Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-17 Thread Reco
> > >> Too many critical bugs found in them and treated by the upstream > > >> developpers with only contempt for the people reporting them > > >> (see > > >> https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/6237#issuecomment-312458445) > > > > > > By that logic (in)famous libc bug 4980 shoud've stopped

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-09 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Rob van der Putten wrote: > You need to modify your net install DVD too; > http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_remove_systemd_from_the_Netinst_CD Guests may not discuss there. So here: The genisoimage run in "update-cdrom.sh" only prepares for booting via BIOS from CD/DVD. One w

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-09 Thread Rob van der Putten
Hi there On 05/07/17 17:27, Don Armstrong wrote: It already exists: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/04/msg00097.html « You can just append: preseed/late_command="in-target apt-get install -y sysvinit-core" to the installer command line. Or you can roll your own install media wit

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-07 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Fri, 7 Jul 2017 20:01:15 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Fri 07 Jul 2017 at 08:50:37 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > On Fri, 7 Jul 2017 14:53:09 +0100 Jonathan Dowland > > wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 03:31:18PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > >I would be interested if there were.

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-07 Thread David Wright
On Fri 07 Jul 2017 at 14:53:09 (+0100), Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 03:31:18PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >I would be interested if there were. I've never seen such an option > ... > >Let the list know what you discover. > > I'm surprised to report that the option do man

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-07 Thread Brian
On Fri 07 Jul 2017 at 08:50:37 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Fri, 7 Jul 2017 14:53:09 +0100 Jonathan Dowland > wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 03:31:18PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > >I would be interested if there were. I've never seen such an option > > ... > > >Let the list know

Re: Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-07 Thread Brian
On Thu 06 Jul 2017 at 21:07:44 -0600, Tom Dial wrote: > I am not a particular fan of systemd, but have learned to live with it, > on the basis that deviations from the default install are likely to lead > to more work, possibly exponentially, down the line. > > That said, the hplip in Devuan 2.0

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-07 Thread Brian
On Thu 06 Jul 2017 at 15:49:41 +0200, Erwan David wrote: > There are also packages which add a dependency on systemd whereas the > same software works perfectly on FreeBSD, thus without anything > ressembling it (eg hplip). hplip does not have systemd as a Depends:, In about 2009 hplip introduce

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-07 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Fri, 7 Jul 2017 14:53:09 +0100 Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 03:31:18PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >I would be interested if there were. I've never seen such an option > ... > >Let the list know what you discover. > > I'm surprised to report that the option do manuall

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-07 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 03:31:18PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: I would be interested if there were. I've never seen such an option ... Let the list know what you discover. I'm surprised to report that the option do manually select software is no longer there. As I recall, it was essentially

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Joel Rees
On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 12:42 AM, Reco wrote: > [...] >> > >> >> This behaviour on a critical component is mere madness. >> > >> > OpenBSD folks beg to differ. >> > >> > https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=149902196520920&w=2 >> >> They were mocking systemd, not adopting the behaviour... > > Rly?

Re: Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Tom Dial
On 07/06/2017 10:00 AM, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Thu, 6 Jul 2017 15:49:41 +0200 > Erwan David wrote: > >>> True. But does libsystemd0 count? It's a library, not an executable. >>> >> There are also packages which add a dependency on systemd whereas the >> same software works perfectly on

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Thu, 6 Jul 2017 20:55:48 +0100 Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 09:02:24AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >Even in Expert Mode, there's no choice to install an alternate init. > >And with systemd being a major system dependency in Debian, it's > >always going to be around rega

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 09:02:24AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: Even in Expert Mode, there's no choice to install an alternate init. And with systemd being a major system dependency in Debian, it's always going to be around regardless of which init you migrate to. I believe expert mode offers y

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Thu, 6 Jul 2017 10:57:55 +0100 Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 04:32:17PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >If you're referring to "preseed" or "debootstrap" scenerios, those > >are more "work-arounds" than a choice from within the installer -- > >What my original query was abo

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Reco
Hi. On Thu, 6 Jul 2017 15:49:41 +0200 Erwan David wrote: > > True. But does libsystemd0 count? It's a library, not an executable. > > > There are also packages which add a dependency on systemd whereas the > same software works perfectly on FreeBSD, thus without anything > ressembling i

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Reco
Hi. On Thu, 6 Jul 2017 15:27:04 +0200 Erwan David wrote: > Le 07/06/17 à 13:48, Reco a écrit : > > Hi. > > > > On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 12:53:29PM +0200, Erwan David wrote: > >> Le 07/03/17 à 22:48, Dejan Jocic a écrit : > >>> > >>> You can still use Debian without systemd as init.

