BSD Cafe Billboard

https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano/116335936780760250 NLI (not logged in). Firefox in safe mode.

I click the star to favourite the post, I'm invited to sign in, I type my Google email address, then click Go. Result:

Google

404. That’s an error.

The requested URL /authorize_interaction?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fmastodon.bsd.cafe%2Fusers%2Fstefano%2Fstatuses%2F116335936780760250 was not found on this server. That’s all we know.`

Can anyone else confirm this? If so, I might report an issue at https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/ (I can't find a matching report there).

Workaround

Ignore the star, click the Sign In button in the sidebar to the right.

@ruben@kedara.social said:

Sysadmin tasks will be performed (remotely)

Maybe difficult with OpenZFS-encrypted root-on-ZFS. Will your mom be prepared to enter the passphrase when a task requires a restart of the OS?

Ole Asteo / nodebb-plugin-shortcuts · GitLab

If I understand correctly, the plugin will allow shortcuts such as Control-I and Control-B.

Whilst I love the idea, you might want to hesitate before plugging things such as this into a nice new instance. See, for example, https://community.nodebb.org/post/96744 (2023) …

Raise your glasses to the other multi-OS forums:

• https://github.com/DiscoverBSD/awesome-bsd#forums-and-communities

Vive le fediverse!

Cheers

grahamperrin said:

the horse

or the otter … I guess that other random animals can appear at the Not Found screen.

Thanks.

Maybe NodeBB defaults to strictness for new users, which would make sense. If so: leave it as is, I guess that I'll be able to edit the subject line there when I become a trusted user (I'm in no rush).

grahamperrin said:

reproducible, but not consistently.

It could easily be a local issue. I have a dizzying array of extensions, just one might be relevant.

With Firefox in safe mode, NLI (not logged in), I don't get the bug. The link goes direct from Billboard to the Cafe, without the forewarning:

You are now leaving BSD Cafe Billboard

With my default Firefox profile, logged in and using the Personal container, https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/https%3A%2F%2Fmastodon.bsd.cafe%2Fusers%2Fgrahamperrin%2Fstatuses%2F116332441399557860 is currently bugged, I see the horse.

If I open a new tab in the same window, not contained, then go to the same URL, I do get the forewarning:

You are now leaving BSD Cafe Billboard

I also get the forewarning if I use the context menu to open the URL in a different container, such as Shopping.

I use this recommended extension:

• Firefox Multi-Account Containers

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I wonder which browser @gta1998 used when he had the problem a few hours ago.

grahamperrin said:

IIRC the response was as if the linked post does not exist.

The bug is reproducible, but not consistently.

The URL:

https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/https%3A%2F%2Fmastodon.bsd.cafe%2Fusers%2Fgrahamperrin%2Fstatuses%2F116332441399557860

IMHO 3600 is too short.

In the example below, I need to simply add a missing word to the subject/title.

Thanks

This screenshot of a notification reminds me that someone else reported an inability to open the link.

My response to the report was made privately at https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116333909662773851 (the second screenshot below). At the time, I was unaware of Billboard.

• 08:21 UK = 07:21 UTC = 09:21 Rome.

Kubuntu 26.04 Beta — Resolute Raccoon | Kubuntu

Seeing Firefox 148 (from Snap Store) raised an eyebrow, because I already have 149.0 (the official Debian package).

I booted the beta from an old, slow USB memory stick. Live, without upgrading. It has Firefox 149

First impressions:

• no regression
• an existing issue with graphics is not fixed.

There's probably a bug report for the graphics issue. I can't remember where I discussed it, I didn't want to spend too much time. The bug is an annoyance, but my time will be better spent getting a new computer …

Thanks. Not yet packaged for Tier 1 ARM64.

https://pkg-status.freebsd.org/ampere5/build.html?mastername=150arm64-default&build=89a804c19f17#queued – 150arm64-default:

• version 0.2.2 is queued.

https://pkg-status.freebsd.org/ampere2/build.html?mastername=main-arm64-default&build=pea4da10cbbca_sbeab2fe9245#queued – main-arm64-default (for CURRENT):

• not queued
• this build began a few days ago (Saturday 2026-03-28).

https://billboard.bsd.cafe/topic/35a00513-4ebe-4a50-b509-0588e1475ee5/sylve-is-now-in-the-freebsd-ports-tree/6 (post 6) originated as a post in BSD Cafe.

The original post includes an angle bracket-enclosed link to another post of mine in the Cafe.

When I first clicked the link, in Billboard, it failed to show the linked post. I can't recall exactly what appeared (sorry) but it was probably between 11:40 and 11:45 UTC; within the last fifteen minutes. IIRC the response was as if the linked post does not exist.

A second attempt succeeded.

Additional details to follow.