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#151 Re: Installation » lost basic user account i think anyway » 2020-12-30 02:10:35
Try
su <user>Then hit enter. Only then do you provide the password!
If that doesn't work, do
id <user>This should provide you a list with the groups your user is a member of. Should that yield a negative result, you may need to delete the user from your system and start again. Report back when you get that far.
#152 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [Solved] Boot error messages for non-existant drives » 2020-11-25 14:22:18
Go into the BIOS and disable the unused SATA ports.
#153 Re: Forum Feedback » Forum frequently missing » 2020-11-17 18:35:35
That would make sense and is much preferable to a DDOS attack 
Alas, I'm not on IRC so didn't see that. Hopefully the team will remember to post a warning on the forum too on the next instance.
Thx!
#154 Forum Feedback » Forum frequently missing » 2020-11-17 10:16:57
- Dutch_Master
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Recently I've been unable to connect to the forum on various occasions. It seems to fix itself over time, so perhaps it's a load issue (too many connections?) Page loading is also longer then normal, although that too is variable. Makes me suspect a DDOS attack?
FYI: other sites respond normally, loading times are also as expected from those, so I'm pretty sure it's not my ~100Mbit/s connection.
#155 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Beowulf: how to remove xfce and install mate, without breaking system » 2020-09-29 05:12:38
Find and install the mate-desktop meta-package in Synaptic. Mate and XFCE can happily co-exist, there's no conflict so no real reason to remove XFCE other then saving space on your virtual drive. If you still want to remove XFCE, there's an xfce-desktop package as well, see if that's installed then purge it and all of its dependencies. Synaptic is a smart tool (or rather, the underlying .deb packages) so it'll complain when you want to remove a package Mate relies on.
#156 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Average Uptime of Your Devuan Systems? » 2020-09-13 17:56:42
As correctly indicated, it differs between desktops and servers. My desktop gets shut down every night, but my file server runs 24/7. It had, at one time, an uptime of over 2 years (yes, really!) as I ran Debian oldstable at the time, 'cause that didn't have systemd in it 
More recently, it had well over 100 days worth before rebooting it as it had mysteriously lost connectivity for a few days. Then last night I accidentally shut it down and rebooted only this morning. Normality has been restored. I think... 
#157 Desktop and Multimedia » GTK error after recent update » 2020-08-10 09:46:54
- Dutch_Master
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Recently I updated my Ascii system and it included some nVidia drivers as well. Most applications work as before, but this one doesn't:
$ gweled
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "atk-bridge"
(gweled:8431): GLib-WARNING **: GError set over the top of a previous GError or uninitialized memory.
This indicates a bug in someone's code. You must ensure an error is NULL before it's set.
The overwriting error message was: Operation not supported
Segmentation faultI ran
dpkg --configure -abut that didn't throw up any mis- or unconfigured packages.
Any ideas?
#158 Re: Other Issues » Flushing cached data in RAM » 2020-07-24 16:48:40
Ok, thx! I should have known that 
#159 Other Issues » Flushing cached data in RAM » 2020-07-24 13:24:20
- Dutch_Master
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My file-server, running Ascii, has 32GB RAM and after syncing my home folder to the RAID, cached data remains visible in the RAM in the Webmin overview page. How do I get to flush this data from RAM? I know I can reboot, but there should be an alternative way. In Linux, there always is (well, almost always )
TIA!
#160 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10 » 2020-07-03 18:46:24
Dutch_Master wrote:Devuan even has the rpm package, allowing you to use rpm packages on apt systems.
Probably better to use alien to convert the .rpm package to a .deb and install that instead.
Fair point. Fortunately I don't need it
#161 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10 » 2020-07-03 15:43:25
Everything CentOS can, Devuan can do too. Devuan even has the rpm package, allowing you to use rpm packages on apt systems.
If in doubt, see if you can swap out the CentOS system disk with an empty one and install Devuan on that.
#162 Re: Forum Feedback » Why Fie? » 2020-06-07 07:09:26
Bye then.
#163 Re: Other Issues » [Solved] Two new concerns » 2020-06-01 05:12:53
I had a similar issue on Beowulf when I tried it some time ago: https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=3430 (post 6!). It appears privilege-escalation has changed since Ascii, post 8 (same thread) has the answer, although I ended up re-installing Ascii instead.
#164 Re: Devuan » The point of Devuan? » 2020-05-17 06:56:28
Yes, the point of Devuan was and remains to provide people a systemd-free Debian system. And IMO it's best for the project to stay as close as possible to that mantra. For me, all I care about is having a comprehensive, easy-to-install systemd-free apt-based Linux system for everyday use that's not just easy to install but also use, maintain and update. And as I have ab-so-lute-ly zero interest in playing personal politics I tend to stay away from the 'social' aspect of this by'n large friendly community, although as and where I can I'm more then happy to help out.
#165 Re: News & Announcements » Bound to happen ... » 2020-05-10 07:42:35
Dutch_Master wrote:I'm still awaiting a kernel-patch from Mr Torvalds that obsoletes systemd altogether
I am afraid he can obsolete non systemD distros in new kernels, at least while he gets his regular wage check from corporations.
