Re: Installing old Debian releases

Hi, keller.st...@gmx.de wrote: > For comparison, some research and portability tests I'd like > to install old releases of Debian, i.e. versions 8, 9, 10. > Are there archives and old repositories to install from? Old installation and Live ISOs are at https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/a

Re: Installing old Debian releases

пн, 31 мар. 2025 г. в 16:27, : > > For comparison, some research and portability tests I'd like > to install old releases of Debian, i.e. versions 8, 9, 10. > Are there archives and old repositories to install from? https://archive.debian.org and https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/

Re: Installing old Debian releases

Info can also be used for upgrading (much) older releases (notably older ones beyond both main and LTS support) On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 12:51 AM wrote: > For comparison, some research and portability tests I'd like > to install old releases of Debian, i.e. versions 8, 9, 10. > Are there archives

Re: Installing old Debian releases

On Mon, 31 Mar 2025, keller.st...@gmx.de wrote: For comparison, some research and portability tests I'd like to install old releases of Debian, i.e. versions 8, 9, 10. Are there archives and old repositories to install from? Steve archive.debian.org for packages before bullseye. Buster is t

Re: Installing a debian file

I appreciate your help, but please do not run any commands on my behalf. - If any commands are recommended to be run, please just let me know what they are and I will run them. I have run the following command dpkg -l | grep -i "enteauth" > dpkg_enteauth.txt and found the contents

Re: Installing a debian file

On Thu 30 Jan 2025 at 14:27:28 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 11:01:02 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > On Thu 30 Jan 2025 at 16:14:00 (+), Michael wrote: > > > So I downloaded the new .deb file and installed it (again using root) :- > > > > > > dpkg -i ente-auth-v4.3.

Re: Installing a debian file

On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 04:42:02PM +, Michael wrote: > The deb names may be unconventional but the executables worked (at least > v4.2.8 worked). They are IMHO wrong, since they quite probably will end up as *different packages* instead of as *different versions of a package*. If you just ins

Re: Installing a debian file

On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 11:01:02 -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Thu 30 Jan 2025 at 16:14:00 (+), Michael wrote: > > So I downloaded the new .deb file and installed it (again using root) :- > > > > dpkg -i ente-auth-v4.3.1-x86_64.deb > > I would purge the old package (first backing up any o

Re: Installing a debian file

On Thu 30 Jan 2025 at 16:14:00 (+), Michael wrote: > I ran, as root :- > > dpkg -i ente-auth-v4.2.8-x86_64.deb Running apt install path-to/ente-auth-v4.2.8-x86_64.deb will check for dependencies etc. (You must include the path.) It will also log a record of what was installed or removed

Re: Installing a debian file

The deb names may be unconventional but the executables worked (at least v4.2.8 worked). Can you please suggest suitable Debian package management commands to use to investigate the current status of the v4.2.8 and v4.3.1 data in the Debian system. On Thu, Jan 30, 2025, 4:26 PM wrote: > On Thu,

Re: Installing a debian file

On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 04:14:00PM +, Michael wrote: > Thanks very much for your help and suggestions. > > I am running Debian 12 on a desktop. > > My aim is to set up and use a TOTP authenticator app called Ente Auth. > > I ran, as root :- > > dpkg -i ente-auth-v4.2.8-x86_64.deb [...]

Re: Installing a debian file

On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 02:22:44PM +, Michael wrote: > I installed a debian file (db1'say) using dpkg -i and an executable file > (ex1 say) was created. > Hi Michael, Can we have some specifics? Version of Debian, name of executables, whether one came from outside main Debian repository, ple

Re: Installing a debian file

On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 02:22:44PM +, Michael wrote: > I installed a debian file (db1'say) using dpkg -i and an executable file > (ex1 say) was created. > > Later another debian file (db2) was installed, overwriting the executable > ex1. This shouldn't happen in a correctly built Debian packa

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

On Mon, 9 Sep 2024 15:32:19 +0200 wrote: > On Mon, Sep 09, 2024 at 07:17:37AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > I concur with the netinst suggestions. > > > > On Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:10:15 +1000 > > George at Clug wrote: > > > > > Sometimes I download the DVD because, over time, I will install

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

On Mon, Sep 09, 2024 at 07:17:37AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > I concur with the netinst suggestions. > > On Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:10:15 +1000 > George at Clug wrote: > > > Sometimes I download the DVD because, over time, I will install a > > number of times [...] > To solve this problem, I us

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

I concur with the netinst suggestions. On Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:10:15 +1000 George at Clug wrote: > Sometimes I download the DVD because, over time, I will install a > number of times (for example, install a number of VMs to compare the > various GUIs), but I have found that by the time I get to u

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

On 09.09.24 13:10, George at Clug wrote: Have I managed to confuse you with my own confusion? Sorry if I did, but my gut feel is that the netinstall CD makes the most sense if you have access to the Internet while doing the installation (unless your will be doing 20 or more installations on the

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

On 9 Sep 2024 11:08 +0100, from recoverymail123...@gmail.com (Mick Ab): > I think I have enough RAM and hard drive to accommodate bookworm, but I am > not sure whether my laptop has the other hardware needed to run bookworm. I'm not familiar with your particular laptop, but if it runs Windows 7, i

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

On Monday, 09-09-2024 at 20:08 Mick Ab wrote: > I am interested in installing bookworm alongside the current Windows 7 on > an old HP ProBook 6570b laptop. > > I am thinking of downloading the first two DVDs of bookworm from one of the > Debian mirror sites, then copying that to two DVD-R discs

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

On Mon, 9 Sep 2024 11:08:29 +0100 Mick Ab wrote: > I am interested in installing bookworm alongside the current Windows > 7 on an old HP ProBook 6570b laptop. > > I am thinking of downloading the first two DVDs of bookworm from one > of the Debian mirror sites, then copying that to two DVD-R dis

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

On Monday, 09-09-2024 at 20:28 basti wrote: > Hello, > > i would use debian netinstall: https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ rather > than download the whole DVD. I have often wondered that question myself. If you are doing a single installation and have access to the internet while doing the

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

Hello, i would use debian netinstall: https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ rather than download the whole DVD. Best regards On 09.09.24 12:08, Mick Ab wrote: I am interested in installing bookworm alongside the current Windows 7 on an old HP ProBook 6570b laptop. I am thinking of downloadin

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

On 8/2/24 09:11, DdB wrote: If all you have is swap space or outdated crap, then back it up and do whatever you like. GPT is no must, if the disk is below 2TB in size and UEFI no option. If you have >4 partitions, then except for booting and recalcitrant OS installers, GPT is easier to deal wi

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

Am 02.08.2024 um 19:34 schrieb Łukasz Kalamłacki: > If you need to boot initrd without iso you an try this: Oops, i should read more carefully ... idk, why complicate matters. the boot files for i386 are located here: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-i386/20230607+de

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

Am 02.08.2024 um 19:34 schrieb Łukasz Kalamłacki: > If you need to boot initrd without iso you an try this: Oops, i should read more carefully ... idk, why complicate matters. the boot files for i386 are located here: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-i386/20230607+de

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

If you need to boot initrd without iso you an try this: https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/initrd.gz https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/linux On

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

Am 02.08.2024 um 18:48 schrieb Anssi Saari: > Richard Owlett writes: > >> I was hoping I could somehow tell grub to run an installer's ISO image. >> I think the posted links will lead me adequately. > > I have actually tried that. The ISO image needs a little special support > so that after the

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

Richard Owlett writes: > I was hoping I could somehow tell grub to run an installer's ISO image. > I think the posted links will lead me adequately. I have actually tried that. The ISO image needs a little special support so that after the kernel has booted and initrd loaded, it needs to be able

Re: OPERATOR ERROR ---- Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

Hi, Could you give as more information about these systems on which you wish to install Bookworm? Newer distribution of Linux has a lot bigger resources consumption that old one. I would like to get: RAM size, CPU type, HDD size. Bookworm requirements are available here: https://wiki.de

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

Am 02.08.2024 um 14:34 schrieb Richard Owlett: > During initial installation of Debian Squeeze (or later) would I have > been explicitly asked to choose between MBR and GPT? I can't say, at that time, i was a stranger to debian. But ... i saw the installer deciding on its own, if not explicitly put

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

On 08/01/2024 02:33 PM, DdB wrote: Am 01.08.2024 um 21:11 schrieb Richard Owlett: I've never had occasion to use Grub's command line. Good time to learn. The existing install is so old it has Grub 1.??? rather than 2.??? . Should that make any practical difference to manual install? Not sure ab

OPERATOR ERROR ---- Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

On 08/01/2024 02:11 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 08/01/2024 01:56 PM, DdB wrote: Am 01.08.2024 um 17:33 schrieb Richard Owlett: [SNIP] I've never had occasion to use Grub's command line. Good time to learn. The existing install is so old it has Grub 1.??? rather than 2.??? . Should that make a

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

On 08/01/2024 02:33 PM, DdB wrote: Am 01.08.2024 um 21:11 schrieb Richard Owlett: I've never had occasion to use Grub's command line. Good time to learn. The existing install is so old it has Grub 1.??? rather than 2.??? . Should that make any practical difference to manual install? Not sure ab

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

Am 01.08.2024 um 21:11 schrieb Richard Owlett: > I've never had occasion to use Grub's command line. Good time to learn. > The existing install is so old it has Grub 1.??? rather than 2.??? . > Should that make any practical difference to manual install? > > Not sure about gpt vs mbr. I have whate

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

On 08/01/2024 01:56 PM, DdB wrote: Am 01.08.2024 um 17:33 schrieb Richard Owlett: In the phrase "to boot the installer using grub stanza (or manually)", just what does "(or manually)" refer to? I am using all of the options listed below depending on circumstances. If you are clear about using

Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

Hi, This can be helpful : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEkb-GXz3sY Best, Łukasz On 1.08.2024 14:41, Richard Owlett wrote: I have an elderly Sony laptop and a more ancient desktop with unknown motherboard happily running i386 Debian 9.0. As far as I can tell the BIOS of neither machine

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

Am 01.08.2024 um 17:33 schrieb Richard Owlett: > In the phrase "to boot the installer using grub stanza (or manually)", > just what does "(or manually)" refer to? I am using all of the options listed below depending on circumstances. If you are clear about using your hd to store an installer iso,

Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

Hi, on tftp server you need to unpack this: https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz to install i386 bookworm via PXEBoot. Best regards, Łukasz On 1.08.2024 14:41, Richard Owlett wrote: I have an elderly Sony laptop and a more a

Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

Hi, 15 years ago I had a laptop with broken CD drive but with integrated working ethernet NIC and bios supported PXE boot, so I configured isc-dhcp-server in my network which provides pxelinux.0 bootloader and address of tftp server. On tftp server I uploaded pxeboot images from Debian. All

Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

On 08/01/2024 08:38 AM, Andy Smith wrote: Hi, On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 03:35:38PM +0200, DdB wrote: i recommend installing from netinstall iso image using the hd-media files to boot the installer using grub stanza (or manually). Description in the manual is a bit short, but you can ask me, if yo

Re: CLARIFICATIONS Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

Hi, On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 10:22:13AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 08/01/2024 07:41 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I have an elderly Sony laptop and a more ancient desktop with unknown > > motherboard happily running i386 Debian 9.0. As far as I can tell the > > BIOS of neither machine suppor

CLARIFICATIONS Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

On 08/01/2024 07:41 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I have an elderly Sony laptop and a more ancient desktop with unknown motherboard happily running i386 Debian 9.0. As far as I can tell the BIOS of neither machine supports booting from a flash drive. Neither has functional CD/DVD drive. Both hard d

Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

Hi, On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 03:35:38PM +0200, DdB wrote: > i recommend installing from netinstall iso image using the > hd-media files to boot the installer using grub stanza (or > manually). Description in the manual is a bit short, but you can > ask me, if you need. Oh yes, great suggestion! I

Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

Richard Owlett writes: > I have an elderly Sony laptop and a more ancient desktop with unknown > motherboard happily running i386 Debian 9.0. As far as I can tell the > BIOS of neither machine supports booting from a flash drive. Neither > has functional CD/DVD drive. Both hard drives have copio

Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

Am 01.08.2024 um 14:41 schrieb Richard Owlett: > I have an elderly Sony laptop and a more ancient desktop with unknown > motherboard happily running i386 Debian 9.0. As far as I can tell the > BIOS of neither machine supports booting from a flash drive. Neither has > functional CD/DVD drive. Both h

Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

Richard, Are both of your computers (laptop and desktop) 64 bit capable?  Not that this matters too much to my below suggestion. This might help you if you can remove the drives from the laptop and/or desktop.  I often take a drive out of a computer, then put the drive into a computer that can

Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

Hi, On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 07:41:53AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I have an elderly Sony laptop and a more ancient desktop with unknown > motherboard happily running i386 Debian 9.0. As far as I can tell the BIOS > of neither machine supports booting from a flash drive. Neither has > functiona

Re: Installing gitlab on sid

On 7/3/2024 9:23 AM, Lucio Crusca wrote: Il 03/07/24 13:48, Jeff Pang ha scritto: maybe you can use rbenv to install the required ruby toolkit? I'm afraid that's not the point. I assume that # apt-get install gitlab should just work out of the box, or there is a problem, either on my pa

Re: Installing gitlab on sid

Il 03/07/24 16:46, Henning Follmann ha scritto: The error message is very transparent about this: "...if you are using the unstable ..." You are absolutely right. But I never stopped by to read that message and it's the first time in years of sid (mixed with testing and stable) that this t

Re: Installing gitlab on sid

On Wed, 3 Jul 2024 12:24:16 +0200 Lucio Crusca wrote: Hello Lucio, >Am I doing anything wrong or should I file a bug report? Look at the package page, then developer page for gitlab and then for its dependencies. You'll find that ruby-sidekiq has yet to hit sid - it's still in experimental. N

Re: Installing gitlab on sid

On Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 04:23:55PM +0200, Lucio Crusca wrote: > Il 03/07/24 13:48, Jeff Pang ha scritto: > > > > maybe you can use rbenv to install the required ruby toolkit? > > > > I'm afraid that's not the point. I assume that > > # apt-get install gitlab > > should just work out of the box

Re: Installing gitlab on sid

Lucio Crusca wrote: > Il 03/07/24 13:48, Jeff Pang ha scritto: > > > > maybe you can use rbenv to install the required ruby toolkit? > > > > I'm afraid that's not the point. I assume that > > # apt-get install gitlab > > should just work out of the box, or there is a problem, either on my par

Re: Installing gitlab on sid

Il 03/07/24 13:48, Jeff Pang ha scritto: maybe you can use rbenv to install the required ruby toolkit? I'm afraid that's not the point. I assume that # apt-get install gitlab should just work out of the box, or there is a problem, either on my part, or in the gitlab package itself. As of

Re: Installing gitlab on sid

maybe you can use rbenv to install the required ruby toolkit? I'm trying to install gitlab from sid, but it requires ruby-sidekiq>=7~, which is not available in sid (there's only 6.5.12 available). -- Jeff Pang j...@simplemail.co.in

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

If it where an issue with pip or pipx, yes. But as you pointed out yourself, it's also happening on OpenSuse, so the issue can't be pip or pipx, but rather either what you are trying to install or your understanding of it. Am So., 2. Juni 2024 um 14:20 Uhr schrieb Richmond : > I am not complaini

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

Richard writes: > python3 -m venv venv > source venv/bin/activate > pip install musicpy OK thanks. And apparently to get idle working I do: python -m idlelib.idle

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

Richard writes: > That's how its done. Also, complaining here about something that > doesn't even work on other distros and thus can't be a Debian > problem doesn't make that much sense. I am not complaining, I am trying to find out how to get it working. And as pip (and pipx) are debian packag

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

python3 -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate pip install musicpy That's how its done. Also, complaining here about something that doesn't even work on other distros and thus can't be a Debian problem doesn't make that much sense. Am So., 2. Juni 2024 um 13:50 Uhr schrieb Richmond : > OK Back on

