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#226 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Help requested with WINE setup and/or Chromium Cache Searching » 2023-02-25 10:40:28

rolfie wrote:

As far as I remember when I installed wine a while ago, when you just specify # apt install wine you just get wine64, the additional architecture does not matter. i386 is pre-requisite to do an # apt install wine32.

Interesting, you archived what I wanted at the time, but could not get.

Sorry, I did not ment to spread confuision.

EDIT:
Tested on Chimaera, it depends on 'recommended install'.

# apt install wine --no-install-recommends

does not install wine32, while

# apt install wine --install-recommends
# apt install wine64 --install-recommends

does, if i386 architecture is added.

#227 Re: Installation » GRUB Grief » 2023-02-25 10:08:30

Juggle333 wrote:

Choosing to start the new HDD from the BIOS boot menu produces a "Welcome to GRUB!" message and a "grub_rescue" prompt - at which point I'm stuck.

I suspect that I need to find a way of either unlocking my existing encrypted disk first, to allow the GRUB installer to see it, or editing GRUB settings to recognise encrypted disks?

This should have worked.
The boot selection method via BIOS-boot-menue is independant from any installation on other HDD's, therefore no need to edit foreign grub configurations.

I probably would temporarily disconnect the Ubuntu-disk (physically), and then try to boot / chroot / rescue / reinstall.

PS:
(((the OP knows, but just to name it - the BIOS-boot-menue: Power-on the PC, it beeps, press once [F12_in_my_case] and the HDD selection appears.)))

#228 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Help requested with WINE setup and/or Chromium Cache Searching » 2023-02-24 18:26:13

As far as I remember

# dpkg --add-architecture i386
# apt install wine 

installed both, wine64 and wine32.
Indeet, it was impossible to get only wine64 without wine32 (trying to get away without i386-architecture).

EDIT: caution! My memory seems to trick me!
EDIT2: the above is true with apt's defaults or namely # apt install wine --install-recommends

#229 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Stupid two screen question (screens before login) » 2023-02-23 18:34:51

Get black screens after grub too.
Newer Intel graphics (11-something?) seem a bit "picky" in what they display and what not. One feature is to not support BIOS boot anymore (black screen on non-efi-boot). As far as I remember, temporary using an exiisting PCIe graphics card showed boot messages.

Another thing is, when switching to a text-console, both screens showin the same content. No idea, whether this is as it should be.

#230 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Daedalus issues with wifi connection » 2023-02-23 18:04:16

Did you try to copy the URL form the network-portal-login-page visible in Chimaera's Firefox and re-use it in Daedalus?

#231 Re: Installation » Got sound in Firefox with only alsa and JACK! » 2023-02-20 18:29:17

swanson wrote:

Downloading Librewolf as we speak....

( https://librewolf.net/installation/debian/ )

For sound with alsa you probably need the "AppImage" - not the version form the debian repository.
Not sure why this is, but it was the case some months ago and did not re-check since then.

#232 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Bookworm's "which" pogram » 2023-02-13 19:53:05

Thanks for the input, guys.

Probably it's not as bad as I thought in the first place. De-deprecation seems somewhat likely and gnu-which was included.
Still don't like it when "they" mess around with the basic tool set.

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

I think the NewInBookworm page just hasn't been updated

Best solution (EDIT:), but bad public relation.

#233 Other Issues » [SOLVED] Bookworm's "which" pogram » 2023-02-08 22:59:27

delgado
Replies: 13

New in the upcoming debian release https://wiki.debian.org/NewInBookworm

* The which program has been deprecated, and writes a warning to standard error (but still works, so long as stderr is not being captured along with stdout).

For f*** sake why? Completely unnecessary.
Will this make it to daedalus?

Probably a reminder to pin a current version before the release date to avoid stupid error messages.
gnu-which, which.debianutils ... are there more?

#234 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] nvidia Error during boot » 2023-02-04 20:45:08

The (1st) error message does nothing on my system, the module is clearly loaded.

$ lsmod | grep nvi

No idea about the following 3 lines. What exactly is the problem?

How was the nouveau kernel driver working on your system? Do you really need the proprietary nvidia driver? Uninstall nvidia can be a solution.

#235 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Fixing broken Brother DCP-L3510CDW Printer Installation (howto) » 2023-02-04 20:00:31

alexkemp wrote:

HP printed it perfectly & the damned Brother will not!

Of course I do not know the print outs, just want to remind on technical limits.
A current inc-jet printer can produce photo alike results. A laser printer is good for something with sharp edges like text or lines, gradients are ... difficult / not looking good. The colours itself are non-natural and loud.

At my work is a Brother network laser printer. No installation at all - appeared in cups (no idea how, it's a shame) and is simply working.
A bit colour tweaking might be nice.

#236 Re: Devuan » Devuan LXQt Themes » 2023-02-01 12:50:57

Looks great, thanks.
Would the theme function with my LXDE too?
golinux in https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=40747#p40747 made me think this might be possible.

#237 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Dying machine? » 2023-02-01 12:38:10

steve_v wrote:

As for isolating a hardware fault, the obvious answer would be to try to reproduce the problem in as minimal a configuration as you can. Remove expansion cards and extraneous peripherals, swap or replace PSU, memory modules, that kind of thing.

