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#1 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » mtp-tool will not start » Today 09:06:37

You should install fuse3. But you will have to remove jmtpfs, that conflicts with fuse3.

#2 Re: Installation » Daedalus netinstall partitioning » 2024-03-26 19:01:40

At least with the VirtualBox you have to set the mode when configuring the VM. Per default its a legacy VM, only when efi is ticked you have to use efi mechanisms.

#3 Re: Installation » Daedalus netinstall partitioning » 2024-03-24 09:23:31

Yes it can.

Size: my suggestion is 1024 MiB to avoid any issues with strange EFI bios implementations that would like to use the ESP as storage for firmware updates. Minimalists call this way too large. The size is an insurance against the unforeseen.

Filesystem: FAT32/vfat is a must.

If no other ESP is present, create a new one.

If there is an ESP in place already, no need to create a second one. It will not be overwritten or getting damaged. You need to make sure its added in the list of partitions as ESP to tell the installer to use it.

There is one stumbling stone though. Debian and Devuan and if I am not mistaken at least Ubuntu/Mint do add a generic directory into the ESP for their distributions. E.g. Stretch, Buster, Bullseye or Bookworm all add a directory called "debian". Older Devuan releases do the same. You see the problem?

If you want a dual boot for Chimaera and Daedalus you have to do some post processing, or only the later installation is bootable. The solution is to do another grub-install from the booted system with the option --bootloader-id=devuan4 as I am using it. Use efibootmgr to set the boot order as you like.

This rework is not to 100% update safe. I have been through grub updates that did re-establish the generic directory. So I had to redo my specific grub-install.

HTH,

#4 Re: Installation » Daedalus netinstall partitioning » 2024-03-22 21:19:50

To the OP: your setup is quite unusual in my eyes. I always would try it with one encrypted partition.

But your setup should work too. Make sure you have selected /dev/mapper/sda3_crypt, ext4 as file system (or something that is supported), and / as mount point.

Getting these things sorted takes a while. At first I collected lots of web pages and how-to's, and made some sort of notes, and it took several installations to become more or less comfortable with the process without needing notes. Its pretty complex.

#6 Re: Installation » Daedalus netinstall partitioning » 2024-03-22 19:42:17

The question is what do you really want to achieve? The documentation on the Devuan web page uses the guided partitioning, does possibly not help in this case.
I can describe what I do on my PCs. /home is encrypted but always on its own device and set up after the system installation.

Partitioning beforehand with a gparted life stick:
p1 = ESP 512 MiB VFAT/FAT32 on an EFI system, omitted on legacy with MBR/MSDOS partitioning scheme. It gets a bit complicated when GPT is used.
p2 = /boot 2048 MiB ext4 unencrypted.
p3 = large ext4 volume for encryption and LVM inside, set up in the installer by manual partitioning.

In the installer proceed until partitioning and select manual.
Assign p1 to be used as ESP if applicable.
p2: use as ext4, assign /boot, format. Assign names if you want.
p3: use as Volume for Encryption. Exit and go to "Configure encrypted volumes". Go through this process and exit.

Now you should also have a device called something like /dev/mapper/p3_crypt with ext4 file system. Now you set that into "Physical volume for LVM" instead of ext4. Exit.

Call the "Logical Volume Manager". You are asked to provide a name for the Logical Volume group at first. When that is setup you can define Logical volumes, e.g. 1_root, 2_swap as I do, and 3_home if you like. You will be asked for a size definition. You may use MB, % ... . Exit the "Logical Volume Manager" when you are done.
Now you should find /dev/mapper/1_root .... in the display. Select these devices one by one and assign file system and the mount point. Only when this point is done you can leave the partitioning menu and start the installation.

Topic 8 in https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation … encryption might give some insight how the result about should look alike.

#7 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » grub-efi-amd64-signed seems to be missing on daedalus dist-upgrade » 2024-03-21 13:42:15

When you are running with Secure Boot set to "Other OS" = Disabled in the Bios, you do not need this package. I do not use SB, I remove grub-efi-amd64-signed on all my efi installations. grub still works alright.

I am on Daedalus with backports kernel 6.6 currently.

#9 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Can I convert Debian 12.4, bookworm, into Devuan? » 2024-03-17 12:53:03

Sure, should work. Have you rebooted?

If that doesn't solve the problem, please post the output of inxi -F

#11 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Want to use startx instead of slim » 2024-03-16 12:30:32

$jacksprat wrote:

In the interim, I tried install [on a different partition] without any X11 packages, just Console stuff, and on reboot it stopped [hung] after the message "Starting bluetooth:  bluetoothd".  I guess no-one tried that yet.

