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#1 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] SDDM not starting up after fresh Beowulf installation » 2021-09-06 14:19:29

Monti
PedroReina wrote:

Long time ago I explained in a course about Debian how install X server and probing it working using the order X before installing any graphics login program. The course was very slow paced; nowadays we all can work much faster because everything works much better than 20 years ago, but knowing the basics is always useful.

Thank you Pedro for your additional input. Do you know about a good tutorial which go into what you taught?

#2 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] SDDM not starting up after fresh Beowulf installation » 2021-09-04 22:50:57

Monti

Thank you guys for your replies.

Did not get any error messages, but the issue was solved after installing the firmware-amd-graphics package. So the problem was that SDDM did not start when necessary ATI/AMD firmware was not installed. After "firmware-amd-graphics" was installed SDDM started automatically with no other configurations.

Monti

#3 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] KDE "Displays" settings max resolution not higher than 800x600 » 2021-09-04 22:45:54

Monti

Thanks a lot all of you guys for all your input!

Issue solved after the firmware-amd-graphics installation. 1366x768 initialized automatically and shows up in KDE "Displays" settings.

Really appreciate it!

Monti

Edit:
And running smooth big_smile

#4 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] KDE "Displays" settings max resolution not higher than 800x600 » 2021-09-04 21:44:53

Monti

Thank you GlennW!

When I do it like this I don't get any errors:

deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf non-free contrib 
deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf non-free contrib

Though, when executing:

$ sudo apt-get install firmware-amd-graphics

I get this result:

$ sudo apt-get install firmware-amd-graphics
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  firmware-amd-graphics
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 3,427 kB of archives.
After this operation, 31.0 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf/non-free amd64 firmware-amd-graphics all 20190114-2 [3,427 kB]
Fetched 3,427 kB in 0s (8,586 kB/s)         
Selecting previously unselected package firmware-amd-graphics.
(Reading database ... 184569 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../firmware-amd-graphics_20190114-2_all.deb ...
Unpacking firmware-amd-graphics (20190114-2) ...
Setting up firmware-amd-graphics (20190114-2) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.133+deb10u1) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-17-amd64
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8107e-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8107e-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-3.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8411-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8411-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8402-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw for module r8169

Again thank you for your follow-ups guys. Really appreciate it.

Monti

#5 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] KDE "Displays" settings max resolution not higher than 800x600 » 2021-09-04 21:18:24

Monti
Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

The firmware package for AMD graphics cards is called firmware-amd-graphics.

Check dmesg to see if it's loaded and check the X.Org log for errors and to see which DDX drivers you're using. lspci -k will show the loaded kernel drivers.

Thank you very much for your support Head_on_a Stick.

dmesg showed it quite clearly:

[    8.554704] [drm:radeon_pci_probe [radeon]] *ERROR* radeon kernel modesetting for R600 or later requires firmware installed

My problem now is that I am not successful in entering the non-free repository in sources.list

I have entered it as following:

deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf contrib non-free

That said, I wish that a full listing of the repositories available would be listed in the release info page for every Devuan release.

From your post in another thread that I started I have noted that the missing package is "firmware-amd-graphics".

Thanks,
Monti

#6 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] KDE "Displays" settings max resolution not higher than 800x600 » 2021-09-03 20:43:58

Monti
larsH wrote:

Hi

Try to install firmware-linux and firmware-linux-nonfree to get the firmware. It might not solve the problem, but improve performance when you get it to work.

And maybe try with the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/90-xorg.conf and adapt it to your card.

...

Thanks man!

Interesting that you mention performance enhancement. I've been questioning the not to good performance. Is there a way to install just the proprietary Radeon firmware? I might been under the wrong impression, but I've been thinking that firmware-linux-nonfree is bunch of other stuff too. Please advice.

Edit:
By the way, you actually mean '/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d', right? smile

Thanks,
Monti

#7 Installation » [SOLVED] KDE "Displays" settings max resolution not higher than 800x600 » 2021-09-03 17:00:55

Monti
Replies: 11

Hi,

I have just installed Beowulf, but when KDE Plasma starts up screen resolution is 800x600 and not the native 1366x768. I can't remember this being a problem when installing ASCII.

As mentioned in the subject line KDE Displays Settings are not showing options above 800x600.

Please advice.

Adapter is ATI Radeon

$ lspci | grep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV710/M92 [Mobility Radeon HD 4530/4570/545v]

Monti

#8 Installation » [SOLVED] SDDM not starting up after fresh Beowulf installation » 2021-09-03 16:27:27

Monti
Replies: 6

Hi,

I have just installed Beowulf with KDE and SDDM as display manager.

