also see /var/log/apt/term.log (for the same stuff you see scroll by in the synaptic terminal window)

imhho, there would be nothing wrong with having just one thread for Vuu-do(same for other derivatives as well)

https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=766

and since this one is the most popular with almost 100K views it is the best candidate for rolling other threads into(if that is even possible...don't know...just thinking out loud)

iirc this might be the correct manual page:

someone@somewhere:~$ man sources.list

https://support.usa.canon.com/kb/s/article/ART172299

RedGreen925 wrote "set the bios time to UTC" because that is what most *nix distros expect.

your reply was confusing

you will need to set your bios time to UTC for the operating system to display the correct time without additional fiddling.

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone/utc

@greenjeans,
very much agree with your observations and sentiments. it gets continually worse(and i don't foresee it ever getting better). i am actively searching for a completely different approach that _does_not_need_or_rely_on_anything_alphabet_apple_microsoft_redhat_etc_

any ideas from your end?

see this webpage for information on the older v4 memtest stand-alone that should work on your unit.

https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm

sidenote: if you have _any_ other distro discs(installer and/or live) that have memtest in the boot menu those should work.

you may be having hardware issues. if the internal drive is going bad you may only have a limited number of power-ups left before it becomes unrecoverable(by the time you read this it may already be too late). only you can decide on any continued experimentation based on your specific situation. hopefully you have backup(s). good luck and keep us posted on your progress!

along with the webpage LinuxMan references, please review this one also:

https://github.com/KRTirtho/spotube/issues/1817

huge thanks for the clarification and update!

good luck with the ram and happy holidays whatever/whichever is your pleasure.

went back and reread the entire thread. have an additional question for clarification. in reply number thirty-eight(38) you relate:

so that quote seems to imply that your original thread topic "Devuan 5 not Booting on 2005 Toshiba Tecra A7 Intel Centrino Duo" is no longer accurate? what got me thinking and then rereading was wondering exactly what your optical drive could and/or couldn't do/read/write and i recalled your mention of a blank dvd and wondered if the optical drive could even do dvd media.

so...again, i rereference the same quote where you describe

and so you are using Thunar via the Devuan 5 Live DVD on the 2005 Toshiba Tecra A7 Intel Centrino Duo?

humbly request clarification please. thanks.

ps/fyi: am also dealing with inconsistent and problematic bios and am leaning towards firmware level corruption in this particular case since there was quite a bit of unofficial bios firmware "modding" within the gaming community surrounding this particular device(back when the unit was new, but not anymore). definitely frustrating and in some cases unfixable(at least without a known-good-firmware written directly to the chip which normally requires extensive disassembly)

nevertheless, when it stops being fun...stop. imho. ymmv.

for clarification, does your mention of "goat" reference this user?

https://dev1galaxy.org/search.php?action=show_user_posts&user_id=6999

regardless, comment wherever you feel is most appropriate for your subject(s)/topic(s)