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#26 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Synaptic problem, or what? » 2025-12-20 02:22:22
So following a link within the link given above, I found that someone has (supposedly) fixed it, here:
https://github.com/mvo5/synaptic/issues … 3616629445
Following the link in the link I just gave I found the deb installer. If I were to install it, how do I go about it? Should I purge the Synaptic now on my system, then install the fixed one?
#27 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Synaptic problem, or what? » 2025-12-20 01:44:10
That post in your link is already over 2 months old, and still isn't fixed. I get the feeling this might never be fixed. Can it be manually fixed, seeing that the issue is apparently that Synaptic can't handle the screenshots coming over https vs. http?
#28 Other Issues » [SOLVED] Synaptic problem, or what? » 2025-12-19 23:33:17
- Ron
- Replies: 31
So I've noticed since installing Devuan 6 that for every app I highlight in Synaptic, then click "Get Screenshot," I always get an empty window. I know not everything has a screenshot, and I'd bet it's over 75% that don't. But I must have tried over 50 things, and not a one gives a screenshot. Is something wrong here? Have all the screenshots been removed? I know I've tried some that I have gotten a screenshot for in the past (for one, Aisleriot). Anybody else notice this? It's also making me wonder if anything else is wrong. The last update I got was on December 7. Has anybody gotten anything after that date?
#29 Re: Devuan » Devuan 6 Extremely Poor Quality Control. » 2025-12-16 10:25:07
It's funny, Devuan 6 has been out for how long now, weeks? Over a month? And this is the first post I've seen about these issues.
#30 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » How to change the Login background in Excalibur ? » 2025-12-02 11:40:49
You don't have to do it from the terminal. I don't. A few things would help to know. What desktop environment did you install with Devuan? Xfce, Mate, something else? Also it would be nice to know what text editor you use.
A few words of encouragement: the more you start to play with "Linux," the more you'll start to understand things. Everybody was a beginner once.
#31 Re: DIY » My Crappy Radio Player » 2025-12-02 01:17:46
So I got a nice e-mail from Dan the other day,
I hope he's doing well. He's the reason why I'm around here.
#32 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » How to change the Login background in Excalibur ? » 2025-12-01 11:13:30
Why not just copy the image you want over to /usr/share/slim/themes/<theme_name>/? Then just delete the current image (or rename it to something else) and change the name of the new image to background.png/jpg.
Did you also know you can put multiple folders in /usr/share/slim/themes/ and make an edit to /etc/slim.conf so that you can have multiple images it randomly chooses from? That's what I do.
#33 Re: Freedom Hacks » Deleting pulseaudio/pipwire-pulse loop » 2025-11-30 19:47:43
The obvious solution is to remove them both in one command.
Another obvious solution is to put them on hold.
Thanks for the answer and instructions.
#34 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Want external drive to automatically mount when plugged in » 2025-11-29 17:00:19
Okay, so I deleted it in /usr/lib/udev/rules.d where I accidentally put it, and then put it in /etc/udev/rules.d where it should be. Rebooted and works (again). Remarked as "SOLVED." Thanks again rolfie.
[Maybe I don't have as much of a clue as I thought I did to put it in the wrong place. 
]
#35 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Want external drive to automatically mount when plugged in » 2025-11-29 16:13:22
Well, its a LO document in German, and it contains one or the other more or less private comment I don't want to share.
I understand. By the way, did you see what I did in my post directly above your post? I put the fix in the wrong place. Should I correct that or just leave it alone?
#36 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Want external drive to automatically mount when plugged in » 2025-11-29 16:03:41
I don't know what's going on, but now when I browse to /etc/udev/rules.d it shows the folder as completely empty. However, the fix still works. Any clue what's going on? (In the meantime I unmarked it as "SOLVED" even though it still is working.)
EDIT
I see what I did. I put the fix in /usr/lib/udev/rules.d and not /etc/udev/rules.d. But it's working. Should I leave well enough alone? Or will an update erase the file in /usr/lib/udev/rules.d?
#37 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Want external drive to automatically mount when plugged in » 2025-11-29 15:42:29
I have a long document describing all these tweaks.
I might be interested in that.
#38 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Want external drive to automatically mount when plugged in » 2025-11-29 15:21:05
So I went ahead and just did it, and it works. Thanks rolfie. Now I have something new to add to my list of things to do after a reinstall. I really hate these things that "corporate actors" (to use your phrase) do trying to protect the user from himself. It sucks for those of us who have a clue of what we're doing.
