECC memory signatures not present (it's non-ECC DDR3). I've now taken out 3 RAM sticks so now running on 1x 8CB. Playing mkv video finished fine, am mp4 crashed after a while (ca 4 min in). I've also removed the nVidia GPU, so now on the R7 APU.
Stress looks interesting, I'll install it and see what it can do.
#157 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Random freeze on ASCII » 2021-03-23 15:14:35
Upgrade to Beowulf is a no-go, as it doesn't do how I like doing things, particularly regarding su. Current kernel is 4.9.0-15 so well after the release of this hardware. I've tried getting Funtoo running on it, but ran into an issue with some Grub dependencies which failed compiling. I may have another go (it has a 5 series kernel).
#158 Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Random freeze on ASCII » 2021-03-23 00:29:40
- Dutch_Master
- Replies: 7
Recently the desktop started freezing randomly after a CPU upgrade. Prior to that I was able to play 2 video streams concurrently (using different media players) but now playing even one video stream crashes the desktop, freezing it completely. Keyboard and mouse no longer respond, a hard reset is the only way to regain control. But after a few such events the OS borks itself and a fresh install is required (and time consuming, as well as getting old now
A short-ish mkv file played fine, a longer mp4 video crashed the system. There are no logs, due to the hard reset, so no trace options available.
Apart from the CPU, the rest of the system hasn't changed. The old CPU was an AMD A8-5600K, the new one is the A10-PRO-8750B, both APU's. I've tried the R7 GPU as well as the nVidia GT710 card, both are supported in the respective drivers. Made no difference, so currently the GT710 card is in use. Other key components are: 4x8GB DDR3-1333 RAM, Samsung EVO850 120GB SSD. mainboard: Gigabyte F2A88X-D3H.
For the moment, not playing video, the system seems stable, but I'd like to give this a thorough stress-test so if the new APU is faulty I can reclaim the expense from the seller. Is there a way to do that?
TIA!
#159 Re: Installation » Cannot add ppa » 2021-03-18 19:55:41
Did you install the build-essential package? This creates a full build environment by pulling in all essential packages. (by itself it installs nothing, but uses the dependency resolution from apt to get what it needs installed)
#160 Re: Installation » Cannot add ppa » 2021-03-18 16:24:42
Devuan doesn't use ppa's, it's an Ubuntu thing. Devuan is not based on Ubuntu (and never will be) so you'd need to add the repository to /etc/apt/sources.list manually.
#161 Re: Off-topic » Operating System Backups » 2021-03-05 14:18:10
Rsync for backing up data, not the OS.
#162 Re: Documentation » Simple Generic Read-Only File Server Using SAMBA (suitable for Kodi) » 2021-02-26 23:40:50
Sudo is a typical Ubuntu-base prefix, on Debian and Devuan by default* you don't need sudo, just su and you have root permissions. Achieve the same on Ubuntu with
sudo suNow skip the sudo prefix from the above commands.
*this depends on whether or not you've set a root password during installation. If you have, sudo is installed, but disabled for your user. (installed because other programs need it anyway). Technically, if you set a root pw, your regular user is not added to the /etc/sudoers file.
#163 Re: News & Announcements » Devuan Beowulf 3.1.0 point release » 2021-02-16 12:58:59
Dutch_Master wrote:Does it include a patch package to undo the horrible change in su behaviour introduced in the 3.0 release?
What change is that?
Is su, more messed up then before?
Have a quick read, including the replies I got.
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=21042#p21042
#164 Re: News & Announcements » Devuan Beowulf 3.1.0 point release » 2021-02-15 18:41:51
Does it include a patch package to undo the horrible change in su behaviour introduced in the 3.0 release?
#165 Re: Other Issues » Proxmox on Devuan » 2021-01-27 13:10:47
Hmmmm..... Right, let's not go that way then.
OK, so, what next? I've never seen a live Proxmox install so I have no idea how that works. But I did find that it uses qemu and lxc for the virtualization, so at least in theory one could write a script to implement the functionality, if not the web-gui. Btw, as Proxmox is OSS, one could rewrite all the systemd-specific parts for other init systems, but as a non-coder, that's not gonna be me! Personally, I'd like a choice of underlying file systems, like BTRFS, JFS and XFS instead of "just" ZFS but I can imagine this to seriously complicate porting functionality now offered by ZFS over specifically JFS and XFS (BTRFS has a similar feature set to ZFS)
Time to ponder off and do some experimenting, I guess. Just don't hold your breath for it, it'll be a while (if ever!) 
