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#1451 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] NVIDIA Nouveau with proprietary performance/accel* and best Xorg.conf » 2021-06-26 17:02:14
Install NVIDIA firmware for nouveau driver
Most of the NVIDIA firmware is provided by the firmware-misc-nonfree package.
Best Xorg.conf configuration for NVIDIA Nouveau driver
I would encourage people to read nouveau(4) and make their own decisions about the various options. A blanket approach seems unhelpful (IMO).
#1452 Re: Packaging for Devuan » quilt diff fails » 2021-06-26 16:57:35
Suggestions are welcome.
Quilt was incorporated into dpkg some time ago so perhaps try the dpkg-source --commit abstraction:
#1453 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] update_grub » 2021-06-26 16:53:39
on the command line 'upgrade-grub' is not recognised
That command is under /usr/sbin/ so you should check if that directory is included in your user's PATH when you attempt to call the command. Or just call the full path. See also https://files.devuan.org/devuan_beowulf … _notes.txt ("Changes in su").
EDIT: hold on, the command is actually /usr/sbin/update-grub; upgrade-grub doesn't exist (AFAIK).
But that command is run automatically when the kernel is upgraded so you shouldn't have to run it manually. Check /boot/grub/grub.cfg to confirm that the Devuan system has menu entries for all of your kernel versions. If that is the case and you can't see these entries when you start the machine then the Devuan system is not in "control" of GRUB. Use the set command from the GRUB command line to find where it is looking for the configuration file.
If this is a UEFI system then the efibootmgr command can show the boot entries and their respective priorities.
As dice notes reinstalling GRUB from Devuan is probably the quickest way to fix this. To do that for a UEFI system use
# dpkg-reconfigure grub-efi-amd64 # or grub-efi-ia32 for 32-bitFor a non-UEFI system use
# dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc#1454 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Cleaning up installation » 2021-06-19 20:49:20
NVIDIA's kernel module would be considered "custom" even if compiled from the Debian package. The kernel ring buffer will have a message about the module tainting the kernel.
#1455 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Cleaning up installation » 2021-06-19 16:43:36
Is this right?
ie: linux-headers-amd64 -> Linux devuan 5.10.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 does no need it?
Yes, that's right. The kernel does not have the headers listed as a dependency. The headers are only needed for building custom kernel modules so most users don't need them.
#1456 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] need help to add mi user to sudoers. » 2021-06-18 20:40:18
How about
getent group sudoPlease also share the full content of /etc/sudoers and any files under /etc/sudoers.d/.
#1457 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] need help to add mi user to sudoers. » 2021-06-18 17:52:14
Can we see the output of these commands from your normal user:
sudo -l
groups#1458 Re: Off-topic » What will happen to Windows? » 2021-06-16 18:43:24
so far, no hacked backend on ARM that I'm aware of
#1459 Devuan » Cinnamon desktop will be unmaintained after bullseye » 2021-06-13 16:24:54
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From the maintainer of the Cinnamon desktop packages for Debian:
I will most probably NOT packaging Cinnamon 5, nor do any real packaging work of Cinnamon for Debian in the future. Of course, I will try to keep maintenance of the current set of packages for Bullseye, but for the next release, I think it is time that someone new steps in
Full blog post here: https://www.preining.info/blog/2021/06/ … in-debian/
Of course bullseye (and hence Devuan chimeara) will be supported for ~5 years so this isn't an immediate problem but it doesn't look good for fans of Mint's bespoke desktop option. Hopefully another developer will step up.
#1460 Re: Off-topic » What are you reading/want to read ? » 2021-06-13 16:17:54
#1461 Re: Installation » low memory installation » 2021-06-13 16:09:42
For De??an it's best to use ~/.xsession instead of ~/.xinitrc because this ensures a consistent desktop environment (see startx(1) for more on this) and also that it can then be selected from a desktop manager as the "default session".
See also https://wiki.debian.org/Xsession
#1462 Re: Other Issues » At the shut down menu screen I choose shut down, but it reboots. » 2021-06-13 15:51:12
Does the acpi=force kernel parameter help?
#1463 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Problem with build and compile kpcre » 2021-06-13 15:49:02
Can we see the actual build errors? The full list of commands used would also be useful.
#1464 Re: Installation » Reasons to stay with Devuan » 2021-06-11 14:36:51
The bug was introduced after the beowulf version was frozen so it was never affected. The version in ceres was fixed by an upstream update.
#1465 Re: Installation » Reasons to stay with Devuan » 2021-06-11 14:28:22
Better link for the story: https://github.blog/2021-06-10-privileg … -with-bug/
#1466 Re: Installation » Reasons to stay with Devuan » 2021-06-11 14:22:10
Devuan's default graphical desktop relies pretty heavily on polkit and dbus.
#1467 Re: Other Issues » relying on aptitude to keep an OS up to date with security patches » 2021-06-11 14:05:23
Could it happen that an installed kernel, kept up-to-date via my mindless "aptitude update; aptitude full-upgrade", reaches a point where it no longer receives bugfixes & security updates (Is this the EOL concept?) but the distribution is still maintained ?
No.
For example, Devuan beowulf uses the 4.19 LTS branch and that is supported until December 2024[0]; beowulf itself is due to go EOL in June 2024[1].
#1468 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Runlevel 1 - external usb harddrive found but no letter » 2021-06-11 13:56:12
How do you select runlevel 1? Perhaps check the logs for any clues.
#1469 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Package: tuned, not working » 2021-06-11 13:53:37
he would prefer not to ship it in debian was he is not able to debug things as he does not have sysvinit machines around
Hmm. Understandable but disappointing. At least this thread has a link to the init script so that people can add it manually.
#1470 Re: Installation » Reasons to stay with Devuan » 2021-06-11 13:51:13
This vulnerability is assigned to the policykit-1 package, which is present and used in the current Devuan stable release:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tra … -2021-3560
It has nothing to do with systemd.
#1471 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Runlevel 1 - external usb harddrive found but no letter » 2021-06-10 17:56:02
Checking lsusb i see the device.
Please share that output along with the relevant portion of the kernel ring buffer.
Do I have to start eudev? Eudev usually gets not started in single mode.
The init script specifies runlevel "S" so it should be started. Have you checked if it is running?
pgrep -a udev#1472 Re: Other Issues » At the shut down menu screen I choose shut down, but it reboots. » 2021-06-10 17:50:31
Can we see
apt policy#1473 Re: Other Issues » relying on aptitude to keep an OS up to date with security patches » 2021-06-10 17:48:14
Of course, sometimes a kernel reaches EOL - how do distros deal with this? It's probably beyond the metapackagers art. Is this, once again, a job for "News and Announcements"?
Ben Hutchins works in close collaboration with the upstream kernel developers and maintains Debian's LTS kernel until that branch goes EOL.
#1474 Re: Other Issues » (Unattended-upgrades) Apparently I'm running Debian... Again. » 2021-06-10 17:44:38
Could someone please tell me explicitly how to fix this bug?
Edit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades and change the Debian repository references to the correct Devuan equivalents.
#1475 Re: Installation » UUID and drive letter assignments » 2021-06-10 17:41:36
you should be able to assign letters to specific UUID's using (e)udev rules
^ This: https://wiki.debian.org/Persistent_disk … e_solution
Doesn't work with systemd-udev but eudev might be more compliant.
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