Hi,if you have more than one OS, using Legacy mode may be problematic.

When I choose an .iso image I try to make sure it boots in legacy-mode at least.

When installing, some installers see UEFI or Legacy boot and setup grub for that purpose.

I have used PcLinux for many years (Mandriva before that),and I think it can also do both types (they have a pretty good installer program, imo).

Then I use an "unsigned" linux-image as soon as possible (apt update and upgrade same ver).

The other nag, is the other OS's change the system time... and that screws up all the other OS's updates... timestamps.

I try to keep it simple. (I stayed with lilo boot-loader until it was no longer a viable install choice)

If win7 is non-uefi you're ahead.

It's handy to have fastboot off until you get it sorted... but secureboot=off and CSM=on (Legacy Boot)

I use GPT partitioning and seems to me, independent of Boot-Loader, mbr is old and insecure. And a lot easier to edit.

My 2c. I hope you get it sorted. :-)

Hi, you can make the changes to /etc/asound.conf, by using
~/.asoundrc

defaults.ctl.card 0
defaults.pcm.card 0
defaults.timer.card 0

use your researched values...

~/.asoundrc has precedence over /etc/asound.conf

I use this to Not use hdmi (desktop-tower, not laptop)... I've sure it works both ways.

When I last did a clean install of Daedalus, last week I found I needed to install seatd

(I use sddm (X as root), and Plasma).

But upgrading from Chimaera did not have the same fault.

Hi. Kapqa, will you be upgrading each release before you move to the next version?

I think the Open Source nVidia module is called nouveau.

imo, it's only the installation of the Official-nVidia (.run) package that is a bit tricky sometimes.

DKMS can carry quite well, but I stopped using dkms a while back. Because I felt I didn't need all the dev stuff just for that.

I think if you upgrade each release as you go, you'll have a great weekend.

Cheers!

btw, my install steps are...
1. OS and GUI default, nouveau module gets loaded and configed
2. install dev packages and requirements for the required build environment, including any updates, reboot as needed.
3. copy text files from backup, grub, sysctl.conf, /etc/modprobe.d (nouveau blacklist entry)
4. reboot and at the grub prompt, to recovery-mode  (use e to edit) adding "vga=794 modeset.nouveau=0 nokmsboot" to the last "linux=" line
5. install nvidia- .run package. reboot.
:-)

I hope this is helpfull

...make sure you have seatd installed.

Other than that, I'm not sure (I don't know).

Hi, thanks for taking the time to post your story, I found it very informative.

I get that white screen too.

there is a small box on the left bottom of screen where you may select plasma-x11 or wayland...

It defaults to wayland, for gnome.

select plasma-x11 and put your password in, you know the rest.

after starting kde I install through setting a new background for sddm, I like the "neon" ones.

Oh, also x wouldn't start because seatd was not installed, couldn't find the screens.

I hope this helps.

p.s. the iso was devuan_daedalus_5.0.1_amd64_desktop

you can unpack (decompress) the .deb package an put the file where it will be found.

/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode

Hi kapqa, I'm using the firefox-latest release 121 and I use alsa-utils but with pipewire & wireplumber for sound.

as for downloading, usually I wait until firefox alerts me to an upgrade, (that's why the script uses /home/glenn/Downloads.)
if you care to look, there are many other versions there too.

here is my install proceedure,

#!/bin/bash

# sh "/home/glenn/build/firefox-from-git.sh"
echo "installing firefox-121.0.tar.bz2"
# https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/121.0/
#wget https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/xy.z/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-xy.z.tar.bz2

cd /home/glenn/Downloads
wget https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/121.0/linux-x86_64/en-GB/firefox-121.0.tar.bz2

mv /home/glenn/Downloads/firefox-121.0.tar.bz2 /home/glenn/local/archive/source/

# archived :  /home/glenn/local/archive/source/firefox-121.0.tar.bz2

cd /opt

tar xfj /home/glenn/local/archive/source/firefox-121.0.tar.bz2

# remove the old firefox links

mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefoxold

# or after backup of bookmarks and passwordz

# apt remove firefox-esr

# create new link

ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

# copy statusBar script.

#rsync -avh /home/glenn/build/userChrome.css /opt/firefox/browser/chrome/
chmod -R 755 /opt/firefox

btw, I have firefox-esr installed as well, I just don't use it for much, internet-radio...

I hope this helps you.

