pcalvert: check ~/.xsession-errors, /var/log/Xorg.0.log, /var/log/apt/history.log (to see if something important got removed), maybe try grub-install and update-grub again.

darry1966: The problem is not with dpkg. The behavior of su changed when they moved it to a different source package. I've found the easiest way to restore the old behavior is to put ALWAYS_SET_PATH yes in /etc/default/su. (create the file if it doesn't exist)

I fixed root's path in Refracta isos, where I have more freedom to stray from the default settings. The Devuan live isos won't get that fix, same as if someone installs from the installer isos.

Edit: pcalvert,  Maybe edit the grub screen at boot, add set gfxpayload=1600x900 before the linux line.

I'm guessing you installed from the desktop-live iso. If you want to install wireless firmware from the repo, you need to enable contrib and non-free in /etc/apt/sources.list (or in synaptic). Or, you could just install the package from the local copy in /firmware.
dpkg -i /firmware/firmware-zd1211*.deb

Why do you need to remove and install it? That's weird.

There is no more xfce4-mixer, but there is xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin. Some of the devuan derivative distros use volumeicon-alsa and don't include pulseaudio.

If you install a desktop from the tasksel screen in the installer, you get whatever task-*-desktop pulls in, which means you get pulseaudio. You can remove it, and if you're recording, you probably want to install a real sound server, like jack.

Are you getting those latencies with default kernel or realtime kernel?

This is fixed in ceres. The fix might make it into beowulf for a later (not too much later) point-release.
Manual fix is already described in the release notes.

Only in the desktop-live, where it's really easy to make such changes.

This needs to be fixed in the live installer. If you select your locale and keyboard when you boot the live media, those settings will be carried over to the installed system.

That package is in non-free. You'll need to add that to your software sources and update/refresh before installing it.

I can get the problem reliably by booting from dvd. Adding 'rootdelay=5' (or 10) does not help. Adding 'toram' allows me to boot.

No jigdo. There's a torrent, but probably not a lot of seeders yet.

I can't boot the live iso from hard disk, not with beowulf and not with ascii. Will have to try on a different computer. It used to work.

I'm looking into the udev bug with the repeated warnings. The problem only shows up occasionally for me, so that makes it impossible to try anything. If you're getting it every time, please try adding rootdelay=5 to the boot command to see if that prevents it from happening. Thanks.

WARNING: Device /dev/loop0 not initialized in udev database even after waiting 10000000 microseconds.
WARNING: Device /dev/sda not initialized in udev database even after waiting 10000000 microseconds.

I got it once today when booting the amd64 iso in qemu. Can't repeat it, so I can try what I wanted to test.

Please try adding rootdelay=5 to the boot command. Meanwhile, I'm trying to track down the bug. Seems to be in udev and fixed in version 240 according to debian bug reports.

For frozen mouse and keyboard, unplug and replug one of them.

What do you mean when you say the issue was solved?

I can reproduce the problem, and it seems to be coming from the grub scripts, but I haven't tracked it down completely.

/usr/share/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib has a function called is_path_readable_by_grub.That function gets used by /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme.

When the root filesystem is mounted and chrooted, then /usr/share/desktop-base/grub-themes is readable. When you're booting the system and the root filesystem hasn't been unlocked yet, it's not readable.

I tried copying the theme into /boot/grub/themes and using the --theme option with grub-install. That ran without error, but there's no similar option for update-grub or grub-mkconfig, and that looks in /usr/share/desktop-base. So right now, the only solution I have is no solution - press space bar or wait the 10 seconds or so for it to get to the boot menu. Manually editing grub.cfg will only work until the next time update-grub runs.

Edit: Another solution is to comment out the GRUB_THEME line in /etc/default/grub. You can optionally add an image file to /boot/grub if you want a background for the boot menu.

Edit2: Duh! Change the GRUB_THEME line.

mkdir /boot/grub/themes
cp -r /usr/share/desktop-base/grub-themes/cinnabar-grub /boot/grub/themes/

Then edit
/etc/default grub to change the GRUB_THEME:

GRUB_THEME=/boot/grub/themes/cinnabar-grub/theme.txt

Then run 'update-grub'

Edit(dunno - 6 or 7 now?): I think I can change desktop-base to put the theme in /boot/grub, but that won't happen in time for beowulf release. Maybe for point-release later.

Jessie has about a month of long term support remaining. Ascii or beowulf would be a better choice.

The devuan live isos have some non-free firmware installed, and ath10k_pci is present in ascii and beowulf.

The devuan installer isos have non-free firmware packages that will be automatically installed if your hardware requires it. (You can exclude non-free software if you choose Expert install.)

Thanks. I added the keyserver to the command in the README file that I added earlier today.

I also uploaded new isos - beta2 xfce. Added some missing packages and updated the software.

Make sure gvfs-backends is installed. I get an icon (or two) on the xfce desktop when I connect my android device to the laptop using the usb cable. Auto-mount is turned off here (and by default). I have to click on the icon.