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kapqa

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Registered: 2019-01-02

Posts: 755  

Re: Genuen

[aio]

would like to thank for this distro, it seems a very promising.
like on first contact.

if you dont mind please the following "bugreport" on tried and tested laptop T420.

1. used latest excalibur with xfce4 iso
2. text install (not-expert)
3. install and first-boot-fine - xfce4 asking for (desktop-icon-layout) upon entrie into GUI
4. installing updates - after updates reboot -
5. unfortunately after reboot the touchpad and pointing stick no longer respond.
(maybe you can see the error from screenshot)

tried also with expoert - install - it seems function, but then i get no wired-connection (disconnected) , maybe did something wrong.

screenshot gallery

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edit> with LXDE the same happen, maybe it is only peculiar to the laptop, however, upon first boot *befor upgrade the touchpad-pointing stick function<
noticed there is error msg upon booting like @failed to create CE channel -22

edit2> seemto have found solution here https://computingforgeeks.com/fix-touch … ues-linux/

sudo modprobe -r psmouse && sudo modprobe psmouse

brings touchpad&point stick back,  to make permanent, edit

/etc/rc.local

and add

modprobe -r psmouse
modprobe psmouse

Last edited by kapqa (2026-08-13 10:50:35)

prospero

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Registered: 2023-03-26

Posts: 94  

Re: Genuen

I recommend you to upgrade the whole system allowing all the changes in /etc/init.d/

I did just that, and all went well. Now gparted is indeed launching as expected. 👍

NB: possibly related to the choice of encoding during the upgrade process, the console is currently not accepting diacritics (and other symbols like square and cube). They are not available in the terminal emulator, and a decryption passphrase with diacritics will be rejected at reboot time.

EDIT: the encoding issue can easily be fixed by running dpkg-reconfigure locales. It was caused by me not selecting UTF-8 but some fancy encoding during console-setup configuration.

Last edited by prospero (2026-08-14 19:42:28)

aitor

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From: basque country

Registered: 2016-12-03

Posts: 323  

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Re: Genuen

i get no wired-connection (disconnected) , maybe did something wrong

Upgrade snetaid again

edit2> seem to have found solution:

sudo modprobe -r psmouse && sudo modprobe psmouse

psmouse should be loaded by vdev-modprobe.sh early on during boot, as it scans the input and serial subsystems, amongst others. I haven’t experienced any problems with the touchpad on my laptops. Perhaps that particular machine requires a 2nd vdev-modprobe.sh pass later on. I’ll add a 2nd run in the next vdev build.

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kapqa

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Registered: 2019-01-02

Posts: 755  

Re: Genuen

Upgrade snetaid again

would not be able to achieve it ~ tried the expoert mode twice , once with 3 options clicked; second time with not additional options;
the install would seem to go through flawlessly, but apparently somehting went wrong, since could net effectuate basic operations like "sudo ifup" "sudo ifdown" "dhclient" etc. so second time i checked and there was maybe just 50 mb for the whole disc occupied;
~ tried to install packages then from with sources #usb-stick - but that would  fail miserably;
since have again used the normal text-installer to install distro anew and with the psmouse trick it would now function;

have noticed that the laptop could also have trouble with wake from "lock screen" - maybe the system is as whole a bit too advanced for the older laptop and might have more stable system with plain devuan ~ but i'd be glad to test some more since i really like the system, it is very responsive, thanks.

Last edited by kapqa (Yesterday 12:43:27)