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Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)18:14:48 No.103871027
Really like this one. Fast and no lag. Used Fedora KDE previously but it started lagging and went back to windows
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)18:19:35 No.103871093
I use Rclone to back up files on to Backblaze. Is there a difference between Rclone and Rsync? Are they similar? Because it seems that Rclone does the job as a back up tool.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)18:34:26 No.103871254
>>103871027
It's fast because they build packages for your specific architecture.
Fedora 42 might do this too:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-42-Optimized-Executables
It's Fedora though, so rather than use separate repos they're going to over-engineer it with symlinks to use different optimised binaries on a case-by-case basis.
>>103871093
They're two completely different pieces of software but their functionality might overlap somewhat.
Rclone is more focused on cloud storage, whereas Rsync is purely focused on synchronisation to local storage or remote storage over SSH. It's also its own protocol and there is an Rsync server you can deploy for file sharing over your network as an alternative to using SSH. A lot of distros mirrors are distributed this way.
It's fast because they build packages for your specific architecture.
Fedora 42 might do this too:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedor
It's Fedora though, so rather than use separate repos they're going to over-engineer it with symlinks to use different optimised binaries on a case-by-case basis.
>>103871093
They're two completely different pieces of software but their functionality might overlap somewhat.
Rclone is more focused on cloud storage, whereas Rsync is purely focused on synchronisation to local storage or remote storage over SSH. It's also its own protocol and there is an Rsync server you can deploy for file sharing over your network as an alternative to using SSH. A lot of distros mirrors are distributed this way.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)18:40:20 No.103871318
>>103871254
wait, that means every program will ship with 3 binaries? won't that take a shitload of space?
wait, that means every program will ship with 3 binaries? won't that take a shitload of space?
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)18:42:07 No.103871339
>>103871318
It probably would if they did it for the whole distro but they're only going to do it for certain package where the maintainers think it's worth doing.
I don't know why Fedora has to be Fedora. I know they've been debating this for a while now but this has got to be the worst way to go about doing it.
It probably would if they did it for the whole distro but they're only going to do it for certain package where the maintainers think it's worth doing.
I don't know why Fedora has to be Fedora. I know they've been debating this for a while now but this has got to be the worst way to go about doing it.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)18:43:13 No.103871353
>>103871339
i was going to say that it's a weird choice too since they push flatpaks so heavily but then i realized they have their own special snowflake flatpak repo
i was going to say that it's a weird choice too since they push flatpaks so heavily but then i realized they have their own special snowflake flatpak repo
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)18:51:49 No.103871466
>>103871353
Their snowflake repo is just a special repackaging of their RPM repo to OCI images anyway.
Flatpak could do much better by using a different architecture for example:
>io.github.ungoogled_software.ungoogled_chromium/x86_64/stable -> io.github.ungoogled_software.ungoogled_chromium/x86_64-v3/stable
I don't know why nobody has thought of doing this in Flathub but somebody should have a serious conversation about whether or not it's worth prototyping. I can imagine big apps like browsers could get some nice speedups this way but it'd mean re-building apps multiple times in their buildbot.
Their snowflake repo is just a special repackaging of their RPM repo to OCI images anyway.
Flatpak could do much better by using a different architecture for example:
>io.github.ungoogled_software.ungoo
I don't know why nobody has thought of doing this in Flathub but somebody should have a serious conversation about whether or not it's worth prototyping. I can imagine big apps like browsers could get some nice speedups this way but it'd mean re-building apps multiple times in their buildbot.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)19:02:15 No.103871569
How do I know what input device is which on a notebook? My keyboard is fucked up and I'm using an USB one while the replacement part is shipping. I want to disable the internal one with xinput but I don't know which is which.
xinput --list gives me more than just 2 options.
xinput --list gives me more than just 2 options.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)19:06:55 No.103871604
>>103871027
your CPU glows even more than usual
your CPU glows even more than usual
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)19:26:27 No.103871811
How do I get a filepicker with thumbnails in a window manager? Sway to be specific.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)19:27:28 No.103871821
>>103871811
Install LXQt, KDE, or GTK4 portal and configure portals to use it.
Install LXQt, KDE, or GTK4 portal and configure portals to use it.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)19:31:51 No.103871874
anyone tried openmandriva? how does it compare to fedora?
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)19:43:38 No.103872014
Has anyone figured out how to set favicons for search engines in krunner?
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)19:59:33 No.103872169
>>103872014
If I had to guess it probably avoids fetching them for privacy reasons. After the Ubuntu Amazon scandal the last thing KDE needs is controversy over remote connections being made.
It could probably be possible to store the favicons locally though but I don't know how the licensing would work for that.
If I had to guess it probably avoids fetching them for privacy reasons. After the Ubuntu Amazon scandal the last thing KDE needs is controversy over remote connections being made.
It could probably be possible to store the favicons locally though but I don't know how the licensing would work for that.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)20:00:37 No.103872182
>>103872169
yeah, i'd be ok with manually getting them myself. i just don't know where it finds them for the search engines it comes with.
yeah, i'd be ok with manually getting them myself. i just don't know where it finds them for the search engines it comes with.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)20:03:52 No.103872205
>>103870960
I'm think about at least setting up dual boot and trying linux. I already use linux for severs so I'm probably comfortable enough to use arch. What Desktop environments would you recommend? I was going to try sway but outside input would be nice.
I'm think about at least setting up dual boot and trying linux. I already use linux for severs so I'm probably comfortable enough to use arch. What Desktop environments would you recommend? I was going to try sway but outside input would be nice.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)20:06:46 No.103872224
>>103872182
Looks like it comes from:
/usr/share/kservices5/searchproviders/amazon.desktop
So I think you could add an Icon= referring to a named icon that's part of an icon theme or maybe even use an absolute path.
Looks like it comes from:
/usr/share/kservices5/searchprovide
So I think you could add an Icon= referring to a named icon that's part of an icon theme or maybe even use an absolute path.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)20:12:14 No.103872265
>>103872224
that's exactly what i'm looking for. i was under the impression that it had to be some desktop entry somewhere. one thing to note is that it's actually under kf6, not kservices5 under plasma 6. can confirm that editing that stuff manually works.
that's exactly what i'm looking for. i was under the impression that it had to be some desktop entry somewhere. one thing to note is that it's actually under kf6, not kservices5 under plasma 6. can confirm that editing that stuff manually works.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)20:16:38 No.103872309
>>103872265
I'm using Plasma 6 too but with Plasma5Support. It seems I have them duplicated on my system:
I wonder which one it actually looks at? You'd think they'd keep these paths consistent but apparently not.
I'm using Plasma 6 too but with Plasma5Support. It seems I have them duplicated on my system:
$ q belongs -v /usr/share/kservices5/searchproviders/amazon.desktop
kde-frameworks/kio-5.116.0-r3: /usr/share/kservices5/searchproviders/amazon.desktop
$ q belongs -v /usr/share/kf6/searchproviders/amazon.desktop
kde-frameworks/kio-6.9.0: /usr/share/kf6/searchproviders/amazon.desktop
I wonder which one it actually looks at? You'd think they'd keep these paths consistent but apparently not.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)20:17:40 No.103872318
>>103872309
the version under ~/.local/ seems to ignore kservices5. makes sense, i guess.
the version under ~/.local/ seems to ignore kservices5. makes sense, i guess.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)20:34:32 No.103872491
Are you a bad enough dude to run OpenSUSE Tumbleweed on your server?
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)20:35:13 No.103872500
In fact, what's going on with SUSE Leap? Is 16 in development hell or something?
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)20:36:22 No.103872512
>>103872491
If you're going to run OpenSUSE on a server I'd rather use OpenSUSE MicroOS.
If you're going to run OpenSUSE on a server I'd rather use OpenSUSE MicroOS.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)20:39:17 No.103872539
>>103872512
Isn't that for containers? Sounds way too primitive
Isn't that for containers? Sounds way too primitive
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)20:40:33 No.103872549
I want to change the name of my home folder. How do I do that?
usermod doesn't work because it says the folder is being used by some root process.
usermod doesn't work because it says the folder is being used by some root process.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)20:42:57 No.103872576
>>103872539
You can still install RPM packages as usual. It basically takes the lessons learned from using BTRFS with Tumbleweed and steps it up a notch. It has automatic rollbacks, etc, perfect for a server that you always want to be in a working state.
You can still install RPM packages as usual. It basically takes the lessons learned from using BTRFS with Tumbleweed and steps it up a notch. It has automatic rollbacks, etc, perfect for a server that you always want to be in a working state.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)21:40:06 No.103873028
Best way to handle this?
Quick background: A few days ago I was setting up something. The thing I was trying to install was giving errors about no permission to write into usr/bin/ (Despite being run as root). I was frustrated at that point so despite knowing that this was not a great idea I chown'd /usr/bin. I was able to proceed but predictably sudo was broken. I was able to repair it with "systemd-run --shell" and then "chown root:root /usr/bin/sudo && chmod 4755 /usr/bin/sudo"
Despite unease I tried not to fix what isn't broken so ignored other files inside of it. Today however I got the non-critical "Detected unsafe path transition /usr/bin (owned by username) /usr/bin/groupmems (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/bin/groupmems." during system update. Which makes me think that I may get a more serious error down the line, so I should fix this. How should I proceed?
1st option: I found this command in the internet "sudo LANG=C pacman -Qkk 2>&1| awk '/^warning.* mismatch/ {print $3}'| sudo pacrepairfile --uid --gid --mode" which I believe that should clean up my mess. Already run it without the last part and it listed thousands of files inside usr/bin. There are also some other files that I never touched before like usr/lib contents, but I guess repairing them is only a good thing?
2nd option: Run something like "pacman -Qq | pacman -S -" to manually reinstall everything.
3rd option: I can also try to manually unfuck the system. "chown -R root /usr/bin" followed by setting correct permissions to special cases like "chmod 4755 /usr/bin/{sudo,chsh,newgrp,passwd,chfn,gpasswd}" etc. I also found someone recommending to remove write permission afterwards as in "chmod go-w -R /usr/bin", but I don't understand the precise reason.
4th option: System reinstall, but I obviously don't want to do this unless necessary. I have a backup from November, but same story here.
I think 1st option should be enough but wanted a review before I fuck my system any further.
Quick background: A few days ago I was setting up something. The thing I was trying to install was giving errors about no permission to write into usr/bin/ (Despite being run as root). I was frustrated at that point so despite knowing that this was not a great idea I chown'd /usr/bin. I was able to proceed but predictably sudo was broken. I was able to repair it with "systemd-run --shell" and then "chown root:root /usr/bin/sudo && chmod 4755 /usr/bin/sudo"
Despite unease I tried not to fix what isn't broken so ignored other files inside of it. Today however I got the non-critical "Detected unsafe path transition /usr/bin (owned by username) /usr/bin/groupmems (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/bin/groupmems." during system update. Which makes me think that I may get a more serious error down the line, so I should fix this. How should I proceed?
1st option: I found this command in the internet "sudo LANG=C pacman -Qkk 2>&1| awk '/^warning.* mismatch/ {print $3}'| sudo pacrepairfile --uid --gid --mode" which I believe that should clean up my mess. Already run it without the last part and it listed thousands of files inside usr/bin. There are also some other files that I never touched before like usr/lib contents, but I guess repairing them is only a good thing?
2nd option: Run something like "pacman -Qq | pacman -S -" to manually reinstall everything.
3rd option: I can also try to manually unfuck the system. "chown -R root /usr/bin" followed by setting correct permissions to special cases like "chmod 4755 /usr/bin/{sudo,chsh,newgrp,passwd,c
4th option: System reinstall, but I obviously don't want to do this unless necessary. I have a backup from November, but same story here.
I think 1st option should be enough but wanted a review before I fuck my system any further.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)21:40:14 No.103873030
How do I make haproxy use a different backend server if one backend takes too long? With no visible HTTP errors and preferably no Lua scripting.
I can have settings saying such and such timeouts, but what I really want is to make High Availability Proxy check one server for like one second and if it doesn't send data, try the second server which has a 999-second timeout. The first sever has very little data on it, but each request results in data being added to it, cached and faster for any subsequent requests. The second sever has all of the dataset already added to it. Config file is at /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg and each request to the HAProxy IP address shows up in access.log of both servers (two different computers). I think it's a coin toss as to which one it picks to actually pull all of the data from. It would maybe be better to control it like this:
HAproxy: check small_storage_server -> if http gateway timeout after one second -> then use large_storage_server -> else use small_storage_server
Similar idea:
https://serverfault.com/questions/698298/haproxy-balancing-retry-with-another-server-if-first-timed-out
serverfault.com thread isn't the answer, as far as I can tell.
I can have settings saying such and such timeouts, but what I really want is to make High Availability Proxy check one server for like one second and if it doesn't send data, try the second server which has a 999-second timeout. The first sever has very little data on it, but each request results in data being added to it, cached and faster for any subsequent requests. The second sever has all of the dataset already added to it. Config file is at /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg and each request to the HAProxy IP address shows up in access.log of both servers (two different computers). I think it's a coin toss as to which one it picks to actually pull all of the data from. It would maybe be better to control it like this:
HAproxy: check small_storage_server -> if http gateway timeout after one second -> then use large_storage_server -> else use small_storage_server
Similar idea:
https://serverfault.com/questions/6
serverfault.com thread isn't the answer, as far as I can tell.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)21:50:12 No.103873103
>>103873028
>I was frustrated at that point so despite knowing that this was not a great idea I chown'd /usr/bin.
Dumbest of dumb fucks.
>I was frustrated at that point so despite knowing that this was not a great idea I chown'd /usr/bin.
Dumbest of dumb fucks.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)21:50:43 No.103873108
>>103873030
In that Server Fault thread:
>>If I understand the question correctly, the user j99 want to retry after a request has been sent to a server when a response takes took long. AFAIK, redispatch will only redispatch if the server can't be connected to on TCP level (or possibly if a full request can't be sent - unclear). –Ztyx Feb 18, 2016 at 11:01
>But if the server timeouts after TCP connect, as is in HTTP mode, still applies? –Rfraile Jan 5 at 11:52
So I hope haproxy has a directive to switch by http timeout and not just initial connect timeout.
In that Server Fault thread:
>>If I understand the question correctly, the user j99 want to retry after a request has been sent to a server when a response takes took long. AFAIK, redispatch will only redispatch if the server can't be connected to on TCP level (or possibly if a full request can't be sent - unclear). –Ztyx Feb 18, 2016 at 11:01
>But if the server timeouts after TCP connect, as is in HTTP mode, still applies? –Rfraile Jan 5 at 11:52
So I hope haproxy has a directive to switch by http timeout and not just initial connect timeout.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)22:36:06 No.103873479
bros it finally happened
>geoclue-2.0 Use beaconDB rather than the now retired Mozilla Location Service
>geoclue-2.0 Use beaconDB rather than the now retired Mozilla Location Service
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)22:46:50 No.103873565
>>103873030
https://www.haproxy.com/documentation/haproxy-configuration-tutorials/service-reliability/retries/
https://www.haproxy.com/documentati
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)22:48:54 No.103873587
>>103873028
Alright I ran the first option since no one responded in a serious way.
There was quite a lot of " unable to set permissions (Operation not supported)"s but it seems to work. I checked some of the important files and they seem to have correct permissions now.
Alright I ran the first option since no one responded in a serious way.
There was quite a lot of " unable to set permissions (Operation not supported)"s but it seems to work. I checked some of the important files and they seem to have correct permissions now.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)23:07:38 No.103873767
after more than 5 weeks at last I'm daily driving my loonix again I'm so happy anons
captcha: MGGYM
captcha: MGGYM
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)23:13:47 No.103873803
>>103872539
Container = Linux userland but without kernel/GRUB/etc.
