Yesterday I updated one of my computers with apt-get upgrade. This packages are upgraded:

• grub-common

• grub-pc

• grub-pc-bin

• grub2-common

dpkg install from version 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u3 to version 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4

2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4 seems came from to:
http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-security/main

2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u3 is in:
http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf/main

Upgrading system does not produce or show any problems and then I halt the system.

I use Devuan Beowulf for all my pc. In this computer there is only 1 hd, partition type gpt, 3 partitions:

• /dev/sda1  EFI System

• /dev/sda2  Linux filesystem

• /dev/sda3  Linux swap

I switched on the pc later and grub rescue appears. WTF?

I solved (temporarily) the problems with:

set prefix=(hd0,gpt2)/boot/grub
set root=(hd0,gpt2)
insmod normal
normal

and grub menù appears.

Login with root, and then update-grub... grub-install... and so on...

Restart the system. Grub rescue. Then login with root. New tests. Grub rescue again. [N times?]

At the end I downgrade from 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4 to 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u3 the upgraded package.

update-grub and grub-install. Reboot. Grub works!

I am currently reluctant to upgrade again.

And now the question. Has anyone reported the error in Devuan? Has anyone haved this problem?

I bought a new pc with Startech firewire card:

https://www.startech.com/media/products … asheet.pdf

but i don't know if it is supported.

Hi folks,
I'm going to make various packages for Devuan but only for my arch machine.
I have read Devuan Git Migration in the mailing list from Github to Gitea but I don't found how to do to make automatically packages for all architecture with CI infrastructure in Devuan.

I have not found very large console fonts.
Using tools for edit console font I can enlarge font 8x16 up to 16x32 with the framebuffer.
But if I want a very large console fonts 32x64 or 64x128 and so on I obtain an error: "incorrect height".
It is possibile to have a very large console fonts in pure linux console (with fbterm is very simple)?

For those like me who love to start in command line mode and if necessary run Xorg.

I like change WM/DE very often. I like lxde and openbox but I used gnome2 (in the past) and I use rarely kde and play with other WM/DE. Change .xinitrc is easy but not immediate and I developed several years ago a personal shell script. So when I want run lxde:

ax lxde

when I want run openbox:

ax openbox

... and so on.
Almost a year ago I rewrite this shell script to be suitable for distribution, I will be happy if it may be useful for someone:
https://notabug.org/viverna/ax

Execute: ax [your_favorite_wmde]
for example:
ax lxde
ax kde
ax without parameters run last WM/DE or the default.

ax understands WM/DE reading $ETCPREFIX/etc/ax/client
(for me $ETCPREFIX is /usr/local).
"client" file has a very simple syntax:
NAME_WMDE NAME_EXECUTABLE MULTIPLE_ARGS_EXECUTABLE

for example:
https://notabug.org/viverna/ax/src/master/etc/client

usage:
https://notabug.org/viverna/ax/src/master/USAGE.txt

I use everyday and works well but it is my personal case and it needs more tests.

Someone is interested in trying it out?