Questions tagged [devuan]
A Debian derivative without systemd.
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Is there any way to trace how a keypress is processed from beginning to end in Linux?
I would like to find out why my power button press isn't handled correctly. I've set power manager in XFCE4 to 'ask' me, but all that happens is I'm getting logged out of my session. I have contacted ...
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How do I shut down fwupd when it's not a service?
I'm running Devuan Excalibur (like Debian Trixie, but without systemd). I notice that fwupd is running; and I know that on some other systems, fwupd is actually service, which can be taken down using ...
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How to configure grub to boot from encrypted lvm partition
I try to install Grub manually after Devuan installation, but I guess there is an error in configuration. /etc/default/grub GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”cryptdevice=/dev/sda5:devuan-root:allow-discard” ...
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How can I re-read the apt-listchanges content from my last apt command?
I just ran apt-get upgrade on my system, and as part of the installation (which includes many hundreds of packages), apt-listchanges brought up some text document. Unfortunately, I dismissed it before ...
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How do I disable/swapout light locker on Devuan XFCE
Got a ~10 year old laptop that sometimes has problems with monitor coming back from sleep requiring battery to be pulled to fix. Forums mentioned Lightdm and lightlocker possibly being issues. I ...
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Setting modifier using xmodmap
I am using GNU/Linux (Devuan) with the mate desktop and with i3wm. I would like to assign mod1 to Meta_L. If I show the current assignment with $ xmodmap I get mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Meta_L (0xcd)...
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How to get a daily report of the exit codes of cron jobs
I have a few dozen cron jobs, which run every day, for backups. I don't want to receive an email for only failed jobs, as I won't know when the email fails. I don't want to receive an email for every ...
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unable to connect to internet via router
I'm on Dell Latitude 3420, Devuan Daedalus GNU/Linux (based on Debian Bookworm, without systemd), I connect to internet via mobile hotspot (using Android Phone's mobile data) at home and through a ...
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