Void Linux

[Roland]

I installed and tested the Eolie WebKit web browser on Void Linux today and it works better than Epiphany. It loads websites very fast. You don't need to start it with the activated variable "WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE".

Thank you for the tip... It indeed works much better than Epihany! Have you found a way to import bookmarks into it? There seemed to be only the options 'Chrome' and 'Chromium', which are not present.

For some reason Eolie did not appear in the 'Internet' menu but I had to start it from terminal. Is that normal for it....?

How do you manage those variables in Eolie? The usual 'about:config' did not work with it.

[xeno74]

Thank you for the tip... It indeed works much better than Epihany! Have you found a way to import bookmarks into it?

I successfully added some bookmarks but I didn't try to import them.

For some reason Eolie did not appear in the 'Internet' menu but I had to start it from terminal. Is that normal for it....?

Yes, it's normal. I created a launcher on the desktop.

How do you manage those variables in Eolie? The usual 'about:config' did not work with it.

I don't need to manage any variables in Eolie currently.

[xeno74]

Another screenshot of Eolie on the X1000:

[xeno74]

Date and Time with NTP

Install the package NTP:

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sudo xbps-install -S ntp

Enable the service:

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sudo ln -s /etc/sv/ntpd /var/service

Reboot and check if the NTP service works:

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sudo sv status ntpd

Output: run: ntpd: (pid 2296) 493497782s

It seems, it takes longer to get the correct date and time with NTP on Void Linux so all SSL certifcates aren't valid. I solved it with modifying the NTP runit script:

sudo vi /etc/sv/ntpd/run

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#!/bin/sh
# exec isc-ntpd -g -u ntpd:ntpd -n >/dev/null 2>&1
exec ntpdate pool.ntp.org

[xeno74]

Timezone

The default system timezone can be set by linking the timezone file to /etc/localtime:

For example for Berlin:

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sudo ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime

[xeno74]

Installation of the new Arctic Fox 27.12.0 deb package on Void PPC Linux:

[kilaueabart]

Maybe glamor is the problem. Please rename the libglamoregl.so to libglamoregl.so.bak as root.

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mv /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so.bak

That didn't work, and then I found something that made me think my install was incomplete, so I reformatted /dev/sd8 and unarchived VOID in it again. But I had the same problem as the first time, so I added xorg.conf and tried again. Again, the same as before. So I followed the above suggestion from you.

Here is something really weird, that I don't understand at all.

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root@Fienix:/media/fienix/VOID# mv usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so.bak
root@Fienix:/media/fienix/VOID# ls usr/lib/xorg/modules/                       
drivers     input      libfb.so       libshadow.so    libvgahw.so
extensions  libexa.so  libfbdevhw.so  libshadowfb.so  libwfb.so

The mv instruction seemed to work. No error message. As I understand mv, usr/lib/xorg/modules should now contain two versions of libglamoregl, but in fact there are none! What gives?

I should give up on VOID. My mind is getting way too old for this.

[xeno74]

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root@Fienix:/media/fienix/VOID# mv usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so.bak

You moved libglamoregl from your Void partition to your Fienix partition.

[kilaueabart]

I told you! "My mind is getting way too old for this." I took me a long time to find that evil "/."

I put the libglamoregl.so.bak into VOID/usr/lib/xorg/modules and ran it again. A change from before in what comes up in the upper left corner of the dark screen. Instead of the line I reported earlier, now there are seven lines that appear for about a second at various time intervals. I doubt that they mean anything as far as my problem is concerned, but they say something like

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hub 2-1.4: new high-speed USB device number 4 using fsl-ehci
hub 2-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=05c3, idProduct=0610, bcdDevice=6.55
hub 2-1.4: New USB device strings: mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
hub 2-1.4: Product: USB2.1 Hub
hub 2-1.4: Manufacturer: GenesysLogic
hub 2-1.4:1.0  USB hub found
hub 2-1.4:1.0 4 ports detected

The blue rectangle with Out Of Range continues to flash screen center at intervals.
I think USB2 might be where I have the kernel, but not sure how to verify it from here.

[xeno74]

Do you still use the following xorg.conf?

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Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "fbdev"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection