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			<title><![CDATA[Re: KDE Plasma 6.3.6 - Sound and Discover issue.]]></title>
			<link>https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=63245#p63245</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>I wrote a script to fix plasma-discover problem.&#160; I&#039;ll try to integrate it into the installer soon.<br />I used this post as a starting-point: <a href="https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=41726#p41726" rel="nofollow">https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=41726#p41726</a> but had to change a few things.&#160; These pages were helpful references: <a href="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/sect-AppStream-YAML.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.freedesktop.org/software/ap … -YAML.html</a> and <a href="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/sect-AppStream-IconCache.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.freedesktop.org/software/ap … Cache.html</a><br />Anyway, here&#039;s the script that should get plasma-discover working on devuan excalibur.&#160; If you need it on different devuan version, it shouldn&#039;t be too difficult to adjust.&#160; Also, you&#039;ll need write access to /var/lib/swcatalog/&#160; so you&#039;ll probably want to run it as root.</p><div class="codebox"><pre class="vscroll"><code>#!/bin/bash

# create target directory
mkdir -p /var/lib/swcatalog/yaml/
cd /var/lib/swcatalog/yaml/

# download components
for suite in excalibur excalibur-updates excalibur-backports; do
  debsuite=$(echo $suite|sed -e &#039;s/excalibur/trixie/g&#039;)
  for component in main contrib non-free non-free-firmware; do
    echo &quot;Downloading: component: ${suite}-${component}...&quot;
    wget -q https://appstream.debian.org/data/${debsuite}/${component}/Components-amd64.yml.gz -O devuan-${suite}-${component}_amd64.yml.gz
  done
done

echo &quot;Patching component: excalibur-main_amd64 ...&quot;
gunzip devuan-excalibur-main_amd64.yml.gz
lstart=$(grep -n ^Type:\ operating-system devuan-excalibur-main_amd64.yml | cut -d : -f 1)
lcount=$(tail -n +${lstart} devuan-excalibur-main_amd64.yml | grep -n ^---$ | head -n 1 | cut -d : -f 1)
lresume=$((lstart + lcount))
head -n ${lstart} devuan-excalibur-main_amd64.yml &gt; devuan-excalibur-main_amd64.tmp
cat &lt;&lt;HERE &gt;&gt;devuan-excalibur-main_amd64.tmp
ID: org.devuan.devuan
Name:
  C: Devuan GNU/Linux
Summary:
  C: The universal operating system
Description:
  C: &gt;-
    &lt;p&gt;
      Devuan is a free operating system (OS) for your computer.
      An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      Devuan is based on the Debian project, but with a focus on init freedom.
    &lt;/p&gt;
Developer:
  id: org.devuan
  name:
    C: The Devuan Project
Url:
  homepage: https://www.devuan.org/
Icon:
  cached:
  - name: devuan-logo.png
    width: 48
    height: 48
  - name: devuan-logo.png
    width: 64
    height: 64
  - name: devuan-logo.png
    width: 128
    height: 128
Releases:
- version: &quot;7&quot;
  type: development
  description:
    C: &gt;-
      &lt;p&gt;The current development version of Devuan, codename freia.&lt;/p&gt;
- version: &quot;6&quot;
  type: stable
  description:
    C: &gt;-
      &lt;p&gt;The current stable version of Devuan, codename excalibur.&lt;/p&gt;
- version: &quot;5&quot;
  type: oldstable
  description:
    C: &gt;-
      &lt;p&gt;The oldstable version of Devuan, codename daedalus.&lt;/p&gt;
- version: &quot;4&quot;
  type: oldoldstable
  description:
    C: &gt;-
      &lt;p&gt;The oldoldstable version of Devuan, codename chimaera.&lt;/p&gt;
---
HERE
tail -n +${lresume} devuan-excalibur-main_amd64.yml &gt;&gt; devuan-excalibur-main_amd64.tmp
mv devuan-excalibur-main_amd64.yml devuan-excalibur-main_amd64.yml~
mv devuan-excalibur-main_amd64.tmp devuan-excalibur-main_amd64.yml
gzip -f devuan-excalibur-main_amd64.yml

