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#1501 Re: Installation » [Solved] Beowulf - Nvidia legacy 340XX driver will not install. » 2020-09-14 15:16:49
Hello:
Do you have https://packages.debian.org/buster/libn … 340xx-cfg1 installed ?
nvidia-xconfig is there https://packages.debian.org/buster/nvidia-xconfig
My ascii installation has both.
groucho@devuan:~$ apt list | grep libnvidia-legacy-340xx-cfg1
libnvidia-legacy-340xx-cfg1/oldstable,now 340.108-3~deb9u1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
groucho@devuan:~$ groucho@devuan:~$ apt list | grep nvidia-xconfig
nvidia-xconfig/oldstable 390.87-1~deb9u1 amd64
groucho@devuan:~$ nvidia-xconfig was there when I tried to install the driver (sorry for the lapse) but it would not work.
My sources list (from the Devuan GNU/Linux 3.0 (beowulf) amd64 - netinstall 20200526) are these:
deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged beowulf main non-free contrib
deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged beowulf-security main contrib non-free
# beowulf-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged beowulf-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged beowulf-backports main contrib non-freeI saw no reason to modify them as I understand that if a package is in the Debian repository it will then be in the Devuan repositories, save for the systemd stuff.
Thanks for your input.
Cheers,
A.
#1502 Re: Installation » [Solved] Beowulf - Nvidia legacy 340XX driver will not install. » 2020-09-14 14:10:48
Hello:
Maybe need to modprobe /dev/nvidia* ?
Yes.
But like I mentioned previously, the files are not there.
... tried nvidia-xconfig ...
Not there either.
Before rebooting (and after) I tried apt purge nvidia-persistenced and then apt install nvidia-persistenced but it does not nstall.
The issue E: nvidia-persistenced: installed nvidia-persistenced package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 remains.
The only way out is apt purge *nvidia* to recover the desktop.
There seems to be a problem with the nvidia-persistenced package (seems to be a daemon) which will not start because the nvidia device files (/dev/nvidia*) are not where they should be.
Maybe a bug in the package?
Thanks for your input.
A.
#1503 Installation » [Solved] Beowulf - Nvidia legacy 340XX driver will not install. » 2020-09-13 22:50:50
- Altoid
- Replies: 45
Hello:
I'm attempting to install the Nvidia legacy 340XX driver to be able to use my three monitor setup in Beowulf.
The two or three times I have done this with different Linux distributions, it was a matter of transplanting a previously working xorg.conf file and 'maybe' tweaking it a bit, never had serious issues.
The first transplant to a Devuan installation was from PCLinuxOS to the Devuan Jesse and from then onwards.
This is the second time I am attempting to install the proprietary driver in Beowulf and as I know what will happen, I have avoided a reboot so I can get the data. ='7
Here's what synaptic had to say (previous driver installation was with apt but the printout was lost):
E: nvidia-persistenced: installed nvidia-persistenced package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
I then opened a terminal to see what was going on:
oot@devuan3:~# dkms status
nvidia-legacy-340xx, 340.108: added
root@devuan3:~# Seems the driver is installed (?)
So then I tried to see if anything was missing:
groucho@devuan3:~$ su -
Password:
root@devuan3:~# apt install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed. <--- THIS seems to be the problem.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up nvidia-persistenced (418.56-1) ...
Starting NVIDIA Persistence Daemon
nvidia-persistenced failed to initialize. Check syslog for more details. <--- THIS seems to have caused the problem.
invoke-rc.d: initscript nvidia-persistenced, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-persistenced (--configure):
installed nvidia-persistenced package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
nvidia-persistenced
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@devuan3:~# This confirmed what synaptic said.
~# cat /var/log/syslog
--- snip ---
Sep 13 22:24:09 devuan3 nvidia-persistenced: Started (9411)
Sep 13 22:24:09 devuan3 nvidia-persistenced: Failed to query NVIDIA devices. Please ensure that the NVIDIA device files (/dev/nvidia*) exist, and that user 110 has read and write permissions for those files.
Sep 13 22:24:09 devuan3 nvidia-persistenced: Shutdown (9411)
--- snip ---root@devuan3:/# ls /dev/nvidia
ls: cannot access '/dev/nvidia': No such file or directory
root@devuan3:/# What's going on?
