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#31

Installation / Re: Sha256sum and bad signatur...

Last post by AxL - December 26, 2025, 02:38:14 AM

[....] Downloaded the Xfce amd64 8.1 version. Sha256sum does not match.

By the way, the first images were from 'sourceforge.net' (Mirror 1).

And this one is from 'archive.org' (Mirror 2):





And, absolutely all checksums are also all correct.

[completely FALSE]

#32

Installation / Re: Sha256sum and bad signatur...

Last post by AxL - December 26, 2025, 02:16:24 AM

[....] Downloaded the Xfce amd64 8.1 version. Sha256sum does not match.

Well, it seems that what you say is completely FALSE.

As you can see in the attached images:







Since not only the sha256sum is totally correct. They are also md5sum, sha1sum and of course sha512sum.
So, stop spouting nonsense and deceiving other users with FUD & hoaxes.







Cheers !! 

#33

Installation / Sha256sum and bad signature.

Last post by mmah - December 26, 2025, 12:40:43 AM

Hi all. Downloaded the Xfce amd64 8.1 version. Sha256sum does not match. Gpg verification reports "bad signature". Hopefully just a mixup. Needless to say but I won't be installing.

I was around when Mintlinux iso images were hacked some years ago so nice to see developers signing iso images. Many do not.

#34

Newbie questions / Re: Edit Main Menu

Last post by pavroo - December 21, 2025, 12:20:39 PM

Create a desktop file in your home directory, for example:
~/.local/share/applications/your-app.desktop
and create content:

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[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=app-name
Exec=/path/to/app
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Icon=/path/to/icon
Categories=Application;Network;

#35

Newbie questions / Edit Main Menu

Last post by rmockler - December 18, 2025, 01:08:53 AM

I wish to add an item to the Main Menu under Internet. Could someone please tell me how to do that? I have tried to do it like I have done it in other Debian based systems, but nothing I have tried succeeds.

#36

Newbie questions / Re: Intermittent internet afte...

Last post by Jinseta - December 02, 2025, 02:55:09 AM

No 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.

#37

0ther / Re: Can we create a fakery pro...

Last post by kanliot - December 01, 2025, 10:54:31 AM

You'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.

56. The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin
    is the law.
57. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory
    through our Lord Jesus Christ.

#38

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?

#39

Newbie questions / Re: Intermittent internet afte...

Last post by Jinseta - November 30, 2025, 08:00:56 PM

I didn't have to install dhclient. I believe its a common utility. All it does is force the release of the local ip-

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dhclient -r [Interface Name]Then request a new ip from dhcp with-

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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.

#40

Deutsch / Re: Fehlermeldung bei apt-upda...

Last post by AxL - November 30, 2025, 07:49:34 PM

Moving 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 !!