<![CDATA[Dev1 Galaxy Forum / Desktop and Multimedia]]> https://dev1galaxy.org/index.php Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:38:33 +0000 FluxBB <![CDATA[[SOLVED] Nvidia drivers with security issues - what solutions for Devuan 6?]]> https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8244&action=new Can anyone explain to me why the Debian Nvidia package maintainers are still working on packaging the 555.58.02 drivers, which have been end-of-life and out of support since June 2025 and which are affected by the 90 high-severity CVEs?

I'm referring to the following update:
"[2026-10-21] Accepted nvidia-graphics-drivers 555.58.02-4 (source) into experimental (Andreas Beckmann)"
on this page:
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/nvidia-graphics-drivers

This makes zero sense to me, I would have expected them to either abandon packaging Nvidia drivers completely or focus on the latest release of the 580 LTS branch were the  90 high-severity CVEs have been fixed.

I'm only asking out of curiosity since I'm now using the drivers from the official Nvdia repo anyway, as mentioned in the previous posts.

]]> Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:38:33 +0000 https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8244&action=new <![CDATA[[SOLVED] Inkscape XML Editor does not write custom attributes]]> https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8263&action=new Well, seems there is a reason, why the saying goes "Asking questions helps" (not answering them).
Shortly after I posted this I found a post in the inkscape forum related to another erratic error.
Seems the preferences.xml in the user profile gets broken from time to time.
Deleting that and start inkscape, which generates a new on o startup, fixed the problem.
There was also the hint to do a backup of a working preferences.xml, so you don't have to start from teh default next time inkscape breaks yours.

]]> Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:37:22 +0000 https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8263&action=new <![CDATA[scim chinese input doesn't run properly in excalibur]]> https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8264&action=new greetings

I recently upgraded to devuan excalibur from Daedalus and afterwards chinese input in 'scim' with xfce DE doesn't work properly, during the upgrade, I appended ' ~/.xsessionrc ' to make sound work in 'piperwire' as pulse audio was broken,  but afterwards scim doesn't allow me to see onscreen display of chinese characters as typed using 'pinyin' method.

what i have in '/home/erdos/.xsessionrc'     

LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export LANG
XMODIFIERS="@im=SCIM"
export XMODIFIERS
GTK_IM_MODULE="scim"
export GTK_IM_MODULE
scim -d&
wireplumber &
pipewire &
pipewire-pulse &

any advice?

]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2026 19:17:15 +0000 https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8264&action=new <![CDATA[What DE do you prefer to use on Devuan?]]> https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8175&action=new I've found X11 and JWM works well for me.

]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:30:23 +0000 https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8175&action=new <![CDATA[No move to trash can on symbolic linked folders]]> https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8057&action=new Maybe "mount -o bind" instead of "ln -s" ?

# mount -o bind /mnt/HomeDaten/$USER/Dokumente /home/$USER/Dokumente

Just crossed my mind, not tested.

]]> Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:34:37 +0000 https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8057&action=new <![CDATA["disabling libseat integration" info in Xorg.0.log, what does it mean?]]> https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8251&action=new Ok, according to the Xorg man page -keeptty is a parameter of Xorg.

In which config file would I have to set this?

Is it advisable to set this -keeptty parameter and what exactly do I gain by the libseat integration (or what do I lose by not having this integration)?

Does anyone have insight into this?

]]> Sun, 18 Oct 2026 14:02:53 +0000 https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8251&action=new <![CDATA[Nvidia drivers, installation failure.]]> https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8250&action=new It is already enabled.

>dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
i386
>

OK, it is not that important.
Only useful for Wine, Steam and such (if someone still uses them).

EDIT:
Just out of curiosity, I gave a try to MX Linux and I realized that it has a custom Nvidia installer, who installs an older version (390) of nvidia drivers and I suppose it has x32 support (because it installed a load of i386 libraries).

I suppose if someone wants GPU support (accelerated graphics) for Wine, Steam etc. he has to go that way.

Personally, I have not used them for ages, so I'll stick here.

Maybe (just maybe), it's a good idea if someone has the necessary knowledge, to create such an installer, for Devuan too.

MANY THANKS to all!!!  :-)

]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:50:34 +0000 https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8250&action=new <![CDATA[[SOLVED] with dual monitor from display port over HDMI to 2nd Monitor]]> https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=7947&action=new I gave the 6m cable away and there it works flawless.
Probably it is the TV not talking proper to a 10 year older notebook.

]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:29:04 +0000 https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=7947&action=new <![CDATA[[SOLVED] Devuan 7, regarding KDE Plasma 6.7.6 and SonicDE]]> https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8232&action=new Yes and no. Obviously refracta-snapshot works well to replicate a system software setup from one platform to another when the platforms are more or less equal, whilst pre-seeding may be the better choice for replicating the intention of a setup across divergent platforms.

]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:56:55 +0000 https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8232&action=new <![CDATA[[SOLVED] Running older games]]> https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8090&action=new @cakamity,
no, i don't take it personally;
just dislike if my comments are edited out by someone else that has got no authority to do so.
(certainly not you).
keep on running!

]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:34:12 +0000 https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8090&action=new <![CDATA[(error report)>(excalibur)(xfce) failed to browse the network]]> https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8235&action=new Hello ,

today i have installed the Excalibur anew;

with standard setting and standard DE Xfce.

just noticed that the browsing in network is still not supported by default.

maybe this can be amended on the fly for the .iso?

did need install additional package

gvfs-backends  gvfs-fuse  samba  smbclient

thank you very much.

]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:23:37 +0000 https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8235&action=new <![CDATA[KDE Plasma 6.3.6 - Sound and Discover issue.]]> https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=7902&action=new

rbit: I wrote a script to fix plasma-discover problem.

(T h a n k   y o u ,  r b i t !)
Backlink: https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=65844#p65844

]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:05:40 +0000 https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=7902&action=new <![CDATA[how do I scan from GIMP in excalibur?]]> https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8223&action=new

So Debian really has removed this important functionality from GIMP?

This is my surprised face:  roll

]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2026 22:34:33 +0000 https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8223&action=new <![CDATA[[SOLVED] Steam is being problematic without SystemD]]> https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8211&action=new Never had a problem with steam, except for this recent bug that doesn't let me view games that aren't safe unless I verify my id with a credit card

]]> Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:12:06 +0000 https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8211&action=new <![CDATA[[SOLVED] xdg-desktop-portal xdg-open and mimetypes]]> https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8204&action=new That worked, awesome thanks!

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2026 14:29:40 +0000 https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8204&action=new