That's how I roll my Linux installs.
t. custom kernel builder
Container = Linux userland but without kernel/GRUB/etc.
That's how I roll my Linux installs.
t. custom kernel builder
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)23:29:20 No.103873945
>>103873803
What are you using custom kernels for?
What are you using custom kernels for?
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)23:30:14 No.103873950
>>103873565
Helpful, but it doesn't do what I want: which is different timeout durations for different servers. Like this, which doesn't work:
Idea: it would probably fail at backend a then work at backend b. Actuality: stops at gateway timeout http error at backend a.
Helpful, but it doesn't do what I want: which is different timeout durations for different servers. Like this, which doesn't work:
frontend http_front
bind *:81
default_backend a
backend a
option redispatch
timeout connect 1s
timeout client 1s
timeout server 1s
server small 10.0.0.60:443 check ssl verify none
backend b
timeout connect 999s
timeout client 999s
timeout server 999s
server large 127.0.0.1:8080 check
Idea: it would probably fail at backend a then work at backend b. Actuality: stops at gateway timeout http error at backend a.
Anonymous 01/12/25(Sun)23:35:53 No.103873992
^Even tried this thing - https://files.catbox.moe/t5t7yp.txt - but the req.backend line in .cfg made haproxy.service fail on restart (not run as active).
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)00:20:54 No.103874372
Youtube is really slow on my laptop when I use firefox.
Any idea where it can come from ? I don't have that issue with chromium.
Any idea where it can come from ? I don't have that issue with chromium.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)00:30:41 No.103874446
>>103874372
try setting your firefox user agent to chrome
try setting your firefox user agent to chrome
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)00:33:12 No.103874466
>>103871027
It used to run well but then an update killed it I reinstalled and now games often stutter a fuck ton so I wanna go back to windows.
It used to run well but then an update killed it I reinstalled and now games often stutter a fuck ton so I wanna go back to windows.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)00:34:35 No.103874475
Suppose I want to use Gnome because COSMIC is taking too long and frankly, COSMIC files is ass. What are the absolutely essential packages to make Gnome useable? I'm on Arch
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)00:47:32 No.103874600
>>103874372
Lack of hardware acceleration? Go to about:support. Ctrl F Composting, if you see webrender (software) there is no hw acceleration
Lack of hardware acceleration? Go to about:support. Ctrl F Composting, if you see webrender (software) there is no hw acceleration
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)01:29:39 No.103874919
>>103874600
You pointed me in the right direction. The option was hidden behind the « use default config ». Even after enabling it, it didn't do a thing, I had to go into the about:config and change media.hardware-video-decoding.force-enabled to true
Firefox devs are a bit stupid is seems.
You pointed me in the right direction. The option was hidden behind the « use default config ». Even after enabling it, it didn't do a thing, I had to go into the about:config and change media.hardware-video-decoding.force
Firefox devs are a bit stupid is seems.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)01:55:44 No.103875101
Thought I'd try OpenSuse Tumbleweed, and the installer has crashed on me twice and now seems to be working but is taking beyond an hour when Fedora and Debian have only ever taken 30mins max.
This is a bad sign isn't it?
This is a bad sign isn't it?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)01:57:59 No.103875126
>>103875101
openSUSE has always been "that other distro" to me. Just use Arch or Gentoo if you want something rolling.
openSUSE has always been "that other distro" to me. Just use Arch or Gentoo if you want something rolling.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)01:59:43 No.103875142
>>103875101
Oh and packages failed and beyond the boot loader it now seems to just be a black screen. Great!
Oh and packages failed and beyond the boot loader it now seems to just be a black screen. Great!
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)02:19:35 No.103875314
Any ideas what would cause extreme connection instability with win10 on QEMU/KVM? It seem like 95% of attempted connections time out.
It worked perfectly for a few weeks after setting it up then suddenly it just stopped working.
It worked perfectly for a few weeks after setting it up then suddenly it just stopped working.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)02:22:02 No.103875337
>>103871254
>It's Fedora though, so rather than use separate repos they're going to over-engineer
Fedora moment
>It's Fedora though, so rather than use separate repos they're going to over-engineer
Fedora moment
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)02:40:28 No.103875460
>>103871027
>>103874466
You still talk like Windows users.
>>103871254
>It's fast because they build packages for your specific architecture.
I'm skeptical, if it were true then Gentoo would run blazing fast compared to binary distros, but it doesn't.
>>103874466
You still talk like Windows users.
>>103871254
>It's fast because they build packages for your specific architecture.
I'm skeptical, if it were true then Gentoo would run blazing fast compared to binary distros, but it doesn't.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)02:52:32 No.103875528
>>103875460
>would run blazingly fast
Well, no, because even in the best circumstances the upper limit for performance gain from v1 - v3 is like 10%. There's no 2x or 3x from moving up the versions, otherwise distros would have put way more effort into supporting v2 as soon as it became available.
>would run blazingly fast
Well, no, because even in the best circumstances the upper limit for performance gain from v1 - v3 is like 10%. There's no 2x or 3x from moving up the versions, otherwise distros would have put way more effort into supporting v2 as soon as it became available.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)03:01:57 No.103875572
>>103875528
Software that gains incredible gains from those cpu instructions often already uses them anyway no matter what your compiler flags are.
Software that gains incredible gains from those cpu instructions often already uses them anyway no matter what your compiler flags are.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)03:19:42 No.103875679
>>103871569
Is it truly fucked or can you at least press enter?
If so, write the command and remove the functioning keyboard, then execute. I imagine it would only show the internal one then.
Otherwise, post output, maybe we can help figure it out.
Is it truly fucked or can you at least press enter?
If so, write the command and remove the functioning keyboard, then execute. I imagine it would only show the internal one then.
Otherwise, post output, maybe we can help figure it out.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)04:32:29 No.103876088
FreeTube fucked me over again, sometimes Im just using FreeTube and the laptop goes black and I cant get a picture back, recently it kicked me out of my user for some reason and I had to log in again. I had to force it off today.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)04:33:37 No.103876098
>>103876088
Bring it up on their git issue tracker? Hopefully someone would like to know this.
Bring it up on their git issue tracker? Hopefully someone would like to know this.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)04:36:59 No.103876114
>>103876098
Can someone else do it? I dont have an account and dont want to make one
Can someone else do it? I dont have an account and dont want to make one
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)05:36:45 No.103876483
>>103875314
might want to share your virtualized network configuration as well as your hosts'
might want to share your virtualized network configuration as well as your hosts'
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)07:15:26 No.103877098
Just got done putting together a new Arch installation. Running into an issue regarding connectivity; resolving domain names. I feel like it's on account of setting up my network manager and DNS manager in the wrong order. I set iwd's built-in configuration after setting up my DNS manager; after enabling it through systemd. It might be a systemd issue too.
The reason I think it's an issue regarding order is because I set up Arch and a proper connection on another computer following the steps outlined in the installation tutorial.
>ping archlinux.org -c4
ping: archlinux.org: Temporary failure in name resolution
>systemctl status iwd
loaded: enabled; present: disabled
active: active (running)
>systemctl status systemd-resolved
loaded: enabled; present: enabled
active active (running)
The discrepancy between the field "present" is what makes me think it might be an issue with iwd
>What I have configured for iwd
/etc/iwd/main.conf
[General]
EnableNetworkConfiguration=true
[Network]
NameResolvingService=systemd
>Already set a symbolic link
symbolic link /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
>resolvectl status reports this for my device
current scopes: none
default route: no
The reason I think it's an issue regarding order is because I set up Arch and a proper connection on another computer following the steps outlined in the installation tutorial.
>ping archlinux.org -c4
ping: archlinux.org: Temporary failure in name resolution
>systemctl status iwd
loaded: enabled; present: disabled
active: active (running)
>systemctl status systemd-resolved
loaded: enabled; present: enabled
active active (running)
The discrepancy between the field "present" is what makes me think it might be an issue with iwd
>What I have configured for iwd
/etc/iwd/main.conf
[General]
EnableNetworkConfiguration=true
[Network]
NameResolvingService=systemd
>Already set a symbolic link
symbolic link /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.co
>resolvectl status reports this for my device
current scopes: none
default route: no
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)07:27:28 No.103877203
>>103877098
What is your wifi chipset?
Do you know if it is supported well by linux?
Can you test if ethernet connection is working? Try connecting your phone with usb wifi sharing if you don't have ethernet around. This should help narrow it down.
What is your wifi chipset?
Do you know if it is supported well by linux?
Can you test if ethernet connection is working? Try connecting your phone with usb wifi sharing if you don't have ethernet around. This should help narrow it down.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)07:55:41 No.103877392
hi anons
im on endeavourOS with LXQT, and i am experiencing a couple of annoyances:
- the file manager PCmanFM is a bit clunky, especially when sorting and changing thumbnails' size
- the base file extractor is kinda shit, as it doesn't even allow you to extract rar, tar and 7z at the same time, nor will it let you extract a key protected archive
any suggestions? should i just install another file manager?
im on endeavourOS with LXQT, and i am experiencing a couple of annoyances:
- the file manager PCmanFM is a bit clunky, especially when sorting and changing thumbnails' size
- the base file extractor is kinda shit, as it doesn't even allow you to extract rar, tar and 7z at the same time, nor will it let you extract a key protected archive
any suggestions? should i just install another file manager?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)07:59:39 No.103877417
>>103877392
You could just replace the file manager with something like Dolphin or Thunar.
Also you could use PeaZip as your archiver instead. You can get it from the AUR.
You could just replace the file manager with something like Dolphin or Thunar.
Also you could use PeaZip as your archiver instead. You can get it from the AUR.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:01:41 No.103877435
>>103877417
>Dolphin or Thunar
will they have problems with QT? i know that Thunar is based on gtk no? ty
>Dolphin or Thunar
will they have problems with QT? i know that Thunar is based on gtk no? ty
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:02:37 No.103877444
>>103877435
GTK stuff would still work fine in a Qt-based DE.
GTK stuff would still work fine in a Qt-based DE.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:04:44 No.103877461
>>103877435
Dolphin is qt
Dolphin is qt
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:05:33 No.103877470
Do you, or should you reboot after a kernel/systemd upgrade?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:06:19 No.103877476
>>103877461
he really is a qt :)
he really is a qt :)
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:06:59 No.103877480
>>103877470
If the kernel updates it is the best idea to full restart your system
If the kernel updates it is the best idea to full restart your system
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:10:06 No.103877499
>>103877444
>>103877461
true but i guess i would need lots o libraries to make any other DE work fine no? from what i heard dolphin is optimized for plasma and it uses both QT and GTK libraries no?
>>103877461
true but i guess i would need lots o libraries to make any other DE work fine no? from what i heard dolphin is optimized for plasma and it uses both QT and GTK libraries no?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:12:58 No.103877521
>>103877470
You should reboot at some point, not necessary though.
>>103877499
Dolphin does not use GTK libraries.
You should reboot at some point, not necessary though.
>>103877499
Dolphin does not use GTK libraries.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:14:12 No.103877532
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:17:36 No.103877554
>>103877532
Yes, it uses KDE libs for notifications, configuration widgets, Qt addons, etc. It should work fine in any environment, you'll also want to use mpv as the phonon qt6 backend.
Yes, it uses KDE libs for notifications, configuration widgets, Qt addons, etc. It should work fine in any environment, you'll also want to use mpv as the phonon qt6 backend.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:21:49 No.103877580
Is there better way to share files over network other than NFS?
It's fine and fast, but the export config is a little bit confusing.
It's fine and fast, but the export config is a little bit confusing.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:21:58 No.103877582
>>103877554
Mpv Phonon is deprecated. The dev is working on a backend using only Qt Multimedia:
https://github.com/OpenProgger/phonon-native
Mpv Phonon is deprecated. The dev is working on a backend using only Qt Multimedia:
https://github.com/OpenProgger/phon
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:25:37 No.103877602
>>103877580
Ksmbd
Ksmbd
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:30:59 No.103877631
Is there a way to detected shared storage over network automatically?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:32:29 No.103877644
>>103877631
Avahi / Bonjour or NETBIOS
Avahi / Bonjour or NETBIOS
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:36:43 No.103877677
>>103877644
I don't see any guides online for that.
I have NAS running SSHFS/SMB/NFS, and have to manually input the IP address.
I don't see any guides online for that.
I have NAS running SSHFS/SMB/NFS, and have to manually input the IP address.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:42:57 No.103877720
>>103877677
Check your firewall isn't blocking the ports used for NETBIOS. If it is, then sharing will work when you connect manually but machines won't be able to find it automatically.
For SSHFS, check you have /etc/avahi/services/ssh.service. I don't know if you can advertise the path of a share though. Copilot says you can add a TXT record like this but I don't know how much I'd trust that:
Ditto for NFS:
Again, I have no idea if any of this works though. I don't use auto-discovery and manually mount shares when I want them.
Check your firewall isn't blocking the ports used for NETBIOS. If it is, then sharing will work when you connect manually but machines won't be able to find it automatically.
For SSHFS, check you have /etc/avahi/services/ssh.service. I don't know if you can advertise the path of a share though. Copilot says you can add a TXT record like this but I don't know how much I'd trust that:
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">
<service-group>
<name replace-wildcards="yes">SSHFS Share</name>
<service>
<type>_sftp._tcp</type>
<port>22</port>
<txt-record>
path=/remote/path
</txt-record>
</service>
</service-group>
Ditto for NFS:
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">
<service-group>
<name replace-wildcards="yes">NFS Share</name>
<service>
<type>_nfs._tcp</type>
<port>2049</port>
<txt-record>
path=/remote/path
</txt-record>
</service>
</service-group>
Again, I have no idea if any of this works though. I don't use auto-discovery and manually mount shares when I want them.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:44:29 No.103877732
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:44:43 No.103877735
>>103877582
It's the best backend to use until native gets packaged.
It's the best backend to use until native gets packaged.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:45:39 No.103877739
>>103877732
I know. Better would be to consult the Avahi documentation but they can do that themselves if this turns out to be red herring.
I know. Better would be to consult the Avahi documentation but they can do that themselves if this turns out to be red herring.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)08:49:06 No.103877764
>>103873945
-kernel updates only when it makes sense (kernel is a collection of billions and billions of pieces, not everything updates at every release)
-new kernel on any distribution (*looks at Debian*)
-not forced to use initramfs (can bake in arbitrary features that would otherwise exist as module files)
-boot process is simpler without initramfs
-internet points
And they don't take that much time to compile as they are more or less device-specific. (bit of a trouble to untick over 9000 checkboxes for magnetometers and RGB-dildos but it makes the compile time faster)
Picture relates, kinda. Debian was an asshole regarding removing GRUB.
-kernel updates only when it makes sense (kernel is a collection of billions and billions of pieces, not everything updates at every release)
-new kernel on any distribution (*looks at Debian*)
-not forced to use initramfs (can bake in arbitrary features that would otherwise exist as module files)
-boot process is simpler without initramfs
-internet points
And they don't take that much time to compile as they are more or less device-specific. (bit of a trouble to untick over 9000 checkboxes for magnetometers and RGB-dildos but it makes the compile time faster)
Picture relates, kinda. Debian was an asshole regarding removing GRUB.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)09:00:26 No.103877870
archbros, I'm having this choppy audio problem here https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=186510
out of the blue
the guy in this thread said he solved it by reinstalling pulseaudio and rebooting constantly, but that didn't work for me
I'm getting the same useless rtkit-daemon errors as that guy
anyone going through the same? I'm on all AMD hardware
out of the blue
the guy in this thread said he solved it by reinstalling pulseaudio and rebooting constantly, but that didn't work for me
I'm getting the same useless rtkit-daemon errors as that guy
anyone going through the same? I'm on all AMD hardware
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)09:03:28 No.103877897
>>103877870
Are you using pipewire or pulseaudio?
