DeltaWingDragon

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Timeshift crashed my desktop! in c/linux
[–] DeltaWingDragon 2 points 2 hours ago

I tried deleting the old backups, it still takes about a minute to complete the snapshot. I think it only limits weekly backups, and manual backups are unlimited. Weekly backups are completely fine, and manual is where the problem lies.

Timeshift crashed my desktop! in c/linux
[–] DeltaWingDragon 1 points 1 day ago

It happened on X11 and Wayland.

Facebook flags Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats' — posts and users being blocked in c/[email protected]
[–] DeltaWingDragon 2 points 1 day ago

I'd just like to interject for a moment...

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Timeshift crashed my desktop! (self.linux)
submitted 1 day ago by DeltaWingDragon to c/linux
4 comments fedilink
 

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/31907670

When I use the Timeshift GUI to create a snapshot, it takes a very long time to complete. If I click Cancel, my desktop environment crashes and I get kicked to a black screen or a login prompt.

When I use Timeshift CLI, it creates the snapshot in less than a second, but the command waits for a long time afterward. However, it can be safely interrupted with control-C.

Timeshift is in BTRFS mode.

Output of Timeshift command, interrupted

Using system disk as snapshot device for creating snapshots in BTRFS mode
Mounted '/dev/dm-0 (sda3)' at '/run/timeshift/33685/backup'
btrfs: Quotas are not enabled
Creating new backup...(BTRFS)
Saving to device: /dev/dm-0, mounted at path: /run/timeshift/33685/backup
Created directory: /run/timeshift/33685/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2025-01-29_15-21-49
Created subvolume snapshot: /run/timeshift/33685/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2025-01-29_15-21-49/@
Created control file: /run/timeshift/33685/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2025-01-29_15-21-49/info.json
BTRFS Snapshot saved successfully (0s)
^C

#output of time command
real    0m1.165s
user    0m0.004s
sys     0m0.009s

Output of Timeshift command, run to completion

[Warning] Deleted invalid lock
Using system disk as snapshot device for creating snapshots in BTRFS mode
Mounted '/dev/dm-0 (sda3)' at '/run/timeshift/32947/backup'
btrfs: Quotas are not enabled
Creating new backup...(BTRFS)
Saving to device: /dev/dm-0, mounted at path: /run/timeshift/32947/backup
Created directory: /run/timeshift/32947/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2025-01-29_15-13-13
Created subvolume snapshot: /run/timeshift/32947/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2025-01-29_15-13-13/@
Created control file: /run/timeshift/32947/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2025-01-29_15-13-13/info.json
BTRFS Snapshot saved successfully (0s)
Tagged snapshot '2025-01-29_15-13-13': ondemand
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum backups exceeded for backup level 'weekly'

#output of time command
real    1m12.419s
user    0m0.001s
sys     0m0.009s

Possibly related to this bug?

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Timeshift crashed my desktop! (self.linux4noobs)
 

When I use the Timeshift GUI to create a snapshot, it takes a very long time to complete. If I click Cancel, my desktop environment crashes and I get kicked to a black screen or a login prompt.

When I use Timeshift CLI, it creates the snapshot in less than a second, but the command waits for a long time afterward. However, it can be safely interrupted with control-C.

Timeshift is in BTRFS mode.

Output of Timeshift command, interrupted

Using system disk as snapshot device for creating snapshots in BTRFS mode
Mounted '/dev/dm-0 (sda3)' at '/run/timeshift/33685/backup'
btrfs: Quotas are not enabled
Creating new backup...(BTRFS)
Saving to device: /dev/dm-0, mounted at path: /run/timeshift/33685/backup
Created directory: /run/timeshift/33685/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2025-01-29_15-21-49
Created subvolume snapshot: /run/timeshift/33685/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2025-01-29_15-21-49/@
Created control file: /run/timeshift/33685/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2025-01-29_15-21-49/info.json
BTRFS Snapshot saved successfully (0s)
^C

#output of time command
real    0m1.165s
user    0m0.004s
sys     0m0.009s

Output of Timeshift command, run to completion

[Warning] Deleted invalid lock
Using system disk as snapshot device for creating snapshots in BTRFS mode
Mounted '/dev/dm-0 (sda3)' at '/run/timeshift/32947/backup'
btrfs: Quotas are not enabled
Creating new backup...(BTRFS)
Saving to device: /dev/dm-0, mounted at path: /run/timeshift/32947/backup
Created directory: /run/timeshift/32947/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2025-01-29_15-13-13
Created subvolume snapshot: /run/timeshift/32947/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2025-01-29_15-13-13/@
Created control file: /run/timeshift/32947/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2025-01-29_15-13-13/info.json
BTRFS Snapshot saved successfully (0s)
Tagged snapshot '2025-01-29_15-13-13': ondemand
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum backups exceeded for backup level 'weekly'

#output of time command
real    1m12.419s
user    0m0.001s
sys     0m0.009s

Possibly related to this bug?

