Nostr notes by Justine Smithies

Urine big trouble by the sounds of it if you do. 🤣 CC: ...

2026-07-15T18:43:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…5swn
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Urine big trouble by the sounds of it if you do. 🤣

CC: Scott Francis (nprofile…k8ft)

32°c here in Fareham ! I'm not used to this heat so I've ...

2026-07-07T18:04:35Z

32°c here in Fareham ! I'm not used to this heat so I've nipped into the TGI Fridays across from my hotel for dime food and cocktails. It's all on expenses and as I said to my boss I always have cocktails on a Tuesday evening. 🤪

Might not be so bad as was a 12:40 flight now possibly a 14:00 ...

2026-07-07T09:55:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…v9kz
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Might not be so bad as was a 12:40 flight now possibly a 14:00 flight.

Got to Edinburgh airport for my flight to Southampton and ...

2026-07-07T08:54:18Z

Got to Edinburgh airport for my flight to Southampton and apparently it's delayed but doesn't yet say by how much. 🙄

Oh no! After yesterdays doas pkg upgrade I just noticed that ...

2026-06-28T13:41:56Z

Oh no! After yesterdays doas pkg upgrade I just noticed that qutebrowser was uninstalled and the qt6 version for amd64 still isn't available for #FreeBSD 15 Latest.

https://www.freshports.org/www/qutebrowser/

Anyone running #FreeBSD 15.0 > that used to use freebsd-update ...

2026-06-17T18:17:35Z

Anyone running #FreeBSD 15.0 > that used to use freebsd-update fetch install tried to pkgbasify their system ? If so did it all go smoothly or should we all just put those thoughts to the back of our minds until nearer the time of FreeBSD 16.0 ????

Spent the morning fixing my MangoWM scripts as they changed how ...

2026-06-13T12:12:26Z

Spent the morning fixing my MangoWM scripts as they changed how their IPC command mmsg works. Which may sound annoying but it actually improves what can be done via IPC now.

https://git.smithies.me.uk/freebsd-thinkpad-p14s-amd-dotfiles/

#FreeBSD #MangoWM

We just tried audio and video calls on #DeltaChat and it works ...

2026-06-06T15:12:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…u4p6
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We just tried audio and video calls on #DeltaChat and it works perfectly as Julie gave me the bird. 🙄🤣

I've had Delta Chat installed for a while but only had the ...

2026-06-06T08:49:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…w6lj
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I've had Delta Chat installed for a while but only had the BSD Cafe Lounge group chat and never really used it properly. So I think it is time to start doing so and adding more contacts.

CC: hkz (nprofile…slxm)

Think I'm going to try and persuade Julie my wife to install ...

2026-06-06T08:31:54Z

Think I'm going to try and persuade Julie my wife to install #DeltaChat and see how she gets on. Also I want to try out voice and video calls privately first before getting adventurous. Baby steps. 😜

Anyone able to see if they can open this link please ? It's ...

2026-06-03T16:29:37Z

Anyone able to see if they can open this link please ?
It's the second link on gnu.org and I get nothing.

https://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite/

Playing around with ed(1) like I probably should have done years ...

2026-05-31T12:58:08Z

Playing around with ed(1) like I probably should have done years ago. I never realised how much fun it would be. I know baby steps as you can see from the screenshot but this is way cool! Sorry if you've not noticed before but I am easily pleased. I'm still using vi(nvi) but you never know I might get used to using a line editor? 🤣 #RunBSD

In ksh vi mode you can use: w move cursor to begin of next word b ...

2026-05-28T22:08:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…thvv
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In ksh vi mode you can use:

w move cursor to begin of next word
b move cursor to begin of previous word

CC: 𝙹𝚘𝚎𝚕 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝 ♑ 🤪 (nprofile…6cws)

cursor movement by words you say. 🙃 CC: @nprofile…6cws

2026-05-28T22:02:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…2n28
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cursor movement by words you say. 🙃

CC: 𝙹𝚘𝚎𝚕 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝 ♑ 🤪 (nprofile…6cws)

I've a question for folk that use the vi keys h,j,k,l in ...

2026-05-28T20:47:56Z

I've a question for folk that use the vi keys h,j,k,l in everything including their window manager.
What do you then use the arrow keys for ?
I'm only asking as a h,j,k,l user as it seems like a waste.

Just thought I'd reinstall #OpenBSD 7.9 again and then switch ...

2026-05-27T16:47:03Z

Just thought I'd reinstall #OpenBSD 7.9 again and then switch to the latest snapshot to see if my not being able too boot /bsd past the 14th May snapshot and it now fails to verify the downloaded stuff 😂
Good thing I've still my trusty #FreeBSD laptop.

Even more random redoing the sysupgrade -s and it passes straight away and upgrades. Does it boot the /bsd ? No it does not only boot.rd and boot.sp boot.

Benefits of living in a Scandinavian wooden built house in Winter ...

2026-05-25T17:59:24Z

Benefits of living in a Scandinavian wooden built house in Winter is that it retains the heat.
What are the disadvantages you might ask?
Well summer as it is currently 28.8°C in our living room right now with the windows front and back open. 🔥☀️ #Scotland #Aberdeenshire

Don't apologise it really isn't your fault at all. I just ...

2026-05-24T14:44:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…9ul2
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Don't apologise it really isn't your fault at all. I just find it strange that for near a year I have been running -current on that same machine and randomly the kernel stops booting after the 14th May snapshot. I can easily rollback to any date before that and it boots perfectly fine.

OK then. I have just dowmloaded the #OpenBSD 7.9 img and done a ...

