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#1 Re: Installation » Devuan without refracta » Today 11:09:16
Look at the top of this page, there is a link to "Download | Devuan.org | .... ".
#2 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Replace/remove OpenRC » Yesterday 19:53:42
Thanks, that did work.
#3 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.
#4 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.
#5 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.
#6 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.
#7 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.
#8 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?
#9 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.
#10 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.
#11 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.
#12 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.
#13 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.
#14 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.
#15 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.
#16 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.
#17 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#18 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?
#19 Re: Packaging for Devuan » [SOLVED] Can't install nvidia-driver-libs:i386 in devuan freia » 2026-08-07 14:39:40
Make it look like this:
Architectures: amd64 i386AFAIK that shoud work. I am wondering why your sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 did not add that entry. Maybe dpkg can't deal with the deb822 sources?
Make a check:
# dpkg –print-foreign-architectures#20 Re: Packaging for Devuan » [SOLVED] Can't install nvidia-driver-libs:i386 in devuan freia » 2026-08-07 11:24:25
Well, the devuan.sources as shown in post #1 does only contain amd64 as architecture. There is no i386. While non-free is in there.
#21 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] How do I disable ssh-agent and gpg-agent from starting automatically? » 2026-08-05 20:40:11
In your initial post it wasn't clear that you use ssh. I thought a fast look at the installed packages might give an entry point. Don't know why it doesn't work on your system. My experience: typos cause empty output.
When you use ssh: can't help with diabling the agent. Sorry, its your game.
#22 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] How do I disable ssh-agent and gpg-agent from starting automatically? » 2026-08-05 20:31:53
This is what I get on my system, Excalibur with Cinnamon DE, openssh-server is installed. Can be run in a user console. root permisson not required. It lists the installed packages that contain the string ssh.
$ apt list -i *ssh*
libssh-4/stable,now 0.11.2-1+deb13u1 amd64 [Installiert,automatisch]
libssh2-1t64/stable,stable-security,now 1.11.1-1+deb13u1 amd64 [Installiert,automatisch]
openssh-client/stable,now 1:10.0p1-7+deb13u4 amd64 [Installiert,automatisch]
openssh-server/stable,now 1:10.0p1-7+deb13u4 amd64 [installiert]
openssh-sftp-server/stable,now 1:10.0p1-7+deb13u4 amd64 [Installiert,automatisch]#23 Re: Off-topic » troubled of linux behaviour (or is it devuan=?) » 2026-08-05 20:27:28
I became a Mate user after Gnome2 was dropped and replaced with Gnome3. I dropped Mate for Cinnamon about 6 years ago because of various hangs especially related to USB. Haven't seen similar issues on Cinnamon.
#24 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] How do I disable ssh-agent and gpg-agent from starting automatically? » 2026-08-05 20:22:38
Well I would think about a ssh package first of all.
apt list -i *ssh*#25 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Installation Problem after selecting Language and Country » 2026-08-02 15:51:09
Is it possible that the problem is that the boot order in my BIOS doesn't start from USB? I doubt it, but I'm not too familiar with it to know either way.
Under normal circumstances: no. You have a brandnew efi-only system. To boot from any device connected to your main board you go into the bios and directly select the device or you can use boot-override. This is a nice efi feature: you press a certain key during the boot process, and get the boot menu as result and can select the device to boot from. This key you need to press depends on the mainboard/efi bios manufacturer. On my ASUS mainboard I have to use F8. When I am not mistaken you have a MSI mainboard. Please read the manual, it should be documented in there.
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