Dev1 Galaxy Forum

daedalus mkinitramfs warning

dummy@example.com (Altoid) — Wed, 06 May 2026 11:08:07 +0000

Hello:

amaro wrote:

... updated some packages ...
Is this a problem?

Yes, I would say so.

amaro wrote:

...how to fix it?

I'm afraid that you are not giving us enough information.

That said, something does seem to be amiss.

To wit:
My latest (recently updated) Devuan Daedalus system has a /lib/modules/6.1.0-45 directory.

$ uname -a
Linux devuan 6.1.0-45-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.170-1 (2026-04-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ 
$ ls /lib/modules
6.1.0-45-amd64
$

A VM I run on an updated Devuan Chimaera system has a /lib/modules/5.10.0-9 directory

$ uname -a
Linux chimaera 5.10.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.70-1 (2021-09-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ 
$ ls /lib/modules
5.10.0-9-amd64
$

See the inconsistency?
ie:
Daedalus -> 6.1.0-45-amd64
Chimaera -> 5.10.0-9-amd64

What package are you attempting to install in your Devuan Daedalus system?
Is it from the Devuan repositories and installed through synaptic, apt or apt-get?

Best,

My Blog Post About Devuan

dummy@example.com (PedroReina) — Wed, 06 May 2026 07:55:03 +0000

Robin wrote:

I'm a newbie.

Your're not! But good try. Welcome to the forum, mate.

List of Devuan derivatives

dummy@example.com (Camtaf) — Wed, 06 May 2026 07:42:26 +0000

Which ones are using Trixie?

(Most seem to be using older versions)

Basic gtk3 wallpaper setter

dummy@example.com (greenjeans) — Tue, 05 May 2026 23:04:58 +0000

Okay, got a lot done last night and today, still needs more testing and of course I had another better idea after I shut down my dev partition for the night (Murphy's law). I have NOT packaged or uploaded the changes to git, wanted to possibly get some thoughts on it and do a lot more testing before doing so.

1. Fixed the alphabetizing issue, case-insensitive now. Real forehead slapper that, i'm usually a stickler for sorting, guess I got excited and rushed it out a bit. Even numbered files weren't right. All better now.

2. Fixed first run, it will now default to /usr/share/backgrounds if you click Cancel. And that's where the new thought came from, I should just label that button "Default" and add to the first run dialog: " Click Default below to use the standard system folder /usr/share/backgrounds, or click Choose Directory to select a different folder"

3. Also related to first-run, when you hit the Choose Directory button, it now opens the file-chooser to /usr/share/backgrounds, as possibly someone might have specific folders within that directory they want to choose instead of the main directory. But of course a user can navigate from there wherever they want.

4. I did a LOT of messing with gtk, if you've ever tried it you know how many re-compiles that takes, it can be weird and finicky at times but I suppose there's reasons for that. Long story short I tightened up all the padding/spacing, it now has a nice grid of 12 displayed at default size with rows of 4 with room left for the scroll bar and a little breathing room at the right side and bottom. I re-claimed a lot of real estate that way, only 10 px in height saved but I reduced width by 120 px.
Click the thumb below for a larger image.

Ceres upgrade to kernel 7.0.3 error NVIDIA driver

dummy@example.com (deepforest) — Tue, 05 May 2026 23:01:50 +0000

this command not help

sudo apt reinstall nvidia-legacy-340xx-kernel-dkms

root@devuan:/home/freeartist-devuan# dkms status
nvidia-legacy-340xx/340.108, 6.12.57+deb13-amd64, x86_64: installed
nvidia-legacy-340xx/340.108, 6.19.11+deb14-amd64, x86_64: installed
nvidia-legacy-340xx/340.108, 6.19.14+deb14-amd64, x86_64: installed
root@devuan:/home/freeartist-devuan#

problem with dkms that can`t build nvidia uvm module for kernel 7.0.3

Install Pixel Environment at Devuan

dummy@example.com (deepforest) — Tue, 05 May 2026 20:22:19 +0000

Is here chance install Pixel Environment without systemd?
I am add sources raspi.sources and key raspberrypi-archive-keyring_2025.1+rpt1_all but...

