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#1 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] any chances to install nvidia-legacy-340xx on Devuan chimaera? » 2022-05-18 16:58:36
Hi deepforest, Altoid:
The link below is to a post by a Ubuntu specialist, enigma9o7 on how to compile an
nvidia-legacy-304xx driver straight from Nvidia for Ubuntu 18.04.
Before you examine it in detail, please review the following preamble:
-The nvidia-legacy-304xx driver has two major restrictions:
i) It will not work on Linux kernels newer than 4.13 without patches.
(enigma9o7 has provided a patch for kernels 4.14 and 4.15).
ii) A lesser know fact is that it will not work for xorg-xserver newer than
1.19.n
-I have successfully installed the driver on Debian 11, Debian 10, antiX-19 and
MX-19 by downgrading xorg-xserver to 1.19.2 and downgrading the kernel,
except for antiX-19, to 4.9.0-n, and then following enigma9o7's procedure
to the letter.
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Turning then to the nvidia-legacy-340xx driver:
The Nvidia website description for version 340.107 states that the driver does
work for xorg-xserver-1.20. Chimaera and Beowulf are both the same in this
regard, so no change should be required.
It is widely documented that the driver does not work on kernels newer than 5.4.
Therefore, a kernel downgrade is required.
I recommend the antiX-21 kernel, 4.19.0-222-antix.1.
It is a relatively fast procedure to download and install the antiX-21 base .iso,
and then run sudo apt-get download linux-headers-4.19.0-222.antix.1
and sudo ap-get download linux-image-4.19.0-222.antix.1
to obtain the 2 packages necessary for the downgrade.
Once the downgraded kernel is installed, lock the two packages from synaptic,
and sudo apt-mark hold them from the command line.
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BEFORE STARTING enigma9o7' s procedure:
-install lshw and inxi, so that the installation results can be checked,
sudo lshw -C video, and sudo inxi -Gxx
-check which display manager is being used, as the procedure contains a
stop service command for the display manager.
WITHIN THE PROCEDURE
NB - before invoking the Nvidia installer, for the XFCE desktop,
disable the compositor. (If this isn't done, a blank screen on
final reboot will result).
-regardless of what error or warning messages might say, say yes/OK/proceed
to all prompts.
-at the very end, from synaptic, reinstall libvdpau1, to replace a file that
has likely been deleted during the procedure.
-at the beginning of the procedure, there are two links for downloading the
Nvidia packages. The digital values within the links shown are 123708
for the 64-bit version of nivida-legacy-304xx, and 123709 for the 32-bit
version.
-FOR nvidia-legacy-340xx, the values are 135161 for 64-bit and 135160
for 32-bit.
Finally, the link:
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2396263
Good luck !!
Len E.
#2 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] any chances to install nvidia-legacy-340xx on Devuan chimaera? » 2022-05-18 03:55:43
Hi deepforest:
From the latest entries on this post, it's not
clear whether you've found a satisfactory solution or not.
I have an idea on how to do the installation, but I won't
burden you with the details unless you're still looking for a fix.
Please advise.
Len E.
#3 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Synaptic Package List Problems on devuan_beowulf_3.1.1_i386 » 2022-05-15 22:50:35
Hi Head_on_a_Stick:
I want to apologize to you for the thick-headedness I've demonstrated
during this post.
If I had just done what you suggested in your initial 2022-05-12 response,
the problem would have been solved quickly.
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sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
IS NOT THE SAME AS
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
I misinterpreted the first (your recommended) command
for the latter command and incorrectly assumed you were
recommending a change to Chimaera.
I now (finally) implemented your recommendation and cleared up the
problem. The sudo apt update portion explicitly changes the 'Suite"
value as described on the apt-secure(8) manpage.
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Thank you for persevering with me, so that I finally got things right.
Len E.
#4 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Synaptic Package List Problems on devuan_beowulf_3.1.1_i386 » 2022-05-15 21:11:53
Hi GlennW:
I followed your advice about adding non-free and contrib to my sources.list lines, as well
as adding lines for backports and proposed-updates.
