Posts by devuan_dk_fan

devuan_dk_fan · Hardware & System Configuration

OK, I am told that this is apparently unique to Slackware based systems. The installer installs a "huge" kerrnel with no initrd. To multiboot with Salix and Lilo, I will apparently have to install a "generic" kernel and then generate an initrd manually. As this was about Lilo and Devuan, I am considering installing an alternative distro that automatically generates an initrd during install to solve this issue with Devuan, Lilo and multibooting.

devuan_dk_fan · Hardware & System Configuration

fsmithred wrote:

I was going to suggest that you get one working and then edit the boot menu manually. You beat me to it.
Maybe you need to change the path to the salix kernel to image=/boot/vmlinuz

I tried changing it to:

image=/media/username/9d2c1561-d6d7-4651-9373-bcd440c289dd/boot/vmlinuz

Unfortunately, there was some sort of panic during boot up:
"EOI panic+0x1b7/0x1f0
(...)
3.762164 -[end trace 6e0a640ecf8d150a]---"

devuan_dk_fan · Hardware & System Configuration

fsmithred wrote:

There should be lots of instructions for using lilo with debian. They'll all be old, but they should still work. It's been years since I've used lilo. Some of what you posted looks familiar, and some is new to me.
More recently, I've tried extlinux, which might be easier than lilo.
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=555

Thank you for your reply fsmithred. I have yet to be able to find instructions for my situation - multiboot with two different Linux distribution installations. I have gone so far as to install new, standard XFCE based distributions on two different computers, to get some practical experience with the resultant Lilo bootloader installs to the MBR. One of the distributions is of course Devuan, while the other has been Salix OS. On the computer with one hard disk configured for both Devuan and Salix to reside, installing Lilo to the MBR has failed with both distros 95% of the time, regardless of whether the MBR had been wiped before a reboot and a new install with alternating distros on alternating partition configurations. The Devuan installer kicked up the error:

Configuring lilo-installer failed error code 1. Menu item lilo-installer failed.

The Salix OS installer typically froze. If an install of Lilo to the MBR succeeded, only the Salix OS install was configured.

At this time, on my tower computer, I have a triple boot system, with both Devuan and Windows configured correctly out of the box. The Salix OS installation was ignored, so I am trying to edit the lilo.conf file by hand. The bits for Devuan are configured correctly with UUID and "/dev/disk/by-id/". The Salix entry, unfortunately seems to keep picking up on the Devuan kernel, so something is not configured correctly. I load the partition first:

$ udisksctl mount -b /dev/sdd1
Mounted /dev/sdd1 at /media/username/9d2c1561-d6d7-4651-9373-bcd440c289dd.

I then run:

$ sudo lilo -v
LILO version 24.1 (released 17-October-2014)

(...)

Compiled at 19:47:36 on Oct 17 2014
Debian GNU/Linux

Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed
Reading boot sector from /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST2000DM001-1CH164_S1E21XPJ
Using MENU secondary loader
Calling map_insert_data

Boot image: /vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-amd64
Mapping RAM disk /initrd.img -> /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-amd64
Added Devuan  *

Skipping /vmlinuz.old
Boot image: /vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-amd64
Added Salix

Boot other: /dev/sdc1, on /dev/sdc, loader CHAIN
Added Windows

Writing boot sector.
/boot/boot.0800 exists - no boot sector backup copy made.
One warning was issued.

$ ls /media/username/9d2c1561-d6d7-4651-9373-bcd440c289dd/boot/ | grep vmlinuz
vmlinuz
vmlinuz-huge
vmlinuz-huge-4.4.19

The Salix section currently looks like this:

# Salix OS bootable partition config begins
# /dev/sdd1
# boot=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD1002FAEX-00Y9A0_WD-WCAW30125528
	root="UUID=9d2c1561-d6d7-4651-9373-bcd440c289dd"
	image=/vmlinuz
	label=Salix
#   read-only
#	restricted
#	alias=3
# End Salix OS configuration

devuan_dk_fan · Hardware & System Configuration

I finally got a lilo.conf file to look at, in my case from a Salix OS install. The file seems to be able to be divided into three parts. The most important (bottom) appears to be the actual boot instructions, which I have attempted to modify for my setup:

# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
# root = /dev/sda1
  root=UUID="cca59513-f81b-4cbd-9814-e72a3c6b3dfb"
  label = Devuan
  read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
# root = /dev/sdd1
  root=UUID="bfb77a63-55ab-4552-a3ac-72ab9277ad82"
  label = Salix
  read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Windows bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/sda1
  label = Windows
# table = /dev/sdc
  table=UUID="E6BCC326BCC2F05B"
# Windows bootable partition config ends

The next most important appears to be at the very top, telling lilo where to start lilo from:

# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
# Append any additional kernel parameters:
append="quiet  vt.default_utf8=1"
boot = /dev/sda

Next comes VGA configuration. This will have to be something generic as my NVIDIA driver/blob thingy kicks in later. I think the current setting should be safe:

# Standard menu.
# Or, you can comment out the bitmap menu above and 
# use a boot message with the standard menu:
#message = /boot/boot_message.txt

# Wait until the timeout to boot (if commented out, boot the
# first entry immediately):
prompt
# Timeout before the first entry boots.
# This is given in tenths of a second, so 600 for every minute:
timeout = 50
# Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table:
change-rules
  reset
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
vga = 791
# Normal VGA console
# vga = normal
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
# vga=791
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
# vga=790
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
# vga=773
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k
# vga=788
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k
# vga=787
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256
# vga=771
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x64k
# vga=785
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x32k
# vga=784
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256
# vga=769

Lastly comes the appearance. It would be nice with some purpy goodness with logo, but not sure how to configure that. Here is the stock code:

# Boot BMP Image.
# Bitmap in BMP format: 640x480x8
  bitmap = /boot/salix.bmp
# Menu colors (foreground, background, shadow, highlighted
# foreground, highlighted background, highlighted shadow):
  bmp-colors = 12,0,10,0,9,9
# Location of the option table: location x, location y, number of
# columns, lines per column (max 15), "spill" (this is how many
# entries must be in the first column before the next begins to
# be used.  We don't specify it here, as there's just one column.
  bmp-table = 5,6,1,16
# Timer location x, timer location y, foreground color,
# background color, shadow color.
  bmp-timer = 70,6,14,0

However, before I install Lilo or make the necessary changes to the /etc/lilo.conf file, I will need to run:

$ sudo apt-get purge grub2-common grub-pc grub-pc-bin

and

# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=446 count=1

Am I on the right track?

devuan_dk_fan · Hardware & System Configuration

I would like to know how to replace Grub2 with Lilo. I am running a vanilla Debian Jessie system with i3wm. I have a multiboot system with Win 10 and a brand new Salix OS install, each on separate hard disks. The Salix OS has no bootloader as I was planning on using Grub2, but I am tired of jumping through hoops every time that I need to make a change to my boot configuration. KISS with Lilo is my new motto but how do I replace Grub2 with a working Lilo bootloader? I have absolutely no experience with Lilo. The searches I have done all seem to be about replacing Lilo with Grub or Grub2. Thanks

devuan_dk_fan · Hardware & System Configuration

I would like to get Insync 1.3.22.36179 to install on my system, so that I can access my old Google Drive stuff, but libc6 greater than 2.23 is required. Is there a way of getting this libc6 version without doing a new Devuan ASCII install? I currently have a Devuan Jessie install.