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Thu, 6 Jul 2017 11:50:24 +0100 Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 04:41:42PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >All that can be done on a window manager only system, too. Just > >install the utility needed, either terminal or X-based.. > > You are missing the point entirely. I wa

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread JPlews
On 06/07/17 13:10, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 07:34:04AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: But that is not the scenario I am discussing. I am discussing the experience which an ordinary user, who simply selects from the options which the installer lists, will have. (My use of the term

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Erwan David
Le 07/06/17 à 15:27, Reco a écrit : > On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 08:45:30AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: >> On 2017-07-06 at 07:48, Reco wrote: >> >>> Hi. >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 12:53:29PM +0200, Erwan David wrote: >>> Le 07/03/17 à 22:48, Dejan Jocic a écrit : > You can still use

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Erwan David
Le 07/06/17 à 13:48, Reco a écrit : > Hi. > > On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 12:53:29PM +0200, Erwan David wrote: >> Le 07/03/17 à 22:48, Dejan Jocic a écrit : >>> >>> You can still use Debian without systemd as init. Explained here: >>> >>> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/05/msg00538.htm

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Reco
On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 08:45:30AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2017-07-06 at 07:48, Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 12:53:29PM +0200, Erwan David wrote: > > > >> Le 07/03/17 à 22:48, Dejan Jocic a écrit : > >> > >>> You can still use Debian without systemd as init. Exp

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 07:34:04AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: Am I? I'm bored now of repeating myself. Certainly there are ways to set things up in advance so that the installer will never install the systemd-sysv package (or at least there are reported to be - I've never tried any of them my

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread The Wanderer
On 2017-07-06 at 07:48, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 12:53:29PM +0200, Erwan David wrote: > >> Le 07/03/17 à 22:48, Dejan Jocic a écrit : >> >>> You can still use Debian without systemd as init. Explained >>> here: >>> >>> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/05/msg00538.

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Greg Wooledge
We get multiple users *per day* in #debian asking how to work around whatever their live-CD-install broke. Care to guess how many users we get per day asking how to replace systemd? As Don Armstrong already said, the Debian developers are *not* going to change the installer to add the option you keep yelling for. Just get over it.

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Reco
Hi. On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 12:53:29PM +0200, Erwan David wrote: > Le 07/03/17 à 22:48, Dejan Jocic a écrit : > > > > You can still use Debian without systemd as init. Explained here: > > > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/05/msg00538.html > > > > If you would prefer that it

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread The Wanderer
On 2017-07-06 at 04:09, Dejan Jocic wrote: > On 06-07-17, David Griffith wrote: > >> I'm aware of that technique. What I was talking about is a menu >> option that pops up when the install is running that explicitly >> asks the person installing which init to use. > > There was no such option w

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread The Wanderer
On 2017-07-06 at 06:54, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 10:57:14PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > >> Since it is not even conceptually possible to install Debian with >> no init system at all (even if an option to do so existed, what >> would it *do* in practice?), having there be

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 10:57:14PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: Since it is not even conceptually possible to install Debian with no init system at all (even if an option to do so existed, what would it *do* in practice?), having there be an option to select which of the available init systems shou

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Erwan David
Le 07/03/17 à 22:48, Dejan Jocic a écrit : > > You can still use Debian without systemd as init. Explained here: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/05/msg00538.html > > If you would prefer that it is some derivate/fork of Debian without > systemd, I do not have personal experience wit

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 04:49:41PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: Is it true that systemd only allows sysvinit to run inside of systemd, in fact systemd is starting your computer and shutting down your computer and still running in the background while you are using your computer? No. It is not t

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 04:41:42PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: All that can be done on a window manager only system, too. Just install the utility needed, either terminal or X-based.. You are missing the point entirely. I was not arguing it was impossible to get that functionality without usi

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 04:32:17PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: If you're referring to "preseed" or "debootstrap" scenerios, those are more "work-arounds" than a choice from within the installer -- What my original query was about. While they work, so does the other option of switching inits aft

And the UNasked questions are? - was [Re: Replace systemd]

2017-07-06 Thread Richard Owlett
On 07/05/2017 10:25 PM, David Griffith wrote: [snip] I'm aware of that technique. What I was talking about is a menu option that pops up when the install is running that explicitly asks the person installing which init to use. On 07/06/2017 01:28 AM, Ansgar Burchardt replied: But there are f

