The system is quite old (not that old it NOT should work) and may not supply enough power for a longer cable.

Have you checked your power supply specs?
just a thought...

is the eth chip auto x-over (cable) detect?

checkout this link...

https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=6066

It's not building for some reason.

apt install libglvnd-dev libglvnd0 pkg-config build-essential gcc12 linux-headers linux-headers-common linux-compiler-gcc-12

check for error messages...

Hi, to properly install the proprietary nVidia .run package...?

If you need to block nouveau module...

make a file, /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-installer-disable-nouveau.conf

# generated by nvidia-installer
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0

Make sure you have a build environment, build essentials, linux-headers and libglvnd-dev

Then reboot to safe mode., down arrow at the grub boot loader to

"Advanced options for Dev..."

arrow to (don't use enter) select your kernel and (recovery mode) and press E to edit

move the cursor to the end of the last "linux" line and type

modeset.nouveau=0 vga=794 nokmsboot

and press F10 to boot to "single" mode.

type in the root password when prompted.

install package.

reboot with

shutdown -r now

I hope this helps.

On my system the wifi regulatory database file name may be found...

dmesg | grep firm (root needed)

root@GamesBox:/root  dmesg | grep firm
[    0.472983] Spectre V2 : Enabling Speculation Barrier for firmware calls
[    9.270684] platform regulatory.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware regulatory.db
[    9.293653] platform regulatory.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware regulatory.db.p7s
[    9.368664] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode
[    9.489964] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwl-debug-yoyo.bin (-2)
[    9.499585] firmware_class: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for information about missing firmware
[    9.509055] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwl-debug-yoyo.bin (-2)
[    9.518225] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: loaded firmware version 46.ea3728ee.0 9260-th-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
[    9.736185] Bluetooth: hci0: Minimum firmware build 1 week 10 2014
[    9.742789] bluetooth hci0: firmware: direct-loading firmware intel/ibt-18-16-1.sfi
[    9.749235] Bluetooth: hci0: Found device firmware: intel/ibt-18-16-1.sfi
[   15.095529] Bluetooth: hci0: Waiting for firmware download to complete
[   15.127996] bluetooth hci0: firmware: direct-loading firmware intel/ibt-18-16-1.ddc

>> 9.518225] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: loaded firmware version 46.ea3728ee.0 9260-th-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode op_mode iwlmvm

This file comes from the firmware package for my intel-wire-less wifi (iwlwifi).

This file may be stored on a memory stick and inserted for install, the installation program will usually find it and load it while telling you so.

If you use the wrong one, it just won't work properly.

see how you go.

ps. the installation will continue with out wifi (for updates). My system asks for it but it's built-in now.

I have al my data on separate partitions, even on another ssd.

All are mounted through fstab in /home/$USER/local/ ...

I find it easier for me to put them there rather than in the system, /media or /mnt.

Also the permissions are different to yours because they are all (except other OS's) mounted at boot.

I use a few symlinks for my home folder from those data partitions like, documents, bin, build, music, pictures...videos...

A collection of backups there too that I need to be careful not to change the perms on those.

Anyway, I'm a bit chatty today... :-) I hope this helps someone.

Very cool! Thank you for the heads-up, Ralph.

This is a cross post, the removal of elogind made this system unusable.

But, I have tested the new Devuan 5.0 desktop-install iso and it worked perfectly.

:-)

Hi, I ran with it and had to turn off elogind from starting, ...

How do I check?

No sound atm, but I was relieved to see the remove list shortened (kde stuff).

I can login, and access the desktop tools.

I have lost the shut-down and reboot buttons from the plasma start menu.

See how I go.

I just tried

apt install -s elogind- libpam-ck-connector sway seatd

Basically, over 80 lines of mostly kde packages to auto-remove,

I don't think "I'm" ready for this yet.

Hi, I think jack wants realtime access from the kernel.

uname -a will show your current kernel version, yours should have rt in it's name.

(edit) terrible typos

Too many errors since I was introduced to Discover. I usually remove it as soon as it starts making noise.

ymmv.