Hi, at the risk of stating the obvious, ...

Have you tried to start the program from a command line? I find it allows me to see any errors in the messages.

Based on golinux's post about the repo and banned list, this would be my next check.

hope this helps

the kernel is in the iso, extract the iso to a directory... and look up

/devuan_chimaera_4.0.alpha-20210503_amd64_netinstall/pool/DEBIAN/main/l/linux-signed-amd64/linux-image-5.10.0-6-amd64_5.10.28-1_amd64.deb

also, ... check out

alsactl -h
 

the store option/command helps save your settings.

Personally, I've had similar issues although my problem was setting my usb soundcard to be boss
and not the nVidia hdmi port (no connection, useless but for laptops).

I did this through using the modprobe setting kernel modules in order and or blacklisting unwanted modules. And,

/home/(user)/.asoundrc

defaults.ctl.card 0
defaults.pcm.card 0
defaults.timer.card 0

I have onboard sound too, so that just complicates things more.

I have failed over and over in removing pulseaudio, I haven't found a setup that allows normal use for ME. But I don't give up. :-)

So check out alsactl and the .asoundrc files to set preferences.

How fast is fast? :-)

glenn@GamesBox ~ $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=1M count=32768
32768+0 records in
32768+0 records out
34359738368 bytes (34 GB, 32 GiB) copied, 1.45917 s, 23.5 GB/s

I like the idea

Hi, Your quest may take a little more time than you think right now.

But, if you stick with it you just might get it happening.

If you want to play windows games and/or use programs from windows you will need windows,
But you may set it (win7) up to run in a Virtual Machine like VirtualBox (you'll still need a win cd and reg).

you might need more hdd space, or a different ratio of space partitioned on your harddrives.

Although I haven't done so for quite a few years, I used to run winxp games (DiD F22) on vBox very well and reliably (40 hrs of non-stop mission plus, paused while at tafe, etc) quake, counterstrike... .

Play on linux and wine may be useful but I haven't used them.

I hope this gives you some idea of the amount of learning required to get your old games to work on linux, but also give you some confidence that it has worked before and you may get it to work, but there's a lot of setup and understanding to cover first.

Debian installs/tutorials probably work better than others, just be careful where you get your software packages from.

As far as I know you will still need the win7 dvd and the reg number, just like setting up windows by it's self... maybe some one knows otherwise...

all the best, and keep coming back. :-)

regards Glenn

I agree,

I have cinnamon setup on a spare 500Gb Hdd, just the defaults but out of the box operational with wifi.

Nice work.

Hi, I wonder if when you are at the non-login point, what happens if you "ctrl-alt-F(1 to 7)? Do you get a login prompt?

I'm using UFW/GUFW, but it was a bit of a bitch to get working on start.

Somehow the program and install directory permissions were owned by the user (me), and

the program need root to start.

I eventually fixed it, i think... while looking into the "su -" and path changes.

I'm always thankful for the suggestions on firewall apps, for researching next ...

ComputerBob, speaking for myself, your most welcome. And I love this Devuan community for the same reasons.

I have never received a harsh reaction (haven't been hacked once) after an out-of-place comment, unlike some other distros I've used.

My appologies, I posted a reply, but I was wrong, so I deleted it... just rubish.

I had intended to creat the file /etc/default/su with the content ALWAYS_SET_PATH yes, but all I did was paste in the file address instead of the command. :'-(

Sorry for the bumb steer.

Whenever I get stuck like this I create the directories... and re-run the command.

use

locate debian/slstatus/usr/local/bin/slstatus

work your way back from there...

create directory...

mkdir debian/slstatus/usr/local/bin/slstatus

See if that helps. Sometimes it's a permission to write by the program.

see how you go.