libera/#devuan/ Saturday, 2023-05-13

_ds_Ugh. Rotate option seems to have gone from some Xfce4 panel plugins in daedalus – specifically, sensors & system load15:32
* _ds_ was expecting something to break, and this was it15:33
_ds_(those plugins are in a side panel – they'd be correctly oriented in a horizontal panel)15:35
_ds_… ah, panel mode “deskbar” is what I wanted.16:19
n4dirI removed connman and installed network-manager, but it doesn't seem to have a gui. Searching i find nm-tray, network-manager-gnome and plasma-nm18:58
n4dirnm-try is for the panel, but if i click on it, will open a gui? Or do i want network-manager-gnome?18:58
RhineDevilI still have this problem19:04
RhineDevilSometimes my router fucks up19:04
RhineDevilWhen that happens wifi is still available19:04
RhineDevilBut no DHCP19:04
RhineDevilThe router doesn't even answer to IP requests19:05
RhineDevilNo idea of the problem neither where it is19:05
RhineDevilPoint is NetworkManager doesn't detect it19:05
RhineDevilIt should disconnect and retry19:06
RhineDevilBut it doesn't19:06
RhineDevilAnd I have no idea on how to fix that19:06
buZzdoes NetworkManager work without systemd? TIL19:06
n4dirit does19:07
RhineDevilbuZz: apparently it does?19:07
buZznever knew :)19:08
RhineDevilAlso in the log I see daemons like ntpd or similar stuff TRYING to connect but obviously they cant19:08
RhineDevilAnd it's weird19:08
buZzbut i've hated NetworkManager with a passion ever since they started breaking almost all uarts with that ModemManager19:08
RhineDevilbuZz: sadly its the only stuff properly supported with plasma19:09
buZzoh yeah, i dont run window managers that require >100MB ram19:09
RhineDevilWhat are you running, on a commodore64?19:10
RhineDevilDon't get me started on how much the entire X11/Wayland etc video stack is just F****D19:10
buZz? i just dont see a need19:10
buZzwindow manager is 'draw squares around my xterms' , not a Steam game :D19:10
RhineDevilbuZz: putting it as a requirement just sounds strange19:10
buZzthats ok, i'm fine with sounding strange19:11
buZzor getting almost 100% of my ram to use19:11
RhineDevil>window manager is 'draw squares around my xterms' , not a Steam game :D19:11
RhineDevilAnd that's why noone uses *NIX if its not Apple19:11
buZzwhere no-one, is a lot of people?19:12
buZzi'm not running devuan to win a popularity contest :D19:12
RhineDevilI'm talking about general people who dont wanna pass their life fiddling with conffiles19:12
RhineDevilYeah but that's not the point19:13
buZzwhy do i care about what anyone -else- wants?19:13
RhineDevilI'm just sayin that saying "works on my machine" doesn't mean it's good19:13
buZz??19:13
RhineDevilDid I say you should care?19:13
buZzeh :)19:14
RhineDevil>window manager is 'draw squares around my xterms' , not a Steam game :D19:14
buZzmy deskxeon with 32GB ram -could- run fancy cpu hogging WMs just fine, i just dont like any of that19:14
buZzRhineDevil: yes, thats called a opinion, you dont have to agree19:14
RhineDevilSaying "it is like it is" isn't an argument19:14
RhineDevilTrue but opinions aren't all equal19:15
n4dirtruth to be told: most WM's, if not all, are very low on ressources. It's the DE's which are not, and there not even all19:15
RhineDevilNor they have all the same value19:15
RhineDeviln4dir: that's good they are the problem is in the protocol19:15
RhineDevilWayland was supposed to be the X killer but it just introduced more problems, problems they dont wanna address19:16
buZzRhineDevil: opinions dont -HAVE- to be equal, thats the whole point of them19:17
RhineDevilbuZz: exactly because they aren't equal in most cases they shouldn't be given the same value19:18
buZzthis isnt making any sense19:18
___usedIn a one party system, only approved opinions can be voiced...19:18
buZz'i like blue' 'NO GREEN IS BETTER, this is why ppl run apple!'19:18