I done that on all my latest Devuan installations including Daedalus to be able to set up the graphical desktop my way. I use netinstalls and disable anything else but the standard system utilities in the sw selection, and do a reboot past the final steps including the grub install. Never had any issues, it simply worked. Independent from if I have network or not, on real HW or in a VM. The console should come up, sometimes when firmware is missing with not so nice graphics, but still readable. No Intel or NVidea involved though, pure AMD stuff.
Have you left out something, skipped an important step during expert install? What kind of PC we are talking about? efi or legacy install? What did you modify versus the procedure described here: https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation … all-devuan ?

#12 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » fsck "FEATURE_C12"? » 2024-03-15 18:24:37

Well, a fix could be to reformat it with the oldest distro that needs to access that partition.

#13 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » fsck "FEATURE_C12"? » 2024-03-15 17:57:15

I have something back in my mind that this problem maybe due to generating the file system with a brandnew kernel, and then trying to use it on an older distribution.

#14 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Darktable Debian 12 software installation possible? » 2024-03-15 17:48:08

darktable is a 64bit only application. When you use the link to Packages in the top right corner you can check yourself.

And no, there is no easy way to convert to 64bit. You should download an amd64 medium and repeat the installation.

#15 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Darktable Debian 12 software installation possible? » 2024-03-15 12:49:49

Before doing that make sure the cdrom entry is out of the way. Put a # in front of the line to uncomment it, or remove the cdrom entry completely.

Alternative on my Daedalus:

# apt list darktable
Auflistung… Fertig
darktable/stable 4.2.1-4 amd64

Anyhow, have a look at the right top of this web page. There are 5 links. Use Devuan.org and scan through the available information, it might be helpful for a beginner.

#16 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Reliability of desktop vs enterprise drives » 2024-03-14 19:34:39

I guess desktop drives are being replaced by ssds and nvmes today. The enterprise drives go into servers, NAS storage etc.

Anyhow: I never bought a hard drive where the manufacturer did not trust its product for 5 years warranty. WD Black and HGST did fulfill this requirement, I have several of them still around. And I wanted full warranty with easy check and direct manufacturer contact, no dealer inbetween. Fujitsu and Toshiba did not qualify for me because of this.

#17 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Can't use my Directories » 2024-03-13 12:11:21

Can't imagine that POS does an installation without this essential package.

Maybe you simply need to use su - to get root access instead of simply su. The difference is the path.

#18 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Can't use my Directories » 2024-03-11 21:03:45

What exactly do have, and what do you want to achieve?

#19 Re: Off-topic » question regarding hyperbola os » 2024-03-11 20:18:03

When the violett URL is clicked on the link is opened, and usually correct. I don't use screenshots to save URLs.

#20 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » multimedia repo not available and nvidia driver not installable » 2024-03-09 19:55:05

Just installed POS in a VM: indeed the installation calls the debian multimedia repo in the sources.list.d directory. Access in my VM went fine, question is why the OP has a problem to access it. Network not set up correctly? DNS trouble?

I also found that per default just the main repo is present in the sources.list, and non-free-firmware is missing which might be crucial for the graphics card setup.
The other entries are present just commented out. So its easy to enable them. Just remove the # on the beginning.

#21 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » multimedia repo not available and nvidia driver not installable » 2024-03-09 16:23:03

$coyotito wrote:

Problem: debian multimedia repo not working, error being: no access to repo/packages.
Apparently this leads to the nvidia proprietary driver packages (and I'm sure other stuff) being uninstallable.

I am not a NVidea user, but I am sure that the NVidea drivers do not require any package from the debian multimedia repo.

My suggestion: uncomment it for the time being in the sources.list and get your graphics to work.

#22 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] no time service » 2024-03-08 09:38:57

ntpdate and ntpsec are not installed by default in Daedalus, has to be done afterwards. With ntpsec the conf dir has moved to /etc/ntpsec.

BTW: timedatectl is a systemd tool, afaik not present on Devuan.

#23 Re: Forum Feedback » Forum timeout while logged in » 2024-03-07 20:01:17

Tried to look at my 2 dev1galaxy cookies, no luck. I need to find a tool that allows to read the contents of the cookie. Or is there a tool within FF that allows to read the contents?

#24 Re: Forum Feedback » Forum timeout while logged in » 2024-03-07 17:27:29

I am not aware of any timeout related to the login time on the forum. I can stay logged in as long as I like. Using FF ESR latest version on Daedalus.

Sometimes I use gedit or geany to prepare a longer post. But mainly because I have to leave the topic alone for a while, and don't want to leave the browser open or shut down the PC.

Maybe your problem is related to a forced IP change of your internet provider?

#25 Re: Off-topic » What do you think about electric cars? » 2024-03-06 10:27:10

Electrical cars as currently built will turn out to be a dead end.

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