My problem is that SDDM login screen is not starting up, so as you understand I have to use the "startx /usr/bin/startkde" command to get into KDE desktop.

Could someone please advice?

Thanks,
Monti

#9 Re: Other Issues » LibreOffice 6.1.5 or 6.4.2 to ASCII from Beowulf or Ceres repos? » 2020-04-21 11:12:39

Monti
bbatten wrote:

You're welcome! FYI Libreoffice went to 6.4.3.2 as of 4/7/20.

Thanks again bbatten! Appreciate it smile

#10 Re: Other Issues » LibreOffice 6.1.5 or 6.4.2 to ASCII from Beowulf or Ceres repos? » 2020-04-17 12:20:41

Monti

Ok bbatten. Have tried things out and it works just fine.

Thanks a lot for the lesson smile

#11 Re: Other Issues » LibreOffice 6.1.5 or 6.4.2 to ASCII from Beowulf or Ceres repos? » 2020-04-04 21:05:31

Monti

Thanks a lot rolfie! Really appreciate it.

Regarding apt list libreoffice I strangely got this one:

:~$ apt list libreoffice
Listing... Done
libreoffice/stable,stable-security,now 1:5.2.7-1+deb9u11 amd64 [residual-config]

Before installing LO 6.4.2 I did a regular uninstall of version 5 plus autoremove. So I am not sure what this is.

[Edit] Posted this post right after yours bbatten. Thanks a lot for your followup. I'll dig into what you wrote.

#12 Re: Other Issues » LibreOffice 6.1.5 or 6.4.2 to ASCII from Beowulf or Ceres repos? » 2020-04-04 08:47:47

Monti

Sorry for not being clear rolfie. I meant how to uninstall LibreOffice all together from the system when installing multiple .deb-files in one go as with "-i *.deb" smile

Like; Could I for example use -r twice for the two different prefixes used in the archive, libobasis6.4*.deb and libreoffice6.4*.deb, to uninstall LibreOffice?

#13 Re: Other Issues » LibreOffice 6.1.5 or 6.4.2 to ASCII from Beowulf or Ceres repos? » 2020-04-03 18:41:33

Monti

Thanks a lot rolfie! That worked and everything seems to be working just fine.

Regarding removing the packages at a later point I am wondering how this is done when *.deb is used for multiple packages as in the DEBS archive. I know that removing a simple .deb package is done by just using -r with the package name. Would it be sufficient to just use -r twice with the two common prefixes libobasis6.4*.deb and libreoffice6.4*.deb in the archive?

Thanks

#14 Re: Other Issues » LibreOffice 6.1.5 or 6.4.2 to ASCII from Beowulf or Ceres repos? » 2020-04-02 21:18:08

Monti

Thanks for the info Rolfie! Appreciate it. Good to know.

And thank you bbatten for the link and sharing. I have tried to find a way to install the package(s) (LibreOffice_6.4.2_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz), but I am not sure which is the best way. Could you please show me?

Thanks.

#15 Re: Other Issues » LibreOffice 6.1.5 or 6.4.2 to ASCII from Beowulf or Ceres repos? » 2020-04-01 17:40:42

Monti

Thank you very much to both of you, GlennW and ruenoak.

I tried adding

to sources.list

Then got this when trying to do a install:

$ sudo apt-get -t beowulf-backports install libreoffice
Reading package lists... Done                                                                                                                                           
Building dependency tree                                                                                                                                                
Reading state information... Done                                                                                                                                       
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have                                                                                                       
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable                                                                                                      
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created                                                                                                      
or been moved out of Incoming.                                                                                                                                          
The following information may help to resolve the situation:                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                        
The following packages have unmet dependencies:                                                                                                                         
 libreoffice : Depends: libreoffice-base but it is not going to be installed                                                                                            
               Depends: libreoffice-calc but it is not going to be installed                                                                                            
               Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:6.4.2-2~bpo10+1) but it is not going to be installed                                                                      
               Depends: libreoffice-draw but it is not going to be installed                                                                                            
               Depends: libreoffice-impress but it is not going to be installed                                                                                         
               Depends: libreoffice-math but it is not going to be installed                                                                                            
               Depends: libreoffice-report-builder-bin but it is not going to be installed                                                                              
               Depends: libreoffice-writer but it is not going to be installed                                                                                          
               Depends: python3-uno (>= 4.4.0~beta2) but it is not going to be installed                                                                                
               Recommends: fonts-noto-core but it is not installable
               Recommends: fonts-noto-extra but it is not installable
               Recommends: fonts-noto-ui-core but it is not installable
               Recommends: libreoffice-nlpsolver but it is not going to be installed
               Recommends: libreoffice-report-builder but it is not going to be installed
               Recommends: libreoffice-script-provider-bsh but it is not going to be installed
               Recommends: libreoffice-script-provider-js but it is not going to be installed
               Recommends: libreoffice-script-provider-python but it is not going to be installed
               Recommends: libreoffice-sdbc-mysql but it is not going to be installed
               Recommends: libreoffice-sdbc-postgresql but it is not going to be installed
               Recommends: libreoffice-wiki-publisher but it is not going to be installed
               Recommends: libreoffice-java-common (>= 1:6.4.2~) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Ruenoak, it seems like you were right regarding Beowulf backports not being ready yet.

