(off-topic section) I used the devuan_chimaera_4.0.beta2_2021-09-04_amd64_desktop-live.iso to set up my system. I use legacy startup (not EFI) but apparently the refracta installer and grub included on the live iso want EFI only (or incorrectly detected my system as using that). Anyway, I was able to chroot in after setup, and installed grub-legacy, and eventually got it all figured out and a bootable system.
(now to the topic, documentation) "Devuan without D-Bus" Yes, this is still possible. I followed the steps to install fluxbox and wdm. The step to "apt-get purge dbus" removed ~150 packages (I had the default XFCE); then "apt-get autoremove --purge" removed ~450 more. The system does boot up into the selected window manager. I did not try the section dealing with manual mount points. I'm not aware of any reason why that would not still work. Removing dbus also seems to have removed network-manager, and I have lost wifi connection. Was able to get on wired with ifconfig, route (and editing /etc/resolv.conf) -- too lazy to use iwconfig. But this may need mentioning in the documentation. Is there a simple alternative to network-manager that doesn't depend on dbus? goli...@devuan.org wrote: > And how is any of this conversation helping Devuan sort out > documentation for the Chimaera release? > > The revised list needing assessment is: > > https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation/dev1fanboy/ > > General information (will need to be updated to Chimaera at the least) > Devuan without D-Bus (is this still possible?) > D-Bus free software (quite possibly out of date) > Minimal xorg install > Minimal XFCE install > > Thanks, > golinux > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng