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#976 Re: Off-topic » Firefox Quantum » 2017-12-11 22:26:54
FreeBSD might have taken care of the problem. Did you check for apulse?
No ma'am. I did a "pkg search" for pulseaudio, looked at everything listed, and went from there. I would suppose apulse didn't show since the search only turned up packages with "pulseaudio" in the name. However, there was a package called "alsa-plugins-pulseaudio", and it wasn't installed.
I'll check on apulse when I get a chance...it'll be tomorrow though.
Ah-ha!!
Looks like somebody built it to run just alsa.
Maybe (?), but I can't say for sure since I may not have searched thoroughly enough. 
LOLOL! Installing FreeBSD reminds me somewhat of an Arch installation. Still much to learn at this point with FreeBSD. I'm getting unusually high CPU usage (even while idle at times), and I haven't been able to figure that out yet.
#977 Re: Off-topic » Firefox Quantum » 2017-12-11 18:44:44
Installed FreeBSD on a spare computer yesterday. Installed Firefox, and it was 57. After I finally figured out how to get my sound working , sound was working on Firefox too. As this is my first experience with FreeBSD, I can't say for sure, but it appears to have only alsa installed. I did several
pkg searchfor pulseaudio and related packages, and none were installed.
#978 Re: Other Issues » Tried an upgrade to Ascii today, and got this message... » 2017-12-02 18:00:21
I edited the OP to give a little more information...
#979 Re: Other Issues » Tried an upgrade to Ascii today, and got this message... » 2017-12-02 16:02:44
Thank you ma'am.
I was hoping it might help someone who was considering to try an upgrade.
Out of curiosity, I tried an upgrade on an already existing Ascii, and I got this...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
bc gpsd jq libbluetooth3 libgps22 libgrits5 libhdf4-0 libjq1 libonig4
librsl1
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages have been kept back:
initscripts sysvinit-utils
The following packages will be upgraded:
curl exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light ffmpeg libavcodec57
libavdevice57 libavfilter6 libavformat57 libavresample3 libavutil55 libcurl3
libcurl3-gnutls libpostproc54 libswresample2 libswscale4 sysv-rc sysvinit
sysvinit-coreSo things are still safe for exisiting installations. That warning in my opening post just happened today (I assume); I did an upgrade from Jessie to Ascii yesterday, and it went fine.
#980 Other Issues » Tried an upgrade to Ascii today, and got this message... » 2017-12-02 15:32:05
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This was from a Jessie netinstall of only the base system, changed the sources.list to "pkgmaster" and ascii, then tried an update and dist-upgrade...
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what your are doing!
e2fsprogs util-linux (due to e2fsprogs) init sysvinit-core (due to init)
sysvinit-utils initscripts (due to util-linux)
204 upgraded, 106 newly installed, 18 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 91.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 103 MB disk space will be freed.
You are about to do something potentially harmful.
To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
?]Think I'll hold off...
#981 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2017-11-30 05:21:01
MiyoLinux wrote:Linux::DesktopFilesI got a dollah says this is all that's needed.
obmenu-generator will automatically run the -p -i command when you click on it the first time, so shouldn't be necessary to do that either.
That worked!
After upgrading to Ceres, I only had to reinstall...
apt-get install cpanminus...then I ran...
cpanm Linux::DesktopFiles...then I ran...
obmenu-generator -p -i...and the menu returned. 
Thanks greenjeans...that cut out an extra step or two that wasn't needed. Where do I send your dollah? 
#982 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2017-11-30 01:49:11
MiyoLinux wrote:Linux::DesktopFilesI got a dollah says this is all that's needed.
obmenu-generator will automatically run the -p -i command when you click on it the first time, so shouldn't be necessary to do that either.
LOL! I like your style greenjeans.
