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mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

Heading to bed. Catch up mañana amigo.

Thanks!!

mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

P.S.

synaptic doesn't indicate any Broken packages.

mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

I used synaptic to install. When attempting to remove it, I get the details you saw in post #18.

When I close synaptic and reopen it, fnfxd is still installed.

I didn't install from a .deb file. fnfxd is in the Devuan repositories. Latest version is 0.3-18. The executable (fnfxd) in sbin has a modified date of 2023-02-14.

The fnfxd_0.3-18_i386.deb file in /var/cache/apt/archives has a Modified Date of 2023-02-15.

Given invoke-rc.d: initscript fnfxd, action "start" failed. during installation, do we need to be looking in the init area somewhere?

mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

Let it remove it

Do I use apt or dpkg to remove it?

mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

RedGreen925 wrote:

Open a terminal and sudo dpkg --configure -a

The following output is produced:

Setting up fnfxd (0.3-18) ...
Starting Toshiba hotkeys utils: FnFX Daemon v0.3 (c) 2003, 2004 Timo Hoenig <thoenig@nouse.net>
fatal error: Could not open /proc/acpi/toshiba/keys.
Please make sure that your kernel has enabled the Toshiba option in the ACPI section.
For more information read the documentation and/or http://fnfx.sf.net/index.php?section=doc#kernel.
invoke-rc.d: initscript fnfxd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package fnfxd (--configure):
installed fnfxd package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
fnfxd

mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

RedGreen925 wrote:

Have you tried the install again with the module loaded?

fnfxd is still installed.

When I attempt to remove it or I install other packages (e.g. apt-file), I get the following responses:

The following dialogue window is displayed:

An error occurred
The following details are provided:
E: fnfxd: installed fnfxd package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Close Button

After closing the above window, the Changes applied dialogue window appears and the following details are output:

For more information read the documentation and/or http://fnfx.sf.net/index.php?section=doc#kernel.
invoke-rc.d: initscript fnfxd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
installed fnfxd package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
fnfxd
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up fnfxd (0.3-18) ...
Starting Toshiba hotkeys utils: FnFX Daemon v0.3 (c) 2003, 2004 Timo Hoenig <thoenig@nouse.net>
fatal error: Could not open /proc/acpi/toshiba/keys.
Please make sure that your kernel has enabled the Toshiba option in the ACPI section.
For more information read the documentation and/or http://fnfx.sf.net/index.php?section=doc#kernel.
invoke-rc.d: initscript fnfxd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package fnfxd (--configure):
installed fnfxd package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
fnfxd

After closing the Changes applied window, fnfxd is still marked with an icon indicating "Marked for complete removal".

Should I attempt to run the modprobe and lsmod commands with the fnfxd package in this state?

Thanks!!

mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

RedGreen925 wrote:

Debian and their BS breaking things

I used find -name *modprobe* | grep modprobe as apt-file was not installed.

discover-modprobe and modprobe are in the /sbin directory.

I installed apt-file which confirmed it.

Do I have to create the .bashrc file or should it already exist?

Using sudo /sbin/modprobe toshiba_acpi produced no output.

Thanks!!

mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

RedGreen925 wrote:

The CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA=m should be the one.

$ locate toshiba produced the following output:

/lib/modules/6.1.0-10-686-pae/kernel/drivers/char/toshiba.ko
/lib/modules/6.1.0-10-686-pae/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba-wmi.ko
/lib/modules/6.1.0-10-686-pae/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.ko
/lib/modules/6.1.0-10-686-pae/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_bluetooth.ko
/lib/modules/6.1.0-10-686-pae/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_haps.ko
/lib/modules/6.1.0-27-686-pae/kernel/drivers/char/toshiba.ko
/lib/modules/6.1.0-27-686-pae/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba-wmi.ko
/lib/modules/6.1.0-27-686-pae/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.ko
/lib/modules/6.1.0-27-686-pae/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_bluetooth.ko
/lib/modules/6.1.0-27-686-pae/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_haps.ko
/lib/modules/6.1.0-28-686-pae/kernel/drivers/char/toshiba.ko
/lib/modules/6.1.0-28-686-pae/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba-wmi.ko
/lib/modules/6.1.0-28-686-pae/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.ko
/lib/modules/6.1.0-28-686-pae/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_bluetooth.ko
/lib/modules/6.1.0-28-686-pae/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_haps.ko
/usr/share/doc/libgphoto2-6/camlibs/README.toshiba-pdrm11
/usr/share/libinput/50-system-toshiba.quirks

$ modprobe toshiba_acpi produced the following output:

bash: modprobe: command not found

$ sudo modprobe toshiba_acpi produced nothing.

mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

RedGreen925 wrote:

modprobe the module

P.S.

