Hello:

Interesting ...

Thanks.
I'll give it a read.

I guess (?) you could write up a script, save it to /usr/local/bin/ and put it in your /etc/rc.local so it will run.
eg: this is the stuff I have in mine, with comments.

groucho@devuan:~$ cat /etc/rc.local
#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.
#
# to set all /proc/acpi/wakeup entries to 'disabled'
# no wakeup from S4 for anything
# does not survire reboot that's why it is here
# see https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=29113#p29113
#
/usr/local/bin/acpi_wakeups.sh
#
# to disable wol via ethtool at boot
# does not survire reboot that's why it is here
#
# /sbin/ethtool -s eth0 wol d
#
# 20210602 - changed for script in /usr/local/bin
# see https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=4349 
#
# /usr/local/bin/no_wol.sh
#
# e1000e module is now patched to disable WoL
# see /usr/src/e1000e-patch 1001
groucho@devuan:~$ 

Nah!
Try the rc thing, should work.
The trick is to write the script with the correct syntax.  8^|

Best,

CIV

Hello:

I run Beowulf on a backported kernel, Xfce and a three monitor setup:

Linux devuan 5.10.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.13-1~bpo10+1 (2021-02-11) x86_64 GNU/Linux

It uses two Nvidia FX 580 (G96GL) cards and Nvidia proprietary legacy drivers.

I set up my xorg.conf file with DPMS set to disabled:

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "ScreenLeft"      <- same for "ScreenCenter and "ScreenRight" 
    Device         "DeviceLeft"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "DPMS" "False"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

 
This is clearly reflected in /var/log/Xorg.0.log:

groucho@devuan:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -i dpms
[    33.335] (**) Extension "DPMS" is disabled
groucho@devuan:~$ 

In addition to all this, if I run Applications -> Settings -> Screensaver (XscreenSaver 5.42) I get a pop-up that says   

My three monitors are 2x SyncMaster 940n + a Dell P1914S in the centre.

One would think that none of them would blank at all, no?

Well, one of the SyncMaster 940n units ("ScreenLeft" in xorg.conf) turns off after a while.   

No idea why and does not really matter but ....

Best,

A.

Hello:

+1
Thank you.

A.

Hello:

I see.

So ...
You want to do su - and be sent directly to / without the cd / bit.
Sorry, it seems that I've reached my pay grade limit.  8^|

You're welcome.

Best,

A.

Hello:

You're welcome.

Open a terminal and do ...

~ $ cat /etc/default/su

Please post the output.

Best,

A.

Hello:

Indeed ... 8^D

Got this a while ago from xorg-announce@lists.x.org:

----

Subject: [ANNOUNCE] xorg-server 1.20.13

Matt Turner (1):
      xserver 1.20.13
Łukasz Spintzyk (2):
      present: fallback get_crtc to return crtc belonging to screen with present extension
      modesetting: unflip not possible when glamor is not set
git tag: xorg-server-1.20.13

https://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/in … .13.tar.gz
https://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/in … .13.tar.xz

----

Best,

A.

Hello:

Sorry ...
When I made reference to about:config it was not because it was not available, it is.

I meant to say that I did not find anything in about:config which would get the drop down menus to work as they did before.
Or get the tabs below the toolbar as they were before, the option I found on the web is no longer available / no longer works.
ie: browser.tabs.onTop -> boolean: false

---> rant
No idea what these chaps at Firefox were thinking when they made these changes, but they lost me after many (many) years.
And from what I have read on-line, it seems there are a great many annoyed users like me.
<--- /rant

I filed a question here for the tabs drop down issue: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1344723
Let's see what I get from that.

I tried librewolf which worked fine, but it has the same UI issues (drop down to the wrong side and tabs on top) which do not seem to be something about:config can solve. I will keep it installed as a back up option just in case.

From what I was seeing, there was something .js related that got screwed up in Pale Moon and not problem with Flash.
After hours searching for a clue/lead to fix it, I decided to do something I loathe: rip out everything and start over.

ie: à la MS.    8^|

I backed up my /home/user/palemoon folder and my bookmarks to an external drive.
Then carefully weeded out any and all Pale Moon related files, rebooted and checked again to make sure absolutely everything was gone.

I then copied the palemoon folder back in place.

Result?
It now works as it was working before all this went down.

Something got very seriously screwed up in the Pale Moon installation.
Maybe a configuration file?
No idea which or where but it seems it was not in the /home/user/palemoon folder.

I think it could have been some script related add-on I tried which, when uninstalled, did not leave things as it had found them.
Hence the .js issues.

I any case, problem solved.

Thanks to all who pitched in.

Best,

A.

Hello:

Indeed ...
If nothing else, true to style.  -> 8^D

Cheers,

A.

Hello:

Thanks for the info.

I may just have to dump Palemoon.
One of my favourites at The Guadian is the feature "Best photographs of the day", although I can see the photos, the captions are missing.

Could you check if it is a Flash thing or something else?

Thanks in advance.

Best,

A.

Hello:

The thing is that up to a few days I did not have these issues with Palemoon.

eg: the captcha feature some sites have is not working in my bank account.

I'll check those out but maybe something's gone awry (?) with my Palemoon installation.

Thanks for the heads up.

Best,

A.