Posts by Altoid

Altoid · Installation

Hello:

rolfie wrote:

What happens on
apt full-upgrade
?

This:

[root@devuan ~]# apt full-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  libpolkit-qt5-1-1
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
[root@devuan ~]#

dice wrote:

why not apt update && apt dist-upgrade

Because it is the same thing in/with a different command?

[root@devuan ~]# apt update && apt dist-upgrade
Hit:1 http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf InRelease
Hit:2 http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-security InRelease
Get:3 http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-updates InRelease [26.0 kB]
Fetched 26.0 kB in 2s (13.6 kB/s) 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
1 package can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see it.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  libpolkit-qt5-1-1
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
[root@devuan ~]#

I tried looking at reasons for this:

[root@devuan ~]# aptitude why libpolkit-qt5-1-1
i   backintime-qt4       Depends  backintime-common (= 1.1.24-0.1)
i A backintime-common    Depends  python3-keyring                 
i A python3-keyring      Suggests libkf5wallet-bin                
i A libkf5wallet-bin     Depends  libkf5configwidgets5 (>= 4.96.0)
i A libkf5configwidgets5 Depends  libkf5auth5 (>= 4.96.0)         
i A libkf5auth5          Depends  libpolkit-qt5-1-1 (>= 0.112.0)  
[root@devuan ~]#

[root@devuan ~]# apt install libpolkit-qt5-1-1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libpolkit-qt5-1-1 : Depends: libpam-systemd
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

So then I tried to see if I could install the missing dependency:

[root@devuan ~]# apt install libpam-systemd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done

Note, selecting 'libpam-elogind' instead of 'libpam-systemd'   <------------  this is the clue?

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libcgmanager0 liblz4-1:i386 libnih-dbus1 libnih1
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  elogind:i386 libacl1:i386 libattr1:i386 libelogind0 libelogind0:i386 libpolkit-backend-elogind-1-0 libpolkit-gobject-elogind-1-0
Recommended packages:
  libpam-elogind:i386
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  consolekit libpam-ck-connector libpolkit-backend-consolekit-1-0 libpolkit-gobject-consolekit-1-0 libsystemd0 libsystemd0:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  elogind:i386 libacl1:i386 libattr1:i386 libelogind0 libelogind0:i386 libpam-elogind libpolkit-backend-elogind-1-0
  libpolkit-gobject-elogind-1-0
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 6 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 1414 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2204 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.
[root@devuan ~]#

Now, seeing that I did an ASCII --> Beowulf dist-upgrade as per the pertinent instructions, why is this happening?
Was something missing in my ASCII?
Did I miss something whiole installing?

Do I have to install libpam-elogind?
Is consolekit no longer used?
I recall it was the one I had to use for the SLiM/XFCE combination.

Thanks you both for your input.

Cheers,

A.

Altoid · Installation

Hello:

Ron wrote:

Do the movie sites use DRM?

What?
Not the ones I frequent ... 8^D !!!
uBlock Origin gets heavy use though.

https://yesmovies.ag/yes.html

Ron wrote:

Pale Moon does not and will not support DRM.

I don't go near any of those.

Cheers,

A.

Altoid · Installation

Hello:

I had been putting off upgrading from ASCII to Beowulf for the longest while but now it is done.
A new upgraded VirtualBox installation is in place and everything seems to be working.

groucho@devuan:~$ uname -a
Linux devuan 4.19.0-14-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.171-2 (2021-01-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux
groucho@devuan:~$

I did get an unasked for Firefox-ESR, maybe it is part of a metapackage from the ASCII installation?

What I cannot seem to find information on is libpolkit-qt5-1-1 being kept back:

[root@devuan ~]# apt update && apt install -f && apt upgrade
Hit:1 http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf InRelease
Hit:2 http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-security InRelease
Hit:3 http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-updates InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
1 package can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see it.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  libpolkit-qt5-1-1
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
[root@devuan ~]#

Could anyone shed some light on this for me?

Thanks in advance,

A.

Altoid · Installation

Hello:

Altoid wrote:

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

I had been putting off upgrading from ASCII to Beowulf for the longest while.
The thought/possibilty of WINE/PMail/IrfanView or X acting up really put me off.

But then I saw Perseverance land on Mars (safely) and said to myself: iof NASA can do that, I can upgrade to Beowulf.

