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I tried a "apt dist-upgrade" (adding excalibur to my sources.list) to excalibur, but got stuck with usrmerge problems, like /bin is not a link...
I tried to correct that, the folders and contents copied to the relevant directories manually from another OS.
But that hack didn't work for me.
I had installed usrmerge before-hand in preparation but it never finished the install scripts, after --reconfig (dpkg --configure -a) a few times.
I don't know why, but I have read somewhere that usrmerge has problems with separate harddrive partitions for /usr. I generally have separate partitions for /, /boot, /usr, /tmp, /var, swap and /home
So I did a quick backup of /root and /etc and started a clean install.
I had to install seatd to get a login screen
I run kde, and found sddm virtual keyboard fullscreen... I'm using slim to keep the login screen neat looking
I wish there was an "accessabillity" toggle switch/meta package we could switch off all the brail, virtual keyboards and speaking tools from the install process.
But other than those 2 things, My system is running quite nicely, thank you for your efforts.
wow! That helps to explain a few things, Thanks EDX-0.
Hi, for those who must tinker, I have used a script to convert systemd to sysvinit programs, look for
sysd2v.sh
search on this forum and others.
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=4865
It does not fix package dependencies, only start|stop services...
I hope this helps.
I see Devuan gets a mention at The Register...
hi, as a side - note, with "ping" use -c (n) for the number of times to "ping".
I generally use,
ping -c 4
All the best.
Oh Yeah! That's "Really Cool".
Yes, I agree as well for newbies it is important.
I was really thinking about before you install, usually a one liner repeated 2 or 3 times with out too much real info describing what the app does/provides.
I see your point, Nice work.
Nice work greenjeans, My first thought... how come the package managers don't have this kind of info(?).
Nice, really nice. Thank you.
Hi, I like to set the fan speeds to a low audible level and air circulation in the box as well.
Usually I have to click buttons on the 'nVidia settings' GUI, every (re)boot.
I saw a post some where about setting fan speeds and worked out a way to have them start at login.
first I had to find out Display Name: gamesbox:0.0. from the nVidia GUI app 'X Screen 0'
then --display= would not work but found --ctrl-display= did the rest. Target fan speed is a (%)percentage.
nvidia-settings --ctrl-display=gamesbox:0.0 -a [gpu:0]/GPUFanControlState=1
nvidia-settings --ctrl-display=gamesbox:0.0 -a [fan:0]/GPUTargetFanSpeed=70
nvidia-settings --ctrl-display=gamesbox:0.0 -a [fan:1]/GPUTargetFanSpeed=70
The first guide was a ubuntu tute and suggested inserting the commands in
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
That didn't work on my system, so I tested the commands with
/etc/rc.local
and it runs.
NVIDIA Driver Version:575.57.08
Graphics Processor:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
uname -a Linux gamesbox 6.12.22+bpo-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.22-1~bpo12+1 (2025-04-25)
kde: 4:5.27.5.1-2
I hope this helps ...
regards Glenn
Each time you format a partition or drive, the partition gets a new UUID.
The old UUID's listed in grub may be different, takes longer to find, and check.
You may edit grub to boot, then fix the problem with update-grub on each OS.
I hope this helps next time.
Looks great. Kinda reminds me of a rubix cube that was left on the driveway... :-) I've saved it for use after I install voodu later today or this weekend. Cheers!
I like it. Thank you for your hard hours of work and love.
The fix is, we don't use systemd, so forget about that. Debian without systemd.
inittab is here and functioning with Daedalus.
/etc/inittab
# /etc/inittab: init(8) configuration.
# $Id: inittab,v 1.91 2002/01/25 13:35:21 miquels Exp $
# The default runlevel.
id:2:initdefault:
# Boot-time system configuration/initialization script.
# This is run first except when booting in emergency (-b) mode.
si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
# What to do in single-user mode.
~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin --force
# /etc/init.d executes the S and K scripts upon change
# of runlevel.
#
# Runlevel 0 is halt.
# Runlevel 1 is single-user.
# Runlevels 2-5 are multi-user.
# Runlevel 6 is reboot.
l0:0:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 0
l1:1:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 1
l2:2:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 2
l3:3:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 3
l4:4:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 4
l5:5:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 5
l6:6:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 6
# Normally not reached, but fallthrough in case of emergency.
z6:6:respawn:/sbin/sulogin --force
# What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed.
ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now
# Action on special keypress (ALT-UpArrow).
#kb::kbrequest:/bin/echo "Keyboard Request--edit /etc/inittab to let this work."
# What to do when the power fails/returns.
pf::powerwait:/etc/init.d/powerfail start
pn::powerfailnow:/etc/init.d/powerfail now
po::powerokwait:/etc/init.d/powerfail stop
# /sbin/getty invocations for the runlevels.
#
# The "id" field MUST be the same as the last
# characters of the device (after "tty").
#
# Format:
# <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process>
#
# Note that on most Debian systems tty7 is used by the X Window System,
# so if you want to add more getty's go ahead but skip tty7 if you run X.
#
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty --noclear 38400 tty1
2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6
# Example how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal)
#
#T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100
#T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100
#
# or on a USB serial line
#U0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyUSB0 9600 vt100
# Example how to put a getty on a modem line.
#
#T3:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -x0 -s 57600 ttyS3
# Example for systemd-nspawn
# Only /dev/console exists inside nspawn, so we need a getty on that.
# Also make sure to comment out the gettys on tty* above.
#C0:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty -8 --noclear --keep-baud console 115200,38400,9600
c7:2345:respawn:bash -c "cat /proc/kmsg >/dev/tty11"
#c8:2345:respawn:bash -c "cat /var/log/squid/cache.log >/dev/tty10"
#c9:2345:respawn:bash -c "cat /var/log/syslog >/dev/tty9"
c8:2345:respawn:bash -c "tail -f /var/log/squid/access.log >/dev/tty10"
I hope this helps
Hi, Openrc is working fine for my system. I haven't tried any others since I got off systemd when I started using Devuan (ASCII).
I haven't used Docker, so I have nothing to contribute there.
Welcome to Devuan Forum. :-)
ffmulticonverter is a nice gui for converting all kinds of multimedia files, I've been using it for years. :-)
I had trouble getting ntopng installed... I've removed it.
I think your previous comments in that thread prove your disdain for freedom. You comment over and over your dislike of resource usage.
Said once is a comment, repeated (edited for spelling) over and over is bullying.
I hope you come up with some content that will keep people browsing the threads.
If someone like me does not say what I feel, you will only have the voice in your head confirming you are right and everybody else is ... wrong.
I can't believe you closed the Joke thread.
I actually can believe it because I saw it with my own eyes.
What is wrong with the bean counters in this organisation?
We can't force people to write technical posts continuously which may make the bean counters proud.
This latest move looks fasicist, an overreach of a control fantasy.
I for one, am very disappointed.
try ntopng (ng=new generation, i think)
Thank you, my friend, for your efforts and help here.
Hi, thank you for producing AVMultimedia.
I am having difficulty with German language, I boot in non-uefi mode, I don't see where to change the language to English.
I apologise for my ignorance, but how do I change the language to English, I do not see the separate grub boot screens.
I am competent enough to edit config files.
Thank you for your assistance.
Thank you and Congratulations to the Devuan devs and users for making a fantastic distribution.
linux-image-6.1.0-27-amd64 is an available package
linux-image-amd64 is an update placeholder for the latest package
Nice tip Ron. ;-)