[Just as I was posting this my pc auto shutoff and rebooted - had a similar issue with CoolerMaster PSU earlier this year that got replaced under warranty. This is a thermaltake 650 W - the only other issue might be poor performing antisurge 8-way socket (unswitched) or the Ryzen 7 CPU getting a bit toasty creating thermal cutout!]
]]>Would I edit with 'Buster' option?
Sorry, I don't understand the question but to install the non-free firmware /etc/apt/sources.list should look like this:
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf main contrib non-free
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-security main contrib non-free
Then use
# apt update
# apt install firmware-misc-nonfree
Would I edit with 'Buster' option?
]]>swarfendor437 wrote:If I add "non-free" sources, am I effectively adding proprietary blobs?
Only if you install anything from that component. Use vrms to check for any installed blobs in your system.
And as GlennW notes you might still need the proprietary firmware to achieve reasonable performance with your graphics card.
OK. Thanks for making it clear to me - time to remove Cinnamon DE. My Graphics card is working just fine in KDE. The only blobs I have on my other system currently in use for Work purposes has some specific MS Fonts and Proprietary licenced fonts needed for specialism I work in - KDE Font manager is easier to manage than messing around with ttf-mscorefonts-installer! And in respect of Proprietary Software I get better compatibility with SoftMaker Office for Linux over LibreOffice. Since using SoftMaker Office 2021, my workflow has increased tremendously - it is so much more logically laid out (backend wise) than M$. I was hoping to move completely from FerenOS to Devuan 3.0 for work purposes in a few weeks time. My main sticking point at the moment is a specialist package, Linux version - I will start a separate post for that.
Thanks for everyone's responses.
UPDATE - have removed Cinnamon DE and xfce - noticed that both of these had elements of pulse-audio whilst uninstalling via Synaptic Package Manager and one of them had the infamous real-time processor named rtkit - not a rootkit I know but a stupid naming convention by the author of pulseaudio (and author of systemd). So I now just have KDE and LXQt. Have marked this thread as [CLOSED].
]]>using vrms... (I didn't know I could do this, thank you HoaS)
root@GamesBox:~# vrms
Non-free packages installed on GamesBox
amd64-microcode Processor microcode firmware for AMD CPUs
bluez-firmware Firmware for Bluetooth devices
firmware-amd-graphics Binary firmware for AMD/ATI graphics chips
firmware-intel-sound Binary firmware for Intel sound DSPs
firmware-iwlwifi Binary firmware for Intel Wireless cards
firmware-linux Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kerne
firmware-linux-nonfree Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kerne
firmware-misc-nonfree Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kerne
gawk-doc Documentation for GNU awk
libfaac-dev AAC audio encoder (development)
libfaac0 AAC audio encoder (library)
openttd-opensfx sound set for use with the OpenTTD game
steam Valve's Steam digital software delivery system
steam-devices Device support for Steam-related hardware
unrar Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free version)
Reason: Modifications problematic
Contrib packages installed on GamesBox
alsa-firmware-loaders ALSA software loaders for specific hardware
browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperfl PPAPI-host NPAPI-plugin adapter for pepperflash
glx-alternative-mesa allows the selection of MESA as GLX provider
pepperflashplugin-nonfree Pepper Flash Player - browser plugin
ttf-mscorefonts-installer Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts
update-glx utility for switching the GLX implementation
Contrib packages with status other than installed on GamesBox
nvidia-installer-cleanup ( dei) cleanup after driver installation with the nvi
15 non-free packages, 0.6% of 2605 installed packages.
7 contrib packages, 0.3% of 2605 installed packages.
If I add "non-free" sources, am I effectively adding proprietary blobs?
Only if you install anything from that component. Use vrms to check for any installed blobs in your system.
And as GlennW notes you might still need the proprietary firmware to achieve reasonable performance with your graphics card.
]]>golinux wrote:As HoaS Asked earlier . . . do you have "non-free" enabled in your sources.list?
I think I asked somewhere else about this too - If I add "non-free" sources, am I effectively adding proprietary blobs? If so I will just remove Cinnamon DE - I'm getting into the KDE groove at present.
As HoaS Asked earlier . . . do you have "non-free" enabled in your sources.list?
I think I asked somewhere else about this too - If I add "non-free" sources, am I effectively adding proprietary blobs? If so I will just remove Cinnamon DE - I'm getting into the KDE groove at present.
]]>Here is the result of that last command:
swarfendor437@devuan:~$ su
Password:
root@devuan:/home/swarfendor437# apt install firmware-misc-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package firmware-misc-nonfree is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'firmware-misc-nonfree' has no installation candidate
root@devuan:/home/swarfendor437#
Now can we please see the output of this command:
# apt install firmware-misc-nonfree
^ That command does need root privileges (hence the # symbol in front of it).
]]>root@devuan:/home/swarfendor437# glxinfo -B
name of display: :0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
Vendor: VMware, Inc. (0xffffffff)
Device: llvmpipe (LLVM 7.0, 128 bits) (0xffffffff)
Version: 18.3.6
Accelerated: no
Video memory: 16017MB
Unified memory: no
Preferred profile: core (0x1)
Max core profile version: 3.3
Max compat profile version: 3.1
Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.0
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 7.0, 128 bits)
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 18.3.6
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 3.30
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL version string: 3.1 Mesa 18.3.6
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.40
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.0 Mesa 18.3.6
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.00