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#2276 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Refracta forum temporarily down » 2017-10-20 22:10:52

No arm devices to play with, so no isos or images for your hardware. Sorry. Do any of the devuan images work on your hardware?

You might be able to get refractasnapshot and refractainstaller to work. The packages are not specific to any architecture, but I don't know if any of the system commands they use need to be modified. Let us know if you succeed, and if not, let us know what errors you get.

#2278 News & Announcements » Amprolla3 is out for testing » 2017-10-20 21:57:56

fsmithred
Replies: 16

Dear dev1rs,

We are happy to announce that 'amprolla3', the rewrite of nextime's
amprolla by parazyd and Wizzup, is finally up and running and ready
to be tested.

The code can be found at:

https://git.devuan.org/devuan-infrastructure/amprolla3

The rewrite increases the frequency of merges (now performed
every few minutes, rather than once a day), meaning that new packages,
updates, and upgrades will be available almost immediately to Devuan
users.

We have set up a second host which will serve Devuan packages as
merged by the new amprolla3. It is now available at
pkgmaster.devuan.org and currently serves Devuan Jessie, Devuan Ascii,
and Devuan Ceres, including all the *-security and *-updates sections.
The host, pkgmaster.devuan.org, also supports https.

If you want to help testing the new amprolla3, you just need to:

- replace "auto.mirror.devuan.org" with "pkgmaster.devuan.org" in
  your /etc/apt/sources.list

- # apt-get update
- # apt-get install devuan-keyring

Then just use it as you did with auto.mirror.devuan.org. Please
report any bugs on https://bugs.devuan.org, as usual.

The current auto.mirror.devuan.org host remains up and running and
perfectly usable. Once the testing of amprolla3 is complete, the
transition to the new system should be seamless and transparent to all
users.

The new amprolla3 also provides support for the currently missing
Contents*.gz files (solving the apt-file bug). The feature will be
made available in the coming couple of days.

The Dev1Devs

**edit by golinux**
Please see the "amprolla magic" thread for an in-depth understanding of what amprolla does.

#2279 Re: Other Issues » When is Amprolla3 coming? » 2017-10-20 14:18:16

Official announcement should be coming in a few hours.

# amprolla3
All the proposed- repos are optional. They contain packages that are working their way into the main repo.
Last night I tested pkgmaster by upgrading an ascii that hasn't been upgraded in over a month. I only used the first four of the following deb lines (the /merged lines), and I got some updates. Then I added the last two (the /devuan lines), updated and tried an upgrade, but there was nothing left to upgrade. But that may not always be the case.

ASCII

deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged/ ascii main contrib non-free
deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged/ ascii-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged/ ascii-proposed-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged/ ascii-security main contrib non-free

deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/devuan/ ascii-proposed main contrib non-free
deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/devuan/ ascii-proposed-security main contrib non-free

Backports

deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged/ ascii-backports main contrib non-free

Ceres

deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged/ ceres main contrib non-free

#2280 Re: Other Issues » []Ascii] Did repository naming change? » 2017-10-20 13:36:12

What repository are you looking at? packages.devuan.org or pkgmaster.devuan.org?  Are you looking at jessie, ascii or ceres?

Note: I don't think there have been or will be any changes to packages.devuan.org (and consequently with auto.mirror.devuan.org) in the recent past or future.

#2282 Re: Other Issues » Krack » 2017-10-19 16:37:25

golinux wrote:

I thought it was already fixed

Yes. It's in jessie-security

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3999

#2283 Re: Other Issues » When is Amprolla3 coming? » 2017-10-19 15:12:42

It's up again. Note that I posted all of this in advance of the official announcement. So this is not the final word. That's part of why it's here instead of in Announcements. That will come.

The other two repos that I mentioned above are ascii-proposed and ascii-proposed-security. They are in /devuan, not /merged. I believe their purpose is for packages in devuan that don't come from debian. I haven't tried them yet.

#2284 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Vuu-do Linux! *New Openbox-64 iso's (1.0.7) up 2-02-18*!! » 2017-10-19 13:11:39

Yad calendar seems to just spit out the date you select. If I remember correctly, Osmo lets you schedule appointments or enter notes.