Are you using pipewire or pulseaudio?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)09:06:00 No.103877919
>download, compile and install from AUR with yay
>remove with pacman
??? witchery
>remove with pacman
??? witchery
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)09:06:20 No.103877921
>>103877897
pulseaudio
pulseaudio
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)09:09:11 No.103877943
>>103877764
You forgot to add you can compile with your kernel CFLAGS for extra hardening or meme speed optimisations (-march=native). Since it is bespoke and for a specific purpose it does not have to be generic like distributions kernels.
You forgot to add you can compile with your kernel CFLAGS for extra hardening or meme speed optimisations (-march=native). Since it is bespoke and for a specific purpose it does not have to be generic like distributions kernels.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)09:09:18 No.103877945
>>103877921
try this
try this
sudo pacman -Rns pulseaudio
sudo pacman -S pipewire pipewire-alsa pipwiere-pulse pipewire-jack
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)09:17:12 No.103878017
>>103877919
yay is just a wrapper around pacman, all aur helpers are
yay is just a wrapper around pacman, all aur helpers are
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)09:19:48 No.103878042
viewnoir or nomacs?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)09:21:56 No.103878065
>>103878042
Gwenview
Gwenview
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)09:34:09 No.103878182
>>103878065
bloat
bloat
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)09:34:18 No.103878184
>>103877677
The avahi guide is usually just 'install avahi', unless your distro is exceptionally broken. You shouldn't have to use netbios.
The avahi guide is usually just 'install avahi', unless your distro is exceptionally broken. You shouldn't have to use netbios.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)09:35:15 No.103878194
>>103878184
Well avahi is installed.
Well avahi is installed.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)09:37:48 No.103878220
>>103877945
to this day I can't get pipewire to work on my system
just tried and once again it didn't work
to this day I can't get pipewire to work on my system
just tried and once again it didn't work
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)09:38:38 No.103878230
>>103878194
Guess that means you have to get into your distro support and the avahi manual.
Guess that means you have to get into your distro support and the avahi manual.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)09:42:58 No.103878270
>>103878230
Some anon said there was an AI bot lurking these threads.
Some anon said there was an AI bot lurking these threads.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)09:49:37 No.103878314
>>103878182
You're bloat
You're bloat
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)09:59:11 No.103878404
I need a distro that can run off a usb drive. Something with permanent storage enabled. Do you have any recommendations? I simply want to use firefox and browse the internet with it. Bonus points for something encrypted
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)10:00:48 No.103878415
>>103878404
Puppy Linux
Puppy Linux
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)10:23:50 No.103878605
>>103877943
>-march=native
I thought kernels can't do optimizations like that. Something related how code has to be exactly followed, not "optimized".
t. non-programmer
>-march=native
I thought kernels can't do optimizations like that. Something related how code has to be exactly followed, not "optimized".
t. non-programmer
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)10:25:43 No.103878624
>mecha comet
I'm tempted to buy one but I have no idea whit I'd use it for.
I'm tempted to buy one but I have no idea whit I'd use it for.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)11:08:10 No.103879039
Is there a 2025 laptop that competes with the macbook pro? requirements are long battery life, ok trackpad/keyboard, no nvidia. bonus points for arm.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)11:43:42 No.103879413
>>103879039
arm is never a bonus
arm is never a bonus
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)12:04:09 No.103879642
>>103878605
Of course they can:
https://github.com/graysky2/kernel_compiler_patch
The benefit is debatable when most of the performance sensitive code uses hand written assembly anyway though. The kernel is not like most software. I do it anyway though because I'm never going to use my built kernel on different devices so I might as well target the specific micro-architecture.
Of course they can:
https://github.com/graysky2/kernel_
The benefit is debatable when most of the performance sensitive code uses hand written assembly anyway though. The kernel is not like most software. I do it anyway though because I'm never going to use my built kernel on different devices so I might as well target the specific micro-architecture.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)12:05:05 No.103879652
>>103878184
NETBIOS is for Samba / SMB. You should already have it, but the firewall might be blocking it.
NETBIOS is for Samba / SMB. You should already have it, but the firewall might be blocking it.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)12:57:53 No.103880248
4chan won't let me post from a live iso. Any workarounds?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)13:00:21 No.103880283
>>103880248
You should be able to, but you'll have to wait the 15 minute timer, or verify your email address
You should be able to, but you'll have to wait the 15 minute timer, or verify your email address
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)13:00:33 No.103880285
>>103877945
>>103878220
nevermind, I'm retarded
had a botched custom config from my previous attempt (over a year ago)
it's working fine now, thank you
>>103878220
nevermind, I'm retarded
had a botched custom config from my previous attempt (over a year ago)
it's working fine now, thank you
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)13:02:41 No.103880316
>>103880248
how would 4chan even know that you're using a live iso....
how would 4chan even know that you're using a live iso....
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)13:03:34 No.103880325
>>103880283
I waited for the timer already. It says post successful but nothing gets posted
>>103880316
I don't know. Useragent fuckery? I am posting from my phone right now
I waited for the timer already. It says post successful but nothing gets posted
>>103880316
I don't know. Useragent fuckery? I am posting from my phone right now
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)13:11:56 No.103880407
>>103880325
>I waited for the timer already. It says post successful but nothing gets posted
The problem is what you're posting. Some things get shadow banned and disappear into oblivion. Try re-wording your post.
>I waited for the timer already. It says post successful but nothing gets posted
The problem is what you're posting. Some things get shadow banned and disappear into oblivion. Try re-wording your post.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)13:13:01 No.103880422
>flatpak font rendering and mouse pointer broken again on wayland
It's so over...
It's so over...
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)13:33:37 No.103880613
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)13:35:36 No.103880641
>>103880422
it's not a bug, it's a feature.
it's not a bug, it's a feature.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)13:43:53 No.103880727
>>103880613
I guess they must think you're a spam bot. Try clearing your cookies and local storage and if your IP rotates when your modem reboots then try resetting it.
I guess they must think you're a spam bot. Try clearing your cookies and local storage and if your IP rotates when your modem reboots then try resetting it.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)13:50:45 No.103880815
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)13:52:11 No.103880834
>>103880727
For an unrelated reason I am going to test a live fedora iso in a moment. I'll see how it goes from there
For an unrelated reason I am going to test a live fedora iso in a moment. I'll see how it goes from there
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)14:19:48 No.103881169
>guix system w/ nonguix
>sway
>ungoogled-chromium
>mpv
>emacs for everything else
it doesn’t get comfier than this bros.
>sway
>ungoogled-chromium
>mpv
>emacs for everything else
it doesn’t get comfier than this bros.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)14:21:19 No.103881194
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)14:26:26 No.103881247
>>103881194
icecat and the x window manager of your choice them
icecat and the x window manager of your choice them
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)14:28:46 No.103881263
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)14:30:57 No.103881276
>>103881247
>icecat
fair choice, but for me it's librewolf+lepton (photon)
the KINO firefox UI from a couple years ago, not the bloated tablet interface we're stuck with now
and pre-configured to remove all telemetry and harmful features ootb
>>103881263
>thinks wayland werks
>at all
>ever
>in any circumstance
get back to me when you get application icons, desktop screensharing/shared clipboards working reliably, and better automation on par with xdotool (and no, ydotool isn't even close)
>icecat
fair choice, but for me it's librewolf+lepton (photon)
the KINO firefox UI from a couple years ago, not the bloated tablet interface we're stuck with now
and pre-configured to remove all telemetry and harmful features ootb
>>103881263
>thinks wayland werks
>at all
>ever
>in any circumstance
get back to me when you get application icons, desktop screensharing/shared clipboards working reliably, and better automation on par with xdotool (and no, ydotool isn't even close)
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)14:31:45 No.103881287
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)14:36:51 No.103881335
Please guys, how to get shared folders on network to automatically detected with thunar/dolphin?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)15:03:04 No.103881601
>tells you to stop using it
Finally a good GNOME feature
Finally a good GNOME feature
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)15:06:41 No.103881641
For HDD formatted with BTRFS, is it better keep reading over extended period of time, or just read once?
mpv cache default settings is limited to 150 MB, which is fine even when playing 4K over network, but this means it keep accessing and reading the desk.
Would it offer any advantage to cache the whole file instead? To the reading of the HDD.
mpv cache default settings is limited to 150 MB, which is fine even when playing 4K over network, but this means it keep accessing and reading the desk.
Would it offer any advantage to cache the whole file instead? To the reading of the HDD.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)15:06:52 No.103881645
>>103881169
Sell me on guix
Sell me on guix
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)15:07:53 No.103881663
>>103881335
I know kde connect automatically adds a remote folder for devices to dolphin, but that's probably not what you're looking for.
I know kde connect automatically adds a remote folder for devices to dolphin, but that's probably not what you're looking for.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)15:15:05 No.103881779
>>103880834
Ok. Running fedora 41 workstation right now. Waiting 900 seconds.. and test
Ok. Running fedora 41 workstation right now. Waiting 900 seconds.. and test
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)15:24:13 No.103881911
>>103877203
Ah, I fell asleep, gomen gomen.
>What is your wifi chipset?
Running lscpi, it lists my chipset as Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG.
>Do you know if it is supported well by linux?
I'd assume so. I pulled it from an X61, using it in an X60; I'm using a ThinkPad. Never had any issues with it before. It's just this particular install on which I'm having trouble with my network.
>Can you test if ethernet connection is working?
Same issue; "temporary failure in name resolution".
Ah, I fell asleep, gomen gomen.
>What is your wifi chipset?
Running lscpi, it lists my chipset as Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG.
>Do you know if it is supported well by linux?
I'd assume so. I pulled it from an X61, using it in an X60; I'm using a ThinkPad. Never had any issues with it before. It's just this particular install on which I'm having trouble with my network.
>Can you test if ethernet connection is working?
Same issue; "temporary failure in name resolution".
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)15:24:53 No.103881920
>>103881779
Very homosexual indeed. I am about to test ubuntu non LTS live iso now
Very homosexual indeed. I am about to test ubuntu non LTS live iso now
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)15:33:40 No.103882022
>>103881641
On balance it's probably better to keep reading because it prevents the drive from doing unnecessary start / stops, but it shouldn't matter.
On balance it's probably better to keep reading because it prevents the drive from doing unnecessary start / stops, but it shouldn't matter.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)15:34:55 No.103882038
>>103881601
>It's time to take a break. Get away from the computer for 15 seconds!
Very GNOME feature.
>It's time to take a break. Get away from the computer for 15 seconds!
Very GNOME feature.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)15:36:59 No.103882055
>>103881276
>application icons
Application problem.
>desktop screensharing
Application problem.
>shared clipboards
uniclip
>ydotool isn't even close
True, but GUI scripting is for idiots.
>>103881287
Why is it always about the butt with nVidia fangoys?
>application icons
Application problem.
>desktop screensharing
Application problem.
>shared clipboards
uniclip
>ydotool isn't even close
True, but GUI scripting is for idiots.
>>103881287
Why is it always about the butt with nVidia fangoys?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)15:37:19 No.103882059
>>103870960
Why aren't more people using Clear Linux? It's faster than CachyOS. Yes it requires some tinkering but a lot of people already waste time on Arch for no tangible benefits so don't give me that argument.
>>103877764
You can delete Edge from Win11 by editing the IntegratedServicesRegionPolicySet.json file, setting Edge removable to "enabled" and adding your region if you're outside of EU. It takes maybe a minute to do. I'm using Linux but 99% of complaints against Windows made here are invalid and mostly come down to skill issue. If you want some real reasons why Windows sucks off the top of my head is that the I/O and scheduling are garbage and unfixable. I also don't like the lack of sandboxing and while that's pretty much every desktop OS, you have partial solutions for this on Linux and macOS. Windows sandbox is ephemeral and fairly useless for regular users. HDR is also borked, SRGB content uses the wrong transfer function, again not a problem on macOS and (by some miracle) on Plasma 6.
Why aren't more people using Clear Linux? It's faster than CachyOS. Yes it requires some tinkering but a lot of people already waste time on Arch for no tangible benefits so don't give me that argument.
>>103877764
You can delete Edge from Win11 by editing the IntegratedServicesRegionPolicySet.j
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)16:03:31 No.103882411
>>103881645
it’s not for everyone but declarative configuration specifically using guile makes it very appealing to me.
practically though once i got over the hump of writing my config i have an immutable desktop setup just how i like it and i update like once a month without issues.
it’s not for everyone but declarative configuration specifically using guile makes it very appealing to me.
practically though once i got over the hump of writing my config i have an immutable desktop setup just how i like it and i update like once a month without issues.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)16:10:00 No.103882505
>buy a cheap thinkcentre tiny
>hook it up to a cheap sony dumb tv
>install lakka
>connect a dualshock 4 controller
>copy over a bunch of roms using samba
why do people say they use windows for gaming i have literally everything i need
>hook it up to a cheap sony dumb tv
>install lakka
>connect a dualshock 4 controller
>copy over a bunch of roms using samba
why do people say they use windows for gaming i have literally everything i need
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)16:30:34 No.103882787
Lads, after years of circumstances forcing me to use Windows 10, and putting up with all its shit, with the end of life approaching, and Hyper-V being a broken shitshow that Microsoft refuses to fix,
I am once again going to attempt migrating to a dual-boot with Linux Mint as my main OS.
Pray for me, anons. And maybe some hymms of ancient wisdom/advice.
I am once again going to attempt migrating to a dual-boot with Linux Mint as my main OS.
Pray for me, anons. And maybe some hymms of ancient wisdom/advice.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)16:30:40 No.103882790
>>103882505
>buy a gaming desktop with Radeon
>hook it up to your shiny 4K120Hz TV that only has HDMI in
>VRR doesn't work
>4:2:0 chroma subsampling because of gimped bandwidth that ruins the image quality
>buy a gaming desktop with nvidia
>hook it up to TV
>full bandwidth and VRR
>but no HDR
>gamescope is broken
>20-30% performance hit in DX12 titles by using vkd3d
Linux gaming works if you are using AMD on a monitor via Displayport (no TV ships with DP) or some old TV and a povertybox that doesn't need the bandwidth and has no VRR or HDR to begin with.
>buy a gaming desktop with Radeon
>hook it up to your shiny 4K120Hz TV that only has HDMI in
>VRR doesn't work
>4:2:0 chroma subsampling because of gimped bandwidth that ruins the image quality
>buy a gaming desktop with nvidia
>hook it up to TV
>full bandwidth and VRR
>but no HDR
>gamescope is broken
>20-30% performance hit in DX12 titles by using vkd3d
Linux gaming works if you are using AMD on a monitor via Displayport (no TV ships with DP) or some old TV and a povertybox that doesn't need the bandwidth and has no VRR or HDR to begin with.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)16:32:37 No.103882810
Is there any reason not to configure passwordless sudo?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)16:33:33 No.103882823
>>103882787
What are you going to use your system for? Many people blindly recommend Mint but there are use cases where it's terrible. I wouldn't use it with new hardware where you want Gayland over X11 or for gaming.