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread David Griffith
On July 5, 2017 9:11:27 AM PDT, The Wanderer wrote: >On 2017-07-05 at 11:27, Don Armstrong wrote: > >> On Tue, 04 Jul 2017, David Griffith wrote: > >>> It would be nice to have an install-time option for selecting the >desired init. >> >> It already exists: >> >> https://lists.debian.org/debian-

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-06 Thread Dejan Jocic
On 06-07-17, David Griffith wrote: > > I'm aware of that technique. What I was talking about is a menu option that > pops up when the install is running that explicitly asks the person > installing which init to use. > > > -- > David Griffith > d...@661.org > > A: Because it fouls the order i

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
David Griffith writes: > I'm aware of that technique. What I was talking about is a menu > option that pops up when the install is running that explicitly asks > the person installing which init to use. But there are far more urgent questions that don't get asked at install time either: 1. Which

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 06 Jul 2017, David Griffith wrote: > I'm aware of that technique. What I was talking about is a menu option > that pops up when the install is running that explicitly asks the > person installing which init to use. We're not going to add such an option, because every additional question as

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/04/2017 09:33 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 07/03/2017 01:41 PM, Jim Ohlstein wrote: Is there a pure Debian alternative? Have a look at https://devuan.org/. A couple of hours ago this was Debian Wheezy with the kde-plasma-desktop. Now it's Devuan Jessie and kde-plasma-desktop and the

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread David Griffith
On Wed, 5 Jul 2017, Don Armstrong wrote: On Tue, 04 Jul 2017, David Griffith wrote: On July 3, 2017 1:44:30 PM PDT, Martin Read wrote: On 03/07/17 20:42, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: Is there a pure Debian alternative? There is an alternative init daemon, in the form of sysvinit (install the

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread The Wanderer
On 2017-07-05 at 12:44, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 12:11:27PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > >> I suspect that what the people who ask for this are thinking of is >> a step in the installer sequence at which you are prompted to >> choose which init system you want to be installe

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/05/2017 08:27 AM, Don Armstrong wrote: On Tue, 04 Jul 2017, David Griffith wrote: On July 3, 2017 1:44:30 PM PDT, Martin Read wrote: On 03/07/17 20:42, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: Is there a pure Debian alternative? There is an alternative init daemon, in the form of sysvinit (install

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 13:53:10 +0100 Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 03:11:05PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >My thoughts exactly. I stopped using GNOME or any desktop > >environment 5+ years ago. Resource hogs.. A window manager, a > >single panel and a couple virtual termina

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 13:43:43 +0100 JPlews wrote: > > > > It would be nice to have an install-time option for selecting the > > desired init. > > > > Exactly what I think too, I have been wanting to start a thread about > 'Is multi-init at install dead?' but keep getting distracted because > i

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/05/2017 09:44 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 12:11:27PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: I suspect that what the people who ask for this are thinking of is a step in the installer sequence at which you are prompted to choose which init system you want to be installed, such that

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 13:57:20 +0100 Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 07:15:48PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >I suggested that a few months ago. Thread lasted a couple weeks. > >Lots of Pro and Con with a few "Too Hard to Do" or "Impossible to > >Do." > > Also several posts of

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/05/2017 12:38 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 07/05/2017 05:56 AM, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 09:33:16PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: A couple of hours ago this was Debian Wheezy with the kde-plasma-desktop. Now it's Devuan Jessie and kde-plasma-desktop and the only syste

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/05/2017 02:23 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 01:56:44PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: [...] Is it possible that Devuan is becoming more Debian and Debian is becoming less Debian? What do you say to that? Hypothetically spe

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread chris
systemd: Make Linux Great Again! (c) On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 4:56 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 07/05/2017 07:18 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 09:48:07AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 01:56:

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 03/07/17, Greg Wooledge (wool...@eeg.ccf.org) wrote: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 08:42:11PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > Simply put; systemd doesn't suit me. Its a bit like being asked to use > > an graphical editor instead of vi. Or being forced to use Windows. My > > laptop doesn't feel

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 01:56:44PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: [...] > Is it possible that Devuan is becoming more Debian and Debian is > becoming less Debian? What do you say to that? Hypothetically > speaking of course. :) Don't think so, no. > J

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/05/2017 07:18 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 09:48:07AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 01:56:02PM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: Anyway, since you are no longer a Debian user, you are unlikely to see thi

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 12:11:27PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > I suspect that what the people who ask for this are thinking of is a > step in the installer sequence at which you are prompted to choose which > init system you want to be installed, such that the installer will never > even attempt t