@greenjeans - not sure what you mean about graying out next months dates. On mine, they are gray, and if you click on one, it changes to that month.

#2285 Re: Other Issues » When is Amprolla3 coming? » 2017-10-19 12:36:43

UPDATE: AMPROLLA3 WILL BE DOWN PART OF TODAY FOR MORE WORK. WAIT!

I might have to revise the source lines I posted above. There are a couple in /devuan that aren't in /merged.

https works on pkgmaster, so you can use apt-transport-https if you want

you can use amrolla3 for jessie.

stick with codenames to avoid confusion - use jessie/ascii/ceres rather than stable/testing/unstable - we need to get in sync with debian, where jessie is oldstable.

I'll revise this again later today or tomorrow.

And I'll fix the typo above - should be "devuan-keyring" not "devuan keyring".

#2286 Re: Other Issues » When is Amprolla3 coming? » 2017-10-19 03:42:49

To answer your original question (the subject line of this thread)...

  NOW!

amprolla3 works for ascii. We need to know if it still works when more than a few people hit on it at once.

To use amprolla3 in ascii, change 'auto.mirror.devuan.org' to 'pkgmaster.devuan.org'
(for jessie, keep using auto.mirror)

You'll need the updated keyring:

apt-get update
apt-get install devuan-keyring

Edit /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged/ ascii main contrib non-free
deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged/ ascii-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged/ ascii-proposed-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged/ ascii-security main contrib non-free
apt-get update

Now you're ready to install or upgrade ascii using amprolla3. Merges are done every 2 minutes, so we shouldn't be lagging behind debian.

You should be able to use the above sources for an upgrade from jessie to ascii.
Also, rsyslog has been fixed, so you don't have to substitute it with a different syslogger and debootstrap will work.

#2287 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Vuu-do Linux! *New Openbox-64 iso's (1.0.7) up 2-02-18*!! » 2017-10-18 14:03:12

greenjeans wrote:

 
Replaced Osmo with gsimplecal, I like Osmo but just couldn't integrate it like I wanted to do and it's slow to start up. I will be dumping gsimplecal probably next version and just make one from yad as these things are all just a GtkCalendar anyway.

Here's one that runs in a terminal. It's one of my earliest bash projects. I never thought about yadifying it, but you can feel free to use it, borrow from it or completely transform it.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/refracta/file … 06_all.deb
https://github.com/fsmithred/taskfer (the todo script on this page is older than the .06 package. One command line option is missing)
Warning: You will develop an intimate relationship with the date command while working on this project.

#2288 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] ascii wicd naming issue » 2017-10-17 15:57:56

service <name> start|stop|restart
OR
/etc/init.d/<name> start|stop|restart

Where name is the name of the service (script) in /etc/init.d/ that you want to start, stop or restart.

#2289 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Wireless adapters - How to connect to the Internet » 2017-10-15 12:21:20

OK, I didn't realize (or maybe I forgot) that wicd is not in the DVD. I'll file a bug report if there isn't already one. And I can't find ceni in the debian or devuan repos. I can offer a few possible ways to get around this.

First, boot with the Edimax plugged in.

If your wireless network is encrypted, use wpa_cli to set up your connection. You'll need to read 'man wpa_cli' or find an online tutorial.

Once you're online, you can check for the broadcom firmware. In Synaptic, go to Settings, Repositories, and make sure that the line with contrib and non-free is checked. It should look like this (or it may have 'packages.devuan.org' instead of 'auto.mirror.devuan.org').

deb http://auto.mirror.devuan.org/merged/ jessie main contrib non-free

 
If no such line exists, add it to /etc/apt/sources.list

Then update the package cache. ('Reload' in Synaptic).

You should be able to find the firmware and wicd-gtk. Install them.

Alternative solutions:
  - use a network cable to get connected and install what you need.
  - use the desktop-live iso and reinstall. The firmware and wicd will already be installed.

#2290 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Wireless adapters - How to connect to the Internet » 2017-10-14 09:01:22

If you try to install something through Synaptic package manager or any of the command-line package managers, it should ask you to insert the DVD when you try to install wicd. I think you can also install the firmware that way. If that does not work, you can insert the DVD and find the firmware package in the /firmware directory of the DVD. Wicd packages will be in /pool.