Torvalds is NOT paid by corporations, he's not on their payrolls. He's employed by a foundation and although they get donations from various corporations, that doesn't mean it'll do their bidding. For starters, Linus is too independently minded. Remember the finger he gave to nVidia? Then there's the "threat" (for want of a better word) of forking the kernel to keep such a patch out and thus non-systemd distro's alive. And IIRC Linus brought the entire kernel code (or at least his contributions, which are the core of the matter) under the GPLv3, which has a lot more restrictions on claiming IP for it by 3rd parties.
No, I'm not worried about Torvalds getting his arm up corporate bums. He's a geek and coder, not a career-technologist 
#166 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Old Brother Scanners broken in Beowulf (problem descr. and workaround) » 2020-04-18 13:30:18
Yes, but probably not for networked devices. Although these should be approachable via said network instead. If all else fails, most (if not all) networked Brother MFC's have an SD-card slot and/or a USB port so one could load the file to a pen drive or flash-card and print from that. Cumbersome, but do-able.
#167 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Old Brother Scanners broken in Beowulf (problem descr. and workaround) » 2020-04-18 09:26:28
Good post! As a Brother user I may well switch distro's or keep Ascii for the time being. I'd expect Brother themselves would be aware of the situation and expect a brscan4 (or even 5!) version out in the not too distant future to reflect the new sane libs.
#168 Re: Installation » Beowulf Beta Issues » 2020-04-09 14:48:14
Thx for that. this is what I got after upgrading to beowulf:
cat /etc/profile
# /etc/profile: system-wide .profile file for the Bourne shell (sh(1))
# and Bourne compatible shells (bash(1), ksh(1), ash(1), ...).
if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
else
PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games"
fi
export PATH
if [ "${PS1-}" ]; then
if [ "${BASH-}" ] && [ "$BASH" != "/bin/sh" ]; then
# The file bash.bashrc already sets the default PS1.
# PS1='\h:\w\$ '
if [ -f /etc/bash.bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bash.bashrc
fi
else
if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then
PS1='# '
else
PS1='$ '
fi
fi
fi
if [ -d /etc/profile.d ]; then
for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh; do
if [ -r $i ]; then
. $i
fi
done
unset i
fiProbably me, but I can't see a difference?
I'll try the set-path option to see if that works (I assume it will, but one never knows: I've been known to break stock installs )
#169 Re: Installation » Beowulf Beta Issues » 2020-04-09 04:07:04
Some quick notes from me:
- bare-metal installation, re-used Samsung EVO750 SSD
- upgrade via ASCII (basic ascii system install, change sources to beowulf, dist-upgrade)
- sudo not installed (I don't use it, under ascii it's pulled in anyway, IIRC as dependency somewhere)
- installing package with dpkg fails with complaint about missing PATH for root (as root!)
- installing same package with apt works
- added Webmin repo in sources.list (+ apt-key), installed Webmin successfully
- cannot halt system via cli (as root!), via Webmin interface works (system shuts down)
This is a temporary install for a short-term project, shutting down in the next week or so.
HTH!
#170 Re: News & Announcements » Bound to happen ... » 2020-04-07 10:58:49
I'm still awaiting a kernel-patch from Mr Torvalds that obsoletes systemd altogether
#171 Re: Off-topic » Folding@home - You can help find a cure to COVID-19! » 2020-03-31 17:59:39
Asking people to pitch in computing power but they refuse to show the source code? That's lopsided and creepy.
I'll be happy to contribute and spread the word when they make the source code available.
Yeah, like now's the perfect time to be totally an@l about that :-\
Besides, here's the perfect reason why they won't release the source:
It is important to note that we do release the scientific modifications back to the open source community, but do not release information which would enable donors to cheat on points, which some donors have done ruining the experience for many others.
#172 Re: News & Announcements » Beowulf Beta is here! » 2020-03-25 18:19:40
Just for my understanding: if one already has Ascii installed, Beowulf is now ready/stable enough to be upgraded to?
Tia!
#173 Re: News & Announcements » Beowulf Beta is here! » 2020-03-20 16:51:55
However, I notice there is no volume indicator on the top panel as usual, nor is there one available for adding.
This is correct for Mate, and it hasn't been there for a fair while. (2017-ish? IIRC!) It's been lacking from upstream, so it's not a Devuan issue AFAIK.
#174 Re: News & Announcements » Beowulf Beta is here! » 2020-03-19 14:55:46
When do you think the next stable will bereleased?
Regard
Marco.
Please respons to me.
This is the second time you ask in as many days and it has been answered yesterday in the exact post following yours. READ IT!
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#175 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Moving installation to SSD drive » 2020-03-14 22:24:02
Bookmark this page: https://ss64.com/bash/
Tools to investigate (use the link, for instance) are (in no particular order):
which, strace, ps, whereis, grep/egrep/pgrep, lsof, locate/slocate and htop
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