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I refuse to deal with the useless bloat that is Network-Manager, so I will stick with Devuan Beowulf and WiCD.
There is a better solution:
# apt install connman-gtk connman-uiAnd, optionally, connman-vpn.
Then, for better Devuan compatibility, make this configuration change:
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=48040#p48040
Now remove all wicd-related packages.
This may be enough:
# apt remove wicd-gtkReboot.
Optional:
Before doing all of the above, run this command:
# aptitude -d install wicd-gtkThat will ensure that wicd-gtk and its dependencies are present in the package cache. In the unlikely event that something goes wrong and you lose internet connectivity, this will allow you to easily reinstall wicd-gtk.
For anyone who is running connman and having this problem, there is a simple fix.
Edit this file: /etc/init.d/connman
Change this:
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/connmand
DESC="Connection Manager"To this:
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/connmand
DAEMON_OPTS='--nodnsproxy'
DESC="Connection Manager"Reboot.
After my post last night, I realized that my Chimaera-based Refracta system uses connman, whereas my Daedalus-based Refracta system uses Network Manager. As an experiment, I installed network-manager-gnome and removed connman, connman-gtk, connman-ui, and connman-vpn. Now apt update works. However, I don't recommend using this solution on Chimaera because Network Manager isn't quite working right (which is probably why the system came with connman instead).
THE SOLUTION IN THIS POST IS DEPRECATED. Please go to https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=48040#p48040 for current working solution.
This is my original solution to this problem:
# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 refracta localhost
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
fe00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
fe02::1 ip6-allnodes
fe02::1 ip6-allrouters
# U.S. Devuan mirror - mirrors.hyperreal.coffee
172.234.26.53 deb.devuan.org
# Alternate U.S. Devuan mirror - dev.beard.ly
#198.58.118.8 deb.devuan.orgAs you can see, I added two mirrors to my hosts file. I could have just used one, but I wanted to have a backup mirror listed as well to make it easy to switch in the event that my primary mirror is ever offline for some reason. I obtained the IP addresses of those mirrors using nslookup. It's not a "perfect" solution, but it works.
The Devuan mirror list can be found here:
https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/mirror_list.txt
I have Daedalus-based Refracta on an old laptop that I use infrequently. I ran apt update on it this morning and there were no problems. I wondered if maybe the problem had been fixed. I just tried doing the same on my Chimaera-based Refracta system, and it failed the same way as before.
Yes, I have been seeing something similar with apt since yesterday on a Chimaera-based Refracta system.
# apt update
Err:1 http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera InRelease
Temporary failure resolving 'deb.devuan.org'
Err:2 http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-updates InRelease
Temporary failure resolving 'deb.devuan.org'
Err:3 http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-security InRelease
Temporary failure resolving 'deb.devuan.org'
Err:4 http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-backports InRelease
Temporary failure resolving 'deb.devuan.org'
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
W: Failed to fetch http://deb.devuan.org/merged/dists/chimaera/InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'deb.devuan.org'
W: Failed to fetch http://deb.devuan.org/merged/dists/chimaera-updates/InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'deb.devuan.org'
W: Failed to fetch http://deb.devuan.org/merged/dists/chimaera-security/InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'deb.devuan.org'
W: Failed to fetch http://deb.devuan.org/merged/dists/chimaera-backports/InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'deb.devuan.org'
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.A couple of things I did to try to diagnose the problem:
$ wget -c --user-agent="Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/115.0" https://deb.devuan.org/merged
--2024-02-07 13:34:14-- https://deb.devuan.org/merged
Resolving deb.devuan.org (deb.devuan.org)... failed: Temporary failure in name resolution.
wget: unable to resolve host address ‘deb.devuan.org’$ nslookup deb.devuan.org
Server: ::1
Address: ::1#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 103.146.168.12
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 95.216.15.86
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 200.236.31.1
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 46.4.50.2
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 130.225.254.116
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 141.84.43.19
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 190.64.49.124
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 160.16.137.156
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 185.178.192.43
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 158.69.153.121
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 125.228.189.120
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 89.174.102.150
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 94.16.114.15
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 185.236.240.103
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 106.178.112.231
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 172.234.26.53
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 185.38.15.84
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 185.183.113.131
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 131.188.12.211
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 147.78.194.22
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 195.85.215.180
;; Truncated, retrying in TCP mode.
