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How to use miracast as an extended desktop on Linux?

I have a webos tv that support both Intel Wireless Display and miracast. I want the tv screen to extend my desktop monitor like with xinerama : that is, I don’t want the tv to mirror the image of my desktop monitor (the main reason is the tv has a…
user2284570
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Shutdown hangs when cryptsetup try to close partition

I have two laptop with Devuan installed. When shutting down it hangs for about one minute when cryptsetup try to close the encrypted partitions. Messages: Stopping remaining crypto disks...sda5_crypt (busy)... failed. Stopping early crypto…
dblouis
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“Connection to pulseaudio failed” - and can't start-pulseaudio-x11 either

I'm using Devuan ASCII (~= Debian Stretch). Audio seems to be work, or at least - playback is working, in my browsers and media players. However, if I try to run pavucontrol to make some settings - which usually works - it tells me: Connection to…
einpoklum
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How do I configure which Cinnamon applets spawn on log-in?

I use Devuan Ascii / Debian Stretch, with Cinnamon. Whenever I login, several applets which I have removed from the panel last time - appear again: Bluetooth, Accessibility, Clipboard manager thingy... where do I choose which of them actually…
einpoklum
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Linux disk partitioning: no /boot?

Installing Linux, I see no option to create a /boot partition. Is it still needed? Should I create a "Reserved BIOS boot area"? In the default partitioning scheme, none of these are present. Note: I am installing Linux without Systemd. Devuan…
Pietro
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Apple Thunderbolt Display does not wake up on Mac Mini running Linux (Devuan)

My Mac Mini has two monitors attached to it: a Mac Display one, on its thunderbolt port, and a small generic monitor attached to its HDMI port (using a HDMI-to-VGA adapter). This is how xrandr sees them: user@mini:~$ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x…
raubvogel
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Could not read status of path (which was just about to install): Input/output error

I am using Debian bullseye without systemd (devuan) and today I wanted to upgrade my packages. So I typed sudo apt upgrade It didn't work because I got the following error (note that this error was translated from Swedish language os to English…
Mikke Mus
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How to execute ipp-over-usb at startup?

I using a non-systemd distribution of Linux (sysvint) am using CUPS for printing. However, the ipp-usb program doesn't execute at startup by default. Somehow I suspect it is because I am not using systemd. What is the appropriate way to set it up to…
Mikkel Rev
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Devuan/Debian Linux USB installation issue

I am trying to install Devuan Linux (a Debian derivative), but I get stuck at the beginning. Downloaded the DVD ISO: devuan_ascii_2.0.0_amd64_dvd-1.iso Decompressed the ISO file on a USB key with Rufus 3.1; everything seems to be fine, I get the…
Pietro
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How to 4k align hard drive with pre-existing partitions - Linux, Windows partitions

I have a 1TB WD hard drive with Windows 10 and Devuan Linux Beowulf. I had partitioned with gparted IIRC prior to installation of both OS's. How to veerify if it is 4k aligned? If it's not so, how to adjust partitions for 4k alignment? :~# fdisk -l…
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"Volume group not found" warning before asking for passphrase

I get the following warnings at boot: Volume group "xxxxx" not found Cannot process volume group xxxxx (several times) Then it ask for my passphrase, and start correctly. It seems that the system try to find the LVM volume before opening the…
dblouis
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