$ sudo gdebi insynclibc6 greater than 2.23_1.3.22.36179-xenial_amd64.deb 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done 
Building data structures... Done 
This package is uninstallable
Dependency is not satisfiable: libc6 (>= 2.23)

devuan_dk_fan · Hardware & System Configuration

Cmus is now sorted. I needed to pass the following option in cmus:

:set output_plugin=alsa

devuan_dk_fan · Hardware & System Configuration

Geoff 42 wrote:

I had some fun with sound some time ago. The problem was with 2 outputs sharing the module snd-hda-intel. It found HDMI first, which became the default.
The solution I found was to disable HDMI with
# Disable the HDMI card which shows up first, but enable PCH
options snd-hda-intel enable=0,1
in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=110572#p525601

Wow, that was a huge step forward! Thank you. Now I can run sound tests successfully:

$ speaker-test -t sine -f 2600

speaker-test 1.0.28

Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels
Sine wave rate is 2600,0000Hz
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 2048 to 8192
Period size range from 1024 to 1024
Using max buffer size 8192
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 1024
was set buffer_size = 8192
 0 - Front Left
Time per period = 2,835515
 0 - Front Left

$ speaker-test -c 6

speaker-test 1.0.28

Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 6 channels
Using 16 octaves of pink noise
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 2048 to 8192
Period size range from 1024 to 1024
Using max buffer size 8192
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 1024
was set buffer_size = 8192
 0 - Front Left
 1 - Front Right
 2 - Unused
 3 - Unused
 4 - Unused
 5 - Unused

Unfortunately, I also get the following error in cmus:
"Error: opening audio device: No such device"

devuan_dk_fan · Hardware & System Configuration

Having practiced my Devuan Jessie i3wm minimal install on a number of computers, I decided to do a reinstall on my Acer Aspire One 725 netbook. Having done some more reading, as with the systemd issue, I have decided that for me KISS not only means no systemd, but also that Alsa is an elegant audio solution. Unfortunately, my netbook doesn't agree with me:

$ cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [Generic        ]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
                      HD-Audio Generic at 0xf0244000 irq 44
 1 [Generic_1      ]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
                      HD-Audio Generic at 0xf0240000 irq 45

$ lspci -knn
(...)
00:01.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Wrestler HDMI Audio [1002:1314]
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0740]
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
(...)
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller [1022:780d] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0740]
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

$ sudo dmesg | grep sound
[    3.745709] sound hdaudioC1D0: autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0x14/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:speaker
[    3.745729] sound hdaudioC1D0:    speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[    3.745737] sound hdaudioC1D0:    hp_outs=1 (0x21/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[    3.745744] sound hdaudioC1D0:    mono: mono_out=0x0
[    3.745749] sound hdaudioC1D0:    inputs:
[    3.745758] sound hdaudioC1D0:      Internal Mic=0x1b
[    3.745765] sound hdaudioC1D0:      Mic=0x19
[    3.756016] input: HD-Audio Generic HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/sound/card0/input13
[    3.803088] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card1/hdaudioC1D0/input14
[    3.873099] input: HD-Audio Generic Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card1/input15
[    3.873412] input: HD-Audio Generic Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card1/input16
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Unfortunately, the only advice I have gotten so far has been very audio specific (create and edit a ~/.asoundrc file) - complete audio newb, or entertaining me with statements about that Devuan is too narrow a distro, and that I should switch to PulseAudio. I want to learn, and I don't mind editing text files to get where I need, but I also need to be able to understand what is going on. Here are my two basic questions:
1) Do I need a special driver for the sound card? I understand that it normally comes automatically via kernel updates, and as I have installed a targeted kernel, where the sound functioned fine under PulseAudio, I would suspect not.
2) If I need to edit a ~/.asoundrc file, what do I need to edit it to? I am just trying to get my speakers to work, but of course HDMI video/audio output would be nice as well.

devuan_dk_fan · Installation

Ah. Many thanks for the info. I am a bit outside my comfort zone, but I am up for a challenge.

devuan_dk_fan · Installation

I finally got the wifi to work. I uninstalled broadcom-sta-dkms and reran the command from the beginning post, ran the suggested commands in the Debian Wiki after the build/install went fine and then added wlan0 to the Wicd client preferences. Case closed

devuan_dk_fan · Installation

As far as I can ascertain, the Aspire One 725 uses a Broadcom BCM43228 card. I have followed the Debian wiki advice https://wiki.debian.org/wl. Here is the output:

