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#376 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » reportbug - available? » 2020-03-04 13:51:42

thank you very much!

this led me to reconfigure reportbug and entering a gmail adress.

the next reportbug was also rejected with updated error

Saving a backup of the report at /tmp/reportbug-xfce4-power-manager-backup-20200304-3439-lul_qn4s
Connecting to mx.devuan.org via SMTP...
SMTP send failure: {'submit@bugs.devuan.org': (450, b'4.7.25 Client host
rejected: cannot find your hostname, [151.62.1.237]')}. Do you want to retry
(or else save the report and exit)? [Y|n|q|?]? 

#377 Re: Installation » (beowulf) no ALSA available? » 2020-03-04 13:25:47

well , it seems alsa is functioing on my computer also withouth

alsa

and

alsa-base

package;
however, the cmus alsa-plugin is not responding; there seems to be some incompatibility;
also, the evoked root-command

alsactl init

fails on my system (beowulf xfce4)

thank you very much.

#378 Re: Installation » (beowulf) no ALSA available? » 2020-03-04 12:59:20

It seems that i have alsa-utils already installed

sudo apt-get install alsa-utils
[sudo] password for rich:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
alsa-utils is already the newest version (1.1.8-2).
alsa-utils set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

this could mean that something is not functioning on the cmus alsa-backend side?

can you confirm that your alsa is functioing also when pulseaudio is shut-off?

#379 Re: Installation » (beowulf) no ALSA available? » 2020-03-04 12:08:35

rolfie wrote:

Alsa is available on Beowulf, you may check what is available in the reps and installed with apt list alsa*.

Then as root execute an alsactl init.

rolfie

This gives

bash: alsactl: command not found

these packages are found

apt list alsa*
Listing... Done
alsa-firmware-loaders/testing 1.1.7-1 amd64
alsa-firmware-loaders/testing 1.1.7-1 i386
alsa-oss/testing 1.1.8-1 amd64
alsa-oss/testing 1.1.8-1 i386
alsa-tools-gui/testing 1.1.7-1 amd64
alsa-tools-gui/testing 1.1.7-1 i386
alsa-tools/testing 1.1.7-1 amd64
alsa-tools/testing 1.1.7-1 i386
alsa-utils/testing,now 1.1.8-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
alsa-utils/testing 1.1.8-2 i386
alsamixergui/testing 0.9.0rc2-1-10 amd64
alsamixergui/testing 0.9.0rc2-1-10 i386
alsaplayer-alsa/testing 0.99.81-2 amd64
alsaplayer-alsa/testing 0.99.81-2 i386
alsaplayer-common/testing 0.99.81-2 amd64
alsaplayer-common/testing 0.99.81-2 i386
alsaplayer-daemon/testing 0.99.81-2 amd64
alsaplayer-daemon/testing 0.99.81-2 i386
alsaplayer-gtk/testing 0.99.81-2 amd64
alsaplayer-gtk/testing 0.99.81-2 i386
alsaplayer-jack/testing 0.99.81-2 amd64
alsaplayer-jack/testing 0.99.81-2 i386
alsaplayer-nas/testing 0.99.81-2 amd64
alsaplayer-nas/testing 0.99.81-2 i386
alsaplayer-oss/testing 0.99.81-2 amd64
alsaplayer-oss/testing 0.99.81-2 i386
alsaplayer-text/testing 0.99.81-2 amd64
alsaplayer-text/testing 0.99.81-2 i386
alsaplayer-xosd/testing 0.99.81-2 amd64
alsaplayer-xosd/testing 0.99.81-2 i386

however, there is no "alsa" or "alsa-base" package?

