I have suspected that the installer does not do the same thing every time, but I usually blow through it so quickly, I'm not 100% sure that I really am doing the same thing. This is not new. This has been going on since Debian Lenny.

I've also noticed that if I abort an install and re-start it, some of my choices are saved. I don't know where they get saved, but I'm sure they do.

The -0500 is my time zone - five hours west of UTC.

If you got the output exactly how you want it, then you now know more about it than I do.

Oh, no sudo. Then it's the minimal-live. Root password is toor and you should use 'su -' to get root, not just 'su' or else log in as root to begin with.

If a newer kernel is needed try one of the daedalus isos or try this iso with a backports kernel that I made for testing new hardware: https://get.refracta.org/files/experime … 0_2148.iso

I've been using xfce4 for 10 years, and xscreensaver has always been the default. I never heard of xfce4-screensaver until now. The only bug listed for that package is the accidental upload to unstable. Maybe it'll be ready for daedalus by the time bookworm goes stable.

I'm using nouveau in beowulf, and I have no /lib/firmware/nouveau or any nv98_fuc* files. And there are no error messages about missing firmware. The package you linked is over 10 years old. I don't think it exists now.

Make sure xserver-xorg-video-nouveau is installed. I have firmware-linux-free installed, but I don't see your missing files in it.

For user to mount removable media, you could install pmount and either spacefm or pcmanfm. You may need to install without Recommends.

apt --no-install-recommends install <package>

If you want to avoid installing elogind by mistake, you could pin it by creating a file in /etc/apt/preferences.d/ with the following:

Package: *elogind
Pin: version *
Pin-Priority: -1

Not often enough to have anything that new. Sid/Ceres is still on 2.4.2, but this bug report for the beowulf version might be relevant. (Same problem.)

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo … bug=913732

In Chimaera, I see pulse as a choice for output and input devices in audacity. It does record sound from a youtube video played in the browser, but I think it's recording through the built-in mic. That's no good. If you want to save audio from the browser, you might be better off using something like video download helper (ff plugin) or youtube-dl and then strip the audio with audacity.

I haven't needed to purge pulseaudio, but it can't hurt to do that.

It's also possible to record a stream in audacious using just alsa. In the audio settings, check the box for recording a stream, and a red button will appear on the toolbar.

Search for 'qjackctl tutorial' will bring up a bunch of hits. The one for ubuntu is a good basic one, and the one at the arch wiki will have all the gory details.

You can record a stream through vlc or audacious to audacity using JACK. You don't need pulseaudio. I use qjackctl for an easy gui interface to jackd.

You could drop to console and use the cli version of the installer.

# Press ctrl-alt-F2 to get to a command prompt.
sudo refractainstaller

Note that refractainstaller does not do any automatic partitioning. If you boot in uefi mode and you don't have an efi partition, the installer will complain.

I think you might have an easier time if you were working on an installed system. Install to a partition on hard drive or on a usb stick or in a virtual hard disk, and then you will be able to reboot during the upgrade.

xscreensaver is installed and set to run in the desktop's startup applications. It is disabled in the Screensaver settings.
xfce4-power-manager is set to suspend on lid closing. It is not set to lock the screen.

Closing lid puts computer into suspend and locks the screen. When I raise the lid, I get the xscreensaver login screen.

This is in Chimaera.