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread The Wanderer
On 2017-07-05 at 11:27, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Tue, 04 Jul 2017, David Griffith wrote: >> It would be nice to have an install-time option for selecting the desired >> init. > > It already exists: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/04/msg00097.html > > « > You can just append: >

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 04 Jul 2017, David Griffith wrote: > On July 3, 2017 1:44:30 PM PDT, Martin Read wrote: > >On 03/07/17 20:42, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > >> Is there a pure Debian alternative? > > > >There is an alternative init daemon, in the form of sysvinit (install > >the package "sysvinit-core" to

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 09:48:07AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 01:56:02PM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > > Anyway, since you are no longer a Debian user, you are unlikely to see > > this message, as surely you have dutifully

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 01:56:02PM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > Anyway, since you are no longer a Debian user, you are unlikely to see > this message, as surely you have dutifully unsubscribed and will not be > posting here anymore, as is right and proper. It's perfectly possible to use both

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 07:15:48PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: I suggested that a few months ago. Thread lasted a couple weeks. Lots of Pro and Con with a few "Too Hard to Do" or "Impossible to Do." Also several posts of "this is already possible via /this/ method..." which seems to have bee

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 09:33:16PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: A couple of hours ago this was Debian Wheezy with the kde-plasma-desktop. Now it's Devuan Jessie and kde-plasma-desktop and the only systemd is "libsystemd0" and it seems to be required for kde. This is a very smart system and an

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 03:11:05PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: My thoughts exactly. I stopped using GNOME or any desktop environment 5+ years ago. Resource hogs.. A window manager, a single panel and a couple virtual terminals are more than sufficient. What's good enough for you is not nece

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread JPlews
It would be nice to have an install-time option for selecting the desired init. Exactly what I think too, I have been wanting to start a thread about 'Is multi-init at install dead?' but keep getting distracted because it's actually very interesting in terms of social sciences too.

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread SDA
On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 07:33:25PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Jimmy Johnson writes: > > Funny, that sounds like something a Slack'er would say. Patrick, we > > are not all keyboard wizards like you and that other Patrick who can > > keyboard faster than I can read. That's a compliment on your abil

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 02:38:23AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 07:08:03PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Why not try a window manager and a panel? > > I'm so far behind the times[1]... What's a "panel" in this context? Th

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 07:08:03PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > Why not try a window manager and a panel? I'm so far behind the times[1]... What's a "panel" in this context? [1] I still use WindowMaker for my desktop. -- Dave Sherohman

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-04 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/03/2017 01:41 PM, Jim Ohlstein wrote: Is there a pure Debian alternative? Have a look at https://devuan.org/. A couple of hours ago this was Debian Wheezy with the kde-plasma-desktop. Now it's Devuan Jessie and kde-plasma-desktop and the only systemd is "libsystemd0" and it seems to

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-04 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 04 Jul 2017 15:35:10 -0700 David Griffith wrote: > On July 3, 2017 1:44:30 PM PDT, Martin Read > wrote: > >On 03/07/17 20:42, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > >> Is there a pure Debian alternative? > > > >There is an alternative init daemon, in the form of sysvinit > >(install the package "s

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-04 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 15:56:06 -0700 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 07/04/2017 03:11 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Tue, 04 Jul 2017 19:51:39 +0200 deloptes > > wrote: > > > >> Christian Seiler wrote: > >> > >>> For both Jessie and Stretch, the following holds true: > >>> > >>> - GNOME requires systm

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-04 Thread John Hasler
Jimmy Johnson writes: > Funny, that sounds like something a Slack'er would say. Patrick, we > are not all keyboard wizards like you and that other Patrick who can > keyboard faster than I can read. That's a compliment on your abilities > by the way. Gnome or the Slacker way are not the only altern

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-04 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/04/2017 03:11 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Tue, 04 Jul 2017 19:51:39 +0200 deloptes wrote: Christian Seiler wrote: For both Jessie and Stretch, the following holds true: - GNOME requires systmed-logind's interfaces to work. (Or any alternative that implements the same DBus interface,

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-04 Thread David Griffith
On July 3, 2017 1:44:30 PM PDT, Martin Read wrote: >On 03/07/17 20:42, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: >> Is there a pure Debian alternative? > >There is an alternative init daemon, in the form of sysvinit (install >the package "sysvinit-core" to use this as your init daemon), and there >are several s