# download icons
for suite in excalibur excalibur-updates excalibur-backports; do
  debsuite=$(echo $suite|sed -e &#039;s/excalibur/trixie/g&#039;)
  for component in main contrib non-free non-free-firmware; do
    for size in 48x48 64x64 128x128; do
      echo &quot;Downloading ${size} icons for ${suite}-${component}...&quot;
      mkdir -p /var/lib/swcatalog/icons/debian-${debsuite}-${component}/${size}
      cd /var/lib/swcatalog/icons/debian-${debsuite}-${component}/${size}
      wget -q https://appstream.debian.org/data/${debsuite}/${component}/icons-${size}.tar.gz
      tar xf icons-${size}.tar.gz
      mkdir -p /var/lib/swcatalog/icons/debian-${debsuite}-${component}/${size}@2
      cd /var/lib/swcatalog/icons/debian-${debsuite}-${component}/${size}@2
      wget -q https://appstream.debian.org/data/${debsuite}/${component}/icons-${size}@2.tar.gz
      tar xf icons-${size}@2.tar.gz
    done
  done
done</code></pre></div>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (rbit)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=63245#p63245</guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: KDE Plasma 6.3.6 - Sound and Discover issue.]]></title>
			<link>https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=63233#p63233</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><blockquote><div><p>when connecting a 3.5mm jack headphones, devuan don&#039;t recognize it and it still plays audio via the laptop speakers.</p></div></blockquote></div><p>instead of rebooting check auto-mute in alsamixer. It should be set to enabled. To open alsamixer just type alsamixer in a terminal.</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (rations)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=63233#p63233</guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: KDE Plasma 6.3.6 - Sound and Discover issue.]]></title>
			<link>https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=63225#p63225</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>@pdbq</p><p>I was seeing the forum and I just found you just have the same problem as me xD</p><p>I had this problems using Devuan Excalibur, and I think that devs should fix this!</p><p>· Sound not working OOTB (in the Excalibur Releases notes, there are instructions on how to make Pipewire (sound) work), so <strong>this behaviour (sound not working OOTB) is intentional</strong></p><p>·After doing just what I said, sometimes (in a 2 week use, 8h per day use, just happened 2 times), when connecting a 3.5mm jack headphones, devuan don&#039;t recognize it and it still plays audio via the laptop speakers. Rebooting system (not just close and open the session) solves this. I will troubleshoot this issue when I have time, and I think this thing has something to do with the installing and configuring pipewire that are on the Excalibur release notes.</p><p>· Discover not working OOTB, as you just have noticed. (seems to be produced by cache missing, or missing packages)</p><p>· Manual intervention of /etc/apt/sources.list to comment the CD/DVD source (if this isn&#039;t done, I can&#039;t update/upgrade packages).</p><p>I moved to Devuan because I read some things about Systemd that made me a little bit upset:</p><p>· It isn&#039;t even something related to an init bash, it&#039;s something bigger.</p><p>· It is like a black box, it does great things but for understanding what&#039;s inside, you need to know a lot.</p><p>I used Debian until I encountered with the final problem that made me change to Devuan: hibernation didn&#039;t worked on my laptop. After trying with a lot of distros, I found that happened on systems sith systemd. Tried Devuan and it worked! So idk, now I see systemd more like a bad thing, sure it does great things, but also bads...</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (franmm)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=63225#p63225</guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: KDE Plasma 6.3.6 - Sound and Discover issue.]]></title>
			<link>https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=63210#p63210</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>I just found out that this is a recurring thread. <a href="https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=63022#p63022" rel="nofollow">https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=63022#p63022</a></p><p>This is definitely a Devuan problem, since I tested Debian with KDE Plasma and everything worked.</p><p>Here&#039;s something interesting. KDE developers don&#039;t recommend using KDE Plasma on Debian.<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZgaUtqz2nU&amp;t=2800s" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZgaUtqz2nU&amp;t=2800s</a></p><div class="quotebox"><blockquote><div><p>...you&#039;re on your own; your bug-reports will be automatically closed...</p></div></blockquote></div>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (pdbq)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=63210#p63210</guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: KDE Plasma 6.3.6 - Sound and Discover issue.]]></title>
			<link>https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=63177#p63177</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>WirePlumber, PipeWire, PulseAudio, ALSA, and OSS are all running on startup (and people say BSDs&#039; audio systems are a mess).<br />jack-bridge could be used in the future, maybe by SonicDE. <a href="https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=7567" rel="nofollow">https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=7567</a></p><p>I think that systemd developers and their slaves are intentionally bloating their projects, to implicitly dissuade people from debugging and hacking them.</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (pdbq)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=63177#p63177</guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[KDE Plasma 6.3.6 - Sound and Discover issue.]]></title>
			<link>https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=63170#p63170</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>This is a fresh install of Devuan Excalibur 6.1 with OpenRC, and KDE Plasma running over Wayland.</p><p>Sound from Firefox works, but sounds from files and system sounds don&#039;t work, sound volume can&#039;t be adjusted, and the Audio Volume widget displays &quot;Connection to the Sound Service Lost&quot; and retrying doesn&#039;t fix it.</p><p>In the Search section of Discover, Discover only displays items in &quot;Application Addons&quot; and &quot;Plasma Addons&quot;. Connection to the Internet works on the rest of the system.</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (pdbq)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=63170#p63170</guid>
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