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gfp

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Registered: 2025-12-02

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mirrors for Gnuinos

Hi,
I can´t use "packages.gnuinos.org" for downloading. It does not work.

During installation of Gnuinos it asks me for an other mirror.
Do you know which mirrors exist?

thanks

gfp

prospero

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Registered: 2023-03-26

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Re: mirrors for Gnuinos

Aitor is probably busy with the name change requested by the FSF. Give him some time and the mirror will be up again.

I am also currently getting the "Release file for...expired" error when running apt update.

gfp

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Re: mirrors for Gnuinos

thanks very much
gfp

gfp

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Re: mirrors for Gnuinos

Somehow I managed to install Gnuinos,
and now it starts only in the terminal because it didn´t ask me for installing some desktops and so on.
So how can I install the GUI with at least one desktop, from which I can install afterwards other packages and desktops.

thanks

gfp

prospero

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Re: mirrors for Gnuinos

You can install from the runit live ISO of your choice, it will come with the corresponding GUI:
https://www.gnuinos.org/mirror/daedalus/runit/

The sysvinit live ISO also comes with the desktop of your choice, as long as it is XFCE:
https://www.gnuinos.org/mirror/daedalus/sysvinit/

UPDATE: the package mirror is up, I just ran apt update successfully.

Last edited by prospero (2025-12-11 21:30:21)

gfp

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Re: mirrors for Gnuinos

thanks

I installed Gnuinos again with the netinstaller iso and it connected to the repository.
Everything worked seemingly ok.

But starting Gnuinos there is only the terminal without GUI and the possibility to choose different desktops.
In the terminal I can  use "startx" and it opens LXQT as the only desktop.

There is no internet connection available.
I don´t know all the settings.

That´s why I would like to choose another desktop which can automatically detect printer and ethernet connections.
I also installed KDE and MATE and Gnome desktop.
How can I choose KDE desktop in the terminal?

thanks
gfp

gfp

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Re: mirrors for Gnuinos

Hi,

For your information:

I choose the expert install mode because I wanted to install Gnuinos on the 2nd partition.
I thought the automatic install option would overwrite my Guix installation on the 1st partition.

Is there an option within the automatic install option or any other possible installation methods where I can choose the partition?

But nevertheless the installation with the expert mode seemed to be ok. It could be that I didn´t choose an option which would be necessary.
I didn´t include proprietary drivers, I used only free drivers.

thanks

gfp

gfp

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Re: mirrors for Gnuinos

it seems the server is down again, no connection

gfp

gfp

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Re: mirrors for Gnuinos

for your information

the
gnuinos-daedalus_2025.10.12_amd64_desktop.iso    2025-10-12 19:11  3.6G 
did not work today. I wanted to install from there.

So I used the
gnuinos-daedalus_2025.10.12_amd64_netinstall.iso 2025-10-12 19:11  417M 
which worked

prospero

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Re: mirrors for Gnuinos

Is there an option within the automatic install option or any other possible installation methods where I can choose the partition?

The text installer lets you configure your partitions before installing.

gfp

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Re: mirrors for Gnuinos

I tried to enter all network settings of my GNU Guix installation into the network configuration of Gnuinos
but it did not help to connect to the internet. 

In the book of Michael Kofler (Linux Kommandoreferenz)
I found network administration commands.

sudo dhclient eth0

after using that
interestingly was able to connect to the internet.
But it works only for one session. After rebooting into the system the other settings take over.

May be my problem is connected with installing a server besides the desktops.
How can I get rid, uninstall the server?
May be that solves the problem of the internet connection.
Could somebody show me his settings for the network?
So that I can adjust them.

thanks

gfp

gfp

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Re: mirrors for Gnuinos

those are my settings but I don´t know how I can save them

ip route show
default via 10.0.0.138 dev eth0                                                 
10.0.0.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.0.2                       
169.254.0.0/16 dev vibr0 scope link metric 1000 linkdown                         
192.168.100.0/24 dev vibr0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.100.1 metric 425 linkdown

thanks

gfp

gfp

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Re: mirrors for Gnuinos

with this command I should be able to save them.

ip route add default via n 

what do I have to enter instead of "n"

thanks

gfp

gfp

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Re: mirrors for Gnuinos

2. question

how can I reinstall the GUI so that I can choose different desktops?

thanks

gfp

gfp

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Re: mirrors for Gnuinos

Hi,

2. question is solved.

I changed my desktop manager into gdm3, then it opened the GUI interface for logging in.
I can choose from the different desktops now.
I am happy.

But the 1st question is still unsolved.
I can´t connect to the internet.
I have to enter that command:  sudo dhclient eth0
after that I can use the internet.
It would be fine to solve this problem.

thanks

gfp

RedGreen925

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Re: mirrors for Gnuinos

But the 1st question is still unsolved.
I can´t connect to the internet.
I have to enter that command:  sudo dhclient eth0
after that I can use the internet.

Try the below in the file /etc/network/interfaces it tells the system to use the eth0 with dhcp to get the network connection.

oot@9600k:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The first card in the system added for devuan method of networking

auto eth0
    allow-hotplug eth0
    iface eth0 inet dhcp