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#1877 Re: Off-topic » Info » GNU/Linux for smartphones » 2020-12-22 11:22:20

Related: https://xnux.eu/log/#017

And what's wrong with LineageOS & GrapheneOS? They're both open source operating systems that leverage Android rather than GNU/Linux and so would seem *much* better suited to smartphone usage.

#1878 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] File manager delay after boot/login » 2020-12-22 11:16:37

dice wrote:

im assuming tracker search is a gnome web extension?

There is a "tracker search" extension (to which you have linked) but the tracker itself is part of the official GNOME desktop: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Tracker

#1879 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] File manager delay after boot/login » 2020-12-21 19:53:51

aghasee wrote:

Maybe killing the tracker process as in https://www.noulakaz.net/2019/04/09/dis … t-need-it/ isn't a bad idea.

No need to mess around with gsettings, the indexing can be disabled from the options panel.

If you consider this problem to be fixed then please prepend [SOLVED] to the thread title (in the first post) to help others who encounter this issue. Thanks.

dice wrote:

This is why i dislike where gnome is heading

Almost all the desktop environments have some sort of indexing feature, it's actually quite useful for some users.

zapper wrote:

Startpage has become somewhat suspicious

Yes, you've mentioned that before but I didn't reply so as not to derail the thread. Perhaps you should open a new thread about search engines and their relevant merits, I would be interested to hear others' opinions.

zapper wrote:

Gnome might not be owned by an ad company,  but they still require system dumb

No, it doesn't:

https://pkginfo.devuan.org/cgi-bin/poli … ge&q=gnome

https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/package/ed … 6_64/gnome

https://github.com/openbsd/ports/tree/m … me/desktop

Neither Alpine Linux nor OpenBSD could run systemd even if they wanted to but they both have packages for the GNOME desktop.

#1881 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] File manager delay after boot/login » 2020-12-21 13:24:22

Try this:

rm ~/.xsession-errors
nautilus

Then check ~/.xsession-errors after Nautilus launches.

EDIT: https://unix.stackexchange.com/question … ing-buster

#1882 Re: Off-topic » Info » Wine security » 2020-12-20 19:49:48

Windows runs very well under QEMU/KVM and is more isolated from the host: https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers

It's far from perfect though: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=119318909016582

#1884 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » What AMD graphics card (< US$250) works on Beowulf? » 2020-12-20 10:10:57

I don't think beowulf's stock kernel will work very well with those processors. The backported kernel should be fine but all of the new AMD cards need a newer Mesa version that isn't available from beowulf-backports: https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=3913

EDIT: see the firmware-amd-graphics package information page for a list of supported cards:

https://pkginfo.devuan.org/cgi-bin/poli … d-graphics

v20200918 is in the beowulf-backports repository.

#1885 Re: Installation » wicd broke when I changed unstable from stable, how do I install NM? » 2020-12-19 21:01:11

Please don't full quote unnecessarily, it degrades the readability of the thread.

recklessswing wrote:

What if I reinstall, then remove wicd and install networkmanager, then update?

I suppose. Running four commands would be quicker though.

recklessswing wrote:

How do you install networkmanager properly?

# apt install network-manager{,-gnome}

Not sure if that even works without systemd though. I don't use it myself but I know that it has to be removed in Debian buster if you want to use sysvinit, OpenRC or runit-init instead of systemd.

recklessswing wrote:

I need to add it to sysvinit aswell?

I don't think so, debhelper should do that for you. If it doesn't then file a bug with Debian (after reproducing the problem in a Debian system).

#1886 Re: Installation » wicd broke when I changed unstable from stable, how do I install NM? » 2020-12-19 20:48:35

Yes, wicd has been dropped for testing/unstable.

recklessswing wrote:

I didn't touch security and updates ones

There's no point having the beowulf security & -updates repositories in a ceres system because the package versions will all be older and so APT will just ignore them. For ceres only a single line is needed.

recklessswing wrote:

How to connect to internet without wicd?

For an ethernet connection just bring up the interface and assign some addresses, for example:

# ip link set eth0 up
# dhclient eth0

For wireless first generate a wpa_supplicant configuration file (replace $ssid with the name of the access point and replace $password with the actual password):

# wpa_passphrase $ssid $password > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

Then bring the interface up, associate with the access point and assign some addresses:

# ip link set wlan0 up
# wpa_supplicant -B -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -i wlan0
# dhclient wlan0

Alternatively use ifupdown by editing /etc/network/interfaces:

https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfigur … _Interface

https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse#W … d_WPA2-PSK

The latter method will let you drop wicd & NetworkManager entirely. They're both bloat anyway.

EDIT: I prefer iwctl for wireless connections, that's available in ceres (the iwd package) and it's very easy to use.

#1887 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » PulseAudio always resets to mute » 2020-12-19 11:06:42

Pix3l wrote:

I think it's inherent, since I try to help it to fix the problem and provide my experiences.

Please read the first two sentences of the first post in this thread. The OP has already fixed the problem you are experiencing and so does not need your help.

Pix3l wrote:

The file /etc/pulse/client.conf.d/00-disable-autospawn.conf is not part of the deb package

That file is supplied by the libpulse0 package:

dpkg -L libpulse0 | grep autospawn

Or:

$ dpkg -S /etc/pulse/client.conf.d/00-disable-autospawn.conf 
libpulse0:amd64: /etc/pulse/client.conf.d/00-disable-autospawn.conf
$

#1888 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » PulseAudio always resets to mute » 2020-12-18 23:21:35

@Pix3l: please read the beowulf release notes, the answer you seek is there. Your posts in this thread are off topic.