So ...

About maybe an hour or so later, here I am.

groucho@devuan:~$ uname -a
Linux devuan 4.19.0-14-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.171-2 (2021-01-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux
groucho@devuan:~$

A few configurations did not make it eg: custom terminal colours and window styles, but I'll manage.
Unfortunately, my VirtualBox installation went south. 8^-7
But that's for another thread.

With respect to Palemoon and the video feed problems: the one at the WP is fixed. It seems I can see it without problems.
But a couple of the movie sites I frequent still do not work.

It's still the same version 29.0.1 (64-bit) so it was not (?) a Pale Moon thing.
No idea what is missing.
Maybe some codec?

Just thought I'd send a heads up.

Cheers,

A.

Altoid · Desktop and Multimedia

Hello:

dice wrote:

vlc is an option worth considering.

I have VLC installed.
Didn't know I could use it.

Thanks for the heads up. 8^D

A.

Altoid · Desktop and Multimedia

Hello:

I'd appreciate suggestions for a web radio streaming package, small lightweight and simple.
Lately my FM reception is giving me some grief.

TIA

A.

Altoid · Desktop and Multimedia

dice wrote:

... getting truly off topic for this thread.

Indeed ...

As the OP, I quite agree.
Way off topic.

dice wrote:

...mods could be kind enough to split this off ...

+1

Thanks for bringing it up.

A.

Altoid · Installation

Hello:

zapper wrote:

I can hear it, do you have any addons blocking the video?
Works for me even with my adblocker running.

No.
Only have uBlock Origin 1.16.4.28 running.
But I get the same if I turn it off.

On a hunch, I tried enabling MSE for MP4 video: I get the slow motion sound/video I reported the last time I posted about video feed problems with Pale Moon.

I enable MSE for WebM video, get the same "Please try a different browser" advice. 8^7

This is the latest Pale Moon available.

Thanks for your input.

Cheers,

A.

Altoid · Installation

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.

Altoid · Desktop and Multimedia

Hello:

Ron wrote:

... Tools > Preferences > Content, and at the bottom uncheck "Enable MSE for MP4 video."

Oooooooooopsssssssss ...

Seems I'm really not ending this week on the right frequency. 8^|
Too much time cooped up?

In any case, after unchecking everything MSE, things are working properly again.

Indeed, thank you Ron.

Thanks to all for their input.
And sorry for the slip-ups.

Best,

A.

Altoid · Desktop and Multimedia

Hello:

golinux wrote:

There is no Devuan Stretch.

Damn ...
How utterly embarrassing. 8^|

I stand corrected: I'm running Devuan ASCII.

Thanks for pointing it out.

Cheers,

A.

Altoid · Desktop and Multimedia

Hello:

GlennW wrote:

I also use Palemoon and have playback problems ...
... audio sounds pitch-shifted down a couple of octaves...

Shifted down because of the speed, to the extent of not being understandable?
That's what I'm seeing.

Good (not really), I'm glad there's someone else affected by this.

Now to hunt for the reason. 8^7

I'm on Devuan Stretch ...

groucho@devuan:~$ uname -a
Linux devuan 4.9.0-14-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.246-2 (2020-12-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux
groucho@devuan:~$

... and Xfce 4.12.

Edit:
Could you please try the links I posted in previously and report back with the results?
Also, do you experience the same problem with YouTube video feeds?

Edit 2:
I can confirm it does not ocurr while streaming YouTube video feeds.

See this page: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/202 … eth-meyers

All the YouTube feeds can be seen/heard correctly.
Unfortunately, one of my favourites (Trevor Noah) which is a Twitter feed, cannot.

So it may be a Twitter/Palemoon thing. (?)

Thanks a lot for your input.

A.

Altoid · Desktop and Multimedia

Hello:

Ron wrote:

... go to Tools > Preferences > Content, and at the bottom uncheck "Enable MSE for MP4 video."

MSE is enabled for both MP4 video and WebM video.

Still no cigar ...

It's not just sound, it seems to be the playback speed.

I don't think it is Devuan related because Firefox does not have this problem.
Could it be because I'm running the portable version of Palemoon instead of an appimage? (can't find one)

Thanks for your input.

A.

Altoid · Desktop and Multimedia

Hello:

golinux wrote:

... it played fine in my older PM once I enabled video (which I usually have blocked).

It happens here ...

https://yesmovies.ag/movie/news-of-the- … ching.html

... but not here:

https://azm.to/movie/news-of-the-world (server 1)

I have to check, but IIRC it does not happen with YouTube video feeds.

TIA

A.

Altoid · Desktop and Multimedia

Hello:

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Ron wrote:

... a link to a problem video please?

Sure ...

This is one.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/to … video.html

Ron wrote:

Do you have any extensions that tweak video playback?

Not that I am aware of.

TIA

A.

Altoid · Desktop and Multimedia

Hello:

I use Pale Moon 29.0.0 (64-bit) 'portable' on my Devuan install:

groucho@devuan:~$ uname -a
Linux devuan 4.9.0-14-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.246-2 (2020-12-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux
groucho@devuan:~$

I run it directly from a folder in /home as it is not in the repository.

As of late (month or so) I have been having what seems to be a speed playback problem when watching (some) on-line videos, a problem which does not occur if I watch the same videofeed on Firefox 64 (64-bit) and I'd much rather not use Firefox.

I run Firefox from an appimage.

Could someone please point me to a suitable solution?

Thanks in advance,

A.

Altoid · Off-topic

Hello:

Just a heads up so we're all on our toes:

This morning's article in The Register:
https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/03/kobalos_malware/

ESET page on the matter:

ESET wrote:

We reverse engineered this small, yet complex, malware that is portable to many operating systems including Linux, BSD, Solaris, and possibly AIX and Windows.

https://www.welivesecurity.com/2021/02/ … structure/

Best,

A.

Altoid · Off-topic

Hello:

Just a shot note to wish one and all here at Dev1 a great [fill in your option here] and a Happy New Year [to those who change year these days].
Especially to the packagers and adminns taking care of Devuan and the forum.

Hopefully, 2021 will be better.

Could not be worse than 2020 ...

Cheers,

A.

Altoid · Desktop and Multimedia

boycottsystemd wrote:

Do you have please explanation for it ?

Hmm ...
Let's see.
Ah yes, found one you may like:

HoaS, golinux, our boss r.r and I are all members of a secret systemd cabal infiltrated here at Dev1 and, having nothing better to do, decided to gang up on you.
Nothing personal, just for business.
ie: fun and spite.

Altoid wrote:

Lighten up ...
There's a deadly pandemic raging outside.

Cheers,

A.

Altoid · Desktop and Multimedia

Helllo:

MiyoLinux wrote:

Not sure what the problem could be.
... depends according to the "Debian-based" instructions ...

Yes.
And added libtgtk3-perl just in case. 8^)

MiyoLinux wrote:

Did you mistakenly create it as root instead?

I don't think so ...
But given the results, I've been thinking it that I may have.

Altoid wrote:

What am I missing?

MiyoLinux wrote:

elogind commands...
Shutdown = loginctl poweroff
Reboot = loginctl reboot

Thanks for the heads up.
I'll have a look and see how I do with those.

Thanks for your input.

Cheers,

A.

Altoid · Desktop and Multimedia

Hello:

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

... must be mistaken ...

Quite so. 8^/
Was without my coffee ...

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Not sure, sorry. I would investigate ...

I'll have a look and see.
Snooker is a priority. 8^D

Thanks a lot for your help.

Cheers,

A.

Altoid · Desktop and Multimedia

Hello:

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

You should show us exactly what you are adding ...

Right ...
It is the same stanza I used with the previous OB setup.

## This uses the 'oblogout' menu
{item => ['lxterminal sudo -e shutdown -r now', 'Reboot', 'applications-system']},

and

## This uses the 'oblogout' menu
{item => ['lxterminal sudo -e shutdown -h now', 'Shutdown', 'applications-system']},

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

This works ...
{item => ['sudo shutdown -r now', 'Reboot']},
... doesn't have an icon ...

Indeed ...
Works as intended.
I used one of the other available icons.

BTW: only those icons are available? ie: the ones with the UUID type names?

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

... prefer to use obsession to exit the openbox session.

I'm used to ctrl+alt+backspace, fast enough.

Thanks for your input.

Cheers,

A.

