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#1 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Cannot change background » Yesterday 16:03:34
regardless of what the developers claim/do/or/say we cannot know for certain that this isn't just another production of AI Slop(why would they admit to using the ai-slop, especially when it produces bad code and bad results and bad reviews?)
#2 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Power usage of SSDs » 2025-11-14 19:24:23
used ssd for years and they definitely extend battery life on laptops
#3 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Vuu-do Linux! *New Openbox-64 iso's (1.0.7) up 2-02-18*!! » 2025-11-14 15:18:54
have used chromium for years while always just dismissing that keyring pop-up
there is probably an easy way to fix it but it never bothered me enough to deal with it
#4 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Issue with Evolution » 2025-11-14 15:01:11
claws should be fine, especially if you are in the no-html email camp
#5 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Excalibur desktop-live: "switch user" action segfaults xfce4-session » 2025-11-14 08:13:09
after countless installs(across decades and up to and including the day before yesterday), i also still fall prey to the _dammit_forgot_to_select_where_to_install_grub_again_sigh_ahem_SUPERGRUBDISKFORTHEWINAGAIN_
nine hells...
rotflmao
#6 Re: Other Issues » Hi, new here just joined devuan. need help with games an programs. » 2025-11-14 05:26:56
any way to edit response #25 to add code tags?
#7 Re: Devuan » Excalibur Network Configuration » 2025-11-12 10:52:27
not sure but will consult these given time.
man interfaceshttps://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/sect.network-config
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/sect.ipv6.en.html
#8 Re: Off-topic » Hard Rust requirements for APT from may next year » 2025-11-12 10:42:24
^^^re: quoting @blackhole
That horse has bolted
can dead(longtime) horse(bones) bolt? [/sarcasm]
#9 Re: Off-topic » Here is a good lesson, in the art of the troll! » 2025-11-11 10:59:25
i stumbled across this thread and visited:
and enjoyed it enough to share it with a nifty little _bump_
#10 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Good X11 environment for laptops? Plasma 6 is not ideal » 2025-11-11 09:12:30
i try to stay with whatever the standard/stock/image/iso delivers/installs.
i do this so i can assist others who also have done a basic/standard installation and have run into some sort of issues/problems/situations/etc.
fortunately i don't have any objections to xfce... _yet_ (but that will change someday)
#11 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Laptop shuts down instead of suspend » 2025-11-11 08:58:42
saw your recent post and wondered if you ever figured out why your machine was failing to perform as you desired/expected?
#12 Re: Other Issues » Hi, new here just joined devuan. need help with games an programs. » 2025-11-11 08:43:47
with respect to the relatively recent(historically speaking) su/substitute_user/switch_user/etc kerfuffle
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/460478/debian-su-and-su-path-differences
#13 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Can't run Devuan Excalibur on Software Raid » 2025-11-11 07:47:18
Welcome to the forum.
this happened recently(no idea if it will help in your specific situation):
#14 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Why does Trixie/Excalibur have two Nvidia driver versions (535 / 550)? » 2025-11-10 08:12:42
a thread that might be interesting:
https://www.linux.org/threads/confused-about-nvidia-driver-versions.50056/
tl;dr: a single post:
https://www.linux.org/threads/confused-about-nvidia-driver-versions.50056/post-231555
#15 Re: Installation » Running QEMU/KVM with runit » 2025-11-10 07:04:26
was curious...looked...figured i might as well share the link:
#16 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Can't suspend, reboot, or shut down in a WM » 2025-11-08 13:46:02
searched and picked the first one that may/might fit the usage(no personal experience)
https://linuxiac.com/antix-23-systemd-free-linux-distro-released-based-on-debian-12/
#17 Re: Installation » Everything is working perfectly, thanks community » 2025-11-08 09:34:05
new stuff for waldo
#18 Re: Installation » Excalibur: Mounting NFS shares using /etc/fstab » 2025-11-06 10:00:54
while looking for tailscale references/commentary/notes/etc on the forum i came across this specific post:
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=57261#p57261
which referenced /lib/init/init-d-script and so i went and saw that a bit of it referenced "mountnfs.sh" with some content/context referencing the words "after" and "before" and so i post the snippet of code here below:
# PATH should only include /usr/* if it runs after the mountnfs.sh
# script. Scripts running before mountnfs.sh should remove the /usr/*
# entries.
PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/binalso at the end of /lib/init/init-d-script there was a reference to:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=822753#53
and that link drops one into the midst of just one of many "discussions" which seem not so distant from some of those on this forum...(*cough* hat-tip @steve_v)
as always, ymmv.