What are you going to use your system for? Many people blindly recommend Mint but there are use cases where it's terrible. I wouldn't use it with new hardware where you want Gayland over X11 or for gaming.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)16:33:39 No.103882825
>>103882790
why would you use a tv to begin with?
why would you use a tv to begin with?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)16:41:47 No.103882934
>>103882825
The poster I've replied to said he's using a TV so I'm also using a TV for my example. I'm not a winfag but say you want to turn your high end PC into a console and play on your modern TV. Windows will do here much better because nvidia drivers on Linux sucks and TVs use the retarded proprietary HDMI standard and full support for it can't be included in FOSS drivers.
The poster I've replied to said he's using a TV so I'm also using a TV for my example. I'm not a winfag but say you want to turn your high end PC into a console and play on your modern TV. Windows will do here much better because nvidia drivers on Linux sucks and TVs use the retarded proprietary HDMI standard and full support for it can't be included in FOSS drivers.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)16:41:50 No.103882935
>>103882823
Gaming.
Specifically I intend to have Linux for gaming, programming, and anything else that will run on it.
A windows OS solely for school where virtualization is considered cheating.
And then a Windows VM on... really any type 1 hypervisor so I can use untrusted software while my computer has a condom.
Gaming.
Specifically I intend to have Linux for gaming, programming, and anything else that will run on it.
A windows OS solely for school where virtualization is considered cheating.
And then a Windows VM on... really any type 1 hypervisor so I can use untrusted software while my computer has a condom.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)16:45:27 No.103882987
>>103882935
I'll also add that the bare metal Windows OS would also handle anything that demands Windows but either needs better performance than what virtualization can get me, or has similar anticheat behavior that would trip in a VM.
I'll also add that the bare metal Windows OS would also handle anything that demands Windows but either needs better performance than what virtualization can get me, or has similar anticheat behavior that would trip in a VM.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)16:46:08 No.103882998
>>103881335
mount it in fstab
mount it in fstab
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)16:48:13 No.103883021
>>103882987
at last the laptop's nvidia gpu is usable under loonix with 560
>usb-c display works but only with re-connection, otherwise 640x480
>no more random hard locks at display configuration change
fuck you nvidia can we get dedicated amd gpus on laptops again?
at last the laptop's nvidia gpu is usable under loonix with 560
>usb-c display works but only with re-connection, otherwise 640x480
>no more random hard locks at display configuration change
fuck you nvidia can we get dedicated amd gpus on laptops again?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)16:54:46 No.103883100
>>103882935
For gaming you want a (semi) rolling distro because eventually a new game won't work and you'll need to update something manually and your frankendistro will inevitably break. Forked distros are all memes so choose between Fedora or Arch if you're brave.
Hyper-V is a type 1 hypervisor and you can use Windows Sandbox to run untrusted software on it. A full VM would be a type 2 hypervisor.
For gaming you want a (semi) rolling distro because eventually a new game won't work and you'll need to update something manually and your frankendistro will inevitably break. Forked distros are all memes so choose between Fedora or Arch if you're brave.
Hyper-V is a type 1 hypervisor and you can use Windows Sandbox to run untrusted software on it. A full VM would be a type 2 hypervisor.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)17:04:46 No.103883206
>>103883021
You can buy a laptop with RX 7900M. It's tiny bit faster than desktop 7800 XT.
You can buy a laptop with RX 7900M. It's tiny bit faster than desktop 7800 XT.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)17:08:19 No.103883243
>>103882790
idk what any of that means im playing wind waker
idk what any of that means im playing wind waker
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)17:10:55 No.103883268
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)17:14:16 No.103883303
So, I got a second ssd that I want to use to put media on like music and videos.
Where should I put this into my file hierarchy?Just mount it in a subdirectory of my homedir like ~/media ? Or should it go somehere else?
Where should I put this into my file hierarchy?Just mount it in a subdirectory of my homedir like ~/media ? Or should it go somehere else?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)17:38:54 No.103883587
>>103882810
Keeps you from getting drunk and text slurring dangerous commands. There's always sudo -i and $2 ching chong hardware keys if you just don't like typing your password.
Keeps you from getting drunk and text slurring dangerous commands. There's always sudo -i and $2 ching chong hardware keys if you just don't like typing your password.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)17:41:28 No.103883615
is it worth buying a 7900xtx to move away from my 4080 and the issues that come with nvidia
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)17:46:43 No.103883666
>>103873030
>>103873108
>>103873950
Maybe quit using High Availability Proxy Load Balancer and instead do the following. Apache's access.log can be read by normal users. Nginx's access.log can be read by sudoers only. Use something to detect anytime that file was changed, read the last line, then use wget to spider/check the link in the smaller server for a second. Less intelligent: crontab which runs every minutes and does check(s).
If using High Availability Proxy with IPFS, like I was doing, then perhaps haproxy isn't necessary. Something like this: FUSE-mount IPFS on two computers then use sshfs to mount ipfs in the other computer. Something like /ipfs1 /ipns1 /ipfs2 /ipns2. Then use aufs or whatever it's called to make a union mount at /ipfs and /ipns. However, while that will give arbitrary file access, it will still only show up as the older/retro open directory if you look at the folder via nginx or Apache. Therefore, instead of doing all that, using IPFS Cluster and not haproxy or mounts+sshfs+union may accomplish the same goal. IIRC, someone used IPFS Cluster and he said the size kept growing in a repo where he didn't want that to happen. So there might not be a way to use it as a union mount thing across servers while still showing an IPFS gateway (and not the basic/crappy nginx or Apache view or access to folders).
>>103873108
>>103873950
Maybe quit using High Availability Proxy Load Balancer and instead do the following. Apache's access.log can be read by normal users. Nginx's access.log can be read by sudoers only. Use something to detect anytime that file was changed, read the last line, then use wget to spider/check the link in the smaller server for a second. Less intelligent: crontab which runs every minutes and does check(s).
If using High Availability Proxy with IPFS, like I was doing, then perhaps haproxy isn't necessary. Something like this: FUSE-mount IPFS on two computers then use sshfs to mount ipfs in the other computer. Something like /ipfs1 /ipns1 /ipfs2 /ipns2. Then use aufs or whatever it's called to make a union mount at /ipfs and /ipns. However, while that will give arbitrary file access, it will still only show up as the older/retro open directory if you look at the folder via nginx or Apache. Therefore, instead of doing all that, using IPFS Cluster and not haproxy or mounts+sshfs+union may accomplish the same goal. IIRC, someone used IPFS Cluster and he said the size kept growing in a repo where he didn't want that to happen. So there might not be a way to use it as a union mount thing across servers while still showing an IPFS gateway (and not the basic/crappy nginx or Apache view or access to folders).
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)17:49:39 No.103883698
>>103883615
probably not
probably not
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)17:50:11 No.103883700
>>103883615
what isues? And isn't nextgen for AMD coming soonish?
I'm quite content with my 7800XT, but i wouldn't have bought it if I'd had a 4080. (or even way less than that, but the gtx960 just wasn't enough anymore)
what isues? And isn't nextgen for AMD coming soonish?
I'm quite content with my 7800XT, but i wouldn't have bought it if I'd had a 4080. (or even way less than that, but the gtx960 just wasn't enough anymore)
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)17:51:02 No.103883705
How do I make Fedora 41 increase my Thinkpad's monitor resolution? I've looked into this because I'm sick of being stuck on 1366 x 768, and apparently I can use a command called xrandr to go up to 1920 x 1080. But all the links I've seen are missing something, because it's not working. I am using Wayland, LVDS-1 and i915, and I have run the following commands so far:
dnf install cvt
cvt 1920 1080 (to get a modeline, which I copy and paste below)
xrandr --newmode "1920x1080_60.00" 173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode LVDS-1 "1920x1080_60.00"
xrandr --output LVDS-1 --mode "1920x1080_60.00"
I assume I need some kind of "xrandr --actually-set-the-new-resolution" command, but I haven't been able to find that and the man page doesn't mention one.
dnf install cvt
cvt 1920 1080 (to get a modeline, which I copy and paste below)
xrandr --newmode "1920x1080_60.00" 173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode LVDS-1 "1920x1080_60.00"
xrandr --output LVDS-1 --mode "1920x1080_60.00"
I assume I need some kind of "xrandr --actually-set-the-new-resolution" command, but I haven't been able to find that and the man page doesn't mention one.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)17:57:54 No.103883752
>>103883303
Nominally you mount to a subdirectory of /mnt and symlink or bind mount to directories from the drive to ~. It's good to have the drive's root outside ~ in case you want to run services as different users off that space.
Nominally you mount to a subdirectory of /mnt and symlink or bind mount to directories from the drive to ~. It's good to have the drive's root outside ~ in case you want to run services as different users off that space.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)18:00:36 No.103883773
>>103883752
thanks and noted.
thanks and noted.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)18:01:08 No.103883779
>>103883705
It doesn't have a 1080p mode in the listed resolutions when you run xrandr?
It doesn't have a 1080p mode in the listed resolutions when you run xrandr?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)18:04:29 No.103883810
>>103873950
>haproxy doesn't have different timeout durations for different servers in the same backend
That's a programming idea. Either make a Lua script to do that or modify haproxy's source code to add that functionality. I've successfully modified the source code of the following popular open source projects for better executables: GNU Wget and Kubo IPFS. I wanted to modify the source code of qBittorrent and IPFS Python API. BTW, I wish I could see the source code of a newer version of closed-source Gelbooru (something I was curious about and might be able to reverse engineer), but I can't: those proprietary bastards.
>>103883666
>Use something to detect anytime that file was changed...
Apparently you can do that with inotifywait (from inotify-tools):
>while inotifywait -e modify /path/to/example.txt; do
> /path/to/script.sh
>done &
(3-character captcha, unusual)
>haproxy doesn't have different timeout durations for different servers in the same backend
That's a programming idea. Either make a Lua script to do that or modify haproxy's source code to add that functionality. I've successfully modified the source code of the following popular open source projects for better executables: GNU Wget and Kubo IPFS. I wanted to modify the source code of qBittorrent and IPFS Python API. BTW, I wish I could see the source code of a newer version of closed-source Gelbooru (something I was curious about and might be able to reverse engineer), but I can't: those proprietary bastards.
>>103883666
>Use something to detect anytime that file was changed...
Apparently you can do that with inotifywait (from inotify-tools):
>while inotifywait -e modify /path/to/example.txt; do
> /path/to/script.sh
>done &
(3-character captcha, unusual)
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)18:14:40 No.103883908
I install most software with pacman but with those heavier GUI programs it's not always the best option, anyone know whether appimage, flatpak or arch repo package works best for Kdenlive?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)18:15:56 No.103883924
>>103883908
Flatpak and appimage both work fine, flatpak is a bit smoother to set up because you can just install them through KDE's discover store and it makes all the menu entries and file associations and stuff automatically.
Flatpak and appimage both work fine, flatpak is a bit smoother to set up because you can just install them through KDE's discover store and it makes all the menu entries and file associations and stuff automatically.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)18:26:02 No.103884029
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)18:28:26 No.103884048
>>103883779
Nope:
Screen 0: minimum 16 x 16, current 1366 x 768, maximum 32767 x 32767
LVDS-1 connected primary 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 310mm x 170mm
1366x768 59.80*+
1024x768 59.92
800x600 59.86
640x480 59.38
320x240 59.52
1152x720 59.75
960x600 59.63
928x580 59.88
800x500 59.50
768x480 59.90
720x480 59.71
640x400 59.20
320x200 58.96
1280x720 59.86
1024x576 59.90
864x486 59.92
720x400 59.55
640x350 59.77
Nope:
Screen 0: minimum 16 x 16, current 1366 x 768, maximum 32767 x 32767
LVDS-1 connected primary 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 310mm x 170mm
1366x768 59.80*+
1024x768 59.92
800x600 59.86
640x480 59.38
320x240 59.52
1152x720 59.75
960x600 59.63
928x580 59.88
800x500 59.50
768x480 59.90
720x480 59.71
640x400 59.20
320x200 58.96
1280x720 59.86
1024x576 59.90
864x486 59.92
720x400 59.55
640x350 59.77
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)18:31:22 No.103884076
>>103884048
Are you sure it actually supports 1080p? I have a t450s and this only goes up to 1600x900
Are you sure it actually supports 1080p? I have a t450s and this only goes up to 1600x900
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)18:35:17 No.103884113
>>103883700
the big thing is the performance hit in DX12 games
the big thing is the performance hit in DX12 games
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)18:51:20 No.103884235
>>103884076
I assumed that
>maximum 32767 x 32767
meant that it could easily manage that. Also, lots of the links I have seen also talk about Fedora, or Wayland, or whatever is responsible, being artificially limited. They were able to fix the problem, but I can't make it work for me.
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-laptop-and-netbook-25/can%27t-get-a-higher-resolution-on-fedora-4175729672/
Does anything in my picture suggest I wouldn't be able to get a bigger resolution?
I assumed that
>maximum 32767 x 32767
meant that it could easily manage that. Also, lots of the links I have seen also talk about Fedora, or Wayland, or whatever is responsible, being artificially limited. They were able to fix the problem, but I can't make it work for me.
https://www.linuxquestions.org/ques
Does anything in my picture suggest I wouldn't be able to get a bigger resolution?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)18:53:47 No.103884261
>>103884235
>maximum 32767 x 32767
No this is just the maximum possible resolution of the X server, not the maximum resolution of your monitor. I don't think your monitor supports a mode higher than 1366 x 768.
>maximum 32767 x 32767
No this is just the maximum possible resolution of the X server, not the maximum resolution of your monitor. I don't think your monitor supports a mode higher than 1366 x 768.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)19:04:18 No.103884357
>>103884261
I thought that was wrong, because I looked up my laptop's maximum resolution. However, actually clicking the link rather than accepting Google's answer tells me that I can only go up to 2560 x 1600 if I plug in an external monitor, and the built-in monitor quite possibly does indeed stop at 1366 x 768. Motherfucker.
https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/sys/pdf/withdrawnbook/thinkpad_t430.pdf
I thought that was wrong, because I looked up my laptop's maximum resolution. However, actually clicking the link rather than accepting Google's answer tells me that I can only go up to 2560 x 1600 if I plug in an external monitor, and the built-in monitor quite possibly does indeed stop at 1366 x 768. Motherfucker.
https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/sy
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)19:19:18 No.103884505
>>103883206
tthank you anon, I'll get one of these for my next mobile workstation
tthank you anon, I'll get one of these for my next mobile workstation
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)19:22:22 No.103884546
How do I theme the kde filechooser portal outside of kde?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)19:52:07 No.103884843
>>103877203
I don't know what it was exactly, but I fixed it. I can ping archlinux at least. I remember previously not being able to connect to certain site as a result of not properly configuring my DNS manager, I think. I'll have to go through the rest of my setup and see if I set it up properly this time around. Danke.
I don't know what it was exactly, but I fixed it. I can ping archlinux at least. I remember previously not being able to connect to certain site as a result of not properly configuring my DNS manager, I think. I'll have to go through the rest of my setup and see if I set it up properly this time around. Danke.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)21:06:27 No.103885564
>>103879642
Cool, I just define KCFLAGS and KCPPFLAGS and that's that?
>>103877580
>It's fine and fast, but the export config is a little bit confusing.
Samba requires 100 times more configuration btw.
Especially if you try to serve Windows users.
>>103877470
If you want to use your new kernel you have to reboot.
>>103877098
So the first thing you did was a ping to a public hostname. What made you expect you had connectivity to begin with?
and that stuff. Post it.
Cool, I just define KCFLAGS and KCPPFLAGS and that's that?
>>103877580
>It's fine and fast, but the export config is a little bit confusing.
Samba requires 100 times more configuration btw.
Especially if you try to serve Windows users.
>>103877470
If you want to use your new kernel you have to reboot.
