Questions tagged [void-linux]
For questions pertaining to Void, it's packaging system or build system.
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Software installation - Error : when using command 'make' - make: Fatal error: Command failed for target
EDITED: (After solved): so guy's, It's seems like the base-devel pkg. Which one have include header on it. Now working properly :)
Thanks to you guy's (i get this help from a FaceBook Linux-user ...
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Acer Chromebook Spin 13 / AKALI360 - supposed sound fix not working in Void Linux (“No backend DAIs found”)
I have the machine stated in the title with Coreboot UEFI, on which I have installed Void Linux. Unfortunately, the sound is not working, so I tried the fix described here:
https://github.com/...
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Getting permanently connected TV that has multiple connections to only become a display device when tuned to the PC connection?
I've got a computer running Void Linux (so runit, not systemd), SDDM and KDE Plasma (wayland). It has two display devices permanently connected (back of PC is not readily accessible), a monitor on ...
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void linux and locking screen on suspend
I have some troubles with using slock with void linux.
I tried adding slock as a script to zzz: /etc/zzz.d/suspend/slock
#!/bin/sh
slock
which works in a strange way: if I call zzz, it brings up ...
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Unable to Get Void Running Without Live USB
I was hoping to enter the void on my Thinkpad t420 via a live USB boot, but it seems that no matter how smooth the install goes I am met with this screen whenever I unplug the USB (again, this is post-...
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voidlinux: what packages are in repositories
I am an experienced Ubuntu user, just starting with voidlinux.
When I try to install my favourite applications, Kate and Pinta are "not found".
Kate is a sophisticated text editor.
Pinta is a subset ...
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Can't automount smartphone in LXDE anymore
I used to plug in my smartphone into my laptop to access the internal storage as well as SD-card storage. Since some recent updates it stopped working. I unfortuntaly cannot narrow it down to a ...
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Scaling frequency to control temperature on 15 year old system
My 15 year old PC's temperature is much higher on Linux than what I see on Windows 7! On Windows 7, I used a tool CoreTemp to monitor the temperature and on idle it usually sticks around 45C BUT on ...
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How to install custom kernel tar.xz in void linux
I compiled my kernel in a tar.xz and I was wondering if there is a way to install it on Void Linux the same easy way with pacman -U under Arch.
I am aware that there is no equivalent as pacman -U ...
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Is there a minimum requirement for Plasma Desktop?
I wanted to run Arch linux and Plasma Desktop on a 15 year old PC. It's Intel DG31PR, built in VGA, Intel Dual Core Processor and 4GB RAM. Arch gets installed and GNOME desktop works without any issue ...
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xbps repos not found
can you help me to configure xbps repos? I created the file /etc/xbps.d/repos.conf with the following content: repository=http://alpha.de.repo.voidlinux.org/current/musl/
and after xbps-install -Su I ...
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How to install and run these programs from Hard Drive?
I could install:
1) texlive with perl /media/500G/texlive2019-20190410/install-tl --gui
2) Qt by double clicking /media/500G/qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.13.0.run and run
3) Visual Studio Code by double ...
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ibus input method doesn't work in code-OSS
I could write multilingual LaTeX document in Arch using Visual Studio Code or Code-OSS and ibus-m17n BUT in Void ibus-m17n input method seems to work in libreoffice, kate kwrite, etc.! In Code-OSS, it ...
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vlc player crashes!
If I drag and drop a video on vlc player, it closes, here's the output in terminal:
VLC media player 3.0.7.1 Vetinari (revision 3.0.7.1-0-gf3940db4af)
[0000555847e4c620] main libvlc: Running vlc ...
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Did I do anything wrong in Powersaving?
Besides a few other articles on Archwiki, I'd found this on Powersaving and installed powertop and started the service with these:
xbps-install -S powertop
ln -s /etc/sv/powertop /var/service/
then ...
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No sound in every linux distribution,in aslamixer only one bar(master)
Now i am using Void Linux,sound don't work,but when i type
$beep
Sound work,so i don't know where the problem.
Help please.
aplay -L
[bixbow@localhost ~]$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware ...
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Trouble with NVIDIA Optimus!
