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#1
Newbie questions / Re: Intermittent internet afte...
Last post by Jinseta - December 02, 2025, 02:55:09 AMNo other problems as far as using the internet goes. I appreciate the homework as I am getting serious about my divorce with my old OS. Thanks a bunch for your help.
#2
0ther / Re: Can we create a fakery pro...
Last post by kanliot - December 01, 2025, 10:54:31 AMYou're talking about a hacker honeypot, which are used by real security researchers to monitor how anonymous hackers can... the types of attacks used against protected targets.
This is less useful for a desktop system, since my PC can be attacked by internet packets onto services running, through the web browser, or through poisoned software that i've trusted onto my computer.
I mainly get Scammers though my phone... always trying to tell me that my car warranty needs to be updated.
This is less useful for a desktop system, since my PC can be attacked by internet packets onto services running, through the web browser, or through poisoned software that i've trusted onto my computer.
I mainly get Scammers though my phone... always trying to tell me that my car warranty needs to be updated.
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is the law.
57. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory
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#3
Newbie questions / Re: Intermittent internet afte...
Last post by kanliot - December 01, 2025, 09:23:07 AM> dhclient
I can't really research it right now. but reading this https://superuser.com/questions/1860300/with-network-manager-nmcli-how-do-i-drop-and-renew-a-dhcp-lease-from-the-comm
it indicates that dhclient may be the old way of doing things.
it's a specific problem on linux installs, that there are two ways of doing things, and the old ways exist with the new ways, and sometimes the new ways are just buggy wrappers around the old ways.
You should look for nm-applet running in your system tray.
or you can do... pgrep nm-applet in a terminal
or you can do... sudo systemctl status NetworkManager.service in a terminal.
you should be able to replace dhclient with the ip command or nmcli ... but i am no expert, mainly i just use fping (after installing it) to test what was wrong or not.
being no expert... I don't like the GUI applet for "Network manager" service.. but removing it means i have no software for autoconnection and stuff. I don't have the means to replace it, so I never try and do things at a low level and instead let it be.
newer computers should work with old routers. I've had problems connecting to new wifi routers with old computers... like "c" version wifi 802.11
Thanks for asking. Any other problems?
I can't really research it right now. but reading this https://superuser.com/questions/1860300/with-network-manager-nmcli-how-do-i-drop-and-renew-a-dhcp-lease-from-the-comm
it indicates that dhclient may be the old way of doing things.
it's a specific problem on linux installs, that there are two ways of doing things, and the old ways exist with the new ways, and sometimes the new ways are just buggy wrappers around the old ways.
You should look for nm-applet running in your system tray.
or you can do... pgrep nm-applet in a terminal
or you can do... sudo systemctl status NetworkManager.service in a terminal.
you should be able to replace dhclient with the ip command or nmcli ... but i am no expert, mainly i just use fping (after installing it) to test what was wrong or not.
being no expert... I don't like the GUI applet for "Network manager" service.. but removing it means i have no software for autoconnection and stuff. I don't have the means to replace it, so I never try and do things at a low level and instead let it be.
newer computers should work with old routers. I've had problems connecting to new wifi routers with old computers... like "c" version wifi 802.11
Thanks for asking. Any other problems?
#4
Newbie questions / Re: Intermittent internet afte...
Last post by Jinseta - November 30, 2025, 08:00:56 PMI didn't have to install dhclient. I believe its a common utility. All it does is force the release of the local ip-
I've found it helps with poorly configured dhcp such as those bad routers you mentioned.
As for 'network manager', I'm not familiar with it. There is 'Advanced Network Configuration' that came with the install (Xfce). I'm still learning this GUI, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of options aside from manually setting DHCP and DNS. Its currently all set to automatic (default). I've used 'systemd-resolved' to reset wlan0 and clear caches, but that's it.
Bash reports Command Not Found on fping, but I've tried everything else. I pinged a couple devices on the network and also averaged 30% packet loss. Should I try installing it?
I must confess that I've missed some things. I realized my router has two eth ports after reading the manual. They were hidden by a near-seamless cap. I've since found eth0 works perfectly. The other issue is that this device is 17 years old, though it might have seen 5 years of use. The wlan device could be the issue.
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dhclient [Interface Name]I've found it helps with poorly configured dhcp such as those bad routers you mentioned.