I can't remember what the error said, but it was definitely related to the DesktopFiles. I've whittled down what it takes to fix it in Ceres, but I'll see if that works when I get the chance. When installing it through git, you have to add the dependencies to do so...which installs a lot of dependencies of the dependencies. Working from memory here, but I think the main dependencies are git, build-essential, and cpanminus (don't quote me on that). So, after installing it, I remove those three followed by an "apt autoremove" in order to remove the whole shebang. For the Ceres fix, I just reinstall git and cpanminus, clone trizen's repository, and only run the command to install the DesktopFiles again...then remove everything again. Sounds like a lot of trouble, but it only takes a minute to do it all. However, if I can whittle it down even more with your suggestion, that'll be better.
On one installation I fiddling with ob---tor -p results into a menu while ob....tor -p -i breaks it?
Any ideas what it might be? Where does ob-gen pick up icons from?
I'm on my phone fungus, so I can't check. However, it should say where it looks for icons in ~/.config/obmenu-generator/config.pl
Not sure why using the command to add icons would break it...
#983 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2017-11-29 02:20:48
Okay...
I just did another upgrade to test my theory, and my assumption was correct as to why the system went from Openbox to LXQt in an upgrade from Ascii to Ceres. It had to do with PCManFM pulling in all kinds of LXQt stuff in Ascii. Got that fixed with a simple --no-install-recommends.
However, the upgrade killed Obmenu-Generator.
Had to do the git installation again, but after cloning trizen's repository, all I needed to do was reinstall the...
Linux::DesktopFilesAfter that, I ran...
obmenu-generator -p -i...and everything was hunky-dory!
Wrote all of this from the Ceres installation...
#984 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2017-11-28 02:09:54
AH HA!
I think I've figured out why my upgrade from Ascii to Ceres went all Qt in my latest build...but it's early yet...so we'll see how it goes.
I just hope I haven't posted this prematurely! LOLOLOL!
Edited to add: Oh dear...first impressions are looking great. If I'm right, I'll have to rebuild the 32 bit version. DOH!
#985 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2017-11-27 16:05:12
Arch-AUR edition says 0.84-1
Thanks for confirmation fungus.
#986 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2017-11-25 22:01:45
Dd you also have to install the newer Perl module to use it? Won't work on my machine at the moment because my version of Linux::DesktopFiles is reporting as .12 and the new script requires .25
I think now the version .99 thing was a typo, it was supposed to be .79 I think, so that would explain that.
Well...no sir...but I've only tried the git installation on Ascii. Here's what Perl is showing in Synaptic on Ascii...
5.24.1-3+deb9u2
That's the number of perl, perl-base, and perl-modules in Ascii as of this writing...and everything worked fine 'n dandy.
#987 Re: Other Issues » Wicd not auto connecting.. - Have to turn of/on/refresh to get list » 2017-11-25 18:17:36
looking forward to ascii and beowulf for new challenges.
The grub screen on Ascii is stinkin' awesome! Takes a little more effort, but it's great! You'll probably figure it out in a flash, but send me an email if you need any help buddy. It just takes an extra step or two. 
#988 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2017-11-25 17:43:53
Good gravy! Finally finished the latest 32 bit version...kept finding little things to fix.
The 64 bit should go much faster.
I'll have a few surprises in this release...nothing major, but it should make for an interesting release. Miyo is still Miyo.
Also...I think I'll release these preemptively as 2018 releases...I have so many stinkin' .isos in the 2017 folder on Sourceforge, that I don't want to add to the confusion. LOL! They're based on Ascii, so when Devuan releases Ascii .isos, I'll look them over and see if I need to make new .isos to replace the ones I'm making now. If not, they should suffice for quite some time.
Coming soon...
#989 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2017-11-25 00:05:05
MiyoLinux wrote:Plus, it's version .84 of Obmenu-Generator...which (I believe) is the latest version?
I think it is, FYI the last version from August says it's version .99, and now this one is .84, so I don't think we can count on the numbers, lol.
Saw that note about locale support, interesting stuff.
Good grief...I've installed it three times through git, and it's been .84 each time.
#990 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2017-11-23 03:14:17
I thought that QT was the culprit
Well, despite my lack of paying attention, I do still wonder why it automatically changed from just Openbox to LXQt. LXQt uses Openbox as its window manager...but still...to install LXQt over Openbox itself? Grrr........