@Miyo: the automute setting in alsamixer refers to headphones and is not related to the issue described in the OP.

@OP: use sysv-rc-conf to check which services are enabled.

#1889 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » PulseAudio always resets to mute » 2020-12-17 18:01:11

Is the alsa-utils package installed? If so then make sure that the /etc/init.d/alsa-utils init script is enabled — that should save the audio level on shutdown and restore it when the machine is booted again.

#1890 Re: DIY » What do you think of Docker? » 2020-12-17 17:49:27

Interesting article just published:

51% of 4M Docker images have critical vulnerabilities

Probably best to just roll your own containers then...

#1891 Re: Other Issues » at program » 2020-12-15 16:44:56

I don't think an init script would be appropriate for a per-user script running something in an X session. It is possible to run services just for one user and with the various permissions required for X with systemd but I don't know how to do that with other service managers.

#1892 Re: Other Issues » at program » 2020-12-15 16:34:48

dice wrote:

I could try and daemonize it but that would be similar to a while loop script i think?

Not sure what you mean by "daemonize it" but as written the script only runs through once so it can't change the wallpaper unless it is run again at some point.

Why don't you like the while loop? It only runs three very simple shell commands & feh every ten minutes so it's not exactly resource heavy.

#1894 Re: Other Issues » at program » 2020-12-14 19:16:11

dice wrote:

what do you think of below script?

I don't think that will work because all three jobs will be run at the same time.

You could use a case statement to set the wallpaper according to the time and check every 10 minutes with a while loop:

#!/bin/sh

while true
do
   case $(date +%H) in
      [0-9]|1[0-1]) time=morning;;
      1[2-8]) time=day;;
      19|2[0-3]) time=night;;
   esac
   feh --bg-scale /usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/adwaita-$time.jpg
   sleep 600
done

No need for at at all big_smile

And to keep this post on topic I would recommend checking the POSIX specification for more details on the command:

https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9 … es/at.html

The "APPLICATION USAGE" section at the end is particularly useful.

EDIT: moved sleep inside the while loop so that the wallpaper is set immediately.

#1895 Re: DIY » What do you think of Docker? » 2020-12-14 18:47:02

bobemoe wrote:

systemd isn't actually inside many containers

Yeah, docker's default image is based on Alpine Linux and that is fundamentally incompatible with systemd because it uses musl libc.

bobemoe wrote:

Are there better containers systems to be investigating?

There's systemd-nspawn big_smile

But seriously, how about LXC? I don't actually run any servers though so my opinion is pretty worthless.

bobemoe wrote:

Are their reasons genuine

Yes, docker is superfluous and just adds an extra layer to Kubernetes' container system:

https://www.tariqislam.com/posts/kubernetes-docker-dep/

bobemoe wrote:

is it sneaky move to force the direction of adoption

Probably.

#1896 Re: Installation » Base install recent migration from ubuntu some concerns » 2020-12-12 20:02:59

EDX-0 wrote:

hp probook 445 G7 with ryzen 4700U

The fourth generation Ryzen iGPUs need a newer Mesa version than is available in beowulf.

See https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=3913

EDIT: typo.

#1897 Re: Other Issues » at program » 2020-12-12 19:53:58

fsmithred wrote:

I was referring to this part of the man page

Yes, it does seem to be somewhat contradictory, not sure why hmm

fsmithred wrote:

Isn't there a way to run the command from the command line?

If you run it without -f then it accepts input from STDIN:

$ at now + 1 minute        
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
at> DISPLAY=:0 /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator
at> <EOT>
job 11 at Sat Dec 12 19:52:00 2020
$

(<ctrl>+d exits the prompt.)

EDIT: or with a here string:

$ at now + 1 minute <<<'DISPLAY=:0 /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator'
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
job 13 at Sat Dec 12 19:58:00 2020
~$

A here document also works.

#1898 Re: Other Issues » at program » 2020-12-12 16:25:35

dice wrote:

but this below would not work as a line not broken.

echo 'DISPLAY=:0 $HOME/bin/fehrand' > ~/test
at now + 1 minute -f ~/test

I don't think $HOME will be understood unless you specify it (replace $user with the actual username):

echo 'DISPLAY=:0 HOME=/home/$user $HOME/bin/fehrand' > ~/test
at now + 1 minute -f ~/test

Or just call the full path to the script, which would be simpler.

#1899 Re: Other Issues » at program » 2020-12-12 15:41:16

dice wrote:
~ $ > at now + 1 minute -f /usr/local/bin/st

The -f switch causes the command to be read from a file, which you have specified as /usr/local/bin/st.

Try this instead:

echo 'DISPLAY=:0 /usr/local/bin/st' > ~/test
at now + 1 minute -f ~/test

^ That works for me. Note that any environmental variables are not passed to the command so they must be specified explicitly.

fsmithred wrote:

The man page states that HH:MM is the correct format for time, but apparently 09:21 or similar is not the correct time format. So I no longer know how to do HH:MM.

Actually the man page says:

at(1) wrote:

-t time
    run the job at time, given in the format [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss]

So try

at -t 12121600 -f ~/test

HTH

EDIT: that example runs the command on 2020-12-12 at 16:00.

#1900 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Release » Refractux GNU/Linux » 2020-12-11 19:49:00

dice wrote:

Also most crypto software uses broken AES or asymmetric crypto soon broken by The Shor's Algorithm with Quantum Computers.
    Today's global cyber espionage can only be stopped by One-Time Pad File Encryption. That's why FinalCrypt.

What a load of crap...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-quantum_cryptography

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