And here's mine:

$ apt-cache policy thunderbird
thunderbird:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1:60.7.1-1~deb9u1
  Version table:
     1:60.7.1-1~deb9u1 500
        500 http://auto.mirror.devuan.org/merged ascii-security/main amd64 Packages
     1:60.7.0-1~deb9u1 500
        500 http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged ascii-security/main amd64 Packages

It's now on the urgent tasks list (again). Thanks for reporting.

It's normal to have different versions in the main suite and the security suite when the security updates are first introduced. Right now, the updated dbus package needs to be devuanized. (note the distribution names in the versions.)

For now, if you use aptitude full-upgrade, the second option is reasonable:

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

     Keep the following packages at their current version:
1)     dbus [1.8.20-1+devuan1.1 (now, oldstable)]

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] 

If you want to run without dbus, it's possible. You would probably need to reinstall all the packages it pulls out with it. Most of them will reinstall without any problems. See this (if you haven't already): https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=2158

Yes. (or log out and log in again.)

Create a new user and then log in as that user to see if it works. That will tell you if fluxbox is working or not. There may be something in your current user's configs causing the problem.

adduser mrbean2

Then give it a new password and just press Enter for the rest of the questions.

I don't think you get ~/.conkyrc automatically. You have to create it. (see the man page and look for examples on the web)

Good to hear. I'm pretty sure that all it does is make an fstab entry for the home partition. And I think you don't get the new desktop config files that way. Also, if the user name and uid don't match, you have serious problems.

There are also instances of "/home/$username" in various config files that might need to be changed. The live installer can do this when you select a new user name, but ONLY if you take the new /home that the installer gives you (i.e. it copies the home from the live system.)

First user gets id 1000:1000 in debian and probably all debian-based systems. It's the number that determines who owns the files, not the name.

If you're planning on using refractainstaller's "keep old home" option, my advice is "Don't do it!"  Install everything to one partition and then manually move your home to the old home partition. Or make a symlink in your new home that goes to the old home. If you want more details on how to do it manually, just ask.

I believe this problem and others with the repo have been fixed. Please let us know if that's not the case.

Oops. My typo. Should be headers not header. I did it with dollar sign and parentheses, but you can also do it with backticks, which are easier to type but not easier to see in a post.

apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`

The most guified and clicky package manager is synaptic

pkgmaster.devuan.org should be replaced with deb.devuan.org. That way you will pull from the nearest mirror, and we won't have everyone hitting on the main server. Thanks.

Thanks, that works.

If you do get the native window manager menu on right-click, you need to run pcmanfm --display-pref to get the the desktop settings. (to change the wallpaper again after enabling the wm menu)

I know two ways to get the desktop background image in openbox.

1. spacefm - add the following line to ~/.config/openbox/autostart
spacefm --desktop &
To select a background, open spacefm and go to View, Preferences, then check the Wallpaper box and select an image. That image will come up as the background when you start openbox.

2. nitrogen - add the following line to ~/.config/openbox/autostart
nitrogen --set-scaled /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-background

3. If you use lxdm, openbox will take the background and gtk theme set in /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf
(Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!)

I checked pcmanfm, but I couldn't find a setting for the desktop background.

The problem is you keep trying to install the xfce4 package when you don't want it. It's a metapackage that pulls in parts of the xfce4 desktop that you don't want. Just install the parts you do want as I posted above.

Here it is again, without the extra backslash at the end:

apt install  xfconf xfdesktop4 xfwm4 xfce4-terminal xfce4-session xfce4-xkb-plugin xfce4-panel \
thunar thunar-volman thunar-archive-plugin xfce4-notifyd libnotify-bin mesa-utils  \
xfce4-power-manager xfce4-cpugraph-plugin  xfwm4-themes

More info: