Oolite Bulletins

There’s no rush - just whenever you get a chance - hopefully this is not becoming too much of a headache! Thanks.. Got sidetracked :) Edit : A Chromebook just landed in my lap. Not sure yet if it'll do for this gig, but will let you know as soon as I know. Meanwhile:- This article may be helpful. I...

Quick update... I tried reopening the Terminal - and after some time it got around to allowing me to type. Tried the "glxinfo -B" command, got the following response... [===========] Ready jonwoolrich@penguin:~$ glxinfo -B No protocol specified Error: unable to open display :2 Sounds like...

Here goes... Eeek! Sounds scary. So. I'd try disabling the acceleration to start with. Obviously not optimal, but it'll let us know if that's causing (reversible) issues at container startup. If that doesn't get it I'll look into how to sanity check the penguin container. Might be time for me to co...

In case the plethora of reference above is a bit much, here's what I guess is the least you need to do to enable hardware accelerated graphics for the linux container on your Chromebook. Open Chrome and enter this address: chrome://flags/#crostini-gpu-support Enable GPU support Click restart After t...

This is not what we hope to see. Accelerated: no So the CPU is doing all the graphics work. This may just be a sign that the Debian bits are running in something like a qemu VM, so they don't have access to the hardware. You may find the ArchWiki article interesting reference. It mentions that accel...

Its a slightly older model. This is the spec.... https://www.acer.com/gb-en/chromebooks/acer-chromebook-714-cb714-1w/pdp/NX.HAYEK.007 i3, not i5.. Still 8th Gen with 8G RAM. Still perfectly adequate. Please from a terminal type "glxinfo -B" and paste the result. You may need to "sudo...

Good morning! Its an Acer Chromebook 714 CB714-1W-390Y Model No: N18Q10 Have a good day! 8th Gen Core i5 with ample ram and reasonable graphics. Sweet! It has the gumption. So it's the container/VM issue that's bogging down things. ChromeOS is getting in the way. I hope we can find a workaround. I'...

So, believe it or not, I am in the game! It never really went as planned, and there are issues(!), here is what transpired!... I don't have the Debian log on screen - just the regular Chrome log on screen. There are no options to log into a different environment etc? I thought "do i need to ha...

Apologies... it's not a cog on the Debian login screen.. rather a spanner.. top right near the clock. https://i.imgur.com/7lvg1mQ.png Either way. My latest concoction is brewed. Please open an XFCE Terminal (no need to be in XFCE DE), as I know it should work. In the code block below, use the "...

GitHub: We will soon start the deprecation process for Ubuntu 20.04. While the image is being deprecated, you may experience longer queue times during peak usage hours. Deprecation will begin on 2025-02-01 and the image will be fully unsupported by 2025-04-01. Which basically means we'll have to eit...

*Obligatory thanks for time and effort!..... Not a problem. Thanks for sticking around and helping me to troubleshoot. It's given me an excuse to make this work for a platform I'd not been testing. Disclaimer: I don't understand a lot of the detail contained at 3.19pm post I'm afraid. Fair enough. ...

I've just updated the linux static libraries bundle on my fork, which as far as I can see is otherwise much the same as the 'proper' master. I confess I've simplified the doxygen bit in actions, using the one in ubuntu rather than grabbing ti and building. Seems adequate, builds faster. The build to...

My findings so far: Simplest take.. wait for my next post, I'll have updated my fork. LXTerminal indeed does NOT support dropping files. I set up my VM with LXDE and XFCE4 DE's. I found that "XFCE terminal" does support drag and drop even under LXDE, using the LXDE file manager. I set up O...

As above. By all means peek, but don't worry about answering any of it.. The next post is more relevant. I usually use LinuxMint with xfce4, so I'm setting up a Deb12 VM for my own education and to see what's up. I have a bunch of debian VM's, but they're all headless servers. To help me emulate you...

Perhaps we should have optional "save file compression", complete with suitable filename suffix for clues. Even the venerable gzip can squish these down to <10% original size, though it is my understanding that zstd is the current weapon of choice for both speed and compaction. That'd save...