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

OK Back on Debian, I removed the one package installed with pipx, which was musicpy, then tried to install it with pip, but got this message which actually tells me to use pipx. (There is no package python-musicpy). pip install musicpy error: externally-managed-environment × This environment is e

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

Richard wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2024, 23:50 Richmond > wrote: > > Richard mailto:rrosn...@gmail.com>> writes: > > > A packages documentation is always your best > friend: https://pypi.org > > /project/idle/ > > > > Yes it makes it look easy ther

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

On Sat, Jun 1, 2024, 23:50 Richmond wrote: > Richard writes: > > > A packages documentation is always your best friend: https://pypi.org > > /project/idle/ > > > > Yes it makes it look easy there, but: > > import idle > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "", line 1, in > File ".local

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

Richard writes: > A packages documentation is always your best friend: https://pypi.org > /project/idle/ > Yes it makes it look easy there, but: import idle Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File ".local/pipx/shared/lib/python3.11/site-packages/idle.py", line 4, in

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

A packages documentation is always your best friend: https://pypi.org/project/idle/ Also, python script isn't a necessarily a standalone executable. And also, you shouldn't just wildly mix pipx commands with pip commands if you don't know what you are doing. Either create a venv with python3 -m ve

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

Richard writes: > Pretty much just what pipx does. > Well I don't know how. Now I need to run idle in my new environment. I have installed it .local/pipx/shared/bin/pip install idle and it is here: .local/pipx/shared/lib/python3.11/site-packages/idle.py but I don't know how to run it. I jus

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

Pretty much just what pipx does. On Sat, Jun 1, 2024, 22:00 Richmond wrote: > > I got it working by doing: > > python3 -m venv .local/pipx/venvs/musicpy/ > > .local/pipx/venvs/musicpy/bin/python3.11 > > Then I was able to import musicpy from the python shell. > > How bewildering! > > Thanks. > >

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

Richard writes: > That's the point of venv's. pipx runpip should do the trick. Or the > classic way: source path/to/venv/bin/activate. That way you activate > the position virtual environment (venv) created in that directory > with all packages installed in that venv. > I got it working by doing

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

That's the point of venv's. pipx runpip should do the trick. Or the classic way: source path/to/venv/bin/activate. That way you activate the position virtual environment (venv) created in that directory with all packages installed in that venv. Richard On Sat, Jun 1, 2024, 19:10 Richmond wrote:

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

Richard writes: > Looking at the package, no wonder it fails. musicpy doesn't contain > anything that can be executed. So pipx run can't work for obvious > reasons. You'll have to install it with pipx install and use it in a > python script. > > https://pypi.org/project/musicpy/ > OK so I have f

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

Looking at the package, no wonder it fails. musicpy doesn't contain anything that can be executed. So pipx run can't work for obvious reasons. You'll have to install it with pipx install and use it in a python script. https://pypi.org/project/musicpy/ Richard On Sat, Jun 1, 2024, 18:40 Richmond

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

Richard writes: > If you haven't closed the terminal window/logged out, you need to run > source .bashrc. Running pipx ensurepath should have said something > like that. Yes, I did this: > > (logged out and in to get updated PATH)

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

If you haven't closed the terminal window/logged out, you need to run source .bashrc. Running pipx ensurepath should have said something like that. Richard On Sat, Jun 1, 2024, 18:10 Richmond wrote: > I have been trying to install this: > > https://pypi.org/project/musicpy/#description > > with

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315 [finished]

On 5/12/24 21:30, David Wright wrote: On Sun 12 May 2024 at 21:10:16 (-0700), Paul Scott wrote: On 5/9/2024 1:59 PM, Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, 9 May 2024 09:32:32 -0700 Paul Scott wrote: The error I'm getting is during "Install base system."  The only way I knew to save the log was with

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

On Sun 12 May 2024 at 21:10:16 (-0700), Paul Scott wrote: > On 5/9/2024 1:59 PM, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Thu, 9 May 2024 09:32:32 -0700 Paul Scott wrote: > > > > > The error I'm getting is during "Install base system."  The only way > > > I knew to save the log was with a camera. Even though

