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#176 Re: Freedom Hacks » Do not use pulseaudio » 2020-08-26 11:46:00
You can also use KDE without pulseaudio. Screenshots here was taken on a Beowulf 64 bits box with KDE.
I use KDE with VLC sound engine. By default, KDE try to use pulseaudio, but pure ALSA is also available in GUI configuration.
Go to K, Preferences, System Preferences, Hardware, Audio and Video. You may need to check Show advanced devices: (click to full size):
If you (like me) dont have pulseaudio installed, clicking the Test button when pulse is selected will show an error on console:
main audio output error: no suitable audio output module
main decoder error: failed to create audio output
vlcpulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refusedDragging and dropping or with the Prefer button, put the option Default to first position:
Then, Apply Device List to all the categories (YMMV).
Now, you can listen audio even on Dolphin:
#177 Re: Forum Feedback » New Forum Category Suggestion - Devuan systemd dependency workarounds » 2020-08-03 10:35:03
How about this for the index page??
Freedom Hacks
Explore workarounds to reverse/repair unwanted upstream decisions
I like it.
#178 Re: Forum Feedback » New Forum Category Suggestion - Devuan systemd dependency workarounds » 2020-07-31 08:12:56
Devuan systemd dependency workarounds ... Suggestions welcome.
systemd workarounds
#179 Re: Other Issues » File /etc/protocols not found!!! » 2020-07-19 18:18:16
So... fixed?
Everybody calm 
#180 Re: Devuan » The point of Devuan? » 2020-07-17 21:20:18
it is also true that now many Canonical devs are also Debian devs, them were probably recruited from Canonical which is good if that would not harm Debian...
I've hear that years ago, from the very mouth of a few Debian developers I talked with. IMHO is it again the fight between people that look for the good and people that look for the money. In an ideal world, they should be balanced, but in our world they are not.
#181 Re: Devuan » The point of Devuan? » 2020-07-16 07:28:21
Thanks for reading!
I find your opinion very interesting.
Devuan has generated a considerable amount of desktop distros but very few server distros.
May be because Devuan itself is good enough for servers.
#182 Re: Other Issues » Updates and files in /etc » 2020-07-14 17:08:32
#183 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » PnP USB Audio Device doesn't work » 2020-07-01 08:32:23
Can anybody help me?
Please share whit us your dmesg after inserting USB device and lsusb
#184 Re: Installation » Errors encountered processing: libgstreamer-gl1.0-0_1.14.4-2_amd64.deb » 2020-07-01 08:28:44
Once I have all the required packages in the 1 directory, then, I can execute the apt-get -o dir::cache::archives="/disc/" dist-upgrade command with "/disc/" being replaced by MY directory location.
Excelent! Thanks for sharing.
#185 Re: Installation » Errors encountered processing: libgstreamer-gl1.0-0_1.14.4-2_amd64.deb » 2020-06-30 06:44:15
After the packages have been uninstalled/removed, can I, then, copy the previously downloaded non-dmo .deb files into "/var/cache/apt/archives/" before executing apt-get dist-upgrade with the Laptop not connected to the Internet from the chroot environment?
I use this method again and again. But always with an active internet conexion and no chroot. I think that the package manager may need the conexion to know which packages is going to get. If the package is already in /var/cache/apt/archives/ it just skip the download.
#186 Re: Off-topic » Show your desktop (rebooted) » 2020-06-29 21:20:51
Beowulf with KDE Plasma 5 (click to full size):
The Devuan version of KDE Plasma is quite usable even on old hardware (12 years).
Of course, I made a bunch of customizations. Now, I'm very happy with the system and I plan to install it on a few boxes of my family.
#187 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [Solved] Virtual Box kernel modules to be rebuilt after each boot » 2020-06-27 14:26:34
Sheesh, commercial vendors and their overengineering.
This comment could lead us to another interesting thread. I think that it is somehow related with the systemd issue. It is all about "proprietary open source" software that I heard in this forum.
#188 Re: Installation » SOLVED: Beowulf: quite good, but ...... » 2020-06-27 14:22:05
I did so and now .....perfect, Pedro! No more error messages from Brother drivers. Thanks a lot.
