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#901 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Issues installing VirtualBox on Refracta » 2021-03-23 23:09:50

fsmithred wrote:

People use virtualbox because it's easy to figure out how to do things with it.

So how does one attach a usb drive in qemu? I saw two ways to do it and one way not to do it in the man page, but not really an explanation of how to do it. Anyone have a quick answer so I don't have to spend the time experimenting?

Ah, you want to know how to use a usb drive in qemu?

I can tell you:

qemu-system-x86_64 ~/your.img -cpu kvm64,+nx  -enable-kvm  -hdb /dev/sdb -m 3072 -soundhw ac97

However, for some virtual machines, you need to do one other thing...

Switch on show tabs on your VM,  and go to compat_monitor0

Then type in device_add usb-host or usb-storage...

That's always worked when I used to use winxp vms.

Obviously I keep those detached from the internet. wink

Quick note though,  I don't remember whether its usb-host or usb-storage after device_add

my two cents. Hope this helps.

The extra step however isn't needed for Devuan images from what I remember. Same with Hyperbola, etc...

#902 Re: DIY » Minimalism Tips » 2021-03-23 23:02:53

If you consider moc to be bloated, I wonder what you would think of vlc and smplayer... tongue

Thank you though for the info! Will try it.

#903 Re: Installation » Cannot add ppa » 2021-03-20 17:44:13

Ogis1975 wrote:
zapper wrote:

Isn't there some warning about not making a frankendebian?

Such a warning exists. Here he is

https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian

And here's a quote

Repositories that can create a FrankenDebian if used with Debian Stable:

    Debian testing release (currently bullseye)

    Debian unstable release (also known as sid)

    Ubuntu, Mint or other derivative repositories are not compatible with Debian!
    Ubuntu PPAs and other repositories created to distribute single applications

I had thought so...

#904 Re: Devuan » Meet Chimaera's deepsea theme » 2021-03-20 09:42:27

I am surprised, but your theme for some reason is growing on me a little bit.  tongue

I dunno why, but it looks better than I thought before.

#905 Re: Installation » Cannot add ppa » 2021-03-20 09:37:56

Isn't there some warning about not making a frankendebian?

Although, debian and devuan repos are sometimes compatible... but combining even one ubuntu with devuan repos sounds like its just asking for trouble

#906 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Issues installing VirtualBox on Refracta » 2021-03-20 09:35:26

I am a bit confused why people use virtualbox still...

Qemu works fine for most things I thought...

just my two cents.

qemu-system-x86_64 ~/YOUR.img -cpu kvm64,+nx  --enable-kvm  -m 2048 -soundhw ac97

I do this to make qemu work. It is the better option for many reasons...

Also, virtualbox is a security minefield I have heard. 

And I wasn't talking about systemd either.

#907 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Why I have to have a desktop and hope I am wrong. » 2021-03-20 09:28:33

MLEvD wrote:

Asus 701.
630mhz celeron M, single core.
512mb ram
Max 30mb/s read speed off disk, more like 1mb/s for random small read/write

The gaps feel like the music stops for a very brief time before continuing. It's not right!

Hmm, if that's your laptop, no wonder...

I recommend using something extremely lightweight such as i3-wm or equivalent.

Just my two cents...

#908 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » PulseAudio always resets to mute » 2021-03-13 03:44:46

Let's see, pipewire or pulseaudio which is worse...

How about neither...

Since they both are redhat garbage software.

I tire of the corporate ideal to eff things up that work well just to make people depend on software that is bloated and sux...

Smh...  greed does wonders... or horrors if you prefer.

sad

#909 Re: Other Issues » Is VirtualBox (or alternative) in the repo? » 2021-03-13 03:40:50

Actually, I neglected to mention, in my config, it seems I don't have that configuration, so maybe idk, I just forgot to write down my actual config... lol...   

It was a quick copy and paste, but more or less its the same, - the dumb sudo... hmm

#910 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Genuine question regarding devuan, » 2021-03-13 03:38:11

dice wrote:

my guess is slim could be the issue, have you tried this below in .xinitrc or .xsessionrc ? I dont use slim anymore but im sure it calls on .xinitrc to start the session from memory

dbus-launch --exit-with-session startxfce4

Yep, you were absolutely correct... hmm

#911 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » PulseAudio always resets to mute » 2021-02-25 00:54:26

MLEvD wrote:
fsmithred wrote:

MLEvD, I hope you have better luck. Are you sure you need pulseaudio? Maybe plain alsa would behave better.

