On Monday 10 November 2025 05:51:43 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users wrote:
Anno domini 2025 Mon, 10 Nov 00:08:39 -0800
William Morder via tde-users scripsit:
[...] If anybody can offer some insights, of suggestions about how to unravel this mystery, I would be grateful.
Hi Bill!
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... and when you are at it, use adecent kernel! I run Devuan ceres since ages and never had big issues. At least use excalibur as it's out now.
Nik
Bill
P.S. I just did a system upgrade. I am still running Devuan Daedalus, waiting for the next LTS release, whatever and whenever that will be.
Hi, Nik!
Indeed, a long while ago, there was this guy, Nik, in my TDE users group, who recommended that I install Devuan Excalibur; and it totally messed up my system.
:-/
No problem; I had to do a system reinstallation, anyway, so this was just a little time lost. I just went back to my Daedalus system, and everything was fine again.
Well, yes ... fine ... for a while ... until all this weird stuff started happening over the past year or so.
I try to keep my kernel version up-to-date, but usually trust that to be upgraded with the rest of the system.
When I tried Excalibur before (at least a year ago, maybe longer), it was not then given LTS status. I keep checking Devuan for the next LTS release, but that's one of my few complaints about Devuan: sometimes, they don't communicate too well. I still cannot make out whether Excalibur is now stamped as an LTS release or not -- although I do see that Daedalus now is oldstable.
If Excalibur is indeed an LTS release, and I can just change my sources.list and upgrade, then I agree, it's time to make that change.
When I get a little time later, I will try some of those suggestions from Mike Bird and E. Liddell.
For what it's worth, I did try my machine on another network for just a few days, when I made a trip up north back around the 1st of September; everything was fine there, no problems at all. Of course, it's a small town, not so much competition for bandwidth, so that could be part of it. My laptop never got out of the bag for more than a week, rather than being always on.
Otherwise, I have to pack up my computer gear and go to the public library or somewhere like that. It can be done, but for me right now that's a bother. As I said, I am in the midst of moving; trying to pack up everything, relearning how to live out of a backpack. My computer gear seems to claim much of my time; especially when I have to pack or unpack it. Life is short, and getting shorter.
It might be a good idea, as was suggested, to turn off the wifi in the bios, then to use another way of accessing the network. I do have an old wifi antenna buried away, which still worked when I used it with my desktop. I wonder if I could get it working with this machine? Also I was looking around for a yagi antenna, but haven't thought much more on it yet.
And to those on the TDE mailing list who maybe don't like reading so much: Trust me, I haven't even told more than a few bits of what's going on here. For example: I have a huge hole in my floor, and now occasionally see rats the size of dachshunds; I got some rat poison when the building was inspected a few days ago.
This is just a tiny snapshot of what's happening here. I am just trying to stay sane, and keep my focus on getting moved up north. I thank everybody for their patience, as my life sometimes spills over into public places. Any help or suggestions regarding my computer issues will be much appreciated, as at least I can try to get control of that one thing.
Bill