Which module should I use for modprobe?

mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

RedGreen925 wrote:

Check your kernel

I am working on is the 32-bit version of Devuan.

It has 3 files in the /boot directory as follows:

config-6.1.0-10-686-pae
config-6.1.0-27-686-pae
config-6.1.0-28-686-pae

All 3 report the same results as follows:

CONFIG_TOSHIBA=m
CONFIG_YENTA_TOSHIBA=y
CONFIG_PATA_TOSHIBA=m
CONFIG_MMC_TOSHIBA_PCI=m
CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA=m
CONFIG_TOSHIBA_BT_RFKILL=m
CONFIG_TOSHIBA_HAPS=m
CONFIG_TOSHIBA_WMI=m

What does the m value represent?

Can it be changed to y?

Thanks!!

mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

stargate-sg1-cheyenne-mtn wrote:

keep us posted

Last night I looked at a package called fnfxd in the search list for brightness in synaptic.

Lo and behold it's an ACPI and hotkey daemon for Toshiba laptops. The description reads as follows:

fnfx enables owners of Toshiba laptops to change the LCD brightness,
control, the internal fan and use the special keys on their keyboard
(Fn-x combinations, hot-keys). The internal functions will give the
possibility to map the Fn-Keys to functions like volume up/down, mute,
suspend to disk, suspend to ram and switch LCD/CRT/TV-out. These
functions heavily depend on the system and/or kernel configuration.
You will need at least a kernel (v2.4.x, v2.5.x, v2.6.x) with ACPI and
Toshiba support (CONFIG_ACPI and CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA).

Can the 6.1.0-28-686-pae kernel be configured for this?

I got the following responses when installing fnfxd and fnfx-client

For more information read the documentation and/or http://fnfx.sf.net/index.php?section=doc#kernel.
invoke-rc.d: initscript fnfxd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package fnfxd (--configure):
installed fnfxd package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
fnfxd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up fnfxd (0.3-18) ...
Starting Toshiba hotkeys utils: FnFX Daemon v0.3 (c) 2003, 2004 Timo Hoenig <thoenig@nouse.net>
fatal error: Could not open /proc/acpi/toshiba/keys.
Please make sure that your kernel has enabled the Toshiba option in the ACPI section.
For more information read the documentation and/or http://fnfx.sf.net/index.php?section=doc#kernel.
invoke-rc.d: initscript fnfxd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package fnfxd (--configure):
installed fnfxd package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
fnfxd
fnfx-client
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up fnfxd (0.3-18) ...
Starting Toshiba hotkeys utils: FnFX Daemon v0.3 (c) 2003, 2004 Timo Hoenig <thoenig@nouse.net>
fatal error: Could not open /proc/acpi/toshiba/keys.
Please make sure that your kernel has enabled the Toshiba option in the ACPI section.
For more information read the documentation and/or http://fnfx.sf.net/index.php?section=doc#kernel.
invoke-rc.d: initscript fnfxd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package fnfxd (--configure):
installed fnfxd package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of fnfx-client:
fnfx-client depends on fnfxd (>= 0.3-18); however:
Package fnfxd is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package fnfx-client (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
fnfxd
fnfx-client

mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

brocashelm wrote:

If you're using GTK

Thanks! I installed gnome-system-tools as mate-user-admin would have wanted to install the mate desktop too.

Now I need an applet for Screen Brightness that uses xrandr.

mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

Hi Folks,

MX Linux has a User Manager app as part of its MX Tools suite.

Is there something similar I can install for Simpleton Users that aren't au fait with computers like we are?

Thanks!!

mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

Would it be safe it use MX Tweak from MX Linux 23.4?

mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

I tried the following also but to no avail.

https://www.ricksdailytips.com/fix-brig … a-laptops/

mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

greenjeans wrote:

I know you can do it with the xfce4 power-manager

There is no slider presented with neither Devuan 5 nor MX Linux 23.4 on the Toshiba Tecra A7 (2006) using xfce4 power-manager.

MX Linux has a Tweak tool that includes a brightness slider using xrandr which works.

I had tried using the arandr app but it didn't have any interface for brightness control.

Using xfce4 power-manager with Devuan 5 on the Dell Latitude E6530 does present a Slider control for adjusting the brightness. Hmmmm.

mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

Hi Folks,

What can be installed so that a User can adjust the Screen Brightness via an applet in the SysTray?

Can gnome-applets be installed for this?

Thanks!!

mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

rolfie wrote:

The command I gave

I used Synaptic and it marked all the required dependencies for installation too.

During the installation process, I was also prompted with a Dialogue Window to select which Display Manager (DM) was to be active. slim was already selected as it was the current one. So, I selected lightdm which was at the top of the list.

