On 22 May 2018 at 02:56, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp <office@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi! > > Am Dienstag, 22. Mai 2018 schrieb Robert Peters: >> [...] >> Hello Nik, >> Thanks for the reply. For now, I have installed Debian 9 to an unused >> area of the laptop's SSD. In the migration instructions I followed >> most of the steps but stopped at the command "apt-get purge systemd >> systemd-shim". It offered in part to do the following: >> >> The following packages will be REMOVED: >> caja* dbus-user-session* gvfs* gvfs-backends* gvfs-daemons* libpam-systemd* >> lightdm* mate-applets* mate-control-center* mate-desktop-environment* >> mate-desktop-environment-core* mate-panel* mate-polkit* mate-power-manager* >> mate-settings-daemon* network-manager* network-manager-gnome* policykit-1* >> synaptic* systemd* systemd-sysv* task-mate-desktop* udisks2* >> The following NEW packages will be installed: >> initscripts insserv startpar sysv-rc sysvinit-core >> >> But I am reluctant to proceed, apprehensive of clobbering the system. >> What do you think? >> - R > > Just proceed. Keep in mind, "debian 9" matches "devuan ascii", so please adjust your sources accordingly. > > MATE will be gone after the next reboot, so you'll most likely end at a real console. Do a "aptitude dist-upgrade" after the next reboot and install TDE. Use "apt-show-version" to figure out which packages are a leftover from debian and need to be replaced with devuan versions. If you run into problems with consolekit, just drop a line. > > For reference, I've added my sources.list > > Nik Vielen Dank, aber... After purging systemd and rebooting, I was unable to get to a command line - it asked me to choose a runlevel, etc... So instead, I installed Exegnu, which is based on Devuan and Trinity. Using a wired connection I got it more or less updated to stretch and am still working on wireless connectivity. Basically it works, so I continue to peck away at little things... - R --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
