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#41
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
#42
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.
#43
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/
#44
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.
#45
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.
#46
Newbie questions / Re: Intermittent internet afte...
Last post by kanliot - November 30, 2025, 03:17:11 AMwelp 30% packet loss is quite serious.
I'm also unfamiliar with dhclient, is that standard on sparkylinux? I use 'network manager' which is administrated by network work manager applet.
It sounds like DNS is going down for a few minutes for whatever reason. This is usually the problem when you can successfully ping the internet, but not load any website where the name is not cached.
I recently returned my router a week ago, it was expensive... and old. I should have done it earlier, spectrum internet here in the USA is quite overpriced.
Please write down your ip address on the working devices, then after reconnecting with your pc, you can check if you are actually connected to the router by opening a new shell and running
you can also check your current ip address and check that you are on the same network as the other devices.
I'm also unfamiliar with dhclient, is that standard on sparkylinux? I use 'network manager' which is administrated by network work manager applet.
It sounds like DNS is going down for a few minutes for whatever reason. This is usually the problem when you can successfully ping the internet, but not load any website where the name is not cached.
I recently returned my router a week ago, it was expensive... and old. I should have done it earlier, spectrum internet here in the USA is quite overpriced.
Please write down your ip address on the working devices, then after reconnecting with your pc, you can check if you are actually connected to the router by opening a new shell and running
Code Select
fping -r0 [your router ip address] you can also check your current ip address and check that you are on the same network as the other devices.
#47
Sparky applications / sparky-backlight's icon is mis...
Last post by oliveit - November 30, 2025, 01:21:05 AMThe package sparky-backlight uses an icon called `preferences-desktop-display-color` for the tray. It isn't on my system in any installed icon packs which are Adwaita, GNOME, HighConstrast and Tango. With the exception of Tango they do all have `preferences-desktop-display`.
IMO the icon without `-color` is better anyway:
. Vs `-color` variant: 
. This little tool doesn't modify the color of the screen so that's not the right icon.
Not sure best way to resolve. Include a fallback icon to use if theme doesn't have one?
I am not sure if there is any generic/default icon set that can be relied upon.
Gnome Adwaita has this one that might be a good candidate: `video-display.svg`:
https://wiki.sparkylinux.org/doku.php/sparky_backlight
https://github.com/sparkylinux/sparky-backlight/blob/master/bin/sparky-backlight
IMO the icon without `-color` is better anyway:
. Vs `-color` variant: . This little tool doesn't modify the color of the screen so that's not the right icon.Not sure best way to resolve. Include a fallback icon to use if theme doesn't have one?
I am not sure if there is any generic/default icon set that can be relied upon.
Gnome Adwaita has this one that might be a good candidate: `video-display.svg`:
https://wiki.sparkylinux.org/doku.php/sparky_backlight
https://github.com/sparkylinux/sparky-backlight/blob/master/bin/sparky-backlight
#48
Newbie questions / [Solved]Intermittent internet ...
Last post by Jinseta - November 28, 2025, 10:00:31 PMOS: Sparky 8.1
Kernel: 6.12.57+deb13-amd64
Problem: I've had a few brief power outages for various reasons which, of course, knocks out the router. Once the router powers back on, every device reconnects and uses internet without issue except this one. For example, a youtube video might load a few minutes of content, then nothing. There is absolutely no internet available as far as I can tell. After a few minutes, more video time loads in and I can use internet normally. Then repeat. Its hard to narrow down the behavior any more than that.
The GUI reports a connection to the router the entire time. The wlan con strength reads between 76% to 90%. Everything looks to be in order for the ip. My router does not have any physical ports, so I can't test ethernet. I can say before the power outages, internet usage was fine.
Troubleshooting steps taken:
Disconnect/Reconnect has no effect.
Restart/Shutdown has no effect.
install systemd-resolved (and enabled it)
resolvectl flush-caches
dhclient -r wlan0
dhclient wlan0
Edit: I have since run several traceroute and pings during this issue. When the connection goes down, traceroute fails to reach local dns. Pings seem to work, but the statistics report 50% - 75% packet loss. When the connection works, pings float around 30% or less packet loss.
Kernel: 6.12.57+deb13-amd64
Problem: I've had a few brief power outages for various reasons which, of course, knocks out the router. Once the router powers back on, every device reconnects and uses internet without issue except this one. For example, a youtube video might load a few minutes of content, then nothing. There is absolutely no internet available as far as I can tell. After a few minutes, more video time loads in and I can use internet normally. Then repeat. Its hard to narrow down the behavior any more than that.
The GUI reports a connection to the router the entire time. The wlan con strength reads between 76% to 90%. Everything looks to be in order for the ip. My router does not have any physical ports, so I can't test ethernet. I can say before the power outages, internet usage was fine.
Troubleshooting steps taken:
Disconnect/Reconnect has no effect.
Restart/Shutdown has no effect.
install systemd-resolved (and enabled it)
resolvectl flush-caches
dhclient -r wlan0
dhclient wlan0
Edit: I have since run several traceroute and pings during this issue. When the connection goes down, traceroute fails to reach local dns. Pings seem to work, but the statistics report 50% - 75% packet loss. When the connection works, pings float around 30% or less packet loss.
#49
Deutsch / Re: Fehlermeldung bei apt-upda...
Last post by pavroo - November 28, 2025, 12:09:31 PMAs I mentioned before, the repo is moved to other vps, so forums too.
Hope the migration made no problem for all of you.
Next one is wiki and the main site/blog.
Hope the migration made no problem for all of you.
Next one is wiki and the main site/blog.
#50
Deutsch / Re: Fehlermeldung bei apt-upda...
Last post by Dietmar - November 26, 2025, 05:25:04 PMyes - it works...thanks a lot pavroo....