The file /etc/rc.conf maybe the file you need to set the config for cgroups.

A quick web search, (Brave-browser) gives all kinds, v1 & v2 as well as hybrid examples.

(I get an error in my boot logs about cpu and mem flags...)

I used the fstab line but my system stalls at startx, it does recover but I generally have given up before then... still learning.

there was a lot more info there...here's the top.

cgroup Mode
The primary setting is rc_cgroup_mode, which determines the cgroups version used:

rc_cgroup_mode="unified" – Uses cgroups v2 only (default in Alpine Linux since v3.19). 
rc_cgroup_mode="legacy" – Uses cgroups v1 only. 
rc_cgroup_mode="hybrid" – Uses both cgroups v1 and v2.
Note: To enable cgroups v2 exclusively, set rc_cgroup_mode="unified" in /etc/rc.conf and reboot for changes to take effect. 

Seems this is related more to openrc service manager. I hope this helps.

Hi, I've been seeing some quirky behaviour with opensnitch as well, but only that the gui with it's notifications did not start, I ended up setting it to start with plasma settings (I use KDE plasma, with xorg on Daedalus, again).

I had to leave excalibur because it lead to dep-hell.

I remember finding a python package for opensnitch and that helped my system a bit... ymmv

Happy new year to you all.

Great work, thank you for your efforts.

I realise I am surfing the rim here, but...

system service hwclock allows changes to or from system time.

Set the Hardware Clock to the current System Time.
# hwclock --systohc

Set the System Time from the Hardware Clock.
# hwclock --hctosys

# hwclock --set --date="8:20:05"

But, generally I set the bios to UTC and the system takes care of the rest.

All the best.

I often do this when tidying up the start process... for services I use and not everything available, especially for accessability services.

rc-update del sudo default
rc-update add sudo off
rc-update add ssh off
rc-update del ssh default
rc-update del saned default
rc-update add saned off
rc-update add nethack-common off
rc-update del nethack-common default
rc-update del fetchmail default
rc-update add fetchmail off
rc-update add exim4 off
rc-update del exim4 default

.... (plus a whole lot more where I profer to start them myself when required.)

If you type rc-update you'll get a complete list for your system. (I'm using open-rc)

you may put that line anywhere under the standard info (head), but anywhere will work.
If there is a duplicate you may see error complaints, but it (the update and/or installations) should still work.

As for the su changes, I add an entry in to ~/.bash. Generally I put the line with other alias' in the file.
/home/glenn/.bashrc

	alias su='su -'

This way I don't get problems if there's an update/upgrade that changes the way su (substitute user) is invoked.

libc6 is upgraded with excalibur. BPO kernel here. Daedalus backports is on 6.12.43-1~bpo12+1 (2025-09-06)

I tried a "apt dist-upgrade" (adding excalibur to my sources.list) to excalibur, but got stuck with usrmerge problems, like /bin is not a link...

I tried to correct that, the folders and contents copied to the relevant directories manually from another OS.

But that hack didn't work for me.

I had installed usrmerge before-hand in preparation but it never finished the install scripts, after --reconfig (dpkg --configure -a) a few times.

I don't know why, but I have read somewhere that usrmerge has problems with separate harddrive partitions for /usr. I generally have separate partitions for /, /boot, /usr, /tmp, /var, swap and /home

So I did a quick backup of /root and /etc and started a clean install.

I had to install seatd to get a login screen

I run kde, and found sddm virtual keyboard fullscreen... I'm using slim to keep the login screen neat looking

I wish there was an "accessabillity" toggle switch/meta package we could switch off all the brail, virtual keyboards and speaking tools from the install process.

But other than those 2 things, My system is running quite nicely, thank you for your efforts.

Hi, for those who must tinker, I have used a script to convert systemd to sysvinit programs, look for

sysd2v.sh

search on this forum and others.
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=4865

It does not fix package dependencies, only start|stop services...

I hope this helps.

hi, as a side - note, with "ping" use -c (n) for the number of times to "ping".

I generally use,

ping -c 4

All the best.

Yes, I agree as well for newbies it is important.

I was really thinking about before you install, usually a one liner repeated 2 or 3 times with out too much real info describing what the app does/provides.

I see your point, Nice work.