Unfortunately, it didn't solve the problem.
Thanks for your help anyway !!
Len E.
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Hi Head_on_a_Stick:
Before starting this post, I did try a search with keyword "Synaptic Problem", but it
didn't come up with anything related to this situation.
I didn't forget your initial advice about upgrading to Chimaera, but according to
my preferences as described in my previous post, I was still hopeful about
finding a way to make Beowulf work. If abandoning Beowulf and going to
Chimaera is to the only option, I'll simply install Chimaera afresh (I've already
downloaded it) and go from there.
I tried to access the explanatory post that you mentioned in your last response,
but I get a "not found" message.
If you have time, could you please check the article ID and post the corrected
link if appropriate ???
Thanks !
Len E.
#5 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Synaptic Package List Problems on devuan_beowulf_3.1.1_i386 » 2022-05-15 03:32:19
I followed up on the suggestions in the apt-secure(8) manpage to no avail.
In the first 3 statements in the beowulf sources.list, after the initial deb
word, I inserted [trusted=yes allow-insecure=yes allow-downgrade-to-insecure=yes]
This change had no effect on the synaptic problem. Also, the same problem was
evident when trying to install gdebi with sudo apt install gdebi and sudo apt-get install gdebi
from the command line. From the command line, sudo apt-get update also generated
the same error messages as trying to reload the synaptic package lists.
I downloaded the chimaera-4.0.0 .iso, and noted that the sources.list file is exactly the
same in structure as the ascii and beowulf sources.list files, with the only change
being the distro name, ascii --> beowulf --> chimaera.
I don't know what else to try, in order to make the devuan_beowulf_3.1.1_i386 distro
usable at this time.
Len E,
#6 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Synaptic Package List Problems on devuan_beowulf_3.1.1_i386 » 2022-05-12 21:09:07
Hi rolfie:
The sources.list:
## package repositories
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf main
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-updates main
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-security main
#deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-backports main
## source repositories
#deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf main
#deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-updates main
#deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-security main
#deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-backports main
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In general, with LTS releases, for maximum reliability, I prefer the latest/last
oldstable release rather than an early stable release:
(eg: with Debian Stretch EOL next month, I've just migrated my personal-use
distro from debian-9.13.0 to debian-10.12.0 which has 2 years of life left).
At this time, I believe beowulf-3.1.1 is a better choice than chimaera-4.0.0,
until chimaera-4.1.0 comes out.
Len E.
#7 Installation » [SOLVED] Synaptic Package List Problems on devuan_beowulf_3.1.1_i386 » 2022-05-12 16:54:13
- Len E.
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(I've worked considerably with Debian, but I'm new to Devuan).
After installing the subject live .iso, I started up Synaptic, and when
trying to reload the package lists, I encountered the following error
message:
Could not download all repository indexes
The repository may no longer be available or could not be contacted because
of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be
used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network
connection and ensure the repository address in the preferences is correct.
Repository 'http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-updates InRelease'
changed its 'Suite' value from 'stable-updates' to 'oldstable-updates' This must
be accepted explicitly before updates for this repository can be applied. See
apt-secure(8) manpage for details. Repository 'http://deb.devuan.org/merged
beowulf-security In Release' changed its 'Suite' value from 'stable-security' to
'oldstable-security' This must be accepted explicitly before updates for this
repository can be applied. See apt-secure(8) manpage for details. Repository
'http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf InRelease' changed its 'Suite" value
from 'stable' to 'oldstable"
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My network connection works fine. The apt-secure(8) manpage did not clarify what
was required to overcome the problem. The /etc/apt/sources.list file appears normal,
referencing the standard repos.
Also, when attempting to install gdebi from synaptic, 3 packages were missing, with
the error message indicating they could be found in deb.debian.org.
There is no reference to deb.debian.org in /etc/apt/sources.list, and as I understand it,
devuan should not have any direct references to standard debian repos ???
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Hope to elicit some "how to" clarification ......
Len E.
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