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#251 Re: Devuan » What happened at devuan.org? » 2019-04-01 12:25:48
humour is essential.
Agreed. But used wisely.
#252 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Thunar and nautilus-terminal » 2019-03-31 15:37:39
But don't hold your breath
Thank you for your link. It is very informative.
It is very clear to me that free software needs more humanpower. Proprietary software firms pay their employees to do boring work; we dont.
I would write the required Thunar feature myself. Just waiting to reborn and have more lives to live; everybody is busy with their own staff. No regrets, this is real life.
#253 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Thunar and nautilus-terminal » 2019-03-31 12:35:00
with the distinct advantage of being embedded into Nautilus' tabs/windows, following the navigation.
I dont use Nautilus, but this feature seems to me similar to the embedded terminal I use in Dolphin.
May be we could write this feature in the "wish list" of Thunar.
#254 Re: Off-topic » Gmail rejects messages from own server » 2019-03-31 08:55:59
Please forgive me if I'm totally off-base.
I welcome any idea. Thanks, golinux. I will need to learn to use DMARC sooner o later. I would like to do it, but I need free time because I'm not a pro mail admin.
Maybe you've tried it already, but otherwise you should query your ISP about how to set up your reverse DNS. It should really be possible for you
I've not tried it yet, mainly because I dont trust the technical knowledge of the first person at the other side of the line, and I know that in my country is very hard to get in touch with a qualified technician. But I will do it, at first in the forum that my ISP provides to their users. Thanks for your piece of advice, ralph.ronnquist.
#255 Off-topic » Gmail rejects messages from own server » 2019-03-30 19:03:00
- PedroReina
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I'm running pedroreina.net from my own server at home, as I pay to my ISP to not change my IP. Since 2001. Always with Debian, currently Debian Wheezy 32 bits with very humble hardware. Web, mail and DNS servers. The outgoing mail server is Exim 4.80.
Since a week or so, Gmail rejects some of my messages. This is the last error Exim gave to me from Gmail:
This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.
A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
xxxxxxxxxxx@gmail.com
SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data:
host gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com [74.125.71.26]:
550-5.7.1 This message does not have authentication information or fails to pass
550-5.7.1 authentication checks. To best protect our users from spam, the
550-5.7.1 message has been blocked. Please visit
550-5.7.1 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/81126#authentication for more
550 5.7.1 information. n124si1824333wma.47 - gsmtpI read the link and I think that the most important problem is that I cannot resolve rDNS, as the IP is owned by my ISP.
Do you know some workaround? Thank you.
(I can update the box to Devuan current, if this will help to solve the problem, but it is really a lot of work because of the amount of custom code I'm running).
#256 Re: Devuan » Devuan's planetary theming » 2019-03-27 15:44:55
the actual font used in the original logo is proprietary
A side note about typography and freedom. Back in the 2000's it was very very difficult to find free (as in speech) fonts. I found some good free (as in beer) fonts and mirrored in my own website before they gone. Nowadays there are lots of good free (as in speech) fonts. I check regullarly https://www.fontsquirrel.com/ for fun and profit.
#257 Re: Devuan » ssh with a file manager??? » 2019-03-23 09:17:58
Is it possible to browse files on another box with a file manager using ssh?
Midnight Commander can do it.
#258 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Tiny fonts » 2019-03-19 16:40:28
There is no qt5ct in the repos.
I compiled qt5ct on my Devuan 2 box with the docs on the link. It works for me.
#259 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Tiny fonts » 2019-03-18 14:56:54
How to make Qt5 font bigger ?
#260 Re: Devuan » Possible long-term install of Devuan and initial post-install thoughts » 2019-03-17 08:50:21
things get stored in /tmp which quicky runs out of room
Indeed. I have a separate partition for /tmp in some boxes.
#261 Re: Devuan » Possible long-term install of Devuan and initial post-install thoughts » 2019-03-17 08:47:25
think you thought I was talking about the Debian one
Yes. My bad. Sorry.
#262 Re: Devuan » Possible long-term install of Devuan and initial post-install thoughts » 2019-03-16 22:49:46
/dev/mmcblk0p1 23G 4.3G 18G 20% /Would it be reasonable to shave down the root partition to 10GB therefore giving me a much-appreciated larger /home partition?