I guess since I had PCManFM installed and a couple of other LXDE apps (lxinput and lxrandr), it thought I wanted LXQt. LOLOLOL!!!
#991 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2017-11-23 02:46:31
You did have a backup, didn't you?
No. This was just a test build...I hadn't fully customized it. It was mainly to see how Obmenu-Generator would install/perform in Ascii...then I couldn't restrain myself from upgrading to Ceres.
Idiotic me didn't look at what would be installed when I did the dist-upgrade from Ascii to Ceres.
Strange that this hasn't happened before when upgrading to Ceres.
Hmmm...what's that sneeky Debian up to?
#992 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2017-11-23 02:31:23
Me three
Oh dear...I couldn't wait.
Just did an upgrade of my latest MiyoLinux Ascii build to Ceres to see whether Obmenu-Generator would still work...
It morphed into LXQt! 
My beautiful Openbox distro became LXQt without my consent! LOL!
Grrrr........and Grr some more.
#993 Re: Off-topic » How's this for "Ignorance is Bliss"? » 2017-11-23 01:38:13
Apart from the time it took, it actually went quite well.
I'm friends with the car-salesman.
My Credit Union is super-easy to work with (didn't even have to fill out a "loan application").
My insurance agent is also easy to work with.
I just stinkin' hate being online. LOLOLOLOL!!!
#994 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2017-11-23 01:33:26
As a side note, I finally got Obmenu Generator working on an Ascii build.
Oh yeah...
...just tried a whole new Ascii build and used my new installation method of Obmenu-Generator to make sure my previous success wasn't a fluke. Worked like an charm. Plus, it's version .84 of Obmenu-Generator...which (I believe) is the latest version? Also, if I understand it correctly, it should now adapt to a user's language??? Will be interesting to find out.
I haven't tried an upgrade from Ascii to Ceres with the new Obmenu-Generator...kind'a scared to. LOL! I'll eventually get my guts up and give it a whirl to see what happens though.
My favorite search engines is starpage...
That's what I use too.
#995 Off-topic » How's this for "Ignorance is Bliss"? » 2017-11-22 04:16:37
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Today, I spent untold hours online between three people and myself...
1. Me
2. A Chevrolet Dealership
3. My Credit Union
4. My Insurance agent
I bought a new car for my daughter completely online...never saw the car in person, never spoke to another person in person, and never signed anything in person. How's that for "ignorance is bliss"?
Now I want to move to a deserted island...
#996 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2017-11-22 01:25:00
While we're on the subject...
I prefer collard greens over turnip greens, but what I really like is raw Spinach. Hard to beat a raw Spinach salad...
#997 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2017-11-22 00:56:15
Drifting off topic doesn't bother me if it helps folks! Drift on!
As a side note, I finally got Obmenu Generator working on an Ascii build. Now I just have to decide if I want to use it or continue on with how I did the menu on the latest releases...
The latest releases of Miyo were how I originally envisioned the menu in MiyoLinux until I accidentally discovered Obmenu Generator...and that stinkin' spoiled everything. LOLOLOL!
#998 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2017-11-21 05:41:39
Oh.
I need to get out more often...
#999 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2017-11-20 23:52:08
This is very cloudy, foggy, googly, scripty, I can only see the logo of opendesktop
Please describe what you see for the blind
Trust us miyo clients, it is worth downloading and running it. I think only Obarun's jwm compares
to the funkiest of minimal desktops.
Okay...I hate to admit this...
I've studied your post several times in order to try and figure out what you're saying...I also pride myself (at times) for being a puzzle-deducer...I also try to put myself in other's "shoes" in order to gain a better understanding of where they're coming from...however...
I don't have a clue what you're saying here! LOLOLOLOL!!!
#1000 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2017-11-19 12:52:15
@Miyo . . . do you have screenies of your themes anywhere? And what desktops are they for?
Well...kind of...please note that they are only window themes. I'm on my phone, so I'll have to link what I can...
Adwaita Revisited (Xfwm)
https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1176272/
Adwaita Revisited (Openbox)
https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1179478/
I don't have the MiyoLinux (Openbox) themes there, but this was the precursor to them...
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