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#2301 Re: Installation » Odd mouse behaviour » 2018-10-25 14:17:35
In xfce4 thunar, it will either open a new tab or create a new folder as soon as i right click into white space sometimes, i usually have to hold the right button down to ensure it stays within the rightclick menu . . .
My muscle memory has adapted to this unwanted selection glitch. In fact I don't remember it happening in quite some time. Maybe it helps that I have set rather slow/lazy mouse reaction times.
#2302 Re: Documentation » HOWTO: Bypass the 4GB filesize limit in Refractasnapshot » 2018-10-22 01:22:17
Well . . . I have good news to report. I have been unable to create an iso with refractasnapshot for a very long time despite excluding ALL of my /home directory because the iso were always too big. So fsmithred and I decided to test your discovery. He instructed me to change line 1010 from this:
xorriso -as mkisofs -r -J -joliet-long -l ${isohybrid_opt} \To this:
xorriso -as mkisofs -r -J -joliet-long -l ${isohybrid_opt} -iso-level 3 \It took refracta-snapshot-gui a very long time to copy and squash the files since I had deleted the work directory but eventually it finished with a 4.9GB iso.
Then it was time to try it in qemu. I was delighted to see the boot process working as usual!!!
Now I need to redo the exclude list to include a basic home structure and perhaps delete a few things elsewhere starting with avahi.
I am overjoyed that I can now use refractasnapshot again. And this is also a milestone improvement for refracta! Thank you, thank you alphalpha!!!
#2304 Re: Installation » [Solved] Keyboard configuration issue » 2018-10-21 16:28:28
Don't we have a sticky section where these things can go and live forever?
Reality check . . . nothing lasts forever. That being said, to date no posts have been pruned from this forum and would only be done manually with great care on my watch (which of course is also not forever for obvious reasons).
#2305 Re: Installation » Where are the packages for installing development tools (gcc, etc.)? » 2018-10-21 08:07:28
Welcome, miozin.
#2306 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Users list in Slim display manager » 2018-10-20 00:42:43
And of course read the Release Notes.
#2307 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Users list in Slim display manager » 2018-10-19 22:39:16
fsmithred . . . doesn't lightdm require a different backend than slim? I never could get that straightened out.
#2308 Re: News & Announcements » Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support » 2018-10-19 00:16:14
@thezeit . . . I sent you an email. You might have it blocked
#2309 Re: News & Announcements » Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support » 2018-10-18 22:32:24
ChuangTzu wrote:Or going default openRC.
https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/initsystem/openrc
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/OpenRCI saw no mention of retiring OpenRC support on the Debian thread, I am also thinking this should be considered in regards to Devuan; default to OpenRC. I am running OpenRC on all my Devuan installs and havent encountered any problems. This is personal opinion, but I find OpenRC easier to understand over sysvinit, and prefer it. Please, dont want to start any flames nor arguments here.
Currently openrc relies on sysvinit helpers so still tied to it. Please refer to that thread on DNG. If those helpers are removed, openrc will be in trouble until there is a mature substitute to take over that function like runit. we're not there yet.
#2310 Re: News & Announcements » Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support » 2018-10-18 17:31:53
@thezeit . . . Already being discussed. Care to do more than suggest solutions? Maybe roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty? We can always use more hands on deck.
#2311 Re: Installation » Installing printer drivers » 2018-10-18 16:32:49
There has been discussion of printers recently on the DNG mail list. I glossed over most of it because it was TMI but I suspect you might find an answer in there.
#2312 Re: News & Announcements » Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support » 2018-10-18 16:28:51
Panopticon wrote:Maybe something like a Lua script, ala conkyrc to conky.config ?
There's a Python-based converter from systemd to sysvinit here:
https://github.com/akhilvij/systemd-to- … -converter.
Yes. We already are aware of that. There will be a way forward.
#2313 Re: News & Announcements » Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support » 2018-10-16 16:48:50
Unfortunately linus has submitted to the CoCs.
