Hello:

TL;DR
Edit [resolv.conf] to what you need.
eg: the same [resolv.conf] used by the properly working systems.

That done, save the file and then make it immutable.

ie:
as root

# chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf 
#

This because [/sbin/dhclient-script] has instructions to change the contents of the [/etc/resolv.conf] file.
It is part of the [DHCP] protocol.
See here: https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=52247#p52247

You will find it between lines [38] and [42] 

--- snip ---
# update /etc/resolv.conf based on received values     <---- ####### this
  make_resolv_conf() {
      local new_resolv_conf
--- snip ---  

Now, check if it is working as intended (the package [ifupdown] must be installed):

1. log out and back in.
2. open a terminal and (as root or with privileges) do:

$ sudo ifdown eth0
Killed old client process
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.4.3-P1
Copyright 2004-2022 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp
$

$ sudo ifup eth0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.4.3-P1
Copyright 2004-2022 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/eth0/00:14:4f:4a:a2:81
Sending on   LPF/eth0/00:14:4f:4a:a2:81
Sending on   Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
DHCPOFFER of 192.168.1.10 from 192.168.1.1
DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.10 on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK of 192.168.1.10 from 192.168.1.1
/sbin/dhclient-script: 88: cannot create /etc/resolv.conf: Operation not permitted    #### < you should see this string.
bound to 192.168.1.10 -- renewal in 11808 seconds.  < your IP address
$ 

Edit:
Correction in above printout and added additional information.

Now find what DNS server your system is using:

$ dig dev1galaxy.org

; <<>> DiG 9.18.49-1~deb12u2-Debian <<>> dev1galaxy.org
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 16884
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;dev1galaxy.org.			IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
dev1galaxy.org.		3156	IN	A	136.243.229.210

;; Query time: 4 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.11#53(192.168.1.11) (UDP)    #### < this should be the DNS server you edited into [/etc/resolv.conf]
;; WHEN: Wed Aug 26 06:00:06 -03 2026
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 59

$ 

Now check if the system works as you expect it to work.
Just a shot in the dark.

Best,

A.

Hello:

Right ...

You don't mention having previously attempted doing the same with Excalibur (stable) or Freia (testing).
Asking because Ceres (unstable) does not seem a good first choice to figure out how/if [Hyprland] works with Devuan and [x11] applications.

That said, these links may help:

https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/wiki
https://wiki.hypr.land/

Best,

A.

Hello:

Like any other package from the devuan repositories.

As [root], you open a terminal and do:

apt install simple-scan 

That should do it.

Best,

A.

Hello:

Yes, it is indeed a tool.
A  badly thought out / designed one.
And yours is also a huge "if".

I'd say it is already running amok.
And as no one bothers to control anything, soon there will be no control possible.
So it will get worse.

+1

Best,

A.

Hello:

You're welcome.
If there are no more questions/issues, you can mark your post as solved.

Best,

A.

Hello:

The system booting and working as expected (?) is a good sign.
Most times [ACPI] warnings are the result of Linux having worked around a badly written BIOS and just informative.
The same can be said by many other 'errors' or 'warnings' present in the [dmesg] output.

Q: Is your BIOS up to date?
ie: last available version.

That said, for anyone to be able to help with your questions, you would have to supply more information.

eg:
- Devuan version installed (please post result of [uname -a])
- full [dmesg] and a short description of the hardware you are installing it on.
- output of [lspci]
- output of [lsusb]

It would seem that your hardware is 'Apple' fare, notorious for not being precisely Linux friendly.
Particularly with respect to motherboard components.

Have you checked on-line as to the degree of compatibility of your specific box with Linux?
eg: T1/T2 chip, touchpads, keyboards, Wi-Fi, sound, webcams and other hardware such as PM sensors/fans.

Best,

A.

Hello:

Note taken.
Will not happen again.

That said, please do read the whole bit, especially these caveats*:

* my fault, I should I have posted [CAVEAT] in capital letters somewhere.

Having made clear that I did not use [wall] or [lightdm], how could it possibly look convincing to me?
I did not look like anything but AI generated stuff, something I disclosed from the start of my post.

As such, my intention was for someone else (ie: who actually knew about the subject) to opine so that a check against what this AI thing actually spewed could be made.

Actually thought it was a good idea.  8^°

Best,

A.

Hello:

Right.

Thank you for taking the time to look that up.
Much obliged.

In the few hours I have been working with it, I have seen that [OpenOffice] starts up, open and saves the same spreadsheet noticeably faster, does not have any (obvious) UI bugs and is working as well as expected.

Just a couple of things to get used to because "muscle memory" (eg: [BackSpace] to delete content from a cell instead of [Delete] which generates a pop-up with options) but nothing important enough to consider going back to [LibreOffice].

On top of that, I do think it has more 'nice-looking' appeal.  8^P

Best,

A.

Hello:

I am hard pressed to get some documents/spreadsheets finished by Monday so decided cut my losses and purge all of [LibreOffice] from my system and install [OpenOffice].

Installation was a breeze, seems to work properly out of the box, did not bitch about anything and opened my spreadsheets without failing in any, both [*.xls] and [*.ods]. I expect that it will be the same with [*.doc] and [*.odt], have not tried yet.

And most gratifying: the problem with [LibreOffice] is not present in [OpenOffice]. 8^D
So, unless something tragic happens, it will be [OpenOffice] from now on.

I really do not need the grief and waste of time this last issue brought me.
Much less if the cause was [LibreOffice] favouring "nice-looking graphics" over a properly working UI.

So I will mark this one as solved.

Thanks to all those who pitched in.

Best,

A.

Hello:

Indeed ...
The 'latest' advancements.

The scourge of IT by another name.
Unjustified "advancements", things no one asked for or needed.

Soon they will add video editing capabilities to it and it will be even more "advanced".
Enshitiffication and bloat just for the sake of it.

Or maybe for the sake of being as much as [MS-Office] as possible?

If I had to choose, the Linux equivalent of the stand alone [MS-Word 6.0] (over 26 years after it was EOL'd.) would still be more than enough for me. I should have a copy somewhere.

Best,

A.

Hello:

I cannot remember what the previous version was.
ie: 7.4.7.1?

I have not been happy with OpenOffice for a good while now.
I managed because I could, but this problem is really very annoying.
Have lost a lot of time (in shrt supply at the moment) trying to find a fix.   

I could try but I could also roll back to the known.
Even the inteface has changed.
eg:
In the previous version I could see a progress bar when it autosaved or I saved a file I was working on.
For whatever reason, that is now gone.
Seems that visual indication of a file being saved is no longer important.

> ... not using the LO version from the repo.
I see.

I'd say my options would be:
1. find a way to safely roll back to the previous repository version (or the one before it) and pin it.
2. install a newer version from the LO repository and pin it, say 7.6.7.2?

Opinion?

Seems that enshittifacion is in full force all over the IT world, if it continues at this pace, we are doomed.

Thanks for your input.

Best,

A.