Re: [DNG] lost ability to execute

2017-06-09 Thread Haines Brown
On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 01:47:54PM +0100, G.W. Haywood wrote: > Hello Haines, > > On Fri, 9 Jun 2017, Haines Brown wrote: > > >I'm moving from Debian Wheezy 32-bit to Devuan Jessie 64-bit ... [*] > > I'd say that probably does qualify as stressing the installer, even if > it's only ever so sligh

Re: [DNG] lost ability to execute (somewhat resolved)

2017-06-09 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hello Haines, On Fri, 9 Jun 2017, Haines Brown wrote: I'm moving from Debian Wheezy 32-bit to Devuan Jessie 64-bit ... [*] I'd say that probably does qualify as stressing the installer, even if it's only ever so slightly. :) * Apologies, spelling of 'Devuan' corrected for the search engines.

Re: [DNG] lost ability to execute (somewhat resolved)

2017-06-08 Thread Haines Brown
On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 01:40:39PM +0100, G.W. Haywood wrote: > Hello again, > > On Thu, 8 Jun 2017, Haines Brown wrote: > > >The problem was more worked around than resolved. > > > >After having no grub modules with an installation on a new disk, whether > >DVD or netinst ISO, I knew the problem

Re: [DNG] lost ability to execute (somewhat resolved)

2017-06-08 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hello again, On Thu, 8 Jun 2017, Haines Brown wrote: The problem was more worked around than resolved. After having no grub modules with an installation on a new disk, whether DVD or netinst ISO, I knew the problem wasn't with the disk. I installed Devuan Jessie more or less successfully on a

Re: [DNG] lost ability to execute (somewhat resolved)

2017-06-07 Thread Haines Brown
The problem was more worked around than resolved. After having no grub modules with an installation on a new disk, whether DVD or netinst ISO, I knew the problem wasn't with the disk. I installed Devuan Jessie more or less successfully on a new disk without the old disk being connected. Then I rec

Re: [DNG] lost ability to execute

2017-06-05 Thread Haines Brown
On Sun, Jun 04, 2017 at 10:42:43PM -0400, Robert Marmorstein wrote: > Am I understanding correctly that you are running the Devuan installer > executable from a running 32-bit Debian system? No. The 32-bit Debian system is shutdown down, the Devuan installer key is inserted and it is booted. I oft

Re: [DNG] lost ability to execute

2017-06-04 Thread Haines Brown
Interim report. Without USB back drive installed, I installed the Jessie DVD ISO from key. Do simply installation routine. When it came to partitioning, I accepted a single partition on entire target disk. Oddly my backup USB drive still reported as a possible target even though it is disconnecte

Re: [DNG] lost ability to execute

2017-06-04 Thread Haines Brown
Did a re-install from DVD ISO on key. I first commented all commands to boot Devuan partitions from my Debian fstab. In BIOS I changed disk priority so that the Debian disk would boot. I booted the Devuan installer and choose expert install. I select all defaults unless otherwise noted. Detect

Re: [DNG] lost ability to execute

2017-06-04 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Jun 04, 2017 at 10:42:23AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > Another anomaly is what when I boot the old devuan, the boot goes to > recovery mode despite what is selected in the GRUB menu. A control-D > continues the boot normally. It showed up only fairly recently. But > since I seldom reboot

Re: [DNG] lost ability to execute

2017-06-04 Thread Haines Brown
On Sun, Jun 04, 2017 at 02:54:22PM +0100, G.W. Haywood wrote: > Hello Haines, > > On Sun, 4 Jun 2017, Haines Brown wrote: > > >I have an installation routine I've used since Lenny and perhaps > >even Etch. I stuck to it, and generally accepts defaults. > > A list of exactly what you started with

Re: [DNG] lost ability to execute

2017-06-04 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hello Haines, On Sun, 4 Jun 2017, Haines Brown wrote: I have an installation routine I've used since Lenny and perhaps even Etch. I stuck to it, and generally accepts defaults. A list of exactly what you started with and exactly what you did, step-by-step, would be more useful to the problem-

Re: [DNG] lost ability to execute

2017-06-04 Thread Haines Brown
On Sun, Jun 04, 2017 at 09:54:38AM +0100, KatolaZ wrote: > I don't know exactly what your custom "installation routine" entails, > but since there have been a few dozen thousands successful Devuan > installations in the last few months, and nobody has reported anything > even remotely similar to th

Re: [DNG] lost ability to execute

2017-06-04 Thread KatolaZ
On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 09:00:04PM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > Ged, thank you for the reply. But it leaves questions in my mind. > > On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 02:04:05PM +0100, G.W. Haywood wrote: > > > >Installation of Jessie 1.0.1 AMD64 went well. > > > > Considering what you write below, I'm n

Re: [DNG] lost ability to execute

2017-06-03 Thread Haines Brown
Ged, thank you for the reply. But it leaves questions in my mind. On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 02:04:05PM +0100, G.W. Haywood wrote: > >Installation of Jessie 1.0.1 AMD64 went well. > > Considering what you write below, I'm not entirely convinced. :) > > >I did not install desktop packages during in

Re: [DNG] lost ability to execute

2017-06-03 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hello again, On Sat, 3 Jun 2017, Haines Brown wrote: Installation of Jessie 1.0.1 AMD64 went well. Considering what you write below, I'm not entirely convinced. :) I did not install desktop packages during install, but instead xorg afterwards along with a lot of other packages. This start

[DNG] lost ability to execute

2017-06-02 Thread Haines Brown
Installation of Jessie 1.0.1 AMD64 went well. I did not install desktop packages during install, but instead xorg afterwards along with a lot of other packages. I went to starx: /usr/bin/mcookie: not found Couldn't create cookie $ ls /usr/bin/ | grep mcookie mcookie $ echo $PATH ...