Dev1 Galaxy Forum / How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)?

Re: How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)?

dummy@example.com (aitor) — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 22:42:56 +0000

callmetango wrote:

We at XLibre are currently working on upstreaming the seatd support in https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/issues/202 so XLibre can one day be officially included in Devuan

I've patched XLibre to support seatd management:

http://packages.gnuinos.org/xlibre

Re: How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)?

dummy@example.com (samhain) — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 20:52:37 +0000

I just uploaded my new ISO with your Xlibre build
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=58275#p58275

Re: How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)?

dummy@example.com (callmetango) — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:02:41 +0000

@all You're very welcome, and thank you for choosing XLibre, installing and testing it! We at XLibre are currently working on upstreaming the seatd support in https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/issues/202 so XLibre can one day be officially included in Devuan.

Re: How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)?

dummy@example.com (JWM-Kit) — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:27:17 +0000

@callmetango

Thank You so much for providing this info and for your hard work.

Re: How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)?

dummy@example.com (zapper) — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 01:37:24 +0000

If its a choice between xlibre and wayland, I would choose xlibre probably.

Wayland is a mess and I have a feeling it has some secret problems that redhat hasn't mentioned deliberately

Re: How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)?

dummy@example.com (greenjeans) — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 23:25:44 +0000

Testing iso uploaded, for Excalibur not Daedalus:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/vuu-do … te-mini-6/

Re: How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)?

dummy@example.com (viptux) — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 01:15:15 +0000

Performed fresh excalibur KVM installation this morning. (base no-gui)
Added xlibre repo as noted.

Manually installed: alsa pipewire slim spice-vdagent xfce4 & xlibre
Everything be weking well - No issues observed !

Much appreciate the choice of libre xserver for Devuan !!

Re: How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)?

dummy@example.com (greenjeans) — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 18:30:08 +0000

Did some tests yesterday, all on my old 2012 Compaq CQ-58, Dual-core AMD C-60 APU at 1 ghz(max), 4 gigs of ram.

Installed on an updated Daedalus with the Mate DE.

Packages installed fine and seemed to work okay, but upon re-boot it wouldn't let me back in. Despite the system being set to auto-login the user it put up the lightdm log-in screen, attempting log in as user or root looks like it tries, then goes to a black screen for a second, then kicks me back to the log-in screen.

No luck in recovery mode either.

I do have the amd graphics firmware package installed and the microcode package, don't know if that makes a difference, my laptop just has too many video glitches if I don't use them.

Going over the logs now trying to figure out where it's going wrong, but X is not my forte` so it's some work trying to de-cipher.

EDIT: Don't know if it makes a difference but i'm running a non-uefi system here.

EDIT2: Procedure (second go-around, first time I tried without updating the libdrm packages, same result):

# Updated the libdrm packages first:

Upgraded the following packages:
libdrm-amdgpu1 (2.4.114-1+b1) to 2.4.123-1~bpo12+1
libdrm-common (2.4.114-1) to 2.4.123-1~bpo12+1
libdrm-intel1 (2.4.114-1+b1) to 2.4.123-1~bpo12+1
libdrm-nouveau2 (2.4.114-1+b1) to 2.4.123-1~bpo12+1
libdrm-radeon1 (2.4.114-1+b1) to 2.4.123-1~bpo12+1
libdrm2 (2.4.114-1+b1) to 2.4.123-1~bpo12+1

Commit Log for Mon Aug 25 20:47:50 2025

Removed the following packages:
x11-common
xorg
xserver-common
xserver-xorg
xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-input-all
xserver-xorg-input-libinput
xserver-xorg-input-wacom
xserver-xorg-legacy
xserver-xorg-video-all
xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu
xserver-xorg-video-ati
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
xserver-xorg-video-intel
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
xserver-xorg-video-qxl
xserver-xorg-video-radeon
xserver-xorg-video-vesa
xserver-xorg-video-vmware