I will leave this here, reboot and see about cleaning up, otherwise I will not have X.
Any ideas welcome.
Thanks in advance,
A.
#1504 Re: Installation » openbox menu issue » 2020-09-13 22:12:08
Hello:
Found it: Command: pkexec pluma %f ...
... does not work.
According to the xfce page it should work:
Edit file as root
Name: Edit as root
Command: gksu put-your-favourite-text-editor-here %f
File pattern: *
Appears if selection contains: Text filesNote: You'll need to replace put-your-favourite-text-editor-here with your favourite text editor (e.g. mousepad or geany). Also, see previous note about gksu. -> Note: Some distributions no longer include gksu. Use pkexec instead.
https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/custo … le_as_root
What am I missing?
Thanks in advance,
A.
#1505 Re: Installation » openbox menu issue » 2020-09-13 02:06:53
Hello:
But the 'Custom actions' I hace set up in Thunar, such as "Edit as root" or "Open root Thunar here" use gksudo.
Command: gksu -l pluma %f and Command: gksu thunar %f in 'Edit' -> 'Configure custom actions ...'
How do I get them working with polkit?
Found it: Command: pkexec -l pluma %f and Command: pkexec thunar %f in 'Edit' -> 'Configure custom actions ...'
A question remains:
Would it be better to run lxpolkit instead of gnome-polkit?
Thanks for your input.
Cheers,
A.
#1506 Re: Installation » openbox menu issue » 2020-09-12 23:48:10
Hello:
So is the policykit-1 package installed?
Yes.
The gnome version.
That OnlyShowIn bit indicates that the program will only be autostarted for the listed desktops ...
... policykit-1 package and a graphical authentication agent need to be running ...
Both gparted and synaptic are working now.
Would it be better to run lxpolkit instead of this one?
Polkit is the modern way to run graphical applications ...
... minimises the security risks in comparison to su &sudo or gksu & gksudo.
Yes, I understand.
But the 'Custom actions' I hace set up in Thunar, such as "Edit as root" or "Open root Thunar here" use gksudo.
Command: gksu -l pluma %f and Command: gksu thunar %f in 'Edit' -> 'Configure custom actions ...'
How do I get them working with polkit?
... gparted running with su but ...
Why would I want to do that?
It is stupid! 8-D!
Thanks for your input.
Cheers,
A.
#1507 Re: Installation » openbox menu issue » 2020-09-12 22:22:09
Hello:
... any error messages if you run /usr/sbin/gparted directly in a terminal?
Yes.
groucho@devuan3:~$ /usr/sbin/gparted
localuser:root being added to access control list
Error executing command as another user: No authentication agent found.
localuser:root being removed from access control list
groucho@devuan3:~$ groucho@devuan3:~$ su
Password:
root@devuan3:/home/groucho# /usr/sbin/gparted
sh: 1: dmidecode: not found
======================
libparted : 3.2
======================In this last instance, via su (not su -), gparted ran.
root@devuan3:/home/groucho# su -
root@devuan3:~# /usr/sbin/gparted
(gpartedbin:2414): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:52:42.365: cannot open display:
root@devuan3:~# Can we see
grep -A2 gparted ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml
Of course ...
groucho@devuan3:~$ grep -A2 gparted ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml
<item label="gparted">
<action name="Execute">
<execute>/usr/sbin/gparted</execute>
</action>
</item>
groucho@devuan3:~$ Looking around I found /etc/xdg/autostart/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop and the the executable is there.
But it's not being run:
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/openbox-xdg-autostart --list pgrep -a polkit
Hmm ...
groucho@devuan3:~$ /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/openbox-xdg-autostart --list pgrep -a polkit
ERROR: openbox-xdg-autostart requires PyXDG to be installed
groucho@devuan3:~$ Interesting ...
But I previously ran apt-update, apt-upgrade and apt install -f and everything seemed to be right.
