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Devuan Excalibur 6.1.0 point-release

DEVUAN EXCALIBUR 6.1.0 POINT-RELEASE

Updated isos for Devuan Excalibur 6.1.0 are now available from your favorite mirror.

WHAT'S NEW

This release contains software current in the repositories (concurrent with Debian 13.2) and includes some important fixes:

- speech-synthesis install is now working correctly again.

- slim login manager bugs fixed:
    https://bugs.devuan.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=857
    https://bugs.devuan.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=927

There are now (unofficial) community-produced Excalibur images for Raspberry Pi:
    https://arm-files.devuan.org/RaspberryP … %20Builds/

DOCUMENTATION

Whether you are upgrading an existing Devuan installation, migrating from Debian or installing from scratch, instructions and guidance can be found online:
    https://www.devuan.org/os/install
    https://www.devuan.org/get-devuan

Please take time to read the Release Notes. They include important configuration information and tips to help your installation or upgrade go as smoothly as possible:
    https://files.devuan.org/devuan_excalib … _notes.txt

DOWNLOAD

- http, https, ftp and rsync ISO mirrors:
    https://www.devuan.org/get-devuan#https-mirrors

- torrent file:
    https://files.devuan.org/devuan_excalibur.torrent

- magnet link:
(See updated magnet link in post #5)

ARM AND VIRTUAL IMAGES

ARM and Virtual Machine images are provided by the greater Devuan community rather than as part of official releases. Users are being encouraged to build and contribute ARM images for their particular hardware. This will increase the variety of images available and allow the release schedule of the installer ISOs to move forward more quickly.

Images can be built using using arm-sdk and vm-sdk: https://www.devuan.org/os/distro-kit

Arm-related discussion happens at #devuan-arm (Libera.chat) and https://dev1galaxy.org/viewforum.php?id=24

RESOURCES AND SUPPORT

    Mailing list: https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/m … stinfo/dng
    IRC: #devuan #devuan-dev #devuan-arm (Libera)
    Forum: https://dev1galaxy.org
    Press contact: freedom at devuan dot org
    Source code: https://git.devuan.org
    Bug tracker: https://bugs.devuan.org
    Package information: https://pkginfo.devuan.org
    Popularity contest: https://popcon.devuan.org

AFTER EXCALIBUR

The next Devuan release 7, is codenamed Freia. Repositories are already available for the adventurous to test.

APPRECIATION

We wish to thank all of you for the incredible support given to Devuan. Without your help and feedback, Devuan could not be the reliable and versatile distribution that it is.

To support the Devuan project you can examine our financial reports and donate at:
    https://devuan.org/os/donate

or take up one of the tasks listed at:
    https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1380#p1380

The Devuan Team

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Re: Devuan Excalibur 6.1.0 point-release

Nice! Thanks for all your hardwork, you and the entire Devuan team!

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Re: Devuan Excalibur 6.1.0 point-release

Hello:

Thanks for all your hardwork, you and the entire Devuan team!

+1

Best,

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GlennW

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Re: Devuan Excalibur 6.1.0 point-release

Great work, thank you for your efforts.

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fsmithred

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Re: Devuan Excalibur 6.1.0 point-release

Oops! The 6.1.0 desktop-live and minimal-live isos don't boot UEFI.
Fixed in 6.1.1.

This only affects the live isos. The installer isos are unchanged.

New torrent file (same link, different file):
https://files.devuan.org/devuan_excalibur.torrent

New magnet link:
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:673c0c7f8e46e1902cea1071d5ce602bd307605b&dn=devuan_excalibur&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2F9.rarbg.me%3A2710%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.cyberia.is%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.port443.xyz%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=http%3A%2F%2Ftracker3.itzmx.com%3A6961%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.moeking.me%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=http%3A%2F%2Fvps02.net.orel.ru%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=http%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openzim.org%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.skynetcloud.tk%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=https%3A%2F%2F1.tracker.eu.org%3A443%2Fannounce&tr=https%3A%2F%2F3.tracker.eu.org%3A443%2Fannounce&tr=http%3A%2F%2Fre-tracker.uz%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=https%3A%2F%2Ftracker.parrotsec.org%3A443%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexplodie.org%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.filemail.com%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.nyaa.uk%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fretracker.netbynet.ru%3A2710%2Fannounce&tr=http%3A%2F%2Ftracker.gbitt.info%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=http%3A%2F%2Ftracker2.dler.org%3A80%2Fannounce

My apologies for any inconvenience,
fsmithred

Camtaf

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Re: Devuan Excalibur 6.1.0 point-release

Many thanks for all your work team...

zapper

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Re: Devuan Excalibur 6.1.0 point-release

I assume the install hang issue was fixed?

That was annoying lol.

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dzz

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Re: Devuan Excalibur 6.1.0 point-release

Firstly, thanks Devuan team for Excalibur. I have already Excalibur installs but still mostly run Daedalus, while I get Excalibur all configured how I want it.

Trying the new ISO in qemu I can't get it to boot from a syslinux USB in my usual way (using the
*.c32 modules from /isolinux). Although qemu does boot the ISO directly.

Undef symbol FAIL: init_fpu
Failed to load libcom32.c32
Failed to load COM32 file vesamenu.c32

On investigation I found the md5sums of /isolinux/*.c32 are different from what is in the (system's) /usr/lib/syslinux/modules/bios ..

They also differ from my own /usr/lib/syslinux/modules/bios/ in both excalibur and daedalus.

If I replace those modules in my USB's /syslinux with the ones from the system, everything works as expected.

I already have verified the sha256sum of the ISO.

Where do /isolinux/*.c32 in the ISO originate from and why are they different?

Last edited by dzz (Yesterday 13:22:42)

rbit

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Re: Devuan Excalibur 6.1.0 point-release

On investigation I found the md5sums of /isolinux/*.c32 are different from what is in the (system's) /usr/lib/syslinux/modules/bios

Which devuan ISO file are you using?

dzz

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Re: Devuan Excalibur 6.1.0 point-release

https://files.devuan.org/devuan_excalib … l-live.iso

sha256:
392032e530b6c03b1e92431401de734fc7746342ae883df486d4a3a4fe403805
devuan_excalibur_6.1.1_amd64_minimal-live.iso

Last edited by dzz (Yesterday 13:47:35)

fsmithred

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Re: Devuan Excalibur 6.1.0 point-release

Where do /isolinux/*.c32 in the ISO originate from and why are they different?

Oh! They come from the stale versions in the live-sdk build tree. That needs to be re-worked so I don't have to remember to update them.

dzz

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Re: Devuan Excalibur 6.1.0 point-release

Mystery solved, thanks!

Most of us probably won't notice, except a few who use syslinux on usb and even then, depending on your local syslinux configuration.

EDIT: I'm guessing those modules are incompatible with current ldlinux.sys, which gets updated during syslinux installation to the drive.

Last edited by dzz (Yesterday 16:52:16)