| e3d3 | I ran Refracta snapshot with the defaults and got no errors or success message, but also no iso file ! ~/work is populated but ~/snapshot is empty. How can I solve that ? | 00:11 |
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| e3d3 | I selected the first option: Create a snapshot (uefi enabled). Should I select instead option "Re-squash and make iso (no-copy)", or another option ? I have no idea what the "no-copy" means. | 00:14 |
| e3d3 | Nor what "squash" or "re-squash" means, if no little ball is involved. | 00:16 |
| gnarface | fsmithred: ^ | 00:17 |
| e3d3 | He ^ helped me before with Refracta, but I can't find notes about this issue, or the right info in the forum. | 00:21 |
| e3d3 | In the mean time: can anyone here tell how stable the emacs 29 versions (from backport, ceres or excalibur) are now ? My try ca. 1 year ago was not a success. | 00:28 |
| e3d3 | I tried option "Re-squash and make iso (no-copy)". This ended with a succes dialog, but also didn't make an iso. | 00:49 |
| e3d3 | I found the --debug option, that tells that I have a decompression error. In the log I see the line: gzip: stdin: not in gzip format | 00:57 |
| e3d3 | cpio: premature end of archive | 00:57 |
| gnarface | e3d3: just a guess but maybe you're missing whatever the correct decompression utility is? | 01:04 |
| gnarface | could be xz or bz2 or something | 01:04 |
| gnarface | neither of those would be installed by default, i don't think | 01:04 |
| e3d3 | gnarface: no, xz-utils & gzip are installed. With the error message I found a forum post from 2020-2024 that seems promising/ | 01:14 |
| e3d3 | gnarface: ^ I'm trying that now | 01:14 |
| e3d3 | and again, now with sudo, --debug & some serious voodoo | 01:21 |
| e3d3 | YES ! The voodoo did it; I have an iso. Hope it works also without full moon. | 01:24 |
| gnarface | anyone happen to know if this copy of libnvidia-encode1 in devuan-proposed-updates has the fix for NVENC in Steam? https://pkginfo.devuan.org/cgi-bin/package-query.html?c=package&q=libnvidia-encode1=535.161.08-2~deb12u1 | 01:47 |
| e3d3 | gnarface: the changelog.Debian.gz tells "Fixed the NvEncodeAPI driver to correctly reject the encoding of sequences with resolutions smaller than what the NVENC supports." | 02:06 |
| e3d3 | I've no idea what it means or considers Steam. | 02:07 |
| gnarface | hmm | 02:09 |
| gnarface | doesn't seem like it is definitely unrelated anyway... an older occurrence of this bug was associated with the hardware encoder getting "tied up" by something non-Steam before Steam could use it... | 02:11 |
| gnarface | but that non-Steam thing was the Windows program "GeForce Experience," which isn't on Linux so i don't know | 02:11 |
| gnarface | hmm.... | 02:12 |
| fsmithred | e3d3, I skipped ahead. You probably have zstd compression in your initramfs. | 02:13 |
| fsmithred | the latest version of refractasnapshot fixes that - it's in excalibur/ceres | 02:13 |
| e3d3 | fsmithred: hi, I tried some suggestions I found online, without result. One made an iso, that didn't work, and I couldn't repeat it !? | 02:14 |
| fsmithred | what did you try? | 02:14 |
| e3d3 | Do I need to install something for this zstd compression | 02:14 |
| fsmithred | I think it's the default in daedalus, and I'm sure it is in excalibur (testing) | 02:15 |
| e3d3 | I tried 2 modifications of the script I found here https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=3764 | 02:15 |
| fsmithred | look in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf to see what type of compression is used. | 02:15 |
| e3d3 | I started by clicking in the main menu, later I used in a terminal: sudo + --debug option | 02:16 |
| fsmithred | another workaround is to remove the microcode package before making the snapshot. | 02:16 |
| fsmithred | yeah, I think I made debug the default in the gui version. | 02:16 |
| fsmithred | https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/devuan/pool/main/r/refractasnapshot-base/refractasnapshot-base_10.4.0_all.deb | 02:18 |
| fsmithred | ^^^ latest version | 02:18 |
| e3d3 | I see (in synaptic) amd64-microcode and intel-microcode, and 2 firmware packages. Which should I remove ? | 02:18 |
| fsmithred | both microcode packages | 02:18 |
| fsmithred | and iucode-tool will go with the intel | 02:18 |
| e3d3 | iucode-tool is still there. Should I remove it also ? | 02:19 |
| fsmithred | if my vote counts for anything, I say keep the microcode and use the new version so you can tell me if it works for you. | 02:19 |
| e3d3 | to late, they are gone | 02:20 |
| fsmithred | unless you happen to be running ubuntu - I know it's not working there | 02:20 |
| e3d3 | unless you know some trick with cache or something | 02:20 |
| fsmithred | ok, re-squash is the right choice if the filesystem copy is still there. | 02:20 |
| e3d3 | The devuan laptop has no internet now | 02:20 |
| fsmithred | ok, you can reinstall them later | 02:21 |
| e3d3 | I try the sudo --debug again. | 02:21 |
| fsmithred | sometimes you can find previous versions of deb packages in /var/cache/apt/archives/ | 02:22 |
