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#801 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Need some support for setting up wifi correctly » 2021-04-28 15:22:53
@Ralph: thanks for the input. I was so deep in digging into the wlan issues that I forgot that my company laptops always did ask me to shut down wifi when having a lan connection established. I probably need to start from scratch again.
Isn't there a tool that does this switching sort of automagically if configured accordingly? Or do I have to re-invent the wheel? Is any of the network managers of any use in this case?
Well, I think I need a break now for a day or so. My brain is confused by too many different posts describing differernt ways.
See you later alligator.
#802 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Need some support for setting up wifi correctly » 2021-04-28 13:20:05
This laptops wifi is causing me headaches. I thought I had a working route setting yesterday evening. Today its not working any more. In addition, the wifi is not connecting on boot as the LAN connection does.
Digging in the internet showed that routing must be the issue, and I found one or the other useful hint. I modified the /etc/network/interfaces like this:
# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.5.5.31/24
gateway 10.5.5.1
# dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
dns-nameservers 10.5.5.1
dns-search lan.atHome
post-up ip route del default
post-up ip route add default via 10.5.5.1 dev eth0
# WLAN @ Home
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 10.5.5.32/24
gateway 10.5.5.1
dns-nameservers 10.5.5.1
dns-search lan.atHome
wpa-ssid SSID
wpa-psk passwd
#up route add -net 10.5.5.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 10.5.5.1 dev wlan0
#down route delete -net 10.5.5.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 10.5.5.1 dev wlan0
post-up ip route del default
post-up ip route add default via 10.5.5.1 dev wlan0After a # service networking --full-restart I could ping the DSL modem and use FF to call up some pages.
Today the wifi does not really like to start up. I can get it to start up by a series of ifup wlan0 and ip link set wlan0 up, but I haven't found a clue why its not working sometimes. Also restarting the service fails, and the route always is via eth0.
Errors I am getting:
On ifup I get RTNETLINK: file exists, failed to bring up wlan0.
On the restart of the service I get: wpa_supplicant daemon failed to start, exited with return code 1.
I am a bit exhausted in the moment.
rolfie
BTW: is there a toolkit that allows to use the functions keys of the laptop that are triggered by FN-Fx under Windows in the same way in Debian/Devuan?
#803 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Need some support for setting up wifi correctly » 2021-04-27 18:04:10
For the time being, I will stick with the static adressing. Thats not the issue. And I don't want to switch my complete home network from static to dynamic adresses right now. No time for this.
I think the RTNETLINK error is because the gateway is defined twice.
Try using DHCP for the wireless interface.
Yes, can confirm this. BUUUT: when I remove the gateway definition in the wlan0 section, I can't get the interface to wake up again. Has cost me several minutes not to say hours now. So I have the message back and the wlan0 at least being recognised agaion by the router. Also I have looked a bit deeper into the routing issue and found one or the other bit of information in the internet. Unfortunatley, a lot of the stuff seems to be outdated, syntax no more correct .....
Made a little step forward by adding a route for wlan0:
route add -net 10.5.5.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 10.5.5.1 dev wlan0
# route
Kernel-IP-Routentabelle
Ziel Router Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
default fritz.box 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
localnet fritz.box 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0
localnet 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
localnet 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
link-local 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 eth0Now a few pings do work:
# ping -c 3 10.5.5.1
PING 10.5.5.1 (10.5.5.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.5.5.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=6.15 ms
64 bytes from 10.5.5.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=6.77 ms
64 bytes from 10.5.5.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=4.38 ms
--- 10.5.5.1 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2004ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 4.384/5.768/6.770/1.010 ms
# ping -c 3 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 10.5.5.31 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.5.5.31 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.5.5.31 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 2050ms
pipe 3
# ping google.com -c 3
PING google.com(fra16s56-in-x0e.1e100.net (2a00:1450:4001:82f::200e)) 56 data bytes
64 bytes from fra16s56-in-x0e.1e100.net (2a00:1450:4001:82f::200e): icmp_seq=1 ttl=119 time=19.3 ms
64 bytes from fra16s56-in-x0e.1e100.net (2a00:1450:4001:82f::200e): icmp_seq=2 ttl=119 time=18.4 ms
64 bytes from fra16s56-in-x0e.1e100.net (2a00:1450:4001:82f::200e): icmp_seq=3 ttl=119 time=20.4 ms
--- google.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2004ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 18.355/19.366/20.437/0.850 ms
# ping www.spiegel.de -c 3
PING aacfb9d106f4.link11.de (128.65.210.180) 56(84) bytes of data.
