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#1 Re: Devuan » Freia - repository disorder » Today 17:05:51
I did not experienced such kind of problems with Excalibur (while testing) and was surprised.
It very much depends on when you start with testing and how close they are to the release.
I had to believe that Devuan's repo is a mirror of Debian's repo with some mods. They don't have such problems usually and there are many distributions based on testing.
Wrong, Debian is the originator of most hickups. Read their bug reports. It happens very often that packages are dropped from testing due to whatever reason, and bug fixes first of all can be found in sid before they are released to testing.
BTW: you can easily tell if the package is modified or original Debian. Examples from my Excalibur:
linux-image-6.12.111+deb13-amd64 (6.12.111-1) => Debian package
xserver-xorg-legacy (2:21.1.16-1.3+deb13u3devuan1 => 2:21.1.16-1.3+deb13u4devuan1) => package modifed by Devuan
Banned packages see list of banned packages. There are also generic packages.
#2 Re: Devuan » Freia - repository disorder » Yesterday 15:02:02
Yes, there are gaps in the applications. Except for the forked ones, what isn't availablein Forky can't be available in Freia.
#3 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » No move to trash can on symbolic linked folders » 2026-09-16 18:52:46
Created a test file in my documents folder which is basically static data.
~$ LC_ALL=C gio trash /home/rolf/Dokumente/Test.txt
gio: file:///home/rolf/Dokumente/Test.txt: Unable to find or create trash directory /mnt/HomeDaten/.Trash-1000 to trash /home/rolf/Dokumente/Test.txtA .Trash-1000 did not exist, copying the one from my dynamic home did not help.
#4 Re: Devuan » Devuan Server compromised » 2026-09-16 11:11:10
In a small private network it may be advisable to configure ssh to a non-standard port. E.g instead of 22 use 1223.
#5 Re: Devuan » packagit vulnerability » 2026-09-16 11:06:48
On my manually pulled up Excalibur with Cinnmon DE packagekit isn't installed (--no-install-recommends used).
#6 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » No move to trash can on symbolic linked folders » 2026-09-15 19:28:05
Follow up, I haven't gotten any useful hint so far.
@Dutch_Master: thank you for trying to help. Unfortunately, all my drives are luks encrypted, no exception. That means that in operation they are decrypted, normal ext4 partitions.
#7 Re: Installation » Devuan without refracta » 2026-09-12 11:47:56
Use the installer-iso path to get to the options with the traditional installer. I typically use the netinstaller.
#8 Re: Installation » Devuan without refracta » 2026-09-12 11:09:16
Look at the top of this page, there is a link to "Download | Devuan.org | .... ".
#9 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Replace/remove OpenRC » 2026-09-11 19:53:42
Thanks, that did work.
#10 Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Replace/remove OpenRC » 2026-09-10 20:07:52
- rolfie
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On my travelling laptop openrc is installed as init system. I would like to replace it by pure sysvinit (same setup as my main system). When I look at what Synaptic shows installation does not seem to replace openrc.
What do I need to do?
The laptop was installed with Daedalus and upgraded to Excalibur.
#11 Re: Packaging for Devuan » [SOLVED] System doesn't see upgraded package in repo » 2026-09-08 13:52:17
Well, I would say 013 is more than 04.
#12 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » What DE do you prefer to use on Devuan? » 2026-09-07 18:51:22
I started off with Mate desktop on ASCII and switched to Cinnamon on Beowulf which I am still using.
#13 Re: Installation » Test report Freia netinstall 20260819 » 2026-09-06 16:36:46
Testing the 20260903 iso at first glance shows no new topics. logrotate is present.
#14 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » syslog-ng will replace rsyslog as default logging system? » 2026-09-04 21:48:26
Well, I do create my own starter in the menu. No problem with that.
#15 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » syslog-ng will replace rsyslog as default logging system? » 2026-09-04 20:57:14
mate-system-log is part of mate-utils. gnome-logs nowadays is meant only for systemd systems.