#380 Hardware & System Configuration » reportbug - available? » 2020-03-04 12:05:13

kapqa
Replies: 10

Hello ,

today i tried to file a problem with XFCE4-power-manager with debian/devuan reportbug?

the problem is that when i change the settings for what to do when closing laptop lid from "lock screen" to "suspend", nothing happens.
With LXDE no such problem.

reportbug returned the following

Report will be sent to Devuan Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.devuan.org>
Submit this report on xfce4-power-manager (e to edit)
[Y|n|a|c|e|i|l|m|p|q|d|t|s|?]? 
Saving a backup of the report at /tmp/reportbug-xfce4-power-manager-backup-20200304-7482-7i34ehmo
Connecting to mx.devuan.org via SMTP...
SMTP send failure: {'submit@bugs.devuan.org': (450, b'4.1.8 <rich@t400.home-
life.hub>: Sender address rejected: Domain not found')}. Do you want to retry
(or else save the report and exit)? [Y|n|q|?]? 

#382 Re: Installation » (beowulf) no ALSA available? » 2020-03-04 09:04:33

i don't know,

when i changed the above line to

set output_plugin=alsa

an error came up; when i tried to install alsa package, there was the message "package not found" or similar, that got me thinking this is not installed.

the exact error that comes up with alsa is

Error: opening audio device: No such file or directory

I am using Debian since Wheezy/Squeeze, and Alsa was always default package.

#383 Installation » (beowulf) no ALSA available? » 2020-03-03 21:20:01

kapqa
Replies: 14

Hello ,

on most of my notebook i tried to use alsa only because it did sound cleaner and louder on those that i used; sometimes it was quite a drastic improvement to rid the system of pulseaudio , sometimes a minor.

today i tried to install cmus and to get it working had to append

set output_plugin=pulse

to

~/.config/cmus/rc

now i would like to use alsa-only (more easy on xfce4 rather than on gnome)

but it seems that on devuan alsa it is not available or am i wrong here?

sudo apt-get install alsa
[sudo] password for rich: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package alsa is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'alsa' has no installation candidate

#384 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » (lenovo t400/ ascii) no wifi recognized » 2020-02-12 10:24:37

well, in the meantime i downgraded to jessie devuan (where wifi worked ootb) and then upgraded from there to ascii; now the wifi is there.
don't know if previously i made an error or the wifi was just not there or just hidden.

(solution)
works for me.
thanks alot

#385 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » (lenovo t400/ jessie - xfce4) no sleep when lid closed » 2020-02-12 10:21:38

well,,
i updated to devuan ascii, and there the energy settings function normally as they should!

Thanks alot!

https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebia … 00/stretch

#386 Hardware & System Configuration » (lenovo t400/ jessie - xfce4) no sleep when lid closed » 2020-02-12 07:38:26

kapqa
Replies: 1

Hello ,

i have a vintage computer and have installed the following OS on it.

Devuan Jessie 64Bit with XFCE4.

I followed the routine and installed what is to install.

Noticed that upon closing the lid, the laptop does not go into sleep mode.

I changed the behaviour in the Energy Settings for XFCE4 from "lock display" to "sleepmode" to no avail.

#387 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » (lenovo t400/ ascii) no wifi recognized » 2020-02-11 21:54:21

no, but it did check with wicd network manager, to no avail.

maybe i should have let the hardware switch on during installation, i don't know; maybe i made an error.

with jessie it functions.

#388 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » (lenovo t400/ ascii) no wifi recognized » 2020-02-10 22:40:08

I reverted back to Devuan Jessie, and there the Wifi + Bluetooth are recognized and installed out of the box (with WIFI hardware-switch set ON).

Probably never saw so many connections WIFI available on my computer at once; a bit scary.