From rh031.lan.beiHeinrichs (10.5.5.31) icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From rh031.lan.beiHeinrichs (10.5.5.31) icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From rh031.lan.beiHeinrichs (10.5.5.31) icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
--- aacfb9d106f4.link11.de ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 2056ms
pipe 3As it looks like now I can ping the DSL router, and a few things work on the internet. Strangely enough the 8.8.8.8 did not work, while google.com was resolved. Also tried to call up the magazine Spiegel with Firefox, adress isn't resolved. No idea why not.
Something still isn't right.
Also tried to add some routing ruies to the interfaces file, does not seem to work as expected.
up route add -net 10.5.5.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 10.5.5.1
down route delete -net 10.5.5.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 10.5.5.1
Where do I need to go from here?
rolfie
#804 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Need some support for setting up wifi correctly » 2021-04-27 15:46:10
EDIT: I presume wpa-sssid & wpa-psk have the actual SSID & password filled in (rather than SSID & passwd)?
Yes, I have removed the real contents and replaced it with dummy data. As I mentioned, the DSL router (a AVM Fritzbox 7580) sees my laptop (after some struggle) and also tells me which frequency the laptop is using. Also the IP is present.
rolfie
#805 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Need some support for setting up wifi correctly » 2021-04-27 15:43:27
rfkill tells me now:
# rfkill list all
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: acer-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: noSeems I am also having issues with powersave, and I have no idea how to wake up the wifi when its sleeping. After a fresh reboot:
# ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether b4:a9:fc:f0:49:e9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.5.5.31/24 brd 10.5.5.255 scope global eth0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether 94:08:53:88:fe:3f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.5.5.32/24 brd 10.5.5.255 scope global wlan0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
# ip link set wlan0 up
# ifup wlan0
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
ifup: failed to bring up wlan0
# ip link set wlan0 up
# ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether b4:a9:fc:f0:49:e9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.5.5.31/24 brd 10.5.5.255 scope global eth0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 94:08:53:88:fe:3f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.5.5.32/24 brd 10.5.5.255 scope global wlan0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::9608:53ff:fe88:fe3f/64 scope link tentative
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
# ip r
default via 10.5.5.1 dev eth0 onlink linkdown
10.5.5.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 10.5.5.31 linkdown
10.5.5.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 10.5.5.32
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 linkdown
# ping -c 3 10.5.5.1
PING 10.5.5.1 (10.5.5.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 10.5.5.31 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.5.5.31 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.5.5.31 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
--- 10.5.5.1 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 2054ms
pipe 3
# ping -c 3 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 10.5.5.31 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.5.5.31 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.5.5.31 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 2034ms
pipe 2
# ping -c 3 google.com
ping: google.com: Temporärer Fehler bei der NamensauflösungDirectly after the reboot the wifi is down. I have to wake it up, then the 5G connection is opened.
The if r brings an interesting fact to daylight:
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 linkdownWhat is that? I am sure I never set this anywhere.
Edit: found an entry in the /etc/networks file: link-local 169.254.0.0. There are also some entries in /etc/network/-subdirs that refer to avahi. The scripts also contain a reference to these adresses.
Somewhere a route is specified that does only work with eth0.
Suggestions?
