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| gksu is not working properly |
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Posted by: PistachioGuy - 06-11-2024, 08:55 PM - Forum: User Feedback
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Hi, thank you very much for reviving this project, it is running very well on my old EeePC.
I just had one issue: gksu doesn't seem to be working. No window opens, and this results in apps like control centre not opening and leaving gksu processes running in the background.
Here is the result of gksu --debug apt update:
Code: No ask_pass set, using default!
xauth: /tmp/libgksu-TE6qLq/.Xauthority
STARTUP_ID: gksu/apt 'update' /2070-0-EeePC_TIME1120526
cmd[0]: /usr/bin/sudo
cmd[1]: -H
cmd[2]: -s
cmd[3]: -p
cmd[4]: GNOME_SUDO_PASS
cmd[5]: -u
cmd[6]: root
cmd[7]: --
cmd[8]: apt
cmd[9]: update
buffer: --
buffer: --
buffer: --
buffer: --
[...]
buffer: --
buffer: --
buffer: --
buffer: --
brute force GNOME_SUDO_PASS ended...
No password prompt found; we'll assume we don't need a password.
Everything is default, and I do have a password set. Running latest rc5. Any help is much appreciated 
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| Release Candidate 5 Now Available |
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Posted by: John - 06-10-2024, 07:58 AM - Forum: DSL News
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For this RC, I focused on making DSL 2024 more low-RAM friendly. I developed a routine that bypasses Slimski and directly launches Xorg with settings that are less RAM-intensive. I also added EmelFM, a functional and low-RAM GTK1.2-based file manager, and the very lightweight icon manager Idesk. You will see new boot options: "low ram" and "lower ram". These modes both use a desktop menu that prioritizes lighter-weight application options.
The results are impressive: the "low ram" option boots to the desktop 30% faster and uses 20% less RAM with icons and Conky running. The "lower ram" option boots 42% faster and uses 36% less RAM with no icons and no Conky.
Additionally, I fixed the repository issue and an annoying resizing bug in XMMS.
Updated packages:
antix-archive-keyring
cli-shell-utils
firefox-esr
fonts-opensymbol
less
libc-bin
libc-l10n
libc6
libdav1d6
libelogind-compat
libelogind0
libglib2.0-0
libgs-common
libgs10
libgs10-common
locales
packageinstaller-pkglist-libre
repo-list
smxi-inxi-antix
I am still looking for laptop refurbishers to partner with.
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| Hello and thank you! |
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Posted by: cedley1969 - 06-08-2024, 09:07 PM - Forum: Other Topics
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I discovered the original 50mb DSL not long after release and thoroughly enjoyed it after installing it onto a Chinese netbook along with others on the little Linux laptop forum. My intention with the new release is to do the same with a retina 2015 MacBook Pro.
Bought you a coffee as a thanks for what became a fascinating couple of years squeezing functionality out of something that was probably manufacturer to landfill otherwise.
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| No GPU acceleration support (Mobility Radeon 9000) |
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Posted by: Nathan - 06-08-2024, 05:40 PM - Forum: User Feedback
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Inxi -G output:
Code: $ inxi -G
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD RV250/M9 GL [Mobility FireGL 9000/Radeon 9000] driver: radeon
v: kernel
Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: radeon
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: swrast gpu: radeon
resolution: 1024x768~60Hz
API: EGL v: 1.4,1.5 drivers: kms_swrast,swrast
platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: x.org mesa v: 22.3.6 renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM
15.0.6 128 bits)
I don't know if I would call it a critical issue or not, but in the context of DSL and making use of older hardware it seems worth mentioning: graphics acceleration for all ATI (now AMD) graphics hardware from the R100 and R200 families is not supported by Mesa 22.x.x which is what is provided by default with the current release candidate of DSL 2024 (AntiX-21?). And that also may be true for Nouveau (NV04-NV20)
In the output from 'inxi -G' (top of the post), this information makes it clear what's going on:
Code: Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: radeon
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: swrast gpu: radeon
resolution: 1024x768~60Hz
Basically the radeon driver is loaded (as opposed to fbdev, modesetting, or vesa), but the DRI part is swrast (software raster?)
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon#Prerequisites
[6] Mesa 22.0 and higher have dropped support for R100 and R200
This applies to all off the Radeon 7xxx, 8xxx, 9xxx graphics cards/chipsets.
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon#Adva...figuration
The "fix" on Gentoo, if desired, is installing mesa-amber and to disable llvm stuff as long as you
don't need it for any other graphics card.
Per Mesa 3D docs (amber):
"After Mesa 21.3, all non-Gallium DRI drivers were removed from the Mesa source-tree. These drivers are still being maintained to some degree, but only on the amber branch, and only for critical fixes.
These drivers include:
- Radeon
- r200
- i915
- i965
- Nouveau (the DRI driver for NV04-NV20)
"
I'm not sure what can be done about this, since it's a not entirely unexpected outcome of "progress".
But I imagine it could affect some subset of people that might be interested in DSL. That could well be much than I would think since this cover a lot of common graphics cards in the early to mid 2000s.
E.g. NV04-NV20 consists pretty much all NVidia graphics up through the GeForce 4 family.
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| Can DSL Support these apps |
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Posted by: sctn4elk - 06-07-2024, 06:59 PM - Forum: Help Section
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I'm looking to use DSL as my base OS for the following, each on their own PC:
Apache server & PHP
Jenkins Build Server
MySQL Server
GIT Server
Will DSL be able to install all of the required components for each of these?
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| Question on Main Screen Network Properties |
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Posted by: sctn4elk - 06-07-2024, 05:54 PM - Forum: Help Section
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I have two DSL systems set up on two different very old PC's. Everything is working fine so far, but on one of the systems the Network Properties are not populated even though it is hard wired on ethernet. I do have access to the internet and can browse with no issues. I do not see any adverse behavior. Just wondering why one PC has the properties populated and the other one does not?
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XMMS : GUI issue ? |
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Posted by: Rantanplan - 06-05-2024, 12:50 PM - Forum: User Feedback
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Bonjour,
L'interface graphique de XMMS propose un menu à gauche.
La lettre D permet d'agrandir l'interface.
Mais, lorsque je clique sur la lettre D, j'obtiens un message d'erreur :
Code: Gdk-ERROR **: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
serial 5857 error_code 8 request_code 72 minor_code 0
Et l'interface devient noire et inactive.
Selon vous, est-il possible de résoudre ce problème ?
Merci.
Amitiés.
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Hello,
I use DSL2024 RC4 - frugal install on pendrive.
The XMMS graphical interface has a menu on the left.
The letter D enlarges the interface.
But when I click on the letter D, I get an error message:
Code: Gdk-ERROR **: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
serial 5857 error_code 8 request_code 72 minor_code 0
And interface goes black and inactive.
In your opinion, is it possible to solve this problem?
Thank you.
Best regards.
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| Can`t install opensh-server! |
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Posted by: jcdq - 06-04-2024, 03:19 PM - Forum: Help Section
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I can`t install opensh-server!
I update apt, run sudo apt install openssh-server: It gives me: "openssh-server : Depende: openssh-client (= 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u2) pero 1:9.2p1-2.0nosystemd1 va a ser instalado" What am I doing wrong?
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