Give that a try:

groucho ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/ifup eth0  /sbin/ifdown eth0

I just gave examples, no guaranteed solutions. The OP does not use Testing or Unstable anyhow. Its his job to find out whats the best for him.

As an apt user I use the following two commands:

# apt update
# apt full-upgrade -V

and I am getting the full picture every time.

I had some fun with hibernation recently. Finally it turned out that an older NEC based USB card in combination with some Toshiba memory stick caused my problems. Here is a link: https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=6631

Carefully check the messages around going to sleep and when trying to wakeup whats going on there.

Looks like you are trying Ventoy, that tool does not work with Daedalus. And I would assume its the same with Excalibur.

I am sorry, you did not even give some basics about what your system looks alike. Which Devuan release? Which desktop and display manager? X11 or Wayland?

What about posting the output of inxi -Fzr?

1.) inxi -Fz will show something like this about swap:

Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 183.11 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    dev: /dev/dm-2

I am using a logical volume in a LVM as swap partition. The fstab entry looks like this:

# Swap
/dev/mapper/vg--exc--sys-2_swap none            swap    sw              0       0

Replace the /dev/mapper-stuff against your partition, best use the UUID.

2.) Look at asunder to rip CDs, this is my preference. You may need some additional programs like lame or flac. Synapatic is your friend when searching for packages.
There are other rippers around like ripperx, again use Synaptics and make your choice.

@blackhole: well done, nicely summarized.

@Tweedlewise: your post #7 is confusing me. I carefully try to give some answers, maybe they help.

Obviously you have managed to install Devuan, congratulations. Did you use netinstall, CD, DVD or the live version? Makes slight differences here and there in what you need to do and what you get.

Third question answered first: you found the graphical tool Synaptics yourself. On the console the most commonly use tools are apt, apt-get or aptitude. Look into the man pages. What also is a good source of information is the Ubuntu wiki. Most of what is written there is also valid for Debian/Devuan. I assumne that you are not afraid of working with the terminal as former sysop.

The installer asks you very early in the installtion if you want a root password. If you deny you have to use the Ubuntu way with sudo for administrative tasks. I guess you have said yes, so root has a password and you must also have generated at least one user and password.

What are passwords for disks and partitions? I think the terminology is wrong. Maybe you have encrypted your system, then you need a key (and not a password) to decrypt the drive during booting. If you haven't encrypted your system: What are passwords for disks and partitions?

It would help a lot if you could try to use the correct terms and sort of same language. Avoids guessing for the supporter, and false advice for the poster who is seeking advice.

How did you create these 3 partitions? And how did you use the partitioner inside the installer? Did you use manual or guided partitioning?

Guided partitioning sets up the disks sort of automatically, no matter if encrypted or not. Swap is automatically included. You have no choice and cannot make a mistake (but using guided which is fine for the unexperienced user, but for me that sets partition size too small often for nowadays disk sizes). I only use manual partitioning because I want to have control. But to successfully practise manual partitioning requires knowledge and experience, especially when we are talking about encryption. 

To be able to answer the question how to add swap, you owe us some information about which kind of boundary condition we are facing in your case. How does the installation look alike currently?

A good start would be the output from

~$ inxi -Fzr

and

Note: the first command is run on the user account, the second one as root, indicated by the prompt before the command.

PS: I do set up my system with the traditional so called full disk encryption with luks, having an unencrypted /boot, and I am decrypting the computer with hidden keys sitting on USB sticks. When the stick is removed the PC does not boot.

Well amd64 is the 64bit Linux for AMD and Intel processors. It serves both brands. Download that version.

To inxi: that is no traditional command but a collection of scripts that collects information about the PC and prints it on the terminal. Very useful. I don't think it works in recovery mode, but give it a try. If it works you might be able to capture the output in a txt file.

To NVidia: these cards cause a lot of fun, and your black screen might be some of that ...

BTW: inxi output looks like this (cut off):

~$ inxi -Fzr
System:
  Kernel: 6.11.10+bpo-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.6.8
    Distro: Devuan GNU/Linux 5 (daedalus)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME X570-PRO v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 5021
    date: 09/29/2024
CPU:
  Info: 12-core model: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache:
    L2: 6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 677 min/max: 550/4951 cores: 1: 550 2: 550 3: 550 4: 550
    5: 550 6: 550 7: 550 8: 550 9: 3600 10: 550 11: 550 12: 550 13: 550 14: 550
    15: 550 16: 550 17: 550 18: 550 19: 550 20: 550 21: 550 22: 550 23: 550
    24: 550
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 14 [Radeon RX 5500/5500M / Pro 5500M] driver: amdgpu
    v: kernel
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
    resolution: 2560x1440~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (navi14
    LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.59 6.11.10+bpo-amd64)
....

You possibly need to run a live system to get that info.

@wingcommander1999: you have confirmed that you try to install stuff coming directly from the HP website. Get rid of that and try to work with the tested stuff from inside the repo. Chances are good that that will work.

Currently you will find 6.11 kernels in the Daedalus backports. When Debian decides that 6.12 is suitable for backports, you may get it in Daedalus too. Devuan kernels are Debian kernels.

Testing/Trixie/Excalibur do run on a 6.12 kernel currently. When you are running on brand new hardware, upgrading to Excalibur might be an option.