The live-desktop passwords are in the a text file from the download page...
https://devuan.rosset.eu.org/devuan-fil … p-live.txt

You can burn the iso to DVD or use dd or cat to image a USB thumb drive.

User name: devuan		Password: devuan
Admin name: root		Password: toor 

Maintained by fsmithred (key id 0xA73823D3094C5620 on pgp.mit.edu)
Built with the Devuan SDK, live-sdk module by jaromil and parazyd...

Generally, You wont need to login as a user, it should boot all the way to the desktop without asking, only root needs a PW.

If it won't boot, ... did you verify the download before you wrote it to a usb?

All the best.

Hi, I have tried similar methods to install packages to maximise my investment (in my multimedia-entertainment-system).

Check the package you want is available for off-line installation.

ls -la /var/cache/apt/archives/ | grep "package-name.deb"

then you may (try to) use dpkg to force install with no-deps, but with firmware you may have to reboot to load it and see if it works.

checkout the --help for dpkg...

root@GamesBox:/root  dpkg --help | grep depend
  --predep-package                 Print pre-dependencies to unpack.
  --ignore-depends=<package>[,...]
                             Ignore dependencies involving <package>.
root@GamesBox:/root  dpkg --help | grep force
  --force-help                     Show help on forcing.
  --[no-]triggers            Skip or force consequential trigger processing.
  --force-<thing>[,...]      Override problems (see --force-help).
  --no-force-<thing>[,...]   Stop when problems encountered.

Must read...
dpkg --force-help

root@GamesBox:/root  dpkg --force-help
dpkg forcing options - control behaviour when problems found:
  warn but continue:  --force-<thing>,<thing>,...
  stop with error:    --refuse-<thing>,<thing>,... | --no-force-<thing>,...
 Forcing things:
  [!] all                Set all force options
  [*] security-mac       Use MAC based security if available
  [*] downgrade          Replace a package with a lower version
      configure-any      Configure any package which may help this one
      hold               Install or remove incidental packages even when on hold
      not-root           Try to (de)install things even when not root
      bad-path           PATH is missing important programs, problems likely
      bad-verify         Install a package even if it fails authenticity check
      bad-version        Process even packages with wrong versions
      statoverride-add   Overwrite an existing stat override when adding it
      statoverride-remove Ignore a missing stat override when removing it
      overwrite          Overwrite a file from one package with another
      overwrite-diverted Overwrite a diverted file with an undiverted version
  [!] overwrite-dir      Overwrite one package's directory with another's file
  [!] unsafe-io          Do not perform safe I/O operations when unpacking
  [!] script-chrootless  Do not chroot into maintainer script environment
  [!] confnew            Always use the new config files, don't prompt
  [!] confold            Always use the old config files, don't prompt
  [!] confdef            Use the default option for new config files if one
                         is available, don't prompt. If no default can be found,
                         you will be prompted unless one of the confold or
                         confnew options is also given
  [!] confmiss           Always install missing config files
  [!] confask            Offer to replace config files with no new versions
  [!] architecture       Process even packages with wrong or no architecture
  [!] breaks             Install even if it would break another package
  [!] conflicts          Allow installation of conflicting packages
  [!] depends            Turn all dependency problems into warnings
  [!] depends-version    Turn dependency version problems into warnings
  [!] remove-reinstreq   Remove packages which require installation
  [!] remove-protected   Remove a protected package
  [!] remove-essential   Remove an essential package

WARNING - use of options marked [!] can seriously damage your installation.
Forcing options marked [*] are enabled by default.

Currently enabled options:
 security-mac,downgrade
root@GamesBox:/root  

I hope this helps.

Hi, thank you for the tidings, all the best to you and yours.

I don't know the answer. I use open-rc since I started using Devuan.

I find it easy to use, and services and daemons may be started and stopped, restarted with sysvinit service calls.
(so I can still use the same commands, but it's a bit simpler (for me).

I started using open-rc when I switched over from pclinux.

There's another new one peeps are talking about, but I have not tried it,

runit (i dont know it's real name).

by the way, you could try one and if you don't like it install an other one.

see how you go.

I would check to see when it is better loaded and started.

with open-rc ...
rc-update gives a list of services and when it is launched.
I don't know about the other service starters like sysvinit...

maybe if you change it from sysinit to default it may start later, allowing the boot process to continue.
My only concern is that it may have dependants that start after it.

I don't think it matters, you'll just be a little late to the web on boot.

I start the web connection after The GUI starts and My phone is tethered to the pc.

so, I run them all late.

It might impact network-shared folders...