>>103877098
So the first thing you did was a ping to a public hostname. What made you expect you had connectivity to begin with?
ip a
ip r
and that stuff. Post it.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)21:15:23 No.103885655
>>103870960
Why does my screen freeze every time my computer wakes up from sleep? I can still blindly type my password and log back in, fortunately, but for some reason the screen is just frozen. This happens with both plasma and cinnamon, but didn't seem to be an issue on gnome. I'm also using NVidia's proprietary drivers, and have nouveau blacklisted.
Any ideas?
Why does my screen freeze every time my computer wakes up from sleep? I can still blindly type my password and log back in, fortunately, but for some reason the screen is just frozen. This happens with both plasma and cinnamon, but didn't seem to be an issue on gnome. I'm also using NVidia's proprietary drivers, and have nouveau blacklisted.
Any ideas?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)21:49:31 No.103885972
>>103881641
on a laptop it might make sense to cache the whole file or a large amount of it so it can spin the drive down to save power
like say you're watching a movie, it could cache the whole thing in a minute then spend the next 1:30h turned off
outside of that though, it doesn't matter
on a laptop it might make sense to cache the whole file or a large amount of it so it can spin the drive down to save power
like say you're watching a movie, it could cache the whole thing in a minute then spend the next 1:30h turned off
outside of that though, it doesn't matter
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)22:15:02 No.103886201
can any linux file manager actually do this?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)22:21:39 No.103886270
>>103886201
Maybe unrelated but: Are you running Wayland?
I started having occasional issues with drag and dropping files after switching to Wayland.
Not super common but it seems to be one of the minor Wayland bugs. Test if it works in X11?
Maybe unrelated but: Are you running Wayland?
I started having occasional issues with drag and dropping files after switching to Wayland.
Not super common but it seems to be one of the minor Wayland bugs. Test if it works in X11?
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)22:24:36 No.103886294
>>103886201
Most of them can, but both applications involved have to cooperate and the display/input server and window manager must not fuck it up.
I can drag and drop from Dolphin to Qt and GTK apps just fine.
Most of them can, but both applications involved have to cooperate and the display/input server and window manager must not fuck it up.
I can drag and drop from Dolphin to Qt and GTK apps just fine.
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)22:34:39 No.103886401
>>103886270
>>103886294
I don't mean "just" drag and drop, but rather, how the explorer window doesn't isn't brought to the foreground when you drag a file
>>103886294
I don't mean "just" drag and drop, but rather, how the explorer window doesn't isn't brought to the foreground when you drag a file
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)22:36:58 No.103886422
>>103885655
>any ideas?
unironically that's the nvidia driver, switch to amd or intel and problem solved
>any ideas?
unironically that's the nvidia driver, switch to amd or intel and problem solved
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)22:37:28 No.103886428
>>103886201
i don't watch anime sorry
i don't watch anime sorry
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)22:40:09 No.103886448
>>103886201
yes
yes
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)22:42:16 No.103886461
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)22:46:32 No.103886497
>>103886401
>>103886461
as for that, i'm not sure. the file manager i'm using i can shift+drag the currently selected file without bringing it to the front, but as far as i can tell i can't change the selection without bringing it to the front
alternatively you could just set mpv to always be on top
>>103886461
as for that, i'm not sure. the file manager i'm using i can shift+drag the currently selected file without bringing it to the front, but as far as i can tell i can't change the selection without bringing it to the front
alternatively you could just set mpv to always be on top
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)22:46:35 No.103886498
>>103886401
https://askubuntu.com/questions/194840/how-to-drag-from-a-background-window-to-the-front-window
nautilus bros... not like this
https://askubuntu.com/questions/194
nautilus bros... not like this
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)22:48:09 No.103886510
>>103886497
I guess that's a somewhat acceptable workaround
I guess that's a somewhat acceptable workaround
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)22:50:28 No.103886530
>>103886510
you could make a WM rule or maybe mpv has an option itself to make mpv start by default always on top, if that is something you would like. you can still minimise it in this state if you need it out of the way
you could make a WM rule or maybe mpv has an option itself to make mpv start by default always on top, if that is something you would like. you can still minimise it in this state if you need it out of the way
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)22:53:18 No.103886547
>>103886401
That is how it works for me with Dolphin and mpv with kwin_x11. I don't have to fuck around with the window manager like >>103886497
That is how it works for me with Dolphin and mpv with kwin_x11. I don't have to fuck around with the window manager like >>103886497
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)23:20:27 No.103886757
>>103886497
i can't live without having a "always on top" toggle on every window anyway
i can't live without having a "always on top" toggle on every window anyway
Anonymous 01/13/25(Mon)23:29:11 No.103886807
>>103886757
The Windows behaviour is actually worse. Unlike on most Linux window managers there's no proper focus stealing prevention so say you're in the middle of typing a password and another window takes focus (because Windows is being shit again and another program you forgot to disable in startup was slow to autostart) then your input then goes into that window. Terrible design.
The Windows behaviour is actually worse. Unlike on most Linux window managers there's no proper focus stealing prevention so say you're in the middle of typing a password and another window takes focus (because Windows is being shit again and another program you forgot to disable in startup was slow to autostart) then your input then goes into that window. Terrible design.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)01:45:46 No.103887653
>>103886498
>Right-click on the Terminal title-bar and select Always On Top. You can now drag files from Nautilus to Terminal.
>Right-click on the Terminal title-bar and select Always On Top. You can now drag files from Nautilus to Terminal.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)01:46:46 No.103887666
>>103886757
This is one of the reason I like twms, that window doesn't want to stay on top? yeah too bad, it's on top now. Being at the mercy of your windows is bitch-made.
This is one of the reason I like twms, that window doesn't want to stay on top? yeah too bad, it's on top now. Being at the mercy of your windows is bitch-made.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)03:10:20 No.103888102
Why isn't the man command working? I'm on arch, is it not installed by default?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)03:12:17 No.103888113
>>103888102
They aren't included by default. You gotta install man-db, man-pages and texinfo.
They aren't included by default. You gotta install man-db, man-pages and texinfo.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)03:15:16 No.103888133
>>103888102
nope, it's not.
nope, it's not.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)03:45:09 No.103888311
>>103886201
Isn't this windows bug?
Isn't this windows bug?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)03:47:43 No.103888329
Is it worth spending 4 hours building a hyprland config? I've seen some very pretty desktops, but can any anons here speak to how it is productivity-wise?
>>103888102
oh honey you are in danger
>>103888102
oh honey you are in danger
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)04:09:35 No.103888482
Routine check. Has anybody been able to patch the gtk file picker yet? GNOME has a built-in patch that makes thumbnails grid work as expected. Fedora has a partial fix with a sidebar showing thumbnails while navigating the list of files. Honestly I prefer fedora over ubuntu because it's lighter on my old laptop but the lack of a working thumbnails grid in my browser file picker is a deal breaker considering how often I use this website
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)04:10:43 No.103888494
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)04:13:33 No.103888506
>>103870960
Install CachyOS
Install CachyOS
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)05:14:22 No.103888898
>>103880422
Crisis averted, I think my distro just put out a bad update yesterday as today there was a patch to flatpak that fixed it
Crisis averted, I think my distro just put out a bad update yesterday as today there was a patch to flatpak that fixed it
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)05:36:54 No.103889047
>>103888506
Why
Why
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)05:53:17 No.103889131
Dumb question but Linux related I think, is there a key word to search for computers to buy online without windows? Is that even a thing?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)06:09:22 No.103889227
I tried to install (ungoogled) chromium on a fresh artix install with KDE, and it's throwing a bunch of GTK errors on start.
I found this thread https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,5847.0.html with my error, which offers a bunch of suggestions (pass flags to disallow qt or set a specific gtk version, check qt theming, check gtk theming...) none of which did anything for me.
Before I register for their forum to necro their thread, I thought I'd check if you fags might have any ideas on wtf it's doing?
I found this thread https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.
Before I register for their forum to necro their thread, I thought I'd check if you fags might have any ideas on wtf it's doing?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)07:01:59 No.103889589
>>103871027
>Fast and no lag
>Ryzen 7
>64GB RAM - 8GB VRAM
no shit, even troondows is fast on that thing
>>103889227
echo "--disable-features=AllowQt" >>/etc/chromium-flags.conf
>Fast and no lag
>Ryzen 7
>64GB RAM - 8GB VRAM
no shit, even troondows is fast on that thing
>>103889227
echo "--disable-features=AllowQt" >>/etc/chromium-flags.conf
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)07:40:10 No.103889847
>>103889589
I already invoked it with this flag on the command line though (to zero effect)
I already invoked it with this flag on the command line though (to zero effect)
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)07:51:37 No.103889914
>>103888311
it's a Windows feature
it's a Windows feature
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)07:55:23 No.103889938
I moved from Xfce to KDE on Debian and I ran into an annoying issue. I use Breeze Dark and want dark mode where possible. I use hexchat, which on Xfce was dark so it's clearly capable of it, but on KDE nothing I do makes it dark. it stays light, couldn't find a solution to this. please help?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)08:03:10 No.103889972
>>103889938
Check your GTK appearance settings to see if it's using Breeze. Also consider trying KDE's Konversation for a native KDE/Qt IRC client:
https://konversation.kde.org/
Check your GTK appearance settings to see if it's using Breeze. Also consider trying KDE's Konversation for a native KDE/Qt IRC client:
https://konversation.kde.org/
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)08:18:48 No.103890077
Why am I getting this error?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)08:30:38 No.103890177
I'm running SSH server on my laptop which run KDE as DE, if I'm connected to it, how can I initiate screen lock remotly?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)08:31:37 No.103890186
>>103890077
Try building in a clean chroot, if it still happens then it's a compiler bug.
Try building in a clean chroot, if it still happens then it's a compiler bug.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)08:32:51 No.103890197
>>103889972
thanks. I couldn't find GTK settings but I switched to Konversation and it's better than hexchat anyway, so pure win
thanks. I couldn't find GTK settings but I switched to Konversation and it's better than hexchat anyway, so pure win
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)08:48:36 No.103890301
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)08:50:24 No.103890315
Why the fuck does arch not come with an automatic AUR manager?
People always say muh aur, muh aur, you have the most packages of any linux distro ever thanks to the aur! But AUR package installation is insanely manual. You have to downlaod them manually (and find a space to put them yourself), you have to update them manually - each one individually. You at least do get dependency resolution, which is pretty much the only benefit compared to just downloading and installing some software completely out-of-tree, but you have to invoke makepkg yourself and explicitly enable the flag for dependency resolution, so you don't even get that by default - it's a tiny thing but it just goes to show how it's entirely your responsibility to set it all up.
There are "AUR helpers" but they're all third-party and unofficial. Meanwhile the AUR itself is official, it's a project ran by Arch Linux themselves - the only difference to the official repos is that the packages are not "supported". Still, why does Arch not provide a tool to conveniently install and update AUR software?
It could literally be an extra flag in pacman. If they really wanted to that flag could print out "Remember, AUR software is unsupported, and is not guaranteed to be maintained." (Not that it's impossible for an official package to end up poorly maintained or even without an active maintainer sometimes.) Or it could be a separate command to ensure users really treated them separately, but still with all the same functionality of a proper package manager.
So why the fuck do they not? Why do they provide you a "repo of user packages" and then tell you the official way to use it is completely and utterly manually?
People always say muh aur, muh aur, you have the most packages of any linux distro ever thanks to the aur! But AUR package installation is insanely manual. You have to downlaod them manually (and find a space to put them yourself), you have to update them manually - each one individually. You at least do get dependency resolution, which is pretty much the only benefit compared to just downloading and installing some software completely out-of-tree, but you have to invoke makepkg yourself and explicitly enable the flag for dependency resolution, so you don't even get that by default - it's a tiny thing but it just goes to show how it's entirely your responsibility to set it all up.
There are "AUR helpers" but they're all third-party and unofficial. Meanwhile the AUR itself is official, it's a project ran by Arch Linux themselves - the only difference to the official repos is that the packages are not "supported". Still, why does Arch not provide a tool to conveniently install and update AUR software?
It could literally be an extra flag in pacman. If they really wanted to that flag could print out "Remember, AUR software is unsupported, and is not guaranteed to be maintained." (Not that it's impossible for an official package to end up poorly maintained or even without an active maintainer sometimes.) Or it could be a separate command to ensure users really treated them separately, but still with all the same functionality of a proper package manager.
So why the fuck do they not? Why do they provide you a "repo of user packages" and then tell you the official way to use it is completely and utterly manually?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)08:53:55 No.103890335
>>103890315
They just don't. The Arch way is to git clone the AUR package then run makepkg -si against it.
Most Arch users use either paru or yay to deal with AUR packages as it lets them be treated like normal pacman packages which get updated during -Syu's.
They just don't. The Arch way is to git clone the AUR package then run makepkg -si against it.
Most Arch users use either paru or yay to deal with AUR packages as it lets them be treated like normal pacman packages which get updated during -Syu's.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)08:55:24 No.103890342
>>103890315
Because AUR packages bring stability and that is the complete opposite of what Arch as a distribution aims to be.
Officially, you are only supposed to use packages from the Arch repositories. The AUR will always be an unofficial thing. If you want something officially supported then you stick to packages from the repos and if that package doesn't exist you find a maintainer to sponsor it (you can also vote for it in the AUR).
The AUR exists for packages that cannot exist in the Arch repositories. Ideally, you shouldn't be using it at all and every package would be packaged in the Arch repositories directly but sometimes that can't happen for whatever reason.
Because AUR packages bring stability and that is the complete opposite of what Arch as a distribution aims to be.
Officially, you are only supposed to use packages from the Arch repositories. The AUR will always be an unofficial thing. If you want something officially supported then you stick to packages from the repos and if that package doesn't exist you find a maintainer to sponsor it (you can also vote for it in the AUR).
The AUR exists for packages that cannot exist in the Arch repositories. Ideally, you shouldn't be using it at all and every package would be packaged in the Arch repositories directly but sometimes that can't happen for whatever reason.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)08:56:25 No.103890350
>>103890342
*AUR packages bring instability
*AUR packages bring instability
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)09:02:03 No.103890397
>>103890342
But then why is the AUR itself a) officially maintained and supported and b) so widely advertised as being a major advantage of arch's packaging?
Almost all distributions have ways of adding repos to their package managers. Even fucking pacman does; you could have an "unofficial" repo of packages that users can enable in pacman to explicitly opt-in to community-created packages.
Ask a gentoo user about GURU and they'll say it's neat that packages are being made available faster and have a pathway to getting beta-tested and popularity-checked before acceptance into the official repo. And GURU is already supposed to be higher-quality than just random user-made ebuilds in someone's personal github repo; it has its own selection process and functions as an intermediary between just joeshmoe's hacky ebuild and the official repos. Oh, AND portage supports GURU like any other repository, you just have to manually add it.
But ask any Arch user and they'll tell you the AUR is awesome and a big reason to choose the distro in the first place. This is despite the AUR having zero support for pacman and also having near-zero selection; almost identical to just having random pkgbuild's in someone's github, as far as I'm aware.
It's a very weird dichotomy to me.
But then why is the AUR itself a) officially maintained and supported and b) so widely advertised as being a major advantage of arch's packaging?
Almost all distributions have ways of adding repos to their package managers. Even fucking pacman does; you could have an "unofficial" repo of packages that users can enable in pacman to explicitly opt-in to community-created packages.
Ask a gentoo user about GURU and they'll say it's neat that packages are being made available faster and have a pathway to getting beta-tested and popularity-checked before acceptance into the official repo. And GURU is already supposed to be higher-quality than just random user-made ebuilds in someone's personal github repo; it has its own selection process and functions as an intermediary between just joeshmoe's hacky ebuild and the official repos. Oh, AND portage supports GURU like any other repository, you just have to manually add it.