Rolf
#806 Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Need some support for setting up wifi correctly » 2021-04-27 15:00:00
- rolfie
- Replies: 15
For the first time in my life I have bought a laptop for private use in expectation of a longer absence from home. All my network knowhow is based on wired LAN with fixed IPs in my home network. Now I am struggeling to get wifi to work.
The laptop is an Acer Aspire 5 with a AMD 4500U CPU filled with the Chimaera alpha, running Mate desktop on an encrypted LVM. Setup was done with wired LAN. Looks like all the required firmware is loaded.
# lspci -vv
04:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32)
Subsystem: Lite-On Communications Inc QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 79
IOMMU group: 11
Region 0: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/8 Maskable+ 64bit-
Address: fee00000 Data: 0000
Masking: 000000fe Pending: 00000000
Capabilities: [70] Express (v2) Endpoint, MSI 00
DevCap: MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s unlimited, L1 <64us
ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset- SlotPowerLimit 0.000W
DevCtl: CorrErr- NonFatalErr- FatalErr- UnsupReq-
RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
MaxPayload 256 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
DevSta: CorrErr- NonFatalErr- FatalErr- UnsupReq- AuxPwr+ TransPend-
LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Exit Latency L0s <4us, L1 <64us
ClockPM+ Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- ASPMOptComp+
LnkCtl: ASPM L1 Enabled; RCB 64 bytes, Disabled- CommClk+
ExtSynch- ClockPM+ AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s (ok), Width x1 (ok)
TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Not Supported, TimeoutDis+ NROPrPrP- LTR+
10BitTagComp- 10BitTagReq- OBFF Via message, ExtFmt- EETLPPrefix-
EmergencyPowerReduction Not Supported, EmergencyPowerReductionInit-
FRS- TPHComp- ExtTPHComp-
AtomicOpsCap: 32bit- 64bit- 128bitCAS-
DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis- LTR- OBFF Disabled,
AtomicOpsCtl: ReqEn-
LnkCap2: Supported Link Speeds: 2.5GT/s, Crosslink- Retimer- 2Retimers- DRS-
LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 2.5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-
Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS-
Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB
LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -6dB, EqualizationComplete- EqualizationPhase1-
EqualizationPhase2- EqualizationPhase3- LinkEqualizationRequest-
Retimer- 2Retimers- CrosslinkRes: unsupported
Capabilities: [100 v2] Advanced Error Reporting
UESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
UESvrt: DLP+ SDES+ TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr-
CEMsk: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr+
AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, ECRCGenCap- ECRCGenEn- ECRCChkCap- ECRCChkEn-
MultHdrRecCap- MultHdrRecEn- TLPPfxPres- HdrLogCap-
HeaderLog: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Capabilities: [148 v1] Virtual Channel
Caps: LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1
Arb: Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128-
Ctrl: ArbSelect=Fixed
Status: InProgress-
VC0: Caps: PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans-
Arb: Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256-
Ctrl: Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=ff
Status: NegoPending- InProgress-
Capabilities: [168 v1] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
Capabilities: [178 v1] Latency Tolerance Reporting
Max snoop latency: 0ns
Max no snoop latency: 0ns
Capabilities: [180 v1] L1 PM Substates
L1SubCap: PCI-PM_L1.2+ PCI-PM_L1.1+ ASPM_L1.2+ ASPM_L1.1+ L1_PM_Substates+
PortCommonModeRestoreTime=50us PortTPowerOnTime=10us
L1SubCtl1: PCI-PM_L1.2- PCI-PM_L1.1+ ASPM_L1.2- ASPM_L1.1+
T_CommonMode=0us LTR1.2_Threshold=0ns
L1SubCtl2: T_PwrOn=10us
Kernel driver in use: ath10k_pci
Kernel modules: ath10k_pci
# iw dev
phy#0
Interface wlan0
ifindex 3
wdev 0x1
addr 94:08:53:88:fe:3f
ssid SSID
type managed
channel 6 (2437 MHz), width: 20 MHz, center1: 2437 MHz
txpower 20.00 dBm
multicast TXQ:
qsz-byt qsz-pkt flows drops marks overlmt hashcol tx-bytes tx-packets
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
# ip link show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether b4:a9:fc:f0:49:e9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 94:08:53:88:fe:3f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
One problem is that the interface does not react to ip link set wlan0 up. The following two seem to do the job. First of all the wifi is enabled in the 5 GHz range, after a while it drops to the 2.4GHz range. ifup throws an error. Is that normal?