As for 'network manager', I'm not familiar with it. There is 'Advanced Network Configuration' that came with the install (Xfce). I'm still learning this GUI, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of options aside from manually setting DHCP and DNS. Its currently all set to automatic (default). I've used 'systemd-resolved' to reset wlan0 and clear caches, but that's it.
Bash reports Command Not Found on fping, but I've tried everything else. I pinged a couple devices on the network and also averaged 30% packet loss. Should I try installing it?
I must confess that I've missed some things. I realized my router has two eth ports after reading the manual. They were hidden by a near-seamless cap. I've since found eth0 works perfectly. The other issue is that this device is 17 years old, though it might have seen 5 years of use. The wlan device could be the issue.
#5
Deutsch / Re: Fehlermeldung bei apt-upda...
Last post by AxL - November 30, 2025, 07:49:34 PMQuote from: pavroo on November 30, 2025, 12:13:54 PMMoving all sparky services to the new vps completed.
I also organized some free space to set a new repo mirror located in UK:
https://wiki.sparkylinux.org/doku.php/mirrors
Thank you very much for all the info, the quick solution of the problem and the new mirror available.
Cheers !!
#6
Deutsch / Re: Fehlermeldung bei apt-upda...
Last post by pavroo - November 30, 2025, 12:13:54 PMMoving all sparky services to the new vps completed.
I also organized some free space to set a new repo mirror located in UK:
https://wiki.sparkylinux.org/doku.php/mirrors
I also organized some free space to set a new repo mirror located in UK:
https://wiki.sparkylinux.org/doku.php/mirrors
#7
Newbie questions / Re: A few mp3 files titles are...
Last post by kanliot - November 30, 2025, 05:24:44 AMalso I am the author of this renaming script that works like `detox` https://github.com/kanliot/foulnames
It's very useful, especially if your filename contains newlines and stuff.
It's very useful, especially if your filename contains newlines and stuff.
#8
Newbie questions / Re: A few mp3 files titles are...
Last post by kanliot - November 30, 2025, 05:21:31 AMno that's unicode. copy + paste the filename into firefox or google to see the missing characters.
Or you could do like I do, and use https://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/unum/
also relevant: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmasterrace/comments/10pxwv0/how_to_fix_these_weird_squares_or_missing_unicode/
Or you could do like I do, and use https://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/unum/
also relevant: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmasterrace/comments/10pxwv0/how_to_fix_these_weird_squares_or_missing_unicode/
#9
Suggestions / Re: Openbox in 2026 for Sparky...
Last post by kanliot - November 30, 2025, 03:49:11 AMI'll also repeat a point I just heard in the youtube I linked.... Wayland moves much of it's functionality into compositor plugins, which means that all of the old X.org standards are replaced by a new set of plugins which may not be on any new distro.
#10
Suggestions / Re: Openbox in 2026 for Sparky...
Last post by kanliot - November 30, 2025, 03:42:18 AMX.org is actually faster, and Wayland is actually prettier.
I was watching "THE FIRST LINUX END OF LIFE IN THE HISTORY" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzYGg5hhiWo (read comments) and I've noticed that this guy is actually pretty gloomy. I really don't care about old hardware, I just want snappy X.org that never lags.
After reading the comments on that video, I noticed that Linux Mint has a different problem. Their problem is that Cinnamon isn't supporting Wayland. So they have to slowly port Cinnamon to Wayland or whatever.
FYI, they have managed to get Xlibre running on Mint without much problems: see https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2711784
And porting Cinnamon to Wayland seems to be a pain in the ass. https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewforum.php?f=266
Which answers a question I was wondering about... why are GNOME/KDE making such a big departure over X.org? The answer is that it's not a small thing to go from X.org -> Wayland.
I was watching "THE FIRST LINUX END OF LIFE IN THE HISTORY" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzYGg5hhiWo (read comments) and I've noticed that this guy is actually pretty gloomy. I really don't care about old hardware, I just want snappy X.org that never lags.
After reading the comments on that video, I noticed that Linux Mint has a different problem. Their problem is that Cinnamon isn't supporting Wayland. So they have to slowly port Cinnamon to Wayland or whatever.
FYI, they have managed to get Xlibre running on Mint without much problems: see https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2711784
And porting Cinnamon to Wayland seems to be a pain in the ass. https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewforum.php?f=266
Which answers a question I was wondering about... why are GNOME/KDE making such a big departure over X.org? The answer is that it's not a small thing to go from X.org -> Wayland.