RhineDevilI don't think the opinions of a wehraboo or an historian are on the same level for example19:19
RhineDevil>'i like blue' 'NO GREEN IS BETTER, this is why ppl run apple!'19:19
buZzhow about you try wpa-cli ?19:19
RhineDevilThat's not what I said19:20
buZzinstead of nm-cli ?19:20
___usedwehraboo is a strange word -- what are you trying to do really?19:20
RhineDevilHow did you get the wpa-cli command if it isn't present in repo packages19:21
RhineDevil___used: My point is that the fact that some of us are confortable with the linux desktop as is doesn't mean it is the right way or even the most preferrable19:22
buZzoh sorry, its wpa_cli , included in wpasupplicant19:22
RhineDevilI'm not saying it's wrong19:22
buZzRhineDevil: there is no 'right way'19:22
RhineDevilI'm just saying WHY do we have to take it as absolute?19:22
buZzlinux is all about giving the user freedom19:22
buZzif YOU like plasma, go ahead19:23
buZz-i- dont19:23
buZzthis isnt apple, there isnt 'one way and no others work';19:23
___usedthe freedom to run systemd or bsd currently19:23
RhineDevilActually linux is about developing a kernel for big cloud companies outta here :)19:23
* ___used nods19:23
* buZz nods off19:24
RhineDevil> <buZz> RhineDevil: there is no 'right way'19:24
RhineDevilBy saying "window manager is 'draw squares around my xterms' , not a Steam game :D" you did19:25
buZzRhineDevil: could you stop copypasting whole lines19:25
RhineDevilSorry I don't know the polite method of citing previous text in these parts19:25
buZzyou dont cite anything19:25
buZzits already on my screen19:26
RhineDevil:/19:26
buZzso how is wpa_cli?19:28
RhineDevilStarted wpa_cli and it's showing messages of what19:28
RhineDevilI think it's doing?19:28
RhineDevilIt says it's scanning19:28
buZzdid you see https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation/install-guides/chimaera/network-configuration19:29
RhineDevilWill it prolly print out weird messages at the next malfunction?19:29
RhineDevilWill do ASAP19:29
buZzooo i keep forgetting about 'connman' existing19:29
buZzmaybe you could try that, its likely easier than wpa_cli19:29
hiddenerany love for iwd?19:30
hiddener:D19:30
RhineDevilbuZz: connman is another network manager, I'm ok with substituting nm only if it's properly supported by plasma19:31
buZzas i said, i dont have plasma19:32
buZzbut, any -terminal- based wireless config tool should work fine in wayland or x11 or any wm or de19:32
buZzkeep in mind that you dont want to run multiple managers for the same network interface :) they might get in a fight19:33
RhineDevilMhh19:33
RhineDevilSeen it19:34
RhineDevilConnman is abt the same as networkmanager19:34
RhineDevilDoes it start up scripts too?19:34
RhineDevilconnman-ui says stuff like uhhh19:34
RhineDevilIt is supported by anything except GNOME?19:34
n4dirRhineDevil: as fsmithred has added it to refracta, i assume at least xfce does support it19:35
buZzsounds good19:35
RhineDevilMeh I'll try connman19:41
n4dirhe, fsmithred, said yesterday or the day before, he thinks about replacing connman with nm. He didn't say the reasons, or i didn't hear them19:41
n4dir"thinks about", so connman can't be that bad.19:41
RhineDevilUninstalled connman and reinstalled nm at lightspeed19:51
RhineDevilconnman ui looks straight-up made from Tito's Yugoslavia you can't even modify network preferences19:52
n4dirat least not Albania, whoever the leader was19:52
RhineDevilOr even, dunno, change connected network19:53
RhineDevilWhy having an ui in first place at this point19:53
RhineDevilJust manage everything from cli!19:53
buZzi dont know, i suggested using the terminal19:53
RhineDevilWell I use nm-applet for setting interfaces19:54
buZzwhich part of that gui isnt working then?19:55