# ifup wlan0
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
ifup: failed to bring up wlan0
# ip link set wlan0 upThe laptop is seen on my DSL router with its IP, but I can't ping the router nor get any internet connection. Whats wrong, what am I missing?
Contents of /etc/network/interfaces
# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.5.5.31/24
gateway 10.5.5.1
# dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
dns-nameservers 10.5.5.1
dns-search lan.atHome
# WLAN @ Home
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 10.5.5.32/24
gateway 10.5.5.1
dns-nameservers 10.5.5.1
dns-search lan.atHome
wpa-ssid SSID
wpa-psk passwd
From resolv.conf:
search lan.atHome
nameserver 10.5.5.1Thanks for your feedback, rolfie
#807 Re: Devuan » Devuan 4 Alpha Installer Iso's » 2021-04-24 19:40:36
Filled an Acer Aspire 5 with a Ryzen 5 4500U CPU and the iso from 16th. Had to fight the Bios to disable Secure Boot. Got Mate desktop working, OpenRC as init system. The boot stick was generated with rufus 3.13 from a Win7 PC.
Issues and observations: The Aspire 5 has no more CSM mode, its pure UEFI now. The installation works in efi mode, the efivars are present during the installation process. After the first boot I tried to write a modified efi entry with grub-install --bootloader-id=... and then tried to remove the original debian entry. efibootmgr told me that efivars are not supported. After a second attempt I found out that everything works fine when I mount the efivars manually. Since them all boots went fine with efivars mounted automagically.
On a soft start this laptop does not show any efi entry in the boot menu, its only present after a cold start.
rolfie
#808 Re: Other Issues » How to get rid of Swap file during installation... » 2021-04-17 12:05:11
Oh men! The problem is almost sitting in front of the system.
I would underline that.
You are NOT doing everything manually, you still use guided procedures. This option "Manual" in the installer is just an entry point. Select the device listed and play around with all options until you understand how to set everything according to your needs. Since its a VM you can't damage anything. If you fail, you can easily start again from the beginning.
rolfie
#809 Re: Other Issues » How to get rid of Swap file during installation... » 2021-04-16 17:22:53
Look at this page: https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation … all-devuan, topic 9. There you get the choice.
rolfie
#810 Hardware & System Configuration » USB camera for video conferences » 2021-04-16 13:08:05
- rolfie
- Replies: 1
Which camera can easily be snapped to a monitor and is working fine with conference software like Zoom, Jitsu etc?
Thank you for suggestions, rolfie
#811 Re: Other Issues » How to get rid of Swap file during installation... » 2021-04-16 11:17:32
Hi Hans,
some comments from somebody who has installed many distros in VBox over the years.
I've installed devuan on VirtualBox. VDI with 32 MB dynamic memory allocation.
Are you sure you are talking about MB? Or do you mean GByte?
Anyway, my suggestion for a working VM that dynamically expands without issues if required:
As memory assign at least 4 GByte RAM, better 8 or 16GByte, depending on whats available on your HW.
Use one VDI file, 32 GByte, dynamically allocated.
When running the installer, use MANUAL PARTITIONING, don't use the guided procedures. After a few intermediate steps, assign the VDI drive completely to /, no sub-structure. You will get asked if you want to continue without using swap.
I would use a LVM and assign one logical volume for swap with the same amount as the memory available to the VM.
rolfie
#812 Desktop and Multimedia » Cinnamon and icon positions » 2021-04-05 20:33:02
- rolfie
- Replies: 2
Testing with Cinnamon desktop (saw this also with Beowulf).