Renfair cosplays in c/curatedtumblr
25 January 2025 in c/thefarside
[–] DeltaWingDragon 10 points 5 days ago

Strong Sad if he was actually strong

Linux for a 2006 Asus laptop in c/[email protected]
[–] DeltaWingDragon 1 points 1 week ago

If your ethernet works, then you can connect and then install NetworkManager using apt.

If it doesn't work, try booting into the Live ISO, downloading the package onto the hard drive without installing, then rebooting into the normal environment and installing from the file.

Linux for a 2006 Asus laptop in c/[email protected]
[–] DeltaWingDragon 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
  • Do you have NetworkManager installed?
  • Do you have the right network driver?
  • Does this machine even have a wifi card?
Linux for a 2006 Asus laptop in c/[email protected]
[–] DeltaWingDragon 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (4 children)

Another recommendation: Peppermint Linux, a lightweight Debian-based distro with XFCE as the desktop. Designed for older computers, and has a 32-bit version. Not to be confused with Linux Mint.

Safety info: Do not use Damn Small Linux, it is unmaintained and will not receive any security fixes.

About Debian, OpenSUSE not taken into consideration: Linux under-the-hood (not the desktop components) are fast even on old hardware. If you use a light DE/WM like XFCE or IceWM it will run quite smoothly. I have installed Debian on an old computer (2GB RAM, single core Celeron CPU, spinning HDD) and I have not noticed any significant slowdowns.

About Windows 7: I know it's absolutely unusable, I just don't want to see it destroyed. Like a rusted-out undriveable classic car that I don't want to see in a junkyard. Maybe copy the HDD image or something?

EXE icons out of nowhere in c/[email protected]
[–] DeltaWingDragon 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe the Windows partition is getting automounted. If so, there's nothing to fear. And if you installed Ventoy yourself, there's even less to fear.

However, if you suspect something untoward is going on, run a virus scan. Use Defender on Windows, and ClamAV on Linux.

ClamAV is unintuitive, so I wrote a helper script called Mussel. Read it, copy-paste it, put it in your PATH.

Mussel script

#!/bin/bash

getpath1() {
    echo $PATH'/*' | sed 's/:/\/\* /g'
    # print the path, with a /* on the end;
    # then substitute every : with a /*[space]
}

getpath2() {
    echo $PATH | sed 's/:/ /g'
    # print the path only;
    # then substitute every : with a [space]
}

scanselect() {
	echo "How do you want to scan?
Select from 'path-scan', 'home-scan', 'full-scan', 'total-scan', or 'custom-scan'"
}

path-scan() {
	sudo clamscan --bell -r --move=/.quarantine `getpath2`
}

home-scan() {
	sudo clamscan --bell -r --move=/.quarantine /home/`whoami`
}

full-scan() {
	sudo clamscan --bell -r --move=/.quarantine --exclude-dir='/dev'  --exclude-dir='/sys'  --exclude-dir='/proc'  --exclude-dir='/.quarantine'  --exclude-dir='/.snapshots'  /
}

total-scan() {
	sudo clamscan --bell -r --move=/.quarantine /
}

custom-scan() {
	TARGET='unknown'
	printf "Select target files or directories to scan: "
	read TARGET
	if [ -d $TARGET ]; then
		sudo clamscan --bell -r --move=/.quarantine $TARGET
	else
		sudo clamscan --bell --move=/.quarantine $TARGET
	fi
}

qview() {
	echo 'These are the files in quarantine:'
	#sudo ls -hal /.quarantine
	#echo `sudo ls /.quarantine | wc -w`" entries in quarantine."
	sudo tree /.quarantine
}

qempty() {
	ANSWER='unknown'
	qview
	echo "Do you want to delete them all? (y/N)"
	read ANSWER
	if [ $ANSWER = 'y' ]; then
		sudo rm -rf /.quarantine
		echo 'All quarantine files deleted.
Returning to mussel interface.'
		sudo mkdir /.quarantine
	else
		echo "Returning to mussel interface."
	fi
}