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 2a0a:e5c0:10:3::6eeb
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 2a01:9e40::180
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 2407:b6c0::12
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 2a01:4f9:2a:fa9::2
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 2801:82:80ff:8000::2
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 2a01:4f8:140:1102:2b76:955d:b48f:bdf3
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 2001:878:346::116
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 2001:4ca0:4300::1:19
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 2800:a8:c001::a
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 2001:e42:102:1704:160:16:137:156
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 2607:5300:61:95f:7283:11d9:f86:e691
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 2001:4190:801c:1::150
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 2a03:4000:28:24c::
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 2a0d:eb00:8006::acab
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 240b:10:f00:1b00::240
Name: deb.devuan.org
Address: 2a02:2a38:1:400:2a42:2a42:2a42:2a42Those results are puzzling to me.
Since yesterday, apt has been failing for me on a Chimaera-based Refracta system. It appears to be due to some kind of network issue. I assumed that it is (most likely) being caused by my ISP, but I may be wrong. Anyway, I was wondering if maybe the OP is having the same problem. However, without seeing the error messages I can only guess as to what the problem might be.
If apt fails, there should be error messages.
Run this command:
sudo apt updatePost the output in a reply.
Xorg does not depend on systemd. The promptness of its security updates is due to the Debian X Strike Force, and the Debian Security Team.
None of these packages depend on systemd, none of these packages are forked by Devuan, security for them is not handled by the Devuan team.
That is not completely true. The package xserver-xorg-core does not come directly from Debian; it is a Devuan package. Is this true for any other Xorg-related packages? I don't know because I haven't had time to check.
By the way, someone pointed out this fact out a little over a month ago on this forum.
I also noticed the absence of the quote button.
This is my workaround:
[quote=$username]
$text-to-quote
[/quote]Replace "$username" with the person's username.
Replace "$text-to-quote" with the text that you would like to quote.
Recently, the login page link for the forum was not secure (http instead of https). I don't remember how long it was like that. Whenever I encountered this, I would copy the link, paste it into a text editor, change it from http to https, and then log in using the corrected link.
However, I have not seen this behavior lately. Maybe it only happens under certain conditions. If it happens again I will report it here.
If Synaptic isn't what you're looking for, consider installing Software Center for GNOME.
Installation:
sudo apt install gnome-softwareAnd if you're interested in having Flatpak support, then:
sudo apt install gnome-software gnome-software-plugin-flatpakI'm using Firefox ESR from the repository on Excalibur with only ALSA installed, no PulseAudio or PipeWire. I didn't need to edit any configuration files. Is this a new feature?
No, I don't think so. Sound has always worked for me when using the Firefox ESR that comes from Debian. I've never had to do anything to get sound working. The only exception to that was when I was using the SeaMonkey web browser, which is not available in Debian/Devuan. For SeaMonkey, I was able to get sound working using apulse.
I suspect that the people having problems with sound not working are not using the Firefox ESR that is packaged by Debian. They are probably installing Firefox from a different source, and probably using a version other than Firefox ESR.
I should add that I have been using Refracta, and I am not sure how much that varies from a default Devuan installation. Although pulseaudio is not installed, some related packages are installed:
libpulse-mainloop-glib0
libpulse0
$ aptitude why libpulse-mainloop-glib0
i blueman Depends libpulse-mainloop-glib0
$ aptitude why libpulse0
i chromium Depends libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1)apulse is also installed. However, it does not appear that Firefox is using apulse on this system. It may have been installed for some other reason.
Hi Nietz,
The website repo.jing.rocks is being blocked for "Phishing & Deception". That is the only reason it is being blocked. I have not configured the manual blocking of any websites via the router. If I wanted to block a website, I would use another means, like dnsmasq.
If I try to visit repo.jing.rocks using Firefox, I am presented with this message:
Whoopsie
Your device is not allowed to access this site.We hate to be the bearers of bad news, but this site has been blocked. If you believe that this site was categorized incorrectly, you can report it as inaccurate.
When I last tried to access that URL (right after the aptitude upgrade failure), the block message was different, and indicated that the site was not safe to visit.