RhineDevilbuZz: the ui just sets wifi on and off20:04
RhineDevilDoesn't let you modify interfaces or networks20:04
RhineDevilDoesn't let you access to networks20:04
RhineDevilOn and off, that's all20:04
buZzhave you tried rightclicking it?20:05
buZzi havent used nm in ages, but quite sure it can configure wifi normally20:05
buZzassuming you have the wifi drivers and firmware loaded :)20:05
RhineDevilYeah I did20:06
buZzyou could check the output of 'dmesg' to see if your wifi driver is loaded and if its loaded its firmware correctly20:11
gnarfacedmesg |grep -i firmware20:13
gnarfacedefinitely check that first. some wifi devices still have partial functionality without the firmware, which only serves to confuse testing more20:14
___usedis wicd dead dead?20:22
___usedui not allowing settings sounds like back end daemon is not running, no?20:22
buZz___used: wicd is python220:29
buZzso, pretty much20:29
RhineDevilbuZz: it is loaded20:35
buZzboth driver -and- firmware?20:36
RhineDevilbuZz: I have firmware-nonfree-all installed, judge yourself20:36
buZzno, i ment , do you see it getting loaded in dmesg20:37
RhineDevilSession is too old for seeing it loaded in dmesg20:37
buZzyou didnt reboot since installing that?20:37
buZzif you cant see its loaded, how do you know it happened then?20:38
RhineDevilbuZz: more like I installed all firmware there was to install a long time ago20:38
buZzso you dont know if it loaded, ok20:38
RhineDevilWell that's true20:39
RhineDevilHow do I check except dmesg20:39
buZzreboot and check dmesg again? :)20:40
RhineDevilbuZz: without rebooting20:40
buZzread /var/log/dmesg* perhaps?20:40
RhineDevilIt direct-loaded atheros firmware I guess that's the answer you asked20:41
buZzwhats direct-loaded mean?20:42
RhineDevilExactly what it says20:42
RhineDevilfirmware: direct-loading firmware ar3k/AthrBT_0x01020200.dfu20:42
buZzyou could use http://paste.debian.net/ to share the file20:42
buZzalright, that does sound good, but thats for bluetooth, not wifi20:42
RhineDevilNo w8 that's for bluetooth20:42
RhineDevilfirmware: direct-loading firmware ar3k/ramps_0x01020200_40.dfu20:43
RhineDevilIs that for wifi?20:43
buZzmaybe? its just 1kb ? kinda small i think20:43
RhineDevilThere are no messages about missing firmware anyway20:43
n4dirRhineDevil: apt-cache search for it results in atheros-firmware, so it looks like it20:43
buZzRhineDevil: and any messages from the wifi driver itself?20:44
RhineDevilJust the usual20:45
RhineDevilSetting firmware, registered new interface driver... that stuff20:46
buZzok, and the interface name it gives itself matches what networkmanager sees in its logs?20:47
RhineDevilMaybe I found some lines20:47
RhineDevilWill paste them20:47
buZzi now kinda wonder, maybe they forgot to install wpa supplicant?20:58
RhineDevilJust found out something even more interesting21:18
RhineDevilAfter I startup zerotier-one my default route gets removed21:18
RhineDevilWhy? For now only god knows21:19
RhineDevilSo well no particular news that it says network not available, lol21:20
buZzi'd recommend getting your physical network to function before adding weird vpns21:42
RhineDevilbuZz: it's an old stuff, probably that's the reason it didn't work in first place21:44
buZzso, it all works now, if you dont load the old stuff?21:45
RhineDevilbuZz: I stopped zerotier-one and for now it seems it works properly21:56
RhineDevilIt's been a documented issue with zerotier https://github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne/issues/148221:57
RhineDevilThey apparently solved but it comes back sometimes, you can still see opened issues regarding routes override21:57
buZzthat issue you linked is the literal reverse21:58
buZzits about -NOT- removing default rout21:58
buZzwhile your issue is that it removes default route21:58
RhineDevilGuess I didn't understand anything then21:59