I'm doing sychronised multi-room audio with asus eee pc as receiver boxes. Why not rpi? Because eee pc have screens and input attached, and are dust proof, have cases, are portable (own battery!). In addition to music. They also provide wifi, a digital picture frame/show, and anything else you might do with an 800x600 screen.

I read back at the start that one must use pulse or sndio for this avahi magic, alsa is a one horse town. Hopefully I am wrong?

Hack: I *could* just hack the scripts to enforce defaults and policies, but this is something clearly broken compared to the last version of devuan or the contemporary version of debian, so it's possibly an indication of some wider improvement opportunity in the development sphere. It's a very long time since I was a pro tester so forgive my antiquated language please!

Probably, its a debian issue inflicted on devuan.

Though, pulseaudio imo sucks.

Sndio is the best, if you have alsa-sndio and aucatctl installed. smile

Otherwise, use alsa

#912 Re: Devuan » As Debian 11 moves closer to Devuan. Is there any reason to stay on De » 2021-02-25 00:50:36

golinux wrote:

Now I know why I don't hang out on reddit.  big_smile 

Trust is a fragile thing and not easy to repair. 

If you hang around here for a while maybe you will understand why Devuan is so special . . . or maybe not.  It's about more than code . . .

Yeah, reddit has quite a bit of systemd loving trolls and people who like new technologies regardless of how insecure or freedom restricting they really are.

Even in the linux community there...

And yes, Devuan has standards that make sense. Debian is moving away from that.

If I added Arch to this mix, I would say they are not K.I.S.S friendly anymore.

Systemd goes against keep it simple stupid logic and stability as well.  So, Debian and Arch both have some hypocrites in charge eh...

#913 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Genuine question regarding devuan, » 2021-02-18 12:12:05

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
zapper wrote:

is there a way to make elogind behave when I use xfce4?

I'm pretty sure elogind works just fine with Xfce because that's what the live ISO image uses.

Please post my requested terminal output.

1 - user (1000)
Okay, here it is:

          Since: Wed 2021-02-17 17:02:46 EST; 14h ago
          Leader: 2227 (slim)
            Seat: seat0; vc7
         Display: :0.0
          Remote: user root
         Service: slim; type x11; class user
           State: active

#914 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Genuine question regarding devuan, » 2021-02-17 17:44:42

MLEvD wrote:

In LMDE, this is done by the 'debian-system-adjustments' package. Perhaps just borrow it?

I would like to be able to assign ctrl+alt+del to reboot, ctrl+alt+u to shut down immediately, and just be able to type it in a terminal without sudo.

Hmm, is there a way to make elogind behave when I use xfce4?

On my devuan laptop I am too lazy to install lumina-desktop, although maybe I should... heh.

#915 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Why I have to have a desktop and hope I am wrong. » 2021-02-17 17:41:23

MLEvD wrote:
zapper wrote:

Moc works for me, just use by command mocp

and you get a cli interface.

Do you have a very fast machine? Perhaps your gaps are very small but I assure you, they are there!

Haven't noticed much issues, and mocp works on both my hyperbola gnu/linux install and if it works on that, it will work well on my devuan laptop too.  Because the hyperbola one is on a x200, the devuan one is on an x230, and x230 is like twice as fast. 

Both have some version of coreboot on them/me disabled.

Tell me, what do those gaps feel like to you? I am curious.

Just to make sure, If you like, I can always test on my thinkpad x230.  But first I need to know what I am testing for. ;o

Also, is your comp a 2nd gen intel, 3rd gen intel, arm, etc?

Don't know your specs to know how slow your comp is or how fast it is.

Your call though.

#916 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Why I have to have a desktop and hope I am wrong. » 2021-02-16 23:58:09

Moc works for me, just use by command mocp

and you get a cli interface.

#917 Re: Devuan » The future of 32bit and Devuan? » 2021-02-16 23:54:03

MLEvD wrote:
FOSSuser wrote:

I also have an Atom (64bit) based computer that has a 32bit bus, so needs a 32bit system, a bit annoying, but as it only has 1 or 2GB ram, it doesn't require a 64bit system.

x101 are great. I have one in the corner busy compressing my 4GB  eee pc backup images. Going to try installing efi devuan on it. Actually, I have two :3

This thread died 3+ years ago, congrats.