2026-05-24T14:32:18Z

OK then. I have just dowmloaded the #OpenBSD 7.9 img and done a fresh install on my desktop machine wiping everything from the past out. It boot perfectly fine on release so I proceeded to switch to my usual -current as per the docs and it ran through the upgrade without issue.
Can you guess what happened when it tried to boot the /bsd kernel on this intel i5 machine ?
That's right it failed with the same error 255 that the bugs mailinglist told me was an issue I had probably caused so go reinstall. I knew it wasn't me as it was extremely starnge how I could rollback before the 14th May or earlier with out any issues it always booted the /bsd ( MP ) kernel but after the 14th May it would not but would boot the copy I had of the last working /bsd renamed /bsd.xyz
I'm too tired to go back to the misc or bugs mailinglists to be told it's me. I know I wouldn't have got that response from the #FreeBSD devs so maybe it is a sign from above ? :runbsd:

Still I cannot doas sysupgrade -s past 14th May snapshot as the ...

2026-05-24T14:08:57Z

Still I cannot doas sysupgrade -s past 14th May snapshot as the /bsd kernel fails to boot. Both you and I are fed up hearing this too. So today I'm downloading OpenBSD 7.9 and I will wipe my desktop and start a fresh in the hope that once it's installed and I switch back to -current it'll still boot the kernel ?
Yes I know if I stay with -release it'll be all good under the hood but that's just not my style. I like to moan incase you've not guessed yet ? 🤣
I am however reevaluating my BSD of choice and the outcome probably will partly depend on how I progress. :beastie: or :openbsd: ???

Still trying to debug my #OpenBSD desktop as to why I can run any ...

2026-05-20T19:05:24Z

Still trying to debug my #OpenBSD desktop as to why I can run any snapshot from the 13th May and before but not progress to today's date or after #473 ?? boot just fails at 255 error unknown.
Bugs have been submitted and i'll wait and see before thinking about a reinstall.
In the meantime I'm on my ThinkPad p14s Gen 1 which I was waiting for OpenBSD 7.9 to install on it but for now I upgraded #FreeBSD and everything works. Not bad considering I've not touched this laptop for a month or so. 💪:beastie:

OK progress ! After getting the latest with doas sysupgrade -s ...

2026-05-16T14:13:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…0a89
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OK progress ! After getting the latest with doas sysupgrade -s and it failed when rollingback to the 1st May snapshot worked. I then tried the 14th May snapshot and it boots /bsd perfectly too.

http://ftp.hostserver.de/archive/2026-05-14-0105/

So for some reason the latest which is dated 15th may on the #OpenBSD server will not boot the /bsd giving me an error 255 unknow. So I guess that's where the bug is ???
Can someone more competent convey this issue for me to the OpenBSD devs ???

I'll even make available my dmesg.