I also tried to visit jing.rocks and status.jing.rocks. Those websites are not being blocked.
Yesterday I attempted to upgrade my Daedalus-based Refracta system, but the connections were blocked by my router for security reasons.
# aptitude upgrade
Resolving dependencies...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-headers-6.1.0-17-amd64{a} linux-headers-6.1.0-17-common{a}
linux-image-6.1.0-17-amd64{a}
The following packages will be upgraded:
bluez bluez-obexd curl exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light
libbluetooth3 libcurl3-gnutls libcurl4 libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0
libssh-gcrypt-4 linux-compiler-gcc-12-x86 linux-headers-amd64
linux-image-amd64 linux-kbuild-6.1 linux-libc-dev openssh-client
The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
apparmor bsd-mailx mailutils
18 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 90.2 MB of archives. After unpacking 469 MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
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0% [Working]E: Failed to fetch https://blocked.eero.com?cat=advanced_security&reason=52&url=repo.jing.rocks/: Could not resolve 'blocked.eero.com?cat=advanced_security&reason=52&url=repo.jing.rocks'
E: Unable to fetch some packages; try '-o APT::Get::Fix-Missing=true' to continue with missing packagesThe potentially compromised repository is repo.jing.rocks. According to the app for my router, the reason for the block is "Phishing & Deception".
I got my hands on a laptop, the Win8 license was stitched into the BIOS. Two disks, 256GB SSD and 500GB HDD. I prepared the SSD, separate sections of UEFI, Windows and Linux.
I recently did almost the same thing. Windows 8 was on the HDD, but it hadn't been updated in years, and my attempts to update it failed. It also looked awful.
I copied a Windows 10 22H2 ISO file to the HDD, extracted the ISO to a directory, and ran the installer (setup.exe, I believe) to upgrade to Windows 10. No license key was required. Then I basically wiped the drive, created a 1 GB EFI partition using Linux, and then did a clean install of Windows 10. Rather than create a new EFI partition, I may have just expanded the existing one using gparted. I'm not 100% certain, but that's probably what I did.
During the clean installation of Windows 10, I also ran a wonderful script called Windows 10/11 Decrapifier. On this laptop, which is about ten years old, it made a very noticeable difference. I use the script's default configuration except for one small change -- I enabled the search bar. Since Windows 10/11 Decrapifier is a PowerShell script, and not a typical Windows program, reading this how-to is a must: How to clean up a single Windows 10 machine/image using Decrapifier.
EDIT:
I had a problem when installing Refracta. The installation appeared to complete without a hitch, but GRUB apparently wasn't fully installed because when I rebooted, the laptop went straight into Windows. I was quite puzzled by that. Eventually, I realized that the most likely culprit was Fast Startup on Windows. I thought that I had temporarily disabled Fast Startup, but it appears that the method I used is outdated and no longer works.
Okay, go ahead and upgrade your OS with this command:
sudo apt full-upgradeThen, for good measure, reboot.
if you haven't done so already, reboot to restore internet access.
Then execute this command and post the output:
sudo apt update && apt full-upgrade -snow this is the proposed solution by aptitude
Remove the following packages: 1) libpolkit-backend-1-0 [0.105-25+devuan9 (now)] 2) libpolkit-backend-consolekit-1-0 [0.105-25+devuan9 (now)] Upgrade the following packages: 3) gir1.2-polkit-1.0 [0.105-25+devuan9 (now) -> 0.105-31+devuan2 (oldstable) 4) libpolkit-agent-1-0 [0.105-25+devuan9 (now) -> 0.105-31+devuan2 (oldstabl 5) policykit-1 [0.105-25+devuan9 (now) -> 0.105-31+devuan2 (oldstable)]
I believe that that's the correct solution. On my Chimaera-based Refracta system, these packages don't even exist:
1) libpolkit-backend-1-0
2) libpolkit-backend-consolekit-1-0
In other words, not only are they not installed, they cannot be installed. So those packages are most likely leftovers, in which case they should be removed.
You need network-manager-gnome and not just network-manager.
Try to install it using aptitude:
sudo aptitude install network-manager-gnomeIf there is a problem installing it, aptitude will offer possible solutions.
is it possible that libgtk3-nocsd0 would help?