E: Unable to satisfy dependencies. Reached two conflicting assignments:
   1. raspberrypi-sys-mods:amd64 is selected for install because:
      1. raspberrypi-ui-mods:amd64=1.20250411+b1 is selected for install
      2. raspberrypi-ui-mods:amd64 Depends raspberrypi-sys-mods (>= 20210706)
   2. raspberrypi-sys-mods:amd64 Depends systemd (>= 230)
      but none of the choices are installable:
      [no choices]
root@devuan:/etc/apt/sources.list.d#

with dual monitor from display port over HDMI to 2nd Monitor

dummy@example.com (bai4Iej2need) — Tue, 05 May 2026 18:36:52 +0000

Now I have used the actual backports kernel .
uname -a : Linux lenovo-r500 6.12.85+deb12-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.85-1~bpo12+1 (2026-04-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Now xrandr is able to establish a dual monitor session, how ever it also stops aftersome delay. (few minutes).
Obviously X stops sending a signal through DP-1. The TV complains "No signal"

GENUEN starting GUI

dummy@example.com (prospero) — Tue, 05 May 2026 17:41:55 +0000

I would suggest installing afresh from the latest genuen 6 excalibur iso:
https://www.genuen.org/mirror/excalibur

Here it is booting fine and fast into a graphical session. I suppose the external mediation is provided by case 2 above (dbus and elogind), but did not have time to investigate further.

Chasing the Fox (Caccia alla volpe)

dummy@example.com (igorzwx) — Tue, 05 May 2026 14:17:10 +0000

greenjeans wrote:

That would be a real service to the community

A real service to the community might be to avoid annoying others with your comments and advice. Please do not post in my topics.

_https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sndio
sndio is the software layer of the OpenBSD operating system that manages sound cards and MIDI ports. It provides an optional sound server and a documented application programming interface to access either the server or the audio and MIDI hardware in a uniform way.

_https://man.openbsd.org/sndiod.8
BUGS
Resampling is low quality; down-sampling especially should be avoided when recording.
If -a off is used, sndiod creates sub-devices to expose first and then opens the audio hardware on demand. Technically, this allows sndiod to attempt to use one of the sub-devices it exposes as an audio device, creating a deadlock. There's nothing to prevent the user from shooting themselves in the foot by creating such a deadlock.

sndio might be perfectly suitable for semi-deaf and half-demented users.

If someone really needs sndio, he might consider forking it to integrate the fftrate resampler for higher-quality audio processing
_https://github.com/PetrovSE/fftrate

_https://man.openbsd.org/sndiod.8
BUGS
Resampling is low quality; down-sampling especially should be avoided when recording.

Perhaps sndio developers engage in post-modern humor. Linux users are unlikely to notice a Monty Python situation where a "bug" is documented rather than fixed.

If you don’t get this kind of humor, think of post-truth, post-philosophy, and post-documentation. It’s a post-real world where absurdity is plainly documented — in man pages, wikis, and official notes — without irony. The joke isn’t hidden; it’s right there, labeled "BUG". The word "bug" has become a post-word with a post-meaning: not a flaw to fix, but a punchline accepted as fact.

What is special about post-reality is that it can be consumed innocently — just like myth, it appears factual, not constructed.

The myth consumer takes the signification for a system of facts: myth is read as a factual system whereas it is but a semiological system.
Roland Barthes, Myth Today.

(HW compatibility test) Wifi usb adaptor Techno'sN150

dummy@example.com (chomwitt) — Tue, 05 May 2026 12:03:56 +0000

@Altoid I didnt questioned if the dongle comes from TE . But whether it would work ok in my system.