| e3d3 | I can connect to the internet later but this is good to know. Thanks | 02:23 |
| e3d3 | my other brain cell just woke up and told me that I can one of my many usb-stick to transfer the new version from here to the Devuan laptop. Be warned: It late here so the other cell will soon go to sleep. | 02:27 |
| fsmithred | e3d3, did you look to see what compression it's using for initramfs? | 02:47 |
| fsmithred | if it's gz or xz you won't need the new version of snapshot. | 02:47 |
| fsmithred | and I'm going to sleep soon, too. | 02:47 |
| e3d3 | I'm having troubles moving the iso to usb, maybe because of FAT. I'll find out. Thanks for helping & good night | 02:49 |
| gnarface | e3d3: what's the error you get? | 02:51 |
| e3d3 | I overlooked your question. I've read some of the code & log file but forgot the details. I remember it used gzip & xz | 02:51 |
| e3d3 | I get no error but copying to usb take too long. Now trying with another live distro & more fun. | 02:52 |
| gnarface | usb flash is usually pretty slow, you might have just panicked too early | 02:53 |
| gnarface | try copying it with something that uses a progress meter | 02:53 |
| gnarface | though i didn't follow and i'm puzzled about why you think the filesystem even matters when you're overwriting it... are you sure you weren't supposed to flash the image to the usb directly instead of copying it into the filesystem on the usb? | 02:54 |
| e3d3 | I try to simply move it to a USB (fat ?) partition that uses "Ventoy" to multiboot many OS'es | 02:55 |
| gnarface | aah. i guess i don't know crap abuot ventoy | 02:57 |
| e3d3 | Working with Thunar and Rox-filler is hard, compared with using my prefered Emacs or Ranger :) | 02:57 |
| e3d3 | before I used Multisystem for that. Ventoy is easy too: simply move an iso etc to a dedicated folder on USB | 03:00 |
| e3d3 | I prefer that instead of overwriting the whole USB stick for one distro. | 03:02 |
| e3d3 | the partition is FAT32. I didn't check if my clean Devuan has tools for that installed. | 03:05 |
| gnarface | it's in the dosfstools package | 03:09 |
| rwp | I just skimmed the scroll back but data point: If you don't have "zstd" installed then you get this warning when rebuilding the initramfs: | 03:12 |
| iasg | hello. I have a deal that i can use with only 3 euros per month for infinite data (cellular) with an extra sim card. is anyone here familiar with how I could get it work? | 03:13 |
| iasg | my laptop has a sim port | 03:13 |
| rwp | update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.19.0-2-amd64W: No zstd in /usr/bin:/sbin:/bin, using gzip | 03:13 |
| rwp | Installing "zstd" package provides it and switches from initramfs using gzip to one using zstd. (And sorry for the mangled two lines.) W: No zstd in /usr/bin:/sbin:/bin, using gzip | 03:13 |
| gnarface | iasg: i vaguely understand that you need one of two major modem handling daemons, and then some front-end software to work with it | 03:13 |
| gnarface | iasg: it doesn't happen to be that e25g qucatel modem does it? | 03:14 |
| gnarface | i think one of the daemons is named ofono and the other is modemmanager? | 03:14 |
| iasg | gnarface: no idea what modem it is. how could i check? | 03:14 |
| e3d3 | still no success with the iso or copying. The clean Devuan has the dosfstools installed. I found a usb I'll use with 'dd' | 03:15 |
| gnarface | iasg: is it usb? then lsusb | 03:15 |
| iasg | it's an elitebook so it has mostly intel stuff | 03:15 |
| gnarface | e3d3: don't forget conv=fsync status=progress | 03:15 |
| iasg | gnarface: no, the sim tray is integrated in the laptop | 03:15 |
| gnarface | iasg: lspci? | 03:15 |
| gnarface | brb | 03:15 |
| iasg | paste.debian.net/1317195 | 03:17 |
| iasg | i believe i can use networkmanager as the front end | 03:20 |
| iasg | but last tiem i tried it just didn't work | 03:20 |
| iasg | so maybe i'm missing some driver or something backend | 03:20 |
| iasg | i'm a bit tired, thanks for trying to help gnarface. i'll work on it later | 03:23 |
| iasg | see ya | 03:23 |
| e3d3 | rwp: sorry, I overlooked your response. My clean Daedalus already has "zstd" installed in /usr/bin. | 03:59 |
| e3d3 | Finally, it took some hours but the snapshot works and is still not overexposed ! | 04:11 |
| e3d3 | thanks all | 04:20 |
| ncurs3s | Which uses less memory with stock configuration, openrc or runit? | 06:28 |
| gnarface | probably runit but it's just a guess, and it's probably not much either way... | 06:39 |
| avbox25 | When I try to install wireguard, apt wants to install a new kernel, but I want to use my own kernel (wireguard modules I added in .config file for kernel build process). How can one install wireguard with a custom kerne? | 13:59 |
| djph | does the *package* actually *depend* on this new kernel? | 14:02 |
| avbox25 | Oh, what I see is that I don't need the package wireguard itself, it is enough to install wireguard-tools (if you already included wireguard as a kernel module in your kernel). | 14:15 |
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