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

On 5/9/2024 1:59 PM, Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, 9 May 2024 09:32:32 -0700 Paul Scott wrote: The error I'm getting is during "Install base system."  The only way I knew to save the log was with a camera. Even though I resized the image this list apparently didn't allow the attachment. How

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

On Thu, 9 May 2024 09:32:32 -0700 Paul Scott wrote: > The error I'm getting is during "Install base system."  The only way > I knew to save the log was with a camera. Even though I resized the > image this list apparently didn't allow the attachment. How else can > I save the log during install?

Re: Installing on Acer Aspire 315

On 5/9/2024 9:32 AM, Paul Scott wrote: On 5/2/2024 11:31 PM, Sirius wrote: I would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions, Check the PCI ids of your Ethernet controller. Download the kernel image you are considering, check if any of its modules matches these ids. n I may need to do that.  T

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

On 5/2/2024 11:31 PM, Sirius wrote: I would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions, Check the PCI ids of your Ethernet controller. Download the kernel image you are considering, check if any of its modules matches these ids. n I may need to do that.  Thank you, In the mean time, an install se

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

On 03/05/2024 12:16, Paul Scott wrote: I don't have linux on the machine for which I want the information.  I now have the driver name from Windows/Settings. Booting a live image may help to evaluate if hardware is supported and to get lspci output. Even when windows is booted, it should be

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

On 04/05/2024 13:52, Paul Scott wrote: On 5/3/2024 11:25 PM, Max Nikulin wrote: It may happen that F4 is not F4 unless you press and hold Fn first. It is default on some laptops and may be changed in firmware setup. Inst all docs say Left Alt F4 but no combination of other keys with F4 worked

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

On 5/3/2024 11:25 PM, Max Nikulin wrote: On 03/05/2024 13:27, Paul Scott wrote: In the mean time, an install seemed to be working but gave an failure error which said it would be in the log and visible on virtual terminal 4, I didn't know how to get to a virtual in the installer.  Various co

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

On 03/05/2024 13:27, Paul Scott wrote: In the mean time, an install seemed to be working but gave an failure error which said it would be in the log and visible on virtual terminal 4, I didn't know how to get to a virtual in the installer.  Various combinations with F4 didn't seem to work. It

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

On Fri, 3 May 2024 at 06:27, Paul Scott wrote: > On 5/1/2024 10:44 AM, Nicolas George wrote: > > Paul Scott (12024-05-01): >>>I have many installs over many years (only a few per year).. [...] >>> I would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions, [...] > In the mean time, an install seemed to b

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

In days of yore (Thu, 02 May 2024), Paul Scott thus quoth: > > On 5/1/2024 10:44 AM, Nicolas George wrote: > > Paul Scott (12024-05-01): > > > I read that I should try a more complete image which I am downloading > > > (jigdo) now. > > Waste of time. The drivers are either in the kernel image or

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

On 5/1/2024 10:44 AM, Nicolas George wrote: Paul Scott (12024-05-01): I read that I should try a more complete image which I am downloading (jigdo) now. Waste of time. The drivers are either in the kernel image or in individual packages, you can install them on top of what you have. I would

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

On 5/2/2024 8:06 PM, Max Nikulin wrote: On 02/05/2024 12:19, Sirius wrote: If your wifi is also the AX200 (maybe a different revision), it *should* work. lspci -nn may help with more precise identification. I don't have linux on the machine for which I want the information.  I now have t

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

On 02/05/2024 12:19, Sirius wrote: If your wifi is also the AX200 (maybe a different revision), it *should* work. lspci -nn may help with more precise identification. It requires firmware-iwlwifi from non-free-firmware, so check that install image contains firmware. I would avoid installin

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

In days of yore (Wed, 01 May 2024), Paul Scott thus quoth: > > On 5/1/2024 10:57 AM, Sirius wrote: > > I have an Aspire A715-41G and the wireless is an Intel AX200. I am > > currently using iwd and iwctl to manage it, but NetworkManager picked it > > up off the bat and allowed it to be configured

