Posts by GlennW

GlennW · Forum Feedback

Great idea, Love the iPhone stuff, so difficult to get any good info on access to these devices.

My first thought was calling it "FOSS", ...that could easily include all the pulse hints and guides as well.

GlennW · Forum Feedback

When partitioning (which I find rather time consuming when the partitions are already set... ) I get an opportunity to set the mount points.

Most of my personal stuff is on other harddrives, so I don't have to risk overwriting my "stuff" by mistakenly formatting the wrong partitions.

So, I have most /home/glenn/"folders" linked from drives mounted in /home/glenn/local/... including .steam.

This actually keeps all of the files I use across 3 installs handy for immediate use after install. I am not paranoid, but I see how this may look.

I may use something like this to speed things up, if I can't do it at install time

This is the place where I use copy and paste during install, but it's just "/home/glenn/local/"...

But I miss it when I can't use it, especially when re-installing over and over in the same few hours because I haven't configured my hd for grub...

cat /home/glenn/bin/partition-mount-points >> /etc/fstab (which came first, the chicken or the egg?)

# added partition mount points to /etc/fstab
# /home/glenn/local/archive was on /dev/sde2 during installation
UUID=6e63d11b-5c17-464b-a24f-37eccf62b8a0 /home/glenn/local/archive ext3    defaults        0       2
# /home/glenn/local/data was on /dev/sdb3 during installation
UUID=b48cda1b-036c-40d9-95ff-11d293575eca /home/glenn/local/data ext3    defaults        0       2
# /home/glenn/local/free was on /dev/sdb6 during installation
UUID=50e5ae79-34ee-4b8d-882c-ec8d035c29d4 /home/glenn/local/free ext4    defaults        0       2
# /home/glenn/local/stuff was on /dev/sde5, changed hdd stuff2media,, 20200404
UUID=3526dd53-54a4-41c4-aa53-d045a31756fb /home/glenn/local/stuff ext3    defaults        0       2
# /home/glenn/local/other was on /dev/sdb2 during installation
UUID=53eacede-f187-4c51-b88f-19acf032c759 /home/glenn/local/other ext4    defaults        0       2
# /home/glenn/local/spare was on /dev/sdb4 during installation
UUID=a36886b2-abab-4e14-a6e0-e28f958a2cee /home/glenn/local/spare ext3    defaults        0       2
# /home/glenn/local/media was on /dev/sdd1 ,changed stuff to media, vis-a-vis, medfia2stuff april 2020
UUID=2ea11d82-8db0-44b0-ae48-4c05a77d6f21 /home/glenn/local/media ext4    defaults        0       2
# /home/glenn/local/videos was on /dev/sde4 during installation
UUID=8336ebbb-f6fa-4f1a-9217-1584c866fe77 /home/glenn/local/videos ext4    defaults        0       2
# /usr/src was on /dev/sdb5 during installation
UUID=9d43068e-4c32-4075-be49-fefeb5f189f7 /usr/src        ext4    defaults        0       2
# swap was on /dev/sdb1 during installation
UUID=b9482d32-3479-41c7-886a-214d22742741 none            swap    sw              0       0

then I can link my personal files...

link documents and files.sh

#!/bin/bash
# link documents and files

ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/bin /home/glenn/
ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/build /home/glenn/
ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/Documents /home/glenn/
ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/Movies /home/glenn/
ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/Music /home/glenn/
ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/My_system /home/glenn/
ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/Pictures /home/glenn/
ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/songs /home/glenn/
ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/Templates /home/glenn/
ln -s /home/glenn/local/data/Videos /home/glenn/

edit, I had 2 steam links in there that were just plain wrong...

I'm a creature of my environment, and once I become accustomed to something, like a tool or a "shortcut",
I find it difficult (or strange) to not use it. I'm lazy too. :-)

Anyhow, I've gone on enough.

I am really loving Beowulf, it's the best OS I have ever used.

I like a full install with KDE, but I have install with only openbox, but using kde apps... :-)

I have xfce4 and cinnamon versions on separate hd's for my adventures and to see what is being created by our Devs.

Thank you, and "I'll keep coming back".

GlennW · Forum Feedback

I'm 57yo.

Ascii did have a nice gui installer, cut and paste options with the mouse. I didn't find that with Beowulf.

I've had to wait for after install to setup wifi (05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless-AC 9260 (rev 29)),
but had a full desktop.iso to install plasma from. Thank you.

I hear you, but I find it's well worth the persistence.

still a few things I'm working towards, mostly with sound/usb/apulse. But if I didn't have that I'd have nothing to do. :-)

I'm loving Beowulf.

GlennW · Hardware & System Configuration

Motherboard:Asus ROG Strix x470-F Gaming, IT-8665e sensor chip
BIOS: AMI, PC-BIOS
CPU:AMD Ryzen 7, 2700+ @3700MHz (stock) 4100MHz stable
Cooler:Noctua NH-U12 cooler.
Case:Fractual Design Define
Power supply:Antec Truepower 750W
Graphics:NVIDIA Corporation GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
Keyboard:Razer USA, Ltd BlackWidow Ultimate 2012
Audio:Edirol (Roland) UA-25EX (external usb powered interface)
Mouse:Logitech BT M185
Monitor(s):(2 x 24") Philips246E, BenQ-G2420HD (unmatched)
Speakers:Edifier stereo (?)
Power amplifier:Lvpin LP-2020A+
Wifi:Intel 9260 iwlwifi
Ram:Trident Z Royal 2x8Gig@3600MHz

</self gratuitous brag end>

GlennW · Installation

my card is an intel, I found this was a prerequisit. free firmware from git

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git

then I re-installed the iwlwifi modules, on my box. hope it helps.

