[DNG] trouble with grub-pc during routine upgrade
OK. Towards my usual ugrade, I'm told: Setting up libbasicusageenvironment1:amd64 (2016.11.28-1+deb9u2) ... Setting up mariadb-client-core-10.1 (10.1.38-0+deb9u1) ... Setting up grub-pc (2.02~beta3-5+deb9u1) ... Installing for i386-pc platform. grub-install: error: cannot write to `/dev/sdb': Input/output error. Installing for i386-pc platform. Installation finished. No error reported. Installing for i386-pc platform. grub-install: error: cannot write to `/dev/sdb': Input/output error. Installing for i386-pc platform. Installation finished. No error reported. Installing for i386-pc platform. grub-install: warning: this GPT partition label contains no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be possible. grub-install: error: embedding is not possible, but this is required for RAID and LVM install. (and that's where it seems to have stalled) By the way, each time it told me "Installation finished. No error reported" it had actually complained it could not install on /dev/sdb At this point, it has failed to write to /dev/sdb twice, presumably because I have only one hard drive. When it fails the second time and tries again I tell it to insatall to dev/sda which does exist. It now complains about my GPT partition label. I don't have a GPT partition label. My machine is a bios machine. See: root@midwinter:~# fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 111.8 GiB, 120034123776 bytes, 234441648 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x1c229ec6 Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sda12048 1953791 1951744 953M 83 Linux /dev/sda2 * 1953792 3907583 1953792 954M 83 Linux /dev/sda3 3907584 119173119 115265536 55G 8e Linux LVM /dev/sda4 119175166 234440703 115265538 55G 5 Extended /dev/sda5 119175168 121126911 1951744 953M 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda6 121128960 141608959 2048 9.8G 83 Linux root@midwinter:~# What gives? At this poiit I'm afraid to turn my machine off, lest it never start again. The machine is a Purism laptop, running Devuan beowulf. Oddly, when aptitude was updating, it kept mentioning ascii instead. But my /etc/apt/sources.lst is as follows: hendrik@midwinter:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list # # deb cdrom:[devuan_ascii_2.0.0_amd64_netinst]/ ascii main non-free #deb cdrom:[devuan_ascii_2.0.0_amd64_netinst]/ ascii main non-free deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged beowulf main non-free contrib #deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged beowulf main non-free contrib deb-src http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged beowulf main non-free contrib deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged beowulf-security main non-free contrib deb-src http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged beowulf-security main non-free contrib deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged beowulf-updates main non-free contrib deb-src http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged beowulf-updates main non-free contrib deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged beowulf-backports main non-free contrib deb-src http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged beowulf-backports main non-free contrib hendrik@midwinter:~$ The only mentions of ascii have been commented out. -- hendrik ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] linux-image-4.9.0-9-amd64 update breaks networking
Hi, On 8/8/19 9:44 am, Chris Richmond wrote: > I updated anotherwise stock Devuan ASCII install and > gotlinux-image-4.9.0-9-amd64, and it breaks one > > of my ethernet connections that’s using dhcp. Rebooting and > selectinglinux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64restores > > functionality. > > Any suggestions? google is lacking on devuan specifics, as well as > better suggestions on what to do about kernel It would help to know the driver and/or type of connection it is, other than "Ethernet" ... perhaps the module isn't being included in your initrd now. I found I had a problem with ASCII after kernel updates, I was able to boot a live Devuan Jessie USB stick and rebuild the initrd from there, it included extra modules that had to be added to my modules.conf file in order for ASCII to build them in. Kind Regards AndrewM signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
[DNG] linux-image-4.9.0-9-amd64 update breaks networking
All, I updated an otherwise stock Devuan ASCII install and got linux-image-4.9.0-9-amd64, and it breaks one of my ethernet connections that's using dhcp. Rebooting and selecting linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64 restores functionality. Any suggestions? google is lacking on devuan specifics, as well as better suggestions on what to do about kernel updates breaking the system. Thx, Chris ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] Future of gNewSense: Debian or Devuan?
Hi again, On 9/8/19 20:50, aitor_czr wrote: Hi, On 1/8/19 17:45, fsmithred via Dng wrote: There's not really anything to yank out. Don't have a non-free repo and don't put non-free firmware on the installer isos. They probably also want to use a libre kernel. This is not a difficult task, and gnuinos already does this. You already have a repository available for this task: deb http://packages.gnuinos.org/merged main deb-src http://packages.gnuinos.org/merged main deb http://packages.gnuinos.org/merged -updates main deb-src http://packages.gnuinos.org/merged -updates main deb http://packages.gnuinos.org/merged -security main deb-src http://packages.gnuinos.org/merged -security main being jessie, ascii or beowulf. Just add the gpg key of gnuinos: |$ curl -L https://packages.gnuinos.org/gnuinos_pk.asc | sudo apt-key add -| |and update the repository.| | | || If devuan ever provides a free/libre repo and release, it will be in addition to the one that provides non-free firmware for the same reasons you state below. This is something that's been discussed at meetings several times, and I think we're all in agreement. On the other hand, the official kernel of debian has been removed from the repository of gnuinos and replaced by linux-libre. If you want to build your own repository, you will need to patch both reprepro and amprolla in order to use them together (in the concrete case of gnuinos, because you can find also your own way). Cheers, Aitor. Textual words: [...] Release four distinct versions of gNewSense, including a distribution that includes a subset of packages for a focused user experience, one that is essentially vanilla Debian with our freedom improvements, a developer edition with the latest and greatest GNU development tools, and a server edition that is based on the work of the Devuan community [...] taken from: http://www.gnewsense.org/next-steps/ Cheers, Aitor. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] Future of gNewSense: Debian or Devuan?
Hi, On 1/8/19 17:45, fsmithred via Dng wrote: There's not really anything to yank out. Don't have a non-free repo and don't put non-free firmware on the installer isos. They probably also want to use a libre kernel. This is not a difficult task, and gnuinos already does this. You already have a repository available for this task: deb http://packages.gnuinos.org/merged main deb-src http://packages.gnuinos.org/merged main deb http://packages.gnuinos.org/merged -updates main deb-src http://packages.gnuinos.org/merged -updates main deb http://packages.gnuinos.org/merged -security main deb-src http://packages.gnuinos.org/merged -security main being jessie, ascii or beowulf. Just add the gpg key of gnuinos: |$ curl -L https://packages.gnuinos.org/gnuinos_pk.asc | sudo apt-key add -| |and update the repository.| | | || If devuan ever provides a free/libre repo and release, it will be in addition to the one that provides non-free firmware for the same reasons you state below. This is something that's been discussed at meetings several times, and I think we're all in agreement. On the other hand, the official kernel of debian has been removed from the repository of gnuinos and replaced by linux-libre. If you want to build your own repository, you will need to patch both reprepro and amprolla in order to use them together (in the concrete case of gnuinos, because you can find also your own way). Cheers, Aitor. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