The problem now is with Bluetooth as i am trying to access my MacMiniServer via NAP (Network Access Point - PAN)

on Gnome this function is available and functions well, albeit slow with the Bluetooth 2.1 card (surfing with around 100kb/s)

to achieve this i am trying to install all available packages as i did on gnome, but it would complain

sudo apt-get install bluez*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'bluespike' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'compass-blueprint-plugin' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'jquery-jplayer-bluemonday' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluefish-unstable' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'python2.7-lightblue' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluedevil' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-dbg' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'ruby-bluefeather' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluefish-unstable-data' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'python-bluetooth' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluetooth' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluez-network' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluefish' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluez-firmware' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'blueproximity' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluez-test-scripts' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'python-bluez' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'blueman' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'libbluetooth3' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluez-cups' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'libgnome-bluetooth13' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'libnet-bluetooth-perl' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'libbluetooth3-dbg' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluez-utils' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluez-pan' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluez-alsa' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluefish-plugins' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'libbluetooth3-dev' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'libbluetooth-dev' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'python2.7-bluez' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'qtdeclarative5-qtbluetooth-plugin' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluez-obexd' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'libpam-blue' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluez' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluez-gnome' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluefish-data' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluemindo' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'libbluedevil2' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluemon' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluez-tools' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'libqt5bluetooth5' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'pulseaudio-module-bluetooth' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'libbluedevil-dev' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'libgnome-bluetooth-dev' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'gnome-bluetooth' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'libgnome-bluetooth8' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'kdebluetooth' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluez-serial' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluez-dbg' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'qml-module-qtbluetooth' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluez-audio' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'python-lightblue' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluez-hcidump' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluefish-dbg' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'bluez-input' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'ruby-bluecloth' for regex 'bluez*'
Note, selecting 'libbluetooth-dev' instead of 'libbluetooth3-dev'
Note, selecting 'python-bluez' instead of 'python-bluetooth'
Note, selecting 'python-bluez' instead of 'python2.7-bluez'
Note, selecting 'python-lightblue' instead of 'python2.7-lightblue'
blueman is already the newest version.
bluetooth is already the newest version.
bluetooth set to manually installed.
bluez is already the newest version.
libbluetooth3 is already the newest version.
libbluetooth3 set to manually installed.
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gnome-bluetooth : Depends: libpam-systemd but it is not installable
                   Recommends: gnome-control-center but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

any idea on how to overcome this=?

Thanks

#389 Hardware & System Configuration » (lenovo t400/ ascii) no wifi recognized » 2020-02-10 21:17:27

kapqa
Replies: 5

Hello ,

i installed today a fresh Devuan Ascii on a Vintage Lenovo T400 and installed the WiFi module with firmware-iwlwifi.

However, Wireless status LED is inactive after reboot and no connections are shown.
The Bluetooth Status LED is green however, but it seems that XFCE4 has no Bluetooth packages installed and although i installed all Bluez* packages, no Bluetooth Manager is shown in the Taskbar.

The card is a iNTEL WIFI LINK 5300 and clearly functions under Debian Wheezy.

#390 Re: Installation » Upgrade from Debian Wheezy to Devuan Jessie » 2020-02-09 21:09:37

I tried to do this today (have several computer running Debian Wheezy 64Bit or Powerpc) with a quite fresh installation on Gnome3 + plus some packages installed

The error when going directly from Wheezy to Devuan Jessie would be

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Failed
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0 : Breaks: gnome-bluetooth (< 3.8) but 3.4.2-1 is to be installed
 gnome-bluetooth : Depends: gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0 (= 3.4.2-1) but 3.14.0-2 is to be installed
                   Depends: obexd-client but it is not going to be installed
 gnome-settings-daemon : Depends: libgnome-desktop-3-2 (>= 3.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
                         Depends: libpackagekit-glib2-14 but it is not going to be installed
 gsettings-desktop-schemas : Breaks: gnome-settings-daemon (< 3.10.0) but 3.4.2+git20121218.7c1322-3+deb7u3 is to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

So it seems more intelligent to update to Debian Jessie first, or to remove Gnome3 altogether and then upgrade directly to Devuan Jessie (and skipping Debian Jessie altogether)?