OpenBSD 7.9-current (GENERIC.MP) #473: Wed May 13 11:13:32 MDT 2026
deraadt@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
real mem = 34078810112 (32500MB)
avail mem = 33018032128 (31488MB)
random: good seed from bootblocks
mpath0 at root
scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 3.2 @ 0xe0000 (108 entries)
bios0: vendor Dell Inc. version "2.33.0" date 07/31/2025
bios0: Dell Inc. OptiPlex 3080
efi0 at bios0: UEFI 2.7
efi0: American Megatrends rev 0x50011
acpi0 at bios0: ACPI 6.2
acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP MCFG SSDT FIDT BOOT SSDT HPET SSDT SSDT NHLT LPIT SSDT SSDT DBGP DBG2 MSDM SLIC DMAR BGRT APIC FPDT
acpi0: wakeup devices RP01(S4) PXSX(S4) RP02(S4) PXSX(S4) RP03(S4) PXSX(S4) RP04(S4) PXSX(S4) RP05(S4) PXSX(S4) RP06(S4) PXSX(S4) RP07(S4) PXSX(S4) RP08(S4) PXSX(S4) [...]
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
acpimcfg0 at acpi0
acpimcfg0: addr 0xf8000000, bus 0-63
acpihpet0 at acpi0: 23999999 Hz
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10505 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3192.56 MHz, 06-a5-03, patch 00000100
cpu0: cpuid 1 edx=bfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE> ecx=77fafbff<SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,SDBG,FMA3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND>
cpu0: cpuid 6 eax=27f7<SENSOR,ARAT,PTS> ecx=9<EFFFREQ>
cpu0: cpuid 7.0 ebx=29c67af<FSGSBASE,TSC_ADJUST,SGX,BMI1,AVX2,SMEP,BMI2,ERMS,INVPCID,MPX,RDSEED,ADX,SMAP,CLFLUSHOPT,PT> ecx=40000000 edx=bc000600<SRBDS_CTRL,MD_CLEAR,IBRS,IBPB,STIBP,L1DF,SSBD>
cpu0: cpuid a vers=4, gp=4, gpwidth=48, ff=3, ffwidth=48
cpu0: cpuid d.1 eax=f<XSAVEOPT,XSAVEC,XGETBV1,XSAVES>
cpu0: cpuid 80000001 edx=2c100800<NXE,PAGE1GB,RDTSCP,LONG> ecx=121<LAHF,ABM,3DNOWP>
cpu0: cpuid 80000007 edx=100<ITSC>
cpu0: msr 10a=a0a0c2b<IBRS_ALL,SKIP_L1DFL,MDS_NO,MISC_PKG_CT,ENERGY_FILT,FB_CLEAR,RRSBA,GDS_CTRL,RFDS_NO>
cpu0: 32KB 64b/line 8-way D-cache, 32KB 64b/line 8-way I-cache, 256KB 64b/line 4-way L2 cache, 12MB 64b/line 16-way L3 cache
cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0, type P
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 10 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges
cpu0: apic clock running at 24MHz
cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.1.2.4.1.1.1, IBE
cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 2 (application processor)
cpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10505 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3192.56 MHz, 06-a5-03, patch 00000100
cpu1: smt 0, core 1, package 0, type P
cpu2 at mainbus0: apid 4 (application processor)
cpu2: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10505 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3192.56 MHz, 06-a5-03, patch 00000100
cpu2: smt 0, core 2, package 0, type P
cpu3 at mainbus0: apid 6 (application processor)
cpu3: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10505 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3192.56 MHz, 06-a5-03, patch 00000100
cpu3: smt 0, core 3, package 0, type P
cpu4 at mainbus0: apid 8 (application processor)
cpu4: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10505 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3192.56 MHz, 06-a5-03, patch 00000100
cpu4: smt 0, core 4, package 0, type P
cpu5 at mainbus0: apid 10 (application processor)
cpu5: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10505 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3192.56 MHz, 06-a5-03, patch 00000100
cpu5: smt 0, core 5, package 0, type P
cpu6 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor)
cpu6: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10505 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3192.56 MHz, 06-a5-03, patch 00000100
cpu6: smt 1, core 0, package 0, type SP
cpu7 at mainbus0: apid 3 (application processor)
cpu7: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10505 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3192.56 MHz, 06-a5-03, patch 00000100
cpu7: smt 1, core 1, package 0, type SP
cpu8 at mainbus0: apid 5 (application processor)
cpu8: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10505 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3192.56 MHz, 06-a5-03, patch 00000100
cpu8: smt 1, core 2, package 0, type SP
cpu9 at mainbus0: apid 7 (application processor)
cpu9: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10505 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3192.56 MHz, 06-a5-03, patch 00000100
cpu9: smt 1, core 3, package 0, type SP
cpu10 at mainbus0: apid 9 (application processor)
cpu10: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10505 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3192.56 MHz, 06-a5-03, patch 00000100
cpu10: smt 1, core 4, package 0, type SP
cpu11 at mainbus0: apid 11 (application processor)
cpu11: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10505 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3192.56 MHz, 06-a5-03, patch 00000100
cpu11: smt 1, core 5, package 0, type SP
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 120 pins
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG1)
acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG2)
acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP01)
acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP02)
acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP03)
acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP04)
acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus 2 (RP05)
acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP06)
acpiprt9 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP07)
acpiprt10 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP08)
acpiprt11 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP09)
acpiprt12 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP10)
acpiprt13 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP11)
acpiprt14 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP12)
acpiprt15 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP13)
acpiprt16 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP14)
acpiprt17 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP15)
acpiprt18 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP16)
acpiprt19 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP18)
acpiprt20 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP19)
acpiprt21 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP20)
acpiprt22 at acpi0: bus 1 (RP21)
acpiprt23 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP22)
acpiprt24 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP23)
acpiprt25 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP24)
acpiprt26 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG0)
acpiprt27 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP17)
acpipci0 at acpi0 PCI0: 0x00000010 0x00000011 0x00000000
acpicmos0 at acpi0
pchgpio0 at acpi0 GPI0 addr 0xfdaf0000/0x10000 0xfdae0000/0x10000 0xfdac0000/0x10000 irq 14, 224 pins
acpibtn0 at acpi0: SLPB
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
intelpmc0 at acpi0: PEPD
state 0: 0x7f:1:2:0x00:0x0000000000000060
counter: 0x7f:64:0:0x00:0x0000000000000632
frequency: 0
state 1: 0x7f:1:2:0x00:0x0000000000000060
counter: 0x00:32:0:0x03:0x00000000fe00013c
frequency: 9580
acpibtn1 at acpi0: PWRB
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C0B" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C0B" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C0B" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C0B" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C0B" at acpi0 not configured
acpipwrres0 at acpi0: V0PR
acpipwrres1 at acpi0: V1PR
acpipwrres2 at acpi0: V2PR
acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3(200@1034 mwait.1@0x60), C2(200@151 mwait.1@0x33), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
acpicpu1 at acpi0: C3(200@1034 mwait.1@0x60), C2(200@151 mwait.1@0x33), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
acpicpu2 at acpi0: C3(200@1034 mwait.1@0x60), C2(200@151 mwait.1@0x33), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
acpicpu3 at acpi0: C3(200@1034 mwait.1@0x60), C2(200@151 mwait.1@0x33), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
acpicpu4 at acpi0: C3(200@1034 mwait.1@0x60), C2(200@151 mwait.1@0x33), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
acpicpu5 at acpi0: C3(200@1034 mwait.1@0x60), C2(200@151 mwait.1@0x33), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
acpicpu6 at acpi0: C3(200@1034 mwait.1@0x60), C2(200@151 mwait.1@0x33), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
acpicpu7 at acpi0: C3(200@1034 mwait.1@0x60), C2(200@151 mwait.1@0x33), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
acpicpu8 at acpi0: C3(200@1034 mwait.1@0x60), C2(200@151 mwait.1@0x33), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
acpicpu9 at acpi0: C3(200@1034 mwait.1@0x60), C2(200@151 mwait.1@0x33), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
acpicpu10 at acpi0: C3(200@1034 mwait.1@0x60), C2(200@151 mwait.1@0x33), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
acpicpu11 at acpi0: C3(200@1034 mwait.1@0x60), C2(200@151 mwait.1@0x33), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
acpipwrres3 at acpi0: FN00, resource for FAN0
acpipwrres4 at acpi0: FN01, resource for FAN1
acpipwrres5 at acpi0: FN02, resource for FAN2
acpipwrres6 at acpi0: FN03, resource for FAN3
acpipwrres7 at acpi0: FN04, resource for FAN4
acpitz0 at acpi0
acpitz0: critical temperature is 119 degC
acpipwrres8 at acpi0: PIN_
acpivideo0 at acpi0: GFX0
acpivout0 at acpivideo0: DD1F
cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 3192 MHz: speeds: 3201, 3200, 3000, 2900, 2700, 2500, 2300, 2200, 2000, 1800, 1700, 1500, 1300, 1100, 1000, 800 MHz
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Core 10G Host" rev 0x03
inteldrm0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel UHD Graphics 630" rev 0x03
drm0 at inteldrm0
inteldrm0: msi, COMETLAKE, gen 9
"Intel Core GMM" rev 0x00 at pci0 dev 8 function 0 not configured
xhci0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 "Intel 400 Series xHCI" rev 0x00: msi, xHCI 1.0
usb0 at xhci0: USB revision 3.0
uhub0 at usb0 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intel xHCI root hub" rev 3.00/1.00 addr 1
"Intel 400 Series Thermal" rev 0x00 at pci0 dev 20 function 2 not configured
"Intel 400 Series HECI" rev 0x00 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 not configured
ahci0 at pci0 dev 23 function 0 "Intel 400 Series AHCI" rev 0x00: msi, AHCI 1.3.1
ahci0: PHY offline on port 0
ahci0: PHY offline on port 1
ahci0: port 3: 1.5Gb/s
scsibus1 at ahci0: 32 targets
cd0 at scsibus1 targ 3 lun 0: <HL-DT-ST, DVD+-RW GU90N, A1C6> removable
ppb0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 400 Series PCIE" rev 0xf0: msi
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
nvme0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 vendor "Crucial", unknown product 0x5415 rev 0x01: msix, NVMe 2.0
nvme0: CT1000T500SSD5, firmware P8CR002, serial 23474518DF42
scsibus2 at nvme0: 2 targets, initiator 0
sd0 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <NVMe, CT1000T500SSD5, P8CR>
sd0: 953869MB, 512 bytes/sector, 1953525168 sectors
ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 400 Series PCIE" rev 0xf0: msi
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
re0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Realtek 8168" rev 0x15: RTL8168H/8111H (0x5400), msi, address c0:25:a5:84:5a:43
rgephy0 at re0 phy 7: RTL8251, rev. 0
pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel B460 LPC" rev 0x00
"Intel 400 Series PMC" rev 0x00 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 not configured
azalia0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 vendor "Intel", unknown product 0xa3f0 rev 0x00: msi
azalia0: codecs: Realtek ALC256, Intel/0x280b, using Realtek ALC256
audio0 at azalia0
ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 4 "Intel 400 Series SMBus" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 21
iic0 at ichiic0
spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 16GB DDR4 SDRAM PC4-25600
spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x52: 16GB DDR4 SDRAM PC4-25600
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 irq 1 irq 12
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
spkr0 at pcppi0
vmm0 at mainbus0: VMX/EPT
efifb at mainbus0 not configured
uhidev0 at uhub0 port 9 configuration 1 interface 0 "Lite-On Technology Corp. Lenovo USB Keyboard" rev 1.10/1.13 addr 2
uhidev0: iclass 3/1
ukbd0 at uhidev0: 8 variable keys, 6 key codes
wskbd1 at ukbd0 mux 1
uhidev1 at uhub0 port 9 configuration 1 interface 1 "Lite-On Technology Corp. Lenovo USB Keyboard" rev 1.10/1.13 addr 2
uhidev1: iclass 3/0, 2 report ids
uhid0 at uhidev1 reportid 1: input=1, output=0, feature=0
ucc0 at uhidev1 reportid 2: 6 usages, 6 keys, enum
wskbd2 at ucc0 mux 1
uhidev2 at uhub0 port 10 configuration 1 interface 0 "Logitech USB-PS/2 Trackball" rev 1.00/2.10 addr 3
uhidev2: iclass 3/1
ums0 at uhidev2: 3 buttons, Z dir
wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0
vscsi0 at root
scsibus3 at vscsi0: 256 targets
softraid0 at root
scsibus4 at softraid0: 256 targets
sd1 at scsibus4 targ 1 lun 0: <OPENBSD, SR CRYPTO, 006>
sd1: 953609MB, 512 bytes/sector, 1952992063 sectors
root on sd1a (d37010def7c156f7.a) swap on sd1b dump on sd1b
inteldrm0: 1920x1080, 32bpp
wsdisplay0 at inteldrm0 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation), using wskbd0
wskbd1: connecting to wsdisplay0
wskbd2: connecting to wsdisplay0
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (std, vt100 emulation)
wskbd1: disconnecting from wsdisplay0
wskbd1: connecting to wsdisplay0
wskbd1: disconnecting from wsdisplay0