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

On 5/1/2024 10:57 AM, Sirius wrote: In days of yore (Wed, 01 May 2024), Paul Scott thus quoth: Hello, I have many installs over many years (only a few per year).. I tried a Testing net install pn my new Acer Aspire 315 and it didn't find an Ethernet driver.  (wireless?). I read that I shoul

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

In days of yore (Wed, 01 May 2024), Paul Scott thus quoth: > Hello, > > I have many installs over many years (only a few per year).. > > I tried a Testing net install pn my new Acer Aspire 315 and it didn't find > an Ethernet driver.  (wireless?). > > I read that I should try a more complete im

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

Paul Scott (12024-05-01): > I read that I should try a more complete image which I am downloading > (jigdo) now. Waste of time. The drivers are either in the kernel image or in individual packages, you can install them on top of what you have. > I would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions, Ch

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

Dear all, Apologies but work interfered before I could get back to the EEE PC. Thank you all for the responses. Very helpful. On Friday, 5 Jan 2024 at 18:35, Hans wrote: > Also, very nice, you can create a multiboot sd card, and stuck it into > the netbook, so you can boot from it several usef

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

On Friday, 5 Jan 2024 at 19:42, Hans wrote: > All are running 1,666 GHz (except the very ealy ones, EEEPC 901, which is > running 1GHz. Mine is one of the early ones, in fact probably the first version released. Thank you for your other longer post: very helpful. I will find a suitable SD card

Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

On Mon, Jan 08, 2024 at 08:21:00AM +0100, Marco Moock wrote: > Am 06.01.2024 um 17:44:41 Uhr schrieb Steve McIntyre: > > > The amd64 installation media now includes the bits needed to start the > > installer on mixed-mode UEFI systems like the Bay Trail platform in > > the X205TA. > > Is that doc

Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

Am 06.01.2024 um 17:44:41 Uhr schrieb Steve McIntyre: > The amd64 installation media now includes the bits needed to start the > installer on mixed-mode UEFI systems like the Bay Trail platform in > the X205TA. Is that documented anywhere? I haven't found any information on this. The wiki only m

Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

m...@dorfdsl.de wrote: >Am 06.01.2024 um 10:46:56 Uhr schrieb Leandro Noferini: > >> In my Asus EEEPC (X205TA) the bios/uefi is 32 bit but the processor is >> 64 so you need only the grub 32 bit but the remaining of the operative >> system, including kernel, is 64 bit. > >There was another thread (

Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

On Sat, Jan 06, 2024 at 10:46:56AM +0100, Leandro Noferini wrote: > Hans writes: > > [...] > > > Most important: It can run all debian things (and more), but note, the > > EEEPC is 32-bit, so you need the 32-bit version of debian. > > In my Asus EEEPC (X205TA) the bios/uefi is 32 bit but the pr

Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

Am 06.01.2024 um 10:46:56 Uhr schrieb Leandro Noferini: > In my Asus EEEPC (X205TA) the bios/uefi is 32 bit but the processor is > 64 so you need only the grub 32 bit but the remaining of the operative > system, including kernel, is 64 bit. There was another thread (maybe on debian-users-german?)

Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

Hans writes: [...] > Most important: It can run all debian things (and more), but note, the > EEEPC is 32-bit, so you need the 32-bit version of debian. In my Asus EEEPC (X205TA) the bios/uefi is 32 bit but the processor is 64 so you need only the grub 32 bit but the remaining of the operative

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

On Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:48:39 + Eric S Fraga wrote: > anybody here have any experience installing a recent(-ish) version of > Debian on an Asus EEE PC? This is a small notebook sized laptop with > Celeron cpu and little space & memory. I've just found one in one of > my boxes and thought I'd

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

Hello, On Fri, Jan 05, 2024 at 06:35:26PM +0100, Hans wrote: > Most important: It can run all debian things (and more), but note, the EEEPC > is 32-bit, so you need the 32-bit version of debian. Which there won't be after the next release, or maybe for the next release. This is not something to

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