Anyway i checked more carefully the enclosure:
It has one the one side a TechnoEthical sticker and on the other side :
N14939 DNUA-93F
FCC ID: NKR-VRWL25

Fastest and newest AVMultimedia ever...

dummy@example.com (avbox) — Tue, 05 May 2026 10:49:55 +0000

Oh, and then I realized that I hadn't announced the availability of ComfyUI (including LTX 2.3) for the ArchivistaBox AGPLv3 here; more on that here:

https://archivista.ch/cms/en/news/comfyui-integration/

Everything's running locally — it's already amazing what you can do with Devuan right now ;-)

MX_Devuan_KDE_dinit

dummy@example.com (Bizz91) — Mon, 04 May 2026 23:01:56 +0000

You can't install that particular distro to the same drive you are booting from in ventoy. I have had that in MX Linux since even the file managers don't let us access that drive either.

Refracta Snapshot (Excalibur) is Broken

dummy@example.com (greenjeans) — Mon, 04 May 2026 15:11:44 +0000

Hi Robin, nice work and welcome to Devuan! Yep, when in doubt, Refracta it out, it always "just works" and so saves a lot of time to get up and running!

ALSA+Jack system wide audio No pulseaudio or pipewire

dummy@example.com (rations) — Mon, 04 May 2026 15:09:22 +0000

Chat bots got audio in steam to work. Just need to enable steam gaming in the gui then launch steam normally.

HOW TO: Install XLibre on Devuan

dummy@example.com (manyroads) — Mon, 04 May 2026 13:06:40 +0000

FWIW here's my tangential observation(s). I am using XLibre but on Debian Test. I run:

OS ▸ Debian GNU/Linux Trixie x86_64
BD++++D+D+::::::+D Kernel ▸ Linux 6.19.14-2-liquorix-amd64
D+-::::=D+::::::::+BBDD+ Uptime ▸ 1 hour, 52 mins
D=::::::=B=-::::::=BB++=+D Processes ▸ 327
D-:::::=BDD=-::-=+B=-::::=D Packages ▸ 2217
B+--==+++===++BDD+:::::::-D Window Manager ▸ dwm (XLibre)
DB+++==:::::::::-+D-:::::::=D Shell ▸ zsh 5.9
D=:::::::::::::::::++:::::-+D Terminal ▸ xterm 409
D+::::::::::::::::::+D++==+BD+ Terminal Font ▸ JetBrains Mono Nerd Font:style=Regular (11pt)
D=:::::::::::::::::+BD+=--:-+D Terminal Theme ▸ ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
B+=-::::::::::::::B+-::::::=D Brightness ▸ 100% [Built-in]
DBB++-::::::::::-D:::::::-+D CPU ▸ 12 x AMD Ryzen 7 7445HS
DB+:::::::::+D=-:::-=+D GPU ▸ GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q / Mobile
D=:::::::-D +BDBBD+ GPU ▸ AMD Radeon 740M Graphics
B+--::-=D RAM ▸ 2.39 GiB / 14.88 GiB (16%)
+BDBDD+ Swap ▸ 0 B / 7.45 GiB (0%)
Disk ▸ 1.09 TiB / 1.78 TiB (61%) - ext4

To answer a few questions I see in this thread. For me XLibre performance is about 6-7% better than with non-XLibre. Like many here, I am not a fan of Wayland- I ran it for a year to give it a test... and if I only ran a single wm without conky, I could make it work. But I run with dwm,i3wm,openbox and choose not survive with a crippled conky (maybe its fixed these days; I don't know). Should I use systemd... just to answer that item, I need my stupid VRAM (nVidia) to work because I run a local AI on my machine- for lots of reasons that would probably get this note thrown off here. Suffice it to say, nVidia is necessary for resilience and grandsons- not optional and nVidia is also blindingly painful, but I have it working. Yay.

In general, the politics alluded to here re: XLibre are a pretty obvious issue for some folks. I have not personally encountered any problems. So, it's alright so far. For any who would like to see my stupid-simple XLibre install it's freely available here:

https://codeberg.org/eirenicon/dwm-XLibre

btw. it is worth every penny you paid for it, as well.