Since I first started to use a graphical desktop back in the 80's, I am used to have the primary panel on top of the screen. This is why I moved the Cinnamon panel to the top of the screen. I also have enabled the Computer, the Waste Basket and the Home Drive as icons on the screen.
Well, problem #1 is:
I do arrange the icons manually on the grid so that they have a reasonable distance to the top.
When I reboot, my order is spoiled, not always, but most of the time. Sometimes the topmost icon is interfering with the panel (partially hidden), sometimes its just moved closer to the panel, sometimes they are reverted in order, i.e. the Waste basket is on the top, the Computer is moved down.
Problem #2 is:
When I plug in USB devices, my camera, a USB drive, the icons often are placed in spots that are already occupied. I have two icons in the same spot.
What can I do to avoid these issues?
Thanks, rolfie
#813 Re: Installation » Devuan and Secure Boot » 2021-04-04 14:06:47
Beowulf itself is not the issue. I have got 4 mainboards running EFI mode, GPT partitioning and no Secure Boot, 3 of them pure EFI/no CSM. But they are all no laptops.
Give it a try. Maybe we can help.
rolfie
#814 Re: Other Issues » Shutdown delay caused by anacron » 2021-03-28 21:20:39
Correction: Chimaera is affected, not Beowulf. In both my Beowulf installs anacron isn't installed. It is on both Chimaera installations.
In crontab I just find the usual @reboot script that connects my nfs shares on my file server.
The effect is sporadic.
rolfie
#815 Other Issues » Shutdown delay caused by anacron » 2021-03-28 14:52:48
- rolfie
- Replies: 3
Correction: Chimaera amd64 with openrc
Sometimes there is a delay during the computer shutdown waiting for anacron, range one or two mins. Both PCs affected have the package update indicator installed.
What might be the reasons? What can I do about this delay?
rolfie
#816 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Changing a parameter in /sys/module » 2021-03-27 16:10:02
There is always a slight delay during "Waiting for /dev to become fully populated", that normally takes a few seconds.
rolfie
#817 Re: Installation » Non Booting GRUB on Beowulf » 2021-03-26 20:10:34
You could start the medium, use the rescue mode, chroot into the installed system and try your luck with the commands.
rolfie
#818 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] finding package for correct version of linux source » 2021-03-25 18:02:11
I have no idea how to access the packages on a Devuan DVD correctly. In the internet there should be instructions how to address such a DVD in the sources.list. I consider this to be the pre-requisite for a successful installation of any package from that DVD. I guess thats missing in your case. Unfortunately I never had to go this path, I can't help.
In addition I searched Debian.org for the a package called linux-source. I never came across that. This really exists, its a meta-package that adresses the latest kernel sources, not just the headers. There also is a linux-source-4.19 meta-package. When the DVD is set up correctly in the sources.list, you should get the matching source for your kernel.
rolfie
#819 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] finding package for correct version of linux source » 2021-03-25 16:27:22
I guess you need to load the kernel headers, afaik there is no linux-source in Devuan. You can either run an apt update as suggested by dice and then install linux-headers-amd64, or you try apt install linux-headers-4.19.0-9-amd64 which is outdated by now, but fits to the kernel you use.
rolfie
#820 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Issues installing VirtualBox on Refracta » 2021-03-23 18:10:31
I ran into some problems when installing VirtualBox 6.1.18 on Beowulf-based Refracta.
Here's the relevant info:
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list deb [arch=amd64] https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian buster contrib# aptitude install virtualbox-6.1 -r The following NEW packages will be installed: libqt5opengl5{a} libqt5printsupport5{a} libsdl-ttf2.0-0{a} virtualbox-6.1 0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/88.7 MB of archives. After unpacking 215 MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y Preconfiguring packages ... ... ...snip... ...
