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#376 Re: Installation » Can't overcome 'grub minimal edit shell' problem » 2021-09-08 17:46:38
Maybe try (re)installing grub via a 'live' USB drive session(?).
#377 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] USB image - Access Denied error » 2021-09-08 17:37:46
Camtaf wrote:I always use dd - try using that, mine worked fine on a chromebook.
I can't: I only have one PC, a secondhand Lenovo T550 with Windows 10, which I bought to convert to Linux. That's why I bought a Debian USB. Then a friend suggested Devuan ...
I have used a Windows version before, there is one here - http://www.chrysocome.net/dd
You could also use your Debian 'live' USB drive to install the image to a second USB drive - but be careful of which drive you put it onto, (check their sizes carefully).
#378 Re: Devuan » Debian has fallen. What now? » 2021-09-08 08:56:48
All help will be gratefully received, I have no doubt, if I could be more useful, I would, but I'm just an end user, so I promote Devuan where I can, without making myself into a zealot. 
#379 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] USB image - Access Denied error » 2021-09-08 08:45:57
I always use dd - try using that, mine worked fine on a chromebook.
#380 Re: Installation » To Ralph And Some Others » 2021-09-08 08:39:58
Yep, I remember those posts - seems this person has some kind of memory loss....
We will likely be better off without them.
#381 Re: Devuan » desktop-live chimaera beta isos » 2021-09-04 16:43:32
Many thanks for the new (beta2) .iso - will try it probably tomorrow. 
EDIT: Change of plans - made time to try it - worked perfectly - (after I remembered how to with the UEFI installer ) - many thanks, chromebook now running 'beta2'.
#382 Re: Devuan » desktop-live chimaera beta isos » 2021-09-03 14:49:04
Actually, I had the same problem when I tried to boot from my dd'ed pendrive on my UEFI chromebook - the same pendrive has installed to 2 other MBR 64bit computers perfectly.
devuan_chimaera_4.0.beta_2021-08-27_amd64_desktop-live
Edit: Just to say that Beowulf (live desktop) installed to my chromebook before without any problems.
#383 ARM Builds » Any Chimaera Rpi3/4 builds in the pipeline? » 2021-09-02 14:18:51
- Camtaf
- Replies: 16
Would really like an upgrade of the original CLI images, if possible, the Beowulf ones have been working great.
#384 Re: Devuan » desktop-live chimaera beta isos » 2021-09-02 14:07:28
Just installed 64bit live to my old HP-G62, (2GB ram/2GB swap) - also installed 32bit live to an old Toshiba Satellite Pro, (1GB ram/2GB swap), both seem to be working fine.
#385 Re: Devuan Derivatives » JWM Kit Linux build 20210828 (WOW! What an improvement) » 2021-08-31 17:26:48
The doas program is an updated sudo basically, with less options making for more security, first appeared on OpenBSD.
#386 Re: Installation » Beowulf Live Image Booting Problem » 2021-08-06 08:37:19
Did you check that your download/s was/were good?
(Personally, never had a problem with the 'live' image.)
Possibly, your graphics aren't supported, but rare these days.
Check all physical connections, etc.
#387 Re: Off-topic » [SOLVED] New kernel adoption policy in Debian » 2021-07-27 08:21:02
They tend to stick with tried & tested kernels, if you want the latest, you might have to use 'sid'.
#388 Re: Devuan » [SOLVED] (Problem) Trying to update package list... » 2021-07-20 15:26:19
Many thanks!
I was needing the extra parameter with apt-get, (my 'usual' way of package management).
#389 Devuan » [SOLVED] (Problem) Trying to update package list... » 2021-07-20 13:17:17
- Camtaf
- Replies: 2
What exactly do I need to do, please.
