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#1 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GENUEN starting GUI » 2026-05-05 17:41:55
I would suggest installing afresh from the latest genuen 6 excalibur iso:
https://www.genuen.org/mirror/excalibur
Here it is booting fine and fast into a graphical session. I suppose the external mediation is provided by case 2 above (dbus and elogind), but did not have time to investigate further.
#2 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GENUEN starting GUI » 2026-05-04 18:41:07
XOrg server does not work anymore
Maybe it does, but on a different tty. If you press Ctrl+Alt+F7 instead of entering startx, what are you getting?
#3 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GENUEN starting GUI » 2026-05-03 00:25:32
This does not show any error.
You could run cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "(EE)" and see what that digs up.
#4 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GENUEN starting GUI » 2026-05-02 09:39:58
there are several messages that xorg can't start
You may want to have a look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
#5 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [SOLVED] GENUEN updating packages is disabled » 2026-04-23 13:36:56
You should be using Excalibur.
#6 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [SOLVED] GENUEN updating packages is disabled » 2026-04-22 19:15:24
I am currently able to update && upgrade genuen 6.0 Excalibur.
You may want to check your system time. If it is trailing, your system will see the InRelease file as a mirage from the future and refuse to trust it.
#7 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GNUinOS - Libre » 2026-03-24 19:42:11
This installed and boots like a breeze.
Genuen Excalibur 6 rocks!
#8 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GNUinOS - Libre » 2026-03-23 12:26:16
Thank you very much! Success here, I was able to boot into a graphical Xfce session. 
#9 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GNUinOS - Libre » 2026-03-22 15:01:22
Yes, the vda* nodes now appear, but I am sent back to the Box with:
ALERT! /dev/mapper/genuen--vg-root does not exist. Dropping to a shell!Should I edit the content of /proc/cmdline, or should /dev/mapper/ be populated in some way?
#10 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GNUinOS - Libre » 2026-03-21 23:11:01
Yes, QEMU/KVM on virt-manager.
#11 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GNUinOS - Libre » 2026-03-21 21:15:45
There must be something wrong with the VM settings here. After installing with encryption I am getting:
cryptsetup: Waiting for encrypted source device
UUID=123456x7-8y90-*...
Gave up waiting for root file system device.Followed by the usual idle BusyBox.
#12 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GNUinOS - Libre » 2026-03-19 20:17:51
Vdev recognizes the /dev/mapper/gnuinos--vg-root volume from the original installation, despite the annoying mdadm-related messages.
I have been running the live system then text-installing on a VM, first without LVM then both with and without LVM.
At some point I tried the automated install with LVM, which is when I got the message about /dev/mapper/devuan--vg-root (instead of /dev/mapper/genuen--vg-root).
#13 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GNUinOS - Libre » 2026-03-12 09:27:50
Back to the previous situation, both with and without LVM. 
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automaticallyALERT! /dev/mapper/devuan--vg-root does not exist. Dropping to a shell!#14 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GNUinOS - Libre » 2026-03-06 02:53:55
Some progress. On a fresh VM install I am now getting:
mdadm: No devices listed in conf file were found.On the live ISO I am getting:
Unable to find a medium containing a live file system.Both cases end up dropping into BusyBox.
#15 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GNUinOS - Libre » 2026-03-04 16:14:37
Long live genuen!
I have given the ISO a quick try in a VM, but currently dropping to Busybox shell with mdadm errors.
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
mdadm: error opening /dev/md?*: No such file or directory
Gave up waiting for suspend/resume device
Gave up waiting for root file system device.#16 Re: Devuan Derivatives » updating Genuen/Gnuinos » 2025-12-23 14:47:43
genuen
Sounds good, and even shorter. Adopted.
#17 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [SOLVED] mirrors for Gnuinos » 2025-12-12 17:29:18
Is there an option within the automatic install option or any other possible installation methods where I can choose the partition?
The text installer lets you configure your partitions before installing.
#18 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [SOLVED] mirrors for Gnuinos » 2025-12-11 16:50:21
You can install from the runit live ISO of your choice, it will come with the corresponding GUI:
https://www.gnuinos.org/mirror/daedalus/runit/
The sysvinit live ISO also comes with the desktop of your choice, as long as it is XFCE:
https://www.gnuinos.org/mirror/daedalus/sysvinit/
UPDATE: the package mirror is up, I just ran apt update successfully.
#19 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [SOLVED] mirrors for Gnuinos » 2025-12-11 15:29:30
Aitor is probably busy with the name change requested by the FSF. Give him some time and the mirror will be up again.
I am also currently getting the "Release file for...expired" error when running apt update.
#20 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GNUinOS - Libre » 2025-12-04 19:10:54
Hence, they kindly requested me to change the name of the distro.
This feels puzzlingly belated, given that gnuinos has been listed for almost a decade on libreplanet.org as committed to the FSDG.
https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Free … ab/Distros
Anyway, whichever name gnuinos goes by, gnuinos rocks.
#21 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GNUinOS - Libre » 2025-10-09 01:42:08
The runit XFCE isos tagged as 2025.10.08 worked with encryption.
It is working here too. Great job, thanks!
#22 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GNUinOS - Libre » 2025-10-05 01:19:26
New live images with XLibre
This feels snappier than ever.
Also, a minor video bug helped me locate the VM setting that had been slowing down startup for a while. Not sure whether a virt-manager update changed the defaults at some point, but after switching video mode to VGA the runit+xfce amd64 system is back to its earlier 7-8 seconds to graphical session. And the cursor is back to its usual form factor.
#23 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GNUinOS - Libre » 2025-09-15 21:39:47
On the other hand, live isos required a couple of additional udeb packages in order to get disk encryption in debian-installer, named libargon2-1-udeb and libjson-c5-udeb
Do they work now?
Installing from the 2025-09-09 runit ISO with LVM encryption gives a familiar piece of advice about life:
ALERT! /dev/mapper/gnuinos--5--0--1--vg-root does not exist. Dropping to a shell!I should add that installing to disk from the 2025-09-09 live iso without encryption works well, with or without LVM.
As usual, I have been using the runit XFCE amd64 iso image.
#24 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GNUinOS - Libre » 2025-08-23 21:57:34
I need further testing, of course.
Thank you for the new iso images. Your testing was quite effective: the 2025-08-22 system takes less than 20 seconds to start in a VM.
#25 Re: Other Issues » Theming for Devuan excalibur » 2025-08-18 15:07:35
https://git.devuan.org/devuan/documenta … rge-M2.svg
Cozy. I would call it warm green, really warms one's feelings. Given its history, brings to mind the image of a luxurious forest growing and thriving over forsaken wasteland.
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