GlennW · Desktop and Multimedia

also in alsamixer, you may be able to set the default device. hth

GlennW · Installation

you may find build-essential package on the dvd image... pool/DEBIAN/main/b/build-essential/

"build-essential - Informational list of build-essential packages"

IDK about the versioning.

GlennW · Installation

you want "build-essentials" package to get started with gcc install.

When installing I also like to be offline, so I copy the pool dir from the iso to someplace safe that I can search and install from.

I have developed some dumb scripts (dpkg -i ...)that just install stuff so I can use the system to do other tasks.

ie. /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/

dpkg -i /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/a/autotools-dev/autotools-dev_20180224.1_all.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/m/m4/m4_1.4.18-2_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/a/automake-1.16/automake_1.16.1-4_all.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/a/autoconf/autoconf_2.69-11_all.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/libs/libsigsegv/libsigsegv2_2.12-2_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/b/build-essential/build-essential_12.6_amd64.deb

this is probably not going to help you unless you change the locations of the files... But, just as an example... gcc

dpkg -i --auto-deconfigure /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/cpp-8_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/g++-8_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/gcc-8-base_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/gcc-8_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/gfortran-8_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libasan5_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libatomic1_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libcc1-0_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libgcc-8-dev_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libgcc1_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libgfortran-8-dev_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libgfortran5_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libgomp1_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libitm1_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/liblsan0_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libmpx2_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libobjc4_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libquadmath0_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libstdc++-8-dev_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libstdc++6_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libtsan0_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/gcc-8/libubsan1_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/l/linux/linux-compiler-gcc-8-x86_4.19.98-1_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/i/isl/libisl19_0.20-2_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/m/mpfr4/libmpfr6_4.0.2-1_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/b/binutils/binutils-common_2.31.1-16_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/b/binutils/binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu_2.31.1-16_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/b/binutils/binutils_2.31.1-16_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/b/binutils/libbinutils_2.31.1-16_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/m/mpfr4/libmpfr6_4.0.2-1_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/m/mpclib3/libmpc3_1.1.0-1_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.28-10_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/glibc/locales_2.28-10_all.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/glibc/locales-all_2.28-10_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/glibc/libc-bin_2.28-10_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/glibc/libc-l10n_2.28-10_all.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.28-10_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/g/glibc/libc-dev-bin_2.28-10_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/l/linux/linux-libc-dev_4.19.98-1_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs/pool/DEBIAN/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_1.1.1d-0+deb10u2_amd64.deb /home/glenn/local/archive/src/apt/debs-ascii2.1/amd64/libelf-dev_0.176-1.1_amd64.deb

edit... # auto-deconfigure for libmpc3

I hope this helps you.

GlennW · Installation

The driver modules should be ok, I would edit the xorg.conf...

where it says vesa, change it to nouveau.

...
        #Option     "DRI"                	# <i>
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "vesa"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
...

it has fallen back on to the vesa driver, but the nouveau module is loaded.

GlennW · Other Issues

LibreOffice 6.1.5-3 from the Beowulf repos
and
LibreOffice 6.4.2-2 from Beowulf bpo (back ports)

GlennW · Documentation

Thank you aus9, I did that (both /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf and /etc/asound) and it worked/s quite well. Finally Pulse free and plenty of noise when I want it. :-)

Thank you

GlennW · Installation

I managed to get it running off the 64bit iso.
Installed KDE to a SSD. I also installed it to a spinning hd, stock standard xfce4.

I saw errors at the install of grub attempt and the installs were aborted.
I eventually deleted /boot and the efi partition. and re-partitioned the space for /boot , the install went through without a hitch.
That was when I decided to try that process on the Hdd, and it worked as well.

I setup the iwlwifi after boot, installed some other programs and the ssd system is just about where I was.
I usually install proprietary nVidia graphics driver, and steam games. I might do that later.

Thanks for the opportunity, I like Beowulf.

GlennW · Hardware & System Configuration

Hi, I blacklist the nouveau driver, for the proprietary driver install with this in the grub line...

nokmsboot nouveau.modeset=0

I leave it there after install, but i still see the module has loaded with lsmod, but it doesn't seem to create any problems.

anyhow, it may help ...

GlennW · Hardware & System Configuration

I have read that some newer firmware packages, I personally am using a git clone... that they require a late bios version. Not mentioned here... I hope it helps.

I've come this path to install a wireless card that is not supported in 4.09 kernel, which required me to install backport kernel 4.19.

One other thing, it's my understanding that uuid is most useful for systems that swap hardware frequently, and is better for security (booting).
Otherwise, I have found in a pinch that /dev/sd(x)(n) works fine.

GlennW · Documentation

Thanks, this has helped me too. :-)

cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [NVidia         ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
                      HDA NVidia at 0xf6080000 irq 76
 1 [Generic        ]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
                      HD-Audio Generic at 0xf6900000 irq 78
 2 [UA25EX         ]: USB-Audio - EDIROL UA-25EX
                      Roland EDIROL UA-25EX at usb-0000:09:00.3-1, full speed

I want the usb device to be the one, but the hdmi is always there, very quietly. Thank you

GlennW · Desktop and Multimedia

OpenTTD with zbase 32 bit, and Counter Strike through steam... I used to enjoy kpatience(?)

GlennW · Installation

Thank you for your helpfull post(s), I am now running Beowulf/Plasma.

Regards Glenn

GlennW · Off-topic

I've just jumped from PcLinuxOs myself, to other non-systemd Os's.
FreeBSD-12 & Devuan-ascii (of course) I'm trialing artix64 on my asus R550() laptop , using openrc.
:-)

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