:~$ sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-security InRelease [26.3 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf InRelease [33.8 kB]
Get:3 http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-updates InRelease [26.7 kB]
Reading package lists... Done
E: Repository 'http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-security InRelease' changed its 'Suite' value from 'testing-security' to 'stable-security'
N: This must be accepted explicitly before updates for this repository can be applied. See apt-secure(8) manpage for details.
E: Repository 'http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf InRelease' changed its 'Suite' value from 'testing' to 'stable'
N: This must be accepted explicitly before updates for this repository can be applied. See apt-secure(8) manpage for details.
E: Repository 'http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-updates InRelease' changed its 'Suite' value from 'testing-updates' to 'stable-updates'
N: This must be accepted explicitly before updates for this repository can be applied. See apt-secure(8) manpage for details.
~$ uname -a
Linux devuan 4.19.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.118-2 (2020-04-29) x86_64 GNU/Linux
#390 Re: Devuan » Windows 11 will _enforce_ Secure Boot » 2021-07-14 08:59:57
I think, if I remember right, you have only bought the right to use MS Windows, a kind of lease, you don't own it outright - which was another reason for using Linux for me.
I would prefer to use totally open software & hardware, but it won't happen, because companies spend billions to bring new products to market, to stay ahead of their competitors.
#391 Re: Devuan » Windows 11 will _enforce_ Secure Boot » 2021-07-12 09:21:36
But.......don't all processor chips have proprietary code in them......I really can't see much difference - but blobs can be updated by a user, or maybe even replaced by different code.
#392 Re: Devuan » Windows 11 will _enforce_ Secure Boot » 2021-07-11 09:19:33
Not sure what to make of your comments, I have Devuan on all my RPi, 3A+ / 3B+ / 4B / 400, works well as a basic desktop computer for me.
#393 Re: Devuan » Windows 11 will _enforce_ Secure Boot » 2021-07-10 17:29:42
For a regular desktop user, i.e. internet, photos, music, movies, wordprocessor, spreadsheet user, a Raspberry Pi 4B is the answer, & we have Devuan to put onto it - a win/win situation!
N.B. The RPi4B with 2GB ram is only about £35/$35 & is silent in operation - 4GB is about £55/$55 - 8GB about £75/$75.
#394 Re: Off-topic » Today I Learned » 2021-06-20 16:17:19
Disappointingly, no Flytech Carry1 twin 3.5" floppy, my first computer. 
#395 Re: Other Issues » At the shut down menu screen I choose shut down, but it reboots. » 2021-06-17 14:48:54
Sometimes, when you change a setting, all your options get removed, so when you return, you may have lost your options that you had previously set, that's why I asked whether you reset them when you returned to the previous WM theme.
(It was just a thought.)
#396 Re: DIY » Minimalism Tips » 2021-06-17 09:28:34
Normally, I'll use xmms in a GUI, & just mc/mpg123 in the CLI....
#397 Re: Off-topic » What will happen to Windows? » 2021-06-17 09:18:38
Camtaf wrote:so far, no hacked backend on ARM that I'm aware of
I think the relative bit is,
a Chinese ARM system-on-a-chip maker, which has recently been caught shipping a version of Linux Kernel with an incredibly simple and easy-to-use built-in backdoor.
That is a 'Chinese' built kernel, not the hardware - your choice of distro to run on a RPi is up to you, not dictated by a manufacturer.
#398 Re: Off-topic » What will happen to Windows? » 2021-06-16 09:08:23
The hardware is sound, no buggy CPU - just about every computer will use some proprietary equipment or software driver - so far, no hacked backend on ARM that I'm aware of.
Remember too, I'm running Devuan on mine - (no MS repository).
#399 Re: Off-topic » What will happen to Windows? » 2021-06-15 09:11:51
Linux on Raspberry Pi is the way forwards - for me at least.....especially as I can now have Devuan on them. 
#400 Re: DIY » Minimalism Tips » 2021-06-15 09:05:56
"Minimalism" - is that which allows you to do what you want with the least amount of fuss - not necessarily the absolute smallest program.... 
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