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#251 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] mate-terminal freezes briefly every X seconds due to orca » 2024-09-18 19:48:13

Well, you seem to have a not too old AMD graphics. That should work just with kernel and the firmware-amd-graphics package installed.

Which amdgpu driver do you use?

Debug symbols: have a look into Synaptics, mostly what Debian has is also present in Devuan (as long as it does not depend on systemd).

#252 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Very strange: is it connman or network-manager? » 2024-09-18 19:42:26

connman isn't installed on my workstation, it just has LAN:

# apt list connman
Auflistung… Fertig
connman/stable 1.41-3 amd64
connman/stable 1.41-3 i386

I had no need for any network management here.

And I haven't manipulated anything regarding any symlink to /etc/resolv.conf, just entered my local ethernet router's IP.

#254 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Very strange: is it connman or network-manager? » 2024-09-18 18:48:36

Well, I have looked at two of my PCs with Daedalus: as well on my Ryzen workstation as on my travelling laptop I have a file /etc/resolv.conf, no symlink. And the entry in the file points to my local ethernet router IP as DNS (I am working with fixed IP adresses).

On the laptop I have the Gnome network manager installed to be able to switch between LAN and Wifi and Home and away.

#256 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » backport question, » 2024-09-16 08:05:02

Yes, I am running 6.10 now on Daedalus.

#257 Re: Installation » Daedalus LXQT-only installs no wireless manager? » 2024-09-01 14:15:17

Do not expect that you will get an automatic installation and configuration of your wifi stuff. Linux is not like Windows.

If the required packages aren't part of the meta-package that installs the desktop, they are simply not there. You will have to add your choice manually.

#258 Re: Other Issues » Disappearing files » 2024-09-01 13:57:53

.... but the file was located on a partition that I formatted as ext3.

Maybe its related to the older version of the ext file system. Don't know how they do maintain the ext3 module it in the kernel. I would change that to ext4.

I am on ext4 since its available. I don't see any reason not to switch.

#260 Re: Off-topic » How are you guys quoting posts? » 2024-08-28 17:05:38

greenjeans wrote:

I don't see the option to do so anywhere anymore. Or has my eyesight really gotten that bad?

1.) There is the quote button in the list of available commands above the Reply Window.
2.) Read this post: https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=6369

#261 Re: Installation » is the Devuan repository server usually slow or offline? » 2024-08-23 20:59:55

Happened to me recently here in Germany too, was ok again some minutes later. Repo deb.devuan.org.

#262 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] how to install kernel 6.6.47 (or 6.10.6) in a new daedalus install » 2024-08-22 12:11:49

@alexkemp: kernel updates are handled by the (meta)-package linux-image-amd64.

When this package is installed from the main branch, you will automagically receive the main line kernel updates. When this package is installed from the bpo branch (apt -t daedalus-backports install linux-image-amd64), you will get the bpo kernel updates.

Security updates are a separate story.

When you only install a dedicated kernel image from bpo, you won't get updates.

#264 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Devuan 5 not booting. » 2024-08-21 18:37:31

Refer to posts #10 and #12 in this thread.

#265 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Devuan 5 not booting. » 2024-08-19 20:46:43

No. Writing a new partitioning scheme will delete all partitions on the drive. If you have data on /home make sure you have a backup that you can play back.

#266 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Devuan 5 not booting. » 2024-08-19 19:49:45

Sure, select Device in the gparted menu.

#267 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Devuan 5 not booting. » 2024-08-19 19:41:47

No, redo your partitioning completely.

You are using oldfashioned MBR legacy partitioning. That is causing problems. Start with creating a GPT partition table.

Then create the ESP, and then the other stuff as you like.

#268 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Devuan 5 not booting. » 2024-08-19 18:30:20

1T is small enough normally. Nevertheless I would recommend to use gparted to start from scratch. GPT partitioning scheme, and create the ESP as P1 with 1024M, FAT32, boot and esp flag set only for this partition.

#269 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Devuan 5 not booting. » 2024-08-19 17:06:40

Apparently the installer doesn't have an option to create an EFI directory inside the boot partition, in these last installations it has created an EFI partition where it found a FAT 32 partition that I previously made, using Gparted, since the system used the usual BIOS before, maybe that could be the problem?

Such an option isn't there with reason. The ESP has to be a FAT32 partition on its own and will be mounted to /boot/efi. And per default it is never formatted or overwritten to save previous boot loaders for other OSes on the disk (multiboot).

In my installation the EFI partition is not the first one in the list but the fourth one.

How far out is that? Outside the 2T border?

#270 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Devuan 5 not booting. » 2024-08-19 15:23:15

Does the FAT32 partition have the boot and esp flags assigned in gparted?

#271 Re: Installation » Daedalus: efi boot partition does not boot on an optiplex 3040. » 2024-08-19 11:16:17

I flashed devuan along with formatting the partitition scheme as MBR.

Memory stick or hard drive on your Optiplex? You should use GPT on the target drive for an efi installation.

The first partition on the target drive should be the ESP, FAT32 formatted, I do recommend at least 512M, better 1024M. If you use manual partitioning, make sure its mounted to /boot/efi and used as ESP. Essential to successfully install grub.

#272 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Devuan 5 not booting. » 2024-08-19 11:07:34

You are using expert install and manual partitioning, if I am not mistaken.

When the installer fails during grub-install dummy then maybe the ESP isn't mounted where it is expected to be present? It has to be mounted to /boot/efi and used as Efi System Partition or ESP.

#273 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Devuan 5 not booting. » 2024-08-18 21:08:13

Sort of:

* Boot your installation stick in efi mode.
* Select the Rescue Mode. You will get asked some basic questions about language, keyboard, network like during installation. Make sure you give similar answers. You will need internet access.
* The Rescue Mode should be able to detect the existing installation, and offer amongst other options a chroot into the installed system. Select that option.
* Edit the /etc/apt/sources.list to read something similar like: deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged/ daedalus main contrib non-free non-free-firmware.
* Run an apt update.
* Then run an apt install firmware-amd-graphics.

This should be it. Leave the installer and let the system reboot. I hope that fixes the black screen.

#274 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Devuan 5 not booting. » 2024-08-18 19:58:05

... the problem only occurs when I want to boot from the hard drive ...

Maybe just firmware-amd-graphics is missing? Requires non-free-firmware in your sources.list.

#275 Re: Installation » Daedalus: efi boot partition does not boot on an optiplex 3040. » 2024-08-18 19:24:32

Welcome to Devuan.

I was flashing Devuan daedalus with Rufus on a Sandisk cruzer.

Maybe that is part of the problem. I have used Rufus myself many years ago, nowadays I use Linux tools like dd or cp. Lets see if we can find the root cause.

I created the necessary partitions and followed the instructions.

Please tell us how you have setup your partitioning?

When I came to the boot menu, there wasn't a new boot entry, but from what I understood devuan should have created a boot entry on the EFI menu.

Yes that is done during executing grub-install on the end of the installation. If you don't skip that step. And only if you have started the installation in efi mode.

I went to the BIOS setup and added a new boot entry manually. I selected hd(1,5) and I set the file location to:
/efi/devuan/bootx64

Well, the efi grub-install creates a directory /boot/efi/EFI/debian. And per default shimx64.efi is used as starter. But only if present.

I'm currently typing this in Windows.

Dual boot?

There is a thread where somebody else has issues with efi installation also. Please have a read, there is a lot of information in there that might help you too: https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=6788

In any case, have you started the installation in efi mode?

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