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#1 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Devuan Excalibur mate-mini + Xlibre! » 2025-09-04 18:14:47

@greenjeans I agree with your last post regarding offering an iso with xlibre for interested folks like me who are keen to see X11 continue in some form. I downloaded your xlibre iso and tested it briefly, it runs well on an older laptop with the only flaw that I could see being that blink artifact that you have described.

It is very early in the development of xlibre and presumably minor bugs like that will get ironed out in due course.

Thanks for all your efforts. smile

#2 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Announcing Movuan » 2025-03-01 21:54:52

Welcome and well done. You are providing more choice for those who want to retain their privacy. Thank you for your efforts!

#3 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Vuu-do Linux! *New Openbox-64 iso's (1.0.7) up 2-02-18*!! » 2025-02-12 19:16:31

I would like to just say that I am very impressed with this distro so far, I installed about three weeks ago and it has run flawlessly so far, congratulations! And thanks.

#4 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Devuan spin/rice » 2024-08-02 19:58:04

@The-Amnesiac-Philosopher Well done! I missed to download it when it was available unfortunately, so I am hoping that it becomes available again soon!

#5 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Devuan spin/rice » 2024-07-13 19:42:28

I can do patience! Thanks for your efforts on this project, and the Awesome iso sounds interesting,

#6 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Devuan spin/rice » 2024-07-13 09:11:39

Thanks for that Moulder, I don't need nvidia drivers or any locales other than en_GB and I can cope with GPT no problem.

I am watching this space!

#7 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Devuan spin/rice » 2024-07-08 19:25:46

Hi, and welcome to the forum!

I like the sound of your Devuan spin and would love to try it out. Please post here if you manage to upload the iso somewhere.

Thanks.

#8 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] How to INSTALL the .ISO that Refracta Snapshot creates? » 2022-08-08 18:58:41

chris2be8 wrote:

I would *not* use --delete for restoring. It will delete any files on the target that are not in the backup. So you would lose any newly created files.

And I would be very wary of using it when backing up the system. If an important file, such as the kernel, got deleted by mistake and you didn't notice before running a backup you would lose the backup copy of it as well.

Also note it's a very good idea to test restoring things before you need to do it for real.

I would agree re the --delete option,  I always use the 'n' option first before running the command for real. The 'n' option gives you the opportunity to do a 'dry run' first,  and with the 'v' option (verbose), you get to see what the command does before running it for real.

#9 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Crowz 4.0 Test build Chimaera » 2022-06-22 18:58:54

Thank you zephyr, I have installed crowz on a laptop (fluxbox) and am generally very pleased with it so far. I have changed the repos to ceres, by the way (I am prepared for problems, but none so far!), and all good.

#10 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2020-10-09 18:08:37

MiyoLinux wrote:

Edited my last post directed toward rayburn... tongue

Well rayburn has now finally found time to reply.... : )

Thank you so much Miyo for going to that trouble, I really appreciate it. I did give up on that problem eventually and reinstalled a fresh version, the problem with the menu has disappeared (for now....).

My thanks again for all your help, and apologies for the long delay in replying, but I have been very busy with work.

#11 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2020-09-19 20:31:02

Hey Miyo, thanks for the super quick reply, especially as you are without a computer!!

I will try your suggestions in the next day or two, it's not urgent as it is only an experimental system at present, I hope you enjoy your break and we'll perhaps chat when you're back.

smile

#12 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2020-09-19 19:50:12

@Miyo

I downloaded and installed your Openbox rolling iso and after a recent update i now get this message instead of a menu upon right clicking on the desktop:

Invalid output from pipe-menu "/usr/bin/obmenu-generator -i"

I have tried searching for a solution to this problem without success, so am now hoping that you or someone else can help me!

Thanks.

#13 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2020-08-23 19:07:44

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
rayburn wrote:
root@miyolinux:/# grub-install /dev/sda4

Install to the device rather than the partition.

Better method:

# dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc

Thank you! The latter command worked successfully, I appreciate all the help from both yourself and MiyoLinux. smile

#14 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2020-08-23 18:53:57

Next problem (and thanks to Miyo for resolving the root issue!):

root@miyolinux:/# grub-install /dev/sda4
Installing for i386-pc platform.
grub-install: warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding.
grub-install: warning: Embedding is not possible.  GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists.  However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
grub-install: error: will not proceed with blocklists.