Before installing bumblebee, nvidia and bbswitch, all plasma desktop effects had been working fine and RAM usage according to KSysGuard was around 330M in idle. After installing those, as per ...
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How to get unmounted disk partitions in Places automatically?
I've 4 partitions on /dev/sda. During installation I've mounted /dev/sda2 on /, /dev/sda1 on /boot/efi, didn't to anything for /dev/sda3 as well as /dev/sda4, that's what I did for all linux distros ...
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How to connect with wifi during void linux installation
While installing Void Linux, I followed this example I'd copied /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf with this command
cp /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-...
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How do I enable core dumps in Void Linux?
Everything I see tells me to configure core dumps via ulimit, but Void doesn't have this command (at least not out of the box). I can't seem to find any relevant results to help me enable them.
I'm ...
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How do I use xbps with an authenticated proxy?
How do I use xbps with an authenticated proxy? what configuration do I have to do? I'm looking for an example because I've tried configuring the environment variable and nothing, I'm almost buying a ...
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Enlightenment 22 — Binding cursor movement to keys
I've seen that it's possible for X11-based desktops to move the cursor/pointer around using keys with stuff like xdotool or keynav.
While these look quite convenient, I've been trying to do the same ...
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Modern replacement for libaosd?
I used to use aosd_cat to write large messages across the screen, like so.
It is based on libaosd which is unmaintained for years, and apparently requires equally ancient hacks like "infinality" ...
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Rofi icons not showing on void-linux + i3 + Papirus icon theme
After I installed the papirus-icon-theme package, I setup rofi configuration like this:
rofi.theme: ~/.vendor/gruvbox-rofi/gruvbox-dark.rasi
rofi.show-icons: true
At rofi launch, I can see a space ...
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How to easy setup reliable font with modern symbols and emoji support on void-linux?
I was a Ubuntu Desktop user from long years. I changed for void-linux because the Unity desktop env does not fit well with i3 and I want a more personalized desktop settings.
The setup works well, ...
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How to repair broken permissions on files in /usr/share/mime?
Sometimes on Void Linux, GDK will get into a broken state due to bad permissions on files in /usr/share/mime.
Any GTK applications will have an error like:
(evince:14593): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:32:26....
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Void Linux hangs on poweroff
I just got a Oryx Pro, model Oryp4, from System76 and installed Void Linux on it. When I try to power it off or reboot I just get these messages and this dmesg.
I have tried adding acpi=off to /etc/...
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Void linux XBPS broke: certificate verification failed
I installed my first distro: Void Linux, the version without any desktop environment. I got my wifi to work and the package manager (xbps) worked fine; I installed things like htop, i3, etc without ...
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Revert changed ownership of files under /usr, Void Linux
Having lost my mind I did chown -R root:root /usr on a Void Linux system
Would someone be so nice as to mail me the results of ls -lR /usr on a Void system. I'll go over the changes, make everything ...
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I can't make a GRUB config
A few weeks ago, I accidentally updated my kernel, and out of nowhere I got these strange pixelated lines all over my screen. So, I decided to try and use the linux-lts kernel. But, when I tried to ...
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How to fix refresh rate issue in xrandr
I use a laptop with Nvidia Optimus, and I'm running the newest Void Linux. Following instructions on its wiki and the Arch wiki, I got the desktop able to render via the GPU rather than the iGPU or ...
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Package “fontconfig” not found
When trying to compile Luke Smith's fork of st on voidlinux, I get the error
Package fontconfig was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing "...
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How to install network drivers for Void Linux on a x200 thinkpad?
Introduction
I've installed void linux on an x200 thinkpad with a minimimal install using an ethernet cable as i couldn't connect using wifi.
The problem
ip a
i have no ip address for my wifi ...
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Failing to change my keymap for X11 on void linux
I have installed a recent version of void linux on a Fujitsu Lifebook E751.
uname -a results in 4.12.11_1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Sep 8 20:17:18 UTC 2017 x86_64 GNU/Linux.
Xorg version is 1.19.3, Protocol ...
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Void Linux network configuration
I've been trying to install Void Linux lately and couldn't get my network working. I don't use DHCP, I have static IP connection so I need to input all the information manually. I couldn't connect to ...
