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#151 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Automating post-installation steps » 2020-10-11 10:50:56

I use myself a mix of the two approaches: a lot of secuential scripts for installing and configuring some pieces and unpacking tar files for some other configurations. I use the second tecnique for some graphical environments that I know of fully configure only throughout a GUI (KDE mainly).

I configure the first user of the box and then modify the scripts to add new users using /etc/skel. See man adduser

#152 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » 'Zoom' crawls in beowulf » 2020-10-09 09:22:54

erdos wrote:

no sound

erdos wrote:

No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.

Do you have PulseAudio installed?

If not, do you use apulse instead?; if so, you ned to launch your binary with apulse binary

#153 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Kodi help » 2020-09-28 17:11:30

GlennW wrote:

I'm not sure forcing the install is feasible. The packages are stopping the system until the broken packages are removed.

I don't know if my experience is convenient to do in your case, but I will explain it:

In a few boxes with Devuan Beowulf 64 bits I used a --force-all to install a deb file for an old printer. All the package management programs complained from this point on about not met dependencies. I edited by hand the file /var/lib/dpkg/status and removed the claimed dependencies. So far, so good.

#154 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » File Save: missing options? » 2020-09-27 16:13:34

Devuman wrote:

Searched dconf-editor for "save" and there's no corresponding setting.

May be under org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser

#155 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Beowolf » 2020-09-25 07:56:16

brocashelm wrote:

Some of us like to live on the edge... wink

In all your systems? Wow smile

#156 Re: Installation » Refracta2usb not in Beowulf repo? » 2020-09-25 07:54:19

Altoid wrote:
fsmithred wrote:

... installer includes Recommends by default.

Not so 'bare-bones' as I expected a net-install to be.
maybe it would be easier to make a list of the Recommends included in the net-install and a script to purge them when the installation is finished

Devuan is absolutely hackable. We all like this. The hack from fsmithred is a good example. Thank you.

I always use Expert install from net-install. My hack is not configure package manager and use my own scripts on first log in the installed system.

Enjoy your own hack smile

#157 Re: Installation » SOLVED:Beowulf MATE: visudo path, strange logoff, hideous login screen » 2020-09-17 16:03:26

golinux wrote:

those of us on help-desk...

I've been there, I understand you.

#158 Re: Installation » SOLVED:Beowulf MATE: visudo path, strange logoff, hideous login screen » 2020-09-16 16:57:22

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!

#159 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Average Uptime of Your Devuan Systems? » 2020-09-13 09:07:20

The answer is very different if we talk about servers or desktops.

I have no server now with Devuan, but I have been using Debian in servers for years. Uptime is very high (years) if I don't update kernel and high (months) if I do. Main issue is power, I use professional UPS.

For desktops, I usually power them down when I go to sleep.

#160 Re: Freedom Hacks » Do not use pulseaudio » 2020-08-26 11:46:00

You can also use KDE without pulseaudio. Screenshots here was taken on a Beowulf 64 bits box with KDE.

I use KDE with VLC sound engine. By default, KDE try to use pulseaudio, but pure ALSA is also available in GUI configuration.

Go to K, Preferences, System Preferences, Hardware, Audio and Video. You may need to check Show advanced devices: (click to full size):

kdeaudio-mini.png

If you (like me) dont have pulseaudio installed, clicking the Test button when pulse is selected will show an error on console:

main audio output error: no suitable audio output module
main decoder error: failed to create audio output
vlcpulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused

Dragging and dropping or with the Prefer button, put the option Default to first position:
kdeaudio-alsa.png

Then, Apply Device List to all the categories (YMMV).

Now, you can listen audio even on Dolphin:
dolphin-play.png

#161 Re: Forum Feedback » New Forum Category Suggestion - Devuan systemd dependency workarounds » 2020-08-03 10:35:03

golinux wrote:

How about this for the index page?? 

Freedom Hacks
Explore workarounds to reverse/repair unwanted upstream decisions

I like it.

#162 Re: Forum Feedback » New Forum Category Suggestion - Devuan systemd dependency workarounds » 2020-07-31 08:12:56

golinux wrote:

Devuan systemd dependency workarounds ...  Suggestions welcome.

systemd workarounds

#164 Re: Devuan » The point of Devuan? » 2020-07-17 21:20:18

Danielsan wrote:

it is also true that now many Canonical devs are also Debian devs, them were probably recruited from Canonical which is good if that would not harm Debian...

I've hear that years ago, from the very mouth of a few Debian developers I talked with. IMHO is it again the fight between people that look for the good and people that look for the money. In an ideal world, they should be balanced, but in our world they are not.

#165 Re: Devuan » The point of Devuan? » 2020-07-16 07:28:21

Danielsan wrote:

Thanks for reading!

I find your opinion very interesting.

Danielsan wrote:

Devuan has generated a considerable amount of desktop distros but very few server distros.

May be because Devuan itself is good enough for servers.

#167 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » PnP USB Audio Device doesn't work » 2020-07-01 08:32:23

zerrax wrote:

Can anybody help me?

Please share whit us your dmesg after inserting USB device and lsusb

#168 Re: Installation » Errors encountered processing: libgstreamer-gl1.0-0_1.14.4-2_amd64.deb » 2020-07-01 08:28:44

mtbvfr wrote:

Once I have all the required packages in the 1 directory, then, I can execute the apt-get -o dir::cache::archives="/disc/" dist-upgrade command with "/disc/" being replaced by MY directory location.

Excelent! Thanks for sharing.

#169 Re: Installation » Errors encountered processing: libgstreamer-gl1.0-0_1.14.4-2_amd64.deb » 2020-06-30 06:44:15

mtbvfr wrote:

After the packages have been uninstalled/removed, can I, then, copy the previously downloaded non-dmo .deb files into "/var/cache/apt/archives/" before executing apt-get dist-upgrade with the Laptop not connected to the Internet from the chroot environment?

I use this method again and again. But always with an active internet conexion and no chroot. I think that the package manager may need the conexion to know which packages is going to get. If the package is already in /var/cache/apt/archives/ it just skip the download.

#170 Re: Off-topic » Show your desktop (rebooted) » 2020-06-29 21:20:51

Beowulf with KDE Plasma 5 (click to full size):

BeowulfKDE-mini.png

The Devuan version of KDE Plasma is quite usable even on old hardware (12 years).

Of course, I made a bunch of customizations. Now, I'm very happy with the system and I plan to install it on a few boxes of my family.

#171 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [Solved] Virtual Box kernel modules to be rebuilt after each boot » 2020-06-27 14:26:34

steve_v wrote:

Sheesh, commercial vendors and their overengineering.

This comment could lead us to another interesting thread. I think that it is somehow related with the systemd issue. It is all about "proprietary open source" software that I heard in this forum.

#172 Re: Installation » SOLVED: Beowulf: quite good, but ...... » 2020-06-27 14:22:05

berni51 wrote:

I did so and now .....perfect, Pedro! No more error messages from Brother drivers. Thanks a lot.

I'm glad to know. Happy to help smile

#173 Re: Installation » SOLVED: Beowulf: quite good, but ...... » 2020-06-27 09:32:10

berni51 wrote:

Changing to ATTR now brings again one error message less than before:

[    5.028777] udevd[461]: unknown key 'SYSFS{idVendor}' in /etc/udev/rules.d/60-brother-libsane-type1-inst.rules:14
[    5.028904] udevd[461]: invalid rule '/etc/udev/rules.d/60-brother-libsane-type1-inst.rules:14'
[    5.073976] udevd[461]: starting eudev-3.2.7

Time to change syntax in 60-brother-libsane-type1-inst.rules too.

#174 Re: Installation » SOLVED: Beowulf: quite good, but ...... » 2020-06-26 21:14:23

berni51 wrote:

udevd[459]: unknown key 'SYSFS{idVendor}' in /etc/udev/rules.d/60-brother-brscan4-libsane-type1.rules:9

IMHO, Brother has not changed the syntax of these files:
http://www.planet-libre.org/index.php?post_id=10937

i.e.: change 'SYSFS' by 'ATTR'. Could you try?

I know that you know, but may be some newbie is reading this: do a backup before edit the files! smile

#175 Re: Installation » SOLVED: Beowulf: quite good, but ...... » 2020-06-26 14:41:57

berni51 wrote:

Thanks for the recherche, Pedro.

Not really a recherche. I've spend my time in support Brother pages because I have a bunch of Brother devices.

berni51 wrote:

However Brother printers and scanners work perfect.

Indeed. That is the very reason of buying again. Remember: "put your money where your mouth is".

berni51 wrote:

[    5.121437] udevd[459]: unknown key 'SYSFS{idVendor}' in /etc/udev/rules.d/60-brother-brscan4-libsane-type1.rules:9
[    5.121559] udevd[459]: invalid rule '/etc/udev/rules.d/60-brother-brscan4-libsane-type1.rules:9'
[    5.122021] udevd[459]: unknown key 'SYSFS{idVendor}' in /etc/udev/rules.d/60-brother-libsane-type1-inst.rules:14
[    5.122138] udevd[459]: invalid rule '/etc/udev/rules.d/60-brother-libsane-type1-inst.rules:14'

Could you quote here these two offending files?

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