I'm glad to know. Happy to help
#189 Re: Installation » SOLVED: Beowulf: quite good, but ...... » 2020-06-27 09:32:10
Changing to ATTR now brings again one error message less than before:
[ 5.028777] udevd[461]: unknown key 'SYSFS{idVendor}' in /etc/udev/rules.d/60-brother-libsane-type1-inst.rules:14
[ 5.028904] udevd[461]: invalid rule '/etc/udev/rules.d/60-brother-libsane-type1-inst.rules:14'
[ 5.073976] udevd[461]: starting eudev-3.2.7
Time to change syntax in 60-brother-libsane-type1-inst.rules too.
#190 Re: Installation » SOLVED: Beowulf: quite good, but ...... » 2020-06-26 21:14:23
udevd[459]: unknown key 'SYSFS{idVendor}' in /etc/udev/rules.d/60-brother-brscan4-libsane-type1.rules:9
IMHO, Brother has not changed the syntax of these files:
http://www.planet-libre.org/index.php?post_id=10937
i.e.: change 'SYSFS' by 'ATTR'. Could you try?
I know that you know, but may be some newbie is reading this: do a backup before edit the files!
#191 Re: Installation » SOLVED: Beowulf: quite good, but ...... » 2020-06-26 14:41:57
Thanks for the recherche, Pedro.
Not really a recherche. I've spend my time in support Brother pages because I have a bunch of Brother devices.
However Brother printers and scanners work perfect.
Indeed. That is the very reason of buying again. Remember: "put your money where your mouth is".
[ 5.121437] udevd[459]: unknown key 'SYSFS{idVendor}' in /etc/udev/rules.d/60-brother-brscan4-libsane-type1.rules:9
[ 5.121559] udevd[459]: invalid rule '/etc/udev/rules.d/60-brother-brscan4-libsane-type1.rules:9'
[ 5.122021] udevd[459]: unknown key 'SYSFS{idVendor}' in /etc/udev/rules.d/60-brother-libsane-type1-inst.rules:14
[ 5.122138] udevd[459]: invalid rule '/etc/udev/rules.d/60-brother-libsane-type1-inst.rules:14'
Could you quote here these two offending files?
#192 Re: Installation » SOLVED: Beowulf: quite good, but ...... » 2020-06-26 08:50:35
Does anybody know what my Brother scanner has to do with udev?
https://support.brother.com/g/b/faqend. … 100604_000
and search for udev...
#193 Re: Installation » SOLVED: Beowulf: quite good, but ...... » 2020-06-23 09:02:25
I would try with a different kernel on your Beowulf install. Even with a strimlined custom kernel.
#194 Re: Other Issues » [Solved] Ways Beowulf is worse than ASCII » 2020-06-21 09:21:41
Sorry for complaining about Debian problems
Nothing to worry about, IMO. Sometimes it is dificult to trace the real cause of an error. Software nowadays is complex, with a lot of layers. When we try to debug some error we have to deal with phisycal glitches, upstream coders, Debian packagers and Devuan packagers, at least. Not an easy mix
#195 Re: Installation » Option to install graphics card firmware during install » 2020-06-21 09:13:54
It would be a very good feature, IMHO. Newbies and experts alike will benefit.
#196 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Multiple NICs for VLAN? » 2020-06-13 14:53:32
Please specify the method you are using to stablish conexion: ifupdown, NM,...
#197 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » CUPS Network Printer @Rock64 not found » 2020-06-13 14:51:50
The printer however is not shown in Devuan in CUPS at his location @Rock64.
We should discard the obvious reason: I think that your @Rock64 printed is a shared one, right?
https://www.cups.org/doc/sharing.html
#198 Re: DIY » KDE 5.18.5 packages available for Devuan » 2020-06-07 18:06:10
these 5.18.5 packages would bring many new features. For example, I am a heavy user of the KDE Okular PDF reader. In the new packages from Norbert's repos, Okular has some new features like writing text onto PDFs.
Thank you for your info. The new features sound very interesting to me. Specially the Okular ones. I'm too a heavy user of it 
#199 Re: Forum Feedback » Why Fie? » 2020-06-07 15:04:15
Be positive: the OP wants to help.
Ageed. My bad. Sorry.
Sometimes I dont find the right wording. In these cases, I should not talk.
Expert pure text install is a blessing for me. It (almost) always works.
I dont expect that everything works out of the box. IMHO is not a problem picking a WiFi spot.
Anyway: I'm sorry.
#200 Re: DIY » KDE 5.18.5 packages available for Devuan » 2020-06-07 10:38:41
I've verified they will install on Devuan Beowulf
Good to know. Thank you. Do you highlight any improvement over Beowulf KDE?
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