Linux Kernel 5.16 from Backports Warnings

2022-03-18 Thread Kevin Exton
Hi All, I just installed the latest kernel in the Debian Bullseye backports and I'm getting these warnings: W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/skl_guc_62.0.0.bin for module i915 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/bxt_guc_62.0.0.bin for module i915 W: Possible missing fir

Chromium GPU sandbox error

2022-03-12 Thread Kevin Exton
Hi all, When opening chromium 99 I'm seeing the following error in the logs: ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(364)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process. I've tried following the advice of setting the environment variable : export MESA_GLSL_CACHE_DISABLE=true And I'm s

Re: Simple and secure blogging software for nginx

2022-03-10 Thread Kevin Exton
Static site generators are very nice to use. Gives you a simple text editor for writing and then you just let the generator link all the pages and add the pre-defined styling. Never have to run down broken links again. They take a little configuring to get it right initially though so you need a

Wayland vs X

2022-03-08 Thread Kevin Exton
I tried Wayland some years ago now (might have been when they first trialled it in Ubuntu) but decided not to stick with it. Since more desktop environments are beginning to choose Wayland as the default display protocol, I was wondering if others think there's significant user benefits to making

Hardware Acceleration on Chromium 99

2022-03-07 Thread Kevin Exton
Hi all, I'm running chromium 99 on Bullseye: Version 99.0.4844.51 (Official Build) built on Debian 11.2, running on Debian 11.2 (64-bit) And I can't get hardware acceleration working. I've followed the instructions here: https://wiki.debian.org/Chromium#Video_acceleration As well as a variety