Well, I have used a different way to install VBox on my stock Beowulf installations (with backports kernels). Loaded the Debian10 package down to /tmp, installed it with dpkg -i followed by a apt -f install to correct all dependencies. No trace of any dbus errors. My latest learning: maybe an apt install ./package.deb takes care for the dependencies too.
In addition, I added the vboxdrv, vboxnetadp and vboxnetflt to the /etc/modules file.
I believe that this may be a solution (or partial solution):
# update-rc.d vboxdrv defaultsReference:
Instalando VirtualBox 6.0 en Devuan Beowulf
https://www.linuxito.com/cloud/1269-ins … an-beowulfVirtualBox runs and appears to (mostly) work. However, at least one function (USB passthrough) does not. The extension pack and guest additions have been installed, so that isn't the problem.
I have not seen any need to fool around with update-rc.d. Maybe the modules did the job.
Besides the installation of the extension pack, the USB passthrough depends on that the user using the machine is member of the vboxusers group. Make sure you/the user are member of this group. The group is created automagically, but the user(s) needs to be added manually.
P.S. Don't tell me not to use VirtualBox. I'm not ready to switch just yet.
Full ACK from my side.
rolfie
#821 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] USB 3.0 card, external drive and unknown algorithms » 2021-03-22 19:38:47
Also got a PCIe card with a Renesas 720201 installed. Used the same tools and failed:
05:00.0 USB controller: Renesas Technology Corp. uPD720201 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 03)Copied the files to /lib/firmware/renesas. I got:
/lib/firmware/renesas# ./upd72020x-load -r -b 05 -d 00 -f 0 -s -o 720201.org
Doing the reading
bus = 5
dev = 0
fct = 0
fname = (null)
ERROR: wrong vendorid/devid. Expected an UPD720201 or UPD720202 chip and this is not one!
reported vendorid/devid: 1912:0014
======> FAILEDI would claim the program finds the chip, but maybe still has the old NEC vendor ID coded? I tried to understand the .c file, buit couldn't find any reference to the expected/accepted vendor IDs. 1912:0014 is the correct ID for a 72020x device according https://pci-ids.ucw.cz/read/PC/1912/0014.
Program too old?
rolfie
#822 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] fwts in for Devuan Beowulf » 2021-03-16 19:14:22
Try apt -f install ....
rolfie
#823 Re: Installation » [Closed] Several problems installing 3.1.0 » 2021-03-14 20:30:11
@Andre4freedom: I need the hybrid CSM mode with UEFI first to be able to boot the parallel Win7 installation I still need for a few things. When I have more time I should loook into copying the Win7-SSD to a VM.
@HOAS: I never use Secure Boot. For me all the culprits related to this do not matter. I am happily using EFI mode w/o SB. This allows to use modified efi entries like devuan3/devuan4 for my installations.
The PC is operating now with Beowulf and Chimaera on the new nvme plus the old Win7.
Strange was these locale issues, never had them before.
rolfie
#824 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] No LSB modules are available » 2021-03-13 21:19:46
Thanks rolfie.
Here what
apt list lsb
outputs for me:hermann@pinkman:~$ apt list lsb Auflistung... Fertig hermann@pinkman:~$Nothing obviously
@Head_on_a_Stick:
On https://lwn.net/Articles/658809/ I found: "Debian dropping the Linux standard base". Does this mean that lsb-modules are no longer necessary? And if so, does this also apply to devuan?
Thanks for answer
You forgot the most important thing: "*"
Have a very close look at what I did post and compare to yours.
rolfie
#825 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » (beowulf) gtk3 needed! » 2021-03-13 20:19:38
I am sorry, don't seem to find this button on my screen(s). 
Being logged in, I call up one of my original posts (I assume the option is only available for the OP). No sign of a "Mark solved" link. I can find "post reply", Preview, all the bulletin tags, but no mark. Would be for sure nice to have .....
I am using Firefox ESR, latest update. UBlock Origin and Noscript are active. What are the boundary condition to get this link? Where exactly should it be?
rolfie
Edith: same with Palemoon, just tried it.
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