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#1 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Encrypt USB? » 2025-09-30 16:31:02
I suppose I could move the data to a hard drive, encrypt the USB, then move the data back?
Thats the way to go.
#2 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Encrypt USB? » 2025-09-30 16:30:16
Another possibility: compress all the content in a zip file protected with password and copy that file to the USB. I did not test it myself.
To my experience, this only works between Linux and Linux, not from Linux to Windows. There is some incompatibility.
#3 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Login as root on Graphcial desktop possible » 2025-09-29 17:57:30
Its not limited to Devuan.
Raised the topic in the German Debian forum too: https://debianforum.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=192885
#4 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [SOLVED] No WiFi. No WiFi devices in Connman. » 2025-09-28 17:56:39
The firmware that is loaded by the kernel is located in /usr/lib/firmware/mediatek. Check what you got in there. The dat file is something else but firmware.
#5 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Login as root on Graphcial desktop possible » 2025-09-28 17:02:18
Thanks, that line already is present. Seems to be ignored.
I have here:
[UserList]
minimum-uid=500
hidden-users=nobody nobody4 noaccess
hidden-shells=/bin/false /usr/sbin/nologin /sbin/nologinEdit: Just saw:
# NOTE: If you have AccountsService installed on your system, then LightDM will
# use this instead and these settings will be ignoredDoes this AccountsService relate to PAM?
#6 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Login as root on Graphcial desktop possible » 2025-09-28 16:17:19
My sshd is configured for no root login.
Now I am looking for the same feature in lightdm. I failed to find something, also in the greeter.
I consider a graphical root login as a security risk.
#7 Hardware & System Configuration » Login as root on Graphcial desktop possible » 2025-09-28 15:12:55
- rolfie
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Daedalus with Lightdm and Cinnamon installed from a netinstall: I can login as root on my desktop. Why is this possible? I thought this is a nogo and disabled.
Tested also a VM with Excalibur and Cinnamon, Trixie with LXDE: same picture.
#8 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] rtl8188ftv » 2025-09-28 11:29:02
I don't know how new this adapter is. The firmware is from 2023, two years old. In any case installing the backports firmware is worth a try.
#9 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Encrypt USB? » 2025-09-25 19:49:43
Veracrypt
#10 Re: Installation » firefox on old 32 bit cpu » 2025-09-25 17:14:50
All distros will use the build by Mozilla. Nobody will compile without SSE3 nowadays.
If you can't use one of the alternatives, the only way is to buy a more recent laptop or PC.
#11 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Why freia ? » 2025-09-23 14:37:56
#12 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » (alsa) changin soundcard easily via terminal » 2025-09-22 15:07:21
If you use a desktop like Mate, Cinnamon, XFCE or like, install pipewire to switch between sources and sinks.
Alsa is not userfriendly and lacks everything required to easily control Audio hardware.
#13 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Growing file bloat in ~/.dbus/session-bus and /root/.dbus/session-bus » 2025-09-18 21:08:13
greenjeans wrote:
... do you have an /etc/machine-id file?
Of course, I say so in one of my last posts.
I wrote:Machine-id is set thus:
$ cat /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
26a708d3d7dc6778fc6ff9f55921b024
$
That means your machine-id is fixed. The patch changing the machine-id works fine if that file does not exist. I don't have this file on my Daedalus and changing ids.
#14 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Growing file bloat in ~/.dbus/session-bus and /root/.dbus/session-bus » 2025-09-18 20:02:53
Same on my Daedalus: 340 files since installation.
New installation, the files do not take very much space. New machine ID on every boot.
#15 Re: Packaging for Devuan » different versions of same package, kicad » 2025-09-17 12:04:40
That will be needed to maintain older pcb Hardware.
Under debian the new versions kick out the old versions.
The debian maintainer answered, that he does not intend to change this behavior.
Commercial use with debian/devuan is such not possible. You do not want to migrate old projects forcefully to new versions, for small changes in a maintenance phase. Migration is not backwards compatible.
I think all Linux distributions will do the same: kick out the old versions.
The kicad documentation states that a project once modified can no more be read by an older version of kicad. But does that mean the design data is screwed up?
If you are very conservative and precautios, make up a VM with the older kicad version.
Anyhow: on the kicad home page I can't find any support for downloading older versions either.
#16 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] devuan (fresh install) noticeably slow compared to debian » 2025-09-14 17:15:12
That N100 is a quite weak CPU. Everything requiring CPU performance will delay the response.
#17 Re: Freedom Hacks » apt seems to be a sort of "unstable wrapper" » 2025-09-12 19:00:19
Another conspiracy theory about something being bad?
Could you please read the code and enlighten us?
I am no programmer. Do it yourself.
#18 Re: Freedom Hacks » apt seems to be a sort of "unstable wrapper" » 2025-09-12 16:46:34
Why not? If you desire have a look at the code. The sources are available.
#19 Re: Freedom Hacks » apt seems to be a sort of "unstable wrapper" » 2025-09-12 15:32:12
apt has a progress bar. Perfect for me, I am using apt since many years now, no complaints about it.
#20 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Minor issue after upgrading to excalibur » 2025-09-11 08:11:35
You must have omitted upgrading for quite a while.
Nevertheless, good luck for a new approach.
#21 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Minor issue after upgrading to excalibur » 2025-09-10 17:03:16
@RedGreen925 and @delgado:
Have you digested the OP's = the_edge123 input correctly?
My sources.list refers to stable.
During the last update, the packages were upgraded but/etc/devuan_version
still contains daedalus.
We are on Devuan here, not on Debian. Daedalus = Stable, Excalibur = Testing!!! I am sorry, you are both on the wrong track.
@Fabien: I am pretty sure you do not have Excalibur on your PC. You are on Daedalus still. The output is correct.
You may check with a
cat /etc/os-releaseWhen you want to upgrade to Excalibur, make sure your Daedalus is up-to-date. Then run
apt install usrmergeThen change your sources.list to excalibur.
Some reading: https://www.devuan.org/os/releases
#22 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Minor issue after upgrading to excalibur » 2025-09-10 11:03:37
Again: You never have upgraded to Excalibur if your sources.list refers to "stable".
#23 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Minor issue after upgrading to excalibur » 2025-09-10 06:25:43
My sources.list refers to stable.
For Devuan stable still is Daedalus. If you want to upgrade to Excalibur, change your sources.list to excalibur instead of stable.
#24 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] No automount after update to Excalibur » 2025-09-07 17:24:28
I think so.
#25 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] No automount after update to Excalibur » 2025-09-07 17:08:11
... you did install usrmerge before updating ...
There will be some complaints within the upgrade process if that wasn't done.
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