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Hi, I wanted to do this because I don't have sudo enabled and I use su a lot, packaging updates... checking net and kernel logs and such.

I do it a lot and it was just something I thought I could do with my systems, laptop and desktops that would streamline the process for me.

I am very grateful to this community for all the support I get when I can't find a solution to a hack I want to implement.
I don't know much (anything, ... no motive) about real hacking) but try to keep my system as secure as possible and stay current as possible.

But this is mostly because I have disabled sudo that I use su so frequently.

Thank you again (I'll read that link now ...GNU...)

I know, right. :-)

Thank you for your advise, I got it working.

I added the cd / to /root/.profile
and used

source /root/.profile

but that didn't work, then I tried again with su - and it works.

So, I went back into my ~/.bashrc and uncommented my alias

alias su='su -'

and now it's working.

This box is fully-updated devuan_chimaera_4.0.a

Thank you everybody.

glenn@GamesBox ~ $ cat /etc/default/su
ALWAYS_SET_PATH yes
glenn@GamesBox ~ $ 

Thank you, but the PATH is not the problem, it's just the look and being in the user directory when I have su'd to root.

I've been looking and hacking the .bashrc file, /etc/profile and /etc/bash.bashrc files and I was mistaken thinking the /w in PS1 may have been the key, but that's not it either.

w.i.p.

Thanks again. regards Glenn

adding to my last comment, ...

I have not managed to transfer files other than to download pictures and videos taken with the iPhone (2020) SE.

I'm using plasma (KDE5).

I have found a way to upload my tunes to the iPhone with Cloud Music using wifi.

Also the SE iPhone (iOS 14.x) plays flac (only tested in Cloud Music so far)

I hope this helps others.

Hi, I think Tasksel is the page in the install program that allows us to select what desktop we want installed, like xfce, kde, cinnamon, etc.

If it's not booting to a login gui, have you got elogind installed?

Just my 2c. All the best.

Hi, I'm glad to be of any help.

Occasionally youtube-dl has an error and I've found that a comand-line update of the program updates the certificates and all works again.

cheers

Today I Learned: that if I follow the simple instructions on the webpages that come with the distro (Beowulf 3.1.1)
I can tether my iphone to usb and have the internet working rather that wait for wicd to start asking questions
and then waiting some more. (on my laptop (Toshiba r552j))

Thank you for the well documented web pages that are included with the (unpacked) .iso

Hi, at the risk of stating the obvious, ...

Have you tried to start the program from a command line? I find it allows me to see any errors in the messages.

Based on golinux's post about the repo and banned list, this would be my next check.

hope this helps

the kernel is in the iso, extract the iso to a directory... and look up

/devuan_chimaera_4.0.alpha-20210503_amd64_netinstall/pool/DEBIAN/main/l/linux-signed-amd64/linux-image-5.10.0-6-amd64_5.10.28-1_amd64.deb

also, ... check out

alsactl -h
 

the store option/command helps save your settings.

Personally, I've had similar issues although my problem was setting my usb soundcard to be boss
and not the nVidia hdmi port (no connection, useless but for laptops).

I did this through using the modprobe setting kernel modules in order and or blacklisting unwanted modules. And,

/home/(user)/.asoundrc

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

I have onboard sound too, so that just complicates things more.

I have failed over and over in removing pulseaudio, I haven't found a setup that allows normal use for ME. But I don't give up. :-)

So check out alsactl and the .asoundrc files to set preferences.