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#101 Installation » recommented init system » 2021-02-24 10:40:47
- mclien
- Replies: 7
I'm about to install my new machine.
Most things are like I'm used to from debian of course.
But: Is there any init system recommented by devuan?
If, not any other criteria to choose one?
thx mclien
#102 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » sources.list virtualbox beowulf » 2021-02-02 18:20:21
Might consider that. The realy sad part is. I only need it to get my VDI running inside of citrix, which won't work under linux (anymore).
And all left over computers only have 4GB RAm, so I go for bare metal for now.
#103 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » sources.list virtualbox beowulf » 2021-02-02 17:03:50
Ah, thanks for the warnings. A bit confusing is that you find the guest additions in the repos.
I guess I'll have to install a win on bare metal (very depressing).
#104 Desktop and Multimedia » sources.list virtualbox beowulf » 2021-02-02 15:13:08
- mclien
- Replies: 5
Hi there. How do I set up my sources.list to install virtualbox onn devuan beowulf?
it seems virtualbox has not specificly set that one up.
Do I "just" use buster and debian?, like:
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian buster contrib
#105 Hardware & System Configuration » tuxedo notebook intel wi-fi 6 AX200 (kernel 5.1 requiered?) » 2020-04-26 10:52:20
- mclien
- Replies: 1
I have a Tuxedo Notebook "TUXEDO Book BC1510" which has the following Wifi/Bluetooth modul:
Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200
According to the kernel.org wiki here:
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/use … rs/iwlwifi
I seem to need at least an 5.1 kernel
Any idea how to solve this on devuan?
(I'm quite unused to the wifi stuff...)
#106 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » login / Display managers » 2020-03-01 12:14:55
Thanks for the reply.
I know about the profile or .bashrc configs (using Linux since +20 years).
The problem was there is no shutdown in /usr/sbin and since slim complained about rights last time I set it up, it didn't occur to me to use /sbin as a user.
In this specific case I also made quite move, I confess.
The old machine was running a debian 9 (stretch). I installed the new one with ascii as minimal install and then generated a list of all installed packages on the old machine, which I used to install all of them on the ascii installation.
Worked surprisingly well, even tough I had to change the tde-trinity sources.
Anyway it's running with slim and the sudoers config. (I need to prove, if I removed the standard sudo entry and removed the normal users from the sudo group).
#107 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » login / Display managers » 2020-03-01 09:03:49
Well after a nights sleep I'm a bit more calm.
Unfortunately the notebook is now not in my direct reach, I can't test directly (but I have the next Notebook to install lined up).
(the fix here was: install slim and make it the default login manager:
dpkg-reconfigure slimand entries in sudoers:
# shutdown for users
%shutdown ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown
%shutdown ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/halt -p
%shutdown ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/rebootBut someone posted in the Debian forum it might be even easier to fix:
/usr/sbin/is not set in the $PATH by default.
I was about to proof that, but figured, that there is no shutdown in /usr/sbin anyway...
#108 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » KDE doesn't shutdown or reboot! » 2020-02-29 22:22:49
sorry to revive this old thread.
But why is this whole policy stuff? or at least, why is it used to regulate shutdown/reboot, which can be handled by sudoers just as fine?
(at least IF some of the lightwight loginmanager like slim will survive.Which sadly might be unlikely for slim)
#109 Desktop and Multimedia » login / Display managers » 2020-02-29 22:15:30
- mclien
- Replies: 5
I just had a really annoying time while I was installing (Devuan ascii) a notebook with several desktops (trinity, lxde, xfce, openbox).
Almost everything went fine, except, that it is nearly impossible to allow users to perform a shutdown/reboot, which is completly stupid on a notebook.
I spend hours trying to fix that via policykit. Usually I do it simply by allowing all users to perform these commands via a group shutdown and an entry in sudoers.
Except lightdm won't do that. Well in a way.. you have to logout first and then you can do it from the login promt.
My fix is to use slim, which I like better anyway, ...BUT I just learned right after implementing my fix, that slim is pretty much abandoned. Main statement is due to "not beeing fully compatible with systemd".
So question is (from a non programmer): Will it stay in Devuan?
Or more general: Can't there be unmaintained software, which is still usefull and without objections to use? Or is there realy no such thing as a software, that is simply "finished"?
And if there is no way to keep slim alive? Is there any other login/display manager, which simply does the same in terms of shutdown/reboot by users?
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