Seems the Openbox package needs to add this missing package to the depends list?
root@devuan3:~# apt update && apt upgrade && apt install -f
Hit:1 http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged beowulf InRelease
Hit:2 http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged beowulf-security InRelease
Hit:3 http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged beowulf-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged beowulf-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@devuan3:~# groucho@devuan3:~$ su -
Password:
root@devuan3:~# apt install python-xdg
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
python-xdg
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 35.9 kB of archives.
After this operation, 169 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged beowulf/main amd64 python-xdg all 0.25-5 [35.9 kB]
Fetched 35.9 kB in 1s (35.7 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package python-xdg.
(Reading database ... 64424 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../python-xdg_0.25-5_all.deb ...
Unpacking python-xdg (0.25-5) ...
Setting up python-xdg (0.25-5) ...
root@devuan3:~# Right, now that python-xdg is installed, we continue and get this:
groucho@devuan3:~$ /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/openbox-xdg-autostart --list pgrep -a polkit
[ ]
File: /home/groucho/.config/autostart/xscreensaver.desktop
* Excluded by: Missing Exec field
[*]
File: /home/groucho/.config/autostart/xfce4-clipman-plugin-autostart.desktop
Executes: xfce4-clipman
[*] User folders update
File: /etc/xdg/autostart/xdg-user-dirs.desktop
Executes: xdg-user-dirs-update
[*] Wicd Network Manager Tray
File: /etc/xdg/autostart/wicd-tray.desktop
Executes: wicd-gtk --tray
[*] PulseAudio Sound System
File: /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio.desktop
Executes: start-pulseaudio-x11
[ ] PolicyKit Authentication Agent
File: /etc/xdg/autostart/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop
Executes: /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
* Excluded by: OnlyShowIn (XFCE, Unity, X-Cinnamon)
[*] AT-SPI D-Bus Bus
File: /etc/xdg/autostart/at-spi-dbus-bus.desktop
Executes: /usr/lib/at-spi2-core/at-spi-bus-launcher --launch-immediately
[ ] gnome-disk-utility notification plugin for GNOME Settings Daemon
File: /etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.DiskUtilityNotify.desktop
Executes: /usr/lib/gnome-disk-utility/gsd-disk-utility-notify
* Excluded by: OnlyShowIn (GNOME)
[ ] Xfsettingsd
File: /etc/xdg/autostart/xfsettingsd.desktop
Executes: xfsettingsd
* Excluded by: OnlyShowIn (XFCE)
groucho@devuan3:~$ I removed XFCE to see if I could just use Openbox, which is probably the cause of what is happening.
Thanks for your input.
Cheers,
A.
#1508 Re: Installation » openbox menu issue » 2020-09-12 20:06:21
Hello:
... run the wrapper script at /usr/sbin/gparted directly from the menu entry.
obmenu -> /usr/sbin/gparted in the 'Execute' box does not work.
... install a graphical polkit authentication agent ...
Looking around I found /etc/xdg/autostart/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop and the the executable is there.
groucho@devuan3:~$ locate gnome-authentication-agent
/etc/xdg/autostart/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop
/usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
groucho@devuan3:~$ I also came upon lxpolkit on the web which in 2010 replaced gnome-polkit in LXDE.
Seems it is leaner and more suited to LXDE.
*Do not* use su or sudo to launch graphical applications with elevated permissions, it is stupid and dangerous.
Good to know.
But it was the only way I got synaptic and gparted to run in my VM with Openbox.
I now have the same problem ...
Thanks for your input.
A.
#1509 Installation » openbox menu issue » 2020-09-12 16:26:51
- Altoid
- Replies: 11
Hello:
I'm (slowly) installing Devuan3 on a spare drive in my ascii box so I can eventually migrate without any headaches.
One of the things I want to do is use Openbox instead of Xfce of which I have grown rather tired.
I have it on a skeleton VM installation albeint on a single screen (vis-a-vis my 3-screen ascii) and it works well enough form the time being.
I can start gparted there via lxterminal -e su - gparted but I would like to avoid using sudo.
Same with synaptic, which I keep to use as a GUI to look for applications as I am getting used to apt or apt-get.
So I try using lxterminal -e su - gparted but I only get a flicker on the screen.
My DM is SLiM and I wonder if this is not due to its starting X as root?
If I open the terminal and try to start gparted I get this:
~$ su -
Password:
~# gparted
(gpartedbin:3660): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:23:29.432: cannot open display:
~# Is there a way around this or do I have to install sudo and a set up sudoers?
Thanks in advance.
A.
#1510 Re: Installation » [Solved] Beowulf Netinstaller problem » 2020-09-07 00:29:01
Hello:
Any idea as to what may be going on here?
Solved by burning the *.iso to the SD Card again.
Curious thing as it did not happen the first time I installed Beowulf.
The installer was skipping a step, the one where it loaded applications, among them probably the one needed to format the drive to ext 3/4.
Otherwise (up to that point) it seemed to work properly.
Maybe some part of the SD Card got corrupted?
Cheers,
CIV
#1511 Re: Installation » Upgrading from Ascii to Beowulf » 2020-09-06 23:15:29
Hello:
. . . perhaps you could adopt, adapt and maintain SLiM for devuan . . .
Thanks for the suggestion.
I was expecting it, it is not as if I have never heard it. 8^7
But I am not a coder or programmer, just an advanced (?) user with a few years of (more hardware than software) experience but who can't find his way around bash.
Actually, I'm an architect by trade who got into IT to make ends meet when recession and lack of work hit me broadside in 1995.
As you can imagine, I'd have no idea where to start and at 65+ I'm rather past the point of wanting to find out.
But IMO, the truth is that as SLiM is not news, shiny or desired, one wants to maintain it.
Like I said, a pity.
A.
#1512 Installation » [Solved] Beowulf Netinstaller problem » 2020-09-06 22:42:10
- Altoid
- Replies: 1
Hello:
I'm slowly approaching Beowulf and to start off I'm installing a parallel systen on an extra 73Gb SAS HDD I have in my box.
But I've come across a strange issue:
I boot up the devuan_beowulf_3.0.0_amd64-netinstall.iso which has been dd'd to a 2.0Gb SD Card but when I get to partitioning the drive, the installer only offers format a partition (or the whole disk for that matter) to ext2, FAT16, FAT32 or SWAP.
The HDD is in perfect health and I can partition and format it with GParted from my Devuan ASCII but the installer won't have anything to do with that.
Same thing happens even if there is no partiton table on the drive. ie: it has been cleared.
Any idea as to what may be going on here?
TIA,
A.
#1513 Re: Installation » Upgrading from Ascii to Beowulf » 2020-09-06 20:36:44
Hello:
... sorry about the file descriptor misinformation.
It's quite allright.
Happens.
... best display manager is clearly no display manager ...
I would have to agree ...
But (if I recall correctly) not having a DM brought along quite a few (permission?) issues that surfaced while I was installing ASCII.
Cannot recall but installing SLiM solved everything right away and that was it.
So that's why I use SLiM.
I didn't even want the log-on process to execute startx.
I've set it up as simple as possible.
A dark screen with a cursor line: no 'USER', 'PASSWORD' or field to fill out, no 'Shutdown', 'Reboot' or 'Session'.
I wanted to also eliminate the cursor (I know there's a way in the SLiM config file) but never go around to it.
SLiM runs X under the root user whereas a console login followed by startx[0] results in the X server being run under the normal user, which is clearly a major advantage
Indeed it is.
Being things as they are, for the moment I have no choice but to stay with SLiM.
And still think it is a real pity it has been abandoned.
Cheers,
A.
#1514 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Choosing an email client » 2020-09-06 13:00:41
Hello:
... Thunderbird apt-get install thunderbird for a graphical e-mail client.
... Alpine apt-get install alpine. as a text based e-mail client.
If I recall correctly, after trying out Eudora and some other whose name I cannot recall, I finally settled on Pegasus Mail as my email client.
This was way back then, as I went from W3.11 to W95.
Never looked back.
When I (finally) switched to Linux, it was because I was confident that I would be able to (via Wine) have PMail as my email client and this had the benefit of my being able to have my favourite photo tool (IrfanView) at hand without having to switch OSs.
I was sure that I could eventually manage to do without IrfanView but not without PMail.
A couple of years ago, I thought that maybe there was an email client out there in Linux-land that could replace Pmail.
After searching through what was available I came across one which looked as it could do: Sylpheed-Claws.
All the boxes seemed to check: it was a similar front end and the Sylpheed-Claws FAQ indicated that it had what to me was a deal-breaker PMail feature: selective mail download.
So I installed Sylpheed-Claws to try it out but found none of that was there and there was no mention of it anywhere save that FAQ.
I asked at one list list but got no reply so I asked at another and got this:
Selective download was never in sylpheed, iirc, but it was in
Sylpheed-Claws many years ago, but was dropped by the time we
switched from gtk1 to gtk2, and has never reappeared (and is not
likely to).The nearest thing to it would be to set a 'Receive size limit' on the
Receive page of the account preferences. Messages which have been
partially retrieved will show a button when opened, allowing you to
download the message in full.
How 'selective mail download' is in any way comparable (nearest thing) to 'receive size limit' is beyond me.
So ...
Pegasus Mail it will be, rightfully so as it has proven to be excellent and has served me very well for almost 25 years.
I have not been able to find anything to use as a suitable replacement in Linux.
I just hope to someday be able to settle my debt with David Harris.
Cheers,
A.
#1515 Re: Installation » Upgrading from Ascii to Beowulf » 2020-09-05 21:12:32
Hello:
Maintenance for SLiM stopped in 2013 so any security issues will not be addressed.
Yes, I know ...
That's why I said:
A real pity.
With so many capable developers out there, going after the newest shiniest whatever instead of supporting/maintaining good software. :^ *
~$ echo foo >&3
bash: 3: Bad file descriptor
groucho@devuan:~$ tail -1 /var/log/slim.log
slim: waiting for X server to begin accepting connections.
~$ ls -l /var/log/slim.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 403312 Sep 5 15:44 /var/log/slim.log
~$ whoami
groucho
~$ I really wanted to avoid using anything and just log in and startx from the command line.
But it proved problematic for a number of reasons related to other parts of the system, so I went with the simplest and (to me) less problematic DM.
Unsupported and all, I believe BSD had it as the default DM at least up to a couple of years ago.
I recall having seen an article on-line where it was voted the best DM out of 19. (found it!).
Cheers,
A.
#1516 Re: Installation » Upgrading from Ascii to Beowulf » 2020-09-05 16:37:48
Hello:
Hi fsmithred
... the ancient DM I use: "Slim".
After trying the two or three out there, I cannot but emphatically recommend SLiM to one and all.
It is not systemd compatible which is not an issue for us but probably the reason nobody is taking care of it these days.
A real pity.
With so many capable developers out there, going after the newest shiniest whatever instead of supporting/maintaining good software. :^ *
Cheers,
A.
#1517 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Startech firewire card » 2020-09-04 21:18:53
Hello:
... card with VIA VT6308P chipset. Works very well.
Glad to know you got the problem solved. 8^ )
It would be interesting (for future reference to others) if you would post whatever information you have (hardware, brand, source, etc.) as well as what is provided by dmesg, lspci, lsmod, etc.
Cheers,
A.
#1518 Re: Other Issues » sbin PATH problems on Beowulf [SOLVED] » 2020-09-04 19:40:25
Hello:
Because su can be used for things other ...
I see.
Read man su
Yes, my use of su is rather limited to the basics, so I really have quite a bit of reading to do.
That's what you get from arriving to Linuxland late in life. 8^7
Thanks for your input.
Cheers,
A.
#1519 Re: Other Issues » sbin PATH problems on Beowulf [SOLVED] » 2020-09-04 18:34:07
Hello:
... seems to be an error ...
... should be added to /etc/login.defs.
I see.
... call su correctly:
su -^ The - is important.
Of course it is.
su won't work as intended expected without it.
Q:
Why not just get rid of the old su and let the output be command not found?
Now we have sudo, su and su - ...
Thanks for the link.
... a PITA to add a - after the command?
Yes.
I forget to do it because I am very much used to su.
And I don't like sudo although it is convenient if properly used/configured.
Cheers,
A.
#1520 Re: Other Issues » sbin PATH problems on Beowulf [SOLVED] » 2020-09-04 15:26:21
Hello:
Would have been mine also ... 8⁷ |
I did not have /etc/default/su and generating the file and adding ALWAYS SET PATH yes did not work.
What did work was ...
root@devuan2:/home/groucho# export PATH=$PATH:~/usr/local/sbinroot@devuan2:/home/groucho# $echo $PATH
bash: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/root/usr/local/sbin: No such file or directory
root@devuan2:/home/groucho# Got it from https://wiki.debian.org/EnvironmentVariables:
--- snip ---
... after doing su, your PATH may not contain directories like /sbin, and many system administration commands will fail. There are several workarounds:
...
Put the system administration directories (/sbin, /usr/sbin, /usr/local/sbin) in your regular account's PATH (see EnvironmentVariables for help with this).
--- snip ---
BTW: whatever the reason for the change in how su works, I hope it is a good/justified one and not another one of Poettering's wet dreams. It is a PITA.
A.
#1521 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Startech firewire card » 2020-08-27 16:39:31
I read another link:
https://sgcdn.startech.com/005329/media … V2_QSG.pdf
and startech says to offer Linux Ubuntu.
The *.pdf also says this:
Requirements
For the latest requirements, please visit www.startech.com/PEX1394A2V2
That link is to yet another *.pdf that says this:
Software
OS Compatibility
Windows® 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10
Windows Server® 2003
There is no mention of Linux in what seems to be the *.pdf with "latest requirements" for this card/chipset.
The card selling at the site recommended by GNUser is the same one I made reference to.
If it turns out to be expensive, just shop around for any other PCIe card that has the same chipset.
ie: Texas Instruments XIO2213B controller
Cheers,
A.
#1522 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Startech firewire card » 2020-08-20 00:20:50
Hello:
Seller wrote me that Startech firewire card seems recognized in Windows.
Windows is not Linux. 8-⁷
The Startech webpage for this card does not mention Linux support.
That said ...
The card uses the Texas Instruments Texas Intruments -TSB82AA2 chipset and Startech's vendorID is 14b0.
Looking up TSB82AA2+14b0 on the linux-hardware.org website, we get this.
----
Results for 'Texas Instruments', 'TSB82AA2', id='14B0-*', type='firewire controller', bus='PCI' (0)
No data 
----
Given that it is a card you can probably replace for less than US$25, I suggest that you get one that has Linux support.
See this one with a different TI chipset.
There are probably a few others, you'll have to shop around.
Cheers,
A.
#1523 Re: Other Issues » Uploading file to email server - size vs. outgoing total discrepancy. » 2020-08-19 13:26:11
Hello:
... as you say ...
... contain images of various sorts ...
... would affect the efficiency of the base64 encoding ...
Quite so, the document's physical surface is roughly 50% magazine quality colour photos.
Learnt something new this week. =^)
Thanks a lot for your input.
Cheers,
A.
#1524 Re: Other Issues » Uploading file to email server - size vs. outgoing total discrepancy. » 2020-08-18 19:59:59
Hello:
... will see a larger Email upload size than the actual data you are sending because the data is converted to base64 encoding.
This has a tendency to inflate the size of your data quite considerably. Hence, the discrepancy.
I see ...
This is just with Pegasus Mail or is it ...
Just read about it and it is probably common to all email clients or text to binary data conversions.
Like you say, base64 inflates the size of the data, but much less than decimal or hexadecimal:
Base-64 maps 3 bytes (8 x 3 = 24 bits) in 4 characters that span 6-bits (6 x 4 = 24 bits). The result looks something like "TWFuIGlzIGRpc3Rpb...". Therefore the bloating is only a mere 4/3 = 1.3333333 times the original.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/201536
Still, 15.5Mib x 1.3 = 20.15MiB, not 30.5MiB ...
What could be causing the other 10.35MiB worth of bloat?
Could it be that I am not sending a text file but *.pdf file, with all its complexities? ie: symbols, compression, etc. and the file is 15.5Mib 'on-disk'.
Thanks for your input.
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#1525 Re: Other Issues » Uploading file to email server - size vs. outgoing total discrepancy. » 2020-08-18 19:52:58
Hello:
... perhaps some wine overhead?
No idea, maybe with the CPU cycles.
Don't think it would affect transmitted data.
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