#16 Other Issues » LibreOffice 6.1.5 or 6.4.2 to ASCII from Beowulf or Ceres repos? » 2020-03-31 21:41:50

Monti
Replies: 16

Hi!

I am running ASCII 2.1 and are wondering if it is possible to install LibreOffice 6.1.5 or 6.4.2 from the Beowulf or Ceres repositories?

Thanks,
Monti

#17 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Default desktop icc color profile in Devuan? » 2020-03-31 21:34:41

Monti

Great! Thanks a lot Head_on_a_Stick! Appreciate it.

#18 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Default desktop icc color profile in Devuan? » 2020-03-31 17:09:45

Monti

Thank you for you for your suggestion danista, and sorry for my late reply.

I have tried to locate 'dispwin', but beside of not being in the system it is not in the repos either.

So I have to ask if there is an equivalent already in Devuan?

Thanks

#19 Desktop and Multimedia » Default desktop icc color profile in Devuan? » 2020-03-15 17:52:11

Monti
Replies: 4

Hi!

I would like to transfer the icc profile currently in use for the desktop on my HP laptop, but I am not able to figure out which color profile is in use.

I am aware of the icc profiles in /usr/share/color/icc/.

I have tried with 'colormgr get-devices', but nothing shows up.

Could someone please help me out?

Thanks,
Monti

#20 Other Issues » Lock Screen XScreenSaver IMAGE randomly stealing focus » 2018-10-13 14:44:52

Monti
Replies: 0

Hi!

We have this strange bug here with Devuan ASCII where the IMAGE of the Lock Screen XScreenSaver pops up and steals the whole screen during work. It does not happen all the time, but once in a while where it goes on for some time.

If writing a document the letters appears making a sentence line in the Lock Screen image. We remove it by pressing show desktop twice (to get back to the app), but it comes back within a short time. Quite annoying.

Does anyone know whats going on?

Thanks,
Monti

#21 Hardware & System Configuration » error: no symbol table - Grub error HOWTO fix » 2018-10-11 15:37:39

Monti
Replies: 3

After installing ASCII I got the message at start of boot:

error: no symbol table

Just so we have it on the forum I list the solution below.

To list the name of your harddrive type the command:

lsblk

Then:

sudo grub-install /dev/sda (if your harddrive is sda)

sudo update-grub

sudo reboot

#22 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Wireless / wifi driver installation - firmware: failed to load b43 » 2018-09-05 15:48:51

Monti

Thanks for the tip! Done it smile

#23 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Wireless / wifi driver installation - firmware: failed to load b43 » 2018-09-04 21:00:56

Monti

Super! Thanks a lot dxrobertson.

Worked like a charm smile

#24 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Wireless / wifi driver installation - firmware: failed to load b43 » 2018-09-02 16:19:19

Monti

Thank you very much for your reply dxrobertson.

I get your guide, but I am not able to find any package for b43-fwcutter.....

#25 Hardware & System Configuration » Wireless / wifi driver installation - firmware: failed to load b43 » 2018-09-01 14:12:13

Monti
Replies: 6

Hi!

After installation of ASCII I get the message:

[    9.948982] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PNLS ]
[    9.987172] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: failed to load b43/ucode15.fw (-2)
[    9.987265] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/ucode15.fw failed with error -2
[    9.987292] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: failed to load b43/ucode15.fw (-2)
[    9.987331] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/ucode15.fw failed with error -2
[    9.987351] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: failed to load b43-open/ucode15.fw (-2)
[    9.987388] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode15.fw failed with error -2
[    9.987399] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: failed to load b43-open/ucode15.fw (-2)
[    9.987435] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode15.fw failed with error -2
[    9.987438] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Dri … cefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.

I have been to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Dri … cefirmware but didn't find any downloads and otherwise it does not make much sense to me.

I have downloaded broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 from https://sources.openwrt.org/broadcom-wl … .5.tar.bz2 though. The chip is a Broadcom BCM4312 and it is supported.

I have tried to find a installation guide which makes sense, but I have not been lucky in doing so.

Could someone please help me out with the installation?

Thanks,
Monti

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