I would like to add:
A bad contact may/can be cured by pulling the connectors off and on again.
Unpluging and plug in again any reacheable cable (and card) may fix the problem. If you don't know exactly what you are doing, just be careful with electrostatic charges, don't use too much force on connectors; it's a bit like Lego, use your brain, unplug main power of course; everything should be straight and fitting, otherwise it is incorect.
(I still think the parrot is probably dead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZw35VUBdzo , but) It's worth a try, if you feel comfortable doing so.

#238 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Dying machine? » 2023-01-31 23:19:36

Assuming it Is it the same machine from the "Block device detection" thread  https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=5508: The answer is probably yes.

Randomly changing block device names are not good, there should be a reason. One possible is defective hardware (I remember a dying machine, which started printing "updating dmi data pool ... success" on almost every boot)

#239 Re: Freedom Hacks » Tinfoil Tuxery - Packages_of_interest » 2023-01-29 10:42:21

fsmithred wrote:
apt rdepends zeitgeist

will show packages that depend on zeitgeist. I don't know an easy way to get Recommends or Suggests.

The list is quite enlarged when using addional wildcards (incl Suggests, Reverse Depends, etc). Just typed it, becasue the original list was to small.

apt rdepends *zeitgeist*

Edit: Typo (hm .. no spell checker when using this computer. There might be more)

#240 Re: Devuan » what's going on with aufs? » 2023-01-27 21:09:42

Knoppix is still using aufs. knoppix.de
A debian based live-usb (cd/dvd) system without systemd. Works great and saved my ass more than once. Update cycle is about one iso per year.

At least there should be a current debian package (knoppix repo for non-std-debian stuff). I have no idea how good or bad the aufs package is.

#241 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » How do i switch between Nvida and Intel display drivers? » 2023-01-13 23:26:52

Sadly, no simple solution.

The current problem might be: The 3D-acceleration points to the wrong library after switching the SSD - didn't had that in mind at the first answer, sorry.
I'm not exactly sure about the command, there might be other recommended tools or command lines. A symbolic link must be updated to match the graphic card.
sudo update-alternatives --config glx

#243 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] How to set keyboard layout in a remote X session? » 2023-01-06 12:14:08

Update:
The original post was not very precise: xrdp is the problem.
And I found a somewhat dirty hack to fix the keyboard layout.

The loaded keymap is:

sudo cat /var/log/xrdp.log | grep km-000 | tail -1
[20230106-12:31:06] [INFO ] Loading keymap file /etc/xrdp/km-00000409.ini

Which is "us". "de" is "km-00000407.ini".
Backup and copy:

sudo gzip /etc/xrdp/km-00000409.ini
sudo cp /etc/xrdp/km-00000407.ini /etc/xrdp/km-00000409.ini

After logging in, it is still a "us" keymap, but switching to "de" now works

setxkbmap de

Would prefer a cleaner solution, but at least it works by now.

Edit: Will mark it as solved. And look for another remote X session solution.

#244 Re: Installation » Installing from USB thumb drive » 2022-12-11 14:44:26

Devarch wrote:

Download unofficial non-free image of Debian and convert it installed to Devuan.

Can't confirm that. The modprobe -i nvidia-current error in /var/log/dmesg is present in both cases, migration with installed nvidia drivers and devuan installation.

But, does it do something at all?
lsmod says nvidia modules are loaded, I' just ignoring it.

#245 Re: Off-topic » Music » 2022-12-09 22:41:53

Hopefully it is not to late!
Billy Talent for the rescue?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNrj4reWIgY

#246 Re: Installation » pan2, missing 'locale'? » 2022-12-07 15:42:24

Hi,
did you try to rebuild the locales?

sudo locale-gen

It builds entries listed in /etc/locale.gen

#247 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » I am tired from Ceres glitches » 2022-12-04 10:34:54

I'm happily running daedalus, repo is

deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus main contrib non-free

The output of neofetch regarding OS, Kernel and Shell is equal.

Not exactly sure about the OS name "daedalus/ceres".
Packages are tested in ceres, before integrated in daedalus.

(edit: typo)

#248 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » I am tired from Ceres glitches » 2022-12-03 22:20:46

Worst case is a new installation ... . Anyway.

Probably you want to migrate to daedalus?
It is closer to ceres.

#249 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » I am tired from Ceres glitches » 2022-12-03 21:15:39

Hi,
changing the release is always the same.

edit /etc/apt/sources.list - replace ceres with chimaera

apt update
apt upgrade
apt dist-upgrade 

To downgrade or make apt install older packages over newer:

cat /etc/apt/preferences
Package: *
Pin: release n=chimaera
Pin-Priority: 1001

I messed the file up here https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=5208
apt -s whatever does a dry run.

#250 Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] How to set keyboard layout in a remote X session? » 2022-11-23 11:56:07

delgado
Replies: 3

Hi,

when I'm at home, having a wire guard vpn connection to the company, via remote-desktop to xrdp (virtual session, not screen mirror): The keyboard layout switches to 'en_US'.

The reason is unknown, this does not happen when the connection comes form a local machine. Anyway.

I used to have a German keyboard, anything else is English / en_GB.
To switch back to the layout:

$ setxkbmap -layout "de" -nodeadkeys   # same with or without 'nodeadkeys'

This works not 100%. The [Altgr] key stays dead, which means none of {[]}\| .

What am I missing? Or
How to get the [Altgr] key working?

Thanks and regards.

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