# apt-get install linux-image-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') broadcom-sta-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
The following extra packages will be installed:
  cpp-4.8 dkms gcc gcc-4.8 gcc-4.9 libasan0 libasan1 libatomic1 libcilkrts5 libgcc-4.8-dev libgcc-4.9-dev libitm1 liblsan0 libtsan0 libubsan0
  linux-compiler-gcc-4.8-x86 linux-headers-3.16.0-5-amd64 linux-headers-3.16.0-5-common linux-image-3.16.0-5-amd64 linux-kbuild-3.16 make
Suggested packages:
  gcc-4.8-locales gcc-multilib manpages-dev autoconf automake libtool flex bison gdb gcc-doc gcc-4.8-multilib gcc-4.8-doc libgcc1-dbg libgomp1-dbg
  libitm1-dbg libatomic1-dbg libasan0-dbg libtsan0-dbg libquadmath0-dbg gcc-4.9-multilib gcc-4.9-doc gcc-4.9-locales libasan1-dbg liblsan0-dbg
  libubsan0-dbg libcilkrts5-dbg linux-doc-3.16 debian-kernel-handbook make-doc
Recommended packages:
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root@stealth:/home/username# modprobe -r b44 b43 b43legacy ssb brcmsmac bcma
# modprobe wl

However, I still have no functioning wifi.

Regarding sound, the Aspire One 725 has a Realtek ALC271X sound card, and I have firmware-realtech and PulseAudio installed and can see movement in pavucontrol. When I try to run volti in a terminal, I get:

$ volti
[alsactrl.py:__init__:41] can't open Master control for card Generic, trying to select first available mixer channel

[alsactrl.py:__init__:49] can't open first available control for card Generic
error: list index out of range
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/volti", line 53, in <module>
    volti = main.VolumeTray()
  File "/usr/lib/volti/volti/main.py", line 124, in __init__
    self.watchid = gobject.io_add_watch(fd, eventmask, self.update)
TypeError: an integer is required

Any ideas?

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Hmm. OK, I wasn't aware that there is a button to unmute in pavucontrol as I always use volti (which still isn't working for some reason). I installed pasystray, which works, but kicks up errors and isn't as useful to me as volti:

$ pasystray

** (pasystray:29866): WARNING **: Error retrieving accessibility bus address: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.a11y.Bus was not provided by any .service files

** (pasystray:29866): WARNING **: Error initializing Avahi: Daemon not running
** Message: volume:65536
** Message: volume:65536
** Message: volume:65536
** Message: volume:65536
** Message: volume:65536

(pasystray:29866): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set_data: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(pasystray:29866): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set_data: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(pasystray:29866): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set_data: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(pasystray:29866): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set_data: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(pasystray:29866): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set_data: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(pasystray:29866): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set_data: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

Not sure what causes it, but the solution to get volti running is to edit the /home/username/.config/volti/config file and change

card_index = 0

to

card_index = 1

.
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scale_show_value = 0

can also be changed to

scale_show_value = 1

devuan_dk_fan · Desktop and Multimedia

Cool! I have Dropbox working now, but IceCat still eludes me. For Dropbox, I did the following. I created a file called /usr/bin/nautilus, added the following:

#!/bin/bash

/usr/bin/xfe

and made it executable. Then I ran the following in a terminal:

$ dropbox start -i dropboxd

Lastly, I added this to my ~/.i3/config file:

exec --no-startup-id dropbox start

devuan_dk_fan · Desktop and Multimedia

I have installed a vanilla, minimal Devuan i3 system and have a couple of small problems I can't find a solution to. Firstly I have XFE installed as file manager and have added:

[Added Associations]
inode/directory=xfe.desktop;

to ~/.config/mimeapps.list, but I have had no success starting the Dropbox program in the GUI. I realize Dropbox can be installed with the cli, but I would like to manage it from the GUI, with XFE as the file manager if possible, and with the tray applett running in my tray.

The other issue is with the portable IceCat browser program, which I downloaded and copied to my ~/bin folder, making sure that I added:

export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

in my .bashrc file, but it refuses to appear in Dmenu (suckless-tools). It will run fine if I include the complete path in my i3 .config file but gmrun replies "permission denied" and if I try to run IceCat from the terminal, it kicks up a lot of GTK errors.

I am unsure if these issues are caused by something that isn't installed on my system, or if something else is going on.

devuan_dk_fan · Other Issues

Trinity works OK with PulseAudio (?). I installed PA and lost all sound. It was suggested on the Trinity mailing list that I install pavucontrol and check my settings, but that didn't help. I ended up running:

rm -r ~/.config/pulse; pulseaudio -k

to get things working. Now I have a configuration where Trinity is using Alsa and MuseScore is as happy as a clam, as PulseAudio is intstalled. I don't claim to understand it, but it works, which is the important thing.

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I should note that this was my tower computer experience, but I never had to run the above command on my laptop.

devuan_dk_fan · Hardware & System Configuration

What model did you use when you setup your 3630? I don't see any model number that even approximates. I tried Deskjet/deskjet, but nothing prints...
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Interesting. I went into the CUPS web interface <http://localhost:631/admin/> and was able to set up the printer without any problem, after I installed the backports version of hplip. I am using the Trinity desktop environment, and for some reason, the newer printer drivers aren't listed in the GUI setup.

devuan_dk_fan · Hardware & System Configuration

OK, I found the problem. I went into Synaptic and used the "mark all upgrades" command. I was told that a couple of packages needed to be downgraded. Everything works now, and I installed printer-driver-hpcups.

devuan_dk_fan · Hardware & System Configuration

Geoff 42 wrote:

I have an HP DeskJet 3630 and I am using printer-driver-hpcups 3.14.6-1+deb8u1 and it all seems to work nicely, including scanning.
This is running under Jessie.

Thanks for that Geoff. Hmmm. Unfortunately, apt seems to be hungover from trying to install hplip from experimental:

$ sudo apt-get install hplip
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 hplip : Depends: libhpmud0 (= 3.14.6-1+deb8u1) but 3.16.11+repack0-1~bpo8+1 is to be installed
         Depends: libsane-hpaio (= 3.14.6-1+deb8u1) but 3.16.11+repack0-1~bpo8+1 is to be installed
         Depends: printer-driver-hpcups (= 3.14.6-1+deb8u1) but 3.16.11+repack0-1~bpo8+1 is to be installed
         Recommends: printer-driver-postscript-hp but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Except that I don't:

$ dpkg -l | grep "^hi"

returns nothing. I have also tried:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get update

but apt still gives me the above unmet dependencies message.

devuan_dk_fan · Hardware & System Configuration

What is the recommended method of installing a newer version of HPLIP on Devuan Jessie? I need to be able to get my HP DeskJet 3632 printer to work with Devuan Jessie. I have tried backports and the driver is still AWOL. With the experimental repo, I ran into a problem with the necessary HPLIP dependencies going unmet as the required dependencies were older than what apt could pull in from the experimental repo. I have also tried downloading the latest HPLIP from the HP developers site, but the script/installer doesn't recognize Devuan and when I choose "Debian" as the distro, it prompts me for the following:

11    8.0 ("Jessie", Released 04/05/2015)
12    8.1 ("Jessie", Released 04/05/2015)
13    8.2 ("Jessie", Released 04/05/2015)
14    8.3 ("Jessie", Released 04/05/2015)
15    8.4 ("Jessie", Released 04/05/2016)
16    8.5 ("Jessie", Released 27/08/2016)
17    8.6 ("Jessie", Released 22/10/2016)
18    8.7 ("Jessie", Released 22/10/2016)
19    8.8 ("Jessie", Released 31/05/2017)

and I am not sure what I should answer as I don't which release Devuan is most compatible with.

Help would be appreciated.

devuan_dk_fan · Installation

Very interesting. Thank you for that.

devuan_dk_fan · Installation

This appears to have been my fault. I believe that I caused the situation by using "startx" after installing Trinity, rather than rebooting first.