Maybe. Here's some relevant info that may be helpful:
How do I disable client side decoration globally in GNOME?
https://askubuntu.com/questions/961161/ … y-in-gnome
gtk3-nocsd - transparently disable Gtk+3 client side decorations (CSD)
https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/no … csd.1.html
This change to Evolution was also discussed in this article:
Evolution Email Client Now Uses a Headerbar/CSD
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/09/evo … header-bar
The first comment shown in the comments section offers a potential solution.
EDIT:
If gsettings is not installed, install libglib2.0-bin.
For example:
# aptitude install libglib2.0-binHi Andy,
Are you still using Bedrock?
You are correct. This is what my Daedalus-based Refracta system is showing:
$ aptitude show xserver-xorg-core
Package: xserver-xorg-core
Version: 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u2devuan1
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Maintainer: Devuan Developers <devuan-dev@lists.dyne.org>
Architecture: amd64
Uncompressed Size: 3,907 k
Depends: xserver-common (>= 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u2devuan1), keyboard-configuration, udev (>= 149), libegl1, libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1),
libbsd0 (>= 0.7.0), libc6 (>= 2.35), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.66), libepoxy0 (>= 1.5.4), libeudev1 (>= 3.2.12), libgbm1 (>=
17.1.0~rc2), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.10.0), libgl1, libpciaccess0 (>= 0.12.902), libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.30.0), libseat1 (>= 0.5.0),
libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libunwind8, libxau6 (>= 1:1.0.9), libxcvt0 (>= 0.1.0), libxdmcp6, libxfont2 (>= 1:2.0.1),
libxshmfence1
Recommends: libgl1-mesa-dri (>= 7.10.2-4), xcvt
Suggests: xfonts-100dpi | xfonts-75dpi, xfonts-scalable
Conflicts: xserver-xorg-input-evtouch, xserver-xorg-video-modesetting
Breaks: libgl1-mesa-dri (< 18.0.5), systemd (< 226-4~), xserver-xorg (< 1:7.7+10~)
Replaces: xserver-xorg (< 1:7.7+10~), xserver-xorg-video-modesetting
Provides: xorg-input-abi-24, xorg-video-abi-25, xserver-xorg-video-modesetting
Description: Xorg X server - core server
The Xorg X server is an X server for several architectures and operating systems, which is derived from the XFree86 4.x series of X
servers.
The Xorg server supports most modern graphics hardware from most vendors, and supersedes all XFree86 X servers.
More information about X.Org can be found at: <URL:https://www.x.org>
This package is built from the X.org xserver module.
Homepage: https://www.x.org/I also checked the apt cache for recent debs:
$ ls -l /var/cache/apt/archives |grep xserver-xorg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1365092 Oct 26 09:56 xserver-xorg-core_2%3a21.1.7-3+deb12u2devuan1_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 122432 Feb 12 2022 xserver-xorg-input-evdev_1%3a2.10.6-2+b1_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69248 Feb 12 2022 xserver-xorg-input-mouse_1%3a1.9.3-1+b1_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 214892 Mar 23 2023 xserver-xorg-input-synaptics_1.9.2-1+b1_amd64.debThis is the relevant Debian security advisory:
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5576-2
According to that web page, the xserver-xorg-core package in Daedalus is two versions behind.
Alpine Linux still supports 32-bit (i686) systems:
https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Requirements
And for some other ideas, check out these articles:
15 Linux Distros That Still Support 32-Bit Architecture
https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-distros … t-support/
15 Linux Distributions You Can Rely on for Your Ancient 32-bit Computer
https://itsfoss.com/32-bit-linux-distributions/
Unfortunately, both articles are now out of date, so you'll need to ignore Debian and the Debian derivatives listed in both articles.
Falkon piqued my interest but as soon as I found out it was KDE that was it.
Falkon might be a good choice for those people who are using LXQt (or KDE).
I actually installed KDE once in its early days. It didn't last long for the reasons mentioned above and that everything was so 'twitchy' and I would be spending too much time turning off all that ADD-inducing garbage . . .
Several years ago I used an online builder to create a liveCD of openSUSE with a KDE desktop. It was so bloated and slow that it was essentially unusable.