Dev1 Galaxy Forum / [SOLVED] Qemu fails to install

Re: [SOLVED] Qemu fails to install

dummy@example.com (robert-e) — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:34:12 +0000

Well now, this is very odd. I changed the sources.list to pkgmaster repo; ran synaptic; hit update,
and a whole load of updates showed up. Hmmmm, so I shut down synaptic without apply updates. I then
changed the sources.list back to the one I have been using for eons. Rebooted for good measure, and
then ran synaptic again, hit update, and the same big list of pending updates showed up.

I then did the install of qemu-system-x86, and it worked this time.

So now, I wonder what was going on? Never-the-less, I will mark this as solved, but will continue
to wonder.

Regards,
bob

Re: [SOLVED] Qemu fails to install

dummy@example.com (greenjeans) — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:33:24 +0000

If you're in the US, gnlug works really well.

Re: [SOLVED] Qemu fails to install

dummy@example.com (robert-e) — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 19:47:27 +0000

Thank you for replying. I have been using the round-robin repos weekly since the chimaera
days and have not had any problem aside from the odd short term "not available". A reload
in synaptic solves that. My isp and my dns server has not changed for years. That said,
I will try again using pkgmaster repo today.

Regards,
Bob

Re: [SOLVED] Qemu fails to install

dummy@example.com (Calamity) — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 19:24:18 +0000

There is a known problem when using the default Devuan mirror with certain ISPs or DNS configurations. Try picking a different one instead:
https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/mirror_list.txt

[SOLVED] Qemu fails to install

dummy@example.com (robert-e) — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 19:02:47 +0000

Using fully updated Excalibur, with the usual sources.list, and only systemd and
nouveau blacklisted, I tried to install Qemu. I selected qwmu-system-x86, and the
install failed with the following output:

W: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/ … _amd64.deb
404 Not Found [IP: 140.248.154.132 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/ … u1_all.deb
404 Not Found [IP: 140.248.154.132 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/ … _amd64.deb
404 Not Found [IP: 140.248.154.132 80]

I waited a few minutes, and retried; then tried again the next morning.

As an aside, I had a similar problem installing fldigi, which I solved by downloading
the updated files from debian.

Can someone give me some steerage on what is going wrong? Perhaps something related
to the "weak encryption" bug?

Regards,
Bob