He's between a rock and a hard place. CPS has been called and he's been deemed unfit to run a daycare. Having his baby snatched from him is unthinkable but a real possibility if he doesn't submit to this crap. He should fork the kernel and kiss the LF behind. Hey, I can dream . . .
#2314 Re: News & Announcements » Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support » 2018-10-16 01:39:42
#2315 Re: Other Issues » qt speech cannot find in Synaptic » 2018-10-16 00:02:08
It is not anywhere in Devuan/Debian: https://pkginfo.devuan.org/cgi-bin/d1pk … elease=any Maybe that's not the correct pkg name.
#2316 News & Announcements » Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support » 2018-10-15 18:20:49
- golinux
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Also posting this news here to keep all Devuan users in the loop. Solutions are being discussed . . .
Many of us knew this day would come. The lock-in is nearly complete.
Holger Levsen Sat, 13 Oct 2018 04:15:19 -0700
On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 06:01:43AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > Has policy changed regarding support for multiple inits, or is it just that
> > no one is maintaining the shim and sysvinit-core?
>
> The latter. systemd-shim has been orphaned for over 2 years, and has
> RC bugs. sysvinit currently has two maintainers, but they've only
> ever made one upload (over a year ago).It seems that these facts are either largely ignored or unknown and I
wonder if some noise should be made so that interested people can pick
up the work now and not only complain later.
Source: https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-dev … 55832.html
As Christopher Barry said in his Aug 12 2014 Open letter to the Linux World:
OneLinux == zero-choice
#2317 Re: Installation » Latest devuan jessie update causing authentication problems » 2018-10-13 14:54:05
Have you read the "Session management and policykit backends" section in the Release Notes? Looks like Mate uses slim + consolekit.
#2318 Re: Intergalactic Communities » French Speaking Forum » 2018-10-13 14:46:20
Thanks. A link should be fine.
#2319 Re: Installation » [Solved] Huge .xsession-errors file » 2018-10-12 22:07:02
I have had .xsession-errors files much larger than that because I forget to check. My home stuffed with ~250 GB so that file isn't a noticeable blip. It is possible to open those logs. Just change the encoding.
#2320 Re: Documentation » Correcting Broken Packages » 2018-10-10 16:07:21
Please use code tags.
#2321 Re: Installation » Migration from stretch » 2018-10-08 19:13:41
Is there a reason you posted the same text twice? I could edit it but would prefer that you correct your own post.
#2322 Re: Documentation » Como crear tu propio repositorio con Amprolla » 2018-10-08 15:37:01
@HextorBRX . . . see how useful the DNG mailing list is?
#2323 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Tried to Install libav-tools then I got this message » 2018-10-08 14:48:28
auto.mirror was deprecated but then this happened a few weeks ago and now announced again after an oversight:
https://webmail.dyne.org/?_task=mail&_mbox=INBOX
Please consider joining the DNG mail list to keep current.
#2324 Re: Off-topic » I am new to Linux however i dislike systemd » 2018-10-06 21:41:12
Btw golinux i remember that u used to tell me off that i chat with people on #devuan and i should go chat on #devuan-fork instead, haha. I didnt have idea that you're administrator ;D
Yup. And I carry a big stick! LOLOLOLOL! I often try to move chat unrelated to Devuan from #devuan to #debianfork. And I sometimes move topics here too. Think of it as housecleaning. Thanks for posting in the appropriate place on this forum.
#2325 Re: Off-topic » I am new to Linux however i dislike systemd » 2018-10-06 20:52:10
@dxrobertson . . . Please read MX Linux' systemd policy:
MX Linux ships with systemd present but disabled by default. The MX Linux team strongly urges users to remain with this configuration which uses sysvinit instead.
I don't consider this approach systemd-free as all the "tentacles" needed to enable systemd are still present. It's no more systemd-free than a vanilla Debian with sysvinit. Yet the systemd-free label persists. Go figure.
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