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strange message at login prompt & enabling arch repos

Hi! I changed the init system from OpenRC to runit! It was quite simpler than I thought, really. Didn't have to do anything- just uninstall openrc, install runit and replace the init-related packages (i.e dhcpcd-openrc/runit/s6) for the new init system and enable those. It's doable just fine while running the system. You can reboot with the magic sysrq command when you are done since there is no init system now, and boot in just fine. Although I had this message appear after i changed the init system, at the login prompt... Here it is:

linuxbox login: starting up with netlink and the input layer
1 rule loaded
waiting for events: event logging is off

"waiting for events: event logging is off" i never encountered such a message anywhere before and cant understand what it means... I've installed Artix with runit before as well- dont remember getting such a message before. What is it, and is it bad?

And I couldn't find all I wanted in Artix's repos, like firefox. I searched and saw that I had to enable Arch repos. Is there any issue with doing so? Would anything conflict whatsoever? Sorry if it's a stupid question, thanks for reading...

Re: strange message at login prompt & enabling arch repos

Reply #1 –
Quote from: derby – on
And I couldn't find all I wanted in Artix's repos, like firefox.
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$ pacman -Ss ^firefox$
universe/firefox-esr 91.3.0-1
    Standalone web browser from mozilla.org, Extended Support Release
extra/firefox 94.0.1-1
    Standalone web browser from mozilla.org
Those are your options if you want unmodified Firefox: firefox-esr from unofficial Artix "universe" repo, or the one from Arch "extra" repo. (The third option would be to compile from source, which is in this case impractical.)

You should consider using alternatives, as unmodified Firefox is an anti-privacy program [1][2]. One of the alternatives using Firefox itself with some tracking removed (not all - see [2]) is Librewolf, which is in universe repo. Another alternative, which I'm using myself, is the Ungoogled-chromium, a modification of Google Chrome without tracking and privacy invading features, which is also in universe repo.

References:

Re: strange message at login prompt & enabling arch repos

Reply #2 –
Well... Firefox wasn't the only package I couldn't find- if memory serves correctly. I encountered a few packages- firefox was one example, although others i dont remember exactly... So I searched- and stumbled upon that people had to enable Arch repos to get what they wanted. Should I do this? I dont see all the packages I want in the official Artix repos... I get the feeling that something will conflict or whatever and break my system if I have both Arch and Artix repos. I wanna use unmodified firefox myself for now- Librewolf and such dont work for all sites for me..

Re: strange message at login prompt & enabling arch repos

Reply #3 –
Current (not esr) firefox is in omniverse:
omniverse/firefox 94.0.1-1
Perhaps enable omniverse and universe first, if you require more then add arch repos, or build them yourself if you prefer. Also mention what's missing, it might get added in future, sometimes happens.
https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Repositories
Breakage is unlikely even with Arch repos enabled if done correctly, but you should know what you are doing and how to fix things if required.
Waterfox isn't in any of the repos but it seems to work anywhere Firefox does, incidentally, it's optimized for newer CPU's, 1st gen i* onwards etc, won't run on older hw. Probably not as good for privacy as some but it does make an interesting alternative.

Re: strange message at login prompt & enabling arch repos

Reply #4 –
Quote from: ####### – on
Current (not esr) firefox is in omniverse:
omniverse/firefox 94.0.1-1
Perhaps enable omniverse and universe first, if you require more then add arch repos, or build them yourself if you prefer.
Yes, I forgot about omniverse. I don't have it enabled, since I don't use anything from it. :)

I'm leaning more towards using programs from this list: https://github.com/mayfrost/guides/blob/master/ALTERNATIVES.md

Re: strange message at login prompt & enabling arch repos

Reply #5 –
I dunno man.. I don't like having unofficial stuff (like repos) on my system,they sorta worry me... What if I enable universe, omniverse and the arch repos? I get the feeling I'll break something at some point.. I'll try it out and report back :d Also I still don't know what the event logging thing is about..

Re: strange message at login prompt & enabling arch repos

Reply #6 –
What I stated here:

https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,3186.msg21093.html#msg21093

also applies to other unofficial repositories, the "unofficial" status just means we do not provide support with those packages. In most cases, they do work, but require that the user knows how to correct any potential errors.

You should have a bootable ISO handy anyway, should your system become unbootable for some reason (unlikely, but just in case), as stated in the Troubleshooting article.
 

Re: strange message at login prompt & enabling arch repos

Reply #7 –
Exactly. I won't be getting any help here or there if anything ever goes wrong with be it a package from the AUR, or from the universe/omniverse repos. That's what I don't like about unofficial stuff.. I'll just enable the official artix repos, and the arch repos themselves to get whatever I need that isn't in Artix's repositories. You guys said that unmodified firefox is anti-privacy, so I'll give up on that.. But I will try to propose other packages that I can't find in Artix's repos(Where should I mention that package Y is missing and should be added to Artix's repositories?)