show-help() {
	echo "List of commands:
	scan: Does not scan anything, just prints a list of commands for scanning.
	path-scan: Scans all files in the path. ($PATH)
	home-scan: Scans all files in your home directory. (/home/`whoami`)
	full-scan: Scans all files on the system (/), except for virtual filesystems and quarantine
	total-scan: Scans /all/ files on the system (/), nothing is excluded
	custom-scan: Scan a specific file or directory
	update: Update the threat database
	quarantine-view: List files in quarantine
	qview: Same as quarantine-view
	quarantine-empty: Delete all files in quarantine
	qempty: Same as quarantine-empty
	help: Print this list
	?: Same as help
	exit: Exit Mussel, return to the shell"
}

if ! [ -e /.quarantine ]; then
	sudo mkdir /.quarantine
	echo "Quarantine directory did not exist, just created it now"
fi

COMMAND="unknown"

echo "This is Mussel, an interactive command-line frontend to ClamAV.
Type 'help' or '?' for a list of commands."

while (true); do
	printf '] '
	read COMMAND

	if [ $COMMAND = 'scan' ] ; then
		scanselect
	elif [ $COMMAND = 'full-scan' ]; then
		full-scan
	elif [ $COMMAND = 'path-scan' ]; then
		path-scan
	elif [ $COMMAND = 'home-scan' ]; then
		home-scan
	elif [ $COMMAND = 'custom-scan' ]; then
		custom-scan
	elif [ $COMMAND = 'total-scan' ]; then
		total-scan
    elif [ $COMMAND = 'quarantine-view' ] || [ $COMMAND = 'qview' ]; then
		qview
    elif [ $COMMAND = 'quarantine-empty' ] || [ $COMMAND = 'qempty' ]; then
		qempty
	elif [ $COMMAND = 'update' ]; then
		sudo freshclam
	elif [ $COMMAND = 'help' ] || [ $COMMAND = '?' ]; then
		show-help
	elif [ $COMMAND = 'exit' ]; then
		break
	else
		echo 'This command does not exist'
	fi

done

Linux for a 2006 Asus laptop in c/[email protected]
[–] DeltaWingDragon 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

The distro itself doesn't matter that much for performance. Pick whatever you want, and use XFCE or IceWM for the desktop (or even go CLI only).

I recommend Debian or OpenSUSE for an easy install, and Arch, Artix, or Void if you're more experienced.

PS: Windows 7 is one of the best versions of Windows and it's not distributed anymore, that's a piece of history! Don't overwrite it, even if it does suck.

Your positional advantage has just evaporated in c/imageai
[–] DeltaWingDragon 2 points 1 month ago

I didn't know chess had airstrikes

US Constitution Based Redesign V2 in c/[email protected]
[–] DeltaWingDragon 1 points 1 month ago

Interesting

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Is anyone here? (self.wof)
 

Hello?

2
Is anyone here? (self.wingsoffire)
 

Hello?

207
Fox rule (sh.itjust.works)
 
24
Goats and octopuses have rectangular pupils, and cuttlefish have W-shaped pupils (self.factoid)
submitted 4 months ago by DeltaWingDragon to c/factoid
2 comments fedilink
 

Goat

Octopus

Cuttlefish

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[SOLVED] Looking for a Flash game (self.tipofmytongue)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by DeltaWingDragon to c/[email protected]
6 comments fedilink
 

It was a 2D platformer, made sometime in the 2010s.

The main character was a penguin, who used an orange sword and a blue cybernetic boomerang as weapons.

In the description, the game was called "retro" or "retro-styled", and it looked like a cross between Mega Man X and Final Ninja Zero by Nitrome.

The game I'm looking for was probably not made by Nitrome.

The first level/tutorial was called "Like You Just Woke Up".

118
Meow (sh.itjust.works)
 
2
Can't select multiple tabs (self.bravebrowser)
 

When I click on a tab while holding Ctrl or Shift, it just switches me into that tab. On other browsers (Firefox, Vivaldi) it selects the tab instead. If I want to move tabs from one window into another, I have to move them one. at. a. time.

How do I fix this? I am on version 1.69.168 on Linux from the Flatpak.

35
Is it good practice to run a system without a syslog daemon? (self.linux)
 

If I'm using Arch or another minimal distro, is it a good idea to install a syslog daemon? Or can I go without?

18
Recreation of what I saw when I was running through a warzone in someone's basement (sh.itjust.works)
 

I was not involved in the battle at all, I was trying to do some trick with a yoyo because apparently it was an Undertale reference.

12
What's this flying insect? (self.bugs)
 

Looks like a dragonfly, flies like a moth.

I have video, but can't post it here and now.

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