OpenBSD update issues I've had are resolved! Thank you to ...

2026-05-16T13:55:04Z

OpenBSD update issues I've had are resolved!

Thank you to everyone who gave me things to try to resolve my #OpenBSD Dell Optiplex 3080 i5 not wanting to boot /bsd but would only boot /bsd.sp and bsd.rd
I tried everything from booting bsd.rd and upgrading to using doas sysupgrade -s but each upgrade failed the same. I even deleted /bsd so it remade it after an upgrade but still the same.
Finally after thinking the next step was to do a fresh install I decided to try rolling back the snapshot to the 1st May. This is not recommended but what had I to lose ?
So i entered doas sysupgrade -sf http://ftp.hostserver.de/archive/2026-05-01-0105/ and guess what ? It only boots into /bsdnow and I have all my CPU's back !
Yipee ! 🎉
Now to see if a doas sysupgrade -s does it's stuff and still boots /bsd`
#RunBSD :openbsd:

Think I might be heading towards a full rebuild of my #OpenBSD ...

2026-05-15T18:35:27Z

Think I might be heading towards a full rebuild of my #OpenBSD desktop if I cannot work out why doas sysupgrade -s will not buid a correct /bsd.mp ( /bsd ) ??
Tried removing it so a forced sysupgrade would redo it but still it refuses to boot /bsd only /bsd.sp and /bsd.rd
I'll give it a few days of running on a single cpu rather than multiple to see if a new snapshot fixes anything and maybe someone will come up with an answer on their bugs mailing list too ? 😒

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2026-05-11T07:29:21Z

Yay ! I'm off call now. 🎉

Called out to sunny Fraserburgh and logged into a VSAT. 🙄 ...

2026-05-09T09:23:28Z

Called out to sunny Fraserburgh and logged into a VSAT. 🙄

I'd be interested to find out if you come across a UK bank ...

2026-05-08T10:30:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…ztye
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I'd be interested to find out if you come across a UK bank that runs on a rooted Android device or even just works with a plain old web interface.

Mythic Beasts. https://www.mythic-beasts.com/

2026-05-03T20:41:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…uyel
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Mythic Beasts.

https://www.mythic-beasts.com/

Do you think that an N5105 router PC with 8Gb ram 256Gb NVME and ...