Installed the following packages:
libfs6 (2:1.0.8-1)
x11-xfs-utils (7.7+2+b1)
xlibre (1:7.8+3)
xlibre-x11-common (1:7.8+3)
xorg-video-abi-25-dummy (0.1.0+2)
xserver-xlibre (1:7.8+3)
xserver-xlibre-common (2:25.0.0.9-3)
xserver-xlibre-core (2:25.0.0.9-3)
xserver-xlibre-input-all (1:7.8+3)
xserver-xlibre-input-libinput (1.5.1.0-1)
xserver-xlibre-legacy (2:25.0.0.9-3)
xserver-xlibre-video-all (1:7.8+3)
xserver-xlibre-video-amdgpu (23.0.0.4-2)
xserver-xlibre-video-ati (1:22.0.0.2-1)
xserver-xlibre-video-fbdev (1:0.5.1.1-2)
xserver-xlibre-video-nouveau (1:1.0.18.1-2)
xserver-xlibre-video-radeon (1:22.0.0.2-1)
xserver-xlibre-video-vesa (1:2.6.0.1-2)
xserver-xlibre-video-vmware (1:13.4.0.1-2)

Commit Log for Mon Aug 25 20:54:01 2025

# All the above left the below "residual configs" packages listed below, so I did a complete removal on them.
Completely removed the following packages:
x11-common
xserver-xorg
xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-legacy
xserver-xorg-video-intel

Re: How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)?

dummy@example.com (rolfie) — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 18:14:00 +0000

Installed a Daedalus VM, encrypted with LVM, efi based, Lightdm and Cinnamon with German locale and Keyboard. Installation works, Lightdm is set to US keyboard, Cinnamon too. Adding a German keyboard works until reboot, then the system is back to US. Is that worth an issue? I think yes?
Edith: the screensaver login allows to switch the keyboard to German, the login doesn't.

Re: How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)?

dummy@example.com (stargate-sg1-cheyenne-mtn) — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 08:24:02 +0000

re: wayland reminds of a recent past post:

https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=57316#p57316

Re: How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)?

dummy@example.com (zapper) — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 02:24:35 +0000

It would be interesting to ditch wayland as a distro in the future for devuan. I know its primary purpose is to escape systemd and be like debian, but I feel like wayland is not the best way forward. It probably has other problems that haven't been revealed that are worse than xorg in its best form.

Re: How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)?

dummy@example.com (JayneCobb) — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:43:52 +0000

@callmetango Well. I installed XLibre on my tester a Dell Precision 5510 with NVIDIA Quadro M1000M and all went well, very well. I even installed the NVIDIA drivers and tested a game using Stream and all appears to be working ok. I will continue testing but so far so good! Tell the team Big Thanks!

My main system is a Dell G15 5530 with an NVIDIA RTX 4060. When I get a chance I will test it out it as well.

Update: I am running Devuan Daedalus 5.0 and have tested both kernels 6.1.0-38-amd64 and 6.7.12-1-liquorix-amd64, with and without NVIDIA drivers. All OK, so far. No issues but I will continue to test and run the system the next few days. This is on the Dell 5510.

Re: How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)?

dummy@example.com (callmetango) — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:40:23 +0000

@greenjeans @JayneCobb You are welcome and I like to say thank you to all of you for the very early support of XLibre on Devuan! Since the creation of DEB packages by https://github.com/apebl at http://github.com/xlibre-deb there are a lot of opportunities of bringing XLibre to the DEB world.

I am curious to see what your tests result in.

Re: How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)?

dummy@example.com (callmetango) — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:34:31 +0000

@delgado

@callmetango: Thanks for providing a xlibre package for devuan.
Unfortunately, the installation would remove the proprietary nvidia driver and virtualbox on my excalibur box.

You are welcome! Could you please report this issue at https://github.com/xlibre-deb/devuan/issues since I am only the messenger? ;-)

Re: How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)?

dummy@example.com (JayneCobb) — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 02:06:53 +0000

@callmetango Thanks for the Xlibre repository info! I will give it a shot tomorrow on my testing PC! Looking forward to it.