But ask any Arch user and they'll tell you the AUR is awesome and a big reason to choose the distro in the first place. This is despite the AUR having zero support for pacman and also having near-zero selection; almost identical to just having random pkgbuild's in someone's github, as far as I'm aware.
It's a very weird dichotomy to me.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)09:03:24 No.103890404
>>103890397
>you could have an "unofficial" repo of packages that users can enable in pacman to explicitly opt-in to community-created packages.
Such as the Chaotic AUR?
https://aur.chaotic.cx/
Of course Pacman supports third-party repos.
>you could have an "unofficial" repo of packages that users can enable in pacman to explicitly opt-in to community-created packages.
Such as the Chaotic AUR?
https://aur.chaotic.cx/
Of course Pacman supports third-party repos.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)09:09:29 No.103890452
>>103890404
I think lots of people forget that Chaotic exists. An entire repo of just prebuilt AUR packages is pretty useful.
I think lots of people forget that Chaotic exists. An entire repo of just prebuilt AUR packages is pretty useful.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)09:15:43 No.103890498
>>103890404
>>Of course Pacman supports third-party repos.
I never said it didn't - it just doesn't support all first-party repos. That's the weirdest thing to me.
>Chaotic AUR
That looks neat. But nobody says "Arch is so great because of the Chaotic repo that has tons of extra packages". The AUR is what Arch is known for, the AUR is what's maintained by the arch project themselves, and yet not only pacman doesn't support it but no official tool at all does.
Again I'll bring up GURU as an example of an official "community repo" that can be added to portage like any other repo and used with normal tooling. Meanwhile on arch, you can use a package manager either for the official official repo, or for completely unaffiliated third-party projects, but NOT for the officially hosted community repo. That's what I'm confused and annoyed by.
>>Of course Pacman supports third-party repos.
I never said it didn't - it just doesn't support all first-party repos. That's the weirdest thing to me.
>Chaotic AUR
That looks neat. But nobody says "Arch is so great because of the Chaotic repo that has tons of extra packages". The AUR is what Arch is known for, the AUR is what's maintained by the arch project themselves, and yet not only pacman doesn't support it but no official tool at all does.
Again I'll bring up GURU as an example of an official "community repo" that can be added to portage like any other repo and used with normal tooling. Meanwhile on arch, you can use a package manager either for the official official repo, or for completely unaffiliated third-party projects, but NOT for the officially hosted community repo. That's what I'm confused and annoyed by.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)09:22:09 No.103890550
>>103890498
The AUR uses the exact same tooling that the Arch packages use. You are expected to use the ABS (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_build_system) and if you don't like that then you are free to use whatever other helpers you want.
Pacman is a binary package manager. It will never deal with AUR packages directly, not now, not tomorrow, not ever.
The AUR uses the exact same tooling that the Arch packages use. You are expected to use the ABS (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/A
Pacman is a binary package manager. It will never deal with AUR packages directly, not now, not tomorrow, not ever.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)09:37:19 No.103890686
>>103890315
AUR is a chaotic place where every rando can push viruses, that's why.
You could call Arch a composite system in a way. There's the "legit" system with binary packages and then there's AUR.
>>103888102
First time installing a plain base system?
You also need linux-firmware for your Wi-Fi, RGB dildo, Bluetooth etc.
AUR is a chaotic place where every rando can push viruses, that's why.
You could call Arch a composite system in a way. There's the "legit" system with binary packages and then there's AUR.
>>103888102
First time installing a plain base system?
You also need linux-firmware for your Wi-Fi, RGB dildo, Bluetooth etc.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)10:08:35 No.103891019
>>103890550
>You are expected to use the ABS
I mean that's actually cool - or would be if a) it was documented as the official method for using the AUR, and b) if it was an actually automated system.
Based on the page you linked, the ABS is not actually a system, it's just the common name given to several tools like makepkg.
Arch, as a distribution, must have its own infrastructure in order to generate the binary pacman repositories in the first place. There must be some sort of system they use where, after a maintainer pushes an updated and tested PKGBUILD, the system can then be instructed to automatically pull the update, build the package, and make it available in a pacman repository for installation. Right? Assuming they don't just manually do this for the thousands and thousands of official packages.
So in theory, there should be a system I could use to a) check in a number of PKGBUILDs, b) pull in any updates from some upstream repository (there's even already the pkgctl tool that is AUR-aware), c) build the package and d) make the build available in a local repository for pacman to consume.
Then using it would be as simple as adding /var/repos/aurbuilds or something as a pacman repo, and running "hypothetical-tool install X" then "pacman install X" to build a new package, or "hypothetical-tool update all" followed by "pacman -Syu" to upgrade your system.
And I know shit like yay exists, but I'm pretty certain the Arch infrastructure does not internally use yay or whatever to populate and update the official binary repos from its maintainer-contributed PKGBUILDs.
>You are expected to use the ABS
I mean that's actually cool - or would be if a) it was documented as the official method for using the AUR, and b) if it was an actually automated system.
Based on the page you linked, the ABS is not actually a system, it's just the common name given to several tools like makepkg.
Arch, as a distribution, must have its own infrastructure in order to generate the binary pacman repositories in the first place. There must be some sort of system they use where, after a maintainer pushes an updated and tested PKGBUILD, the system can then be instructed to automatically pull the update, build the package, and make it available in a pacman repository for installation. Right? Assuming they don't just manually do this for the thousands and thousands of official packages.
So in theory, there should be a system I could use to a) check in a number of PKGBUILDs, b) pull in any updates from some upstream repository (there's even already the pkgctl tool that is AUR-aware), c) build the package and d) make the build available in a local repository for pacman to consume.
Then using it would be as simple as adding /var/repos/aurbuilds or something as a pacman repo, and running "hypothetical-tool install X" then "pacman install X" to build a new package, or "hypothetical-tool update all" followed by "pacman -Syu" to upgrade your system.
And I know shit like yay exists, but I'm pretty certain the Arch infrastructure does not internally use yay or whatever to populate and update the official binary repos from its maintainer-contributed PKGBUILDs.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)10:19:58 No.103891135
>>103890301
Thanks man.
I left it open at my dorm downloading some stuff, and forgot to lock it, don't want roomies to look around with it.
>>103890686
>where every rando can push viruses
I've been trying to push some package for the last few days, and it still wouldn't get approved, and you should view the PKGBUILD beforehand.
Thanks man.
I left it open at my dorm downloading some stuff, and forgot to lock it, don't want roomies to look around with it.
>>103890686
>where every rando can push viruses
I've been trying to push some package for the last few days, and it still wouldn't get approved, and you should view the PKGBUILD beforehand.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)10:21:59 No.103891156
On a Debian system using wine.
There's an old Windows-only application (https://www.woodus.com/den/games/dq9ds/zip/dq9_save_editor_0.7.zip) that so far has worked flawlessly on this machine.
But then it suddenly stopped working the other day, and I don't know how to fix it.
Wine and mono both seemingly weren't updated around the time, so hoo know which dependency caused this.
Any pointers on how to investigate this?
There's an old Windows-only application (https://www.woodus.com/den/games/d
But then it suddenly stopped working the other day, and I don't know how to fix it.
Wine and mono both seemingly weren't updated around the time, so hoo know which dependency caused this.
Any pointers on how to investigate this?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)10:25:25 No.103891188
>>103891156
Try running it from terminal and see what's the output.
Also you should create wineprefix for every application, that's the recommended action from wine devs.
You can use bottles to mange it.
Try running it from terminal and see what's the output.
Also you should create wineprefix for every application, that's the recommended action from wine devs.
You can use bottles to mange it.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)10:30:50 No.103891244
I'm not sure if what am I asking is possible.
But is it possible to turn on PC from sleep/suspend over WiFi?
I know you can use wake-up on LAN, but this is only for devices connected with Ethernet cable.
But is it possible to turn on PC from sleep/suspend over WiFi?
I know you can use wake-up on LAN, but this is only for devices connected with Ethernet cable.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)10:32:01 No.103891256
>>103891188
the console output is just an inscrutable stack dump, it's not really helpful to anyone except an actual developer. (see https://rentry.co/4s6u5u2m)
Said application is the only one I use wine for, so the default prefix should be enough? What goes into adjusting a prefix for a specific application?
In any case, thank you :)
the console output is just an inscrutable stack dump, it's not really helpful to anyone except an actual developer. (see https://rentry.co/4s6u5u2m)
Said application is the only one I use wine for, so the default prefix should be enough? What goes into adjusting a prefix for a specific application?
In any case, thank you :)
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)10:35:48 No.103891290
>>103891244
wake-on-wlan is possible and it works similarly to ordinary WoL, you send a magic packet broadcast to a particular MAC address and when the adapter hears it it powers up the system. The difference is that whereas just about every ethernet adapter has supported WoL since time immemorial, my impression is that WoWLAN is still something where you have to check if your wi-fi card does it at all. Yours might, check in the bios if it's integrated, but I wouldn't be shocked if it didn't, especially on a laptop. Also keeping the radios powered in a wlan card uses more power than it takes to have an ethernet chipset listen for the packet, that probably plays into it.
wake-on-wlan is possible and it works similarly to ordinary WoL, you send a magic packet broadcast to a particular MAC address and when the adapter hears it it powers up the system. The difference is that whereas just about every ethernet adapter has supported WoL since time immemorial, my impression is that WoWLAN is still something where you have to check if your wi-fi card does it at all. Yours might, check in the bios if it's integrated, but I wouldn't be shocked if it didn't, especially on a laptop. Also keeping the radios powered in a wlan card uses more power than it takes to have an ethernet chipset listen for the packet, that probably plays into it.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)10:38:19 No.103891315
>>103891256
I don't see anything comprehensive either.
But this odd error usually when 64-bit try to run 32-bit.
Did you try that?
Honestly, I hate meddling with wine for this reason, using wine manger works to prevent these.
Not shelling bottles but it worked for me.
I don't see anything comprehensive either.
But this odd error usually when 64-bit try to run 32-bit.
Did you try that?
Honestly, I hate meddling with wine for this reason, using wine manger works to prevent these.
Not shelling bottles but it worked for me.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)10:40:09 No.103891328
>>103891290
>check if your wi-fi card does it at all. Yours might, check in the bios if it's integrated, but I wouldn't be shocked if it didn't, especially on a laptop
Welp, I guess goodbye for my idea of using the old thinkpad as NAS for my parents.
Then what about programed on/off time?
>check if your wi-fi card does it at all. Yours might, check in the bios if it's integrated, but I wouldn't be shocked if it didn't, especially on a laptop
Welp, I guess goodbye for my idea of using the old thinkpad as NAS for my parents.
Then what about programed on/off time?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)10:50:55 No.103891451
>>103891019
>Arch, as a distribution, must have its own infrastructure in order to generate the binary pacman repositories in the first place. There must be some sort of system they use where, after a maintainer pushes an updated and tested PKGBUILD, the system can then be instructed to automatically pull the update, build the package, and make it available in a pacman repository for installation. Right?
There is not. They use ABS for this in their own build infrastructure and have their own tooling and automation built around it. It's not hard to write your own Gitlab Pipelines or Jenkins jobs if that's a path you want to go down (I've done it before, until I switched to Gentoo and I suspect the Chaotic AUR works similarly) but it's not something suitable for general use.
>Arch, as a distribution, must have its own infrastructure in order to generate the binary pacman repositories in the first place. There must be some sort of system they use where, after a maintainer pushes an updated and tested PKGBUILD, the system can then be instructed to automatically pull the update, build the package, and make it available in a pacman repository for installation. Right?
There is not. They use ABS for this in their own build infrastructure and have their own tooling and automation built around it. It's not hard to write your own Gitlab Pipelines or Jenkins jobs if that's a path you want to go down (I've done it before, until I switched to Gentoo and I suspect the Chaotic AUR works similarly) but it's not something suitable for general use.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)10:57:22 No.103891545
>>103891451
>>103891019
By the way, there is some work going on in the direction of more automation (probably thanks to the money they got from Valve):
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/buildbtw
But like most distros tooling this is something that might never be suitable for general use. You aren't going to realistically turn everyone's laptop into a build-server. The needs of someone that just wants to install Spotify from the AUR are different to the needs of someone that needs to maintain a distribution with hundreds and thousands of packages.
>>103891019
By the way, there is some work going on in the direction of more automation (probably thanks to the money they got from Valve):
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archli
But like most distros tooling this is something that might never be suitable for general use. You aren't going to realistically turn everyone's laptop into a build-server. The needs of someone that just wants to install Spotify from the AUR are different to the needs of someone that needs to maintain a distribution with hundreds and thousands of packages.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)11:02:49 No.103891613
>>103891451
I kind of suspected as much, but as a general user it sucks. Yeah I could make a pipeline, but I'm not good enough at devops so it'll have to be an entire learning experience, and on top of that it just feels really wrong hosting my own building infrastructure somewhere else just to automate system updates - nor do I want to set up a fucking jenkins or gitlab instance locally.
I suppose the non-bloated alternative would be to write some glue scripts automating this but at that point might as well just use yay.
It's exactly this lack of a portable official tool that annoys me to no end. Actually no, not just that: it's this combination of a complete lack of an official tool COMBINED with everyone's fanatic promotion of the AUR as the best feature of Arch, despite the fact that it's structured as basically a backend database for use in CI scripts and end-user usage feels like a complete hack.
>>103891545
That's pretty cool.
>You aren't going to realistically turn everyone's laptop into a build-server.
I will continue to draw Gentoo comparisons because this is exactly what you can do with it. From making a local build cache in case you need to reinstall the same version for some reason, to actually publishing the binaries you've built, using portage is a perfectly viable way to create a binary repository for a hobby user. I actually don't know if internally the Gentoo infra just uses the exact same portage that everyone else does for its official binary builds, but regardless, the tool is there for everyone to use and the exact same flow lets you either install spotify from source OR make a publicly hostable cache of built packages. Pretty much the only added complexities in the latter case are making sure you configure it for wider CPU compatibility (or potentially cross-compile if you want to) and then actually hosting the downloading frontend for the binaries.
I kind of suspected as much, but as a general user it sucks. Yeah I could make a pipeline, but I'm not good enough at devops so it'll have to be an entire learning experience, and on top of that it just feels really wrong hosting my own building infrastructure somewhere else just to automate system updates - nor do I want to set up a fucking jenkins or gitlab instance locally.
I suppose the non-bloated alternative would be to write some glue scripts automating this but at that point might as well just use yay.
It's exactly this lack of a portable official tool that annoys me to no end. Actually no, not just that: it's this combination of a complete lack of an official tool COMBINED with everyone's fanatic promotion of the AUR as the best feature of Arch, despite the fact that it's structured as basically a backend database for use in CI scripts and end-user usage feels like a complete hack.
>>103891545
That's pretty cool.
>You aren't going to realistically turn everyone's laptop into a build-server.
I will continue to draw Gentoo comparisons because this is exactly what you can do with it. From making a local build cache in case you need to reinstall the same version for some reason, to actually publishing the binaries you've built, using portage is a perfectly viable way to create a binary repository for a hobby user. I actually don't know if internally the Gentoo infra just uses the exact same portage that everyone else does for its official binary builds, but regardless, the tool is there for everyone to use and the exact same flow lets you either install spotify from source OR make a publicly hostable cache of built packages. Pretty much the only added complexities in the latter case are making sure you configure it for wider CPU compatibility (or potentially cross-compile if you want to) and then actually hosting the downloading frontend for the binaries.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)11:05:12 No.103891639
I've got a little SFF PC running Ubuntu that I use as a torrent box. Should I put anti virus software on it or is it not worth it since it's a Linux machine. It sits behind a VPN 24/7 and torrents movies and TV shows only
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)11:08:49 No.103891678
>>103891613
>I will continue to draw Gentoo comparisons because this is exactly what you can do with it.
