QuoteThe FAT TYPE partition is required and has been since the get go. Though the size requirements continue to grow.  I go with 500Mb.  You also have to flag it EFS and check the bootable flags as well...

That is correct; I always use cfdisk now to partition the disk prior to any install. There is an option in the "Type" to make the partition. Then you need to remember to format it FAT32.

Also, different distros require that partition to be mounted to a specific point. On some systems it's /boot/efi, on others it's /efi.

QuoteYour BIOS not allowing a Legacy boot environment is kind of surprising to me.  Should be a spot to disable Secure UEFI, then enable CSM Boot.

Manufacturers started getting away from that a few yeas back; uEFI only now.

QuoteBoot Order: Ensure the Debian entry is not the only EFI boot option available. There might be a way to manually add or prioritize boot entries.

That is usually possible. There is typically an "add boot entry" option in the BIOS/uEFI settings that allow you add an entry - click on the drive that has the file, then scroll like a file manager to select the file. Once the entry is added, you can usually use the UP/Down arrows to prioritize the boot order.

That looks excellent.

Quote from: dizzie on April 08, 2025, 02:45:36 PMWhat I miss? If only I could make i3status show the weather

I've never tried this:

Weather in i3status

We set up trail cams a few weeks back to see what was coming into the yard at night. Pretty sure we have a couple of armadillos, bit no photos of them yet.

Caught this small herd though -



Pretty sure this is a fox, photographed him a couple of times:



Sent that picture to SCDNR for confirmation.

Quote from: VastOne on December 31, 2024, 05:51:52 PMIMHO it is a huge chunk to give up fluxbox and try something going backwards (meaning XFCE-4) that may or may not work. I'll try to test it as it gets colder and I have more time but honestly I don't see a big push for it and as ancient as X11 is it still works quite well

I hear you there. I've been using Wayland off/on for a few months now. Mostly sway since it's a Wayland clone of i3 (what I mostly use on X11 these days).

Don't really have a reason to make a full-time switch to Wayland since I don't see a performance improvement. It would be a switch just to use the new thing.

Someone with new[ish] hardware, particularly graphics, probably has a more compelling argument to make the switch.

Having said that; KDE Plasma 6 on Wayland. The battery widget is actually the wireless keyboard for the desktop computer. Other than that, runs nice and smooth:



Wallpaper is the ruins of Mayapan.

Quote from: VastOne on December 24, 2024, 10:51:32 PM

Quote from: PackRat on December 24, 2024, 09:46:51 PMXfce 4.20 desktop running in Wayland with labwc as the compositor:

Very nice, I would consider Wayland but it still apparently has issues with nVidia drivers and is not recommended

I am reading in some other forums that newer/newest drivers (>560) for nVidia are working with Wayland. How old is your hardware?

Quote from: VastOne on December 28, 2024, 03:53:08 AM

Quote from: PackRat on December 25, 2024, 01:27:36 PMYes, Wayland can be a real pain to get running if you have nVidia.

All right RatMan, I have installed VSIDO on a device without nVidia, pure nouveau.. Is the smallest and easiest way to get Wayland buy installing XFCE4?

Yes. That will give you xfce4 for X11 and wayland. As long as it's Xfce 4.20 which I believe is all current in Sid.

The trick is that the xfce4 window manager does not work with wayland, so you will need an additional compositor. Xfce 4.20 has been coded to work with labwc or wayfire.

The default is labwc which I believe is in Sid repos; labwc is developed by the same people that develop jgmenu. Labwc is configured like openbox - rc.xml, menu.xml etc ...

from the Xfce4 site ( https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/wayland_roadmap#testing )

QuoteTo start an Xfce session on Wayland, you can run startxfce4 --wayland from a tty, which will launch xfce4-session from labwc. If you want to use wayfire instead, you'll need to run startxfce4 --wayland wayfire and add this configuration first, as wayfire doesn't have a --startup option like labwc (see startxfce4 --help for details):

I use labwc (wayfire is like the old compviz) so from a tty, I just use "startxfce4 --wayland" (actually set up a bash alias for the command) and it worked out of the box. I did go into xfce4 on X11 first to set up the desktop session first - theme, icons etc ... I know there are a couple of bugs trying to set the wallpaper from Wayland.

Other than the xfce window manager, the pager and system tray do not work. Other than that, all the xfce4 apps (thunar, xfce4-terminal etc ...) and plugins work.

Xfce will control everything. Window decor, keybindings, notifications, desktop icons .... So no need to configure labwc.

That was wrong. Xfce 4.20 will control the desktop - wallpaper panel, desktop icons, notifications etc ... So no need for a labwc autostart file.
Labwc (or Wayfire) will control the window decor and keybindings so those get configured in the rc.xml.

Pretty good and what to expect from Clapton at this stage of his career/life.

Kind of weird listening though and thinking this could very well be his final album.

Quote from: VastOne on December 24, 2024, 10:51:32 PMVery nice, I would consider Wayland but it still apparently has issues with nVidia drivers and is not recommended

Yes, Wayland can be a real pain to get running if you have nVidia.

Xfce 4.20 desktop running in Wayland with labwc as the compositor:

Adding a user isn't required, but you'll be running the system as root so there will be security concerns.

taos - grayscale fluxbox style



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Quote from: Gordon on March 28, 2024, 12:39:57 PMHi VastOne,

Sorry it's been a while but not been around.
I typed in what you said and got the results that you said i would get. the problem is that that is a US keyboard layout not a UK keyboard layout. anyway  now going to search and try to find out how to change the keyboard layout. My keyboard is a Microsoft wireless comfort keyboard 5000 so here goes

Cheers Gordon

As root:

dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
First screen is a list of keyboards - Generic 105-key PC is most likely selected. This list is what Debian detects as attached. (correlates to XKBMODEL="pc105")

Select OK, the next screen is the configured layout; English US is default. Scroll down and select "Other"
The available layouts list comes up. English (UK) will be available (or whatever language you need).

Once you make your selection and return to the console, restart the keyboard service (as root):

service keyboard-setup restart
You should have, a English (UK) keyboard setup. If not, you may need to reboot.

Debian Wiki Keyboard

dual booting on the laptop