Nice one, thanks! :-)

All are Debian (or Debian based)... so it just may work.

Chase down the name of the module so you can do a more accurate search.

Usually memtest is a boot option with most iso's.

I'd guess the cpu is getting too hot or you may have corrosion on the mainboard (ram or ram slots), or the ram sticks are failing.

It's a shame when hardware goes this way, oxidation is like a cancer, it slowly spreads.

I've lost expensive hardware (motherboard, graphics card and ram) this way living in a seaside paradise.

memtests, short but deep...

Test 2 [Address test, own address]

    Same as test 1 but the testing is done using multiple CPUS, if applicable. 

Test 9 [Modulo 20, Random pattern]

    Using the Modulo-X algorithm should uncover errors that are not detected by moving inversions due to cache and buffering interference with the algorithm. 

Hi, going back to your installation problem getting / /usr and /home directories used...

you won't be able to use your old / or /usr directory because it will cause conflicts, I think with linking. But...

during install at the partitioning stage, if you want to use your /home directory... when at the fs stage (partitioning, filesystem spec and formatting)

select your fs type, and mount point (/home) but do not select "format the partition". That should get you back to your home files after the install has finished.

If you have multiple drives and swap spaces, go to the other drives and deselect those swap spaces by selecting "do not use this partition" for those swap spaces.

This can help to reduce shutdown time and cross-contamination, but also stops the installer from issuing new uuid's for those swap spaces, which can mess up the other installs booting procedure (can't find swap).

About wifi, I have the firmware file for my wifi/bt card on a flash-drive, that I insert just before starting the install program, it may or may not be your problem.
Yours may be, firmware-realtek, unpack it and place the "iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode" (in my case, intel wifi) file on a memory stick.

All the best.

you can check your partitions with lsblk, blkid and cat fstab. line up the uuid's and edit /etc/fstab.

change the uuid from the new /home to your old one... and save it (you'll need root permissions to do most of this).

Before you reboot, rsync your new home to your old home to refresh any start scripts...

rsync -avh will only over-write with newer files, leaving the rest intact.

I did this just last week, and it works.

welcome to hawaii

Hi, look at your services for hwclock.sh will take your bios time and use it to convert to your locale.

I found that the bios time needed to be set UTC so the locale would represent the correct time here...

If you have no network connection it may remember the time from a setting during the OS installation.

I used to try and set the correct date & time in the bios, but every OS wants to change it, putting my file-access time forward and generally making a mess.

So, set the bios to UTC and let the locales and hwclock will make the adjustment for you.

btw, using Open-Rc, rc-update (as root) lists the services.
I hope this helps.

What's wrong with rsync -avh source destination (?)

wicd is not available with chimeara, but it is with beowulf (and ascii).

I think the other main change (for me) was su is changed to su -

Chimeara has Songwrite... and sysinit orphan startup scripts...

my 2 cents worth.

regards Glenn

this may not be useful, but

quite some time ago I tried usrmerge... and as I had began to think as well, But I thought I was imagining things...

Not just /usr merge of /bin and /sbin, other things are broken as well.

At one point I "ln -s" the directories instead of using usrmerge and the system seemed to work ok.

I didn't stick with it, but the experiment was wonder-full.

Something was broken, possible only revealed when compiling (making and installing) a kernel or software.

Hi.
I'm sending this message via my asus N550jv laptop, fully loaded with Trinity|Daedalus.

A recent bpo kernel

glenn@trinity:~$ uname -a
Linux trinity 6.6.13+bpo-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.6.13-1~bpo12+1 (2024-02-15) x86_64 GNU/Linux
glenn@trinity:~$

The keyboard and display brightness Fn keys work.

I had wicd working for a bit, but then it was removed.

I setup wifi on the command-line

wpa_passphrase {ssid} {password} > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

The wifi is working, but drops out a lot!

I finally got the keys to work with the config editor, once I figured out how to add US and AUS, I got rid of the Brittish keys and now # and | are where I'm used to using them.

@aluma Thanks for the tips. Got me out of the hole I was in. :-)

I looked into most of the other tips as well, and tried a few.

Once I partitioned with dos-mbr, I could boot and then after installing ascii, then upgrading to beowulf, and then chimeara, and then to daedalus...
a real pain,

but found that it was just one of those 6.1 kernels that was causing most of my problems, then

I had a runnaway kernel... dumping heaps of text to the screen that I could only switch the laptop off (power button still worked)...

then did a clean install of Daedalus/xfce4 and converted to trinity as instructed in a post here from @aluma.

That did the trick although the wifi was extremely faulty, I eventually made a list and installed most of the packages piece-by-piece, in small groups.

I have amarok installed and is playing music, confirming the sound system is running. (Firmware_intel_sound package in this case)

I'm really happy with this setup, I'm loving it.

Next I'll have a go at tethering the iPhone.

I have some pics of when I changed the battery a few weeks ago (this WIP has taken nearly a month) and I'll share those with you soon.

Thanks for all the help, it was invaluable.

Thank you very much for your time and considerations.

Kind regards, Glenn

I just got a copy of Hacking Exposed, Linux 3rd edition.

600 pages, I hope I learn more about securing my box. :-)

Hi, I'll look into that new kernel very soon for my main desktop box, running Daedalus plasma5.

I have just completed a new install on my laptop, asus n550jv... with Devuan ascii. With a new battery, and a clean ssd (dos-mbr partitioned, finally)

I did this because the newer kernel with Daedalus did not load my sound chipset and quite a few other things although the screen and keyboard dimming was working.

I've just checked the sound operation with a .mp3 playing through vlc and it sounds ok.

I've put it aside for now, I still have the network devices (wifi and tethering to the iPhone) to set up... some research will be required.

I'm very happy with the laptop at the moment, although I'm not used to the apps with xfce4... I'll look into it.

The day before yesterday I had trinity setup on the laptop, and it looked good, but too many chipset errors like, keyboard characters Getting pound instead of hash and others..., eth (nic) wifi and sound in particular. WIP! But the graphics card was used by default which was a nice change to see it was actually working (with nouveau)

I endeavour to slowly migrate back to the recent kernel versions and trinity desktop, but keeping an eye on the modules required for that set up.

I had found a faulty re-purposed flashdrive (rarely used, parrot-live) that was giving some serious looking errors and freezing the system on this desktop box, a new kernel and clean install may help to resolve those.

As well as that I binned the faulty flashdrive. I have to draw the line somewhere.

@oui: I'm glad to see you are making progress.

Hi, thank you for all the suggestions. Much appreciated.

Last night I repartitioned and setup a dos-mbr, and installed trinity to the 4 partitions I setup.

It's booting as normal now, thanks again.

The pc-linux live system has a whole bunch of tools, but I couldn't get any of them to fix the install of Devuan Daedalus plasma at that install attempt.

Still, it's good to know there are tools out there.

I was a bit stubborn about gpt over dos, and I noticed the Flags were a bit different.

Thanks again. Have a great weekend.