That's exactly why I switched to Gentoo too. I was customising Arch so much that I was effectively maintaining my own distribution anyway and at that point I might as well use tooling like Portage that makes this easier for me. I haven't really looked back since but do still use Arch in a chroot for gaming.
>I will continue to draw Gentoo comparisons because this is exactly what you can do with it.
That's exactly why I switched to Gentoo too. I was customising Arch so much that I was effectively maintaining my own distribution anyway and at that point I might as well use tooling like Portage that makes this easier for me. I haven't really looked back since but do still use Arch in a chroot for gaming.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)11:10:00 No.103891688
>>103891639
Not worth the hassle. The only anti-virus useful on Linux is on a mail server, scanning attachments to protect Windows users.
Not worth the hassle. The only anti-virus useful on Linux is on a mail server, scanning attachments to protect Windows users.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)11:11:13 No.103891694
>>103891315
turns out the same error occurs when trying to use winecfg, so it's some underlying thing
turns out the same error occurs when trying to use winecfg, so it's some underlying thing
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)11:57:46 No.103892159
>>103891694
Yeah the prefix is most likely fucked, run it in a clean one
Yeah the prefix is most likely fucked, run it in a clean one
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)12:00:33 No.103892192
>>103889047
devs are openly anti political on their discord
a few troons unavoidably but the worst they do is block you for disagreeing with them on something, admins calm political shit down quickly
devs are openly anti political on their discord
a few troons unavoidably but the worst they do is block you for disagreeing with them on something, admins calm political shit down quickly
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)12:39:59 No.103892610
A while back I asked how to troubleshoot a laptop that sometimes cant turn on its screen after resume.
Finally stopped being a lazy fuck and ssh'd into it and got this from dmesg.
The only info I get from googling some of these msgs is from some ancient 5.1 kernel and all of them end with "update fixed :)"
Anyone has any idea?
Finally stopped being a lazy fuck and ssh'd into it and got this from dmesg.
[ 771.720233] amdgpu 0000:05:00.0: amdgpu: Failed to send Message e.
[ 771.867562] amdgpu 0000:05:00.0: [drm:amdgpu_ring_test_helper [amdgpu]] *ERROR* ring sdma0 test failed (-110)
[ 771.867995] [drm:amdgpu_device_resume [amdgpu]] *ERROR* resume of IP block <sdma_v4_0> failed -110
[ 771.868199] amdgpu 0000:05:00.0: amdgpu: amdgpu_device_ip_resume failed (-110).
[ 771.868201] amdgpu 0000:05:00.0: PM: dpm_run_callback(): pci_pm_resume.llvm.15895335530209096982 returns -110
[ 771.868212] amdgpu 0000:05:00.0: PM: failed to resume async: error -110
The only info I get from googling some of these msgs is from some ancient 5.1 kernel and all of them end with "update fixed :)"
Anyone has any idea?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)12:58:46 No.103892827
Is it a good idea to have two user accounts even if you're the only user? I'm thinking of a scenario where you accidentally make your account unloggable by bad bashrc edits or something.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)13:14:47 No.103893057
>>103892827
You wouldn't need 2 accounts for that. I fucked my bashrc up trying to force toolbox to use zsh. Didn't even reach the display manager for some reason. And that was recoverable by simply booting to usb and editing bashrc.
You wouldn't need 2 accounts for that. I fucked my bashrc up trying to force toolbox to use zsh. Didn't even reach the display manager for some reason. And that was recoverable by simply booting to usb and editing bashrc.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)14:03:57 No.103893629
>>103892159
winboot -u fixed it, lol
winboot -u fixed it, lol
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)14:05:33 No.103893644
I just want my bussy pounded by bbc
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)14:11:35 No.103893701
>>103870960
Hi, how do i give acces to reboot and shutdown command to normal user without installing sudo or polkit? (debian)
So far i created new group called power and tried to give it /sbin/reboot/shutdown acces via:
chgrp power /usr/sbin/shutdown;rebooot and
chmod 750 /usr/sbin/shutdown; reboot
(tried to run commands above with sbin/ without usr/)
but even after that the output of
ls -l /usr/sbin/reboot
is
lrwxrwxrwx root root ... /usr/sbin/reboot -> /bin/systemctl
and trying to reboot as user gives acces denied error
Hi, how do i give acces to reboot and shutdown command to normal user without installing sudo or polkit? (debian)
So far i created new group called power and tried to give it /sbin/reboot/shutdown acces via:
chgrp power /usr/sbin/shutdown;rebooot and
chmod 750 /usr/sbin/shutdown; reboot
(tried to run commands above with sbin/ without usr/)
but even after that the output of
ls -l /usr/sbin/reboot
is
lrwxrwxrwx root root ... /usr/sbin/reboot -> /bin/systemctl
and trying to reboot as user gives acces denied error
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)14:35:16 No.103893963
>>103893701
Make systemctl suid maybe. That would be pretty fucking stupid though. polkit is how you're supposed to grant permission for those things on systemd. You don't even need to be running a polkit agent if the user has permission to do it without a password.
Make systemctl suid maybe. That would be pretty fucking stupid though. polkit is how you're supposed to grant permission for those things on systemd. You don't even need to be running a polkit agent if the user has permission to do it without a password.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)14:38:41 No.103894009
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)14:41:32 No.103894053
for some reason my wooting keyboard doesnt work at system-d boot and wont work until I get to the stage where I type in my decryption password. Anyone have idea what might be causing this or where I should start looking?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)14:44:30 No.103894099
>>103894053
>for some reason
your efi not having the drivers for it?
>the stage where I type in my decryption password.
initramfs, which does have the drivers?
>where I should start looking?
start looking for a normal keyborad instead of a wooting one, whatever that even is supposed to be.
>for some reason
your efi not having the drivers for it?
>the stage where I type in my decryption password.
initramfs, which does have the drivers?
>where I should start looking?
start looking for a normal keyborad instead of a wooting one, whatever that even is supposed to be.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)14:49:56 No.103894177
What's the optimal size for zram? I read something saying that if you have 8 gigs of RAM or less, then zram should be half your RAM. Is that right?
My machine has 8 gigs of RAM so half of that is obviously 4, but my zram currently is just 1 gig
My machine has 8 gigs of RAM so half of that is obviously 4, but my zram currently is just 1 gig
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)14:55:13 No.103894225
>>103894177
1/2 is what I'm using on my laptop. You'll want a userspace OOM daemon running like Earlyoom running anyway. That will prevent your system from OOM'ing if it uses too much RAM (it steps in early, hence the name, before the kernel's OOM killer).
1/2 is what I'm using on my laptop. You'll want a userspace OOM daemon running like Earlyoom running anyway. That will prevent your system from OOM'ing if it uses too much RAM (it steps in early, hence the name, before the kernel's OOM killer).
$ zramctl --output-all;swapon --show; free -h
NAME DISKSIZE DATA COMPR ALGORITHM STREAMS ZERO-PAGES TOTAL MEM-LIMIT MEM-USED MIGRATED MOUNTPOINT
/dev/zram0 3.8G 124K 15.4K zstd 2 0 548K 0B 548K 0B [SWAP]
NAME TYPE SIZE USED PRIO
/dev/zram0 partition 3.8G 260K 16383
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7.7Gi 2.6Gi 1.0Gi 216Mi 4.6Gi 5.1Gi
Swap: 3.8Gi 260Ki 3.8Gi
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)14:56:50 No.103894245
>>103894177
dunno but I wouldn't go above half of it, probably less.
dunno but I wouldn't go above half of it, probably less.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)15:00:29 No.103894279
>>103894225
So you have 8 gigs of RAM and 4 gigs of that is zram, fair enough. I will try 1 gig of zram and I can always increase it later if needed.
As for being out of memory, I should be fine with avoiding that, I have a memory monitor so I can see if it's getting too full.
>>103894245
Makes sense
So you have 8 gigs of RAM and 4 gigs of that is zram, fair enough. I will try 1 gig of zram and I can always increase it later if needed.
As for being out of memory, I should be fine with avoiding that, I have a memory monitor so I can see if it's getting too full.
>>103894245
Makes sense
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)15:00:52 No.103894284
>>103894099
Turns out I just had to plug it into a USB 2 port. Looks like the USB 3 ports on my motherboard don't get initialized early
Turns out I just had to plug it into a USB 2 port. Looks like the USB 3 ports on my motherboard don't get initialized early
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)15:01:44 No.103894293
>>103894177
Depends on your workload. 8+4GB is probably a good amount for web browsing. You could set the compressor to zstd and go up to 8+8, but zram would be a little slower.
Depends on your workload. 8+4GB is probably a good amount for web browsing. You could set the compressor to zstd and go up to 8+8, but zram would be a little slower.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)15:02:05 No.103894298
>>103894284
well, I'm pretty sure there were reasons to not put keyboard and mouse into usb3 ports. Guess that's one of them.
well, I'm pretty sure there were reasons to not put keyboard and mouse into usb3 ports. Guess that's one of them.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)15:10:17 No.103894379
>>103894177
my zram is set to the same size as my physical ram
my zram is set to the same size as my physical ram
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)15:11:26 No.103894390
I've been using markdown to take some notes (medical notes)
And it's working great.
Is there a way to make flow/process charts or whatever pic related is called?
I'm using marktext for markdown editor.
And it's working great.
Is there a way to make flow/process charts or whatever pic related is called?
I'm using marktext for markdown editor.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)15:11:41 No.103894393
I don't have any swap right now.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)15:37:33 No.103894694
So let me get this straight, there are now three choices for nvidia users?
Nouveau
Nvidia-open
And the proprietary drivers?
Nouveau
Nvidia-open
And the proprietary drivers?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)15:41:26 No.103894739
>>103894694
nvidia-open is still proprietary. It just uses an open source kernel patch which has already been refused from mainline.
nvidia-open is still proprietary. It just uses an open source kernel patch which has already been refused from mainline.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)16:38:59 No.103895453
>>103894177
Fedora uses 1:1 and it has been working fine for me.
Fedora uses 1:1 and it has been working fine for me.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)17:00:10 No.103895689
>>103895453
It actually uses zram-size = min(ram, 8192)
But Fedora's VM tuning is pretty ignorant. You're likely to run out of memory using lzo-rle at >1.5x physical.
It actually uses zram-size = min(ram, 8192)
But Fedora's VM tuning is pretty ignorant. You're likely to run out of memory using lzo-rle at >1.5x physical.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)17:05:42 No.103895762
Is it worth enabling tearing in wayland for the lower latency or is adaptive sync low latency without tearing?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)17:39:46 No.103896178
Is "Linux From Scratch" a good resource to learn how to use the OS? I'm currently dualbooting from Win10, but when trying to install programs like GOverlay, I began to realize I knew a lot less about the ins and outs of computers than I thought, once it required certain dependencies and use of the terminal.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)17:42:25 No.103896214
How to unfreeze thunar, when NFS share is unreachable?
I've mounted NFS share with thunar.
I've mounted NFS share with thunar.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)17:43:19 No.103896225
>>103896178
Linux from Scratch isn't so much for learning how to use Linux, it's for if you want to learn how a Linux distro gets built. If that sounds interesting to you then sure, go for it, but if you just want to learn about using it a conventional distro is probably a better choice.
Linux from Scratch isn't so much for learning how to use Linux, it's for if you want to learn how a Linux distro gets built. If that sounds interesting to you then sure, go for it, but if you just want to learn about using it a conventional distro is probably a better choice.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)17:50:55 No.103896316
>>103896214
You could also try autofs to mount the NFS server as needed but there's not a lot that can be done about it getting stuck if/when the NFS server becomes unavailable. If the server comes back up then it's supposed to unfreeze itself but you can't really do much about it. The reason it freezes is because the kernel is stuck in a system call somewhere when the server became unavailable.
umount -f -l /path/to/mount. Thunar may still lock up though until you kill it and open it again. This is just the way the kernel works, there's not a lot that can be done about it.
You could also try autofs to mount the NFS server as needed but there's not a lot that can be done about it getting stuck if/when the NFS server becomes unavailable. If the server comes back up then it's supposed to unfreeze itself but you can't really do much about it. The reason it freezes is because the kernel is stuck in a system call somewhere when the server became unavailable.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)17:52:25 No.103896333
>>103896316
Yeah, I don't know the path to the mount.
It was done through thunar GUI, so I'm not sure.
Yeah, I don't know the path to the mount.
It was done through thunar GUI, so I'm not sure.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)17:52:59 No.103896341
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)17:54:41 No.103896366
>>103896341
There's nothing that look like it's nfs share
There's nothing that look like it's nfs share
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)17:55:44 No.103896376
>>103896366
It might be something that mentions FUSE or gvfs, etc. I don't know if Thunar mounts use the kernels NFS implementation or not.
It might be something that mentions FUSE or gvfs, etc. I don't know if Thunar mounts use the kernels NFS implementation or not.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)17:58:55 No.103896404
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)18:02:07 No.103896437
>>103896404
I don't really know what Thunar does with things but your best bet would be to mount it yourself instead of through Thunar.
Use the mount command or add an entry to /etc/fstab
I don't really know what Thunar does with things but your best bet would be to mount it yourself instead of through Thunar.
Use the mount command or add an entry to /etc/fstab
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)18:03:28 No.103896457
>>103896437
Or autofs, like I said earlier (that will mount it on-demand only when something is looking at the share)
Or autofs, like I said earlier (that will mount it on-demand only when something is looking at the share)
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)19:02:25 No.103897161
I'm probably retarded. I made this bug report for KiCAD:
>https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/19365
And the dev (understandably) responded with:
>If this is reproducible on a supported distribution, we can look into it.
>But Arch is an outlier and has many unique issues that we are not equipped to handle.
The bug went away for a few weeks, but it's back now. Is there some obvious solution I'm missing? Besides making text on my monitor <2mm high, that is.
KiCAD officially supports Ubuntu, Fedora, and Debian, but AFAIK none of those use KDE and/or kwin. Did I just choose wrong?
>https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kica
And the dev (understandably) responded with:
>If this is reproducible on a supported distribution, we can look into it.
>But Arch is an outlier and has many unique issues that we are not equipped to handle.
The bug went away for a few weeks, but it's back now. Is there some obvious solution I'm missing? Besides making text on my monitor <2mm high, that is.
KiCAD officially supports Ubuntu, Fedora, and Debian, but AFAIK none of those use KDE and/or kwin. Did I just choose wrong?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)19:19:16 No.103897364
>>103897161
No, they did. That is a GTK-being-garbage problem.
No, they did. That is a GTK-being-garbage problem.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)19:54:36 No.103897699
gonna stop being a dumbass and start formatting my drive so it's half system files for installation and half space for my actual files so that i don't have to move the latter around when i do a reinstall.
how much space should i put into the average linux install, and is there anything i should know, such as "hey dumbass don't do this"?
how much space should i put into the average linux install, and is there anything i should know, such as "hey dumbass don't do this"?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)20:02:14 No.103897780
>>103897699
Use BTRFS subvolumes and stop caring.
Use BTRFS subvolumes and stop caring.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)20:13:25 No.103897885
>>103871874
50 points have been deducted from your social credit score for mentioning a fascist distro. I have also reported you to the UK special police.
50 points have been deducted from your social credit score for mentioning a fascist distro. I have also reported you to the UK special police.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)20:14:11 No.103897894
>>103897161
>but AFAIK none of those use KDE and/or kwin
Last time I checked Debian came with KDE as an option.
>but AFAIK none of those use KDE and/or kwin
Last time I checked Debian came with KDE as an option.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)20:16:58 No.103897930
>>103897364
So if I test it on a Fedora machine, it will probably be replicated there too? What's the quickest way to do that? Download a binary and boot it from a flash drive?
>>103897894
I think Fedora does too, but I assume these altered releases don't count as the three supported distros.
So if I test it on a Fedora machine, it will probably be replicated there too? What's the quickest way to do that? Download a binary and boot it from a flash drive?
>>103897894
I think Fedora does too, but I assume these altered releases don't count as the three supported distros.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)20:19:10 No.103897951
>>103897894
He's probably talking about the defaults. If you just install task-desktop (also known as "the Debian desktop") you get GNOME.
Most distros do offer KDE as an alternative though, including Debian, but for some reason GNOME is often used as the inferior default.
He's probably talking about the defaults. If you just install task-desktop (also known as "the Debian desktop") you get GNOME.
Most distros do offer KDE as an alternative though, including Debian, but for some reason GNOME is often used as the inferior default.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)20:24:31 No.103898000
>>103897951
>for some reason
Inertia. Qt software used to be the weird and janky option. Now it's GTK. Qt still kind of janky though.
>for some reason
Inertia. Qt software used to be the weird and janky option. Now it's GTK. Qt still kind of janky though.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)20:28:17 No.103898024
>installing homebrew inside a bwrap sandbox
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)20:37:49 No.103898128
>>103898024
In an iToddler jail, just as Apple intended.
In an iToddler jail, just as Apple intended.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)20:41:03 No.103898156
>>103898000
I think the only reason they keep GNOME as the default is because it supposedly has better accessibility but that's just an excuse if you ask me. Accessibility on Linux is still shit and it only got worse with Wayland (lots of things improved but accessibility in particular really went down the crapper).
Anyone with accessibility issues is not using Debian, you're laughing if you think that's true, they're using macOS or Windows with proprietary tools because sadly they're in a much better state to serve less abled people.
I think the only reason they keep GNOME as the default is because it supposedly has better accessibility but that's just an excuse if you ask me. Accessibility on Linux is still shit and it only got worse with Wayland (lots of things improved but accessibility in particular really went down the crapper).
Anyone with accessibility issues is not using Debian, you're laughing if you think that's true, they're using macOS or Windows with proprietary tools because sadly they're in a much better state to serve less abled people.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)20:50:37 No.103898268
>>103897930
>>103897951
I'd say checking and asking can't hurt.
I really may be misremembering but last time I tried the debian installer, the actual default was headless, and you had the option to install one of several desktop environments if you wanted. If someone says they "support debian" I would be very surprised if they supported only debian with very specific installer options, without actually saying that explicitly.
It takes like 3 seconds to add "only on GNOME" to the support list too if they really wanted to.
>>103897951
I'd say checking and asking can't hurt.
I really may be misremembering but last time I tried the debian installer, the actual default was headless, and you had the option to install one of several desktop environments if you wanted. If someone says they "support debian" I would be very surprised if they supported only debian with very specific installer options, without actually saying that explicitly.
It takes like 3 seconds to add "only on GNOME" to the support list too if they really wanted to.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)20:56:05 No.103898319
>>103897699
Posted before:
>EFI system partition (if an EFI system)
>20GB for distro A
>20GB for distro B
>rest of the drive for /mnt/anime
You lose 20+20 gigs worth of flexibility VS LVM or BTRFS or some fancy shit like that. But that thing WORKS and it works easy. And you got a backup system if and when you have both A and B in use.
Posted before:
>EFI system partition (if an EFI system)
>20GB for distro A
>20GB for distro B
>rest of the drive for /mnt/anime
You lose 20+20 gigs worth of flexibility VS LVM or BTRFS or some fancy shit like that. But that thing WORKS and it works easy. And you got a backup system if and when you have both A and B in use.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)20:59:32 No.103898353
How do I run a .jar in a sandbox so it keeps everything tidy on one folder? Firejail?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)21:09:45 No.103898483
>>103898353
bwrap
This will make the current open dir your new home in the sandbox so anything that would pollute it would all stay in that one dir.
bwrap
bwrap --ro-bind / / --dev /dev --tmpfs /tmp --bind . $HOME -- jar
This will make the current open dir your new home in the sandbox so anything that would pollute it would all stay in that one dir.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)21:11:15 No.103898505
Frens, is there a reasonable way to start a process on my local machine in response to some even on a remote server that I'm ssh'd into?
For example, say I'm using the server to render some blender stuff, and want to start an mp3 player locally to play an alarm sound when it's done, is there an elegant way to do that?
For example, say I'm using the server to render some blender stuff, and want to start an mp3 player locally to play an alarm sound when it's done, is there an elegant way to do that?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)21:16:18 No.103898550
>>103898505
You would need some way to know when the render is finished. Maybe there is a way to render from the CLI or use Blender's Python API. It should be possible though.
You would need some way to know when the render is finished. Maybe there is a way to render from the CLI or use Blender's Python API. It should be possible though.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)21:22:18 No.103898605
>>103898550
Regardless of what the server side of it is, I'm interested in the mechanics of starting a local process in response to a signal from the server. That was just an example.
Regardless of what the server side of it is, I'm interested in the mechanics of starting a local process in response to a signal from the server. That was just an example.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)21:38:45 No.103898738
FAILED: obj/third_party/pdfium/core/fxcodec/fxcodec/png_decoder.o
In file included from /usr/local/include/png.h:321,
from ../../../../../qtwebengine-everywhere-src-6.8.1/src/3rdparty/chromium/ third_party/pdfium/core/fxcodec/png /png_decoder.cpp:18:
/usr/local/include/pngconf.h:383:12: error: <E2><80><98>__pngconf<E2><80><99> does not name a type
383 | __pngconf.h__ in libpng already includes setjmp.h;
| ^~~~~~~~~
/usr/local/include/pngconf.h:384:12: error: <E2><80><98>__dont__<E2><80><99> does not name a type
384 | __dont__ include it again.;
| ^~~~~~~~
Why the fuck is qtwebengine refusing to compile on my gentoo system
I can't find anything related to this exact error anywhere. (Also I have the pdfium useflag turned off so I'm not sure why it's even compiling pdfium.) Should I open a bug?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)21:43:08 No.103898779
>>103898483
Thanks man, I didn't specify but it's not about security I just don't want it polluting my drive
Thanks man, I didn't specify but it's not about security I just don't want it polluting my drive
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)21:49:54 No.103898829
>>103898605
Yes, you can do that. Run pw-play, or paplay, or aplay, etc, once it's done.
E.g:
Yes, you can do that. Run pw-play, or paplay, or aplay, etc, once it's done.
E.g:
paplay /usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/alarm-clock-elapsed.oga
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)22:04:06 No.103898943
What additional repositories or ppas should i add to ubuntu/mint?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)22:25:41 No.103899147
>>103878404
Runnin' an OS from a USB stick will kill the flash. It's do-able. But it'll be slow, and eventually the stick will fail. The more it's used the faster it'll die, it's the writes that'll do it.
>>103882810
Yes. Security. For a little more detail, software from userspace will execute with your privilidges. If that software doesn't prompt for elevated privs, then it can literally do anything and you'd not realise until it's far too late. Should check out that bloke that let tw@GPT do shit on his computer, and the first thing it did was abuse his passwordless sudo to elevate itself.
Runnin' an OS from a USB stick will kill the flash. It's do-able. But it'll be slow, and eventually the stick will fail. The more it's used the faster it'll die, it's the writes that'll do it.
>>103882810
Yes. Security. For a little more detail, software from userspace will execute with your privilidges. If that software doesn't prompt for elevated privs, then it can literally do anything and you'd not realise until it's far too late. Should check out that bloke that let tw@GPT do shit on his computer, and the first thing it did was abuse his passwordless sudo to elevate itself.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)22:26:32 No.103899153
>>103898738
>
I don't know what you're doing but that sounds wrong. Why do you have that in /usr/local? It should be using hear files from /usr/include
Did you manually install something outside of Portage? Or maybe a package you have installed is broken (
>
In file included from /usr/local/include/png.h
I don't know what you're doing but that sounds wrong. Why do you have that in /usr/local? It should be using hear files from /usr/include
Did you manually install something outside of Portage? Or maybe a package you have installed is broken (
q belongs /usr/local/include/png.h)
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)22:27:42 No.103899163
>>103883705
In it's simplest invocation: xrandr -s 1920x1080
In it's simplest invocation: xrandr -s 1920x1080
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)22:30:07 No.103899186
>>103883779
What thinkpad? You should be able to set resolution to anything actually supported physically...
What thinkpad? You should be able to set resolution to anything actually supported physically...
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)22:31:39 No.103899200
>>103883705
>I am using Wayland
Which compositor? Xrandr isn't going to work with Wayland. You can use wlr-randr or configure your compositor with its own settings but if it doesn't expose the resolution or allow you to craft your own then you'll have to resort to making a custom EDID to override the broken one your monitor is providing.
>I am using Wayland
Which compositor? Xrandr isn't going to work with Wayland. You can use wlr-randr or configure your compositor with its own settings but if it doesn't expose the resolution or allow you to craft your own then you'll have to resort to making a custom EDID to override the broken one your monitor is providing.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)22:38:58 No.103899256
>>103889131
Yes, it is a thing. Rare, but do-able.
Tried: Linux pre-installed laptop ???
System76 are pretty famous for this, tho I hear mixed results of their hardware. A quick click also found:
Framework
Purism
Star Labs
Dell
EmpororLinux
Linux Certified
LAC Portland
ThinkPenguin
Zareason
MiniFree
Libiquity
Entroware
Vikings
Linux Now
Tuxedo Computers
Technoethical
Slimbook
Lenovo
Yes, it is a thing. Rare, but do-able.
Tried: Linux pre-installed laptop ???
System76 are pretty famous for this, tho I hear mixed results of their hardware. A quick click also found:
Framework
Purism
Star Labs
Dell
EmpororLinux
Linux Certified
LAC Portland
ThinkPenguin
Zareason
MiniFree
Libiquity
Entroware
Vikings
Linux Now
Tuxedo Computers
Technoethical
Slimbook
Lenovo
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)22:39:17 No.103899260
What distros have smooth mouse scrolling on web browser ootb?
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)22:45:23 No.103899311
>>103891328
Why programmed on/off. It's a NAS? Leave it on??
If instead of powering down, you could accept hibernate or sleep you can use rtcwake to auto-up.
Why programmed on/off. It's a NAS? Leave it on??
If instead of powering down, you could accept hibernate or sleep you can use rtcwake to auto-up.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)22:48:54 No.103899332
>>103891639
VPN does little about virus. All it does is shield you from your ISP.
A/V isn't a bad idea - but if you're using linux 'properly' even if infected you should limit damage to the scope of the current user.
Try ClamAV - yummy open source goodness, performs about as well or better than commercial competitors, and the fingerprints are easily augmented with lists that include state sponsored malware that commercial varients are required to remove.
VPN does little about virus. All it does is shield you from your ISP.
A/V isn't a bad idea - but if you're using linux 'properly' even if infected you should limit damage to the scope of the current user.
Try ClamAV - yummy open source goodness, performs about as well or better than commercial competitors, and the fingerprints are easily augmented with lists that include state sponsored malware that commercial varients are required to remove.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)22:49:20 No.103899333
>>103899260
Firefox
Firefox
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)22:52:36 No.103899354
>>103896178
If you're 'new' to linux, try a distro like mint. Or ubuntu. They tend to be easier to gel with.
Mess around on the livedisc until you're comfy enough to consider an install, you can dual boot and not lose your existing OS.
If you're 'new' to linux, try a distro like mint. Or ubuntu. They tend to be easier to gel with.
Mess around on the livedisc until you're comfy enough to consider an install, you can dual boot and not lose your existing OS.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)22:55:31 No.103899385
>>103897161
They all have KDE flavours. If not, just install KDE. On fedora: dnf groupinstall "KDE Plasma Workspaces"
They all have KDE flavours. If not, just install KDE. On fedora: dnf groupinstall "KDE Plasma Workspaces"
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)23:06:54 No.103899500
New thread:
>>103899497
>>103899497
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)23:25:10 No.103899670
>>103899147
>Runnin' an OS from a USB stick will kill the flash
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions_that_run_from_RAM
>Runnin' an OS from a USB stick will kill the flash
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)23:27:28 No.103899699
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)23:34:36 No.103899767
>>103899670
A list of livediscs?
That's not what he'd asked for. He asked for running from a USB drive with permenant storage.
Yes, y'can script up a RAMdisc, copy over to that, and sync it back on power down to reduce writes, but that only buys you more time before failure.
Failure will occur. It's just how long, and that's mostly down to the quality of the flash.
A list of livediscs?
That's not what he'd asked for. He asked for running from a USB drive with permenant storage.
Yes, y'can script up a RAMdisc, copy over to that, and sync it back on power down to reduce writes, but that only buys you more time before failure.
Failure will occur. It's just how long, and that's mostly down to the quality of the flash.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)23:48:14 No.103899867
>>103899767
those almost all allow persistent storage. and are exactly what he asked for. and alpine, puppy antix, and arch arent "a list of live disks"
those almost all allow persistent storage. and are exactly what he asked for. and alpine, puppy antix, and arch arent "a list of live disks"
Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)00:06:09 No.103899996
>>103891328
for a nas, why not just put the laptop near the router and plug it in? or just leave it turned on all the time
for a nas, why not just put the laptop near the router and plug it in? or just leave it turned on all the time
Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)00:07:19 No.103900007
>>103892827
you should already have two accounts. your normal one and root. use root to fix issues with the normal one, and don't mess with root
you should already have two accounts. your normal one and root. use root to fix issues with the normal one, and don't mess with root
Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)00:28:08 No.103900145
>>103900007
imagine not just running as root all the time, it's my computer what's the worst that could wait where did all my files go
imagine not just running as root all the time, it's my computer what's the worst that could wait where did all my files go
Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)00:52:57 No.103900273
>>103900145
a couple of the über-normalfag distros do default to just using root, but not even windows does this anymore
a couple of the über-normalfag distros do default to just using root, but not even windows does this anymore
Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)00:59:54 No.103900311
>>103900145
>what's the worst that could wait where did all my files go
Your files should be backed up. Even if not, that's not the worst that can happen. If I'm executing commands under your privs, and that's root, getting me out without a format shall be interesting. And what I can do with your computer, leaving you to prove it wasn't you, should concern you.
>what's the worst that could wait where did all my files go
Your files should be backed up. Even if not, that's not the worst that can happen. If I'm executing commands under your privs, and that's root, getting me out without a format shall be interesting. And what I can do with your computer, leaving you to prove it wasn't you, should concern you.
Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)02:43:55 No.103900954
>>103897930
Welp, Fedora Gnome didn't have that issue. Well, at 325% zoom it looked a tiny bit odd, but only for the main menu. I'll try Fedora with KDE now.
Welp, Fedora Gnome didn't have that issue. Well, at 325% zoom it looked a tiny bit odd, but only for the main menu. I'll try Fedora with KDE now.
Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)03:04:14 No.103901080
Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)03:05:40 No.103901089
>>103899996
It's for my parents.
So the laptop is also their google search machine.
It need to be portable.
It's for my parents.
So the laptop is also their google search machine.
It need to be portable.