I then edited the lightdm.conf file.

I rebooted the Laptop et voila lightdm was the active DM.

Thanks!! again, MTB.

I prefer using Synaptic because it maintains a History of installations which is useful if you need to return to a previous configuration.

mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

rolfie wrote:

I am a long term user of Lightdm

Should I also install lightdm-gtk-greeter as suggested on the website I mentioned?

I just noticed that that website mentions configuring the /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf file but but without any instructions in how to do so - duh!

Why do we want to Hide the Users? Did you mean [SeatDefaults]?

In MX Linux, greeter-hide-users is commented with a # to disable that setting. When the Login screen appears the User Name is already entered.

Thanks!!

mtbvfr · Installation

RedGreen925 wrote:

All that matters is the system thought there was a change

What I should have included is where do you look to see the change in 'Label' value from 'Devuan Security' to 'Devuan-Security' for example?

Thanks!!

mtbvfr · Installation

RedGreen925 wrote:

You have solved the mystery

So, in which of the Base Files should I be looking to see the difference? There was no difference in os-release.

mtbvfr · Hardware & System Configuration

Hi Folks,

I would like to have a more User Friendly Login screen (greeter) so that the User doesn't have to type in their User Name every time they Login as per MX Linux which uses lightdm-gtk-greeter and lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings and lightdm-modified-init.

I found the following page (Item 3).

https://www.baeldung.com/linux/display- … -uninstall

Are those instructions compatible with Devuan 5 - i386?

Does lightdm need to be run as a Service?

Is there anything missing from those instructions?

Thanks!!

mtbvfr · Installation

RedGreen925 wrote:

It is only or should only be displayed

So far, I have uncovered the following:

Toshiba Tecra A7 after Install and APT updating

~$ cat /etc/os-release

PRETTY_NAME="Devuan GNU/Linux 5 (daedalus)"
NAME="Devuan GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="5"
VERSION="5 (daedalus)"
VERSION_CODENAME="daedalus"
ID=devuan
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.devuan.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://devuan.org/os/community"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.devuan.org/"

Created:  2024-12-27 15:06:20
Modified: 2024-09-12 16:16:07
Accessed: 2024-12-27 15:06:19

/var/log/apt/history.log

Last Update occurred starting with the following 2 lines:

Start-Date: 2024-12-27  15:06:19
Commandline: /usr/sbin/synaptic

It contained an entry for:
base-files:i386 (12.4devuan3, 12.4+deb12u7devuan1)

Previous Update occurred as follows:

Start-Date: 2023-07-20  02:57:27
Commandline: apt-get --yes --force-yes install dialog live-boot live-boot-initramfs-tools
Install: dialog:i386 (1.3-20230209-1)
End-Date: 2023-07-20  02:57:30

Live ISO filesystem.squashfs

/etc/os-release

PRETTY_NAME="Devuan GNU/Linux 5 (daedalus)"
NAME="Devuan GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="5"
VERSION="5 (daedalus)"
VERSION_CODENAME="daedalus"
ID=devuan
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.devuan.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://devuan.org/os/community"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.devuan.org/"

Modified: 2023-05-11 03:09
Accessed: 2023-05-11 03:09
Link Target: ../usr/lib/os-release

It did not have a Created DateTimeStamp.

/var/log/apt/history.log

Last Update occurred as follows:

Start-Date: 2023-07-20  02:57:27
Commandline: apt-get --yes --force-yes install dialog live-boot live-boot-initramfs-tools
Install: dialog:i386 (1.3-20230209-1)
End-Date: 2023-07-20  02:57:30

mtbvfr · Installation

stargate-sg1-cheyenne-mtn wrote:

searched the forum for "changed its 'Suite' value …

So, I used the command

sudo apt-get update --allow-releaseinfo-change

and the Warning Message, regarding the Repository Indexes, is no longer displayed.

However, before I did that, I reloaded the Package Information and this time only the Note about daedalus-security appeared as above in Post #62.

What would have caused the other 2 Notes to no longer be displayed?

How is it that the Suite and Label values were changed and how can you confirm that the changes are legitimate?

I tried searching man pages but couldn't find what effects are established with the use of the "--allow-releaseinfo-change" option. Is this information recorded in a file of the OS too?

mtbvfr · Installation

RedGreen925 wrote:

change the /etc/adjtime to say LOCAL

This is the option I used and System Date and Time is correctly displayed now.

Previously, I had tried the

hwclock -s

command but it didn't appear to immediately do anything. After what must have been at least 30 mins or so (and maybe a reboot in between) the system date and time was displaying correctly but then I saw the BIOS was different. I prefer the BIOS to match the Operating System whether there is Dual-Booting or not.

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