OR

Boot with the usb dongle plugged in and run /sbin/wpa_cli to set up wireless connection with password, or if it's unsecured wireless, just run 'dhclient wlan0'.

#2291 Re: DIY » *SOLVED* Need some advice on a script i'm making » 2017-10-13 12:33:51

I  must have missed this the first time.

convert $1 

This makes my previous advice unnecessary. (Or did you edit that?)

add

set -x

to the beginning of the script, and it will tell you everything it does. Maybe the error will be obvious.

#2292 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Wireless adapters - How to connect to the Internet » 2017-10-13 10:35:39

Normally, wicd gets installed with the desktop. Install wicd-gtk.

Make sure firmware-brcm80211 is installed for the broadcom wireless. If the firmware is installed, wicd should see the interface.

What are you using to connect the Edimax to the network?

#2293 Re: DIY » *SOLVED* Need some advice on a script i'm making » 2017-10-13 00:21:57

I think the desktop file replaces %f with the filename, so that filename is the first argument of the command.
Therefore, you should be able to put 

filename="$1"

at the beginning of your script and then use "$filename" wherever you need it in the script.

#2294 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Wireless adapters - How to connect to the Internet » 2017-10-12 14:48:51

Which iso did you use for the installation? The live isos have wireless firmware installed and the regular installer isos usually install the firmware unless you select expert install and tell it not to.

What does lspci show for network hardware?

If the firmware is installed, you should be able to see the interface in wicd (Apps menu -> Internet -> Wicd network manager)

#2295 Re: Off-topic » Greetings, to the Vuans! » 2017-10-11 11:40:27

Welcome to the forum. I've been here since the beginning, and I don't have a sig, either.

You might want to re-post your wallpaper with the others on this thread so others can find it easily:
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=1536

#2296 Re: Other Issues » A few potential bugs to report » 2017-10-11 11:14:51

Are these two separate installations, or do you have both desktops installed in one system? If they are separate, it might be worth comparing the package lists.

Did you install with a mirror or just from the dvd? If you didn't use a mirror, make sure your sources.list has

deb http://auto.mirror.devuan.org/merged/ jessie main

For xfburn, make sure gstreamer0.10-plugins-good is installed.

#2297 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » How to send a signal whenever mouse button is clicked? [SOLVED] » 2017-10-11 11:05:20

Thanks. I don't actually use that, but I'm glad to know about it. It might come in handy some time.

#2298 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Star (Morbius*) » 2017-10-11 11:02:57

Check the other dirs in /usr/share/doc. It's possible that it was all removed to save space. My doc/mpv is full of files that have some content. A reinstall of mpv should fix it.

I don't know about gparted. What you describe is different from the other permission/authentication problems reported for gparted, but it might be related. (consolekit, policykit-1, policykit-1-gnome, libpam-ck-connector, udisks...)  If synaptic is installed, does that work ok?

#2299 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » How to send a signal whenever mouse button is clicked? [SOLVED] » 2017-10-10 15:20:52

This is not exactly what you're looking for, but maybe it can be adapted or maybe it will give you an idea. I set up xscreensaver to run a script that would stop if I clicked the mouse or keyboard. You could either have it run/stop somescript or have it run a script that did something with somescript. Maybe looking in the xscreensaver source code will give you ideas, too.
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? … 55#p591933

#2300 Re: Devuan » Why you've made your own fork instead of joining other forks? » 2017-10-09 12:21:48

An even easier solution than switching to gnewsense would be to avoid upgrading wheezy. Do they have any plans for a jessie release? And do they offer non-free wireless firmware? That would be a deal-breaker for a lot of people.

Here's what's in the current download from gnewsense.org:

$ uname -a
Linux gnewsense 3.2.0-4gnewsense1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.57-3+deb7u1gnewsense1 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ cat /etc/issue
gNewSense GNU/Linux 4 \n \l

$ cat /etc/debian_version
7.5

$ dpkg -l |grep systemd
ii  libsystemd-daemon0:amd64                     44-11+deb7u4                               amd64        systemd utility library
ii  libsystemd-login0:amd64                      44-11+deb7u4                               amd64        systemd login utility library

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