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#1 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Devuan+dwm+xinitrc: how to start properly? » 2026-04-28 13:52:23
I mean, do you use a display manager or do you start X from .bash_profile
#2 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Devuan+dwm+xinitrc: how to start properly? » 2026-04-28 13:19:34
No... I use this since decades lol... did you downloaded xorg-xinit ? how do you startx ?
#3 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Devuan+dwm+xinitrc: how to start properly? » 2026-04-28 12:41:52
Yes ok but dbus is launched at boot time; so just start dwm as I suggested, doesn't it work ?
#4 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Devuan+dwm+xinitrc: how to start properly? » 2026-04-28 12:08:28
hi, do you have specific use of dbus there ? the normal way is to put dwm at the end of .xinitrc.
exemple :
setxkbmap -option caps:swapescape &
xset s 480 dpms 600 600 600 &
xset b off &
dwmdwm (or any wm) MUST BE AT THE END
edit : i assume dwm is in you PATH, so you don't need to write the full path (/usr/bin/... or anything else)
#5 Re: Off-topic » systemd starting to store birthDate » 2026-03-25 14:07:17
Ok, so how will normal people (ie computer nerds) will passthrough all this shitness ? Using tor ? gophers ? i2p ? Faking identity ? How will I join devuan forums if I don't want to leak my passport, pictures etc ?
#6 Re: DIY » Ballistics calculator app » 2026-03-25 09:13:38
lol I know you are not a warmaker but an hard learner... we all hate maths, but we all need it 
keep it up
#7 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Devuan more JWM » 2026-03-25 09:12:24
It does but who know...
The fact the computer has "only" 6Gib RAM is a factor too, more ram you have, more it consums
#8 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Devuan more JWM » 2026-03-24 10:55:57
mmh weird, with very basic install + dwm (which I think is one of the lightest wm), I can't go above 350 mib at boot. Don't you use dbus not elogind ?
#9 Re: DIY » Ballistics calculator app » 2026-03-24 10:50:04
Greenjeans preparing for war oO
#10 Off-topic » systemd starting to store birthDate » 2026-03-19 09:38:54
- unixuser
- Replies: 20
...to suits american (and brazilian) laws.
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/40954
No systemd distro soon illegals ? lol 
#11 Re: Documentation » [SOLVED] struggling starting auto-cpufreq --daemon » 2026-02-03 08:47:52
ok I'll test with the correction, thank you edx.
I mark this topic as RESOLVED
#12 Re: Documentation » [SOLVED] struggling starting auto-cpufreq --daemon » 2026-02-02 20:58:27
Nice one. Do you know how to avoid that ? Without using zram
#13 Re: Documentation » [SOLVED] struggling starting auto-cpufreq --daemon » 2026-02-02 13:46:39
not yet, but I suspect a memory leak from something from afreq
user@~ >>> vmstat
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- -------cpu-------
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st gu
2 0 0 12241312 32060 246648 0 0 3363 46 5112 1 0 1 99 0 0 0
user@~ >>> doas slabtop
doas (user@devx) password:
user@~ >>> doas pkill afreq
doas (user@devx) password:
user@~ >>> vmstat
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- -------cpu-------
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st gu
1 0 0 14329644 32228 246996 0 0 1168 17 2130 0 0 1 99 0 0 0detailed output of pmap :
2081: /bin/sh /usr/local/sbin/afreq
Address Perm Offset Device Inode Size Rss Pss Pss_Dirty Referenced Anonymous KSM LazyFree ShmemPmdMapped FilePmdMapped Shared_Hugetlb Private_Hugetlb Swap SwapPss Locked THPeligible ProtectionKey Mapping
55b965845000 r--p 00000000 103:02 7733880 16 16 4 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 dash
55b965849000 r-xp 00004000 103:02 7733880 80 80 20 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 dash
55b96585d000 r--p 00018000 103:02 7733880 24 24 6 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 dash
55b965863000 r--p 0001d000 103:02 7733880 8 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 dash
55b965865000 rw-p 0001f000 103:02 7733880 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 dash
55b965866000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 8 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55b99787a000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 236 116 116 116 116 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [heap]
7fa96db3a000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 12 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7fa96db3d000 r--p 00000000 103:02 7748394 160 160 6 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 libc.so.6
7fa96db65000 r-xp 00028000 103:02 7748394 1424 1168 39 0 1168 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 libc.so.6
7fa96dcc9000 r--p 0018c000 103:02 7748394 344 156 4 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 libc.so.6
7fa96dd1f000 r--p 001e1000 103:02 7748394 16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 libc.so.6
7fa96dd23000 rw-p 001e5000 103:02 7748394 8 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 libc.so.6
7fa96dd25000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 52 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7fa96dd40000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 8 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7fa96dd42000 r--p 00000000 00:00 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [vvar]
7fa96dd46000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 8 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [vdso]
7fa96dd48000 r--p 00000000 103:02 7748391 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
7fa96dd49000 r-xp 00001000 103:02 7748391 160 156 5 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
7fa96dd71000 r--p 00029000 103:02 7748391 44 44 1 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
7fa96dd7c000 r--p 00034000 103:02 7748391 8 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
7fa96dd7e000 rw-p 00036000 103:02 7748391 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
7fa96dd7f000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7fffdd501000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 132 12 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [stack]
==== ==== === ========= ========== ========= === ======== ============== ============= ============== =============== ==== ======= ====== =========== =============
2780 2036 305 220 2036 220 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 KB Nothing suspicious ?