I tried a number of solutions, including installing another DE and purging Trinity, but with all my messing around, I at some point hosed the system and had to reinstall. Everything is working fine now.

devuan_dk_fan · Installation

Thanks for the quick replies. The problem as mentioned, pre-existed the install of the binary blob. I didn't have anything X installed before I installed the tde-trinity package, which should have pulled in everything necessary (and worked fine for my laptop). I compiled the blob using the script that I downloaded from the Nvidia site. The script requires among other things gcc, make, linux-headers, etc. so it must compile something.

devuan_dk_fan · Installation

I have with the help of fsmithred and ralph.ronnquist gotten a minimal system up and running on my tower computer (thanks again guys). I followed the instructions for installing Trinity, from the Trinity site, as I have done with my laptop, but as usual, my tower computer is kicking up problems. At the login manager, the screen goes black when I try to login and then returns to the login manager after a few seconds. I am unable to log in. At first, I thought that the problem was related to my Nvidia GeForce 1030 graphics card, so I compiled the drivers and restarted. Now I have the correct screen resolution with the same problem. When I installed Trinity, I used the # apt install tde-trinity command as with my laptop. There were no errors of any kind that I noticed. I have also tried chrooting into the system from a Linux Mint system on another hard drive and looked at the syslog (see below), but I don't see anything that is problematic there either. Does anyone have experience with this kind of odd behavior?

# mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/devuan
# chroot /mnt/devuan
/# mount -t proc none /proc
/# mount -t sysfs none /sys
/# mount -t devpts none /dev/pts
/# tail /var/log/syslog
Jan 28 23:07:25 computer dhclient: bound to 192.168.8.101 -- renewal in 38089 seconds.
Jan 28 23:07:39 computer acpid: client 1957[0:0] has disconnected
Jan 28 23:07:39 computer acpid: client connected from 1957[0:0]
Jan 28 23:07:39 computer acpid: 1 client rule loaded
Jan 28 23:07:43 computer dbus[2073]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.Avahi': timed out
Jan 28 23:10:06 computer kernel: [  207.001384] nvidia-modeset: Freed GPU:0 (GPU-45c295ad-878d-bd0f-2a9a-43cfa84aef1e) @ PCI:0000:01:00.0
Jan 28 23:10:06 computer shutdown[2667]: shutting down for system reboot
Jan 28 23:10:06 computer init: Switching to runlevel: 6                                                                                                                                                          
Jan 28 23:10:09 computer acpid: exiting                                                                                                                                                                          
Jan 28 23:10:10 computer rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="8.4.2" x-pid="1610" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] exiting on signal 15.

devuan_dk_fan · Other Issues

Geoff 42 wrote:

I knew nothing about AppImage, so went and had a look. VLC would play some music but failed with a video. Anyway I tried MuseScore and it wanted PulseAudio. It would run, but would not play the notes, so I tried it with apulse, as in :-
apulse ./MuseScore-2.1-x86_64.AppImage
and it was much happier and would play the notes.
Geoff

Interesting, I just tried with apulse, and MuseScore note playback is greyed out However, I am at this time trying MuseScore with a Vanilla Devuan minimal install with Trinity on top. Trinity uses aRts as default for sound, but apulse installed fine. Not sure if TDE is using it however. I posted in the MuseScore forum and the only reply was to install PulseAudio. I am not sure they know or care what Trinity is, so even if I installed PulseAudio, I am not sure that MuseScore would play back notes unless TDE was using PulseAudio instead of aRts. Unfortunately, I don't know if that is possible without compiling Trinity to use PulseAudio from source code.

devuan_dk_fan · Other Issues

After a couple of reboots to get the full error messages in Devuan, the BIOS boot menu seems to be working again - hesitantly.
The "orion" error reads:

module ehci-orion not found in modules.dep

The USB error reads:

USB 7-3: device descriptor read/64, error-110

Interestingly, Linux Mint gives me the same error at boot. Can I assume this is something that Win 10 did?

Supposedly, the "solution" is to power down, unplug all USB devices and let the computer sit for awhile. Time Will tell.

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