libera/#devuan/ Sunday, 2021-03-21

tuxd3vseems that a new Devuan Image for RaspBerry Pi 1 is available with support for Camera and Such :)01:02
gnarfacenice02:02
systemdlete2gnarface, thanks!02:15
systemdlete2If move link does not work for some file system, I would call that a violation of the posix system call API, wouldn't you?02:16
systemdlete2It used to really goad me that, back in the days when unix first introduced symlinks, that I'd have to code for that in my program.  Since then, it seems that library calls handle that opaquely so I don't have to worry about it.  Or, at least in the last 20 years, I've never had to do it.02:17
systemdlete2(It used to be that you'd have to open the symlink file, read it, then open the file named by the string read)02:18
DashiePiewhy isn't Devuan picking up my controller despite the fact it worked before?19:30
VallDashiePie: what controller?20:01
DashiePie>mfw it did get recognized when I jiggled the usb connector in the port20:01
DashiePie>mfw it's basically broken20:01
DashiePieVall: it's a retrolink n64 controller20:01
VallOK, so USB20:02
Vallprobably bad connection, not directly related to debian20:02
Vall*devuan20:02
DashiePieyeah, I found out after it connected on its own, then I jiggled it in the port20:02
DashiePieRIP20:02
Vallheh20:03
DashiePieother controller connects just fine, it's not the port itself20:03
Valltry to cut out the USB connector and solder another one20:03
VallNot sure it's worth the bother vs simply buying a new one20:03
Vallyeah probably the male connector on the controller cable20:04
VallSomething like this: https://www.amazon.com/Conwork-10-Pack-Socket-Connector-Plastic/dp/B072DWP59M20:06
DashiePieprobably not worth the bother, you're right about that20:17
DashiePiebesides, I don't know how to do that20:17
Vallyep. You would also have to have a soldering iron plus solder and some basic tools, and know how to solder20:18
VallI would buy the spare connectors, but then I'm a tinkerer ;-)20:18
jonadabI wish I had a nickel for every time I've had a device not work any more because of its connector or cable.21:15
tarzeauhaha21:29
Valljonadab: probably you lost a nickel, and even more, on every one of them ;-)21:44
jonadabVall: Well yes.21:49
jonadabErr, not on _every_ one; some of them were secondhand items I didn't pay for.  But yeah.21:49
jonadabThe one I regret most is probably the Model M keyboard.21:50
jonadabObjectively, not worth the largest amount of money.  But I liked it.21:50
jonadabAnd finding decent keyboards is a constant struggle.  The cords on (otherwise pretty decent for $50 or whatever they cost) Microsoft ergo keyboards, are terrible and go bad in a few months every time.21:52
jonadabI've had at least four of those.21:52
jonadabOh, the Avant Stellar keyboard eventually died because of the cord also.  That's somewhat more expensive.21:53
jonadabThough it was a bit beat up in general.21:53
jonadabThe cord was just the fatal thing.21:53

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