Re: [DNG] Review of documentation needed

2021-09-21 Thread tempforever
It occurred to me after writing this, that those who switch to a dbus-free setup probably would already have the expertise to configure their networking, and may not be in need of a simple network-manager type program.  This was my first time performing this type of configuration (removing dbus).

Re: [DNG] Review of documentation needed

2021-09-21 Thread tempforever
(off-topic section) I used the devuan_chimaera_4.0.beta2_2021-09-04_amd64_desktop-live.iso to set up my system.  I use legacy startup (not EFI) but apparently the refracta installer and grub included on the live iso want EFI only (or incorrectly detected my system as using that).  Anyway, I was

[DNG] Some questions to update the debian to devuan migration script

2021-09-21 Thread tito via Dng
Hi, some questions I hope somebody on the list can answer: 1) is debian-pulseaudio-config-override still needed in chimaera? Found out myself: seems not. 2) are other config-override packages needed (for standard debian DE setups) as I see there are a few in the repos? 3) are these

Re: [DNG] [OT] motherboard with "wifi-enabled"

2021-09-21 Thread hal
On 9/21/21 16:34, Haines Brown wrote: I'm looking at a Gigabyte Z590 AORUS Elite motherboard. One version of this motherbard (designated Ax) is "wifi-enabled". It also supports bluetooth I suppose this means that the NIC is on the board. I have no reason to think this would be useful under

[DNG] motherboard with "wifi-enabled"

2021-09-21 Thread Haines Brown
I'm looking at a Gigabyte Z590 AORUS Elite motherboard. One version of this motherbard (designated Ax) is "wifi-enabled". It also supports bluetooth I suppose this means that the NIC is on the board. I have no reason to think this would be useful under Linux. Am I wrong? It also supports

Re: [DNG] Review of documentation needed

2021-09-21 Thread golinux
And how is any of this conversation helping Devuan sort out documentation for the Chimaera release? The revised list needing assessment is: https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation/dev1fanboy/ General information (will need to be updated to Chimaera at the least) Devuan without D-Bus (is this

Re: [DNG] Review of documentation needed

2021-09-21 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 04:16:26PM +, g4sra via Dng wrote: > <--snip--> > > Net question: how to get a '/' in a file name instead of having it > > interpreted as a separator in a path. > > > > > I needed it once long ago when using a file system that had been built > > on another OS. > > >

Re: [DNG] Review of documentation needed

2021-09-21 Thread g4sra via Dng
<--snip--> > Net question: how to get a '/' in a file name instead of having it > interpreted as a separator in a path. > > I needed it once long ago when using a file system that had been built > on another OS. > > I resorted to using a hexadecimal editor on the raw disk to get rid of > the

Re: [DNG] Review of documentation needed

2021-09-21 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 10:49:30AM +0300, Eric Pozharski wrote: > On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 09:08:16AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 10:31:19PM -0500, goli...@devuan.org wrote: > > > On 2021-09-16 22:30, goli...@devuan.org wrote: > > *SKIP* > > The command for finding the

Re: [DNG] Review of documentation needed

2021-09-21 Thread Eric Pozharski
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 09:08:16AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 10:31:19PM -0500, goli...@devuan.org wrote: > > On 2021-09-16 22:30, goli...@devuan.org wrote: *SKIP* > The command for finding the correct display driver: > root@devuan:~# apt-cache search