Here is a link to the instructions of how to correct a borked Debian 12
installation from one of the live amd64 ISOs.
https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=155245
You need to perform 3 command line commands (with root or sudo privileges.)
# rm
/etc/{initramfs/post-update.d/,kernel/{postinst.d/,postrm.d/}}z50-raspi-firmware
# apt purge raspi-firmware
# rm -rf /boot/firmware
I tested this and it does seem to get things working correctly again. And then
I could install the real-time or other kernels without issue.
Todd Zuercher
P. Graham Dunn Inc.
630 Henry Street
Dalton, Ohio 44618
Phone: (330)828-2105ext. 2031
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Karl,
Have you tried installing Debian using one of the Bookworm live ISOs? I have,
and the Mate version I downloaded on 3/30/2023 is definitely borked. I don't
remember and didn't take notes of the actual details of the problems. (and
I've since wiped that install.) It would run live fine, install and run fine,
install new software from the repos fine, but could not install a new kernel
via apt-get or Synaptic (same thing really). I didn't' bother putting much
effort into finding or fixing the problem.
I have it installing again on a spare old harddrive to check out exactly what
the problems were.
The system I installed on was an older Lenovo desktop with an i5 (not sure the
exact model.) I don't have a rbpi or any other arm devices.
Todd Zuercher
P. Graham Dunn Inc.
630 Henry Street
Dalton, Ohio 44618
Phone: (330)828-2105ext. 2031
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From: Karl Schmidt <k...@lrak.net>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2023 2:39 PM
To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Installing From Debian?
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@Todd -
Not likely a Debian problem - I would have to see his /etc/apt/sources.list to
know what is going on.
To upgrade you also need something like this in /etc/apt.conf.d/local
APT::Default-Release "/^bookworm(|-security|-updates)$/";
He says this is on an old MacBook (A1278) - that is supposed to be a core-i5 -
thus amd64.
I don't think the 'Raspberry Pi Desktop' is part of Debian - so his
sources.list is probably wacked.
Other things to look at:
# cat /etc/issue
# uname -a
From a normal Debian system with these lines in sources.list:
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free deb
http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib
non-free non-free-firmware deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates
main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
# wajig listall linuxcnc
linuxcnc-doc-de motion controller for CNC machines and robots (German
documentation)
linuxcnc-doc-en motion controller for CNC machines and robots
(English documentation)
linuxcnc-doc-es controlador de movimiento para máquinas CNC y robots
(Español).
linuxcnc-doc-fr motion controller for CNC machines and robots (French
documentation)
linuxcnc-doc-zh-cn motion controller for CNC machines and robots (Chinese
linuxcnc-uspace motion controller for CNC machines and robots
linuxcnc-uspace-dev PC based motion controller for real-time Linux
The only drawback to running a pure Debian system is it 'tends to be VERY
conservative' - so the big advantage of running pure Debian is it 'tends to be
VERY conservative' - something I want for running machine-control or public
facing systems.
I really want to praise the guys that did all the heavy lifting to get linuxcnc
into Debian - not a small task - (the software has to survive all sorts of
probes by the "Lintian" a comprehensive package checker - Debian Policy
violations and violations of various sub-policies, best practices, common
mistakes, and problems that maintainers like to catch before uploads. )
I'm sure the code will be picked up by the manny distributions that feed off of
Debian. The more eyes on the code - the more users - the more polished it
becomes.
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Lawrence, KS 66049
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Bayesian thinking is not a human trait.
--kps
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