#166 Other Issues » Proxmox on Devuan » 2021-01-27 04:55:25
- Dutch_Master
- Replies: 4
Proxmox is build on Debian, so in theory at least, Devuan should be a suitable replacement. Anyone tried that yet?
Proxmox has a page outlining how to install it on an existing Debian install (click!) so it shouldn't be too difficult.
Is there any reason it wouldn't work?
TIA!
#167 Re: Off-topic » mozilla, we need more deplatforming... » 2021-01-11 08:04:21
I'll just re-iterate myself then:
"Freedom of speech" doesn't mean you can say absolutely anything, anywhere, anytime. Your "freedom of speech" ends where it encroaches on freedoms of others. Disagreeing is fine, as long as it remains respectful and civil. These principles of civilisation have been trampled by certain groups and individuals in the past and exactly that is now being addressed.
Take particular note of that first sentence, then contemplate on the 2nd. That's the core of civilisation in a nutshell.
#168 Re: Off-topic » mozilla, we need more deplatforming... » 2021-01-10 15:40:45
"Freedom of speech" doesn't mean you can say absolutely anything, anywhere, anytime. Your "freedom of speech" ends where it encroaches on freedoms of others. Disagreeing is fine, as long as it remains respectful and civil. These principles of civilisation have been trampled by certain groups and individuals in the past and exactly that is now being addressed.
As this subject has the potential to explode I'd prefer to keep it at that.
#169 Re: Installation » lost basic user account i think anyway » 2020-12-30 02:41:24
Ah, then there's a different issue. Issue this command:
id <user>It gives you a list of groups your user is a member off. In that list the video group should appear. If not, you need to make your user a member of that group.
usermod -G dialout,cdrom,floppy,audio,video,plugdev,<user>Replace <user> with the correct username. Make sure there are no spaces in the list!
#170 Re: Installation » lost basic user account i think anyway » 2020-12-30 02:10:35
Try
su <user>Then hit enter. Only then do you provide the password!
If that doesn't work, do
id <user>This should provide you a list with the groups your user is a member of. Should that yield a negative result, you may need to delete the user from your system and start again. Report back when you get that far.
#171 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [Solved] Boot error messages for non-existant drives » 2020-11-25 14:22:18
Go into the BIOS and disable the unused SATA ports.
#172 Re: Forum Feedback » Forum frequently missing » 2020-11-17 18:35:35
That would make sense and is much preferable to a DDOS attack 
Alas, I'm not on IRC so didn't see that. Hopefully the team will remember to post a warning on the forum too on the next instance.
Thx!
#173 Forum Feedback » Forum frequently missing » 2020-11-17 10:16:57
- Dutch_Master
- Replies: 3
Recently I've been unable to connect to the forum on various occasions. It seems to fix itself over time, so perhaps it's a load issue (too many connections?) Page loading is also longer then normal, although that too is variable. Makes me suspect a DDOS attack?
FYI: other sites respond normally, loading times are also as expected from those, so I'm pretty sure it's not my ~100Mbit/s connection.
#174 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Beowulf: how to remove xfce and install mate, without breaking system » 2020-09-29 05:12:38
Find and install the mate-desktop meta-package in Synaptic. Mate and XFCE can happily co-exist, there's no conflict so no real reason to remove XFCE other then saving space on your virtual drive. If you still want to remove XFCE, there's an xfce-desktop package as well, see if that's installed then purge it and all of its dependencies. Synaptic is a smart tool (or rather, the underlying .deb packages) so it'll complain when you want to remove a package Mate relies on.
#175 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Average Uptime of Your Devuan Systems? » 2020-09-13 17:56:42
As correctly indicated, it differs between desktops and servers. My desktop gets shut down every night, but my file server runs 24/7. It had, at one time, an uptime of over 2 years (yes, really!) as I ran Debian oldstable at the time, 'cause that didn't have systemd in it More recently, it had well over 100 days worth before rebooting it as it had mysteriously lost connectivity for a few days. Then last night I accidentally shut it down and rebooted only this morning. Normality has been restored. I think... 
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