2026-05-03T16:12:30Z

Do you think that an N5105 router PC with 8Gb ram 256Gb NVME and 4 x i225 2.5G ports could handle a 1Gb PPPoE connection without issue plus handle a firewall running #OpenBSD ?
Currently I have an N100 running OpnSense but want to pick up a S/H unit to try OpenBSD with the aim of switching if Currently I have an N100 running OpnSense but want to pick up a S/H unit to try OpenBSD with the aim of switching if successful.

Julie says her ducks aren't in a row and she's pretty ...

2026-05-02T12:05:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…ugvf
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Julie says her ducks aren't in a row and she's pretty sure that one of them is a pigeon. 🤣

Got myself some second hand fantastic reading material for the ...

2026-05-01T16:15:37Z

Got myself some second hand fantastic reading material for the weekend. #Vi

Just had a look at what #OpenBSD provides for radicale and it has ...

2026-04-30T18:40:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…g78k
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Just had a look at what #OpenBSD provides for radicale and it has the latest versions of both py3-bcrypt-5.0.0p0 and py3-passlib-1.9.3p0 .
This does make me want to stand up an OpenBSD server too and I know you're going to say "But ZFS!!!", I can live without that though with a good backup / restore setup. I'm only thinking out aloud at the moment but you never know. 🤨

Doh ! Silly me yes I just downgraded py311-bcrypt and up comes ...

2026-04-30T18:04:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…nk4g
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Doh ! Silly me yes I just downgraded py311-bcrypt and up comes radicale .
Thank you.

Oh great just updated my #FreeBSD Bastille jails and my radicale ...

2026-04-30T17:58:13Z

Oh great just updated my #FreeBSD Bastille jails and my radicale now fails to start with the following errors.

[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [INFO] Logging of backtrace is disabled in this loglevel
[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [INFO] Loaded default config
[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [INFO] Loaded config file '/usr/local/etc/radicale/config'
[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [INFO] Skipped missing/unreadable config file '/root/.config/radicale/config'
[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [INFO] Starting Radicale (python=3.11.15 radicale=3.6.1 vobject=0.9.6.1 passlib=1.7.4 defusedxml=0.7.1 bcrypt=5.0.0 argon2-cffi=25.1.0 pika=1.3.2 ldap=n/a ldap3=2.9.1 pam=n/a) as user=root(0) groups=wheel(0),wheel(0),operator(5) on FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-amd64-64bit-ELF
[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [INFO] auth type is 'radicale.auth.htpasswd'
[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [INFO] auth.strip_domain: False
[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [INFO] auth.lc_username: False
[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [INFO] auth.uc_username: False
[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [INFO] auth.urldecode_username: False
[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [INFO] auth.delay: 1.000000 seconds
[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [INFO] auth.cache_logins: False
[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [INFO] auth htpasswd file: '/usr/local/etc/radicale/users'
[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [INFO] auth htpasswd file encoding: 'utf-8'
[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [INFO] auth htpasswd cache: False
[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [INFO] auth htpasswd encryption is 'radicale.auth.htpasswd_encryption.bcrypt'
[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [INFO] Read content of htpasswd file start: '/usr/local/etc/radicale/users'
[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [INFO] Read content of htpasswd file done: '/usr/local/etc/radicale/users' (entries: 1, duplicates: 0, errors: 0)
[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [WARNING] bcrypt module version '5.0.0' >= '5.0.0' and passlib(libpass) module version '1.7.4' < '1.9.3' found => incompatible, downgrade bcrypt or upgrade passlib(libpass)
[2026-04-30 18:52:44 +0100] [12116] [CRITICAL] An exception occurred during server startup: The htpasswd encryption method 'bcrypt' requires the bcrypt module but not usuable
I've tried reinstalling all the usual suspects like py311-bcrypt and py311-passlib which I think the latter is the issue here but it will not start not even from service radicale start

I'm running on the latest 15.0-RELEASE-p7
Anyone ??

OMG That doesn't look good !

2026-04-27T19:48:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…3avd
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OMG That doesn't look good !

Tinkering around with my Xenocara and Wayland configs on #OpenBSD ...

2026-04-21T19:57:24Z

Tinkering around with my Xenocara and Wayland configs on #OpenBSD as I realised that my xterm and foot terminals gruvbox colors were not the same. So my inner OCD kicked in and resolved the mismatches so they both look alike now. I am currently running under Wayland but do keep flicking back every once in a while as I miss nice things like redshift and currently there is nothing for Wayland in the OpenBSD ports. Also I my wee retro brain keeps wanting me back in xterm although foot is nice too. So does this mean that I'm proper old school ? 🤓 :runbsd:

Had a panic this morning as my #Fairphone 4 was dead. ...

2026-04-19T08:46:18Z

Had a panic this morning as my #Fairphone 4 was dead. Wouldn't respond to the power button no screen nothing. Had to remove the battery for a few seconds and put it back in. Booted up fine then, I wonder if this is a sign for me to source a replacement ? Although I'm not decided on getting a Fairphone 5 that can run #Linux or #IodeOS or whether to get a pixel pro 9 and go with #GrapheneOS ? I'll probably end up procrastinating until my FP4 dies properly knowing me. 🙃

@nprofile…zj9y has submitted the #librewolf port to #OpenBSD ...

2026-04-18T15:42:42Z

Leah Rowe ist kein Roweboter (nprofile…zj9y) has submitted the #librewolf port to #OpenBSD ports so fingers crossed it won't be too long until the package is available in -current .

https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=177652909703481&w=2

I'm not sure who knows or not and quite frankly don't ...

2026-04-14T07:03:49Z

I'm not sure who knows or not and quite frankly don't care but way back in 2007 I came out to my family as trans. My immediate family IE my wife and children all took it very well and we stayed together as we were still in love each other and still are very much so today. Unfortunately my mother and her husband and my Dad and his Wife ( Yeah they got divorced when I was about 5 or 6 ) did not and cast me out from the family. Things like finding out that my mothers side Nan and grandad passing and the whole family even cousins were told never to tell me. I looked up to my Dad and tried a few times to reach out but including mentioning that I don't want anything from him other than love and friendship and that I didn't want his money I'd rather be poor and happy. But alas he wanted nothing to do with us. I mean in 2013 when our eldest Cameron passed away just 4 days from his 16th I called my dad absolutely distressed to let him know that his Grandson had passed away to get the instant reply "What do you want me to do about it?". I hung up straight away and couldn't believe what I'd just heard. But to be fair my mother was as bad as both parents didn't even want to know their grandchildren and days before Camerons funeral I got a card addressed to Cameron and on opening it I discovered it was from my Mum who'd never spoken to him sending him his own in memorial card. I was horrified and so never tried to contact any of them again I soon found out family isn't always blood.
Anyway enough of my drama but this morning my Wife Julie got a messenger call from my brother who also thinks like my parents telling her to let me know that my Dad has passed away last night. You want to know what's bad ? I really do not know how to feel about this ? Yes when i was a child I looked up to him and he took us everywhere but later in life as I became myself and had a beautiful family he did not want to know me or them. I feel sad and heartless at the same time. What is wrong with me ? Anyway I need to go and bury my head in some code or something as I'm off work this week and maybe take a walk ?
Sorry for going on.......

Argh! I'm currently nursing my #Fairphone 4 with #IodeOS 6 on ...

2026-04-11T16:02:30Z

Argh! I'm currently nursing my #Fairphone 4 with #IodeOS 6 on it right now, But I'm left wondering aka fighting internally as my brain is a right pain in the proverbial as to whether I keep the FP4 and upgrade IodeOS or purchase a FP5 and put #PostmarketOS on it. Or even maybe purchase a Pixel 9 pro and go #GrapheneOS ??? Either way I'm going to have to keep a device for UK banking apps be it an old mobile or a tablet. But what to do ? Aren't you glad that your head doesn't work like mine ?

Just looking at the #OpenBSD #Wayland section in ports and OMG ...

2026-04-08T18:16:37Z

Just looking at the #OpenBSD #Wayland section in ports and OMG they just about have everything I'd need for now. All it's missing is wlsunset for day/night gamma adjustments and I'd be an extremely happy bunny. At the moment I'm still using Xenocara with Herbstluftwm. ;)

My Wayland happy list: Mango, Foot, Fuzzel, wl-clipboard, kanshi, wlopm, swayidle, swayimg, swaylock, waybar and Dunst.

https://sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/wlsunset/

I'm annoyed that in order to go from IodeOS 6 to 7 I'll ...

2026-04-08T12:04:46Z

I'm annoyed that in order to go from IodeOS 6 to 7 I'll have to wipe my Fairphone 4 and start afresh. Means trying to remember all my banking passes etc and yes I tried seedvault last time but it didn't recover everything.
I really wish all banks used web logins still as I'd drop Android and attempt to go Linux with a FP5.
Rant over and sorry.

@nprofile…79hk Is it time to start using -Dsnap if you run ...

2026-04-05T17:59:51Z

h3artbl33d :openbsd: :antifa: (nprofile…79hk) Is it time to start using -Dsnap if you run current on #OpenBSD now ? I never know when to start using doas PKG_add -Dsnap -u .

Wow I thought having 7 was a handful but 8. 😮

2026-04-05T17:43:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…eq4j
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Wow I thought having 7 was a handful but 8. 😮

Was at work today as on call onboard an supply vessel in Aberdeen ...

2026-04-05T16:49:15Z

Was at work today as on call onboard an supply vessel in Aberdeen harbour. It was blowing a gale at the top of the mast but check that view.

What a strange position Pebbles is sleeping in. On his back with ...

2026-04-05T12:31:22Z

What a strange position Pebbles is sleeping in. On his back with back legs in the air and his front paws on his brother Bam Bam. #CatsOfMastodon

Next you're going to say that you were also listening to the ...

2026-04-05T10:04:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…ju38
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Next you're going to say that you were also listening to the boy band 5 whilst driving.😜

Savoy cabbage is my favourite. 😋

2026-04-05T09:02:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…pe5h
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Savoy cabbage is my favourite. 😋

Started with #Herbstluftwm and then switched to #bspwm but for ...

2026-04-04T19:36:33Z

Started with #Herbstluftwm and then switched to #bspwm but for some reason I'm messing about in herbstluftwm again. Also I noticed that there is a new release 0.9.6 as in very recent !
Can't wait for it to make the #OpenBSD ports.

https://github.com/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm/blob/master/NEWS

Me too was working today and I'm working tomorrow. Go put ...

2026-04-04T15:52:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…rmst
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Me too was working today and I'm working tomorrow.
Go put your feet up if you can and take a nap.

It's snot is it ?

2026-04-03T21:11:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…vqln
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It's snot is it ?

No it's network based, below is from their FAQ. KDE Connect ...

2026-04-03T20:16:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…jj76
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No it's network based, below is from their FAQ.

KDE Connect uses dynamic ports in the range 1714-1764 for UDP and TCP. So if you are behind a firewall, make sure to open this port range for both TCP and UDP. Otherwise, make sure your network is not blocking UDP broadcast packets.

CC: Tionisla (nprofile…07xp)

Anyone else notice that openbsd.app has shown (Fri Mar 20 ...

2026-04-03T18:20:01Z

Anyone else notice that openbsd.app has shown (Fri Mar 20 00:01:12 2026) and searches in current contain old versions. For instance if you're running current search foot and you'll see it's newer than on this site. If you know who runs the site can you let them know.

https://openbsd.app

Oooh ! I see there is a new #Qutebrowser release v3.7.0 today. ...

2026-04-03T17:02:43Z

Oooh ! I see there is a new #Qutebrowser release v3.7.0 today. Can't wait to see it on the #OpenBSD ports to see if it stops crashing on me and freezing.

https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/releases/tag/v3.7.0

You can turn on follower count in the user settings if you use a ...