On a serious note, I do hope 32 bit sticks around on some devices for a while for those who need it.

#918 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Genuine question regarding devuan, » 2021-02-16 23:50:55

rolfie wrote:

Most likely a matter of user rights and policies. Maybe related to elogind?

Are you on Beowulf? Which desktop, how do you start? How did you get there? Upgrade from ASCII, fresh install?

rolfie

On the laptop I mentioned, yes. And I installed fresh and... also, I was using xfce4 and went to the option to shutdown from the menu panel mark X.

So, is this something I can disable? It isn't exactly sane or helpful. heh...

elogind sounds like it has some problems then...

#919 Re: News & Announcements » Devuan Beowulf 3.1.0 point release » 2021-02-16 12:03:05

Dutch_Master wrote:

Does it include a patch package to undo the horrible change in su behaviour introduced in the 3.0 release?

What change is that?

Is su, more messed up then before?

#920 Desktop and Multimedia » Genuine question regarding devuan, » 2021-02-16 11:59:51

zapper
Replies: 13

I am curious, why do I need to type in my password when I am logged in just to shut down my computer?

Even gaggle android doesn't have that madness. Although, really, you should be able to shutdown your laptop or desktop regardless of if your logged in or not.

Is this devuan's fault, probably unlikely though... or is this debian's fault, or is it something else?

My guess is its a debian issue. 

This issue is extremely annoying to me. It smells like megalomaniac type behavior, where we know what's best for you.

sad

Thoughts?

small edit, you should be able to shut down your laptop or desktop without a password regardless of if your logged in.

#921 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [Solved] On-line video viewing problem with Palemoon » 2021-02-14 15:32:06

dice wrote:
zapper wrote:

Edit, i found another solution, this worked with basilisk-browser, just run it this way:

if you using a tarball, try, firejail  ./basilisk-bin

firejail  /home/youruser/basilisk/basilisk-bin

change it however you like to the location of your web browser directory.

In your case, it would be

firejail palemoon-bin

Not working for palemoon tarball.

it wants me to create a profile but when i do this appears. Im using the GTK3 tarball, perhaps i should try the GTK2 version.

Profile couldn’t be created. Probably the chosen folder isn’t writable.
[Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80520015 (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED) [nsIToolkitProfileService.createProfile]"  nsresult: "0x80520015 (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED)"  location: "JS frame :: chrome://mozapps/content/profile/createProfileWizard.js :: onFinish :: line 191"  data: no]

anyhow this is getting truly off topic for this thread. If the mods could be kind enough to split this off in their spare time. Maybe title it firejailing palemoon web browser.

Why not make a new thread then?  Incidently, that error is odd, Let me see if I can get it working on beowulf devuan.

That is odd, it works on my devuan beowulf... hmm. the gtk3 one. Which devuan you using?

#922 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [Solved] On-line video viewing problem with Palemoon » 2021-02-14 00:23:59

Edit, i found another solution, this worked with basilisk-browser, just run it this way:

if you using a tarball, try, firejail  ./basilisk-bin

firejail  /home/youruser/basilisk/basilisk-bin

change it however you like to the location of your web browser directory.

In your case, it would be

firejail palemoon-bin

#923 Re: Installation » More video streaming issues with Palemoon 29.0.1 » 2021-02-09 21:17:46

Altoid wrote:

Hello:

I'm having more problems with video feeds in Pale Moon 29.0.1 (64-bit).

Trying to see this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/?noredir … 2880468724

...  I get this:

---
We’re sorry. Your browser does not support live video streaming.
Please try a different browser.
---

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

A.

I can hear it, do you have any addons blocking the video?   

Works for me even with my adblocker running.

#924 Re: Devuan » devuan and LTS » 2021-02-05 18:05:45

Ah, so people who get better support are those who pay...

That makes sense

#925 Re: Other Issues » Is VirtualBox (or alternative) in the repo? » 2021-02-05 18:03:56

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
zapper wrote:

sudo kvm -m (amount of memory for VM, i.e. 2048) -cdrom (name of image, i.e., gnuinos.iso) -boot d name-of.img

To start the image after install do:

sudo kvm -m (amount of memory for VM, i.e. 2048)  name-of.img

Why are you running QEMU with sudo? That's not a good idea — security for virtualised systems isn't the best and elevating the privileges will only make the situation worse.

Whoops, your right, good eye, I forgot myself that isn't a good idea.

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