It is not an ext2 partition but ext4:

(parted) print                                                            
Model: ATA CT250MX500SSD1 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 250GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system     Flags
 1      1049kB  1049MB  1048MB  primary  linux-swap(v1)
 2      1049MB  83.9GB  82.8GB  primary  ext4
 3      83.9GB  157GB   72.7GB  primary  ext4            boot
 4      169GB   250GB   81.3GB  primary  ext4

#15 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2020-08-23 18:42:30

@MiyoLinux

Subsequent to my previous post, I have tried the 'update-grub' command in the live system with this result:

root@miyolinux:/home/miyo# update-grub
bash: update-grub: command not found

Which is exactly what I was getting before from an installed version of MiyoLinux....

Have you any clues as to why this might be please?

#16 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2020-08-23 17:23:14

@HoaS
Thank you for your reply too, and yes I am using your perl-linux-desktopfiles package.

This desktop is a BIOS system without any UEFI on it and the only distros on it are Miyo ones, so I don't think that is the problem?

#17 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2020-08-23 17:18:54

@MiyoLinux
Many thanks for your very detailed response, unfortunately I could only get this far:

miyo@miyolinux:~$ su
Password: 
root@miyolinux:/home/miyo# mount /dev/sda4 /mnt
root@miyolinux:/home/miyo# mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
root@miyolinux:/home/miyo# mount --bind /dev/pts /mnt/dev/pts
root@miyolinux:/home/miyo# mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
root@miyolinux:/home/miyo# mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
root@miyolinux:/home/miyo# chroot /mnt
bash: chroot: command not found

And that is running it exactly as you suggested from a live copy of Miyo wmderland. sad

#18 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [MiyoLinux] New Releases Uploaded » 2020-08-22 20:32:25

I have installed Miyo Wmderland but didn't install grub at that time not wishing to upset the grub that was already installed (on miyolinux). Now I can boot into the original Miyo but I can't work out how to update grub? I am used to using 'update-grub' and 'grub-install' commands on other distros, but that is not working in Miyo!

Thanks for any help.

#19 Re: Installation » Upgrade error » 2020-06-04 21:03:59

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Nice smile

So the error in the OP is actually my fault — the old package wasn't the best. All fixed now though.

EDIT: no, wait, the package isn't installed at all. Not sure what's happening there, perhaps @Miyo can clear things up for us if they notice this thread.

That is strange, I hadn't noticed that the package isn't installed! I was too focused on the version number....

For the moment I am just relieved that it all seems to be working now, and thanks again.

#20 Re: Installation » Upgrade error » 2020-06-04 20:35:18

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

You're welcome.

May I ask which version of obmenu-generator you're using?

apt policy obmenu-generator

I had an old version that was linked from the obmenu-generator github page that wasn't very good, the current package (v0.87-3) is much better and should probably be favoured.

root@miyolinux:/home/mc# apt policy obmenu-generator
obmenu-generator:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.87-3
  Version table:
     0.87-3 500
        500 [url]http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Head_on_a_Stick:/obmenu-generator/Debian_10[/url]  Packages

Looks like it is the current version.

#21 Re: Installation » Upgrade error » 2020-06-04 19:57:02

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

The perl modules need updating.

I happen to have a package which supplies the perl modules that you need without relying on cpan:

https://software.opensuse.org//download … sktopfiles

It says it's for Debian but it is compatible with Devuan, the repository only supplies that package and obmenu-generator itself.

Thank you so much, that was just the advice I needed, and so quickly too!

I followed the instructions, rebooted and I now have an application menu again, I much appreciate your time and advice.

#22 Installation » Upgrade error » 2020-06-04 19:14:22

rayburn
Replies: 6

I have followed the instructions on upgrading from ACSII to Beowulf and all appeared to go well. However, when I try to open the menu, (right click in Openbox), I get the following message:

Invalid output from pipe-menu "/usr/bin/obmenu-generator -i"

I have tried running 'obmenu-generator -i' in a terminal and get the following output:

root@miyolinux:/home/mc# obmenu-generator -i
Can't locate Linux/DesktopFiles.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Linux: :DesktopFiles module) (@INC contains: etc/perl usr/local/lib/x86_ 64-linux-gnu/perl/5.28.1 usr/local/share/perl/5.28.1 usr/1ib/X86_64-1inux-gnu/perl5/5.28 usr/share/perl5 usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.28 usr/share/perl/5.28 usr/local/lib/site_perl usr/1ib/x86_64-1inux-gnu/perl-base) at usr/bin/obmenu-generator line 35.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at usr/bin/obmenu-generator line 35.

Can anyone help me to understand what is going wrong please?

Thanks.

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