Of course. In my experience I've never go to more than 10 GB. And 4.3 is very similar to my standard install of a full desktop.
One criticism so far - the installer feels a bit clunky.
May be just a matter of taste. I think that it is powerful and simple. (I always use the "Expert install").
felt rather experimental.
No, it is not experimental. It is old code by now. It get new options, but I've been using it (with Debian and Devuan) more than 10 years. 15? No glitchs. Some times hardware has errors and they get up to the installer.
#263 Re: Other Issues » Root terminal without password » 2019-03-13 15:45:08
Are you sure you get a root terminal?
Good question. Try also the command whoami
#264 Re: Off-topic » Old Dell optiplex 780 sff died » 2019-03-09 18:23:21
i will most likely get a cheap usb3 to sata 3.5 inch enclosure for the old hdd
Good idea, IMHO. Please also consider something like that:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L3W4G1I
I have two of them in my box and they are very useful to make backups on standard spinning drives.
This hdd is a 500 mb spin disk
You mean 500 GB, right? 
will probably die sooner rather than later
This is for sure. I learned the hard way how important is doing regular backups.
i will just get all the personal info off and turn it into a spare drive
Wise move, IMHO. Now, I have four backups and rotate them weekly.
ssd and newer motherboards and cpu on the horizon when i can afford it.
Money is a big constraint, of course. One of the zillion things I like with free software is that we can do a better use of the resources, money and hardware.
Good luck
#265 Re: Off-topic » Old Dell optiplex 780 sff died » 2019-03-09 11:49:15
I have my personal hard drive from the dell im hoping i can just plug in and reconfigure.
I'm sure that you can do just that and it will work.
But ten years is a long time for a hard drive. Even if the SMART info is right, I will change the hard drive for a new one, most likely an SSD one, as they are nowadays very affordable and the benefits in speed will be very notable.
#266 Re: Installation » Beowulf: Link sbin » 2019-02-19 12:50:11
I tried copying .Xauthority and that didn't work for me in beowulf. Are you using that in beowulf now?
No, in Beowulf no.
#267 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » how to completely disable laptop lid detection? [SOLVED] » 2019-02-18 20:12:06
I figured out how to disable the lid switch at kernel level.
Astounding! Well done!
#268 Re: Installation » Beowulf: Link sbin » 2019-02-18 20:07:52
But then you won't be able to start graphical apps as root from that terminal. For that, you're supposed to use pkexec.
I use an old trick for that:
cp /home/user/.Xauthority /root/#269 Re: Installation » Beowulf: Link sbin » 2019-02-18 16:23:10
Has to be something to do with systemd.
I dont think so. Just remember the history of the split:
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busy … 74114.html
#270 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » ethernet and login manager concerns » 2019-02-17 09:46:27
It seems to me that the low level staff of eth0 is right in your two systems. The relevant line of dmesg being:
r8169 0000:04:00.1 eth0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/txSo, I think that the difference could be the logical configurations. Do you have installed a network manager (network-manager, wicd,...)? In any case, please post your /etc/network/interfaces
#271 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Refacta 9.0 Released » 2019-02-10 12:53:23
was just talking about local tech stores that sell office products etc.
Sure, agreed.
#272 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » ethernet and login manager concerns » 2019-02-10 00:19:26
if you need more info
Usually we need to know the gore details. Let's start for posting the result of running the order dmesg.
#273 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Refacta 9.0 Released » 2019-02-09 20:10:32
i miss the old days of 1 and 2gb usb sticks, i think i even had a 512mb at one stage.
I drop by aliexpress.com once in a while and usually find some sticks of small capacity, although they are priced very similar to the bigger ones.
#274 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] wlan0 interface not recognized by `ifconfig' nor `ip link' » 2019-02-08 21:44:09
doesn't recognize wlan0.
Could you please post the result of the command dmesg?
#275 Re: Installation » NTFS Partitions not recognised » 2019-02-04 22:34:01
You could try this: https://superuser.com/questions/111151/ … -partition
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