Is there anybody who has other solutions to display log files?
#16 Installation » Test report Freia netinstall 20260819 » 2026-09-04 19:39:08
- rolfie
- Replies: 6
Is my second test in a VBox VM. My setup: German language, keyboard, timezone, expert install to cli with sysvinit, luks encrypted. Manual installation of Cinnamon DE on X11 w/o recommends to reduce the usual bloat and to get a system with that sw I like and need. I am using my notes so the result is mostly reproduceable.
Installer: no comments
German language in DE wasn't set: fixed.
Time zone not set: problem still present. There is a discussion ongoing on github LinuxMint/Cinnamon #13922. Fixed locally by installing ntpsec.
Call up of several graphical applications on the DE only worked once (bug #972): solved by adding accountservices to cinnamon as a dependency (upstream).
syslog-ng installed now, solves bug #973. I have to have a look at logrotate on the next ISO.
So far so good, no further comments.
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your work.
#17 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » syslog-ng will replace rsyslog as default logging system? » 2026-09-02 06:02:35
Used the same iso for my text in a VBox VM. Was my second go, in an earlier iso from end of June no logger was installed.
What the performance concerns: Nothing that caugth my eye in this short test. It works with mate-system-log as displayer.
#18 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Xorg error on Devuan freia » 2026-08-27 17:53:43
... however all based on gnome (that would be gnome 4, gnome-flashback and cinnamon) ...
The fork of Cinnamon from Gnome is way back. Some apps are the same like gnome-terminal, but I would see them as two different beasts nowadays. BTW: I am Cinnamon user on my desktop, and on xorg. I have tried xlibre in a VM, but was not really successful.
#19 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » xrdp. Update request » 2026-08-24 13:32:37
With a bit of luck the patched upgrade will go into Trixie-Backports.
#20 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » xrdp. Update request » 2026-08-24 12:53:05
I fear you are in the wrong place here, this is a native Debian package. Can be seen on this +deb13u1.
You should ask the Debian maintainers to update this package.
#21 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Kernel command line not saved by [update-initramfs] » 2026-08-17 14:23:04
When you use grub, edit /etc/default/grub to add the new parameter, perform an
# update-grubThat should do the job.
#22 Re: Installation » Some stupid questions to prepare for Devuan installation » 2026-08-14 13:02:27
Welcome to Devuan.
To your questions:
1.) I don't use ZFS, no idea how this is supported. I am on ext4, grub and luks encryption. Works for me.
2.) The current state of Nvidia/Nouveau/amdgpu drivers is exactly the same as for Debian. Devuan is a Debian - systemd + support for sysvinit and various other init systems. https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=3192
I guess this old GT730 is loosing support by NVidia, and older driver packages do no more build with current kernels.
3.) I use hibernation, it works fine on my grub system, Excalibur, encrypted, LightDM/Cinnamon DE.
#23 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] GRUB_TIMEOUT is being ignored » 2026-08-09 10:28:19
Well, there is one more effect we did not mention so far: modern GPUs and LED/LCD screens typically take a few seconds before they display a clear picture when waking up from power save mode and switching resolutions. Have a look at the grub screen, you should see a countdown in the bottom.
On my system set to 8s it is at 5s or lower when I get to see this screen.
#24 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] GRUB_TIMEOUT is being ignored » 2026-08-08 08:24:01
Strange behaviour.
My first suspect would be the grub-customizer. This package can be a system killer app. The customizer replaces grub configs with an own version and only by a complete new installation you may get rid of the effetcs.
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c … s.html#ID7
My default setting on Excalibur without any specials reacts to my 8s setting.
When looking at what you did, yours:
GRUB_DEFAULT="0"
GRUB_TIMEOUT="10"Mine:
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=8#25 Re: Packaging for Devuan » [SOLVED] Can't install nvidia-driver-libs:i386 in devuan freia » 2026-08-07 16:46:10
Well you have used the simple way. Why haven't you extended the Architectures: line as proposed by me?
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