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(Fixed) Removable CDROM / DVD / Blue-Ray Devices do not Automount

dummy@example.com (alexkemp) — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:34:40 +0000

My description of Gnome as "bloated" appears to have triggered some folks. I do not have a dog in that fight, although I *have* sometimes been surprised at the number of dependencies that will get pulled in if I install something connected to Gnome.

To try to shed some light on this I searched DDG for Is Gnome bloated. The answer appears to be 'yes':

DDG AI wrote:

Search Assist
Yes, GNOME is often considered bloated, as it includes a large number of applications and features that some users find unnecessary, leading to performance issues and a cluttered experience.
Medium
forum.level1techs.com

I am happy to leave others more qualified than me to scrap over the reasonableness of the statement.

[SOLVED] MAC change and eudev

dummy@example.com (grunchy) — Thu, 21 May 2026 17:29:26 +0000

ralph.ronnquist wrote:
Another way to change that udev rules file is by removing it and reboot.

ok. this is satisfyingly simple.

thanks

alsa_out

dummy@example.com (F_Sauce) — Wed, 20 May 2026 19:20:36 +0000

Thank you!
I will look into that.
I have 'fumbled around' «.asoundrc» quite a bit earlier, and I have absolutely not comprehended it all.

Thanks,
Olav

PS
Browser are but one thing, I need to reassure the functionality as a whole

Laptop shuts down instead of suspend

dummy@example.com (bunnymnemonic) — Mon, 18 May 2026 17:27:58 +0000

Wow, thank you very much for remembering me. As far as I can remember, changing the "Block Sleep Option" in the BIOS settings solved the problem. I found the solution there:
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-u … l-power-on

Accidental success: Devuan on a HP ZBook

dummy@example.com (Altoid) — Sun, 17 May 2026 00:19:26 +0000

Hello:

Gnostic wrote:

"but wouldn't boot cleanly"
... should have been more explicit.

Indeed ... 8^D

Gnostic wrote:

... would boot as far as GRUB ...

Ahh ...

So, as I thought, the system did boot.

You just did not get a desktop because (most probably)* as you did not install the GRUB bootloader, the system booted into GRUB2.
No fault of yours as it seems that the GRUB package is not included in the available installation images from Daedalus onwards.

See here:
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=7970
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=63791#p63791

Probably because ... 'reasons'?
ie: the desperate need of imposing all that UEFI crap of anyone and everyone.

* My memory is a bit hazy, the last Linux Devuan I installed on a clean drive was either Jesse or ascii, long ago.
From then on, it has been dist-upgrades for my BIOS (non-UEFI) Sun U24 WS.

Gnostic wrote:

... lacked the skills or knowledge to get it go any further.

At this point it does not matter.
ie: you have installed Mint, which found a Devuan installation and solved the issue you had by installing the GRUB bootloader*.
* educated guess, corrections welcome.

If interested in learning your way around a non-systemd Linux, you may want to read up on how to properly install Devuan from the various files available for download.

Mint doing everything on 'automatic' is nice and straightforward.
But you won't learn much. 8^°

Best,

[SOLVED] Boots to Blank Screen

dummy@example.com (Robin) — Tue, 12 May 2026 09:27:34 +0000

All fixed up! Boot process seems slower than before, but everything is reset to defaults, both in the BIOS and in the OS.

[SOLVED] HDMI touchscreen display doesn't really display

dummy@example.com (thes3pt3mb3r) — Sun, 10 May 2026 11:01:11 +0000

Comparison of part of dmesg of plugging Waveshare 7inch LCD HDMI (C) and MSI MAG 276CXF to the same device,ARM64 board.
https://privatebin.net/?6ea54c60a34f818 … STdn3hw1XN

EDIT:
I will find different screen

(HW compatibility test) Wifi usb adaptor Techno'sN150

dummy@example.com (chomwitt) — Thu, 07 May 2026 19:05:01 +0000

I found various posts about various issues about AR9271 droping connections.. but in monitor mode. I will try in another devuan pc.

[SOLVED] How can I skip a kernel update?

dummy@example.com (Giorgos) — Sat, 02 May 2026 12:27:24 +0000

That did the trick!

MANY THANKS guys, for your help!!! :-)

[SOLVED] syslog not being rotated

dummy@example.com (chris2be8) — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:09:05 +0000

Check if /run/systemd/system exists on your system. That would cause the test to fail.

Managing language support in a console only installation.

dummy@example.com (Lujoomen) — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:25:22 +0000

Okay, not X11 problem... and console is missing greek symbols.

Have you tried to switch to different font?
Found few that have the symbols in them.

1. setfont latarcyrheb-sun16 or setfont eurlatgr
2. loadkeys gr

Machine freezes if I run a kernel greater than 6.1

dummy@example.com (kapqa) — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:17:33 +0000

have probaly a similar workstation z210'?
however it has updated to bios 2017/18

had some issue with devuan 6 myself also installing it, and that could however be due to own poor aptitude or poor execution,
but for the moment with devuan 5.0 it seem functionine

not sure if it helped the task of updating bios since it also had a lower bios from maybe around 2012-
but i thought since running newer linux it could help with the task therefore i updated it.

[SOLVED] Time do not show correctly on Devuan Excalibur

dummy@example.com (devirx) — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:26:16 +0000

Installation of tzdata-legacy didn't solved the problem but i figured it out.

Installed hwclock with

sudo apt install util-linux-extra

Set date manually with

sudo hwclock --set --date="YY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS"

Then synced system time with hwclock with

sudo hwclock -s

New KVM switch, video not as crisp; a way to restore some sharpness?

dummy@example.com (Ron) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:00:33 +0000

I'm returning it. It's a piece of crap. My old StarTech is much better (but for only 2 computers).

[SOLVED] gparted will not start

dummy@example.com (Altoid) — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:04:11 +0000

Hello:

steve_v wrote:

... pcmanfm package recommends lxpolkit or polkit-1-auth-agent ...
... it's possible you (auto)removed it.

Indeed ... 8^°

That was it.
lxpolkit was not present so I installed it and set it up as required in Applications -> Settings -> Session and startup.
Now everything works as it should, disks and gparted wise.

Thanks for your input (both you and all those who pitched in).
Much obliged.

Best,