2026-04-02T21:04:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…jd4x
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You can turn on follower count in the user settings if you use a browser.

I think I prefer your vessel. ;)

2026-04-02T19:30:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…9f2v
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I think I prefer your vessel. ;)

Just updated my #FreeBSD server to 15.0-RELEASE-p5 without any ...

2026-04-02T17:54:26Z

Just updated my #FreeBSD server to 15.0-RELEASE-p5 without any hiccups. 😁 :runbsd:

Up early tomorrow to head to Inverness for work onboard the Lord ...

2026-04-02T16:09:24Z

Up early tomorrow to head to Inverness for work onboard the Lord of the Glens. A fancy vessel for taking folk up and down the Caledonian canal and they stay onboard. To look at their sat TV system and 4G router plus access points. So a busy day. Roll on Monday when I'm finally off call.

I use OpenBSD vi which is basically nvi and if I really need ...

2026-04-01T20:01:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…c66q
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I use OpenBSD vi which is basically nvi and if I really need Unicode stuff displayed in scripts nvi2. Loving this journey as I stayed away from Vi all these years using Vim and sometimes Neovim. But lately I feel I've been missing out on my education. ;)

I've still not given up on #Vi as my editor instead of #Vim ...

2026-04-01T19:46:11Z

I've still not given up on #Vi as my editor instead of #Vim and to be perfectly honest, I'm not really missing the fancy Gruvbox theme and Vim's auto-completion. It's making me learn new tricks and stops me relying on the help of plugins. Good for the old grey stuff I'd say! I even changed the 88x31 button on my websites footer from Vim to Vi. #RunBSD #OpenBSD

Is it just me or are the #OpenBSD online man pages down ? ...

2026-04-01T19:11:32Z

Is it just me or are the #OpenBSD online man pages down ?

http://man.openbsd.org/

Yes go to the forum and in each category it shows you the @ to ...

2026-04-01T18:51:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…sd08
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Yes go to the forum and in each category it shows you the @ to follow.

Also noted that you can post direct to the forum from the fedi ...

2026-04-01T18:18:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…sht5
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Also noted that you can post direct to the forum from the fedi but if you use a local account your first post has to be approved.

OK so a forum that are federated where you can follow threads and ...

2026-04-01T18:08:05Z

OK so a forum that are federated where you can follow threads and reply from your own fedi account is really cool. You can also create a local account if you wish to keep it away from your fedi account.

https://billboard.bsd.cafe/

#RunBSD #Forums #BSD #BSDCafe

Ah so it seems the original post I made has deleted on the forum ...

2026-04-01T17:56:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…40yu
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Ah so it seems the original post I made has deleted on the forum too but the replies are still clearly visible.

I'm away to delete the post that I made earlier as a test to ...

2026-04-01T17:47:24Z

I'm away to delete the post that I made earlier as a test to the bsd.cafe forums to see if the forum post deletes too

It's for science you know. ;)

Yes they do. CC: @nprofile…5xpe @nprofile…vczv

2026-04-01T17:22:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…d94s
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Yes they do.

CC: 0xh4 (nprofile…5xpe) nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqydnes4h58rl6thyha4v8dv99r6y7xfuv444mfnze6tuyana529ls4fvczv (nprofile…vczv)

Working perfectly. CC: @nprofile…vczv

2026-04-01T17:20:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…eq7j
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Working perfectly.

CC: nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqydnes4h58rl6thyha4v8dv99r6y7xfuv444mfnze6tuyana529ls4fvczv (nprofile…vczv)

It does indeed work I see this in the openbsd forum there. CC: ...

2026-04-01T17:11:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…ta4r
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It does indeed work I see this in the openbsd forum there.

CC: nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqydnes4h58rl6thyha4v8dv99r6y7xfuv444mfnze6tuyana529ls4fvczv (nprofile…vczv)

Well this seems to work. CC: @nprofile…vczv

2026-04-01T16:57:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…qhnf
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Well this seems to work.

CC: nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqydnes4h58rl6thyha4v8dv99r6y7xfuv444mfnze6tuyana529ls4fvczv (nprofile…vczv)

@nprofile…vczv Test post from my personal #snac server.

2026-04-01T16:54:36Z

nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqydnes4h58rl6thyha4v8dv99r6y7xfuv444mfnze6tuyana529ls4fvczv (nprofile…vczv) Test post from my personal #snac server.

RE: https://bsd.network/@brynet/116324983359650447 I can confirm ...

2026-03-31T20:27:19Z

RE: https://bsd.network/@brynet/116324983359650447

I can confirm that on my #OpenBSD -current #367 machine hw.blockcpu=L works for enabling SMT instead of the soon to be obsolete hw.smt=1

So this replaces setting hw.smt to 1 ?? Would I then ...

2026-03-31T17:45:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…rhee
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So this replaces setting hw.smt to 1 ??

Would I then hw=blockcpu=L
To enable smt ??

Thanks in advance and apologies if I'm misunderstanding this.

Meanwhile in Orkney...... ...

2026-03-31T16:32:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…4gkv
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Meanwhile in Orkney......

So #Vi turns 50 this year. ...

2026-03-30T21:29:39Z

So #Vi turns 50 this year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi_(text_editor)

Or maybe just use this static button which is the sane as above ...

2026-03-30T20:06:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…pr4a
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Or maybe just use this static button which is the sane as above but without the animated earth ???

Found one that I might replace the current vim one with. ...

2026-03-30T19:57:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…6u7n
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Found one that I might replace the current vim one with.

Haha just resolved a couple of niggling bugs in my blogs html ...

2026-03-30T19:47:23Z

Haha just resolved a couple of niggling bugs in my blogs html using n(vi) on #OpenBSD . I know it's not much but I used to use vim before and I'm easily pleased. I wonder if you get a logo like this one that says vi instead of vim ???

Thanks for that detailed info and very nice.

2026-03-30T18:06:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…p37n
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Thanks for that detailed info and very nice.

Is that all on one box or is it on a VPS ? What's the specs ?

2026-03-30T16:31:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…e6sh
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Is that all on one box or is it on a VPS ? What's the specs ?

Yeah on OpenBSD vi is nvi.

2026-03-29T17:46:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…ktt2
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Yeah on OpenBSD vi is nvi.

Now this does look good ! I might have to get myself an uograde.

2026-03-29T16:21:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…4g52
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Now this does look good ! I might have to get myself an uograde.

I could halve it if I removed all the comment lines explaining to ...

2026-03-29T14:45:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…qakc
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I could halve it if I removed all the comment lines explaining to others what each section does. ;)

CC: r1w1s1 (nprofile…qxrs)

I think in my #vi journey on #OpenBSD that I'm leaning ...

2026-03-29T13:16:32Z

I think in my #vi journey on #OpenBSD that I'm leaning towards #nvi as in nvi2. Only because I do use some nerd font stuff to pretty up some of my menus and my bar. But obviously that could change as I may get rid of those nerd fonts and just stick with plain text?
If you're an OpenBSD user and use vi instead of vim do you use the builtin n(vi) or nvi2 ?

https://github.com/lichray/nvi2

So here's the difference between nvi2 on the left and n(vi) ...

2026-03-29T09:18:11Z

So here's the difference between nvi2 on the left and n(vi) #OpenBSD own vi editor. As you can see the Unicode fonts show up in nvi2 but not in n(vi).

Thanks Antonio. I have Unicode symbols in some of my scripts but ...

2026-03-29T08:59:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…0sge
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Thanks Antonio. I have Unicode symbols in some of my scripts but I'm wondering if I actually need them as they are just for display ? If I decide that I do them I will be switching to nvi2 but for now I'm going to try my hand at OpenBSD's default n(vi).

Whoah ! My #OpenBSD #vi config is a hearty 10 lines long compared ...

2026-03-29T07:27:52Z

Whoah ! My #OpenBSD #vi config is a hearty 10 lines long compared with the 260 of my minimal #vim config. Yeah I know I don't have theme support and what not but I'm prepared to give this a shot without all the fancy bells and whistles. The only thing it doesn't do is display my icon fonts in scripts but it's made me wonder if I even need them now. Yes nvi2 will display them but it feels like cheating to install that when n(vi) is in the base on OpenBSD.

I got so used to visual mode and never tried the correct way (vi) ...

2026-03-28T21:21:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…awkd
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I got so used to visual mode and never tried the correct way (vi) ;)

CC: Niels K. (nprofile…z0lh)

I think I'll give #vi a go on my #OpenBSD desktop instead of ...

2026-03-28T21:20:20Z

I think I'll give #vi a go on my #OpenBSD desktop instead of using #vim for a while and see how I get on. Got my config in ~/.config/vi/exrc and I'm learning new to me stuff so all is good.

Got it now. So I can select from the cursor to the end of the ...

2026-03-28T21:00:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…llce
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Got it now. So I can select from the cursor to the end of the line with `y$'. Perfect !

CC: Niels K. (nprofile…z0lh)

Thank you Niels ;)

2026-03-28T20:52:20Z

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Thank you Niels ;)

I think I'm being a tad stupid here ? How do I select text in ...

2026-03-28T20:48:25Z

I think I'm being a tad stupid here ? How do I select text in vi or nvi not vim if it has no visual mode using just the keyboard ? Everything I search just gives me vim results.

Thanks Roman.

2026-03-28T18:12:25Z

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Thanks Roman.

Very true and thanks.

2026-03-28T15:40:38Z

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Very true and thanks.

Hmmm decisions decisions. As an #OpenBSD user I usually prefer ...

2026-03-28T15:08:21Z

Hmmm decisions decisions. As an #OpenBSD user I usually prefer #vim with just 2 plugins installed my gruvbox theme and colorizer to color html color codes. But I'm wondering if I really need syntax highlighting and theme support ? You can see my rough and I mean rough .kshrc side by side in vim and vi. I do like a splash of color and do enjoy the command completion though so I guess I will tinker further with n(vi) further.

Thanks Nathaniel. I saw that in the man page but if that's ...

2026-03-28T10:44:38Z

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Thanks Nathaniel. I saw that in the man page but if that's true why is there an nvi package too ?

Also something else that I have noticed as an #OpenBSD user is ...

2026-03-28T09:12:24Z

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Also something else that I have noticed as an #OpenBSD user is that vi and nvi undo functions seem to both work the same ? I mean you can press u in both to undo and then press . to do multiple undos. Yet I thought it was only nvi that had that feature? I'll have to read up more on both to find differences.

No it doesn't but thanks.

2026-03-28T09:08:32Z

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No it doesn't but thanks.

Currently I'm a #vim user with only two plugins loaded by ...

2026-03-28T08:36:05Z

Currently I'm a #vim user with only two plugins loaded by vims own system no packer or anything. They are the gruvbox theme and colorizer to color HTML color codes.
I've been researching to see if I could work with #nvi and wondered about undo history and found that it might be possible ?

u

Undo the last change made to the file. If repeated the u command alternates between these two states. The . command when used immediately after u causes the change log to be rolled forward or backward depending on the action of the u command.
If you're an nvi user what other tips or hacks are there that I should know about ? I don't suppose there is some magical way to theme it ?

Currently I'm a #vim user with only two plugins loaded by ...

2026-03-28T08:34:13Z

Currently I'm a #vim user with only two plugins loaded by vims own system no packer or anything. They are the gruvbox theme and colorizer to color HTML color codes.
I've been researching to see if I could work with #nvi and wondered about undo history and found that it might be possible ?

u

Undo the last change made to the file. If repeated, the u command alternates between these two states. The . command, when used immediately after u, causes the change log to be rolled forward or backward, depending on the action of the u command.
If you're an nvi user what other tips or hacks are there that I should know about ? I don't suppose there is some magical way to theme it ?