Samuel Thibault writes:
> Joshua Branson, le ven. 25 oct. 2024 22:28:30 -0400, a ecrit:
>> Upon rebooting the Hurd in qemu, most of the time, the
>> auto fsck worked. BUT sometimes, it failed
>
> Does that not happen on real hardware too when you have to force it off?
>
>> and mounted things
Samuel Thibault, le sam. 26 oct. 2024 13:11:40 +0200, a ecrit:
> Joshua Branson, le ven. 25 oct. 2024 22:28:30 -0400, a ecrit:
> > - One cannot do `# halt` when running X. [This is a known
> > issue.](https://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/faq/x-exit/)
>
> No, the faq entry is about the normal se
Joshua Branson, le ven. 25 oct. 2024 22:28:30 -0400, a ecrit:
> Upon rebooting the Hurd in qemu, most of the time, the
> auto fsck worked. BUT sometimes, it failed
Does that not happen on real hardware too when you have to force it off?
> and mounted things readonly.
See the other thread, i
Joshua Branson, le ven. 25 oct. 2024 22:28:30 -0400, a ecrit:
> - Starting X issue: This one took me a while to figure out. The Hurd
> automatically runs fsck on your filesystems at boot, and it fixes
> all issues without user intervention! BUT sometimes it is unable to
> automatically rid
Joshua Branson, le ven. 25 oct. 2024 22:28:30 -0400, a ecrit:
> - ftpfs doesn't work so well without internet (obviously)
> - settrans -c \~/hurd-iso /hurd/iso9660fs
> $HOME/ftp://ftp.someftpserver.org/img.iso
> - Often times I will be working offline editing the wiki, and I will
> type `l
Joshua Branson, le ven. 25 oct. 2024 22:28:30 -0400, a ecrit:
> - `sudo service networking restart` normally fails. I have to run `#
> service networking stop; service networking start; service
> networking start` to restart the hurd's networking, since the first
> "start" command always fai
Joshua Branson, le ven. 25 oct. 2024 22:28:30 -0400, a ecrit:
> - One cannot do `# halt` when running X. [This is a known
> issue.](https://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/faq/x-exit/)
No, the faq entry is about the normal session shutdown, due to a missing
kill() functionality.
Halt not being ab
Joshua Branson, le ven. 25 oct. 2024 22:28:30 -0400, a ecrit:
> - Lock screen issues (i3 & xlock): sometimes when I am performing an
> upgrade patiently waiting and not typing on the keyboard, the X lock
> screen will appear and not accept my keystrokes.
Does it happen also when not upgrading?
Joshua Branson, le ven. 25 oct. 2024 22:28:30 -0400, a ecrit:
> - When I choose to upgrade the Hurd after starting i3, I patiently
> wait for the upgrade to finish. I do not use any other programs
> or switch workspaces. When I have done so in the past, many times
> the Hurd slowed t
Joshua Branson, le ven. 25 oct. 2024 22:28:30 -0400, a ecrit:
> - Upgrade issues:
> - When I used the stable release of Debian GNU/Linux, I used command
> this to upgrade:
>
> `# apt update`
>
> ` # apt upgrade`.
>
> But the Hurd recommends to [use this update
> com
Joshua Branson, le ven. 25 oct. 2024 22:28:30 -0400, a ecrit:
> - syncfs vs. sync -> Until syncfs' functionality can be merged into
> sync, maybe we should link sync to syncfs ?
I don't understand what you mean. What is the actual problem here?
Samuel
Hello,
Most of these are not really tips, but things that should just be
addressed. I'll split off the discussions since these are vastly
different areas.
Samuel
Hey Hurd people!
I've been using Emacs for so long, that I forget sometimes that it is
a little clunky to use. C-y is paste? C-x is NOT to cut text? What!?
I love Emacs, but it is a little odd sometimes. In a similiar vein, I
wanted to record some of the "papercuts" that using the Hurd curre
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