I repeat my previous post: Got the package-update-indicator installed, but used --no-install-recommends as option. No issues with Synaptic on Cinnamon. Also works on Mate DE.

This pulls in package-kit which is mandatory for package-update-indicator to work. But it does not inflict with Synaptic. gnome-package-kit is not required for update-indicator to work fine.

If I remember correctly about my recent experiences with the installer, that when you select a mirror to install from you will be asked several questions what to add to the sources.list. Then you get the full story. If you do an offline installation you end up with the install media and the simple chimaera main.

Very short to dave's question:

main: free software only
contrib: SW with other than the Debian/Devuan licence, typical example Virtual Box
non-free: propriatary stuff - you want to enable this when you need firmware for your hardware to work

rolfie

Sounds like a Windose problem. Is that iso by chance mounted on the host? Have you got access rights to that folder?

Is your CentOS another VM on the same host? Then make sure the iso is not assigned to CentOS.

Got the package-update-indicator installed, but used --no-install-recommends as option. No issues with Synaptic on Cinnamon.

Well, there is no generic Devuan console. I guess you are talking about the terminals you can open on the graphical DE. There may of them, Gnome Terminal, Mate Terminal, xterm ....

Why don't you tell us a bit about the environment you are working on?

rolfie

SCNR: Thats why I don't use NVidea at all.

Well, maybe you need to run a setup for your drivers that builds the modules. And you probably also need the headers for the new kernel to do that. I know that I need them for building the VBox kernel modules. Also a manual process.

Try that:
# apt -t beowulf-backports install linux-headers-amd64

rolfie

I fear that is not 100% true. Besides the backports kernel you may also install the backports metapackage. In case of Beowulf:

# apt -t beowulf-backports install linux-image-amd64

Then you will lose the updates of the main kernel packages, but get the updates from backports. You can't have both. This way you get the signed versions of the backports kernels.

I am using backports headers and kernels only, my Chimaera is running now with 5.16.

rolfie

Search the forum, I think there is one or the other thread about this topic.

AFAIK slim is depracated, no more maintained for many years now. Give lightdm a try if that works.

Well, in EFI mode the two installations are completely independent from each other. There is no detection of another Linux, this only works with Windose. You will either have to use the computers BIOS Boot override key or set up a manual grub config. With the downside that you have to modify this with every new kernel manually, there will be no automatic configuration possible.

Apart from that: use manual partitioning, make sure you hit p3 for Chimaera. Note: I have made the experience that with the first boot past the install the efivars are not mounted. I am adding that to the fstab. There are threads about that here in the forum.

If you have further questions, please ask.

rolfie

Can you specify your hardware exactly? It should be possible to install Chimaera per netinstall in efi mode. I would first just install the basic system without DE, make sure all drivers for the HW are present, and then add a DE. This approach should help to overcome all issues.

BTW: I have stumbled across an effect that Chimaera in efi mode does not mount the efivars on first real boot. You have to do that manually once I think, then it works.

rolfie

Got the problem. It was a simple "-" in the wrong place in the /etc/default/nfs-kernel-server. I had in there:

RPCMOUNTDOPTS="--manage-gids --debug-all"

Removing the dash in second option changing it to "--debug all" made the script work.

rolfie