#39 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Want external drive to automatically mount when plugged in » 2025-11-29 15:10:23
I don't have a /etc/udev/rules.d/65-ext4.rules file. Do I just create it?
I'm assuming a reboot will be necessary?
#40 Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Want external drive to automatically mount when plugged in » 2025-11-29 14:28:30
- Ron
- Replies: 12
So when I was running Devuan 5 all of my devices (usb stick + external hard drive) would mount automatically when I plugged them in. Now with version 6 my external hard drive does not (usb stick still does though). It does show up in Mate's side pane, and when I click on it there, it gets mounted. So this is not too big of a deal, but I would still like it to mount when plugged in. I did a search and found this on the itsfoss website >Link Here< "Method 2: Automount Using Udev Rules and autofs" but it seems that there should be an easier simpler way to do this. Is there? Or should I just try the info from itsfoss?
#41 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Can't figure out how to play DVDs » 2025-11-27 21:39:31
It worked for me when I update to Excalibur. Not sure why it's not working for you. Did you try any DVDs yet?
#42 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Vuu-do Linux! *New Openbox-64 iso's (1.0.7) up 2-02-18*!! » 2025-11-23 22:56:01
Hi greenjeans, I installed today your Devuan-Mate-Mini-6-20250901_1322.iso. Thanks for making this available. After a minor hiccup I got things running smoothly. (I was having an extended boot time, way beyond normal. After some poking around the answer was to add the word "noresume" on a line in fstab.)
Thanks again. 👍
#43 Freedom Hacks » Deleting pulseaudio/pipwire-pulse loop » 2025-11-21 19:31:54
- Ron
- Replies: 13
So while running a live session of Excalibur I attemted to remove pulseaudio. But it would not let me do it without installing pipewire-pulse. So I allowed it, and then tried to remove pipewire-pulse, but it wouldn't let me do it without installing pulseaudio. So there must be a way to do it (i.e., have neither installed) because my current bare-metal install of Crowz/Devuan 5 has neither installed. How is it done?
#44 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Crowz 5.0.1 daedalus new release 2024.02.26 » 2025-11-21 13:59:47
Do you plan on releasing a version based on Excalibur?
#45 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Vuu-do Linux! *New Openbox-64 iso's (1.0.7) up 2-02-18*!! » 2025-11-21 13:56:42
I wrote:
I'll probably do the install later next week when I have more free time.
I was, until I realized that straight Devuan has pulseaudio instead of alsa. I think I know the answer to this, but do you remove pulseaudio for alsa in Vuu-do?
#46 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Vuu-do Linux! *New Openbox-64 iso's (1.0.7) up 2-02-18*!! » 2025-11-16 19:23:33
greenjeans wrote:
Yeah it might take a re-boot, but you can try logging out and back in on a live session after removing just the gnome-keyring package.
That worked! Thanks. I'll probably do the install later next week when I have more free time. Again, thanks!
#47 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Vuu-do Linux! *New Openbox-64 iso's (1.0.7) up 2-02-18*!! » 2025-11-16 16:36:01
Thank you for your help so far greenjeans. So I just tried this again and I'm stumped. I've removed gnome-keyring, gnome-keyring-pkcs11, and libpam-gnome-keyring (while leaving alone Debian and Devuan keyrings), but I'm still getting the keyring not unlocked message when launching Chromium. Maybe it requires a reboot? But that wouldn't work on a live session, so I'll never know. Any ideas now? If not, I guess I'll just wait for a Vuu-do or Crowz release of version 6.
BTW, when I try to unlock the keyring neither the passwords "devuan" or "root" work, nor "live" either.
#48 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Vuu-do Linux! *New Openbox-64 iso's (1.0.7) up 2-02-18*!! » 2025-11-16 16:20:03
Okay, let me try this again . . . .
#49 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Vuu-do Linux! *New Openbox-64 iso's (1.0.7) up 2-02-18*!! » 2025-11-16 15:51:51
So I ran a live session again and tried to delete the keyrings. At some point I noticed there are 3, gnome, debian, and devuan. When I try to delete them all it breaks apt, and it can't be fixed. I'm not a computer guru so I don't understand why trying to delete the keyrings keeps breaking apt. I would like to install this version on bare metal but I'm concerned that if installed this same problem will appear. Any ideas or suggestions?
#50 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Vuu-do Linux! *New Openbox-64 iso's (1.0.7) up 2-02-18*!! » 2025-11-14 19:14:04
Ah, okay, I see. Thanks for your patience.
Are you planning to release a Vuu-do based on Excalibur?
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