buZzi dont know, why are you using zerotier to begin with?21:59
RhineDevilBecause I don't know any other decent method of setting up a VLAN with UDP holepunching22:00
buZzoh you're using it -over- tor? O_o22:01
RhineDevilNo?22:01
buZzthen why do you need udp holepunching?22:01
buZzisnt your router administrated by yourself?22:01
RhineDevilVLAN as in Virtual LAN22:01
buZzyes i am aware22:02
RhineDevilMy router having a VLAN would still rely on zerotier anyway22:02
RhineDevilIf you manage to shovel it up in the OpenWRT image I bless you22:02
RhineDevil:)22:02
buZzyour -ROUTER- ? O_o22:02
buZzwhy would your router -require- a vlan?22:03
buZzwhy isnt it just a router?22:03
RhineDevilIt doesn't22:03
RhineDevilI just want to set a virtual network for playing online with friends?22:03
buZzso nothing at all to do with the router22:04
RhineDevilYou brought in the router to begin with -_-22:04
buZzeither way, your original problem has been solved22:04
RhineDevilYeah true22:05
buZzmaybe just apt install steam , and play games with your friends with that22:05
buZz;)22:05
RhineDevilIf they're not self-hosted you mean22:05
RhineDevilBut what if the game is selfhosted?22:05
buZzsteam supports that, its got selfhosting servers internally22:06
RhineDevilWhat if I have the game from gog?22:06
buZzno clue, ask gog?22:06
RhineDevilGog means no steam, no achievements no DRM just the game and its network stack as its creators designed it22:07
buZzthere's #steamlug irc channel on libera btw22:07
buZzi am aware what CD project is, yes22:07
RhineDevilWhat does this channel do?22:07
buZzold crazybytes resellers that legalized their operations when internet came22:07
buZzsteam linux user group22:08
buZzits maybe the only irc channel i know about where people discuss gaming on linux22:08
buZzoh , well , #vronlinux too, but thats specific games22:08
RhineDevilWell more than gaming it's about a VLAN with holepunching22:08
buZzyou dont need a vlan though22:09
buZzi assume you're playing tcp/ip games22:09
buZznot IPX :)22:09
buZzso you can just use a normal vpn22:09
RhineDevilYeah sure but how do you even set up it22:09
RhineDevilI mean22:09
RhineDevilEither way you have to be reachable from the outer net22:10
buZzsure, but vps are cheap22:10
RhineDevilAnd the only way if natted & not IPv6 is through UDP holepunching22:10
RhineDevilYeah but that is even cheaper cause it's free22:10
RhineDevilAlso no credit card in the hands of someone22:10
buZzfree and nonfunctional?22:11
RhineDevilYes22:11
buZznice22:11
buZzenjoy then :D22:11
RhineDevilDunno was just askin if you knew alternatives besides hamachi and zerotier22:11
buZzopenvpn, wireguard22:12
RhineDevilhamachi is a no no because I don't want weird proprietary blobs22:12
buZzyou dont need a ethernet bridge, just tcpip22:12
RhineDevilThey both need you to be reachable afaik22:12
RhineDevilAnd through a public ip22:12
buZzyou have a public ip on your openwrt machine ;)22:13
RhineDevilStill don't get why internet operators don't just allow uPNP and NAT-PMP22:13
RhineDevilbuZz: HAHAHA I WISH22:13
buZzuPNP isnt a ISP service, its for your own router22:13
buZzinternal network22:13
buZzsony calls uPNP 'DLNA' to give you an idea of where its ment to exist22:14
RhineDevilISPs have internal networks too22:14
buZzoh i guess, i never paid a non-cellphone ISP money for a connection without a IP22:14
buZzwe're getting a new ISP at the hackerspace, 1 extra ipv4 is just 4 euro a month, insane22:15
RhineDevilI'm not this lucky, so for me, the only way out, is udp holepunching22:15
buZzor figure out which of your buddies -does- have a external ip and the aptitude to host a endpoint for openvpn or wireguard22:16
* RhineDevil sighs22:16
buZzeither way, your wifi works22:20

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