rofl
#14 Re: Documentation » [SOLVED] struggling starting auto-cpufreq --daemon » 2026-01-31 12:17:39
this is weird because, with afreq on :
user@~ >>> free -h
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 14Gi 3.1Gi 10Gi 12Mi 635Mi 11Gi
Swap: 11Gi 0B 11Giwithout afreq :
user@~ >>> doas pkill afreq
doas (user@devx) password:
user@~ >>> free -h
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 14Gi 1.1Gi 12Gi 15Mi 638Mi 13Gi
Swap: 11Gi 0B 11Gibut it is really using 1.8 MiB :
user@~ >>> ps aux | grep afreq
root 2075 0.1 0.0 2780 1884 ? S 11:24 0:03 /bin/sh /usr/local/sbin/afreq
user 2625 0.0 0.0 4068 2092 pts/2 S+ 11:54 0:00 grep afreqEdit : yeah, with btop tree view I have almost same numbers as yours. So the problem isn't from afreq BUT the memory increases only when it's running... Still working on it lol
#15 Re: Documentation » [SOLVED] struggling starting auto-cpufreq --daemon » 2026-01-30 21:27:58
I can't understand why it uses that much. Well I check with fastfetch, free and i3status. Htop shows 1960 mib for afreq
#16 Re: Documentation » [SOLVED] struggling starting auto-cpufreq --daemon » 2026-01-30 18:47:37
@EDX, I had to get powermgmt-base for a dependence, looks like your program is effective, but it uses 2 Gi of ram Oo I don't know what causes it yet.
@fanderal, thanks, I'll check it out
#17 Re: Documentation » [SOLVED] struggling starting auto-cpufreq --daemon » 2026-01-30 12:52:35
Thanks EDX, I didn't know afreq, it looks lighter, you did a good work. I think I'll use it instead... I'm still using elogind by default anyway.
If anyone was able to start auto-cpufreq I'd like to know.
#18 Documentation » [SOLVED] struggling starting auto-cpufreq --daemon » 2026-01-30 12:02:56
- unixuser
- Replies: 14
Hi there,
I'm trying to start auto-cpufeq at startup with init.d, but the --daemon option makes it harder than expected. Here is the script (copied from cron startup) :
#!/bin/bash
# Start/stop auto-cpufreq daemon.
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: auto-cpufreq
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
# Should-Start:
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description: Regular background program processing daemon
### END INIT INFO
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin
DESC="auto-cpufreq daemon"
NAME=auto-cpufreqd
DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/auto-cpufreq --daemon
PIDFILE=/var/run/auto-cpufreq.pid
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/"$NAME"
test -f "$DAEMON" || exit 0 && echo "exit 0"
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
case "$1" in
start) log_daemon_msg "Starting auto-cpufreq daemon"
start_daemon -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON
log_end_msg $?
;;
stop) log_daemon_msg "Stopping auto-cpufreq daemon"
killproc -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && [ -e "$PIDFILE" ] && rm -f $PIDFILE
log_end_msg $RETVAL
;;
status)
status_of_proc -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON $NAME && exit 0 || exit $?
;;
*) log_action_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/auto-cpufreq {start|stop|status}"
exit 2
;;
esac
exit 0auto-cpufreq is is executable and at /usr/local/bin/
Looks like it would start without --daemon option. Sorry for infamous mistakes that mustbe in this script
#19 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] (Alsa) Freia/Ceres - getting updates / should i be concerned? » 2026-01-20 12:47:30
Hi, libpulse0 is a dependence of chromium, ffmpeg, mpv, i3wm, etc...
It means it is present to build those programs but not necessarily used. If you don't have a pulse server it won't be activated (I HOPE).
To get rid of it you could recompile, for example chromium without this lib but it is hard work for a little.
If those libs need to be upgraded, it means they are already present on your system, please try to see why they are here and try to remove it.
#20 Re: Documentation » HOW TO: Install XLibre on Devuan » 2026-01-13 12:19:29
I'm using it on my workstation with i3, works perfectly, won't go back, thank you.
#21 Re: Documentation » How to use the Init system? » 2025-11-28 13:38:59
@fsmithred
Thank you, very nice find
#22 Re: Off-topic » Hard Rust requirements for APT from may next year » 2025-11-12 01:37:19
Incredible, what's the point ? Looks totally useless to rewrite working stuff ?
It is not about security, security is how you code, not about the language. C is really secure IF you know how to use it.
It is not about performances : https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/8573
So, what's the fucking point ?
#23 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Why freia ? » 2025-09-23 20:16:01
Ok, I went full freia
#24 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Why freia ? » 2025-09-23 15:15:32
ok so it will be a mess to set up sourceslist
edit can I do it or it is non sens ? I would like to keep security :
Types: deb deb-src
URIs: http://deb.devuan.org/merged/
Suites: freia
Components: main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/devuan-archive-keyring.gpg
Types: deb deb-src
URIs: http://de.deb.devuan.org/merged/
Suites: ceres
Components: main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/devuan-archive-keyring.gpg
Types: deb deb-src
URIs: http://deb.devuan.org/merged/
Suites: excalibur-security
Components: main non-free-firmware
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/devuan-archive-keyring.gpg
#25 Installation » [SOLVED] Why freia ? » 2025-09-23 14:06:19
- unixuser
- Replies: 4
Hi there, I have a weird stuff on my system ?
See :
> cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Devuan GNU/Linux 7 (freia/ceres)"
NAME="Devuan GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="7"
VERSION="7 (freia/ceres)"
VERSION_CODENAME="freia ceres"
ID=devuan
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.devuan.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://devuan.org/os/community"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.devuan.org/"
but in my sources, I only have :
> doas cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devuan.sources
Types: deb deb-src
URIs: http://de.deb.devuan.org/merged/
Suites: ceres
Components: main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/devuan-archive-keyring.gpg
Types: deb deb-src
URIs: http://deb.devuan.org/merged/
Suites: excalibur-security
Components: main non-free-firmware
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/devuan-archive-keyring.gpg
Is freia testing version ?
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