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-04 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 04 Jul 2017 19:51:39 +0200 deloptes wrote: > Christian Seiler wrote: > > > For both Jessie and Stretch, the following holds true: > > > > - GNOME requires systmed-logind's interfaces to work. (Or any > > alternative that implements the same DBus interface, but none > > exist in Debian a

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-04 Thread deloptes
Christian Seiler wrote: > For both Jessie and Stretch, the following holds true: > > - GNOME requires systmed-logind's interfaces to work. (Or any > alternative that implements the same DBus interface, but none > exist in Debian at the moment) + one reason no to use Gnome

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-03 Thread Christian Seiler
Hi, On 07/04/2017 02:06 AM, Jason Wittlin-Cohen wrote: > I assume this will work fine for a server system, but will it work on > a desktop system using GNOME? From what I've read, GNOME has several > systemd dependencies, but it's not clear to me whether this requires > systemd to be used as init,

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-03 Thread Jason Wittlin-Cohen
I assume this will work fine for a server system, but will it work on a desktop system using GNOME? From what I've read, GNOME has several systemd dependencies, but it's not clear to me whether this requires systemd to be used as init, or merely that systemd's packages must be installed. Also, th

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-03 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 3 Jul 2017 16:39:26 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 08:42:11PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > Simply put; systemd doesn't suit me. Its a bit like being asked to > > use an graphical editor instead of vi. Or being forced to use > > Windows. My laptop doesn't fee

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-03 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 3 July 2017 at 21:39, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 08:42:11PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > Simply put; systemd doesn't suit me. Its a bit like being asked to use > > an graphical editor instead of vi. Or being forced to use Windows. My > > laptop doesn't feel like my

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-03 Thread Martin Read
ght humbly suggest, in passing, that your choice of Subject: header is unnecessarily inflammatory and the interrogative "How do I replace systemd?" would have been much better than the imperative "Replace systemd" :)

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-03 Thread Dejan Jocic
On 03-07-17, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > I run Debian on my laptops and several servers. > > On my laptop I've had several recent occasions when it has been irksome > to try and find the cause of a service not starting or shutting down, > and I've concluded that I'd like to move away from systemd

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-03 Thread Jim Ohlstein
Hello, On 07/03/2017 03:42 PM, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > I run Debian on my laptops and several servers. > > On my laptop I've had several recent occasions when it has been irksome > to try and find the cause of a service not starting or shutting down, > and I've concluded that I'd like to mov

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-03 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 08:42:11PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > Simply put; systemd doesn't suit me. Its a bit like being asked to use > an graphical editor instead of vi. Or being forced to use Windows. My > laptop doesn't feel like my machine anymore. > > Is there a pure Debian alternativ

Replace systemd

2017-07-03 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I run Debian on my laptops and several servers. On my laptop I've had several recent occasions when it has been irksome to try and find the cause of a service not starting or shutting down, and I've concluded that I'd like to move away from systemd as I don't like the binary log. This isn't a con

Re: Replace Systemd on Jessie

2014-10-21 Thread Martinx - ジェームズ
Just do: apt-get install sysvinit-core That's it. On 21 October 2014 11:41, basti wrote: > Hello, > weeks ago someone write an Howto, "Replace Systemd on Jessie with Sysinit". > Perhaps it was Dan Ritter? > I cant find this mail anymore, can somebody help p

Re: Replace Systemd on Jessie

2014-10-21 Thread debian
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 03:41:56PM +0200, basti wrote: > Hello, > weeks ago someone write an Howto, "Replace Systemd on Jessie with Sysinit". > Perhaps it was Dan Ritter? > I cant find this mail anymore, can somebody help please? > > Regards, > Basti Hi Bast

Re: Replace Systemd on Jessie

2014-10-21 Thread Brian
On Tue 21 Oct 2014 at 15:41:56 +0200, basti wrote: > weeks ago someone write an Howto, "Replace Systemd on Jessie with Sysinit". > Perhaps it was Dan Ritter? > I cant find this mail anymore, can somebody help please? https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/09/msg00969.html

Re: Replace Systemd on Jessie

2014-10-21 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 03:41:56PM +0200, basti wrote: > Hello, > weeks ago someone write an Howto, "Replace Systemd on Jessie with Sysinit". > Perhaps it was Dan Ritter? > I cant find this mail anymore, can somebody help please? > https://randomstring.org/blog/blog/20

Replace Systemd on Jessie

2014-10-21 Thread basti
Hello, weeks ago someone write an Howto, "Replace Systemd on Jessie with Sysinit". Perhaps it was Dan Ritter? I cant find this mail anymore, can somebody help please? Regards, Basti -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubs