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#26 Re: DIY » α-utilz -- a funky version of refractasnapshot/installer » 2024-12-17 20:31:17
nice!
yes, defintely be carefull whit the installer, it would probaly have wiped that
if you wanted to use this installer in a dualboot setup, i would recommend, to not set a boot partition and set the bootloader to none
then let it install and copy the relevant files from /boot to your boot partition by hand
#27 Re: DIY » α-utilz -- a funky version of refractasnapshot/installer » 2024-12-17 19:41:49
im glad to hear that 
getting void to boot was really complicated, took me two weeks to realize that void expects the squash file to be named differently
i had to learn a bit how to use dracut to create a initramfs with dmsqash, maybe that will become handy when i finally have time to figure out how to setup a persistent boot option for the live iso
people say void cannot do this, and from what i see, not even ventoy does this for void
but i think this may be doable with some more dracut action 
#28 DIY » yapaper -- yet another wallpaper tool » 2024-12-17 19:22:35
- alphalpha
- Replies: 0
Gitlab: yapaper
a minimalist wallpaper script that generates html code from your wallpaper dir
and feeds it into yad. yad then uses hsetroot / feh / xwallpaper or pcmanfm --desktop
i know there are a lot of tools like this, but i think this is the only one that uses yads html function
in fact the only other script i know, that makes uses of this is my welcome script
and since there is nothing on this to be found anywhere, (other than just open a url)
this would be a good example for that
you will need a yad with builtin webkit to run this
Have fun
#29 DIY » α-utilz -- a funky version of refractasnapshot/installer » 2024-12-16 23:57:32
- alphalpha
- Replies: 32
Gitlab: α-utilz
this is my custom version of the famous refractasnapshot and installer
i have been plaiyng around with this a few years now,
it is still far from perfect, but it works for me
this is basically everything from refractasnapshot / istaller merged into a single sh script
with a custom menu system
added support for arch / artix / hyperbola and void
other new stuff like the iso tester, wich allows you to boot your iso in qemu with usb passthrough
maybe someone finds this usefull
let me know if something is not working, the artix stuff may already broke, i have not tested it for a while now
i think this should work fine on excalibur, but did not test this, let me know if someone tries this
#30 Re: DIY » init bloat » 2024-12-13 00:14:27
thanks GNUser,
that certainly is interesting
#31 Re: DIY » how to implement Linux commands for building core boot image » 2024-12-12 23:51:00
if you just want to build coreboot and have trouble with the dependencies,
you can try my (now unmaintained) devuan fork
it should have everything you need, even the more advanced coreboot stuff you dont need
PS: you do not need to install it
#32 Re: DIY » init bloat » 2024-11-01 13:44:23
things dont always have to be useful, all i said is, it sounds like a fun project
at least its news to me^^
i get why distro use initramfs
but from a more philosophical standpoint, its unnecessary bloat if you know your drivers
#33 DIY » init bloat » 2024-11-01 01:48:53
- alphalpha
- Replies: 6
https://firasuke.github.io/DOTSLASHLINU … initramfs/
sounds like a fun project for a cold winter day
#34 Re: Off-topic » Music » 2024-10-23 21:22:03
#35 Re: Off-topic » Music » 2024-10-22 19:00:33
#36 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » qutebrowser errors » 2024-10-22 18:45:13
zukzuk,
what version are you using and how did you install it?
i recommend doing the python venv shenanigans
#37 Re: Off-topic » Music » 2024-10-02 17:15:14
just found out that the ntsc version of thps1 is missing the best 3 tunes
sorry ntsc bros
pal bros a la contre bass !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mYbrbOfQDI
#38 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Forge OS » 2024-06-20 22:11:42
nope, the iso is only available for x86-64
#39 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Forge OS » 2024-04-03 21:24:28
in case someone just wants the scripts:
https://gitlab.com/_alphalpha_/forge-dotfiles
some of them are actually somewhat good
maybe the devuan team is interested in this one that shows all the licenses
there is also a yad script to modify the mirrorlist but that one would need at least some finetuning
i also have this function called awk-menu.sh that i used to make some advanced cli menus
mount_menu.sh is one of the better ones, but the mainstream is not ready for it yet 
(this menu is more powerfull than dialog or all the other stuff because it can assing custom keybindings for every menu,
but it is a little tricky and could need some improvements)
#40 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Forge OS » 2024-04-01 15:52:31
The last version was pretty rough,
there was a typo in grub
the script to set the time and date broke
network would not connect automatically
and some other stuff
i think i fixed it all this time
this is the final version.
#41 Re: Other Issues » 2 CPU threads went offline and wont come back » 2024-02-20 14:09:45
thx Altoid
whatever the cause was,
a fresh install will fix it, no big deal for me 😹
#42 Re: Other Issues » 2 CPU threads went offline and wont come back » 2024-02-18 18:01:22
with the live cd, chcpu -r still does not work, but -e 2 and -d 2 are working
local uname -a
Linux x 6.1.0-17-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.69-1 (2023-12-30) x86_64 GNU/Linuxlive uname -a
Linux forge 6.1.0-13-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.55-1 (2023-09-29) x86_64 GNU/Linux#43 Re: Other Issues » 2 CPU threads went offline and wont come back » 2024-02-18 17:32:34
chcpu -r
chcpu: This system does not support rescanning of CPUs#44 Re: Other Issues » 2 CPU threads went offline and wont come back » 2024-02-18 16:52:08
2 cores with 2 threads
lscpu
Architecture: x86_64
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Address sizes: 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 4
On-line CPU(s) list: 0,1
Off-line CPU(s) list: 2,3
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
Model name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3520M CPU @ 2.90GHz
CPU family: 6
Model: 58
Thread(s) per core: 1
Core(s) per socket: 2
Socket(s): 1
Stepping: 9
CPU(s) scaling MHz: 37%
CPU max MHz: 3600.0000
CPU min MHz: 0.0000
BogoMIPS: 5787.10
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflus
h dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc ar
ch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni p
clmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_
1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cp
uid_fault epb pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid f
sgsbase smep erms xsaveopt dtherm ida arat pln pts md_clear flush_l1d
Virtualization features:
Virtualization: VT-x
Caches (sum of all):
L1d: 64 KiB (2 instances)
L1i: 64 KiB (2 instances)
L2: 512 KiB (2 instances)
L3: 4 MiB (1 instance)
NUMA:
NUMA node(s): 1
NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0,1
Vulnerabilities:
Gather data sampling: Not affected
Itlb multihit: KVM: Mitigation: VMX disabled
L1tf: Mitigation; PTE Inversion; VMX conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled
Mds: Mitigation; Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Meltdown: Mitigation; PTI
Mmio stale data: Unknown: No mitigations
Retbleed: Not affected
Spec rstack overflow: Not affected
Spec store bypass: Mitigation; Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Spectre v1: Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Spectre v2: Mitigation; Retpolines, IBPB conditional, IBRS_FW, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS No
t affected
Srbds: Vulnerable: No microcode
Tsx async abort: Not affectedit has nothing to do with the BIOS, since it works with a live cd
#45 Other Issues » 2 CPU threads went offline and wont come back » 2024-02-18 16:24:32
- alphalpha
- Replies: 9
Hey All,
not shure what i did this time...
i just noticed in htop, that 2 of my 4 CPU threads are offline
lscpu | grep 'CPU(s)' -m3
CPU(s): 4
On-line CPU(s) list: 0,1
Off-line CPU(s) list: 2,3i tried chcpu as su -
chcpu -e 2
chcpu: CPU 2 enable failed: Operation not permittedif i boot a live cd, all CPUs are working and chcpu also works
i tried an older kernel but that was not the problem
EDIT: i already tried restarting the pc
EDIT 2: 🎵
#46 Re: DIY » So I guess there's no getting around having to use GTK3 and Wayland? » 2023-11-25 23:19:22
sorry but this thread has less substance than my breakfast that i did not have
why is wayland bad and what is the problem with gtk3?
dont get me wrong, i would prefer if everything would work with motif and xenocara, but i understand the drama
#47 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Forge OS » 2023-11-01 13:45:21
wow this took waaay longer than i planned
but it is finally here: Forge v2023-11
this may very well be the final version
i definetly need a break from this project
and i dont know when or if i will return
with that out of the way, here are the news:
boot time reduced by 10%
improved user friendliness
files on the desktop (jwm)
more from the good things
less bad things
all new and shiny
overall smoothness increased by 200%
hotness also increased by a factor of 10
the price stayed the same
since dbus is now dependency-chained to xorg, i had to pin seatd to chimaera
as always this is experimental software, i am not a porfessional, use at you own risk
but i think it works pretty well on 10 year old hardware
#48 Re: DIY » Question, about dd and/or qemu, for disk cloning » 2023-09-15 23:14:21
you can copy the whole disc and then shrink the qcow
#49 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » What games do you play on Devuan?? » 2023-09-15 23:10:07
https://www.appimagehub.com/p/1855605
the final nail in microsofts coffin
#50 Re: Off-topic » Show your desktop (rebooted) » 2023-09-15 22:28:52
guess whos back
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