#394 Desktop and Multimedia » (Failed to open "/ on ".) failed to connect to network > solved » 2019-12-17 21:03:58

kapqa
Replies: 1

Hello ,

i found that on Devuan Ascii i could not connect to my local Macmini Server that has Samba activated.

When in Devuan Ascii i would click "Browse Network"

the error would be

Failed to open "/ on ".

Could solve this by installing all Gvfs packages available on Devuan

sudo apt-get install gvfs*

Afterwards when clicking the Network icon, the Windows Network and MacminiServer would show up.

#395 Desktop and Multimedia » (Ascii,XFCE4)Thunderbird 68.2.2 - column width seems fixed » 2019-12-03 16:13:10

kapqa
Replies: 0

Hello ,

i have a new installation of Devuan Ascii 64bit on my computer with XFCE4 as Desktop.

Noticed that on latest Thunderbird 68.2.2 it would not allow me to change the width of the columns in the mail section or in the feed reader section.
Whenever i hover over the separators, the icon would not change from an arrow to the icon meant for changing the width - it remains the same pointer arrow.

Any idea?

Thanks

#396 Desktop and Multimedia » (building handbrake) error with pkg-config » 2019-11-21 20:53:30

kapqa
Replies: 1

Hello ,

i try to build Handbrake from source on Devuan Ascii.

the following error occurs during ./config :

ERROR: minimum required pkg-config version is 0.29.1 and /usr/bin/pkg-config is 0.29

however

sudo apt install pkg-config
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
pkg-config is already the newest version (0.29-4+b1).

#397 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » amdgpu-pro + ascii on kernel 4.19 bpo ? » 2019-11-21 20:40:34

ToxicExMachina wrote:

Vulkan and VCE are available via libre driver: https://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/#index1h2

You don't need AMDGPU-PRO for that.

Hello thank you very much for your help; how can i check if i have those Vulkan and VCE enabled and libre driver installed?

The system is a Ascii with LXDE+KDE (sort of Hybrid atm).

#398 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » amdgpu-pro + ascii on kernel 4.19 bpo ? » 2019-11-19 14:26:03

ToxicExMachina wrote:
kapqa wrote:

well, i just wanted to use AMD VCE for video encoding in HandBrake and it does require the AMDGPU-PRO driver.
i have seen that the opensource has good benchmark but some features seem only available with the amd drivers, hence my timid try to install them.

thanks rolfie, i tried also with bpo.6, it did not make a difference (for now). maybe i just it wrong.

According to official info it's based on ffmpeg: https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/ … S.markdown

You don't need AMDGPU-PRO driver. You can try vdpau or vaapi with amdgpu driver.

I did use this guide here, and with Ubuntu 18.04 could get it to activate, however, it would also need some vulkan kit

https://handbrake.fr/docs/en/latest/tec … o-vce.html

according to AMD release notes for AMDGPU_Pro Driver (19.30)

To use the Vulkan driver in this stack, Vulkan SDK version v1.1.109.0 needs to be installed. The SDK can be downloaded from: https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home

#399 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » amdgpu-pro + ascii on kernel 4.19 bpo ? » 2019-11-18 14:26:57

well, i just wanted to use AMD VCE for video encoding in HandBrake and it does require the AMDGPU-PRO driver.
i have seen that the opensource has good benchmark but some features seem only available with the amd drivers, hence my timid try to install them.

thanks rolfie, i tried also with bpo.6, it did not make a difference (for now). maybe i just it wrong.

#400 Hardware & System Configuration » amdgpu-pro + ascii on kernel 4.19 bpo ? » 2019-11-16 16:55:00

kapqa
Replies: 8

Hello ,

i just tried this guide here for installing the amdgpu-pro driver on devuan ascii.

https://wiki.debian.org/AMDGPUDriverOnS … all&rev=36

but it would not succeed.

i did install the kernel 4.19.0.0.bpo.5-amd64 + the linux-headers.

could it be that the author used another backported kernel in stretch or where could the error lie?

Thank you.

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