Altoid · Desktop and Multimedia

Hello:

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Check the installation instructions ...
... link to my Debian packages ...
... decide to use my packages ...

Done.
I was having a hard time with the other install.
Took a while to week everything out.
But finally managed to get it done.

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

... try to remove the perl modules ...
# cpanm uninstall Linux::DesktopFiles Data::Dump File::DesktopEntry

It only worked with

# cpanm --uninstall Linux::DesktopFiles Data::Dump File::DesktopEntry

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

HTH

Yes ...
Much easier/straightforward to install.

But I think it may have a problem (?).
It would not pick up xfe, starting Firefox instead.
Again, after a while I managed to get a hold on editing schema.pl and fixed it.

Now I have a problem with a couple of Openbox entries I use frequently.
In my previous non-configurator menu, I had entries for reboot and shutdown.

execute --> lxterminal sudo -e shutdown -r now and execute --> lxterminal sudo -e shutdown -r now.

These still work perfectly well from the command line ie: sudo -e shutdown -r/h now but using the stanza in schema.pl won't work.

What am I missing?

---

dice wrote:

sort of off topic ...

Nah !

dice wrote:

Doesn't have all the functionality of obmenu-generator ...

Let me see if I can get my head around this one first. 8^7
Thanks for the heads up.
---

Thanks in advance,

A.

Altoid · Desktop and Multimedia

Hello:

GlennW wrote:

... permissions for the location "/home/groucho/.config/obmenu-generator"?

Hmmm ...
The wrong ones.

groucho@eee-dev3:~$ ls -l /home/groucho/.config/obmenu-generator
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4986 Dec  5 21:30 schema.pl
groucho@eee-dev3:~$ ls -l /home/groucho/.config

groucho@eee-dev3:~$ ls -l /home/groucho/.config
total 328
--- snip ---
drwxr-xr-x 2 root    root      4096 Dec  5 21:30 obmenu-generator
--- snip ---
groucho@eee-dev3:~$

GlennW wrote:

... installer has left the permission to write as root or admin only.

It seems so.
I did follow the instructions, specifically where it said not to use root.
Evidently I did something wrong.

GlennW wrote:

... make the location available to write by the user ...

chown -hR groucho:groucho /home/groucho/.config/obmenu-generator

and

chmod -R 755 /home/groucho/.config/obmenu-generator

That was it.

groucho@eee-dev3:~$ obmenu-generator -p -i
:: A dynamic menu has been successfully generated!
groucho@eee-dev3:~$

GlennW wrote:

I hope this helps.

It did. 8^D
Thanks a lot for your input.

Cheers,

A.

Altoid · Desktop and Multimedia

Hello:

Continuing with my 1000HE Beowulf install ...
Trying to set up Openbox to my liking.

I read about it so off I went to https://miyolinux.weebly.com/obmenu-generator.html and followed the instructions for setting up the obmenu-generator.

But I cannot get it to work.
I get these errors:

groucho@eee-dev3:~$ obmenu-generator -p -i
mkdir /home/groucho/.config/obmenu-generator/icons: Permission denied at /usr/bin/obmenu-generator line 208.
groucho@eee-dev3:~$

}

if ($with_icons and not -d $icons_dir) {
    remove_database($cache_db);
    require File::Path;
    File::Path::make_path($icons_dir)   <-------------------------------- line 208 (according to jed)
      or warn "$0: can't create icon path `$icons_dir': $!\n";
}

groucho@eee-dev3:~$ obmenu-generator -s -c
Can't open file '/home/groucho/.config/obmenu-generator/config.pl' for write: Permission denied at /usr/bin/obmenu-generator line 265.
groucho@eee-dev3:~$

sub dump_configuration {
    require Data::Dump;
    open my $config_fh, '>', $config_file        <--------------------- line 265 (according to jed)
      or die "Can't open file '${config_file}' for write: $!";
    my $dumped_config = q{our $CONFIG = } . Data::Dump::dump(\%CONFIG) . "\n";
    $dumped_config =~ s/\Q$home_dir\E/\$ENV{HOME}/g if ($home_dir eq $ENV{HOME});
    print $config_fh $config_documentation, $dumped_config;
    close $config_fh;
}

No idea as how to deal with this.
Anyone used it?

Thanks in advance,

A.

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