edited to add: also wanted to quote a snippet from message#36 in the same above noted "discussion"
Wait, no. There is. See #427889 and policy 9.3.2. By the way, seems
#427889 could be closed...Also, by just common sence, program that return 0 in case of failure is
bad, very bad. What if I want to call /etc/init.d/{foo} in my own
script?There are scripts around, that pass exit code {rc.local, hostname}; there
are scripts around, that do not (random example - wicd).So either we
* violate LSB and adjust all initscripts to return 0 always.
I strongly oppose.* consider script, that swallows exit code to be buggy. I support it,
but there is a lot of scripts in wild that do so. I do /not/ volonteer
to fix them.All in all, let us remove last line in `init-d-script'.
Dmitry Bogatov may *not* volonteer(sic) to _fix_ them...nevertheless, there be dragons...sigh.
#19 Re: Off-topic » Hard Rust requirements for APT from may next year » 2025-11-06 06:43:28
light reading before bedtime.
https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_borland
more:
https://winworldpc.com/product/borland-pascal/7x
https://winworldpc.com/product/delphi/1x
https://winworldpc.com/product/borland-c/20
https://winworldpc.com/product/borland-c-builder/1x
fun/other:
edited, couldn't resist:
Pamela Anderson / Tool Time Lisa / Baywatch CJ Parker / Barb Wire
#20 Re: Installation » Everything is working perfectly, thanks community » 2025-11-06 05:18:55
re: nsfw
[rolling-eyes] the whole planet is on fire but "omg/flesh/skin/sex/etc" gets the fundies/suits/skirts/ties/etc _jimmies_all_in_a_wad_ [/rolling-eyes]
smh
#21 Re: Installation » Latest Excalibur desktop installer forces LXQt? » 2025-11-04 06:41:40
mostly as a frame of reference with respect to an earlier post, this is from a stock daedalus install, xfce desktop:
devuan@devuan-pc:~$ aptitude why lxqt-session
i task-xfce-desktop Depends slim | lightdm
p lightdm Depends lightdm-gtk-greeter | lightdm-greeter
p x2gothinclient-minidesktop Provides lightdm-greeter
p x2gothinclient-minidesktop Depends mate-desktop-environment-core
p mate-desktop-environment-core Depends mate-notification-daemon (>= 1.26) | notification-daemon
p cinnamon Provides notification-daemon
p cinnamon Depends network-manager-gnome
i A network-manager-gnome Depends policykit-1-gnome | polkit-1-auth-agent
p lxqt-policykit Provides polkit-1-auth-agent
p lxqt-policykit Depends lxqt-session
devuan@devuan-pc:~$ #22 Re: DIY » Using Windows URL files on Linux machines? » 2025-11-04 05:56:23
man xdg-open#24 Re: Freedom Hacks » Devuan without dbus » 2025-11-03 12:46:11
one wonders how much is not absolutely necessary in any case:
devuan@devuan-pc:~$ apt depends luakit
luakit
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Depends: libcairo2 (>= 1.14.0)
Depends: libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0)
Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.49.3)
Depends: libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.19.12)
Depends: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (>= 2.38.2)
Depends: libluajit-5.1-2 (>= 2.0.4+dfsg)
Depends: libluajit2-5.1-2 (>= 2.1~)
Depends: libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0)
Depends: libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.32.2)
Depends: libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9)
Depends: libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (>= 2.17.3)
Depends: <lua5.1-filesystem>
lua-filesystem
devuan@devuan-pc:~$ apt depends libgtk-3-0
libgtk-3-0
Depends: adwaita-icon-theme
Depends: hicolor-icon-theme
Depends: shared-mime-info
Depends: libatk-bridge2.0-0 (>= 2.15.1)
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 2.35.1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Depends: libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.14.0)
Depends: libcairo2 (>= 1.14.0)
Depends: libcolord2 (>= 0.1.10)
Depends: libcups2 (>= 1.7.0)
Depends: libepoxy0 (>= 1.4.3)
Depends: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6)
Depends: libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.7)
Depends: libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.40.0)
Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.59.0)
Depends: libharfbuzz0b (>= 2.2.0)
Depends: libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.45.5)
Depends: libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.44.0)
Depends: libpangoft2-1.0-0 (>= 1.44.0)
Depends: libwayland-client0 (>= 1.20.0)
Depends: libwayland-cursor0 (>= 1.14.91)
Depends: libwayland-egl1 (>= 1.15.0)
Depends: libx11-6 (>= 2:1.4.99.1)
Depends: libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.4.5)
Depends: libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2)
Depends: libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1)
Depends: libxext6
Depends: libxfixes3
Depends: libxi6 (>= 2:1.2.99.4)
Depends: libxinerama1 (>= 2:1.1.4)
Depends: libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0)
Depends: libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.5.0)
Depends: libgtk-3-common (>= 3.24.38-2~deb12u3)
Recommends: libgtk-3-bin
Recommends: librsvg2-common
Suggests: gvfs
devuan@devuan-pc:~$ apt depends libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
Depends: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (= 2.48.5-1~deb12u1)
Depends: gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
Depends: gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
Depends: libgles2
Depends: bubblewrap (>= 0.3.1)
Depends: xdg-dbus-proxy
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.32.0)
Depends: libatomic1 (>= 4.8)
Depends: libavif15 (>= 0.11.1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.35)
Depends: libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0)
Depends: libcairo2 (>= 1.14.0)
Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.107)
Depends: libenchant-2-2 (>= 2.2.3)
Depends: libepoxy0 (>= 1.3)
Depends: libexpat1 (>= 2.1~beta3)
Depends: libflite1 (>= 2.0.0-release)
Depends: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6)
Depends: libfreetype6 (>= 2.11.1)
Depends: libgbm1 (>= 21.3.0~rc1)
Depends: libgcc-s1 (>= 4.0)
Depends: libgcrypt20 (>= 1.10.0)
Depends: libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0)
Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.70.0)
Depends: libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14)
Depends: libgstreamer-gl1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0)
Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0)
Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0)
Depends: libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0)
Depends: libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.23.0)
Depends: libharfbuzz-icu0 (>= 0.9.9)
Depends: libharfbuzz0b (>= 1.8.6)
Depends: libhyphen0 (>= 2.7.1)
Depends: libicu72 (>= 72.1~rc-1~)
Depends: libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1:1.5.0)
Depends: liblcms2-2 (>= 2.2+git20110628)
Depends: libmanette-0.2-0 (>= 0.1.2)
Depends: libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0)
Depends: libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0)
Depends: libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1)
Depends: libseccomp2 (>= 0.0.0~20120605)
Depends: libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7)
Depends: libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.69.90)
Depends: libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.7.15)
Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 12)
Depends: libsystemd0
libelogind-compat
Depends: libtasn1-6 (>= 4.14)
Depends: libwayland-client0 (>= 1.20.0)
Depends: libwayland-egl1 (>= 1.15.0)
Depends: libwayland-server0 (>= 1.0.2)
Depends: libwebp7 (>= 1.2.4)
Depends: libwebpdemux2 (>= 1.2.4)
Depends: libwebpmux3 (>= 1.2.4)
Depends: libwoff1 (>= 1.0.0)
Depends: libx11-6
Depends: libxml2 (>= 2.7.4)
Depends: libxslt1.1 (>= 1.1.25)
Depends: zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.2)
Recommends: gstreamer1.0-gl
Recommends: libgl1-mesa-dri
Recommends: xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
Recommends: gstreamer1.0-libav
Recommends: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
Suggests: gstreamer1.0-alsa
devuan@devuan-pc:~$ also see this thread for more sadness
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